It was early April, and the dam built before winter was formed on the mountain pass outside the Xiaocang River. The dam was built on the mountain, with a wood-stone structure, with a height of two feet (about seven meters in later generations). It was under the test of floods during the flood season.

During this mountainous flood season, the flood diversion mouth next to the dam is pouring out with a dangerous and astonishing momentum, and the sound of surging is deafening. The road entering the mountain is circling next to the riverbed.

Entering the mountain pass, the waters of Xiaocang River behind suddenly expanded due to the existence of the dam. A dangerous blue wave pushed forward. The narrow dam connected to this reservoir sometimes makes people feel heart-shaking, worried about when it will collapse. Of course, since the opening is opened outside, it is no big deal if it collapses. At most, the valley and mountain stream outside will be rushed into a bathhouse.

He entered the mountain pass with Hou Yuanyong, and greeted the soldiers guarding here. The one in front was a hundred-meter long road that was walking around the mountain. Due to the recent rainy season, the road seemed a bit muddy. There were caves on one side of the road, and some wooden and earthen houses were mixed with them, and lived by the army guarding here. Further forward, the gathering area for the residents of Xiaocanghe at this time.

The emergence of the reservoir has raised the water level of the Xiaocang River a lot, occupying many places in front of the valley, but when you go back, the impact gradually decreases. Caves, rows of houses and tents are gathering in this area. From a distance, although various houses are still simple, the planned area is surprisingly neat. Zhuo Xiaofeng participated in the marking of this area. The houses may be built in a hurry, but the lines of all the construction areas are all square, which is strictly required by Ning Yi.

Even if you cannot build it for the time being and put down the tent and live there, the edge of the tent will never be allowed to be out of the marking range.

After all, although it was a residential area, the most common people in Xiaocang River were soldiers. On the most difficult days in winter, some people came in from outside the mountain. They once said that this was a nonsense, but they were suppressed and drove out of the valley. It was the cold winter at that time. The soldiers of Wurui Camp had to work every day, and some people were inevitably relaxed and almost participated. Then, a rectification meeting with tens of thousands of people gathered in the valley.

The Jurchens were at their peak, and the Xixia people were conquering cities and land outside. This is a proof of what happened to the refugees who came in. They are civilians and have lost their homes. You are soldiers. Do you still want this small place under your feet in the future?

For soldiers, every rule will save several lives on the battlefield in the future!

After this conference, the military leadership also strictly regulated the coal balls and charcoal fires used every day. When the chill was slightly reduced, the wooden houses gradually replaced the tent after the dam was built. However, there was no wall, which exceeded the original marking range.

At this time, the progress of replacing tents by wooden houses has not been completed. The entire settlement area is basically built with large and small houses surrounding a central square. Although the drawings are neat, the scene is chaotic and the roads are muddy. This is something that people in Xiao Canghe have no time to take care of. From last autumn to early summer in front of them, various constructions in Xiao Canghe have not stopped for a moment, and even in the severe winter, there are all kinds of preparations in progress.

Building houses to keep warm, tear caves, and dams. When spring comes, the main work becomes the land reclamation. Planting wheat and other crops. At this time of summer, the outline of the entire valley settlement area gradually takes shape, and the wheat fields walk along the river. On this side of the valley, hundreds of acres extend, a suspension bridge connects both sides of the river bank. Further away, the breeding area for war horses and various livestock is gradually drawn out. Several watchtowers on the top of the mountain have been built, but with the living needs of more than 10,000 people in the valley, the truly necessary work is far from meeting the standards.

As we walked along the way, the child named Hou Yuanyong chattered and talked about the changes in the valley with Zhuo Xiaofeng. The roadside was crowded with people, and men carrying carts and carrying soil and rocks passed by from time to time. In less than a month, many places in the valley had become very different for Zhuo Xiaofeng. For half a year, Xiaocang River has been growing bigger almost every day, especially after the dam was formed, the speed of change was even more drastically.

From time to time, people would say hello to Zhuo Xiaofeng. At that time, the young people who were in the "Yongle Youth League Zhengqi Association" in Hangzhou had mostly become low-level managers, and they were allocating and coordinating their work here. When passing a ramp, the vehicle dragging the soil and rocks was trapped in the mud. Zhuo Xiaofeng and Hou Yuanyong went over to help push, and a young man also came over and said casually: "Brother Zhuo, Chen Xing and others have made a meeting and are pulling people everywhere."

"Mohui?" Zhuo Xiaofeng frowned. At this time, soldiers around him were coming and going. Several men next to the cart shouted in unison. Zhuo Xiaofeng followed the "Ah" and pushed the cart out of the mud pit, and then said to Hou Yuanyong: "Find some mud and ash boards to fill it up here." Hou Yuanyong nodded and left. He said to the young man who came over to talk to him: "I have just come back and don't know what's going on. I'll go see the teacher first and talk to the evening."

The man nodded: "I know, I just want to tell you Brother Zhuo first."

