Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang stayed in Heishan for three days and saw with their own eyes that the population here has changed from more than 50,000 to about 100,000. What surprised them was that Heishan Village not only did not become a mess because of so many more people, but instead accelerated construction and output in all aspects.

These people who were hovering on the edge of life and death were very grateful to Huo Hai, who had pulled them in despair, who basically obediently did things according to his arrangements.

The walls of Heishan Village are getting higher and higher day by day. However, after the snow in Heishan has melted, there is no more rain and snow in the sky. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the caravans of the Zhang family and the Su family came to Heishan to pick up goods, with as many as 200 cars, and there are 30 cars with salt alone, totaling 300 stones.

At the same time, a team of about 500 people, escorted by the cavalry of the Breaking Wind Camp, began to go to the surrounding counties and entered the shops under Huo Hai's name. They did not bring any goods, but wanted to renovate these shops first, but could serve as a contact point first.

For example, during this period, the Zhen family and the Guo family contacted many large households who wanted to renovate their homes. Moreover, the price was not low. Many refugees and even strong women who learned to build warm kangs and install hot pots in Heishan were organized into a construction team by Huo Hai, and they were sent to each county. They would gather in these shops first, and led by acquaintances who had settled in the shops in the early days and had already figured out the situation in the county town, and went to each house for renovation projects.

Huo Hai was able to set up shops in all the counties in the Three Kingdoms and One County around Changshan and sent workers to them, which surprised Zhen Ping and Guo Yong. What surprised them even more was that most of the gentry were frenzy about the white paper, and they did not ask the price, and directly asked Zhen Ping how much paper there was in his hand and wanted to take it all away.

After learning that such paper was only 30% higher than the original Caihou paper, the orders they placed for the Zhen family and the Guo family started with tens of thousands of pieces. Within half a month, the Zhen family took over more than 30 house renovation projects and sold more than 2,000 stone salt and 800,000 pieces of paper.

The Guo family also has many, nearly 30 house renovation work, more than 2,000 stone salt, and more than 700,000 pieces of white paper.

The most important thing is that these consumptions are all local to Jizhou, and they are only in the Three Kingdoms and One County around Changshan Kingdom, less than half of Jizhou.

After all, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty mainly because of the support of the gentry in Hebei. Currently, this area is the most concentrated area of ​​the country with the largest number of major gentry families.

Seeing hundreds of trucks of grain from the Zhen family and the Guo family pulling to Heishan, the people gathered here became more and more at ease, and their support for Huo Hai has also reached a higher level.

"Brother is just a hard worker." Huo Hai drank a cup of hot tea handed over by Chu Yu and complained in his already hoarse voice.

When he sat down under the recliner, Baoer was very obedient and beat him up his legs.

"I don't know what's going on these days, but more and more people are coming to us." Chu Yu handed a mutton bun to Huo Haidao.

Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no boundary. Now, Heishan Village has gathered about 100,000 people, crowding over a dozen hills in front of Nanzhai. Huo Hai only needs to travel around various construction sites and industries every day, so he has no time to sit down and have a good meal.

Chu Yu, Baoer and others only regretted that they were too stupid and could not help Huo Hai, so they could only try their best to take good care of his daily life.

"It's the cold winter month when there is no harvest in the fields. There will only be more and more people without food, and there may be more in the future." Huo Hai said with a big mouthful of ate the bun.

However, before he finished one of his buns, he saw someone running up from the hillside quickly.

"Sir, Battalion Commander Chu brought back a lot of food and weapons in Wangdu County." Lin San, who was in charge of the guardian of the village gate, reported to Huo Hai.

"Arms? Are you sure?" Huo Hai frowned.

"Yes, the weapons are not only swords, spears, but also many iron armor and yellow crossbows." Lin San was originally happy, but when he saw Huo Hai's frowning expression, he was a little puzzled.

Isn’t it a happy thing for Chu Yan to bring back a lot of food and weapons from Sun’s family?

"Hey, it's going to start finally. I'll write a letter, and you'll send it to the Zhen family and the Guo family for a question." Huo Hai sighed.

"What is the young master talking about?" Chu Yu said in confusion.

"The war between the imperial court and the Taiping Cult is a war that has defeated the Han Dynasty for four hundred years." Although Huo Hai was very hungry, he had no appetite to eat a mutton bun at all. He stood up and walked towards the gate of the village.

As expected, there are hundreds of large and small ox carts and horse carriages lined up to enter the village. Yes, the village wall of Heishan Village has been basically perfect now, and it can only enter and exit at the six village gates. Moreover, the height of the village gate has reached ten feet, and there are city gate towers built on each village gate. With the difference in the hillside, it is more than fifteen feet high. It looks like a moving tall city gate tower directly from the ground to the height halfway up the mountain.

The most clever design is that there are only a small open space in front of each village. If there are soldiers and horses coming to attack the village, they cannot set up a formation in front of the village gate to attack. This not only eliminates the possibility of small groups of soldiers and horses capturing the village, but also makes those who lead the large team helpless.

