In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, on June 26th, Zha Yingcai led his troops to fight through thorns, stars and moon all the way to dust and smoke... and finally arrived at Nandanwei.

After he got the news that Nandan Guard was besieged by mountain soldiers, he came over at night with only 400 soldiers and horses. Every horse was tired and thin, and everyone was covered with a layer of smelly sweat and mud. At this moment, he finally saw

Seeing the Hongshui River, Zha Yingcai became even more worried. He left his troops behind the mountains, and only took a few scouts through the farmland and woods, and arrived at the north bank of the Hongshui River. He saw thousands of people in the distance.

The mountain people in Jiji are busy and busy.

"We are building fortifications!" Zha Yingcai felt desolate.

Both sides of the Hongshui River have turned into huge construction sites. Teams of people on the mountains on the north bank are cutting down trees and hauling logs to the river along the newly opened mountain road. On the Hongshui River, there are 6

A cable rope spanned both sides of the bank. Dozens of people on both sides were shouting slogans and rocking windlass to transport the wood to the other side. This was clearly a naval transport method, but I didn't expect that this mountain villager could actually master it.

Skillful, really surprising and infuriating.

What's even more frightening is that the other side of the bank is already covered with tents and thatched huts of mountain people. A rough estimate is that there are at least 4,000 people. This makes Zha Yingcai break out in a hot sweat again. He took a few dozen steps forward.

Suddenly, he saw two large boats - the Longze and Wuteng moored on the river bank. There were some shirtless mountain people on the deck and dock carrying food. Zha Yingcai couldn't help being surprised: "The boats are also lost!"

Suddenly, the forest in front of them started to stir, and a group of people walked out slowly. Some people were carrying wooden poles and holding ropes to measure the land, and there were also more than a dozen mountain soldiers and guards on the side. A little later, a group of people unexpectedly came out.

An elephant walked out. Zha Yingcai wanted to retreat, but suddenly stopped.

I saw a young man sitting in the rattan basket on the elephant. He was carrying a garland on his head and a sword across his waist. He was holding a paper scroll in one hand and a mango in the other hand. There were two maids behind him to help him wipe the fan.

Wiping his mouth with sweat, he felt so at ease. The guy looked over and immediately jumped up on the elephant with joy. It was Jin Shiqi.

"Brother! Are you going to cross the river?" Jin Shiqi shouted from a distance. "Come up, come up, I'll give you a ride!"

With a "pop" sound, Cha Yingcai's tense nerves relaxed. His whole body went limp and he sat on the river bank.

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Jin Shiqi told Zha Yingcai that the rebellion among the mountain people had subsided, and Nandanwei would start a new chapter of comprehensive construction. The good days for the brothers were coming. He called on the mountain people to drag two large boats with cables, and rely on the

Several cables were pulled repeatedly between the two banks, and Zha Yingcai's five hundred troops and horses were sent across the bank in half an hour. The night before yesterday, he relied on this method to send thousands of dan of grain across the river.

water river.

After crossing the river, Jin Shiqi and Cha Yingcai headed to the "Chinese Army Tent".

It was a huge tent, located on a hill overlooking the river on the south bank. The noise and cheers of men could be heard from far away. They opened the tent and saw Yao Mengyang and a group of people.

The men of Xiaojun are busy inside! The tent is filled with wet sand. A group of men are wearing small clothes and barefoot. They are holding wooden buckets, wooden frames and rulers in their hands, and they are working together to build a sand table.

That's their new city model.

"I'm sorry for you!" Cha Yingcai hugged them with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Cha!" the brothers exclaimed. "It's been a hard journey!" "It stinks!" They hugged Cha Yingcai, took off his armor, buried him in the sand, and used

He bathed him in wine. Hearing that Cha Ying was leading the troops and rushing in, leaving his family behind, Yao Mengyang immediately called his newly acquired maid to serve Cha Dusi. Since we parted from Shanhaiguan on March 16, it has been a good time so far

After a hundred days, we finally came together again, and the tent immediately filled with joy of reunion.

Both Jin Shiqi and Zha Yingcai were appointed by the Ministry of War to report to their posts within a limited time. If they did not expire, they would even be beaten with a military stick. The time given by the Ministry of War was three and a half months, which was plenty of time. In this era, Yi

It takes more than a month for the horse to reach Guangxi from Bei Jing. If there is an emergency, such as the collapse of Shanhaiguan or the death of the emperor, the horse can arrive in 10 days.

But this time, Zha Yingcai took 10,000 people from three thousand households to the south in a mighty way. The journey was very difficult. He had to arrange barges, find campsites, solve the problem of eating, sleeping and toileting, and also had to deal with rogue bandits and

Blackmail from local forces. They also took a boat all the way, and it took them two months to reach Huguang. Time was very tight. Zha Yingcai had no choice but to hand over the brigade to Wei Guangliang and others. He and Jin Shijun took the soldiers and craftsmen and rode on horses.

