Of course, the second way of making money, or the second industry, that Zhang Cheng mainly opened for Chang'an City was not to directly sell wood.

Although there are many fine tree species in the Longling virgin forest and can produce high-quality wood, the profit is too thin simply selling raw materials.

If it can be processed and then sold to establish a market, it will be easier to charge a higher price.

Therefore, Zhang Dongyun sent tens of thousands of Tang soldiers to join him in cutting wood with a wave of his hand, and at the same time, he also selected people with carpenter skills among them.

At the same time, other people in the city began to recruit craftsmen from Longbei County.

They are also tasked with breaking the siege and blockade of Dongtang near Longbei.

Previously, the Eastern Tang Dynasty had been blocking Qinzhou Prefecture and Longbei County, prohibiting people and business travelers from going there.

Although corruption was rampant in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, some fish who slipped through the net were still able to go to Chang'an, but even so, Jin Fugui and others were still in danger, carrying goods with their heads high.

Of course, strictly speaking, they were smuggling.

And City Lord Zhang is now helping them change from smuggling to legitimate transactions.

Chang'an City's next timber business will mainly supply Longbei County, and then slowly develop outward.

Li Yi, Situ Jinsheng and others were annihilated previously, once again frightening all parties in the Eastern Tang Dynasty and not daring to act rashly.

Being able to capture Li Yi and others without letting anyone escape alive is such a strength that few people in the entire Eastern Tang Dynasty can achieve.

More importantly, no news leaked out about how Li Yi and others were defeated.

The more mysterious it is, the more cautious it makes others.

Taking advantage of this power, it is the opportunity for Chang'an to expand its influence.

The prestige of Chang'an City broke through Longbei County and spread to surrounding counties and states.

Not only the practitioners, but also the ordinary people were privately discussing the mysterious city that suddenly appeared.

The news that the Eastern Tang Dynasty was going to change its situation spread more and more widely.

Taking advantage of this trend, Zhang Dongyun projected Mr. Wuyun and began to arrange manpower to expand his news channels to obtain the latest news from various parts of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

Soon, some news came.

Among the more eye-catching ones, there is bad news and good news.

The bad news is that the "rebels" led by the former head of the Hu family, Hu Yinghua, were escorted to Luyang City, the capital of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

Hu Yinghua's third brother, Hu Yinghao, had meritorious service in reporting and suppressing rebellion. He became the new head of the Hu family and was rewarded by the royal family of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

The good news is that Tang Wang Li Xuanxin failed to kill Li Jie, the leader of the Dahe Dragon Gate.

Although Li Jie was injured, he traveled north and successfully escaped from the territory of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and his whereabouts are unknown thereafter.

Due to the serious internal problems in Chang'an City, the king of Tang did not go out to pursue Li Jie and was forced to return empty-handed.

However, Dahe Longmen's original foundation on both sides of the middle reaches of the river has been completely destroyed.

The Eastern Tang Dynasty accelerated the elimination of Dahe Longmen's influence on the people here.

In Chang'an City, a group of Longmen disciples heard the news from the outside world. They were happy that their sect master was out of danger, but also sad and angry that their hometown of Shanmen was destroyed.

Some Dahe Longmen disciples wanted to plead with Chang'an to send troops to help them return to the banks of the middle reaches of the river, but in the end they held back and swallowed their words.

Zhang Dongyun saw all this, but paid no attention to it.

He is now concentrating on the construction of Chang'an City itself.

Dahe Longmen has made contributions to this, and they will naturally be rewarded in the future.

As for the Longmen disciples, they are now willing to contribute to the construction of Chang'an City to accommodate and save them.

"Shang Jie and Wen Hu both praised his skillful hands."

Mr. Wu Yun, projected by Zhang Dongyun, is sitting in a side hall of Tianshu Hall.

In front of him was a tall and thin young man.

The young man looks younger than his actual age. His hands and fingers are long and dexterous, but he also looks powerful.

This person is Chen Yu, a disciple of Dahe Longmen whom Wen Hu mentioned to Mr. Wu Yun earlier.

Later, Shang Jie also introduced him to Mr. Wu Yun.

At this moment, he was facing Mr. Wu Yun with a calm expression, but his eyes were still somewhat awkward.

"Uncle Shang and Junior Brother Wen were both very complimentary." Chen Yu said softly.

