Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 249 Shangyu Ancient City (Fifth Watch)
Chapter 254 Shangyu Ancient City

Gao Shi asked back: "What's your name? My Dinghai County still lacks a county magistrate, how about..."

"Gao Shi, you bastard, you dare to poach Lao Tzu's corner."

When Zhang Yi heard this, a black line appeared on his forehead.

Ran Ming felt very helpless.Ran Ming thought that he had the aura of the protagonist on his body, and when the tiger's body shook, the heroes of the world would fall down and worship.

Who ever thought that in the end, it was just wishful thinking!
"My parents are here, so I won't travel far away. So I'm afraid Yi will fail His Highness's favor!"

Zhang Yi learned that Ran Ming was not what he thought, but Sima Ming, the King of Jiaodong in the Jin Dynasty, so he had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown.Ran Ming knows that what is his own is his own after all, and he cannot force it if it is not his own.Ran Ming remembered that in history, Zhang Yi seemed to have sacrificed his life for righteousness, had no achievements in government affairs or military affairs, and was just a loyal minister.

Thinking of this, Ran Ming's unhappiness eased a little.

Ran Ming said: "There is no banquet in the world that never ends, so getting together with you alone is considered a fate. Since you want to return to your hometown, I will offer you a hundred taels of gold as a token of my heart!"

Zhang Yi felt a little red in the face, Ran Ming saved him, and he was kind to him, but he didn't serve Ran Ming, it was morally unjustifiable!
"Under..."

Ran Ming said: "Don't say any more, I understand what you mean, Jie Fei sent a boat to send Mr. Zhang to Wu County!"

After seeing off Zhang Yi, Gao Shi was a little at a loss, what a kid who did something wrong!Ran Ming smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's none of your business!"

Hearing this, Gao Shi put his heart in his stomach.

Originally, Ran Ming planned to manage Daheng Island into an enclave.Relying on the land on Daheng Island, there are almost 1 mu, which can support at least thousands of people.

But Ran Ming discovered Zhang's treasure, and found a large amount of pig iron and crude steel stored in the treasury, as well as more than 400 artisan households on the island, and nearly 600 craftsmen, not only blacksmiths, stonemasons, and carpenters , lacquer craftsmen, and about [-] shipbuilders. Most of these craftsmen are actually from the family of shipbuilders in the previous Soochow period, and they all have craftsmanship passed down for generations!
With these things, Ran Ming suddenly changed his mind.Just relying on farming, more than 1 mu of land can support 7000 to [-] people.So Ran Ming didn't plan to build an ordinary county on Daheng Island, but planned to build a simple material distribution center and military town.

Daheng Island is very close to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Ran Ming has a huge fleet, so he can completely rely on the grain purchased from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to support a large army.This can not only avoid Ran Min's eyes and ears, but also control the key forces of the situation at critical times.

Then Ran Ming told Gao Shi, Liu Wei, Xie Fei and others what was in his mind.

Xie Fei said: "This is an isolated island. There will often be dragon kings going out to sea (tornadoes) on the sea. If it is used as a distribution center for supplies, it may be a bit risky. Besides, the ocean currents here are complicated and hidden reefs are densely covered. Cargo ships with deep drafts are prone to run aground. !"

Ran Ming said: "It doesn't matter, tornadoes can only blow away ordinary thatched cottages, but they are powerless against this kind of bluestone castle. In the future, we can build warehouses in the same way as we build cities, using all bluestone and reinforced concrete structures. In this way, the tornado is not a concern. As for the channel, our five-tooth warship can pass, and other cargo ships should be able to pass. I have seen it. The Daheng Island is simply a natural good port. The draft of the port is generally around seven or eight feet, which is very good. !"

Gao Shi said: "There are tens of hundreds of small islands of different sizes around this big horizontal island. We can set up beacon towers on it. When encountering the enemy during the day, we can set off beacon fires and light bonfires at night. We can also win precious Time, prepare to fight!"

Xie Fei said again: "Here we found Zhang's wealth is amazing. If we take out the weapons and armor in the dark room, we can immediately form an army of three to four thousand people. The rhubarb crossbow in the dark room is too heavy to use in field battles." , but it is very suitable for defending the city, but as long as we make a little change, the stringed crossbow arm on the eight-ox crossbow machine is replaced with the rhubarb crossbow, and the rate of fire will definitely double! It’s just that this castle is too small to be stationed too much If the army is besieged by a large army, it will eventually fall."

Ran Ming said: "This is easier. Half of Daheng Island is made of granite, which is easy to mine. We can mine stones and use them to expand the city wall. Steel bars and cement can be transported from Jiaodong Kingdom. There are still so many on the island. Manpower, it is not too difficult to build a new city!"

The next day, Jie Fei and Gao Shi all stayed in Dinghai City. They temporarily unloaded the goods on more than [-] large ships with thousands of stones in Dinghai City. Pay travel expenses to go home, or go to Jiaodong country for resettlement, and the remaining [-] young and strong will live in Gongdinghai New City with a daily wage of one bucket of grain!

It turned out that Zhang Jing's remnants were all killed, and the rest were either free labor from Zhang Jing's plunder, or homeless refugees.These people are eager to survive in the troubled times, and now Ran Ming has given them the hope of surviving.They are very grateful to Ran Ming.