After Huo Hai came, Chu Yan, who was behind the grain truck team, rushed forward and took out an envelope from his arms and gave it to Huo Hai.

"The butler of the Sun family said that this is a letter from Sun Zhang to Sun Tao."

Huo Hai was not in a hurry to ask how many things he brought back, so he opened the envelope and looked at it.

The characters from this era are actually not much different from those in later generations. They are just the difference between traditional and simplified Chinese. Huo Hai thought about it for a while and could match the simplified Chinese and know its meaning.

After seeing the beginning, Huo Hai frowned. It turned out that the bureaucratic system of the Han Dynasty was like this.

Ma Yuanyi was arrested in Hanoi County and was sent to Luoyang. At the same time, thousands of Taiping Cultists were also arrested. Sun Zhang knew that Sun Tao was destroying Taiping Cult in his hometown, so he asked him to send hundreds of young and strong heads to Luoyang immediately. In this way, he could show his merits to Sun Tao and give him the position of a miscellaneous general.

As for how the heads came from, when Huo Hai saw Sun Zhang’s writing so lightly, he knew that it was nothing more than killing good people and making up for their own numbers.

Of course, Sun Zhang did not forget to take the opportunity to embezzle a group of corrupt people. The reason why the Sun family had so many weapons and food that the treasury had was because Sun Zhang helped him operate on the official side. His sons and nephews wanted to help the court suppress bandits. Everyone appreciated him, would the local treasury support him?

However, what they didn't expect was that these things would be cheaper to Heishan Village.

"Next, the battle in the village will start to be prepared." Huo Hai put his heart into his arms and said.

"Preparation for war?" Chu Yan looked at Huo Haidao in surprise. He felt that he could find an excuse to go to Sun's house to get a batch of things in a few days.

"Yes, prepare for the war. From tomorrow, one hour each morning and evening, everyone in the village must undergo certain training, at least to ensure that when an enemy attacks the village, they know where they should appear and what they should do." Huo Hai nodded.

"The court is going to send a large army to wipe out us?" Chu Yan said in a daze.

"You are not qualified to recruit the army from the court. It is your great wise and good teacher who wants to work with the court and start the army next month at the latest." Huo Hai turned around and walked towards the open space in front of the village gate.

"This, this is impossible, no one will notify me!" Chu Yan, who suddenly felt that he was abandoned by the Taiping Sect, wondered.

"Hasn't your task always been clear? Help me manage these people who have no food to eat." Huo Hai glanced at Chu Yan and said.

"Yes, but the battlefield is where I play my role!" Chu Yan only felt her chest blocked and said annoyed.

These days, in addition to training the soldiers of the Jifeng Camp, he also worked hard to learn to recognize words and settle accounts. Now he can read and write more than 100 words. Although they are all simplified Chinese characters from Huo Haijiao, isn’t it just to shine on the battlefield for so many preparations?

He believed that his 300 cavalrymen had the combat power that was not inferior to the elite cavalry units of the imperial court. If he had a rebellion, he would definitely become a trump card mobile unit of the Yellow Turban Army.

But now, Huo Hai told him that he was responsible for logistics and did not go to the battlefield. This sense of loss made him unable to accept it for a while.

After being reminded by him, Huo Hai looked up at the sky, as if he was thinking about something, and soon nodded, "Indeed, you are a cavalry unit, and the battlefield is where you play your greatest role."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan, who thought Huo Hai had changed his mind, suddenly smiled and was about to praise Huo Hai's wise and magical power, but Huo Hai still had the second half.

"Once the battle starts, there will definitely be many orphans and widows on the battlefield, who cannot run, cannot escape, injured, timid, and left behind...

Your horse is fast, you will be responsible for gathering them together and bringing them back to Montenegro!”

"I, all the cavalry under me are good cavalrymen, one person and two horses. With the equipment we transported from the Sun family this time, we can match all the staff with iron helmets, light iron armor and fine iron long weapons. There are not even many cavalry troops like this. Do you want us to do these things?" Chu Yan fought for himself.

In fact, with the horseshoe and double-sided stirrups and Gaoqiao saddles that Huo Hai had someone to help them build, Chu Yan felt that the cavalry he led must be the strongest level in the world, and using the strongest cavalry in the world to do some tricks to pick up bargains and do odd jobs, he felt that he was in a loss, just like a table of delicious dishes carefully prepared, but they were fed to pigs.

"Your thinking seems strange to me. The army is not just for fighting and sabotaging. In my opinion, the greater mission of the army should be to protect, protect the people, the country, and the nation.

Moreover, don’t think that you will not have the opportunity to fight in the future. For decades, or even until you die of old age, the world may be in a state of war. At that time, you will vomit when the war will be fought. Now, you will be able to accumulate energy and cultivate your foundation, just for the future outbreak." Huo Hai said seriously.

These days, Huo Hai provided excellent food with meat and vegetables, and even a small amount of goat milk, milk and other supplementary drinks. With this kind of business supplement, if there is no age limit, it is not impossible for most of them to develop internal energy.
Chapter completed!