C56 Shifting the Seaside to Raise the Sails

The sun had just risen, and the wind blowing from the sea was not very strong. As far as the eye could see, the withered reeds swayed in the wind, as if golden waves had risen. A few fluffy yellow foxes stooped down, sneaking down the hill, and approached through a flock of waterfowl near a large puddle in the reeds.

When the Water Bird seemed like it was about to be struck by lightning, the sound of hooves coming from the east suddenly came from the east. A large flag with the word 'Zhao' on a red and black character appeared a few miles away first, following which, a large group of cavalrymen wearing khaki clothes rushed over. The water birds cried out in alarm as they spread their wings and flew far away. The few foxes angrily cried out a few times before reluctantly disappearing into the depths of the reeds.

After a short while, the cavalry army had reached the foot of the hill, led by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun waved his hand to stop the team, jumped off the horse and ran towards the top of the hill.

This small hillside was less than twenty zhang high, and several ten-zhang wide streams slowly flowed in the north and south direction. Looking ahead, the surface of the sea appeared to be about seven to eight miles away. Under the golden light of the sun, there were a few rows of dilapidated houses along the shore. They were only the size of teacups from afar, but most of them had already turned into a pile of rotten wood.

At the foot of the mountain, countless brand-new wooden houses were bathing in the gentle sunlight. Some of the wood even had green leaves and leaves on them. On the flat wasteland to the south of the group of wooden houses, a crowd of people was gathering. Countless people were waving their tools and shouting their horn to open up the farmland.

"This is a good place!" Zhao Yunbiao applauded and ran down the hill, shouting, "Go around this hill and set up a tent. Wait for the incoming army!"

Three thousand men jumped off their horses, took down the folded tents and ropes from the horses' back, and began to set up their tents in an orderly fashion.

An hour later, the tents at the foot of the hill were arranged like stars. Standing at the top of the hill, one could see the gray mushrooms blooming everywhere.

Zhao Yun took his people to the seaside and brought back a few big buckets of seawater and some small things like shells and snails. He had just put his things in the tent when a scout galloped up to him.

"General!" General! The successor army has arrived! "

Zhao Yun nodded, mounted his horse and ran towards the west. After running five to six miles, a large group of people appeared before them.

Including the fifteen thousand odd auxiliary force s, there were more than twenty-seven thousand of them. Along the way, everyone was brimming with joy. It was bustling with noise and excitement. The flag of the White Horse Camp was similar to the pattern on the identity plate of the soldiers. The flag fluttered with the wind, and the winged horse on top of it seemed like it could fly away at any time.

Gongsun Xu followed the flag and slowly moved forward. When he saw Zhao Yun coming over, he asked from afar, "Zi Long, has the vanguard team been set up?"

"Yes sir!" Zhao Yun cupped his fist on his horse, "The brothers under me have already put up their tents."

Gongsun Xu pointed at the numerous large vehicles behind them. "Leave some people to keep watch over the tents while the rest come over to help with the delivery."

"Here!" Zhao Yun turned his horse and dashed away.

In order to move this time, Gongsun Xu had collected almost all the carriages from Ji County, and barely gathered 300 of them. And this was with the families of the soldiers already settled in advance, otherwise, the 1,300 cars might not even be enough.

Including the families of the White Horse Camp warriors, Gongsun Xu had to take charge of the food, drinks and living conditions for the 70,000 people. It was not an easy thing to do because there were too many people who could not be cared for. A few days ago, when they let their families move away, many accidents happened. Fortunately, regardless of whether it was the soldiers or their families, all of them had high morale and were looking forward to getting their land as soon as possible. As a result, no one had any complaints.

There were more than 300 large vehicles piled with construction items such as ropes, nails and axes. Gongsun Xu planned to turn Tianjin into a strong military camp. He would build the city when the time was ripe and use this place as a fulcrum for going south or east in the future. At the moment, there was a large area of dense forest in the northwest of Tianjin. There was a large area of dense forest in the northwest of Tianjin.

