Chapter 502(1/2)
Zhang Chu delayed in Taibai Mansion for two days and happened to be back with the mule who led the Honghuatang team to return.
It happened that Wu Qianyuan prepared a big surprise for him...
The GouTou Mountain is covered with red colors in the sun, and the black people are lined up from the middle of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.
Flags all over the mountains.
Gongs and drums all over the mountains.
Friends and relatives all over the mountain.
Amid the cheers of heavy cheers, Zhang Chu led a large group of people to the mountain.
He noticed that many brothers patted their gray clothes and grabbed their messy hair with all their strength.
There was also a misty mist rising in the eyes of many brothers.
Zhang Chu wanted to laugh at them for being unpromising. He was not careful, but his vision was a little blurred.
At this moment, the blood and sweat shed outside were worth it.
At this moment, my heart and body were full of fatigue, and I was left outside the mountain.
We are willing to fight for another ten years for our Peking League!
Zhang Chu also prepared a big surprise for Wu Qianyuan...
When Liu Li helped the old doctor Hua Zhongjing walk out of the carriage, he stood outside the town gate to greet them with triumphant smile, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It was only at this moment that he finally understood why Zhang Chu rushed into Uehara County so recklessly, and it didn't look like his style at all...
It turned out that I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on.
Zhang Chu ignored the bitter smile on Wu Qianyuan's face. He personally helped the old doctor walk to Wu Qianyuan. Feng Qingyun smiled faintly and said, "Doctor Hua, this white-haired guy will do much trouble in the future. Just think about it.
I will treat him with a method. Tell me what medicine is missing. I will find a way to do it. If this guy doesn’t follow the doctor’s advice, you will also tell me that I will let him cooperate with you in the treatment."
Wu Qianyuan's face became more and more sad.
Hua Zhongjing, the old doctor with white beard, white hair and white clothes, leaning on a cane, like a paranormal, looked at Wu Qianyuan's face and nodded cautiously: "I do my best."
Zhang Chu turned around, waved his hand to the thousands of Honghua Cousin brothers who were scattered behind him, and shouted: "I'm here, I'm home, a big bowl of wine and a big piece of meat, I can eat it and make it hard. Our family is not short of money!"
“Oh~”
Cheers shook the sky: "The leader of the gang is mighty!"
...
A small separation is better than a newlywed.
The dim light of the oil lamp fell on the panting young couple.
Zhiqiu pressed against his man's chest, so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting.
Every night when he was not at home, she couldn't sleep well, and she would wake up inexplicably as soon as she closed her eyes...
She called softly: "Master."
Zhang Chu put his chin on her head, and a voice spurted out of her nose lazily: "Hmm?"
Zhiqiu was full of thoughts. He opened his mouth several times but didn't know what to say. Finally, thousands of words were condensed into a low voice: "In the first half of the year... are you not going out?"
Zhang Chu could feel her caution, for fear of making any taboos.
He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so he simply pointed the top of her head with his chin and said with a smile: "If you don't want me to go far, just say it, what are you afraid of."
Zhiqiu raised his face and looked at him seriously. His black eyes reflected the light: "Mule's mother said that men should go out to do business, but women cannot stay. If they stay, something will happen."
Zhang Chu pressed her head down, snorted, and said, "Superstition!"
Zhiqiu felt at ease when he was scolded so easily. He listened to his powerful heartbeat, and his eyes became blurred.
However, Zhang Chu was honestly thinking about it in his heart for a while and said, "At the end of this month, I may have to go to Xuanling County... I just go to do something without using swords and guns."
"It's over, I should be able to be stable for a while."
"By the way, there are two things you have to do here."
"The first thing is the mule's marriage. This time I went to Uehara County to delay his wedding date. You will go to find a gentleman to choose a good day tomorrow. It's close. You can't wait too long. I'll send someone to inform the woman when I'm done.
The parents said, "Mom has no idea, but you, the sister-in-law, have to come forward for this matter. Well, the mule has been running around with me for more than half a year, and there is no time to talk about love with my wife."
, we have to compensate him well and do his job brilliantly."
"The second thing is Boss Wu's business, that guy... Hey, anyway, you have to find a few women for him, well, find a few more, even if you spend money to buy it, as long as you are clean and look pretty.
