Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 54

Chapter 55 Military Adviser

I walked around the port for more than half a circle, and finally came to the northeast of the port, which is the closest to the exit of the port connecting to the sea. However, due to the uneven terrain, the docks are very small, and no one is planning to sell them.There is a pier at the end that can dock two ships, but the houses and warehouses are all on a large three-story platform at the back. Both sides of the platform are low-lying pickling areas where there is water at high tide, and it is extremely inconvenient for vehicles to come and go.Because the warehouse is too high, it is more difficult to carry goods than the usual pier.

Seeing Jin Li looking there with good eyes, the know-it-all said: "Brother, are you interested in it? It is indeed for sale, but it is a famous fierce place."

"Old man, what's going on?"

"Because it's inconvenient to load and unload cargo there, it can become an isolated island every time the [-]th tide comes, because there is water on the left and right sides, if it doesn't happen that the berths in the port are too tight, there are very few cargo ships It was moored at such a pier. In addition, the year before last, the old treasurer of this pier died for unknown reasons. He died in the house on the stone platform for many days. , The stench of corpses wafted from the room, and only then did I know that there was a dead person inside. It must have been several days, and the corpses were rotten and maggots..."

The shock he said made Lu Run and his second cousin feel uncomfortable, but Jin Yan asked, "I don't know how much it will cost to buy this place?"

"Once the old shopkeeper died and there were no relatives at home, Shibo took it as a public property. I remember that the price was 1000 taels of silver the year before last. Because the wharf here is small, it is inconvenient to load and unload goods, and it is far away from the street behind. Dalu, so it hasn’t been sold for two years, so I don’t know the price now?”

Jin Yang led the three of them there, and through the dilapidated doors and windows, he saw a mess inside. The old shopkeeper had died inside, and there were still a few pieces of paper money and ashes that hadn't been burnt on the floor of the house. Think about him crawling with maggots. Lu Run shuddered at the dead body.

But Jin Yan pointed to the pier in front of him and said, "Second cousin, cousin, you see, if we buy this place, the pier in front of us can be expanded to the left and right sides, allowing it to dock at least six ships. After the stone platform under our feet Dismantled, and then the foundation of the house was completely flattened, and the pickled areas on both sides of the platform were paved with stones that were removed to build houses and warehouses for the freight yard. The four sides of the freight yard were surrounded by courtyard walls, and the low-lying areas and traffic were leveled. Isn't the road in the back street very good..."

"This is a haunted house, who dares to come and stay here in the future?"

"I'm talking about my second cousin's husband. The platform with a height of seven or eight feet was demolished, and the height of another six or seven feet was removed, and both sides of the stone platform were paved to build a new house. Who remembers that this place used to be a haunted house?"

Lu Run: "Cousin, I think your plan is not bad. If you level this place and open up the road a hundred steps behind, won't it be connected to the street behind? In the future, the surrounding land The price has to go up!"

Jin Hao secretly praised Lu Run for his foresight and courage, and after a long time of consulting, they went to the Shibo Department to inquire about prices.

When we arrived at Shibosi, the officials heard that someone was interested in the haunted house, so they immediately came to say hello. Because of the reputation of this wharf, no one came to inquire about the price for two years. Take the initiative to lower the price, from 1000 taels at the beginning to the current 700 taels.After clearing the money and the wharf, and handling the land deed documents, the three of them went to the nearby guest accommodation.

After the house demolition and construction, Jin Yang was handed over to Lu Run, and Wanshitong also let Jin Yang stay, and let him be responsible for calling craftsmen to organize building materials, and everything was handed over to Lu Run for full management.

Let Lu Run find a few trustworthy men to stay in Liangshan Port with him, contact him as soon as he has news of Captain Venus, and ask him to prepare a lot of smuggled goods, preferably a complete car The horse-drawn carriages were smuggled in for their own use.After explaining these things, I went back to the Jin Mansion with my second cousin-in-law.

