A few days later, the team arrived at Yuezhou City.
There were so many people that the guards at the city gate were shocked when they saw them from afar. They thought someone was coming to attack the city.
Fortunately, Yang Hongjin had someone wait here and smoothly welcomed the group into the city.
This scene amazed the people in the city, and they didn't know what was going on.
How come there are so many carriages suddenly? They form a long queue, and it looks like there are no less than a hundred of them.
With so many people coming, it is naturally impossible for them all to stay in the palace.
Fortunately, Yang Hongjin had made arrangements for building temporary residences as mentioned before, and now many simple wooden houses have been built.
The servants of the palace led the team to their temporary residence.
Jiang Hai and others headed towards the palace.
At the palace, Yang Hongjin received a report from a servant that Jiang Hai and his group had arrived.
I also came out to greet him, and ended up meeting him halfway.
Yang Hongjin felt much more at ease as he watched the long line of carriages heading towards his temporary residence.
He didn't know what was in the car, so he asked casually,
"Brother-in-law, what are all these carriages carrying?"
"Oh, half of it is equality for all beings, one part is cement, and one part is special equipment." Jiang Hai said.
Well, Yang Hongjin understood the equipment, but was confused about the rest.
Jiang Hai chuckled, knowing that he couldn't possibly understand, and said,
"Oh, and there's some gold and silver too. We need to have some on hand to pay salaries to so many people."
"Oh, how much silver?"
"That's about a million taels. It's not much, but it should be enough."
Young Master Jiang naturally thought that it was not much, as in addition to gold and silver, there were also quite a few banknotes.
He thought that he would come here to exchange some cash later, as it would be too troublesome to bring all the cash here.
Yang Hongjin was filled with joy. The princess was right. My brother-in-law is really a wealthy man. Not much, just around one million taels. Is that fair?
When he was a prince, he had never touched so much money. Judging from this number, the Ministry of Revenue only occasionally mentioned this amount of silver when the old emperor was discussing matters in the court.
"Very good, very good..."
Yang Hongjin didn't know what to say, and he was possessed by a tape recorder for several times.
Jiang Hai said: "Let's go, go back to your palace first, and then we can talk in detail. We have to choose a place to build a factory before we can start working."
So, the group headed towards the palace.
At this time, the Yuchi family and the Guo family had also arrived at the palace.
When Cao Yuan heard that Jiang Hai and the others were coming, he didn't rush back to Xincheng and stayed here.
I thought I would wait for Jiang Hai's people to arrive and see if there were any new tasks. It wouldn't be too late to go back if not.
So the palace became very lively.
However, Guo Hao's family would move out soon. And the Yuchi family couldn't stay in the palace forever, so they would find a new mansion to settle down in sooner or later.
After Jiang Hai's people settled down, they met Su Hui.
He asked his wife and sister-in-law to accompany his mother-in-law, while he and Yang Hongjin went to take care of the next things.
After introducing Master Liu to Yang Hongjin, they discussed the issue of selecting a site to build a cement plant and smeltery.
Yang Hongjin called Lu Qian over as well, and together they chose a suitable place close to the resources based on the distribution of minerals in Yuezhou.
Then, Yang Hongjin brought up another question.
"If the Third Brother really sends troops south, the first places they'll arrive at will be the two counties outside."
After he finished speaking, he pointed to two county towns north of Yuezhou.
"So you are worried that he will attack the county town outside first?" Jiang Hai asked.
"I have a little concern. If the army invades Yuezhou, it is very likely that they will suffer."
Jiang Hai thought about it and realized that it was indeed a problem. Wherever the army passed, it was normal for the people to live in misery.
In ancient history, when troops marched, they always recruited troops from nearby areas. Otherwise, there would not be the strategic concept of "fortifying the city and clearing the countryside."
Yang Hongjin's concerns are not unfounded.
What Jiang Hai wanted to do was not to engage in direct combat, but to defeat the enemy without fighting.
Now that this problem has been raised, it is not impossible to solve it, he said.
"That's not unsolvable. We have enough manpower here. Let's recruit people from those two counties first."
"That's indeed a solution," Liu Shiye nodded. "High salaries will attract the common people first. There won't be many left. Those who don't want to come will beg to be let in later."
After Master Liu finished speaking, everyone nodded and thought it was feasible. Anyway, if most people came, the rest would have no choice but to follow.
Maybe in the end only some landlords and wealthy families will be left. We will give them a notice and let them come or not.
After things were settled, they began to act according to the plan in a hurry.
The cement brought was first used in important places such as cement plants and smelters, and then brick kilns and other places were built.
In short, it looks like they are here to do infrastructure construction, not to prepare for war.
Less than half a month.
The cement factory began to produce new cement in succession, and the construction of the city wall began.
As for the moat outside, after the water flow was cut off, it was directly blown up.
After a round of blasting and a round of digging, there were enough people and the area was soon widened.
During this period, thunder-like sounds could be heard from time to time in Yuezhou City.
At first, the people were all panicking, but then they got used to it. From time to time, explosions could be heard from the distant mountains.
Everything is going on in full swing.
Temporary housing has been built at a rapid pace, and the completed ones are temporarily provided to the outsiders who have just been recruited to work there.
In addition to construction, Yang Hongjin also set up his own management team with the help of Mr. Liu.
On this day, Yang Hongjin and others went to reorganize the Yuezhou army and prepared to hand it over to Guo Hao to lead the troops.
Yang Hongjin asked the former governor that if he was willing to be the second-in-command, he could stay, but if not, he could leave.
Well, it was Jiang Hai who instigated us to cut the Gordian knot and bring soldiers from Xincheng to prevent any accidents.
However, when the old governor saw the imperial edict, he expressed his willingness to follow the King of Yue to attack Yang Hongye. He was not afraid of death, but was driven by justice.
As to how much of it is true, it is not clear yet, but it is enough to express your opinion. It is better than being vague and just discarding it.
The same situation applies to soldiers. Those who voluntarily stay will receive a salary increase, while those who are unwilling will be sent back to where they came from.
Under the temptation of salary increase, almost no one is willing to leave.
After the reorganization, another round of soldiers were recruited, and the number of soldiers in Yuezhou reached about 30,000.
Jiang Hai felt that it was enough for the time being, but Yang Hongjin felt that it was still a little insufficient.
After returning, he asked Jiang Hai, "Brother-in-law, this amount of troops doesn't seem appropriate."
"There are too many. We have explosives, so what are we afraid of?" Jiang Hai explained.
"Recruiting these soldiers is just for show, they can just hold the city for a while. In fact, they may not be used. If a real battle comes, it will depend on the people on my side."
Yang Hongjin felt very conflicted. Looking at his actions in recent days, they were indeed impressive, but he always felt uneasy.
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