In October, everything is slaughtering.

It is already early winter. Located on the ground of Cangzhou in the north, it is naturally a desolate scene in the cold wind.

However, as soon as I arrived near Jiehe Market, I immediately felt a different kind of prosperity.

From time to time, you can see the courtyard under intense construction on the roadside, with red walls built high. Most of the houses are two-story buildings and brick and tile houses, which look very sturdy and durable.

Such a house that uses bricks and tiles is not common, not to mention it in Haizhou, even in Kaifeng Prefecture. If you can live in such a building, you are either a rich man or a powerful man.

Why are there such houses everywhere near Jiehe Commercial City?

Going further forward, you can see the city wall of Jiehe Market.

The tall, thick and solid red city walls look particularly powerful in the winter sun.

This is a majestic city!

The cars and horses that come and go on the road are flowing endlessly, but they are different from other places. Most of the men on the horse's back are brightly dressed, carrying bows and swords, and they all expose a domineering attitude that only men who have been on the battlefield have.

This is still a military city!

Ji Yi, the official Ji, rode a horse and took a group of mighty followers. Walking on this official road leading to Jiehe Market, the more you walked, the more you became more and more scared, and the more you walked, the more you became.

Jiehe Commercial City is really a short-sighted businessman city? Why do these people on the official road look so fierce? The entourage he brought in in Haizhou can be regarded as a hero who can shock the venue, but when compared, they all look like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered?

Ji Yi has seen the world! He is used to seeing the killing generals on the sea, and the demon witches of the Demon Sect. So you can see at a glance that these knights who come and go on the official road are all extremely fierce!

"These knights are..."

"Most are knights in front of the palace and knight entourage, and some are knights of Jiehe utility." Ji Lei, the manager of the Ji family in Jiehe Market, explained with a smile, "They are all heroes who killed countless people in front of the Northwest Army, which is different from the thugs in our family."

I see!

The knights in front of the palace and the warriors in front of the imperial court have returned home from the northwest. Those who returned to Jiehe Shang City were knights and knight entourages. Many entourages also had enough credit for the promotion of knights, so they were waiting to allocate land. Now the imperial court has some land available for distribution. Because there is a part of the Hetao grassland, it can be grazed on a large scale. Therefore, the civil officials in the court suggested that the herds prisons in Hebei, Hedong and Guanzhong, which were in charge of the herds, be abolished, and the horses were taken to Shuofang for herding.

In this way, there is a little land that can be allocated to the new knights. The first one to be distributed is the horse farm located in Cangzhou, Qingzhou, Bazhou, Hejian and other Hebei East Roads, and is preparing to complete the distribution before the end of the year. All knights who are promoted to the Northwest Army who are unwilling to stay in Shuofang and Lingzhou can lead 1,500 acres of vocational land on Hebei East Road.

A rough estimate is that the number of knights near Jiehe Market will reach more than 3,000 knights in the future, excluding Jiehe Market.

This is a very large scale!

So it is not surprising that Ji Yi always encounters evil people near Jiehe Market.

"Didn't the Chanyuan Alliance say that the city wall will not be built?" Ji Yi had already reached the south gate of Jiehe Market at this time. Seeing the city wall several meters high and a fortress outside the city with high walls, he was a little strange.

"Yes, Head of Wu has a solution." Ji Lei said with a smile, "The Khitans just didn't ask, so the city walls were built higher and higher. Moreover, the border river not only had city walls, but also had tens of thousands of guaranteed dates, and the effectiveness of the wing soldiers were each worth thousands."

"Baoding?" Ji Yi smiled, "Is it useful?"

Ji Lei smiled bitterly. It is hard to say whether there is any use. However, he, Yuan Lao, was also dragged down by the family of Yuan Lao in Jiehe Shang City, and he could be exempted from service. If their son had an official position (it would not be possible to arrest the officials of the Song Dynasty as a guarantor), or he would be exempted from service in designated academies and academies. However, many of their servants and guards were arrested. They took turns to serve in the barracks, and the training was strict!

Ji Lei said: "Yizhi, when you see them later, you will know if it is useful!"

While they were talking, they had already rode around the castle where the coastal Maritime Control Department was located. Between this small castle and the big city of Jiehe Shang City, there was an open space. On the open space, there were about 500 Jiehe Baodings in training. 500 Baodings held "gun shields" (i.e. Roman shields and short guns), long guns (long spears over one meter) and bows and arrows, and changed their queues amid the sounds of commands from the officers. They looked extremely strict, no less than the Song Dynasty imperial guards that Ji Yi had seen.

"This is all practiced according to the formations of the Dragon Emperor and the New Mansion soldiers." Ji Lei said, "The soldiers who trained are not ordinary Baozheng, but the military opportunities of the Coastal Maritime Control Department, all came down from the northwest frontline..."

Wu Haogu is now the so-called commander. He can naturally be appointed as a magistrate. His subordinates include business companies, managers, managers, and other magistrates. He also obtained the permission of Zhao Ji and established two military staff agencies, including the Military Affairs Office and the Sea Route Mechanism Office.

