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The sun had just risen, and the wind blowing from the sea was not very strong. As far as the eye could see, the withered reeds swayed in the wind, as if golden waves had risen. A few fluffy yellow foxes stooped down, sneaking down the hill, and approached through a flock of waterfowl near a large puddle in the reeds.

When the Water Bird seemed like it was about to be struck by lightning, the sound of hooves coming from the east suddenly came from the east. A large flag with the word 'Zhao' on a red and black character appeared a few miles away first, following which, a large group of cavalrymen wearing khaki clothes rushed over. The water birds cried out in alarm as they spread their wings and flew far away. The few foxes angrily cried out a few times before reluctantly disappearing into the depths of the reeds.

This small hillside was less than twenty zhang high, and several ten-zhang wide streams slowly flowed in the north and south direction. Looking ahead, the surface of the sea appeared to be about seven to eight miles away. Under the golden light of the sun, there were a few rows of dilapidated houses along the shore. They were only the size of teacups from afar, but most of them had already turned into a pile of rotten wood.

At the foot of the mountain, countless brand-new wooden houses were bathing in the gentle sunlight. Some of the wood even had green leaves and leaves on them. On the flat wasteland to the south of the group of wooden houses, a crowd of people was gathering. Countless people were waving their tools and shouting their horn to open up the farmland.

"This is a good place!" Zhao Yun clapped his hands and shouted: "Go around the hillside and set up a tent, waiting for the arrival of the successor army!"

Three thousand men jumped off their horses, took down the folded tents and ropes from the horses' back, and began to set up their tents in an orderly fashion.

An hour later, the tents at the foot of the hill were arranged like stars. Standing at the top of the hill, one could see the gray mushrooms blooming everywhere.

Zhao Yun brought his men to the beach and brought back a few big buckets of seawater and some small shells and snails. He had just put his things in the tent when a scout galloped up to him.

"General!" General! The successor army has arrived! "

Zhao Yun nodded and mounted on his horse to head west. After running five to six miles, a large group of people appeared before them.

Including the fifteen thousand odd auxiliary force s, there were more than twenty-seven thousand of them. Along the way, everyone was brimming with joy. It was bustling with noise and excitement. The flag of the White Horse Camp was similar to the pattern on the identity plate of the soldiers. The flag fluttered with the wind, and the winged horse on top of it seemed like it could fly away at any time.

Gongsun Xu followed the flag and slowly moved forward. Seeing Zhao Yun coming over, he asked from afar: "Zi Long, have you settled the vanguard team?"

"Yes sir!" Zhao Yun cupped his fist on his horse, "The brothers under me have already made their tents."

Gongsun Xu pointed to the many large carriages behind them. "Leave a few people to look after the tents, the rest will come over to help transport the things."

"Here!" Zhao Yun turned his horse and flew away.

In order to move this place, Gongsun Xu had collected almost all of the carriages from the Ji County, barely gathering 300 of them. And this was with the families of the soldiers already settled in advance, otherwise, the 1,300 cars might not even be enough.

Including the families of the White Horse Camp soldiers, Gongsun Xu was in charge of over 70,000 people's food, drinks and shelter. This was not an easy task, if there were too many people, there would be areas that he would not be able to take care of. A few days ago, when they let their families move away, many accidents happened. Fortunately, regardless of whether it was the soldiers or their families, all of them had high morale and were looking forward to getting their land as soon as possible. As a result, no one had any complaints.

There were more than 300 large vehicles piled with construction items such as ropes, nails and axes. Gongsun Xu was prepared to turn Tianjin into a strong army camp and when the time was right, he would build the city and use it as a fulcrum for his journey south or east. At the moment, there was a large area of dense forest in the northwest of Tianjin. There was a large area of dense forest in the northwest of Tianjin.

After half an hour, the entire group had reached the small hill where Zhao Yun was camping. At this time, the families in the front had also received the news. A large group of children rushed over and stood a hundred steps away, pointing at their father and brothers.