Liu Tao is quite satisfied with living in the Jin Mansion, but she is used to the glass windows, but she feels a lot of awkwardness about the opaque window paper. Also, Lao Huang is the guard in the front yard, so he can only watch the door with the small window open .It's okay to open the windows in summer, but it's too cold in winter.Can't stand outside for a long time alone?She had heard that Raksha Country produces small pieces of glass, so she thought of buying a batch. It would be even better if there were large pieces of glass. Lu Run will handle all these matters.

At the beginning of July, Du Hu came back from the Northland and said: The Northland is stepping up preparations for war materials. Now the common people are not allowed to sell horses to the Daqian Kingdom, and even some medicinal materials are also restricted, and they are also stepping up the purchase of the Daqian Kingdom’s grain and food. Ironware, especially saddles and stirrups, were in great demand. It is estimated that the number of soldiers attacking the Daqing Kingdom had changed.

In the conversation with Jin Yang in the past, the First Prince learned that Jin Yang had unique insights into the battle between the two armies, so he brought a map of the northern border of Daqing Kingdom. The two studied it for three days in a row. He gave Jin Yang Look at the situation in the border areas of the country.Jin Yang didn't understand such a map at first, but later he realized that the mountains, rivers and rivers marked there were road passes. However, such a map was a bit rough, and even some large towns were not marked.Wanquan Mountain and Shuangzi Mountain are quite standard.Looking at the area of ​​Shuangzi Mountain, Jin Yang once again thought of those cruel little Yan people and those poor merchants of Daqing country.

"Jin Yang, if you are asked to fight a defensive battle, if the opponent has 3 troops, how many troops will you use at the Shuangzi Mountain pass, and what method will you use to effectively stop them?"

Jin Yang estimated that the terrain and combat form of the Twin Mountains were comparable to the Songgufeng blockade in the Korean War, but his own weapons were better than the opponent's, and the Songgufeng blockade was fought in a hurry Yes, we are prepared for this blocking battle, as long as we make good use of the terrain, we don't want to wipe out the enemy, but we just want to block it.

Jin Yang also considered that the Daqing Kingdom is an agricultural country, and not every soldier has horses, so he tentatively replied: "My lord, I will use the trenches and deer firewood to block the enemy's cavalry's attack speed, see When they gather together, they don't fight with the lives of soldiers first, they shoot with bed crossbows and bows, and wait until they are demoralized before launching a counterattack. I know that the enemy troops use mostly scimitars , I will use soldiers wearing elbow shields as the vanguard, and it is July now, if the blacksmiths of the Ministry of War are allowed to make elbow shields in large quantities, there will still be time to make [-] to [-] pairs by the beginning of August... "

He thought for a while and continued: "If the enemy has [-] troops, [-] will be enough for me."

Through these days of contact with Jin Hao, the eldest prince has become more and more familiar with Jin Hao. Although he has not read poetry and books, and he does not know how to do stereotyped essays, but like Liu Tao, he has a different understanding of various things. to ordinary people.Especially Jin Yang, even though he has never seen him read the books of war, he has unique insights on the offense and defense of military strategists, and often finds other ways to put forward his own insights.This time, he supervised the battle with the army, and winning this battle was too important to him, and this time he wanted Jin Hao's help.

The eldest prince tried to ask Jin Yan: "Jin Yang, with your intelligence, you are qualified for the position of military adviser. I think, if I, Da Qing, want to start a war with Beidi, can you accompany the army and assist the general in command?"

With Jin Yang's physique, it is impossible for him to personally kill the enemy. He is not as good at Wing Chun as Liu Tao, but Jin Yang was an out-and-out military fan in his previous life. If he hides behind the scenes and directs an ancient The battle is still very eager, not to mention that he has researched on ordnance.

At that moment, the First Prince asked him to assist Fu Shuai Jin Ying to lead 4 people to guard the Shuangzi Mountain, and he went to assist the Marshal Jin Fenglun to guard Wanquan Mountain.

(End of this chapter)