The current situation is not bad at all, and there is no need for everyone to work hard. Doesn’t this show?"

"Oh..." You Xuexue clasped his hands in confusion for a moment. "What the big boss means is not to talk about risking one's life, but to talk about why when only one of the ten people wants to work hard, it has to be our brothers' turn? Then

When assigning tasks, you have no choice but to assign this desperate matter to the most caring brother?"

"That's the point." Zhang Rong slapped his thigh, sighed for a moment, and kept talking quickly, as if he was explaining something. "When it comes to the basics, I trust the official. His hard work means that he has saved a lot of money."

After ten years of hard work, I always feel that the Northern Expedition can be accomplished... Since ancient times, among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how could there be such a hard job as an official? I also trust Pengju, and Pengju and I have been brothers and neighbors for ten years.

, knowing his military skills and temperament, he said he could do it, but that thing seems ridiculous, but it is probably not ridiculous at all inside, and it can be done...but this is what makes me feel bad!"

"Doesn't that make sense to me?" You Xuexue nodded repeatedly: "But big boss, someone has to do this distressing thing, right? When fighting a smooth battle, there have to be people who act as scouts and people who act as bait;

In an encounter, there are vanguards who rush forward, and there are also those who block the attack; when attacking a city, there must be someone who gets there first... Regarding Lao Xiao, he seems to be giving it away lightly, but in fact, from the perspective of the overall situation

, from a war perspective, it is unavoidable. Since it is unavoidable, why do you want to do so much?"

Zhang Rong shook his head repeatedly, but got up from the kang wearing a cotton-padded jacket, walked barefoot around his scholar, then got off the kang, put on his shoes, and walked to the door before turning back:

"I'll ride to the old city and watch... Don't be idle. Go to Daming City to meet Yue Pengju and prepare to meet Lao Xiao and his brothers."

You Xuexuan was startled for a moment and said "Oh" before he realized what he was doing and quickly got up and got off the kang.

The two of them walked out of the house together and went outside. Seeing the obvious movement in the village, they felt helpless but had nothing to say. They just went to fetch their horses and prepared to go to Daming City and the Old City respectively.

However, the two of them got on their horses and walked to the north gate. They separated for only a moment. In the dark night, Zhang Rong suddenly woke up, but turned around and yelled into the dark night: "The one who owed you fuck was not Lao Xiao just now."

You, a bastard, came to persuade me? You still have nothing to say?!"

However, in the twilight covered by dark clouds, You Xuezhuo just hugged his horse and walked away, turning a deaf ear.

Zhang Rong was helpless, hearing that there was movement in the river, and knowing the truth in his heart, but he just reined in his horse and circled for a moment, then finally let the guards beside him lift the torch and hurried over.

Not to mention You Xuexue went to Daming City to meet Yue Fei, but Zhang Rong personally rode a horse to the old town. The journey was only more than ten miles. Along the way, he saw that on the waterway to the east after the fork of the Yellow River, almost every two or three hundred paces

A large lantern was lined up all the way from Malingdu to the formation, one after another, as if it were a navy ship. Then there were countless soldiers on both sides of the strait, patrolling non-stop. Although there had been military orders to whisper and prohibit

But in such a situation, just ordinary actions were already making a lot of noise. When we arrived in the old town, we saw dense crowds of people gathering together, and half of the town was brightly lit.

My mood is becoming more and more complicated.

There is no way, the so-called complicated, on the one hand, it is because I feel helpless, knowing that this news cannot be hidden from Yuancheng, Xiao En must do this trip; on the other hand, he is also infected by the chilling atmosphere along the way, but it is also

Gradually, he put aside all the previous thoughts and Xiao En's persuasion through You Xuexue, and became serious.

The person presiding over the situation here in the ancient city was Wang Gui, the former deputy commander of the Imperial Army. When he saw Zhang Rong arriving in person with a straight face, he was caught off guard and hurriedly came to greet him.

As for the rest of the people, seeing Zhang Jiedu and Deputy Wang Dutong gathering in this town, everyone knew that this was the key point.

