The spring of the forty-sixth year of Wanli was late.

Now, it is March, and the northwest part of the Ming Empire is still chilly in spring, without feeling the slightest warmth. A gust of north wind whistles by, bringing a trembling chill. If you are riding a horse slowly, you can barely endure it. However, if you speed up, the cold wind rushes towards you can freeze you directly.[]

One day in early March, the Lion Cavalry troops stationed in Jiayuguan received a notice early, saying that there were big figures to come to inspect. According to the regulations of the superiors, they had hygiene early, prepared food, arranged a line, and waited for the superiors to arrive. At this time, the wind and sand around Jiayuguan were still very strong. A gust of north wind kept rolling up sand and dust, falling a thick layer on the ground. The visibility was not very good, it was less than a hundred feet.

On the roof of Jiayuguan, after the dust fell, it was blown away by the north wind. The dust fell and was blown away by the north wind. This cycle was repeated. Sometimes, there was only wind and no sand. The roof of Jiayuguan was blown by the strong wind as if it had been washed by water, which was so clean that it was unreasonable. No wonder Jiayuguan always looked so clean and new. The north wind was the free sweeping aunt. The person who designed Jiayuguan was definitely a genius.

Strangely, no one knows who this big man is. The white-clothed soldiers in Suzhou City have never been disclosed. Except for the top officers of the Lion Cavalry Army, everyone else knows nothing about his identity. As a result, when this big man appears, all the Lion Cavalry soldiers were obviously surprised. Because, this person is Xu Xingxia! Xu Xingxia actually came to Jiayuguan for thousands of miles!

"This damn place! It's finally here." Zhang Tianhao said in a slight slap the dust on his hat. In March, there are still many winds and sandstorms in Gansu Town, whether day and night, there are winds and sandstorms coming to greet him at any time. You can't hide it. The only thing you can do is to endure it, endure it hard.

There is no problem with ordinary white-clothed soldiers, and a literati like Zhang Tianhao is a little uncomfortable.

Also uncomfortable were staff members such as Liu Hanwu. They had never seen such a situation. When they first arrived in Liangzhou City, they were stuffed into the wind and sand, and almost choked to death. From then on, they no longer dared to be careless.

"Just get used to it." Xu Xingxia said indifferently.

Xu Xingmei had no feelings about the wind and sand in Gansu Town. There was not much vegetation in Gansu Town, and a considerable part of it was destroyed by the Tatars. Facing the northern desert, it was absolutely impossible to avoid the invasion of sandstorms. Since you have controlled this place, you must be mentally prepared enough to bear the shortcomings of this place.

Speaking of which, he had to be grateful that the environmental damage in this era was not as serious as that in later generations. At least, Zhenfanwei (now Minqin, Gansu) and other places have not been attacked by wind and sand, and there are still a large number of people living there. As long as he makes some efforts, he can regain the Hexi Corridor and become green again, and minimize the harm of wind and sand as much as possible.

Xu Xingxia’s biggest regret is that he felt that he had been wasting too long on the road and wasting time. He came from Xi’an Prefecture and walked for half a month. In this half a month, I don’t know how many things I can handle. Even if I don’t do anything and use it specifically to give birth to a child, it is probably possible that several women can get pregnant. This time is really a waste.

Along the way, he sighed that if there were planes or something, it would be the best. It only takes a few hours from Xi'an Prefecture to Urumqi. The gap between half a month and a few hours is conceivable. It's a hundred times the time. Unfortunately, there is not even a train in this era, so there is no need to mention anything else.

I wonder if the group of people from the Technology Department are making progress in fiddling with steam engines? I have spent a lot of money on my own, but I have never seen any results. Ray Mercury is also spent countless money and there is no news at all. He really doubted whether the research funds he invested in were taken home by those guys to feed pigs. In this era, why is it so difficult to get rid of useful technology?

From Xi'an Prefecture to Hamiwei, the road in the middle is quite difficult to walk. Especially in watershed and other places, the rugged mountain roads can make people despair. Fortunately, the road from Gansu Town to the mainland has been used to expand as much as possible. The road in the watershed will be comprehensively transformed. The people from the Engineering Department decided to give up the original road and reopen a new road to completely connect Gansu Town with the mainland.

Explosives were also used for the first time on road construction. When encountering difficult-to-excavated stone sections, explosive measures were taken. The watershed construction site rumbling all day long. This is all about taking the most violent method to implement blasting. Due to the blasting method, the mountain road that originally took several months to split can be handled in a few days. This greatly reduces the efficiency of road construction and the cost of increasing the cost.

