Fall In Love with the Technology Tree

And for these fifteen hundred miles, Zhuge Liang spent it all on horseback. The post station changes horses, runs at full speed, and travels nearly three hundred miles a day.

Rao is Zhuge Liang who knows how to ride a horse, but riding for three or four hours a day also makes him feel that his bones are loose, and the inner thighs are even more frayed, and it hurts when he touches water.

What's even more terrifying is that because he was not fully grown and light in weight, he was almost thrown out several times at the top speed, but was rescued by a guard named Ji He with a soft whip of. Dance with death, but don't be too exciting!

However, the twelve-year-old Xiaoliang can only insist on gritted teeth, after all - Cao Zi, who is seriously injured and recovering, also rides horses for three or four hours a day. . Simply not human!

Zhuge Liang fell on the straw mat in Weihai Medical Hall, hugging his swollen calf. Ji He took a bottle of Yinlian safflower paste and tried to apply medicine to this kid. However, Zhuge Liang was a thief, how could he let the people from the espionage department serve him, and finally Lu Meng took over the leg of his younger brother.

The ointment is cool and effective. Zhuge Liang hummed in comfort, and opened his eyes to look at the clouds outside the window. The sky in Weihai is clear and blue, so good weather is rare in the Central Plains swept by cold currents and freezing rain.

The early-ripening winter wheat has been harvested and put into storage, and the large fields under the dock have been sown with horse grass and broad bean seeds. In less than a month, these wheat fields will be covered with greenery again. Small pink and purple flowers bloom. By that time, the 10,000 acres of fruit forests in Laishan will also be harvested. Hundreds of boats should come after the lighthouse in Weihai and transport the apples from Shandong to overseas: Nandao, Shendao, Dalian, Liudao, and even Sanhan. and co-toe.

However, Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng didn't have time to see such a grand scene. After resting in the Weihai Medical Center for only three hours, before they could get to Wubao, they boarded the Weiyuan ship in the port. The anchor was lifted, the sail was set, and the behemoth began to move slowly in the waves.

Two and a half children stood on the high deck, overlooking the crowd seeing off at the port. They include farmers with nails and rakes, mountain villagers with longbow heads wrapped in floral fabrics, women with vegetable baskets, and children in school uniforms. They repeated the same sentence in dialect over and over again, like a huge wave, until the ship sailed far away, and the port could no longer be seen clearly.

A Sheng took his sleeve and flicked the corner of his eyes, turned and left the stern and entered the cabin.

"What are they talking about?" Zhuge Liang asked Ji He. Although this guy is not as weird and gloomy as Qin Liu, he is still a baby face who loves to laugh, but everyone in the spy department should be a language all-rounder.

As expected, Ji He knew.

"'Defend Weihai for the sake of the country.'" The baby-faced young man translated, "In the beginning, the magistrate of Taishi said 'will defend Weihai for the master', the master replied: 'If you can't defend it, you can Lead the crowd to flee north by boat, people are more important than land.'

People's justice and law, there will be no Weihai people's home and country. ’”

"So it has become 'defending Weihai for the country and the country', right?"

"Yes."

Xiao Liang's curiosity was satisfied, and he dragged his younger brother to the cabin to find Master. "Cao Zi is very happy?"

The corners of Ah Sheng's eyes are still red, I don't know if he stayed up late to read the words. "I'm happy." She touched a strand of Zhuge Liang's untied hair. "When I saw them, I felt that all my hard work was worth it."

"What is a country?"

"Where the hearts and minds of the people gather, that is the country."

A Sheng slowly raised the corner of his mouth: "Xu County and Weihai are just my foreign cities. The place we are going next is my country."

Young people, have you ever seen a salt drying farm with an annual output of 500,000 tons, a farm village with a per-mu yield of thousands of pounds, and a winter herding line with flocks of cattle and sheep? Have you ever seen the Iron Mine City lit up all night, the Dalian Port where thousands of sails gather, and the foothills of Changbai Mountain where the heated kang camp is located?

This land has a vast border line, from the seaside Dalian Port to the Chishan City on the vast grassland, with a total length of more than 2,000 miles, which is longer than from Cao Cao's Juancheng to Weihai.

By the time they arrived at their destination, the grassland had already been dyed the color of autumn, the herbs in patches were withered and yellowed, and the woods showed patches of red, yellow and green. It is surrounded by the exposed rocks on the top of the mountain outside the city, or it reflects the clear and cold river water, like a colorful oil painting.

The aid force led by Xu Rong completed the repair of the city wall as early as summer. The rocks from nearby mountains are naturally ochre red because of their high iron content. These rocks are ground into large pieces by sharp steel, bonded together with cement, and supplemented with an appropriate amount of tri-soil. The final result is a red "prairie behemoth". ' shell.

Chishan City, the third large settlement city on the Winter Shepherd Line, is rising from the ground in **** conflicts.

The first priority to be built is military facilities, wall stacks, trenches, arrow towers, and even the urn and inner city are put into use as soon as they are built. Then the weather turned cold, and the heated kang and brick houses became an imminent task.

When Ah Sheng rode into the city, there were red bricks stacked in the shape of hills and small tile kilns on fire. There are also a lot of newly built houses, but the white on the walls is not dry. They are forcibly baked against the charcoal inside the walls, and the water vapor is swirling through the eaves.