Then Hou Yuanyong dragged a dustpan of gravel wooden board from the side, and the three of them filled the mud pit before continuing to move forward. Although they just came back and didn't mention it, Zhuo Xiaofeng could guess something about Mohui and other things in his heart.

After leaving the capital and heading north, Wu Ruiying settled down in Xiaocang River. He walked out of the initial confusion and then began to build Xiaocang River. During this period, Ning Yi spent a lot of effort. Not only did he control the construction of the entire valley, but he also gave a lot of lectures on cultivating talents.

This type of lecture is roughly divided into three categories: one is to tell the principles of all things and the principles of studying things to craftsmen. The second is to teach the managers in the valley the knowledge arranged by hand, the concept of efficiency, and the third is to tell the ideas of a group of disciples, children and even some relatively quick-thinking officers in the army, the analysis of current affairs, the speculation of the overall situation, and the way people should be.

As for Ning Yi, why should he arrange this way when arranging work for people? When he can speak, he will try his best to explain to the government officials around him in a simple way. Such things, including the first two lectures, are to instill modern science, modern management and crash courses to cultivate such talents as quickly as possible. There is only the third course, which has a long-term and argumentative feeling. But in the eyes of others, it is naturally different. These things will be considered to be the embodiment of Ning Yi's own philosophy.

Focusing on rules, efficiency, focus on objects, focus on people, focus on craftsmen, focus on businessmen, focus on humble careers, focus on personal self-discipline and awakening... These things are naturally different from the Confucian system itself. Especially in more than half a year, Ning Yi later took charge of Xiao Cang River, and arranged everything in person. During this period, until now, the operation efficiency of Xiao Cang River is heart-wrenching. From the initial marking and preparations, to the later construction of dams and reclaiming fields, to the present, the valley is like a giant beast, sucking and spewing soil and rocks, flattening the ground, and turning the desolate places into houses, and the speed of this change seems to be increasing.

Goodbye to see a knowledgeable person. How have you ever seen such efficiency?

The dam was built with manpower and the river was then stopped. After the dam was formed, the landform of Xiao Cang River changed drastically in a short period of time. With manpower against the great power of heaven and earth, it fell into the eyes of everyone. With these things, some people have long mentioned that Mr. Ning's inheritance is very similar to the concept of the ancient Mohist school. With the existence of the Yongle Youth League and the righteous spirit, there were originally several small groups of young officers such as the "Huayan Society". It is naturally not surprising that another Mohist school appeared in the Xiao Cang River army.

Walk out of that settlement area, and then follow the road to the other side of the valley. There is still a scene of figures running around on the road. Looking back, the muddy market seems to contain vitality.

At this time, Xiao Canghe naturally faced huge problems. Every day, in the small square of the settlement, someone would bring outside news. The urgency of the Central Plains and the battle situation of the 100,000 troops of Xixia. Someone would also announce the progress of various matters in Xiao Canghe in that square, but as long as anyone with a heart can see that Xiao Canghe is facing a catastrophic threat from all aspects.

The threat from Xixia is one of them. As long as they gain a foothold in the northwest, the first thing Xiao Canghe faces is the problem that cannot develop around them. This does not include the question about what Xiao Canghe should do when the Xixia people took the initiative to attack Xiao Canghe.

The food problem is even more important. For tens of thousands of people in the valley, the land reclamation in the valley is already at the speed of doing their best. However, the tools are not enough and time is urgent. In this spring, about a thousand acres of farmland added along the river valley in the mountains, and wheat is planted. It is endless in the eyes. However, in the practical sense, the land here is already barren and has just been reclaimed. If a thousand acres of land is planted well, it may be able to feed a thousand people, but if it is a thousand soldiers, it must be malnourished.

Xiao Canghe currently relies on blood transfusions from Qingmuzhai, but Qingmuzhai itself lacks arable land, and it relies on blood transfusions from the outside world. However, once the Jurchens and Xixia people stabilized, even if they did not consider being beaten, this place would face a real disaster.

Therefore, even though Xiao Canghe seemed full of vitality at this time, many people understood its problem and never stopped at any time. In the Jurchens, Xixia, and the world began to decay, Xiao Canghe had tentacles that must be stretched out and roots that were taken. This was not a boating against the current, but a boating on the edge of the waterfall. As long as you hesitate, you will inevitably be doomed.

A loud "ah" sound came from the front. It was the scene of the military training on the valley in front of the road. Even though a lot of labor replaced the usual physical training, each team would still have battle formation training every three days. Zhuo Xiaofeng looked at the scene of the army lined up to outgoing guns, turned the road ahead, and further away was the Military and Political Affairs Hall on the hillside of Xiao Cang River. From a distance, there were only two rows of simple wooden houses, but at this time there was a quiet and solemn smell.

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From spring to summer, in April of the second year of Jingping of the Wu Dynasty, the Jurchens who invaded the south had squeezed out all the plundering things in Bianliang City and ordered Zhang Bangchang to be the emperor. After establishing the Great Chu regime, Fang Shi escorted more than 100,000 people including Emperor Jingping of the Wu Dynasty, Empress Dowager, Empress, noble ladies in the palace, powerful people, civilians and other women, and craftsmen to head north one after another.