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Their original plan was to take a boat all the way down the Xiangjiang River and into Lingqu to Guangxi. Unexpectedly, the Lingqu channel was narrow and there were dozens of sluices, so the transportation capacity was very tight. They couldn't hire a boat, so they had to continue traveling by car and horse.

Okay. It took another half a month to arrive at Guilin Mansion, the capital of Guangxi, and then I learned that the Nandan Guards were besieged by mountain soldiers and were about to be massacred. Only then did Zha Ying be forced to divide his troops again. He only took 400 soldiers and ran all the way.

The hundreds of craftsmen who came here were all led by Jin Shijun on foot, and they are still enjoying the scenery on the road.

Zha Yingcai worked really hard all the way, leaving his wife and children behind. When he arrived at Nandanwei, he saw a peaceful and prosperous time with birds singing and flowers fragrant, and Jin Shiqi playing with an elephant. It really made him have mixed feelings.

Since my wife is not around, it will be easier.

That night, these military men stayed up all night and engaged in men's favorite activity - a meeting!

This is the second meeting of the "Aiwanlou Brothers" held in Guangxi, and it was successfully held in the Chinese army's tent on the bank of the Hongshui River. Jin Shiqi and other dozen military men who came by boat occupied 70% of the shares, and now they are holding 70% of the shares.

Adding in Zha Yingcai's 10% and half of the officers who came with him, the total shares reached 86%. Especially since the three leaders were gathered together, all important matters could finally be decided.

One of the most critical issues at the meeting was to determine the planning blueprint for the new city.

Three months ago, they had unified their thoughts in Shanhaiguan: the three thousand households are all iron brothers, and they will build a military camp city together and live happily together. Now it is just for the specific terrain on the south bank of the Hongshui River in Qianjiang County

Make final plans and finalize the layout of the city.

The new Juntun City is three miles wide from east to west, extending along the bank of the Red River; one mile vertically from north to south, and the south of the city is connected with Qianjiang County, almost integrated. The original military order given to Jin Shiqi by the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi was to "attach Guo" to Qianjiang

County, now he has built a new city almost the same size as Qianjiang County.

A large ancestral hall will be built in the center of Juntun City, named "Yingwu Temple", which is the "coordinate origin" of the entire city. In Jin Shiqi's vision, if there are distinguished guests visiting the city in the future, the first project is to go

Laying of wreaths at the Temple of Valor.

When the name of the ancestral hall was mentioned, everyone was filled with emotion. The original planned name was "Longwu Temple", but Jin Shiqi said that the "Longwu Era" has passed. This ancestral hall will not only commemorate the elders and soldiers who died in the Liaodong War, but will also accommodate

All the heroes who died for their country in the future "Nandanwei Era". The security situation in the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty is also not good. It is estimated that there will be wars every year in the future, and this ancestral hall is expected to be expanded.

"So we need to build it bigger." Jin Shiqi pointed to the brothers present, "When we do something else, our names will be displayed here, and it will be very lively."

The heroic spirits enshrined in the Yingwu Temple are divided into three levels. The highest level is the general level. Currently, there are only three Jin Guan, Yao Yuxian and Ji Shideng. Their portraits and spiritual tablets will be erected in the main hall, and monuments will be erected for them outside the hall.

Biography. The second level is for officers above 100 and a small number of loyal soldiers. They also have separate spiritual tablets, and their deeds during their lifetime are briefly described behind the tablets. The last level is for ordinary soldiers, who only have simple information such as name, place of origin, identity, etc.

Each person is just a line of small characters, and a hundred people are engraved on a stone tablet. This treatment is very good - in traditional culture, as long as their names are left, they can enjoy incense "over there" and will not be

forget.

In the First World War of Liaodong, more than 2,900 names of soldiers who died in the Longwu Middle and Right Battalions, as well as private soldiers who died in the battle, were recorded. However, the Longwu Left and Front Battalions fled and were defeated, and their soldiers

This is a cruel rule in the army. More than 700 people who died in the battle on Zhangshan Island will also be enshrined, including a few defeated soldiers from all over Liaodong. In addition, during the migration from Shanhaiguan to Guangxi, because of

More than a dozen soldiers who died in various accidents, as well as four people who died in the battle with Mengkan the day before, will also be buried in the temple.

With this large ancestral hall encircling the formation, the entire Juntun city becomes particularly solemn and majestic.

In the future, when soldiers go into battle to kill the enemy, they will feel a little more at ease. At least they have a "way back" and they won't become unknown martyrs.

Traditionally, the ancestral hall is not only used to worship ancestors, but also a place for "family gatherings". The Yingwu Temple will also become the office of Jin Shiqi and other three Qianhu masters. In name, they are three du li Qianhu offices, but in fact

It is a military and political group. The military and political leader of Nandanwei is Commander Bai. Jin Shiqi and others can only use the name of building an ancestral hall to build the "headquarters" of the small group behind the ancestral hall.

