Traveling through the Three Kingdoms: She brings unlimited supplies to build infrastructure

Chapter 118 Hidden danger
Gongsun Yan took a bite of the sweet sweet potato, which was baked in the warm oven and was divided between Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan.

Afraid that they would not have enough to eat, Gongsun Yan asked Alan to go to the grain storage room next to the east kitchen to get more.

People in this world in this era are really very good at eating.

An adult man can easily eat three or four sweet potatoes the size of two fists without any hiccups.

Perhaps because force is linked to food intake, the moment Xia Houlan saw him shouting that he was full, Zhao Yun's stomach felt like a bottomless hole.

When there is less food, he can eat less or not; when there is too much food, he can keep eating.

If he was full, he held the noodle pot with a normal expression and drank two pots of white water noodles with soup and water. Gongsun Yan looked a little scared.

If he was hungry, he could still give up his rations to the Gongsun siblings when the village was deserted, and he could eat grains of rice for days without sticking to his teeth or even looking hungry.

At first, in the deserted village, Gongsun Yan was worried that he would not be able to keep up with his nutrition because he always followed the soldiers to eat noodles cooked in salt water.

He always refrained from tasting the braised egg chicken legs stuffed to him in private, and distributed the excess to his subordinates.

Later, Gongsunyan watched over him and ate as much as he was given, and no one cried out for support.

On the contrary, she was always worried that she had misjudged his food intake and stopped feeding him first.

Just like now, the two of them shared the roasted sweet potatoes equally. Xia Houlan would feel full after feeding two or three more, but Zhao Yun could keep eating.

The sweet potato Gongsun Yan chose was not a soft and waxy sweet potato, but a white sweet potato with a higher starch content and better storage resistance.

Worried that he would choke, while Alan went to the east kitchen to get sweet potatoes, Gongsun Yan went to pour them tea.

Due to Gongsun Yan's preference, all the tea in the Han Dynasty that was troublesome to drink with added green onion and ginger had been replaced by clear tea.

When I first came to the meeting hall, everyone was not used to drinking. It took a few days to get used to it, but then I got used to it a little bit.

With a few sweet potatoes to pad their bellies, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan drank some tea and began to work.

Zhao Yun first packed up the sweet potato peels in front of him and threw them all into the bamboo trash can under the table. He carefully wiped the table with a cloth towel and wiped his hands carefully.

Then he carefully took out a rolled-up map from his arms.

Different from the previous simple and abstract map, this map is drawn on a piece of snow-white paper, which already has all the map elements.

Military villages, farmland, residential buildings, landforms, water systems and road networks...

There are also map data such as scales, map projections, contours, etc.

All are hand-drawn in pencil, and the mountains and rivers of Lone Bamboo Manor are vividly displayed on the paper. At first glance, it is the handwriting of the housekeeper Zhao Xi.

Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan carefully pinched a corner and unfolded it. Gongsun Yan saw that the drawing was still rolled up, so he stretched out his hand to flatten it.

Immediately received two scorching gazes.

Xia Houlan was full of shock, seeming to ask her how she dared.

Zhao Yun's eyes were full of disapproval.

Gongsun Yan was instantly stunned by their attitudes.

Well, in this day and age such an accurate map is indeed a treasure map that you have to bathe and change before you touch it.

In the pre-Qin literature "Shang Shu·Luo Gao", there is a record of Zhou Gong presenting maps. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, territorial maps and administrative region maps were managed by full-time officials.

In the Han Dynasty, those in charge of maps were all at the level of Da Sikong and Yushi Dafu.

Knowing that Zhao Xi could draw such a sophisticated and accurate map that formed a complete system of its own, Tian Kai could not wait to meet him on the spot and recognize him as his eldest brother.

Tian Kai is still like this, not to mention the juniors Zhao Yun.Gongsun Yan obediently raised his hands in surrender, pulled the cloth in front of Zhao Yun and wiped his fingers before the two gave up.

The three of them stood up in unison and started pointing around the map.

Gongsun Yan originally prepared a marker for marking, but judging from the expressions of the two of them earlier, she simply didn't take it out.

"Mrs. Gongsun, please take a look." Zhao Yun tapped his finger on the map, "Defense in the middle of the village, there are no other big problems except here."

For several days, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan slept in the open air, braving the rain and patrolling the village. Other walls, especially the west side, were in disrepair due to the negligence of those responsible for the west side, and large sections had decayed and collapsed.

But the biggest loophole in the village lies at Zhao Yun's finger.

This valley leads to the direction of Lulong County. The rock walls are towering, the trees cover the sky, and the fallen leaves accumulated over the years form rotten mud bubbles. There are only a few animal paths in the valley.

Even the steward Zhou Xing didn't know the exit of this valley.

When Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan inspected, they brought several young people from the village with them.

One of them, whose surname was Ma, was Ma Chong. His father was a member of the former Gongsun Army's Baima Yi Cong. He came to Guzhu Manor when he was a child and grew up here.

Generally speaking, everything in the village belongs to the owner. Even a new mushroom growing on the mountain belongs to the owner.

It is impossible for Yinhu tribes to go hunting in the mountains, otherwise they will be severely punished even if they steal the owner's property.

Due to Gongsun Zan's preferential treatment, even these disabled soldiers in the army can hunt in the mountains to support their families.

Ma Chong is very familiar with this mountain range. According to him, the exit of this valley reaches directly to Lulong County.

Because Lone Bamboo Manor has an armed branch that goes up to the mountain to hunt regularly every year to control the wild beast population, it is safer to have fewer wild beasts around.

Mountain people from Lulong County often come to this valley to harvest mountain products.

There is no doubt that this is an important place that must be fortified militarily.

Otherwise, as long as a familiar mountain man leads the way, the enemy can go straight into the softest belly of Lone Bamboo Manor from here.

Gongsun Yan frowned. Unlike Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, who asked Zhao Xi for tutoring, she couldn't understand such a map clearly.

And she doesn't think all from a military perspective like Zhao Yun and others.

She made a vague gesture on the map. If the road could be built, the distance from Lone Bamboo Manor to the south of Lulong County would be even closer.

In Gongsun Yan's plan, Lone Bamboo Manor and Lulong County were to be integrated in the future.

Having such a valley might save the effort of digging mountains and clearing roads.

Zhao Yun disapproved of doing this in the early stage: "We don't know what the situation is in Lulong County, so we can't build roads for the time being.

Although Zhao Yun is confident that he can conquer Lulong County, the situation in Lulong County is complicated. When he has not completely suppressed all the enemies, he cannot ignore the weakness of Lone Bamboo Manor and even take the initiative to build a road to expose it.

Xia Houlan sided with Gongsun Yan this time. In his opinion, there was indeed resistance in Lulong County, but these people were far from being bold enough to attack Lone Bamboo Manor.

Western Liaoning is still the territory of the Gongsun family.

They accepted that even if Lulong County encountered some setbacks, it would not involve Guzhu Manor.

The two sides discussed for a long time.

Zhao Yun still disagreed with leaving this weakness behind. In his hypothetical case, such a weakness could cause countless troubles and disasters.

Once Zhao Yun became stubborn, Gongsun Yan and Xia Houlan, two lucky guys, were persuaded by the possibilities he assumed.

(End of this chapter)