Gongsun Xu had Ku Le, Yang Hong and Wang Wei bring the three of them to the logging camp, and also had Yan Rou and Zhao Yun set up camp here.

The three of them quickly reached the wasteland, and when everyone saw Gongsun Xu coming, they knelt on the ground and expressed their gratitude.

Gongsun Xu called over a highly respected elder and asked about the progress of the exploration.

"My lord, the weather these days is not bad. The children are very strong. In just three days, hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland have been cleared. Before the snow falls, every family will receive their share of the land."

Gongsun Xu looked at the surface of the sea in the distance and asked, "Elder, how long do you think it will take for the snow to fall?"

"Even I can't say for sure!" Rest assured, my lord, that even at the risk of their lives, the little ones will have enough arable land to plow through. "My lord, when can we distribute the crops in the spring?"

"This general has already discussed it with Zou County's officials. Before the next year's spring ploughing, this general is sure to distribute the grain to everyone in time. However, old sir must remember to tell everyone, this general has already exempted all of you from taxes, but after the next year's harvest, you must pay Youzhou back double the amount of food. "

"My lord is merciful, the little ones cannot thank you enough! They all said that they had never seen a lord like their lord! Everyone hopes for our lord to seize the world! "

"How could this be?" Gongsun Xu frowned: "Old sir, when you go back and tell everyone, this general doesn't want to hear anything like that ever again!"

"Here!" The old man was shocked and quickly explained: "Master, these words will only be passed on to us, the families of White Horse Camp, and we will not dare to speak carelessly in front of outsiders."

Gongsun Xu warned again, "In the future, you are not allowed to spread these kinds of rumors between your own people!"

"Here!" "Please rest assured, my lord, this old man will definitely go ahead with it."

"That's good." Gongsun Xu nodded and asked: "Are the lands here fertile?"

When the old man heard this, he smiled widely, "Master has really chosen a good place. As long as we dig out all the reeds, there would only be greasy black soil underneath! I dare to bet that even the most fertile land in Ji County cannot compare to this place! "It would be a pity if I had come here two months earlier, I would have been able to plant winter wheat in time!"

"Is there anything else you can grow now?" Gongsun Xu knew nothing about this.

There are a lot of rivers here that can be watered at any time.

The hemp is one of the five cereals, the other four are corn (millet), millet (millet), wheat, beans, hemp seeds can be eaten, stem skin can be used as hemp rope, hemp clothes, or hemp paper and other things. This plant was very resistant to cold. It had been grown in the north for a long time.

"Numb" Gongsun Xu rubbed his chin, and asked: "Are you confident you can grow it now?"

"My lord, there are reeds everywhere. Even if it's snowing, we can build a reed shed on the ground. I'm sure we can do it!"

"Old sir, find a few more people to discuss this. If it's really feasible, you can go to the military camp and meet up with the general." "Alright, this general will take a look at the seaside. You can do as you please." Gongsun Xu's interest was piqued. No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat, much better than nothing.

"Here!" This little old man will find someone to discuss it with! " The old man was even more anxious than Gongsun Xu. He bowed and ran into the wasteland.

When he arrived at the big ocean and saw the sparkling waves, Gongsun Xu's thoughts could not help but drift off into the distance. If they could get potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes from America, which could yield two or three thousand pounds per mu, the number of people who starved to death would definitely be reduced by half! Right now, in the entire Youzhou, there was not a single decent boat to be found. If he wanted to see the big ship, he could only go to Jiangdong. If in the future, he could go south to pacify the Jiangdong, then he could try to build a huge ship. He didn't dare guarantee that he could reach America, but he needed to go to the Japan on the other side of the sea!