In the northwest, after regaining several cities such as Qingjian and Yanzhou, Emperor Li Ganshun of the Western Xia began to expand around, and his troops forced Qingzhou and Weizhou to regain two hundred miles of Hengshan. At this time, the north of the Yellow River in the Wu Dynasty had fallen into a short-term "borderless land". The Jurchens, the essential ruler, had no time to digest this area. The newly established Da Chu regime was not justified. Emperor Zhang Bangchang immediately took off his yellow robe and removed his imperial title, so he did not go to the main palace to work. He was in a regular manner and had no intention of controlling the affairs of the north, which also led to the government north of the Yellow River entering a state of being able to do whatever he liked.

Patriots who were still interested in the Wu Dynasty accounted for most of the places, and the bandits and rebels from all over the country also made the name of defending the Wu Dynasty. But among them, various forces that began to seek a way out for themselves had also begun to move quickly. Among them, in addition to some of the already deeply rooted clans and troops, Tian Hu's power also jumped up during this period. At the same time, several Tubo tribes that were separatisted by the vassal kings. After the influence of the Wu Dynasty faded, they also began to move towards the land in the east.

At this time, the rebels that had just begun to take root in Xiao Canghe were in a strange state. If you look back from the front, the army that relied on Ning Yi's powerful operating ability actually seemed to be walking on the sharp tip of a knife. To put it seriously, this army that rebelled after the regicide had no way forward and no way to retreat. It can be maintained. In the general direction, there are three reasons. One is that the obvious external pressure and the soon-to- collapse and decay of the Central Plains should make the people in the Xiao Canghe Valley realize this. It is also directly related to Ning Yi's internal propaganda power.

Secondly, because the result of strong planning and employment abilities along the way, the amazing work efficiency in the valley has to some extent feeding back to the workers themselves, resulting in the higher the efficiency, the higher the surprise and sense of accomplishment in everyone's heart. Especially the completion of the Xiaocang River Dam, the satisfaction given to people is indescribable, and further promotes the efficiency of everyone doing other things.

The third is because of the publicity of Ning Yi and others' achievements and the gradually formed personality cult, and everyone knew the difficulties faced by Xiao Canghe. However, before that, when Ning Yi was a guest minister of the Prime Minister's House, he had already started a war with grain merchants all over the world. These things were originally known to everyone in the Bamboo Records. At this time, Ning Yi sent a large number of people to contact various merchants and constantly manipulate the strings. In the minds of everyone, it was naturally a manifestation of his attempt to use commercial power to solve the food problem. At this time, the world was in chaos, and it was difficult to do this. However, the inner demons had complete plans and manipulate people's hearts. In the prime minister's house, they were also known as the "God of Wealth". At least in the matter of doing business, most people had almost blind confidence.

These factors that promote the continuous operation of Xiao Canghe are linked together. The loosening of each link may lead to a total collapse, but during this period, the overall situation has been operating strangely. At the same time, in Ning Yi's personal terms, in early April, Yun Zhu, who was pregnant for ten months, gave birth to Ning Yi's third child and the first daughter. However, due to the difficult childbirth during childbirth, both the mother and the child fell into extreme weakness after the child was born. The little baby eats very little on weekdays and often cries and does not sleep in the middle of the night, so many people think that the child has a miserable life and may not be able to raise it.

The situation in the outside world is still deteriorating at this time. With the return of Zhuo Xiaofeng and others, the information brought back shows that Tian Hu, the tiger king who was nearly a thousand miles away, was actively joining the Zongheng and joining some of the original Wu Dynasty tribes, and now they have extended their tentacles to the northwest area. In the same attempt to maintain the business path and even open up the connections between the Xixia and Tubo areas, it can be seen that all this is to prepare for the Jurchens in the future. Looking at their methods and the conflicts between the two sides, Ning Yi seemed to be able to see a woman on Tian Hu's side.

Even under ideal conditions, even if Xixia has not reached out to the northwest, it is difficult for Wurui Camp to open up this business road. At this time, the demons danced wildly and entered an almost impossible state. In the Xixia side, in April, Li Qianshun had heard of the name of the regicide of the Wurui Camp. He sent an envoy who asked Xiao Canghe to surrender. At this time, he was coming to the mountains where Xiao Canghe was located, preparing to inform Xiao Canghe of his future destiny: either surrender or destroy.

The 100,000 troops of Xixia came to pacify the northwest. Since they entered their sight, if they did not surrender, there would be a battle in the future.

Our story begins here again and is devoted to this summer time. This is a calm and dull summer that is difficult to survive without mutual support... (To be continued.)

ps: I was going to post last night, but I modified it today, so I dared to post it. The second half of the review-style advancement can reach this point. Next, let's enter the plot^_^

Happy New Year everyone.


Chapter completed!