"Come with me." Mr. Wu Yun said nothing and led Chen Yu away from Tianshu Hall and all the way to a lumberyard in the mountains.

He randomly picked a thick log and threw it to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu is a martial arts practitioner with mediocre talent, but he was able to study martial arts at Dahe Longmen when he was young. It has been almost twenty years now, and his foundation is not bad at all.

At the fourth level of martial arts, his physical strength is far superior to that of ordinary people, and he can catch the log with ease.

Knowing that Mr. Wu Yun wanted to test himself, Chen Yu said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "Sir, please give me the question."

Mr. Wu Yun said calmly: "Anything can be done."

After hearing this, Chen Yu pondered slightly, and then he had a short knife in his hand.

He held up the log with one hand, and held a knife with the other hand, and quickly slashed at the log.

After only a moment, he stopped.

Originally it was divided into two parts.

One section seemed to be just a piece of wood with a smooth surface, and Chen Yu had only whittled it a few times.

But as the wind blew, the wooden planks seemed to undulate, like waves.

Chen Yu chatted with a few cuts, making the wood seem to change from a static object to a flowing river, recreating the rushing dragon river that he could see every day after studying the art of Dahe Longmen for many years.

The other piece of wood was processed many times by Chen Yu, and finally turned into dozens of parts, which were assembled together to look like a machine.

At this time, there was a wind blowing in the mountains, and the impeller of the wooden machine was blown by the wind, and then driven by the bearing, it rolled on the mountain ground.

When we reached the uphill slope, although the speed slowed down and finally stopped, it still swayed in place and did not slide backwards.

Zhang Dongyun in the Daming Palace couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

Mr. Wu Yun, who he projected, looked at Chen Yu calmly: "What a coincidence, the wood is hollowed out. This thing cannot carry a load. It is actually used in the water to improve the use of boats?"

Chen Yu's eyes lit up: "Senior, your eyes are as sharp as a torch!"

Mr. Wu Yun’s eyes were completely indifferent:

“But in water, for the sake of durability, the wood will not be drilled into the hollow.

In order to use the power of wind to display the same effect as water power, it was specially done.

It seems that I am not here to take a test, but I am here to take a test?"

He turned to look at the other piece of wood: "It's the same with this piece of wood. It looks exquisite, but it's actually useless, and it doesn't show any skill at all. A higher-level warrior who is good at controlling strength can do it after a little practice.

Isn't it?"

Chen Yu let out a long breath, with an expression on his face that was both exciting and ashamed.

He bowed deeply to Mr. Wu Yun and said, "Younger, if you are careful, you will not be able to escape the eyes of your seniors."

"Yes, he has outstanding talent in this area." Mr. Wu Yun said expressionlessly, "But his little cleverness cost him the opportunity."

Chen Yu surrendered happily: "This junior will be happy with any punishment or treatment."

"From today on, let's sharpen our temper in the lumberyard." Mr. Wu Yun ordered.

"Yes, senior." Chen Yu said respectfully.

Mr. Wu Yun left, and Chen Yu stayed in the lumber yard, processing the logs into regular pieces of wood, and then waited for someone to transport them away.

During the work process, he was meticulous and did not show off his skills. He was just fast and accurate. When handling pieces of wood, one person could do it faster and better than all the other workers combined.

Wenhu came to him sweating profusely: "Brother Chen, why are you here?"

When he thought about it, even if his senior brother failed Mr. Wuyun's test and couldn't get an important job in Tiangong Palace, he should at least be able to help in Tiangong Palace.

Who would have thought that Chen Yu would be sent to the lumberyard to cut wood?

This is working as coolies with those Tang army prisoners!

"Senior brother,...have you offended Mr. Wu Yun?" Wen Hu asked with a bitter face.

"I brought it upon myself." Chen Yu said calmly, "I am frivolous and should be taught a lesson here."

Wenhu opened his mouth wide: "Senior brother... go and admit your mistake to sir again."

Chen Yu shook his head: "What's the use of verbally admitting your mistakes? Only by working seriously here can you correct people's bad habits."

He smiled at Wen Hu: "Junior Brother Wen, you must do your errands in Chang'an City carefully.

Don't imitate me, I'm a bitch and I'm doing my own thing.

This place is much stronger than the Eastern Tang Dynasty. Even if the Eastern Tang Dynasty royal family did not attack our sect and Chang'an did not save us, I still say this.

I should say, I wish I had come here earlier."
To be continued...