The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

However, she still followed Ning Quan into the house obediently.

She was Ning Quan's maid, so of course she had to listen to her master.

Besides, this was not the first time for her and Ning Quan. She had slept with him three months ago.

Soon, moans and gasps were heard from the room.

Spring is endless...

...........

Time goes by.

Half a month later, the imperial edict arrived.

Your Majesty officially conferred upon Ning Quan the title of King of Beiting.

Only half a month later, a new imperial edict arrived, appointing Ning Quan as the Protector-General of Beiting, in charge of military affairs in all parts of Beiting.

This result was not surprising. Li Chenglin had been independent in Beiting for decades, and the imperial court was unable to do anything to him.

Now Ning Quan is stronger than him, and the court can only give in.

Of course, this is also related to Ning Quan's expression of loyalty to His Majesty.

Otherwise, His Majesty would not have issued this imperial decree so easily, as it would always cause some trouble.

With the imperial edict, Ning Quan was able to take charge of the entire Beiting.

Become a local lord, and the most powerful one.

Ning Quan now has 100,000 soldiers under his command, including 40,000 infantry and 60,000 cavalry.

In this way, the military strength is only slightly weaker than that of the imperial court, but stronger than any Jiedushi.

This appointment by the court naturally caused dissatisfaction and fear among other forces.

Especially the princes, they wanted to kill Ning Quan.

But they simply don't have the strength to do anything to Ning Quan.

The eldest prince is an example. If Gu Xincheng had not been alert when the 50,000-strong army attacked Beiting, they would probably have been wiped out.

"Your Highness, now that you have rightfully become the master of Beiting, can you consider moving the palace to Changhe?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"Well, logically we should move to Changhe, but I don't want to move yet."

"It's actually better to stay in Hulan. The Xiongnu are right behind us. Although the Donghu and Huyan tribes have surrendered, we still need to deter them. We can also guard against Huhanye."

"Huhanye has evil ambitions. He's currently busy battling the Eastern Xiongnu and has no time to pay attention to us. If he has time, he'll definitely pounce on us and bite us."

"So, Changhe shouldn't move. Let's talk about it later."

Ning Quan pondered for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Okay, I will listen to Your Highness and will not move."

Zhuge Liang nodded and agreed.

"Your Highness, I have an idea."

At this time, Liu Bowen suddenly interrupted.

"Well, tell me."

"Your Highness, we in Beiting now only have two cities, Hulan and Changhe. This is not conducive to our future development, nor is it conducive to defending against foreign enemies in the future."

"What I mean is, can we build another city?"

"It is best to build this city along the Gulun River, northwest of Hulan and Changhe."

"In this way, a triangular defense line can be formed, which is convenient for defense and can also promote the development of people's livelihood." Liu Bowen said.

"Build another city?"

"This proposal is good, but we are about to face a severe drought." Ning Quan frowned.

"Your Highness, I have just said that this city is built along the banks of the Gulun River. No matter how severe the drought is, the Gulun River will never lack water."

"Another benefit is that we will need a large number of migrant workers to build the new city. If we transfer tens of thousands of migrant workers to build the city, their water supply problem will be solved."

"This will also alleviate the water shortage pressure in Huluan and Changhe," Liu Bowen analyzed.

"Your Highness, I agree with what the military advisor said. If we can build a new city to form a triangle, it will be of great benefit to us." Zhuge Liang echoed.

"Okay, then let's build a new city. Military Advisor, go and select a site immediately. Once you've chosen one, we'll begin construction."

Ning Quan made the decision.

"Yes!"

Liu Bowen accepted the order.

"We were talking about the water supply issue just now. How is the construction of our reservoir going?"

"And why is there no movement on the food we purchased?" Ning Quan asked.

"Your Highness, the reservoir is being built at a rapid pace and should be completed before winter."

"As for food, General Zhang and County Magistrate Zhang replied yesterday. They have purchased a large amount of food and supplies, but the transportation of food is difficult and there is a lack of transportation capacity, so it will take some time before it can be shipped back." Zhuge Liang reported.

"That's it."

"It seems we have to find a way to organize a team ourselves. After all, we are not short of cattle and horses now."

"Your Highness is wise. This is exactly what should be done. I have already made plans." Zhuge Liang said.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister. Food is of vital importance and we must not make any mistakes."

"I will do my best!" Zhuge Liang bowed.

"What about the American Express? How's the situation?"

Ning Quan continued to ask.

"Things are going smoothly with Yuntong Truck Company. The first batch of purchased materials was shipped out half a month ago and will be delivered to Changhe in another month." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"Oh, that's good."

Hearing this, Ning Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Ning Quan gave a few more instructions and left.

Get ready to return to the backyard draw.

Ten days have passed, and today is the day for his lottery drawing.

This time, Ning Quan finally got the heavy machine gun as he wished.

This is a Type 02 heavy machine gun with a high rate of fire, strong firepower and huge lethality.

It’s a pity that the system only distributed 5,000 rounds of bullets.

But this is enough, Ning Quan is already very satisfied.

Heavy machine guns are meant to be used at critical moments.

If there were unlimited bullets, Ning Quan would feel like he was being bullied.

.......

Time passed, and after half a month of field survey, Liu Bowen finally found a suitable place to build a city.

This is a village called Pingjiaopo, right next to the Gulun River.

It is 300 li and 400 li away from Changhe and Hulan respectively, and 300 li away from the border of the Arab Empire.

If the city is built here, it will form a triangle with Changhe and Hulun.

After receiving Liu Bowen's report, Ning Quan immediately approved the construction of the city.

When it comes to geographical feng shui, Liu Bowen is definitely a professional, and you will never go wrong if you listen to him.

The next step is to recruit migrant workers to build the new city.

Who wouldn’t want to have food to eat and get paid?

Soon, 40,000 workers gathered together and, under the leadership of Liu Bowen, rushed to Pingjiaopo and began construction.

At the same time, Zhang Tinggao, who went to the Western Regions to buy food, has also returned.

Zhang Tinggao purchased a total of 80,000 dan of grain in the Western Regions, and the first batch shipped back was 10,000 dan.

Ten thousand shi is 1.2 million jin, and Zhang Tinggao hired seven or eight hundred ox carts to pull it back.

As for the remaining 70,000 stones, they can only be transported in batches.

Because of limited time, Zhang Tinggao loaded the food down, met with Ning Quan, and then hurried back.

Three days later, the first batch of 8,000 dan of grain from Yuntong Transportation also arrived in Changhe.

But this food is far from enough. Beiting has a population of 600,000, and Ning Quan has 100,000 soldiers under his command, which requires consuming one million kilograms of food every day.

By this calculation, 400 million jin of grain, or 4 million dan, will be consumed each year.

This is just food. In addition to food, there are also other supplies such as feed.

So, Ning Quan decided to speed up.

A large number of ox carts and horse carts were urgently built to participate in transportation.

For a time, the pipelines from Changhe to Wuwei and from Hulun to the Western Regions were extremely busy, with an endless stream of ox carts and horse carriages.

At the same time, merchants from all over the country heard the news and rushed to Beiting to sell grain.