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Chapter 2710 Blocking Waterway Transportation!

Mi Fang was, after all, a businessman, and he was quite profit-oriented. He understood that this journey, which was neither too long nor too short, could be profitable enough, if managed properly, to provide enough provisions for another 3 troops for several months.

You must understand that Jiangling is a major transportation hub. People from all directions pass through here. If we follow this plan, even heading north is entirely feasible.

Thinking of this, Mi Fang smiled and said, "Since my niece has said so, then I'll shamelessly take advantage of you."

Guan Yinping was very happy to see that Mi Fang had already agreed. Although she was not sure if Mi Fang was really just holding a position without doing his job, she decided to keep trying and quickly said with regret, "Uncle Mi, you don't need to be so polite. I apologize to you on behalf of my father!"

Uncle Mi, you know my father's temper. He doesn't understand business at all and can't tolerate any wrongdoing. So he doesn't know that the powerful families in Jingzhou are deeply entrenched, and it's very difficult for them to obtain food and supplies by relying on the grain grown by ordinary people.

Otherwise, my father wouldn't have gotten to know my eldest uncle and third uncle through selling beans back then.

If my father has wronged you, please be understanding. Even if you don't care about my father, you should at least consider my uncle's feelings. Our friendship of so many years shouldn't be ruined by just a few words.

Mi Fang knew that this was ancient times, and children should not speak ill of their fathers. However, Guan Yinping had already said this in front of him, which meant that she really felt that Mi Fang had been wronged.

Mi Fang was deeply moved. He felt that if his niece could understand him, then Liu Bei certainly could too. So, to express his support for Guan Yinping, he immediately issued a warrant.

Overjoyed, Mi Fang directly allocated all the swampy land in Jiangling to Guan Yinping, just so that Guan Yinping could settle those mountain bandits.

Mi Fang's actions achieved three goals at once: firstly, to express his gratitude to Mi Fang for understanding him so well; secondly, to increase the population of Nanjun; and thirdly, with the bandits gone, he could conduct business more effectively.

Only with a larger population can there be more tax revenue, which can support more soldiers. With smoother trade routes, Mi Fang can also take the opportunity to restore the glory of the Mi family!
Moreover, those swampy areas are unclaimed lands, because farmers who grow crops are likely to get trapped there, so no one would go there unless absolutely necessary.

It just so happened that Guan Yinping and so many people lived in the swamp. Mi Fang felt that since Guan Yinping had a way to help the people survive in the swamp, they might as well open a door for her and give her everything.

After receiving the warrant, Guan Yinping immediately returned to Sanhu City, feeling that she could continue to expand her army!

In fact, Guan Yinping had never led troops before, and she felt that having more people was good. In addition, she found the process of accumulating small numbers to large numbers very comfortable, and she had already become addicted to it.

So when Guan Yinping saw Wang Yue, she excitedly said, "Strategist, I've got it all arranged. Uncle Mi even allocated the swamp between the river and the lake to us, so we can settle more people."

Seeing Guan Yinping's excitement, Wang Yue smiled and said, "Since that's the case, our first step has been successful. Now it's time to start the second step."

Guan Yinping had been waiting for Wang Yue to say this, and she immediately asked excitedly, "Strategist, tell me, and I'll get on it right away!"

Wang Yue smiled and shook his head, saying, "Since Prefect Mi has handed over this entire swampy area to us, then we will set up a checkpoint at the narrowest point between the Xia River and the Jiang River."

"From now on, whether it's transport on the Xia River or the Yangtze River, all supplies must disembark at that location and then be transported to Jiangling by our transport team." Guan Yinping didn't object at all and immediately said to her two generals, "Wang Nian, you're in charge of leading two thousand men to garrison there. Military Advisor, you'll also be in charge of blocking the river. You two will probably be working together."

Wang Yue also stood up and bowed to Guan Yinping, and said something along with Wang Nian.
"promise!"

Guan Yinping quickly helped the two up, then solemnly asked, "Strategist, what should I do next?"

Wang Yue calmly continued, "Third Miss, next you need to lead the people to harvest the rice. After all, we don't have much food left, and the grain we planted when we first arrived should be harvested now."

Guan Yinping was surprised to receive this task; she could have easily delegated it to someone else. She frowned and asked, "Strategist, is there anything else?"

Wang Yue noticed that Guan Yinping didn't really enjoy farm work, so he said seriously,
"I need you to send Guan Hu with two thousand men to Huarong under the pretext of suppressing bandits! Firstly, it will allow us to continue to recruit bandits, and secondly, as long as we block this key position, we will ensure that Jiangdong cannot launch a sneak attack on Jiangling from that direction."

Moreover, the third young lady also needs to provide support while harvesting rice, and lead people to rescue her if danger arises.

Third Miss, whether it's food supplies or providing support, this concerns the safety of tens of thousands of people in our bandit suppression unit. Please be extremely careful.

Guan Yinping hadn't expected her task to be so important. She felt it was of great significance and immediately made arrangements without any hesitation or intention to change them.

Guan Hu's entry into Huarong was quite simple, since there was already a small town there. He only needed to station himself in this small town to block the Huarong Road.

Wang Yue and Wang Nian faced a more complicated situation. They needed to build another village here and also open up a road from the village to Sanhe City.

Fortunately, the bandit suppression unit has a large number of personnel. The newly arrived bandits' farmland has not yet been properly managed. When they learned that the new village was being built to protect their paddy fields, they worked very hard.

So, in just over a month, a village stretching for more than 20 miles, connecting the Yangtze River and the lower reaches of the river, was easily built.

Although the village was simply enclosed by wooden walls and there were only some houses in the center, the continuous wooden stakes were not so easy to breach.

Moreover, these houses are arranged in a triangular shape, with two villages located on the banks of the Xia River and the Jiang River respectively, and the third village in the very center. When the two villages on either side encounter danger, they can easily notify the village in the middle to defend themselves, and they can also support each other.

At the same time, a road leading from Zhongzhong Village to Sanhu City was also repaired.

In other words, they were in a hurry and managed to finish before the twelfth lunar month. Otherwise, if it had been any later, the simple tools available to the people would not have been able to complete the task at all.

(End of this chapter)