To the north of the Phoenix Mountain Village in Liaodong, hundreds of riders and horses were crowded on the narrow mountain road with a carriage, waiting for the soldiers to release them. Staying under the heavily guarded village wall, this group of people looked relaxed, and the soldiers behind the village wall were familiar with them. Centurion Jian Cheng greeted Wang Heng even more with a smile.

When Jian Cheng heard that in order to prevent accidents, he was not allowed to ride a horse and ride a carriage when he passed by the village gate. He could only walk over, a shadow was covered with Wang Hengzhi's face. He couldn't help but look back at the carriage. Tong Yunjie, the fourth brother sitting in it. He hesitated for a moment and did not argue with Jian Cheng. He recruited a brother named Han Jia, who asked him to invite the Fourth Head Office down, and followed him.

The Han army in Kaizhou had two purposes. One was to decide on the joint attack of Kaizhou with the Xia State Camp. Before concentrating its forces to attack Suzhou Pass, the Han army had to make a feint in the east. First, attack Kaizhou and Baozhou and other cities that were heavily guarded by Liao Kingdom, bluffing and attracting the attention of the Khitans. The second was to send a group of good men to learn artillery from the Xia people. The leader of the Han army believed that artillery was an indispensable item for siege and defending the city. Although artillery was transported from the Xia Kingdom, the gunners could not always rely on the Xia people, so the Guguo Mansion also agreed to Chengying Camp to train a group of gunners for them in Liaodong.

When the curtain was lifted, Tong Yunjie felt the light was dazzling. He slightly blocked his eyes with his hands, and then he slowly adapted to it, but there was still a trace of gloom in his eyes.

"The Fourth Head, support the villain." Han Jia stood outside the carriage and wanted to help him get off the car. Tong Yunjie looked at him gratefully, put one hand on his shoulder, and picked up two crutches with the other. After getting off the carriage, he immediately supported himself with the crutches without helping others.

"The fourth brother, this artillery battalion is a big deal. I will rely on you for my brother in the future." Wang Hengzhi smiled and patted his shoulder. Tong Yunjie was disabled and could not fight again, but he was unwilling to get rid of his armor and return to the field. Wang Hengzhi reported to Han Ningshuang, thinking that Tong Yunjie was loyal, brave and reliable, and had a personal relationship with Zhao De, and was suitable for commanding the artillery battalion.

"It has caused a lot of trouble for the elder brother." Tong Yunjie said in a deep voice. He looked behind the village wall and held the crutch tightly with his palms.

"Fourth brother, you were in the car all the way and didn't get out of breath. The scenery here on Phoenix Mountain is unique, like a paradise." Wang Heng smiled and said, "You brother regretted giving this beautiful place to Zhao De."

After Han Ningshuang decided to set up the Han army commander's office in Guannan, Suzhou, Wang Hengzhi had strongly opposed it. After he failed, he sent Xu Detai to represent the Han army in Kaizhou to join the alliance. If Zhao Xingde had not urged Han Ningshuang and other Han army leaders not to give up the foundation of the Taibai Mountain Yalu River, his elite Han army would also be transferred to Guannan, Suzhou. After the details of the dispute between Xu Detai's general's office was revealed to Wang Hengzhi, his favor for Zhao De also increased a lot.

Wang Hengzhi originally thought that since Zhao De had entangled tens of thousands of people, he would definitely as much as possible to form Ding Zhuang, the victorious soldiers, to expand his strength. However, as he saw along the way, most of the people under the rule of Xia were busy reclamation of land, logging wood, burning charcoal, transporting, digging canals and other labors, and their expressions and behaviors were very at ease, and they did not look like they were going to fight.

"When I gave this Phoenix Mountain Village to him," Wang Hengzhi thought to himself, "Who could have expected that in just a few months, Zhao De had built a great foundation from nothing. He had carried so many people. If it were the people of Xia who were quick to force each other with a sharp horse, the people's sincere joy and peace could not be pretended. In short, this time the attack on the city of the state will be a great help. I didn't expect that the people who fought side by side with me were not the younger generations such as Wang Xuansu, but the people of Xia."

While pondering, the village gate creaked and creaked. Wang Heng raised his head and saw Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai coming out to greet him with joy. "The old general Wang is the only one who is missing." Zhao Xingde said loudly, and Jin Changtai also bowed to see him.

The previous episode went to Huanglong Mansion with Xu Detai to join the alliance, which gave Zhao Xingde a deeper understanding of Wang Hengzhi's qualifications and status in the Han army, which can be said to be far beyond the strength of the Kaizhou Han army. Before Han Ningshuang returned to Liaodong, Wang Hengzhi was the leader of the Han army in Liaodong, and even the veteran general Lu Kui had to submit to him. Therefore, Zhao Xingde respected and enthusiastic about Wang Hengzhi, and his name was changed from "Wang Dazhu" to "Wang Lao General".

Wang Heng clasped his fists and smiled, "I dare not take it." He sighed with a sigh, "Mr. Wang is old. General Zhao needs more assistance in Liaodong." Several confidant generals behind him also came forward to meet Zhao Xingde. Zhao De had a blood-drinking alliance with the leader of the Han army in Huanglong Mansion, and defeated Mr. Han's conspiracy to annex the Han army. Therefore, during this meeting, the Han generals below had more intimate towards him, and their intention to prevent him gradually became less and less precautions. Especially Tong Yunjie, who was a little silly, could not speak. Zhao Xingde understood what he was thinking, patted his shoulder, and smiled, "Brother Tong should take charge of the matter of training gunners, and take responsibility with Zhao."