, just put it in his house, don’t worry about what he said, anyway, just let him stay as soon as possible... Are you listening to me?"
When Zhang Chu lowered his head, he realized that Zhiqiu was asleep, his even breathing was also accompanied by a slight snoring sound.
He smiled, hugged her head and slowly closed his eyes.
...
The next day, the state prefecture promised Zhang Chu to arrive in Taiping Town together with two fifth-rank heroes and official documents to upgrade to Taiping Pass.
Zhang Chu took Lao Niu, the former chief architect of the Taiping Society, to wander around Goutou Mountain for half a day, and finally decided to build a military camp and permanent fortifications at the foot of Goutou Mountain.
The permanent fortifications he planned were drawn from the Great Wall and formed a defensive circle with solid walls and arrow towers. It was five miles long, six long, and three meters wide. It was expected to mobilize 20,000 workers and the construction period was ten months.
The Peking League is not an official and has no qualifications to carry out corvee labor.
Such a big project costs money.
Lots, lots of money!
If they want to take it out at one time, they can’t even pack and sell it together, either of them.
But if the project payment is paid monthly, the Peking Union can support it!
In the past, Taipinghui only occupied one place in Beiyin County, and its monthly net income was more than 100,000 taels.
The current Beiping Alliance has four counties in Xuanbei Prefecture, plus two counties in Xiliang and two counties in Yanbei Prefecture, and a total of eight counties, which is exactly one state!
According to a rough calculation, the monthly input of the Peking League is also about one million!
And the real numbers will only be more, not less!
Because with the size of the Beiping Alliance, there is no need for brothers below to go out to grab business with a knife.
There will be many people crying and shouting, chasing and begging the Peking Union to do business with them...
More importantly, the Taiping Society in the past had to pay tribute to Taibai Mansion.
Who else should I pay tribute to the current Peking League?
Give to the state capital?
Yan Shouzhuo is afraid that he will not dare to take on this hot potato!
To put it bluntly, as for the size of the Peking League, if there is a major flood or a drought, Zhang Chu can rise up and sweep across the three states in the northwestern Yan!!
Of course, Zhang Chu doesn’t know how to get crazy!
But this kind of thing never depends on whether you want it or not, but only on whether you can!
As a magistrate of a territory, Yan Shouzhuo, as long as he does not make mistakes, he will enjoy endless wealth and honor, and he needs to make such a beheading money?
Is the 30,000 troops sent by the Prefecture to protect Zhang Chu?
The reason why Zhang Chu made a large-scale construction project was to invest most of the income of the Peking League in the next ten months to build this permanent fortification was neither full nor too much money to burn.
He made a decision after many considerations.
In this era, because bandits and bandits often cause chaos, wars and defense against enemies, etc., all cities have high and thick walls to protect the civilians in the city.
The height and thickness of the city wall are often used as an important reference criterion for evaluating the size of a city.
For example, when Taipinghui built Taiping Town, it was the first city wall.
The fortification planned by Zhang Chu will be surrounded by the entire Goutou Mountain after completion!
In other words, when this defense circle is completed, houses can be built everywhere on Goutou Mountain!
What's this?
A huge mountain city!
When Zhang Chu built Taiping Town, he just wanted to resettle more than 20,000 families of the Four-Liangang Gang who moved out of Jintian Mansion. Later, because he wanted to accept 15,000 people moved from Wuqianyuan, he expanded some more because he wanted to accept 15,000 people moved to Wuqianyuan.
, but because of the limitations of the terrain on the mountainside, no matter how much it expands, it will be so big.
Later, the Taipinghui dominated Beiyin County, and a large number of people flocked to Taiping Town. Taiping Town, which was originally somewhat not spacious, gradually became cramped.
The people who enter and exit the town every day must line up until dark!
Now Taiping will be promoted to the Beiping Alliance and governing the world of Yizhou, so Taiping Town will naturally become another economic center outside Xuanbei Prefecture.
By then, the abortion and logistics of Taiping Town will probably increase several times!
Therefore, it is imperative to expand Taiping Town into a "Taiping City"!
Of course, the manpower and material resources Zhang Chu invested are not all about going without going back...
To be continued...