The more he thought about it, the more confused Gongsun Xu became. How could a Japanese become the maid of Great King of Xianbei's niece? When Er Yu said that Ju Zi was a descendant of the Japanese's slaves that he had captured, logically speaking, that was even more impossible. If that was the case, there could only be two possibilities. One was that Japanese had come to the north and been captured by Tan Shihuai, and the second was that Tan Shihuai had sent people to cross the ocean to capture him!

There were many gold and silver copper mines in Japan. If they could cross the sea to travel to the east, then they should be able to snatch up powerful lights! What did the Japan look like now? It seemed like the Effulgence Emperor had also bestowed a golden seal to the Japan King. Other than the Japan, there seemed to be quite a few mines in the Korea. The Korea had been defeated by the Great Han Dynasty multiple times and had moved to Wan Du City (Jilin City).

"Young master! Young Master! " Gongsun Yi called out twice, waking Gongsun Xu up from his trance.

"What is it?" Gongsun Xu shook his head, retracting his gaze from Liaodong.

"Miss and Officer Guo have arrived."

Gongsun Xu turned his head to look, only to see two carriages approaching, one after the other. The horse carriage came to a halt a few steps away. Gongsun Rui jumped down from the first carriage with her servant, Zi Yu, and saw the glittering sea in one glance. She didn't even have time to talk to Gongsun Xu as she rushed towards the seaside, crying out in alarm.

"Greetings, my lord!" Guo Jia jumped down from the second carriage and cupped his fists in greeting to Gongsun Xu, his expression somewhat awkward.

Gongsun Xu supported him: "Feng Xiao, there is no need to be polite. How is your condition?"

"It's done, thank you for your concern, my lord." Guo Jia was obviously very careful when he spoke, he was no longer as casual as he was in the past.

"Oh, Feng Xiao, you're really …" Gongsun Xu knew the inside story, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"I'm so ashamed!" Guo Jia cupped his hands with his head down.

When Gongsun Xu left Guo Jia's home that day, he never would have thought that his own sister would drag Guo Jia out of the bathtub afterwards. Even more so, when he was rushing towards the Liucheng, Guo Jia suddenly had the urge to stroll around the brothel. Guo Jia had suffered two consecutive beatings, yet he did not even know who his opponent was. He could not help but become curious and sneakily tried to follow Gongsun Rui.

This time, after the fight, the two of them finally knew each other's identities. Gongsun Rui felt bad for beating up her brother's important advisor, so she took the initiative to apologize to Guo Jia and bring him some medicine to recuperate her injuries. Furthermore, Guo Jia was very 'despicable' at times, he had never met a woman like Gongsun Rui before.

Gongsun Xu saw Gongsun Rui leave in a hurry several times, but it was actually to see Guo Jia. It was precisely because of this that Gongsun Rui blushed shyly when Gongsun Xu had said 'no wonder you come here so often' at the Residence of Yue a few days ago. And Liu Ninger and Le Cui Er, who had already known about this from the start, smiled mischievously. Back then, when she had returned to his residence, Liu Ninger had talked about this matter beside her pillow. Only then did Gongsun Xu come to a sudden realization.

"Feng Xiao, I only have this girl, she is more precious than my life! "You must think carefully!" Gongsun Xu thought left and right, and still decided to give Guo Jia a warning. This fellow had an unruly personality, it was hard to guarantee that Rui Er wouldn't lose out in the future.

Guo Jia raised the sleeves of his robe, and saluted respectfully: "Master, please be at ease, Jia definitely will not let Miss down!"

"Alright, let's not talk about this for now. Find a chance to go back with me."

"I will listen to my lord."

"Oh right, don't drink too much in the future!"

"My lord, do you know? It has been almost ten days since Jia drank a single drop!" Oh no! "

"Could it be that Feng Xiao has stopped drinking? This is truly a miracle! "

"Miss Rui says that we can only drink once a month at the end of the month. We can't drink more than three catties each time. It's not even the end of the month yet, but you can count the days by pinching your fingers!"

"Haha, Feng Xiao, you have such a day!"

"Heh heh, I've let the lord down!"