While quarrying and preparing to build the new city, Jie Fei also used the artisans originally controlled by the Zhang family to build the weapons and warships that Ran Ming needed to build.

Originally, Xie Fei was an excellent shipbuilder, and he had more advantages in construction than he led the war.

Just when all the constructions in Dinghai were progressing in an orderly manner, Ran Ming left Daheng Island in a small boat. No, it is Dinghai City of Wei State now!

Accompanying him are more than [-] qilin guards including guards Lin Heishan, Jin Nu, and Tie Nu, plus two little bookboys Liu Mo, Liu Laozhi, and Hu Bin!

Ran Ming did not go north by boat and enter Jiankang from the Yangtze River, but went west directly to Shangyu City.

Shangyu City is an ancient city with a long history of culture.

According to legend, Qin Shihuang established Shangyu County here in the 25th year, which belongs to Kuaiji County.Ran Ming came to Shangyu and planned to enter Jiankang by land, but the main purpose was to have the emotion in his heart that he couldn't let go of.

The most poignant love story in Chinese history, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, happened here.

However, regarding the story of "The Butterfly Lovers", Ran Ming knew that there were many versions in history, and Ran Ming just wanted to see if there was a Yushui River in Shangyu, whether there was a Zhujiazhuang, and whether there was such a person as Zhu Yingtai?

On July 29, Ran Ming and his party landed in the north of Shangyu.

Ran Ming and his party consisted of 40 people, and the guards were armored with knives. They were so frightened that the people on the ferry ran away.Ran Ming had no choice but to find an old man with handicapped legs, and asked in Mandarin, "May I ask you, where is your place in Shangyu?"

The old man is over sixty years old, with hair and beard. Originally, he was worried that Ran Ming might be a group of strong men who came down from a mountain.Who ever thought that there would be a handsome and beautiful boy in the middle of the team.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief.With a bright gun and a stick, it must be a child of a scholar family traveling.

The old man said: "Returning to Mr. Xiaolang, this place is called Cao'e River Ferry in Cao'e Town."

Ran Ming didn't know who Cao E was, and showed a dazed look.

Cao E is a character in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is said that he was extremely filial. His father drowned in the river and his body was not seen for several days. At that time, the filial daughter Cao E was only 14 years old, crying along the river day and night.After seventeen days, he also threw himself into the river on May [-]th, and took out his father's body five days later.Of course, the legend.

The old man saw that Ran Ming didn't seem to know Cao'e town, so he asked: "You see Xiaolang Junjun is more handsome than Zhilan Yushu, is it possible that Xiaolang County also came to find An Shigong?"

Ran Ming was even more surprised, it is said that now that Xie An has become an official seven years earlier than in history, how could it be possible for him to live in seclusion in Shangyu Dongshan.Fortunately, Ran Ming was quick-witted and changed his words: "Exactly!"

The old man was still wondering, he came to look for Mr. An Shi, brought so many followers and beautiful maids, he must have a good family background.

Everyone in Jin knows that the Cao'e Temple in Shangyu is Beijia, and Beijia refers to the barbarians in the North. This is the derogatory name of the Sanwu gentry for the northerners. In the old place, a large number of northern Jin people came to settle in the land of Sanwu 50 years ago to avoid the war. The population of Nandu is nearly one million, accounting for one-sixth of the population of Jiangdong. Jiangdong people think that the northerners went south and occupied their territory. Damaged their interests, so very dissatisfied.

So at that time, there were many conflicts between the northern and southern gentry.Sima Rui was able to establish a country in Jiankang, mainly relying on Wang Dao to use his reputation among scholars to ease the contradiction between the North and the South.

At this moment, Ran Ming saw an erhu beside the old man.I was even more excited.In his later years, Ran Ming, in addition to practicing calligraphy, also played musical instruments for a period of time, but he didn't know how to play the guitar or the piano, and only knew the easy-to-learn flute and erhu.

After all, the old man was well-informed, and when he saw Ran Ming's eyes fixed on him, he smiled and said, "What's the matter, Mr. Xiao Lang is also good at Ji Qin?"

"Ji Qin? It's not an erhu?" Ran Ming looked at it carefully, only to find that the Ji Qin in the old man's hand is actually no different from the erhu. Shafts, jacks, bridges, bows and strings, as well as accessories such as rosin.Ji Qin was rumored to have been made by Ji Kang, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, but it was lost later.

Ran Ming nodded.

Saying thank you, and then taking over the erhu from the old man, it shouldn't be Ji Qin.

Ran Ming couldn't help laughing, the so-called Ji Qin is actually made of high-grade ebony, the skin of the Qin is made of black python skin, the whole body of Ji Qin is dark.The bowstring is made of horsetail, Ran Ming tried to tune a few syllables.

Liu Wei was like a curious baby, "Mr. Lang, so you can play the piano! I never thought you could play so much!"

Ran Ming was stunned, and said solemnly: "Mom, you are wrong, you should say, I don't know how many things there are in this world!"

The old man laughed loudly: "Xiao Langjun is so proud!"

(End of this chapter)