my wife is mulan

Hua Mulan asked, "Where is the moat dug?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Of course it was dug outside the city wall, about two feet away. All the soil dug for the moat was used to build the city wall. The height of the city wall depends on the depth of the moat, otherwise there will not be enough soil!"

Hua Mulan nodded, and asked as she walked, "How long do you think it will take to build the city wall?"

"It's hard to say for now. It depends on the progress of the construction. I hope that the city wall and the houses in the city can be built before winter, otherwise this winter will be difficult!"

Five days later, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were leading the masons to carry out the regional planning of the city, planning the residential area, shop area, military area, horse market, animal trading area, government office and the living area of ​​officials and generals one by one. plan it out.

"Report to the general, Mr. Pei asked the villain to report to the general that the businessman Qiao Yicheng has arrived!" A soldier came to report to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan.

Hua Mulan wondered, "Why did you ask Pei Jin to bring the businessman here?"

"In the past, when we were short of food and grass, we asked this Qiao Yuanwai to solve the problem. At that time, I allowed his caravan to enter and leave Nantian Castle freely. In return, he provided us with food for 1 people for half a year. The agreed time has passed a few months ago. It's been a month, it's time to re-sign an agreement with him, and we just need food, grass and other daily necessities!"

"Why don't you go talk to him?" Zhao Junsheng looked at Hua Mulan.

"Me? You were the one who talked to him before, how should I talk about it?" Hua Mulan asked doubtfully.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "You are a woman, you don't have to worry about face, you can ask him for more food, the more the better, it doesn't matter if the lion speaks loudly, if the conversation falls apart, I can still save the situation."

"I found that you are really cunning!" Hua Mulan looked at Zhao Junsheng carefully, as if she didn't know him.

Zhao Junsheng's face collapsed, "Hey, how can you say that about your husband? Who am I working so hard for? Isn't it for this family?"

Hua Mulan quickly covered her ears, "God, I'm afraid of you, why don't I go?"

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Chapter 419

Under the planning of Zhao Junsheng and some masons, the entire urban area of ​​Wuchuan City has drawn lime lines. Every street and every alley is clearly drawn. The system of workshops is implemented, and it is divided into 24 workshops.

Government offices, military camps, shopping areas, horse markets and livestock are often not within 24 squares.

Zhao Junsheng also ordered a clerk to draw a blueprint, marking the name of each square, every street and alley on the blueprint, and ordered someone to insert a wooden sign in the actual corresponding geographical location to write down the prominent road signs and square districts. name.

Zhao Junsheng patted the lime on his hands and looked up at the criss-cross lime lines drawn on the empty ground and a large number of road sign boards inserted, and said with a sense of accomplishment: "If this city is built, what will it be?" Woye Town and Huaishuo Town can only be regarded as small villages in front of it! This general dares to say that even the capital city is not as well planned as it is!"

"See what you can do!" Hua Mulan's voice came from behind.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and saw Hua Mulan running towards her on a horse. When she jumped off the horse, he asked, "You came back so soon? Did you scare Qiao Yuanwai away?"

"Are you looking down on your fiancée so much?" Hua Mulan whitened Zhao Junsheng, came over and tapped the whip and said, "The deal is done!"

"It's a deal? How did it happen?"

Hua Mulan said: "For half a year, his caravans are allowed to freely enter and exit the jurisdiction of Wuchuan Township, including Jinling Daying, Nantianbao, Baidaoling and other defense areas and passes. The condition is: he will provide us with 1 shi of grain and [-] taels of food. A thousand bolts of fabric!"

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he looked at Hua Mulan with admiration again, and said in surprise: "I never thought that you have a talent for negotiating, and you can make this Joe come out with so much food and cloth. I'm afraid I can't do it in other ways." !"

Hua Mulan smiled slightly: "You think I don't know what businessmen do? A businessman is after profit, and if he can't make it back, he will never agree!"

Zhao Junsheng remembered something and asked, "Did Joe leave?"

"Not yet, it's getting late today, he and his followers set up camp and will stay here for one night before leaving tomorrow!"

"Come on, let's go back, I still have something to tell him!"

Full of doubts, Hua Mulan followed Zhao Junsheng back to the camp, and sent someone to call Qiao Yicheng again.

The two took off their helmets, took off their sabers and sabers, and just after taking a breath, Qiao Yicheng rushed over.

"The villain Qiao Yicheng pays homage to the two Marquises!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Excuse me, Mr. Qiao, I called you over again because I have something to ask for your help!"

