The next day, Jiang Chun woke up with a headache. He squinted and saw Mou Zhu sitting by the bed.

"The officer is awake, let's have a bowl of hangover soup first."

"What time is it?"

"It's two o'clock."

"So late?!" Jiang Chun sat up suddenly and murmured, "What happened?"

"What happened?" Mou Zhu said calmly: "It was a reception banquet, and I ate a month's salary. The official said that he was annoying Li County Lieutenant, but he was really generous."

"so much?!"

Jiang Chun felt a little distressed, but he didn't care too much. In addition to the more than 20 yuan a month, he also had various gifts of clothing, grain, employment land, and a living in his hometown.

Mou Zhu didn't comply. He snorted and said, "You spend a lot of money, but you don't do even the slightest thing that the officials are told to do."

Jiang Chun stroked his beard and said nothing, dazed.

Mou Zhu said again: "Last night, while the reckless man named Liu was drunk, I sent Po Yan to inquire about my identity. The marriage of Li County Lieutenant was arranged in private. Nacai, Naji has not done it yet, and the officials can arrest him.

It’s tight.”

"Just ask the official to open his mouth. Why is it so difficult?!"

"You woman are bringing this up again."

"Stop making any noise..."

"Is an official still mean? He spent more than twenty years as he pleased. I served you all night, and when I woke up, he cursed me."

"Okay, okay, don't bother me." Jiang Chun frowned and asked, "Where is Li Feiyu?"

"I took people to the east bank of Fujiang River early in the morning." Mou Zhu said: "Normally, officials get others drunk, but today, his drinking capacity, energy, and prestige are all outclassed by him."

"Oh, Li Feiyu drank less than three small glasses in total, and said that Shunan's wine is not strong. I..." Jiang Chun said: "Anyway, don't deal with him in the future. This person is difficult to deal with."

"How can we avoid having to deal with each other if we live in the same courtyard?"

"Still living at home?" Jiang Chun was stunned and said blankly: "Didn't I ask him to move out?"

"Haha." Mou Zhu sneered, "Think about it for yourself."

Jiang Chun rubbed his head and tried to remember everything last night.

Including Bao San and Lu Hu, Li Xia has transferred fifty people to the government.

However, these people actually stood on his side during the drinking competition and dared to trick the magistrate.

Looking at the outcome of the whole banquet, we couldn't do anything to him at all.

The best place to tell things is at the wine table. I'm afraid Li Xia has opened up a situation in Qingfu County...

"Li Feiyu, it's not simple."

"Hmph, knowing that he is not a simple man, the officials are quick to recruit him as their son-in-law..."

Li Xia led people out of the county town early in the morning and arrived at an abandoned tea horse farm on the east bank of Fujiang River.

"In the early years, we purchased all the military horses of the Song Dynasty from Dali. There were eight tea horse farms in the Song Dynasty, and there were two in Xuzhou. One of them is here." Han Qi'an said, "But now it has been abandoned and has become a refugee.

The gathering shack.”

Li Xia looked around and saw that many of the doors and windows in the tea and horse farm had been torn down by the refugees and used as firewood, making it quite dilapidated.

Han Qi'an led him around, raised his hand and pointed, and said: "The river here is slow, and the east and west banks can be used to park boats. The mountain to the east is called 'Huokou Rock', and a platform can be built on the top.

Set up the artillery and carts. If the Mongols come, you can hit them with artillery and rocks."

Li Xia nodded and said, "Mr. Ning's intention is to use this tea horse farm as a station for river patrollers?"

"Yes." Han Qi'an said: "Alang, please see, that area can be used as a school ground. It only needs to build another circle of defense around the perimeter, and the barracks only need to be slightly repaired."

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, right?"

"At least it's cheaper than building a new barracks."

Li Xia asked Bao San: "What do you think?"

Bao San squinted his one eye, looked up, and then talked about another topic.

"The county captain wants to recruit 300 river patrolmen?"

"good."

Bao Sandao: "With such a generous move, does the county lieutenant want to manage the army and make a great contribution while the Mongolian army is attacking Shu?"

Li Xia didn't hide anything from him and said: "Not bad."

"Then it shouldn't be like the people in the army, archers and other government officials. They patrol when they go to the government and return home when they go down. Their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Xiang army. If you want to run the army, you must first strictly enforce military discipline and drill every day to be different from the people.

strong……"

After Bao San finished speaking, he turned around and saw Li Xia and Han Qi'an with indifferent expressions.