The Temple of Heroes and the Chinese Military Headquarters in the "North Courtyard" cost as much as 3,000 taels of silver.

Originally, Yao Mengyang wanted to replicate the "Aiwan Building" by the river as his headquarters (many brothers supported this idea), but Jin Shiqi suppressed it, saving a lot of money.

More expensive than the ancestral hall is the city wall. Jin Shiqi also proposed a very silly and naive idea: he did not want to build a city wall. On the one hand, it was to save money, and on the other hand, he wanted to live in peace with the mountain people. There were many barriers between the city walls. This idea was met with controversy.

When the brothers unanimously criticized it, they criticized it fiercely. The final compromise was to build a narrow wall, one foot high and nine miles in total, with the outer layer made of bamboo and wood, and the inner layer made of rammed earth. In addition, there were 12 arrow towers and

There are 4 city gates, and the total budget has reached 6,000 taels.

The Qianhu Mansion of Jin Shiqi, Zha Yingcai and Yao Mengyang was built in the middle of the city, one for each person, and the cost of each building was 2,000 taels, which they paid for themselves. Each Qianhu Mansion is equivalent to an area as large as a football field.

There are more than twenty houses, but the scale is not large. Because the families of Jin Shiqi and others are very small - Jin Shiqi's family only has two younger brothers and one concubine; Cha Yingcai only has one wife, two concubines and three children; Yao Mengyang only has one

The old grandmother was accompanied by... about six or seven women whose identities were unknown.

There are also more than 100 private residences for deputy 1,000 households, 100 households, officers, and wealthy households, with unit prices ranging from 50 taels to 1,000 taels of silver. The total cost is 15,000 taels, all of which are funded by the military lords themselves.

In this era, building a house is very cheap. Because land does not cost money, the main cost is building materials and construction costs, and most of the costs can be calculated as labor costs. A three-bay house with a wing and a mixed structure of civil engineering costs only 10

A few taels of silver. Even the five-bay main hall of Qianhu Master, which is made of bricks and tiles, only costs 80 taels of civil engineering.

They brought 2,000 households from Liaodong, 1,000 of which live in the city. Including 400 military households and all workers, merchants, sailors and handymen. The other 1,000 households (400 military households and farmers) are scattered on the plain east of the mountain pass.

The three thousand-household settlements nominally have 100,000 acres of land, but now they only have 30,000 acres. A total of 8 village forts have been built. The above-mentioned total of 2,000 cottages, together with the construction cost of the fortification walls, totals 20,000

Two silver coins.

In the eastern half of the city, a brick-burning yard, a sawmill, an ironworks, and 10 factory buildings with 50 rooms will be built for the "industrial age" with a construction cost of 5,000 taels. In addition, there are docks.

, suspension bridges, dams along the river, and roads must be opened and leveled. The total cost of these items is 5,000 taels.

The total cost of all the above-mentioned projects is 60,000 taels. Its funding sources are: 20,000 taels of "settlement allowance" allocated by the Ministry of War, and 20,000 taels of house construction costs prepared by the military masters themselves. The remaining 20,000 taels will be spent in the "Aiwan Building"

withdrawn from the fund.

As for the flow of the 60,000 taels of silver, half of it was used to hire local mountain people, and the remaining 3,000 taels were agency fees for Lan Mao (the little strong man is still alive and can already eat). All military households and craftsmen households,

We also hired more than 2,000 taels of labor from nearby, and it cost more than 10,000 taels of silver to do half a year's work. The last 10,000 taels were for external procurement expenses.

In the next six months, that is, until December of the sixth year of Tianqi, their core work will be this huge civil construction project. This is also the experience Jin Shiqi gained from his previous life: to develop the economy, start with infrastructure construction! Real estate development projects will generate huge profits

With the driving force, in half a year they will initially build a complete set of basic industries, train a group of skilled craftsmen, and make the surrounding mountain people a little richer. And the most critical thing - which has already achieved initial results -

—can bring peace.

The meeting of the Aiwanlou brothers went smoothly, and the new city plan was unanimously approved. Then the most attractive topic was launched: naming the new city. From a lot of names such as "Aiwancheng", "New Mountains and Seas", "Juehua Immortal City"

", "Red River Valley", "Xiangbitun", "Longwu Bay" and other common names, the name recommended by Jin Shiqi was finally approved with a slight advantage of 51%: "Treasure Port".

To be honest, this name is also very vulgar. Generally speaking, the names voted for are very vulgar.

Everyone cheered for Jin Shiqi and toasted to "Treasure Harbor"!

Unfortunately, Jin Shiqi's joy lasted for a short while, and then he fell into passivity. The next topic at the Aiwanlou Conference was very serious: whether to take back the 70,000 acres of land in the west of the mountain pass.
Chapter completed!