After an hour, the entire group had arrived at the foot of the hill where Zhao Yun was camped. At this time, the families in the front had also received the news. A large group of children rushed over and stood a hundred steps away, pointing at their father and brothers.

Gongsun Xu had Ku Le, Yang Hong, and Wang Wei bring auxiliary force and set up camp. He also had Yan Rou and Zhao Yun to set up camp here.

The three of them quickly arrived at the pioneering area. When everyone saw Gongsun Xu come over, they all kneeled on the ground and thanked him.

Gongsun Xu called over a highly respected elder and asked him about the progress of the pioneering.

"My lord, the weather these days is not bad. The children are very strong. In just three days, hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland have been cleared. Before the snow falls, every family will receive their share of the land."

Gongsun Xu looked at the sea in the distance and asked, "Old sir, how long do you think it will take for it to snow?"

"Even I can't say for sure!" Rest assured, my lord, that even at the risk of their lives, the little ones will have enough arable land to plow through. "My lord, when can we distribute the crops in the spring?"

"This general has already discussed it with Zou County's officials. Before the next year's spring ploughing, this general is sure to distribute the grain to everyone in time. However, old man, you must remember to tell everyone, this general has already exempted all your taxes, but after the harvest next year, we must return double the amount of food to Youzhou's prefectural governor Manor. "

"My lord is merciful, the little ones cannot thank you enough! They all said that they had never seen a lord like their lord! Everyone hopes for our lord to seize the world! "

"How could this be?" Gongsun Xu frowned, "Old sir, when you go back, tell everyone that this general doesn't want to hear any more of that!"

"Here!" The old man was shocked and quickly explained: "Master, these words will only be passed on to us, the families of White Horse Camp, and we will not dare to speak carelessly in front of outsiders."

Gongsun Xu reminded him, "From now on, you're not allowed to spread these kinds of rumors between your own people!"

"Here!" "Please rest assured, my lord, this old man will definitely go ahead with it."

"That's good." Gongsun Xu nodded and asked, "Is the land here fertile?"

When the old man heard this, he smiled widely, "Master has really chosen a good place. As long as we dig out all the reeds, there would only be greasy black soil underneath! I dare to bet that even the most fertile land in Ji County cannot compare to this place! "It would be a pity if I had come here two months earlier, I would have been able to plant winter wheat in time!"

"Is there anything else you can grow now?" Gongsun Xu didn't know anything about this.

There are a lot of rivers here that can be watered at any time.

The hemp is one of the five cereals, the other four are corn (millet), millet (millet), wheat, beans, hemp seeds can be eaten, stem skin can be used as hemp rope, hemp clothes, or hemp paper and other things. This plant was very resistant to cold. It had been grown in the north for a long time.

"Numb" Gongsun Xu touched his chin and asked, "Are you confident now?"

"My lord, there are reeds everywhere. Even if it's snowing, we can build a reed shed on the ground. I'm sure we can do it!"

"Old sir, find a few more people to discuss this. If it's really feasible, you can go to the military camp and meet up with the general." "Alright, this general will take a look at the seaside. You can do as you please." Gongsun Xu's interest was piqued. No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. It was still better than nothing.

"Here!" This little old man will find someone to discuss it with! " The old man was even more anxious than Gongsun Xu. After saluting, he ran into the wasteland.

When Gongsun Xu arrived at the seaside and saw the sparkling light, he couldn't help but think of something else. If they could get potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes from America, which could yield two or three thousand pounds per mu, the number of people who starved to death would definitely be reduced by half! Right now, in the entire Youzhou, there was not a single decent boat to be found. If he wanted to see the big ship, he could only go to Jiangdong. If in the future, he could go south to pacify the Jiangdong, then he could try to build a huge ship. He didn't dare guarantee that he could reach America, but he needed to go to the Japan on the other side of the sea!

When he thought of Japan, Gongsun Xu not only thought of Er Yu and her maid Ju Zi, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. How could a Japanese become Great King of Xianbei's niece's maid? Er Yu had said that Ju Zi was a descendant of the Japanese slaves that Tan Shihuai had captured. Logically speaking, this was even more impossible. If that was the case, there could only be two possibilities. One was that Japanese had come to the north to be captured by Tan Shihuai, and the second was that Tan Shihuai had sent people to cross the ocean to capture Japan!