He thought about it all night last night and saw that Li Xia had dispatched fifty people but also raised their wages, so he guessed what Li Xia was thinking.

At this time, Bao San also knew that his words were not impressive enough, so he continued to speak.

"The county captain might as well build a large camp and expand it directly from the tea horse farm to the foot of Maokou Rock. In this way, the camp will reach Fujiang in the west and Maokou Rock in the east. With the landscape and the influence of the mountains and rivers, the camp will be wide and convenient for training. I know a little bit about it.

The commander's method of training troops can be to train three hundred strong soldiers for the county captain to guard the celebration talisman."

Li Xia nodded, his expression still very calm, and asked: "How many people can be accommodated in such a camp?"

"Not to mention three hundred people, five or six hundred people can be accommodated."

"Can it be expanded in the future?"

Bao San was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

He felt that he had followed Yu Jie before. Although he was just a small soldier, he was still well-informed. He originally thought that he would shock Li Xia and others when he opened his mouth, but he did not expect such a dull reaction.

Han Qi'an said: "We can encircle Yukou Rock. There is a Qingqing River in the north, which flows from east to west and merges into Fujiang River. It can be relied upon."

"Have you drawn the rough drawings?"

"I drew a simple one." Han Qian said, "The craftsman's drawings haven't been completed yet."

Li Xia took it, looked at it, and said, "Go to the top of the mountain and have a look."

A group of people went to the top of the mountain. Li Xia looked at the drawings a lot and made a decision.

"The camp was built here. As you said, it was expanded to the foot of Luokou Rock Mountain, and then a harbor was dug in Fujiang River to berth ships. As for defense, it was not only necessary to build towers on Luokou Rock, launch cannons, and

It is also built on Qingganling and Tuanshanzi over there..."

"I understand." Han Qi'an was not in good health and was out of breath after climbing the mountain.

Li Xia personally patted him on the back and said, "That's it. Let's rest for a while before going down the mountain."

"Yes, how to build a wall?"

"Not built."

"Then if the Mongolian army comes, how will the barracks and ships be defended?"

Li Xia said: "We have ships, but the Mongolian army does not. We are far more flexible than them. We only need to dig trenches between Xiaoqing River and Yuokou Rock in the north to restrict their cavalry from charging into formation."

"But what if the Mongolian army comes from the south?"

"The ship can go down the Fujiang River and have enough time to enter the county. In addition, we will store supplies on Yuokou Rock and garrison the mountain when the time comes. It will also be at odds with the county..."

After hearing this, Bao San was stunned as he looked at the tea horse farm at the foot of the mountain.

After going down the mountain, Li Xia patted Bao San on the shoulder and said, "You are right. I have also followed your method and relied on Haokou Rock to expand the camp. What worries do I have?"

Bao Sandao: "The villain expected that walls should be built all around as Yi Ningxian said. However, the county captain's arrangement seems to be because he has no money... But if you think about it carefully, it is far better than what the villain imagined.

More flexible, the villain is impressed."

"It's just because I have no money." Li Xia said.

Bao San was stunned.

Li Xia added: "On the other hand, it would be too troublesome to demolish and expand the wall after building it. Besides, the best defense is actually offense."

"Expansion?"

Bao San was still puzzled. He just felt that a county town with three to five hundred troops couldn't have more troops. Why would it need to be expanded?

Li Xia did not explain further.

But in short, on the east bank of Fujiang River, under the Yankou Rock, the abandoned tea horse farm began to be repaired and expanded, and served as a camp for Qingfu County's river patrolmen.

At noon that day, Han Qi'an had already paid a thousand guan from the county government, purchased stone and wood, hired refugees, and started construction.

Xu Kui carried a section of tree trunk down from Yuokou Rock, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

He is from Lizhou. After Lizhou was occupied by the Mongolian army, he was worried about the massacre of the city and fled south with his mother, wife and son.

After being on the move for several years, I saw that Western Sichuan was not stopping, so I fled to the south of the Yangtze River before I felt at ease, and stopped outside Qingfu County.

It is also difficult to find a livelihood. Qingfu was originally just a lower county, and now the trade is not prosperous. Occasionally, there are day laborers who pull fibers and dig wild fruits to satisfy their hunger.
To be continued...