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Chapter 63

Because the sea water on the coast had frozen, the ship carrying the Han army actually docked next to a pier about a mile long. The bridge deck was covered with thick hardwood, about two feet from the ice surface. Nie Chounu looked down and saw that there were thick piers under the pier, one by one, and murmured: "Be good, it will take a lot of trouble to build this bridge."

Zhou Guangzong smiled and said, "Who said it was not? I heard that this stone pier is made of fine iron as its bones, but without this bridge, we would not be able to rely on the shore." Standing on the trestle, the wind was blowing, and both of them had to speak loudly before the other party could hear it. But suddenly, when they saw this rare thing, they felt inexplicable excitement. The Han army came to the dock and saw that the shore was covered with wooden houses and straw sheds, and there was a city on a hill not far away. Nie Chounu recognized it at a glance. The city was somewhat similar to Nanshan City, and pointed to Zhou Guangzong: "Look at that, General Zhao's Bagua City!"

Zhou Guangzong curled his lips and said, "Brother Nie, that is the garrison yamen." In every port controlled by the Xia State Camp, there are garrison forts built. According to the degree of importance, some are tall and strong, while others are short and simple, but the shapes are similar. In this group of Han troops, Zhou Guangzong was a good deal about the situation in the north. He pointed to a wooden house with four big words "road" and "resettlement" in the distance, and said, "There is the yamen where the road is distributed."

The newly arrived Han army should have waited for the garrison soldiers to lead the way, but the wind on the dock was strong and the cold was so cold that it was so cold that Zhou Guangzong relied on the signs of the yamen, so he took the initiative to lead everyone to the resettlement site. Halfway through, he was stopped by two garrison soldiers and insisted on looking at his street signs. Zhou Guangzong and others were going to get the signs, so they asked them to return to the dock to wait. The Han army was used to being dissipated and could not agree.

Everyone was arguing in a mixed manner, and suddenly someone asked, "What's going on?"

Nie Chounu looked up and gasped. It turned out to be more than ten horse riding teams. The horses were fat and strong, with long manes on their four hooves and necks. The cavalry sat upright on the horse, putting their hands on the weapons, staring at their own group from a high place, making people feel furious. The leading officer seemed to ask casually, but the two garrison soldiers became nervous and ignored the Han army. One of them respectfully said: "Sir Bing, this group of newcomers has no signs, but is walking around the dock."

Zhou Guangzong had sharp eyes and shouted: "General Jin, Sima Jin, I am Zhou Guangzong. Last month, I followed General Zhang to Yuancheng to work in business. The lord also praised my name and asked me to fight hard to kill the enemy. Guangzong shines on his ancestors!" Zhou Guangzong had already known the strict rules in the north that he regretted it very much, but out of a sense of face, he did not want to lose this person in front of Nie Chounu and others. He looked at Jin Changtai with a hopeful face, but his heart was hanging in his throat. What kind of person is Jin Changtai? Since Zhao De went to war, he has taken care of all the affairs of all the north. Do he still remember the little soldiers who met one time?

Fortunately, Jin Changtai recognized him and said with a smile: "Zhou Guangzong, it's not Zhou Guang's butcher, how good is General Zhang Liuge?"

The Han army burst into laughter. "Zhou Guang's ass" was the nickname in the army. Lord Jin called out in one go. It seemed that he really knew him. Zhou Guangzong was not embarrassed at all and said respectfully: "General Zhang guards Marshal Han on Tieshan Island." His face was even more respectful than reporting to Shangguan in the camp.

Jin Changtai nodded and smiled and said, "With General Zhang here, the general's mansion will be as stable as Mount Tai." He paused, looked at the group of ragged Han soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "The agreed matters in the army must not be changed at will. The Liao army soldiers are in a hurry, the situation is dangerous, and they are in full swing, which forces us to guard against. When marching and fighting in the north, we must bring the street signs." He looked up at the direction of the dock, lowered his head to command the cavalry around him, and the cavalry pegasus rushed to the dock. Soon after, he brought the garrison soldiers responsible for guiding Zhou Guangzong and others, and asked the garrison soldiers to take them to the road resettlement site.

As the saying goes, there is no need for a heavy hammer to make the sound of the drum. The few words from Jin Changtai were nothing to hear by others, but Zhou Guangzong was so embarrassed that his face was red and his head was drooping. The Han army didn't know his mood and talked in a slight manner. Someone said, "It's strange, General Jin is good-looking and speaks slowly. Why did he look at me? He just feels that his internal organs are seen through and his hands and feet are not placed." Someone said, "That's right, Brother Zhou, what a big official he is?"

"What an official?" Zhou Guangzong replied angrily, "General Zhao is out of the battle, and his order is best to deal with matters of all sizes. There is no one in the north who dares to disobey." "Oh—" "So powerful!" Everyone exclaimed. When they turned to look, the group of cavalry had already rushed into the fortress on the mountain, and the suspension bridge was slowly pulling up.

In the open space in the fortress, Jin Changtai tied the reins of the war horses and nodded and praised: "Rubin Horse is indeed well-known. Li Sihai valued the anchors that were excellent at the port here, but we were able to use good horse breeds and pastures for nothing." He turned to the cavalry beside him and smiled: "When the pasture is built, your king's head will hit him with a stick, and he will not be willing to leave."