There were many gold and silver copper mines in Japan. If they could cross the sea to travel to the east, then they should be able to snatch up powerful lights! What did the Japan look like now? It seemed like the Effulgence Emperor had also bestowed a golden seal to the Japan King. Other than the Japan, there seemed to be quite a few mines in the Korea. The current Korea was repeatedly defeated by the Great Han Dynasty and had moved to Wan Du City (Jilin City). If he wanted to attack the Korea, he had to fight with Gongsun Du first.

"Young master! Young Master! " Gongsun Yi shouted twice and only then did Gongsun Xu wake up from his trance.

"What is it?" Gongsun Xu shook his head, and retracted his gaze from Liaodong.

"Miss and Officer Guo are here."

Gongsun Xu turned around and saw two carriages coming in, one after the other. The horse carriage stopped a few steps away. Gongsun Rui jumped down from the first carriage with her maid, Zi Yu, and immediately saw the glittering sea. She didn't even have time to talk to Gongsun Xu as she ran towards the seaside.

"Greetings, my lord!" Guo Jia jumped down from the second carriage, cupped his fist and bowed to Gongsun Xu with an awkward expression.

Gongsun Xu Xu supported him, "Feng Xiao, there is no need to be so polite. How is your condition?"

"It's done, thank you for your concern, my lord." Guo Jia spoke very carefully, he was no longer as casual as before.

"Oh, Feng Xiao, you are really …" Gongsun Xu knew the inside story and didn't know what to say.

"I'm so ashamed!" Guo Jia cupped his hands with his head lowered.

When Gongsun Xu left Guo Jia's home that day, he never would have imagined that his sister would drag Guo Jia out of the bathtub afterwards. Furthermore, when he was rushing towards Liucheng, Guo Jia suddenly had the urge to stroll around the brothel, but was stopped by Gongsun Rui who happened to pass by and beat him up. Guo Jia inexplicably suffered two consecutive beatings, yet he didn't even know who the other party was. He couldn't help but feel curious and secretly tried to follow Gongsun Rui. However, it turned out that he had been beaten up by accident …

This time, after the fight, the two of them finally knew each other's identities. Gongsun Rui felt bad for beating up her brother's important advisor, so she apologized to Guo Jia on her own accord, and even brought him some medicine to recuperate her injuries. And Guo Jia was very 'despicable' at times, he had never met a woman like Gongsun Rui before.

Several times Gongsun Xu saw Gongsun Rui hurrying out, was actually to see Guo Jia. It was precisely because of this that Gongsun Rui blushed shyly when Gongsun Xu had said 'no wonder you come here so often' at Le Mansion a few days ago. Meanwhile, Liu Ninger and Le Cui Er, who had already known the inside news, smiled mischievously. That day, when they were back at home, Liu Ninger mentioned this to him on the pillow. Only then did Gongsun Xu realize why Gongsun Zan had specifically asked Guo Jia about it.

"Feng Xiao, this is my only sister. She is even more precious than my life! "You must think carefully!" Gongsun Xu thought for a while and finally decided to give Guo Jia a warning. This guy had a natural disposition, it was hard to ensure that Rui Er would not suffer a loss in the future.

Guo Jia raised his sleeves and saluted respectfully. "My lord, please be at ease. I will not let Miss down!"

"Alright, let's not talk about this for now. Find a chance to go back with me."

"I will listen to my lord."

"Oh right, don't drink too much in the future!"

"My lord, do you know? It has been almost ten days since Jia drank a single drop!" Oh no! "

"Could it be that Feng Xiao has stopped drinking? This is truly a miracle! "

"Miss Rui says that we can only drink once a month at the end of the month. We can't drink more than three catties each time. It's not even the end of the month yet, but you can count the days by pinching your fingers!"

"Haha Feng Xiao, even you have such a day!"

"Heh heh, I've let the lord down!"