"Jiedu, the ship has arrived." Wang Gui was obviously a little nervous, so much so that he was panting in the dark night, and his white breath was particularly obvious under the torch. "We can't delay things. It's not that cold tonight. I'm afraid the ice road will become

If not...just use a rolling log!"

"Then use a rolling log!" Zhang Rong responded immediately, but added as if to cheer himself up. "They are all methods commonly used in shipyards. They have been tried three times. There is no reason why it can't work! Hurry up!"

Wang Gui nodded heavily, without hesitation, turned around and ordered: "Tug the boat!"

After hearing the order, in front of the dock next to the port of the old town, a small ship that had been waiting for orders immediately drove the water wheel and sailed gently to the open dock. Then, under the nervous eyes of everyone, with the help of inertia,

It ran up a gentle wooden slope that was not found in ordinary shipyards, so that the bottom of the ship was exposed.

If you continue to look, you will find that this wooden gentle slope actually runs through half of the town, and there are wooden roads connecting it in the distance.

Let's say that inertia appears huge and heavy, but it is ultimately no match for the force of gravity, and gravity will eventually be hindered by friction under certain circumstances, but human power is enough to defeat the sky.

Sure enough, although the speed of the ship was getting slower and slower, the direction board finally rushed up the gentle slope, and with the bow of the ship swaying slightly, the bow of the ship finally moved upward slightly and stopped at the end of the dock.

Seeing this shape, the people who were riding the wheels on the boat came down together with the helmsman. At the same time, more people who had been waiting for a long time also swarmed up. They tied ropes and fixed objects around the boat full of mud and water with their bare feet, and laid them in front.

Rolling logs, but after a moment of preparation, they spread out again, like pulling fibers, trying to drag the ship onto the wooden path ahead... They had done several experiments before, so they already knew what they were going to do.

However, what is shocking is that hundreds of civilians and countless livestock, whether horses or cattle and mules, are all striving westward, but for some unknown reason, they are still unable to drag the small ship, so that the top and bottom of the boat are even.

Qi was frustrated and at a loss.

Zhang Rong and Wang Gui, the two masterminds, were equally dumbfounded, but they were sweating profusely... It had worked well before, so why not now? If it didn't work, wouldn't Xiao En's trip to Yuancheng be a waste?

Don't stop? If this doesn't work, Wang Gui is Yue Fei's brother, so he is not afraid of military law?

In their panic, Zhang Rongqiang calmed down, just untied his cotton-padded jacket, draped it over his shoulders, and faced each other with his hands on his hips. Wang Gui, as the executor, had no choice but to ask people to check the ship to see if there was anything stuck.

He also summoned the leader of the people to scold them, telling them to work hard, and at the same time, he did not forget to ask people to call in more people.

When Wang Gui finished scolding and the civilian leaders with different expressions were about to disperse and try again, under the torch, Zhang Rong suddenly raised his hand and called out to one of them:

"Don't leave!"

The man was startled and quickly turned around and bowed his head.

"I remember you, the village commander who always followed our navy, right?" Zhang Rong said seriously. "I think you had something to say just now? Do you know what's wrong?"

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The leader of the people, Zhou Bin, heard this and had not yet answered. Wang Gui also looked seriously, and was so frightened that the latter lowered his head again.

"Don't scare them, Commander-in-Chief." Zhang Rong stamped his feet for a moment. "These troops are all from the military camps on the banks of the Yellow River. They are either old brothers who have retired or suffered military disasters. If you behave like this, they will either

If you don’t accept it, you might be too scared!”

Wang Gui turned around in embarrassment, but couldn't help but stop three or four steps away to see Zhang Rong coming to ask in person.

And sure enough, as soon as Wang Gui left, Zhou Bin spoke carefully and seriously: "Jiedu... The subordinate just wanted to say that it may not be that there is something stuck, nor is it because of lack of strength. It's just that there is a military order today. No loud noises are allowed.