With these studs and vocational institutions, Wu Haogu could naturally place a large number of military officers brought back from the Northwest Army. So now there are enough officers to train Baoding from the Jiehe River and the water and land wing soldiers under the Coastal Maritime Control Department.

"Do you want to enter the city?"

Ji Yi had already followed Ji Lei to the south gate of Jiehe Shang City. Like other cities in the Song Dynasty, there were also soldiers setting up checkpoints at the city gate.

However, the soldiers standing guard here are much more powerful than the soldiers who are looking at the gates that Ji Yi had seen elsewhere. They all turned to the guards of the Bu Zhanshu Division under the coastal ship control department. The identities of the soldiers were higher than those of the imperial guards. Now they were wearing iron armor, holding spears, bows, arrows and swords, standing majestic in two rows. Ji Yi was a little scared to do business and make money. Why is Wu Haogu like this?

"Entering the city," said Ji Lei, "Wu Haogu cannot live in the coastal shipbuilding department outside the city. He lives in the city's mansion, and he usually works in the municipal office.

So if you want to see him, you have to enter the city.”

When entering the city, you need to register (check the registration card) and pass the tax. Ji Yi is an official, and Ji Lei is also a veteran of Jiehe Commercial City. Moreover, they did not bring goods, so they naturally completed the procedures quickly and entered Jiehe Commercial City.

Jiehe has not been frozen yet, and the confrontation between Song and Liao has been completely lifted because the peace talks were successfully concluded a few days ago. Therefore, Jiehe Commercial Market has ushered in its most prosperous days, even more lively than Haizhou, which Ji Yi is familiar with...

...

When Ji Yi entered the city, Wu Haogu did not work in the municipal office. He was busy with peace talks. There was nothing he had to do on the peace talks, but he was jumping up and down the stage, and he did a lot of behind-the-scenes transactions. Now that the matter was finally over, he sent away all the great gods such as Zhang Kangguo and Su Che, so he naturally had to give himself a few days off.

As for the government office and the coastal market system, there are people who can help manage civil affairs. Ximen Anguo, Zhang Xizai, Huang Silang, He Tianran, Lin Wancheng and others in the municipal office. The management department has Mi Youren, Zhao Zhongge, and Zhao Jiaren, so naturally nothing can happen.

Wu Haogu, who was idle, took Guo Xiaoxiao to visit Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple next to the Wu family's mansion. By the way, he would have a while ago, Master Zhishen, and Pan Xingye, who was in charge of the Changshengku of Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple.

The meeting place was in the backyard of Daxiangguo Temple in Jiehe. Behind a pine forest, a small building stands.

The location of this small building is extremely remote and covered by pine forests. If you don’t look carefully, it will be difficult to find it. The location of this small building is actually very close to the backyard of the Wuhao Ancient Mansion. The two are separated by a wall, and you can communicate with each other through a moon gate.

Today, Wu Haogu is the Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple that Guo Xiaoxiao entered from the Moon Gate. After a while, he returned to the small building here to rest and have dinner. This small building is actually Wu Haogu’s residence in Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple! He is also rich and powerful in Kaifeng Prefecture, but he is a minister after all. In Jiehe Shangshi, he is the lord of a city! The power he has is naturally incomparable.

"Head of the People, don't say anything when you come here, you're ready for it."

"Yes, Master Shaozhuyuan has also come to Jiehe now, and just ask him to cook some delicious food."

Master Zhishen and Mr. Pan Xingye, who are talking to Wu Haogu, also Master Zhishen looks much richer now. He is wearing a purple brocade robe, the rosary hanging around his neck is made of the best longan Bodhi, and a string of red coral hand beads on his hands.

He is now a true master of great monks. He is not only famous in Jiehe Shang City, but also in Liao, Goryeo, and Japan. I don’t know how many copies of the Dharma Picture of Visakhsamtian, which is based on him! It has been widely circulated in Liao, Goryeo, and Japan!

Wu Haogu came to visit this monk today, so he naturally wanted to invite him to come forward.

"Master," Wu Haogu smiled, "I am here this time to ask you to pick up someone in Xijin Mansion."

"Catch someone? Who?"

"Princess Cheng'an, Liao Kingdom." Wuhao Ancient Road, "She will marry the Prince of Xiping of our dynasty soon and will enter the country from Jiehe Shang City... From Jiehe Shang City to Kaifeng Prefecture, I will be responsible for accompanying you, and you will be with me."

"Sha family is going together?" Monk Zhishen was stunned. "Sha family doesn't make the princess happy, so what's the use of following?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "The master is rich, the master can lend money to the princess's husband... The King of Xiping is about to fight for his father in the west, and the military expenditure is probably not settled, so the master can lend him."

"I... Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple Changshengku is rich, but you can't borrow money at will." Master Zhishen shook his head, "I have to make a long-term plan for this matter."
Chapter completed!