The power of black gunpowder is of course not as powerful as TNT explosives and cannot be used for blasting. However, I don’t know what the Science and Technology Department did, but it actually produced some very strange explosives, which are very powerful, but their performance is very unstable. This kind of explosives, the power of one pound is almost equivalent to hundreds of kilograms of black gunpowder. In just one month, it can explode the huge rock. No matter how hard a big stone is, as long as you put five kilograms into it, it will definitely collapse the sky and the earth.

Xu Xingxia was very suspicious whether these explosives were the legendary Black Sorkin. In his impression, there was really no explosive except Black Sorkin, which had such great power. Unfortunately, he didn't know much about Black Sorkin, so he could not make an accurate judgment. What's more unfortunate is that the performance of this new explosive is very unstable, and even the people from the Science and Technology Department did not master it well. Ru Ke should control it stably. There was no way, so he had to temporarily apply it in the civilian field and continue to explore its performance step by step.

"Sir, Jiayuguan is ahead." The hunting cavalry's whistle cavalry came back to report.

The towering Jiayuguan is in sight, but Xu Xingxia's eyes crossed the city tower of Jiayuguan and placed it further. Because, for the future New China, Jiayuguan can only be regarded as a historical monument, not a military fortress. It is already in the core hinterland of the New China territory. In Xu Xingxia's planning of Suon, Jiayuguan is probably not even considered a famous place and historical site in the future. Because there are more famous places and historical sites than it.

"The wind here is very delicious!" Sawanna said with emotion.

"Say..." Zhang Tianhao suddenly felt embarrassed. Sawanna, a perverted woman, actually likes wind and sand? It's really impossible to describe it with common sense. Is it the Khorasan Kingdom where she is located, that is, wind and sand washes her face every day? It's so strange. If she washes her face every day, how could she be so beautiful?

"Sir, Chairman!"

At this time, Gao Yigong had already arrived to pay homage.

Xu Xingxia turned over and got off the horse, and returned the courtesy seriously, and then said with a smile: "Is this Jiayuguan specially repaired by you? It looks brand new!"

Gao Yigong smiled and shook his head and said, "Of course not. This is what he used to be, and it has not changed at all. We just clean the floor. The reason why the roof is so clean is because it has been washed by the wind for a long time."

Xu Xingxia said in admiration: "The quality of this building is really good."

Gao Yigong smiled and said, "Yes, our soldiers, the first time we came here, they all felt very strange. Ganzhou City, Suzhou City and other things are all dilapidated and old, but Jiayuguan is so intact. At first glance, I thought it had just been built."

Xu Xingxia nodded and said seriously: "It's so surprising that such a good place is rare. Tell the soldiers to be careful and love. In the future, this is a very attractive place and historical sites. There may be many tourists who are hungry, and you can make a fortune by just collecting tickets."

Gao Yigong and others laughed. They didn't agree with Xu Xingxia's words. The damn Gansu town has so much wind and sand that people can't stand it. In addition to fighting, there are also traveling tours. Who would like to visit Jiayuguan?

Xu Xingxia did not see Zhang Yunbao, the deputy commander of the Lion Cavalry, and asked, "Where is the Leopard?"

Gao Yigong said, "Something happened to Hami Guard, and he went to deal with it himself."

Xu Xingxia frowned and asked, "What big thing happened? Tell me?"

Gao Yigong said: "According to the latest information, the Mongols of the Handong Left Guard have already risen and tried to protect the Hami Guard. We just happened to kill them in one fell swoop."

Xu Xingxia said enthusiastically: "Very good! Kill it in one go, so as not to be troublesome in the future! Let's go in and talk!"

The group immediately entered Jiayuguan.

The main forces of the Lion Cavalry were already scattered outside the Hami Guards and fought with the local Tatars. There was only one small team of troops stationed in Jiayuguan and sixty musketeers. It can be seen that the use of the Lion Cavalry had reached its limit.

Xu Xingxia did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the hunting cavalry to send a brigade and four squadrons to join the battlefield. It would be enough to leave a squadron beside him. Since being assassinated in Xi'an Prefecture on New Year's Eve, Xu Xingxia has carried a bow and arrow every time he goes out. Even if he encounters attacks from the Mongols, he doesn't need to worry at all. Even the original Tatars arrow god Mo Rigen is not his master. What should he worry about?

[Please subscribe!ps: Say something off topic. Yesterday, a brother reported to me fiercely, saying that I was a fish of the Piaotian Literature. However, after asking carefully, I found that this brother was watching the hand-killing on other websites... In this regard, I can only say, brother, you should watch the genuine version! There are definitely not so many typos in the genuine version..."
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