Hou Taoshan is very close to Zhenhai County.

How close is it?

No more than fifty meters!

Qian Yuan has been to Ningbo many times in his previous life, and even visited Zhaobaoshan Scenic Area. However, he really didn't notice this. In fact, this is normal. Later, the old town of Zhenhai County was abandoned long ago.

Wu Baipeng, Tang Shunzhi, Qi Jiguang, Qi Jimei, Lu Bin and others, Zheng Ruozeng and Shen Mingchen also came to join in the fun. In the end, Wang Zhi and more than a dozen subordinates also arrived.

, "Old ship owner, mother and son reunite, father and son meet..."

"Mr. Qian said this morning that he would always do what he said." Wang Zhi smiled and said, "Besides, everything is better as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay, everyone climb the mountain together."

Hou Tao Mountain is not high, and there is nothing surprising in history. The local famous scholar Shen Mingchen briefly introduced it.

"Because of the turbulent waves and the surging waves, it was named Houtao Mountain." Shen Mingchen smiled and said, "But since the Zhengde period, because it was located at the sea estuary, the merchant ships passed by, and the intersection of hundreds of Zhens, also known as Zhaobao Mountain."

Most of the time later, everyone was already standing on the top of Hou Tao Mountain. Qian Yuan looked east and looked at the sea, south and saw the Yongjiang River rolling east and west... he could see the buildings in Zhenhai County.

Hou Taoshan was not famous before, and the big reason was that it was located in a remote place, and there were few naval battles in Chinese history, but now, the times are different.

Zheng Ruo once sighed: "The throats of six cities are the key to the entire Zhejiang province. It is the key for merchant ships to enter and exit. This is a must-fight for military strategists!"

Wang Zhi, who was accustomed to naval battles, could also see this and hesitate: "How about... change the place?"

Qian Yuan smiled, reached out and pointed Lu Bin standing in the back row, "Tell me, look."

Lu Bin hesitated and said, "Hou Taoshanxiong occupied Haikou and confronted Jinjishan. It was the throat of Yongjiang River. Once the Japanese pirates occupied Hou Taoshan and placed artillery on the top of the mountain, Zhenhai County would be defeated without attack. The Japanese pirates entered Zhencus in succession, and the officials were unable to stop it."

Qian Yuan nodded, "What should I do?"

"Defending a city must be based on the dangerous places, and building a city must be based on the dangerous places." Lu Bin was excited. "Although the top of Hou Tao's mountain is quite steep, the top of the mountain is flat, and a small city can be built, you can see the distance and the distance, you can defend according to the dangerous places, and you can set up artillery. Even if the enemy is ten times more likely, it is difficult to conquer."

"I see!"

"I see……"

The previous sentence comes from Wu Baipeng. In the past few days, he was troubled by his friend's conditions to recruit more than 10,000 civilians. Hu Zongxian naturally had to give this kind of thing to Wu Baipeng.

"No wonder we need to recruit..." Wu Baipeng nodded and said, "Zhan Cai had long intended to build a city in Houtao Mountain."

The latter sentence comes from Wang Zhi, and he sighs that it is no wonder that Qian Yuan asked for Western iron cannons. If more than ten iron cannons were set up on the top of the mountain, even if tens of thousands of pirates were besieged, there would be no way out.

Qian Yuan smiled and pointed south to Jinji Mountain, separated by a river, "There is a fort on the top of the mountain, and the warships are laid up and down the Yongjiang River, and the three places can complement each other."

"You can set up two doors, with a circumference of two or three hundred meters and a height of two or three meters..." Zheng Ruo once estimated in his heart, felt at ease, and smiled and said, "Zhancai, what is this city?"

Qian Yuan turned his head and looked at Lu Bin again, who said, "Maybe you can name 'Weiyuan City'."

"Although Lu Ziming was defeated by Xu Hai, he was still a famous general for a while. You can tell by just looking at his eyes." Qian Yuan sighed: "It is really imminent to build a city with this."

Everyone suddenly realized that in the 35th year of Jiajing, former deputy general of Zhejiang Lu Tong defeated Xu Hai in Jiaxing Prefecture, and was later escorted to Beijing and imprisoned for punishment.

However, from the 33rd year of Jiajing to the 34th year of Jiajing, Lu Bin stationed in Ningbo and Shaoxing, and many of them made military achievements. What Lu Bin said before was what Lu Tong thought about back then.

"Weiyuan City".

This small town that strangled the throat of the Yongjiang River was still named Weiyuan City. In Lu Bin's view, it was a friend who gave him a lot of face. After all, my father was still waiting for punishment, but it was actually Qian Yuan's apology.

The butterfly flapped its wings and rolled up the storm. Once this storm arose, the butterfly itself would be difficult to control... Lu Tong was one of the three generals in history who had achieved military achievements after Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. Now he was defeated and imprisoned, and he could no longer be known for his reputation.