The order of people is orderly. Patrol patrols, bricks-moving bricks, registration registration, the distinction is clear. Xu Rong led his personal guards through the busy crowd.

"Brothers, work harder! When this winter, everyone in Chishan will live in a conservatory, drink soju, and eat barbecue."

Housing and food are the lingua franca of all ethnic groups.

Xu Rong greeted several scout leaders: "I heard that Duke Hua has arrived in Dalian and is coming this way. You should be vigilant when you take your brothers out on patrol, don't let the black-eyed black The Huan people disturbed her."

A Sheng couldn't help laughing.

As soon as Xu Rong raised his head, he saw the "Hua Gong" who was still talking about him just now. He was standing across the street with a horse. The atmosphere was suddenly awkward. But there was a stupid cavalryman shouting out: "General Xu, look, Duke Hua has already arrived, so shall we still patrol?"

Xu Rong slapped the kid on the helmet and stared: "It's time to work, don't think about being lazy all day! Go, go, go!"

The scouts and the little bosses dispersed.

Xu Rong patted off the mud on his body and came to Ah Sheng. "The speed of the lady is amazing," General Xu raised his thumbs, "The urgent march is not so fast, isn't it because the Stone Girl is carrying you here? Oh, these two young gentlemen are your new disciples, right? , it's not easy, not easy, haha, at first glance, it looks like riding a horse and hurting your leg..."

Meeting such a warm person as Xu Rong, it was inevitable to have a little chat. Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng each received a dagger as a gift.

And then there is the topic. Xu Rong led Ah Sheng and his entourage around Chishan City, looking at the important strategic points one by one, talking about the important tribal leaders one by one, and the tomb of the martyrs during the previous "Chishan Incident", which fell to the citizens in the south of the city on the square.

“Who is responsible for the pension?”

"Yan girl from the Prosecutor's Office. She never procrastinates, and she finished it all in May."

"Yeah." Ah Sheng nodded. In fact, she had already received the relevant report from Ah Shi, but it's always good to ask for more confirmation. "If Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Qianghu who are not from Liaodong are killed in Chishan defense, their children will be directly naturalized and exempted for ten years."

A Sheng waved his hand: "See you at dinner time - you let people burn the wall with fire, can the coal be enough for winter?"

"This... There is coal from Tongliao, but it can't be stopped... If it is really lacking, I will allocate some from the military supplies, the same is true."

"You can't get out of the quarters." Ah Sheng directly vetoed, "You have to go with me to the southern city wall this winter, and you can't get out of the quarters."

Xu Rong smiled wryly and shook his head: "I'm a rude person, and I'm not thoughtful in my work. Don't take offense at me."

A Sheng turned sideways, the north wind blew the fluff from the collar of her cloak and beat on the jawline that was thinner due to illness and pain. But she is still beautiful, from the beauty of her dark hair and jade face to the fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

"Don't you want to go back to the prosperous Central Plains? Bring your brave cavalry invincible, just like ten years ago." The beauty asked softly, as if she really did not know the world.

Xu Rong ten years ago, under Dong Zhuo's command, all the way to Luoyang.

"Hahaha, hahahaha." Xu Rong raised his head and laughed. After laughing, he raised his eyebrows and said word by word, "I'll stay here and watch the grassland become prosperous. The Central Plains, I I'm already scared."

The people there are too complicated, and the struggle there is too tragic.

"You have to go." Ah Sheng led the horse towards the inner city, "Nian Qi and Zhao Qi are too straight, no one will do a surprise attack for me. Lu Bu surprise attack, you are teasing me Duan Gong is too old again."

"Who's too old?! Hiccup." A breathy voice came from the inner city wall, and finished with a wine burp.

A Sheng laughed when he heard this. Old Man Duan is eighty years old, and he is still an immortal bastard.

"You already have great-grandchildren." Ah Sheng pulled the younger apprentices in front of him as a shield, "Zhuge Liang, the name is Kongming, the reading seeds I snatched from the Zhuge family in Langya. Lv Meng, I'm going to let you give it to you. This is a good seedling in the army. If you like it, you can give a generous greeting."

Duan Xi threw the wine bag, ran to the bottom of the city tower and patted Lu Meng's shoulder and arm, and then laughed. "Okay, it's time to give more money. When I get old, I didn't think there would be such fun. It's better for you to be considerate, the kid is a jerk." After saying that, he kicked Xu Rong.

The old hooligan made the civilized Zhuge Liang stunned.

Xu Rong: …I don’t want to lose face?

"Obviously go to the Central Plains, do you understand?" Duan old hooligan glanced at him, "Do you think it's really pointing at you to fight? With Yuan Shao's stance of pressing a million troops by the Yellow River, there is no one behind. . Even if Lu Bu can press him all the way, he still makes a surprise attack? I really look down on him Yuan Benchu."

Xu Rong: ? ? ?

"You call Cao Cao the lord, that's what you are used for. The peacemaker in Liaodong and Yanzhou, understand? Is it easy?"

"Duan Gong, I'm almost forty..."

"I have eighty-three, what's wrong?"

"No...you continue."