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"Have they both gone mad?"

"How dare they act so recklessly just to replenish their troops?"

After all,

Zhao Yuan handed the note to Xu Guanzhong, who was standing next to him.

Upon seeing the message on the paper, Scholar Xu...

He was stunned for a long time.

"Forcing the people to become bandits, that's what Song Jiang did,"

"How did you become a bandit?"

"And then there's Murong Yanda, he's the prefect of Qingzhou,"

"How dare they allow their government troops to act so recklessly?"

"If Qingzhou falls into chaos, how can he remain a stable prefect?"

"A term is only three years,"

Zhao Yuan scoffed.

"With a little more pulling strings, three years can be reduced to two,"

"When the time came, Murong Yanda packed his bags and left."

"Even if Qingzhou is in complete chaos,"

"What does it have to do with him!"

"On the contrary, it's Song Jiang,"

"He's a true native of Yuncheng, Shandong,"

"Doing things like this, aren't you afraid of being gossiped about behind your back by your fellow villagers?"

"Just like you said before, Chieftain,"

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said,

"This Clerk Song has truly been recruited by the imperial court,"

"I'm completely bewitched!"

"In order to become an official, he has no scruples whatsoever in his actions."

According to the scout's report,

Zhao Yuan said helplessly,

"Just in the last half month,"

"Then Qingzhou will have about ten more hills,"

"Now, within the territory of Qingzhou, on any mountain of any size,"

"There are bandits who have set up camp there."

"The common people, let alone taking the back roads,"

"We don't even dare to travel on the official roads anymore,"

"Qingzhou is basically a place where there are bandits every three steps and thieves every five steps."

"Should we get involved in this?"

Xu Guanzhong inquired.

"It's going to snow in two more days,"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

"How can we send troops out in the snowy winter?"

"Besides, at this time,"

"Even if we save the people of Qingzhou,"

"And what should we do with them...?"

Chapter 1094 The New Commercial Town

"That's true,"

Xu Guanzhong could only nod helplessly.

The weather was extremely cold.

It was not suitable to advance in the first place.

Liangshan wanted to solve the problem of Qingzhou.

Don't say anything else,

First, we must capture Qingzhou Prefecture.

Eliminate Murong Yanda, Dong Ping, and the government troops.

Next, we need to deal with Qingfeng Mountain.

Otherwise, without government troops...

Song Jiang forced people to join the bandits.

I'm afraid it will only get worse.

Other than that,

Because recently, the government troops and Qingfeng Mountain have been acting recklessly.

That Qingzhou got the Green Forest Mountain.

It is also increasing rapidly.

These bandits must also be wiped out.

Even if everything goes smoothly,

To resolve all these issues,

It will take at least three to six months.

And now,

Winter is just around the corner.

If this continues,

When winter comes,

The soldiers couldn't even hold their weapons properly.

How can we possibly win a war!

.....

Regarding the matter in Qingzhou

After putting it aside for the time being,

Zhao Yuan and Xu Guanzhong then began talking about Yuncheng, located at the foot of the mountain.

There is also the progress of the construction of the Shuibobian commercial town.

The city walls of Yuncheng,

After these two months of effort

The expansion has been fully completed.

The city wall was originally only three zhang high.

It was directly increased to four zhang (approximately 13 meters).

The thickness of the city wall,

It also increased by more than two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters).

In the city,

Wen Huanzhang specially ordered people to dig about ten more wells.

Yuncheng today,

Even if surrounded by government troops

As long as the generals defending the city don't do anything foolish.

Hold on for more than half a year,

That's more than enough.

And on the other side,

The new town built on the ruins of the original commercial town,

The outer city walls have also been completed.

Although it was just a commercial town

But the scale of this city wall...

However, they all followed the instructions from Yuncheng.

The city wall was four zhang high and about six zhang thick.

The houses in the town,

By this time, it was already mostly completed.

They're all like city walls.

It is built of bricks and stones!

This was in the Northern Song Dynasty, when wood was the primary building material for houses.

It is clearly unique.

Compared to the old wooden houses,

These brick and stone houses,

It's much cooler in summer and much warmer in winter.

Other than that,

The biggest advantage of brick and stone houses,

Or set it on fire!

Fire has always been a major problem with wooden houses.

this point,

Even in Bianliang, the capital of Tokyo,

That's a big problem too.

If a fire breaks out anywhere

If it cannot be extinguished in time

The fire will soon engulf the area.

Back then, Bianliang City,

It almost happened because of a big fire.

And it was destroyed in an instant.

After seeing the newly built brick and stone houses in Liangshan...

Many merchants immediately began to inquire everywhere.