More than a dozen cavalrymen laughed. Recently, there were reports of garrison soldiers who were stationed in the north that wild horses were found in the meadows to the north. Jin Changtai was probably a species that scattered in the wilderness breeded by horses scattered in the wilderness after the fall of the Bohai Kingdom. So he personally took the cavalry to check and tamed more than a dozen wild horses to bring them back. This horse can not only bear weight and withstand severe cold. Compared with the horse breeds of the Jurchen tribe in the south, it can not only be used to plow the land, but also be used as a mount for armored cavalry. So Jin Changtai planned to build a pasture to breed horse herds. On the one hand, it provides service livestock for logging, iron smelting and other industries, and on the other hand, it selects excellent horses to expand the cavalry of the garrison battalion.

The cavalry were discussing enthusiastically that Jin Changtai had tied the reins and raised his legs to the stairs. As soon as he stepped into the signing room, he saw the inspector of the garrison battalion, and asked, "There was a ship docked just now. Is there any news about General Zhao?" Since the Han Army General's Mansion retreated, the news about Nanshan City has been intermittent.

"There is still no news." Chashen handed the silk book in his hand to Jin Changtai. "The news brought this time is not as new as the previous ship." Jin Changtai will hang it on the sika deer antler, take the silk book, and glanced quickly.

The ship that set out from Tieshan Island first arrived, and the day of bringing out the news was indeed not as good as the last time. This time, the news said that although the sea water in Nanshan City was frozen, Li Sihai's gun ship could still bombard the Liao soldiers from the ice. The last time the news was that the sea ice continued to thicken and extend, and the range of the artillery could no longer reach the shore. The navy could only contact Nanshan City through flag language. The Liao army drove a large group of people to the hinterland of Guannan, Suzhou, and surrounded Nanshan City and Tieshan Fort.

"I really miss the messenger from the Military Information Department in this cold place!"

"In the past six months, we have developed too quickly. The Pigeon Post Office of the Military Intelligence Department is not so easy to build. Pigeons need time to identify new terrain." Jin Changtai put the silk book into a file and said secretly: "Xingzhi, you must be able to defend the city you built yourself."

The northernmost Lubin Port is thousands of miles away from Suzhou. The Liao army went north to attack Huanglong Mansion with Yelu Dashi. The army in the south attacked Nanshan City. The commander Yelu Yanshan was seriously injured again. The Liao Kingdom transferred the powerful general Xiao Tachi from the north to attack Suzhou. Over the past month, the pressure on the Han army and Xia State camp in the north have been much less, but the Nanshan Mountain in Suzhou can only be an isolated city before the sea ice melts. Neither the Han army nor the Chengying Camp can share the pressure on the Liao army on Nanshan City.

Jin Changtai took a deep breath, slowly flipped through the files, and reviewed the documents submitted in various places. In the eyes of others, he was in power and glorious, and only Jin Changtai himself knew the burden. His official position was only a marching Sima of the Chengying Camp of 700 people, but in fact, he always took charge of big and small affairs, from logging and mining to building fortresses, training the garrison camp, and then adding strong and daring battles among the garrison soldiers to Zhao Xingde. In addition to these daily matters, he wanted to resettle more than 10,000 migrant Han people, and soon settled more than 10,000 Han troops. He wanted to be vigilant about the movements of the surrounding Goryeo people, the Wild Jurchen tribes in various places, as well as the Jin and Liao troops, and mobilize the power controlled by the Chengying Camp to respond to all aspects in a timely manner.

Chashen looked through other documents brought by the sea boat and suddenly said, "Sima Jin, here is your letter."

Jin Changtai took it over and looked at the cover first. It was his father's handwriting. He took it apart and said something else. In addition to asking about his well-being, he also said another thing. The general idea was that a merchant named Pan had two sons. The father asked his youngest son to use a large sum of money from his family to open a business in Liaodong. Recently, his father suddenly died and had no will. Therefore, the eldest son had to go to Liaodong to collect the business in accordance with the "Early Son Law". Jin Changtai's father asked him to take care of the business, but he must not mess with the rules and trap himself in it.

Jin Changtai knew that the merchant surnamed Pan was a partner of the Jin family's eldest house business, but had nothing to do with his family. Just a few days ago, the businessman who was fighting for property beaten the lawsuit to the garrison house, because the business name was one of the best in the Bin house, he also heard about it.

Jin Changtai wanted to hand the case over to the Chamber of Commerce for handling, but after receiving the letter, he changed his mind. He asked Chashen to issue the file and read it carefully again. Pan's second son, who came to lead the business in the Binfus, said that his father handed over the capital to him to establish his own business. Both parties had their own opinions and accused the other party of lying. Jin Changtai pondered for a moment, found the Pan's eldest house and asked for the piece of paper, and criticized it with a red pen in a conspicuous place, "In the land outside of Naihua in Liaodong, it is better to follow the customs. Except for farmland, the "Enterprise Inheritance Law" is not used."

Jin Changtai asked Chashen to take a look. Chashen was not proficient in the law, and Kim Changtai was also responsible for the civil affairs of Liaodong. He nodded after seeing it. Jin Changtai smiled and said, "It is not convenient for our garrison office to interfere too much in this business dispute, so as not to make things messy. Let's just listen to the handling of the Chaser of Commerce." He called a garrison soldier and transferred the file of the property dispute to the Chaser of Commerce.
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