Zheng Ruozeng, who was skilled in military affairs and maritime affairs, was very excited and pointed at the city construction matters. He suddenly turned around and asked, "Zhancai, who is in charge?"

Zheng Ruo once knew Qian Yuan, so he could not have been able to preside over the construction of the city himself, and he must have a goal in his mind.

Tang Shunzhi, not far away, looked a little ugly. He was exhausted to let him host the business. If he came to host the city construction, he would be ineffective.

However, Qian Yuan had a goal, so he waved to the civil servant who was not astonishingly handsome behind the crowd and said, "Hou Taoshan belongs to Zhenhai, why did County Magistrate Song avoid it?"

The crowd separated one way, and the person walked forward slowly, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, "he was humble in the lower position..."

"I dare not forget my worries about the country." Qian Yuan said decisively: "I heard that the magistrate of Song has been good at this for a long time. Can you be willing to preside over the construction of the city?"

This man paused, "I dared not forget my worries about the country. I have no shortage of people and money, and Song has to bear it."

"Okay!" Qian Yuan waved his sleeves and said, "There are as many people as possible, and the construction will be completed within three months."

Shen Mingchen came to his senses at this time, "Indeed, County Magistrate Song can take on important tasks!"

After hearing Shen Mingchen's introduction, everyone nodded one after another, but Zheng Ruozeng and Wu Baipeng felt a little upset.

Both of them knew the many conditions Qian Yuan had proposed to Hu Zongxian, including one silver supply... But how much money would it cost to build a city here?

And it is impossible to just build a city, there are many places to use money!

Song Jizu was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing. The following year he learned about the affairs of Zhenhai County. There was Dongqian Lake 35 miles east of Yin County. It shrank 80 miles across, and it merged into the 72 streams and irrigated it, irrigating more than 80,000 hectares of land.

Song Jizu started construction in the 34th year of Jiajing. Jiugong Materials was the main construction of Donggang. It was completed in October of that year. The project lasted six months.

Such a water conservancy project was completed in just six months when Japanese pirates frequently attacked. Song Jizu was a very capable and hardworking talent, and he had no background in Beijing, so he was really a talent.

Zhang Shiche, the Minister of War of Nanjing who retired at the beginning of the year, was from Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture. He once praised Song Jizu's achievements and wrote an inscription on this matter.

Uh, Zhang Shiche was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing. In the same year as Xu Jie, he was strong and bingzhi. He served as the Minister of War. Later, he was excluded by the strict party and angered Jiajing and was demoted by two consecutive levels.

In the 33rd year of Jiajing, Zhang Jing, the Minister of War of Nanjing and the Governor of Zhejiang, was escorted to the abandoned city of Beijing. Xu Jie recommended Zhang Shiche to regain his resignation in the same year and became the Minister of War of Nanjing.

But only three years later, the Yan Party used the Beijing Chase to suppress Xu Jie's party. Zhang Shiche knew it was inevitable, so he simply returned home before the Beijing Chase in the early 36th year of Jiajing... He was ranked "Three Simas of the East China Sea" with him, and it was also the lesson of Xu Jie's slaughter of Dashan in the same year.

Another person from the Three Simas in the East China Sea is Fan Qin, the founder of the "Tianyi Pavilion" in history.

It happened that Shaoxing Prefecture was invaded by Japanese turmoil after the Chinese New Year. Zhang Shiche, who returned home, was trapped in Shanyin County. The Japanese pirates attacked the city in a hurry and almost broke the city. Qian Yuan led Qi Jimei's troops to provide assistance for a hundred miles to protect Shanyin and made a friendship with Zhang Shiche.

Later, Zhang Shiche recommended Song Jizu to Qian Yuan... This person is not famous at all in history.

In fact, Zhang Shiche was in trouble in the 34th year of Jiajing. More than a hundred real Japanese invaded Nanjing. The one who was thrown out to take the blame was Zhang Shiche, who was then the Minister of War in Nanjing. From here, he owed Qian Yuan a favor.

This is very happy, but Wang Zhi and others are looking increasingly ugly. What does this mean?

The place for trade was chosen in Houtao Mountain. Now that the city was built on the top of the mountain, the army might have to be erected on cannons, which is equivalent to a knife hanging around the neck of the maritime merchants.

What's this?

This is naked distrust!

However, Wang Zhi's face quickly turned around. Yes, where should we start with trust?

It is difficult for Wang Zhi to trust the government, and similarly, the government is difficult for Wang Zhi to trust.

Instead of choosing Ligang, he insisted on choosing Hou Taoshan as a place for trade, and the main reason was Qian Yuan because of distrust.

As long as the estuary is blocked, Hou Taoshan will stand in the hands of the official army.
Chapter completed!