How to expand Zhennan Fort?

Zhao Hao had naturally planned it for a long time. He took out a parchment roll, hung it on the wooden board erected behind him, and then pointed at the sketch above and ordered: "This is the valley we are in, with both ends at the north and south.

Seal it with a four-step-high city wall, fill in the middle, and build five thousand separate houses according to the terrain. The three of you, Ah Shan, Ah Feng, and Nan Jiang, are in charge, and you will lead your elite men and five thousand young men to complete the project within one month. "

The valley where Zhennan Fort is located is more than ten miles long. Does he mean to expand the entire valley into Zhennan Fort?

The amount of this project is a bit scary.

However, Ah Shan, Ah Feng and Shahe did not raise any questions. They immediately bowed their hands and said: "As ordered."

Zhao Hao then pointed at the sketch and ordered: "This is the open space between the outside of the valley and the Haotian River. The east and west sides are sealed with four-step high walls, and the middle is filled in. Twelve rows of sheds for storage are built. Ah

Lin, Ashu, and Shahe, you three are in charge, leading your elite men and three thousand young men, and strive to complete the work in one month."

The amount of this project does not seem to be very large, but in fact it is not much smaller than the amount of projects in the valley, because the row of sheds he requested to be built is several miles long!

How much goods should be stored in such a big shed?

A Lin, Ashu and Shahe didn't raise any questions, they just handed over their hands and said: "As ordered."

Zhao Hao then pointed at the sketch and ordered: "This is a temporary dock on the Haotian River. Ahua and Ahuo, you and your elite men will expand it into a dock that can accommodate twenty large ships."

The amount of this project was not very large, so he arranged for a thousand people.

A-Hua and A-Huo also raised their hands without hesitation and said, "Yes."

Zhao Hao finally gave the order: "Beishan, Ah Xing, you lead your elite and the 4,000 young men gathered from the Eighth Battalion to bake pottery bricks and tiles, and build another 40 large ships."

The so-called four thousand young men gathered by the eight battalions were actually the prisoners who were originally guarded by each battalion. Of course, they were now considered members of the Haotian Territory.

The five thousand people who came to make pottery bricks and tiles were obviously for the use of the other three groups of people. Beishan and Ashu also handed over their hands without hesitation: "Yes."

Following Zhao Hao's order, nearly 20,000 men and horses immediately started to move, and the entire Zhennan Fort was suddenly in full swing.

At this time, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang began to search carefully in the Nanman mountains southeast of Zhennan Fort.

This area of ​​the Nanman Mountains can be said to be the place visited most frequently by Nanhua's masters. There are absolutely no such beasts that are close to them. If there were any, they would have been hunted down by Nanhua's masters long ago. Alien beasts are also very difficult to find.

If you're looking for one, it's considered good if you can catch one in one day.

So why did Zhao Hao put aside the expansion project of Zhennan Fort and instead led Ji Rushuang to waste time in the Southern Barbarian mountains?

In fact, his main purpose was not to hunt exotic animals, but to find coal and iron mines.

In the future, he will make a large number of knives and coins, as well as kitchen knives, hoes and other iron tools. I believe they will be very popular in Nanhua and even the entire Taihua tribe. He doesn't know how many he will make by then.

The number of these things is tens of thousands? The required coal and iron ore are naturally quite a lot? If they are transported from Ahua and Ashan's territory, it will be too laborious? So?

He wanted to search nearby to see if there were any coal or iron mines in the Nanman mountains.

As for the method of searching? It was very simple. He just took Ji Rushuang to drill into the mountains or valleys with relatively few trees. First, see if there were any open-pit coal mines or iron mines? If there were no open-air mines, he would use magic soldiers to chop them everywhere.

Split some hillsides to see if there are any inside.

Is this method of prospecting a bit strange? It is estimated that future exploration experts will definitely laugh and cry when they see it.

But? Zhao Hao has no choice, because he is not an all-powerful god. He really doesn't know how to prospect for mines. He will only use this stupidest method.

Not to mention, his luck was quite good. Within a few days, he found an open-pit iron mine in a valley more than 20 miles away from Zhennan Fort. As for the coal mine, he hacked it at random

We also found two places? One is about ten miles away from Zhennan Fort, and the other is about thirty miles away from Zhennan Fort.

Is it easy to handle now? He directly ordered Zhao Yi and Zhao Zhi to find Beishan's mother and order 500 young men each, plus a hundred of their guards to build roads, and connect the coal and iron mines with the town.

It will be completed once the Nanbao is connected, and then he will organize manpower to dig.

The problems of coal and iron mines were solved in this way, but Zhao Hao suddenly discovered that he did not have a professional blacksmith under his command.

Of course, the so-called professional blacksmith at this time actually means that he learned some blacksmithing skills from him, and then made blacksmiths himself for several years, so he became more skilled in the technology.

If he had time, he could definitely cultivate another batch.

The problem is, he doesn't have time at the moment.

In other words, he couldn't wait that long.

Because, after Zhennan Fort is built, these knives and dimes will come in handy.

In desperation, he could only summon the eight newly promoted princes including Ahua and Ashan together.

Ahua, Ahshan and others thought that he wanted to understand the progress of various projects and then supervise them.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao asked inexplicably when he opened his mouth: "Do you know that next, we will have to exchange meat, leather goods, ironware, pottery and other things with other territories in South China for food?"

Of course they know this, and they are all thinking about exchanging meat, leather goods, ironware, pottery, etc. with other territories in Nanhua for some food. After all, each of them now has more than a thousand tribesmen under their control. If they only eat meat,

, the consumption is really quite large.

Everyone nodded without hesitation, but none of them spoke. Everyone seemed to be looking at Ah Shan intentionally or unintentionally, meaning to let Ah Shan speak.

Because Ah Shan is Zhao Hao's cousin, he and Zhao Hao are the closest.

Seeing this, Ashan could only reply helplessly: "We have heard about this a long time ago. I have prepared some meat and leather goods. I want to exchange some food with other territories in Nanhua, but I don't know how to exchange it."

Zhao Hao smiled and explained: "I have already discussed this with the great elder. We can exchange knives and dimes for food with other territories in Nanhua, or we can directly use meat, leather goods, iron and pottery. However, these things are

You have to use knives and dimes to set the price."

Knives and dimes?

It seems like this thing doesn’t exist yet!

Everyone is confused and confused.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Hao directly took out the sketches of knife coins and dimes, hung them on the wooden board behind him, and then explained: "These are knife coins and dimes. The knife coins are actually a sharp knife, and the dimes are actually

An arrow. I have already made an agreement with the great elder. One knife coin can be exchanged for ten kilograms of rice, and one dime can be exchanged for one kilogram of rice. Of course, other territories in Nanhua can also exchange knife coins and dimes with us for meat, leather goods, ironware and pottery.

The temporary pricing is one knife coin for one pound of meat, and the rest will be estimated based on this."
Chapter completed!