"Master Hou is serious. If Master Hou needs the help of a villain, just order him!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay! That's how it is. Now the general and General Hua are ordered to build a city in Wuchuan, and the court is temporarily unable to provide the general with the materials needed for the city and the daily necessities of the officers, soldiers and civilians. They must purchase from the private market. When Qiao Yuanwai leaves tomorrow, I will send someone to accompany you. After purchasing the necessary supplies, I will ask Qiao Yuanwai's convoy to help transport them. The officials in charge of purchasing will accompany the convoy through the water and land passes along the way. Since the officials under the general's command come forward, there is no need for Joe to worry about this! As for the shipping fee, as much as it should be, there will be a special official to settle with you at that time!"

Qiao Yicheng was a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, he said to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, "You two marquises, the villain's caravan is not big enough to take care of Wuchuan army's military purchases while taking care of his own business. People can send people to hire some carriages and horses, there are some carriage shops and individual coachmen looking for work in every city, they have their own carriages, and they can be hired to work as long as they are paid!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it. It is impossible to set up one or several caravans of his own in a short time. carriage.

However, it was imperative to form his own caravan, so Zhao Junsheng decided to wait for the craftsmen to build a large number of carriages after they had been busy for a while.

As for the coachmen, there should not be too many carriages, and even many civilians and soldiers can drive carriages, and the carriages in the army are not

There is food and grass to be transported every day, and many soldiers and civilians can be arranged to learn how to drive a horse-drawn cart when they are free.

"Okay, let's follow Qiao Yuanwai's instructions!"

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

After Qiao Yicheng left, Zhao Junsheng said to Hua Mulan: "Mulan, we have settled down now, I plan to write a trustee to take back to Suiyang to let Liang Ji sell the property, let him bring his family and his mouth to help me, you How do you feel?"

When Hua Mulan heard this, she agreed after a little consideration, "I think it's okay. If Liang Ji comes over, we can open leather factories, woolen mills and garment factories here, and let Liang Ji take care of them. We have So many slaves, it’s useless!”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said: "Your idea coincides with mine! In addition, the soldiers can also take over their family members. If the Yazhu and above officers take over their family members, I will give them every Households will be given a flat for free; tooth masters who pick up their families can buy a flat at half the price; After the food crisis has been resolved for a few years, we can also distribute the fields to the soldiers and generals, and each field will hand over [-]% of the harvest to the town general's mansion every year!"

"In addition, we can tell the imperial court to set Wuchuan Town as a frontier trading town, allowing the ministries of Rouran to come here to buy and exchange the daily necessities they need, and also allow merchants from all over the Great Wei to come here to sell goods, as long as the imperial court allows , I believe that Wuchuan Town will become the largest trading town in the north in a few years, we don’t have to do anything, we can afford to support these soldiers and horses only by collecting business taxes!”

Hua Mulan thought over Zhao Junsheng's words, and said, "You have a good idea, but you need the court's approval!"

"I don't think this matter should be difficult. Hasn't Your Majesty already reached an agreement with the Rouran people? I think there should be no major wars between Rouran and my Great Wei within a few years. However, the possibility of people doing business is very great!"

That night, Zhao Junsheng wrote another memorial, which was to propose to the emperor to open Wuchuan Town to do business with Rouran people, stating various reasons and benefits that can be obtained, and the most important one is to send people here to inquire about Rouran. Natural military deployment and movements.

Shanwu County.

A few days ago, Du Chao stationed troops to kill the Hukou pass, and wanted to defend it according to the danger. Unfortunately, he was not prepared enough, and the soldiers were not very good at defending. Shanwu County.

Outside Shanwu County, Tuoba Jian still organized troops to launch a fierce attack, using the method of besieging three and missing one. The soldiers defending the city had no confidence in their defense after several consecutive defeats.

The siege battle went on for three days, and the soldiers under Du Chao's command couldn't hold on anymore, their morale was low, and Du Chao was forced to lead his army to break through.

Tuoba Jian sent his army to cover up the killing, captured more than [-] people, and beheaded more than [-] people. Du Chao fled to Wuzhou County with only a few hundred people.

This Wuzhou County has been an important frontier town where soldiers were stationed in the past dynasties. It is a place that military strategists must contend for. It was difficult for Tuoba Jian to capture the gate in a short time, so he could only retreat and return to Shanwu County.

After Tuoba Jian led a large army to station in Shanwu County, the sheriffs, county magistrates, captains and other officials in some surrounding towns turned their backs one after another, changed their banners, and came to express their allegiance to Tuoba Jian.

Tuoba Jian summoned these people, comforted them, and asked them to go back to prepare food and supplies for the army. These officials and generals breathed a sigh of relief, and happily went back to prepare food and supplies to show their loyalty.

In the temporary palace, Tuoba Jian took a memorial and read it again, then turned to ask Yu Ji: "A few days ago, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to send a memorial saying that the military resources and food and grass are insufficient, and the materials needed for building the city are huge. Please allocate some from the imperial court. It has been approved, and temporarily allocate a batch of luggage for him to support him for a period of time, will you send someone to transport it?"