In addition, the weather is cold at night, and people's hearts are distracted, so their strength is scattered. If we can be allowed to shout the trumpet, it is just a boat, and we will definitely be able to get on the road."

Wang Gui was still confused and thought this person was talking nonsense. However, Zhang Rong and the old Liangshanbo brothers beside him had no idea what the origins of this was. However, they were immediately relieved and went to see Wang Gui together.

Wang Gui still didn't believe it, but after a while, the man who went to inspect the ship came back and only said that there was no problem. Zhang Rong kept looking at him coldly, but he could only treat the ship like a dead horse.

Immediately, the ban was lifted, and Zhou Bin was simply appointed to be the commander here.

As a result, Zhou Bin was a little too careful that day. The civilian husband and the animal force got back into position together. After they were ready, they came over and asked: "May I ask the commander-in-chief, who should take charge?"

Wang Gui became increasingly impatient and pointed at Zhou Bin to ask him to do it.

But at this moment, Zhang Rong, who had been impatient for a long time, suddenly stopped pretending. Instead, he threw his cotton-padded jacket on the ground, walked down in his cowhide carved boots, and directly took it from the hands of an older civilian worker in the muddy water.

They grabbed the rope and looked back at each other: "Do you recognize Zhang Rong from Liangshanbo? I, Zhang Rong, come to sing the chants! Can you sing the chants from Jingdong Liangshanbo?!"

The troops in front of Wang Gui and the imperial camp, as well as countless civilians, were dumbfounded. On the contrary, the navy troops in the imperial camp showed no reaction at all and just laughed.

But with Zhang Rong's temper, he didn't care about the reactions of the people around him. After hearing a roar of laughter, anger and curse, he opened his mouth to sing.

That's right, chants are for singing, not shouting. They just have long tones and prominent emphasis so that everyone can work together.

Wang Gui stood there in a daze, his mind blank. Although he had lived in Jingdong for almost ten years, it took him half a day to understand the lyrics.

As the saying goes:

"I was covered in sweat at the sound of the chant,

A shout makes me feel brave.

A rope is nine feet long,

Father and son are tied on the shoulders from generation to generation.

The officials asked for Hua Shi Gang,

One outline is the top ten ships.

The boat goes from Jiangnan to Henan,

A total of hundreds and thousands of trackers are needed.

Traveling through the two capitals, no one asked,

Who knows that the tracker is feeling cold..."

This chant must be a bit out of date when used today, but it is definitely useful, because when Zhang Rong sang ten hundred thousand, the ship had successfully left the dock and boarded the flat wooden road behind it, which was full of

The rolling logs were prepared and the boats pressed on the rolling logs, and the people immediately became much more relaxed.

Moreover, once you arrive here, the terrain is open, and the livestock and manpower that can be used are more abundant than before at the dock.

As a result, the ship equipped with a small trebuchet immediately started sailing on land.

As for Zhang Rong and Zhang Jiedu, although they succeeded in one fell swoop, they sang the entire song and followed the ship for a long time before turning around and putting on their cotton-padded jackets.

At this time, the second ship had also been successfully launched, and the third ship, a large ship, also started trying at another larger open-air dock outside the town.

"The ship can definitely leave, I won't stay here." Zhang Rong returned to the front and gave an order to Wang Gui, who had not yet reacted. "But you, Wang Dutong, are not a workman.

Listen more to what others are saying...don't care about anything else, boil the hot water first, and boil enough hot water."

"Don't worry, Jiedu." Wang Gui came to his senses and quickly bowed his head with respect. "There will definitely be no shortage of hot water and rice."

"That's not what I mean." Zhang Rong responded solemnly. "The two methods discussed before, one is rolling logs, and the other is a shallow pit ice tunnel... The ice tunnel can't be formed now, right?"

"right!"

"But there is still thin ice." Zhang Rong reminded seriously. "In the second half of the night, thin ice will form on the rolling logs and in the dock, which is prone to accidents... Take hot water and keep pouring it! Also, pay attention to the rolling logs. If they break, hurry up.

Change!"
To be continued...