As the group talked and walked, it took about a stick of incense before entering the hinterland of Fenghuang Mountain Village. From a distance, they saw a hall built with thick wood standing in the middle of the valley. Tong Yunjie secretly exclaimed in his heart: "There are towering trees everywhere, but General Zhao's village has created such a magnificent general's mansion. This is the broad-minded structure in his heart and is out of shape." His admiration for Zhao De increased a little. Although the other Han generals were not as emotional as him, they were also amazed and even looked at Sanyin Village with a high look.

Wang Hengzhi noticed that elsewhere, the mountain was wide and most of the flat land had been cultivated. Apart from the big wooden house, there were only neat camps and straw sheds. A small stone city stood on the top of the highest peak. Looking at the steep terrain, Wang Hengzhi shook his head. If he wanted to attack that kind of stone city, he would not know how many lives would be filled. At the foot of the mountain, there was a smoke-filled furnace. Wang Hengzhi recognized that it was an iron smelting furnace. Kaizhou was rich in iron ore, and the Han army also had several iron smelting places. On the slope of the iron smelting furnace, there was actually a pool. The water flowed down the channel, and the promoter of the water wheel pulled the bellows again, causing the strong wind to blow into the furnace. Just next to the pool, several horses pulled the cable car, and then carried the low water up the mountain and poured it into the pool.

Just next to the iron smelting furnace, there is a shop for iron smelting. This kind of blacksmith shop is everywhere. Simple wooden pillars support the roof of birch bark, and several large water tanks are placed next to the iron smelting platform. The smell of horse urine is coming with the wind, which is for quenching. The blacksmith master from Xia Kingdom is instructing his disciples to punch irons with force, and sometimes he swings a few hammers with his bare arms. The iron tools, whether they are weapons or farm tools, must be carefully carved on each.

The name of a craftsman is engraved with the name of the inspector. The craftsmen looked at it with respect, but this was only for the craftsmen. After Zhao Xingde saw the weapons they created, he adjusted some details of quenching and annealing. It took only a few days before and after, and the weapons he made were much more sophisticated. This is what the so-called expert stretched out his hand. In the eyes of these craftsmen, the so-called great craftsmen were just like this.

There were several big trees next to the iron shop that had not been cut down. Under the lush canopy, hundreds of children were following the sergeant to recognize words. The chalk made of lime and the big characters written on the blackboard made Zhao Xingde feel particularly friendly. In the eyes of the Han generals, this was even more like a paradise. In the distance, many women weed the fields while looking back at the school, with a gratifying smile on their faces.

Li Sihai's suggestion of logging wood and exchanging grain opened up Zhao Xingde. In addition to logging, he also vigorously increased the scale of charcoal and iron smelting. Most of the strong men among the people were engaged in heavy physical labor such as logging, burning charcoal, opening iron ore, and transporting ore, and the corresponding remuneration was greatly increased. Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai discussed and established a joint venture in accordance with the method of Lu Mei. Under the leadership of the old subordinates of the Seventh Battalion, the two major undertakings of logging and iron smelting in Liaodong, the soldiers of the Eighth Battalion of Chengying voluntarily appointed nearly 7,000 guan of shares. Li Sihai looked around and secretly discussed with Zhao Xingde that he would either build a shipyard in Liaodong by himself.

Ma Rui and his cavalry protected a large number of strong men to cut wood in the middle of the mountain river forks. Li Sihai and the people he brought followed him, looking for the forest for the best giant trees with natural curvature suitable for shipbuilding. Each of these wood is worth an average of 100 ordinary trees. The other people, led by the sergeants, used axes made from iron smelting farms to shave the hills into bald heads. The wood that Li Sihai could see was left first, and when it rained heavily, it was made into wood and discharged to the downstream to sea, while the other wood was burned into high-quality charcoal.

Tang Qiyong and Chashen were guarding the iron ore with two hundred soldiers. This kind of open-pit mined small iron ore, miners could only use iron picks and steel brazing to smash the ore bit by bit. Although this was the efficiency of this era, the slow mining progress still made Zhao Xingde so bored that he was so bored that he could smoke. If it weren't for the only trace of reason that stopped him, Zhao Xingde would almost use the powder of the Arsenal Department to blew the ore to blow up the ore. Even so, he also told Li Sihai countless times, and try to bring as much gunpowder as possible on the next ship.

The soldiers were full of energy, and the people received more food and even promised wages, so they naturally worked harder. The Brotherhood of Volunteer and Braves also had a market among the people of Liaodong. Recently, some people have proposed in the Brotherhood that everyone would jointly petition the Guguo Mansion and officially establish the Fenghuang Village in Liaodong as a county so that everyone can be the people of Xia Kingdom. In order to avoid overstimulating the Guguo Mansion, Jin Changtai finally temporarily suppressed this trend and encouraged the brothers in the meeting to do things well, and that the clouds would clear the moon. On the other hand, Jin Changtai also reminded Zhao Xingde that if the foundation is getting bigger, we should inform the two governments in time to avoid being suspicious.

All this is reflected in the Phoenix Mountain Village, and it presents a scene of being busy but not chaotic, orderly and lively. When it falls into the eyes of the Han generals who step into this place, it is like a paradise in a chaotic world.
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