According to the customs of the village, this banquet was eaten until evening.

It became more lively at night. Dozens of bonfires were lit on the yard outside the Yan family compound, and roasted whole sheep on the fires one by one. The opera troupe invited by Zhou Hongda started to sing the opera on the stage temporarily set up by the bonfire and the fragrance of mutton. The stage was filled with men, women, young and old in Liuhe Town, inside and outside the Yan family, the atmosphere was even more festive than the New Year.

At this time, Yan Liqiang had quietly withdrawn from the bustling crowd and talked about his plans to Lu Wenbin in a study room at home.

"The expansion of Liuhe Town this time will be about five times larger than the current one..." Yan Liqiang said while pointing to the sketch of the expansion of Liuhe Town that he drew last night. "This is the old town of Liuhe Town. The layout of the old town remains unchanged. The direction of the expansion is mainly in the south, northwest, and east of Liuhe Town. The focus is on the west of Liuhe Town. This land is about 2,000 acres of land. This land is a wasteland on the river beach. After the expansion, Liuhe Town will be connected with Liuhe. At the same time, a wharf is built here, a wharf that is at least three times larger than the current wharf in Qinghe County. In this way, in addition to land, Liuhe Town will also have an additional water and land. Liuhe River connects Xijiang. In the future, boats on the wharf can be up and down. From here, we take the water route to Huanglong County, Pingxi City, and even Pingxi County, and from Xijiang to Ganzhou counties, it is not a problem..."

Three lamps were lit on the lampstand in the study room, making the bookstore brightly. From time to time, a small lamp blossom burst out from the wick, making the study room look quiet.

Although Manager Lu had some mental preparations before coming to Liuhe Town, Mr. Lu had already told him what he was going to do when he came to Liuhe Town this time, but when Manager Lu looked at the sketch Yan Liqiang put on the table and listened to Yan Liqiang's rough talk about his idea, Manager Lu felt dry and was shocked by Yan Liqiang's big move. He couldn't help but pick up the teacup next to him and took a sip of water, moistening his throat, and then asked carefully, "Young Master, there is no such a large fortress in Pingxi County. If Liuhe Town is expanded according to this scale, it covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 acres, which is almost the same size as Qinghe County County. This... The scale of Liuhe Town's expansion this time is so large. According to the current population of Liuhe Town, many places in Liuhe Town expanded are empty, and the cost of building the fortress is huge. Is this necessary?"

"Empty is only temporary!" Yan Liqiang shook his head, "I will naturally have arrangements after the expansion of the ground is leveled..." Speaking of this, Yan Liqiang pointed to the empty venues on the sketch he drew, "I plan to build a large comprehensive trading market here in the future to welcome visitors from all directions. Next to this market are several new main streets in Liuhe Town. There will be many shopping places such as shops and inns on these main streets in the future. At the same time, here, here, and here, in the northwest and north and south of the newly expanded Liuhe Town, I will build several large workshops and warehouses. Once these workshops are made, the newly expanded Liuhe Town will not be big, and it may be a little smaller!"

"Young master wants to build so many workshops in Liuhe Town, I don't know what I want to produce?" Lu Wenbin asked curiously.

"In the future, most of the people in Huanglongjiang Machinery Camp will be moved here. If you take root in Liuhe Town, the people in Jiangjiang Machinery Camp will be divided into several special workshops. I will also have their own arrangements for other workshops!" Yan Liqiang smiled and kept it a secret, without fully explaining it.

Lu Wenbin smiled embarrassedly. He knew that what Yan Liqiang was thinking about from time to time. Some things may have a great impact. For example, the lotus root coal that Yan Liqiang made before will naturally not be promoted everywhere before it was made. Seeing that Yan Liqiang didn't want to explain the arrangements of the workshops for the time being, he stopped asking. Instead, he adjusted his thoughts, carefully looked at Yan Liqiang's plan on paper, and quickly pinched his fingers and quickly calculated, "Why don't you know how large the fort wall and fortress that the young master built outside Liuhe Town?"

"Does our Ganzhou have any restrictions on the size of the fort walls and yards built locally?" Yan Liqiang asked back.

"No restrictions!" Lu Wenbin shook his head, "Other prefectures and counties in the Han Empire will have requirements for the height and size of the fort walls and bays built in the local area. If this requirement exceeds the system, it will be considered over the system. However, our Ganzhou is a border state and has always been a place of war. The court relaxed the restrictions in Ganzhou. As long as you have money and land, the size of the fort walls and bays will be repaired as much as you want, and it is not considered over the system!"

Yan Liqiang pondered for a moment and said resolutely, "The castle wall should be built as high as possible and firm as possible. From the ground, there is a four-meter-high road above, and the street above is nine feet wide. There is an arrow tower at the four corners of the castle wall. Then an arrow tower is every 100 meters away. The highest level of the arrow tower can place the eight-ox heavy crossbow!"

Manager Lu gasped and looked at Yan Liqiang in disbelief, "In this way, the money will be spent a lot. Only the military fortresses on the border need to be built to this scale. The entire Liuhe Town will expand and renovate in this way, at least 400,000 taels of silver. This is a huge amount. I don't know the money..."

"You don't have to worry about money. I'm ready. Manager Lu just needs to arrange the dispatch..." Yan Liqiang said calmly.

Since we already knew that the Han Empire would usher in a huge change in four years, the subsequent situation might collapse to an unimaginable situation. Therefore, when considering the expansion of Liuhe Town, Yan Liqiang directly prepared to turn Liuhe Town into a solid fortress with high specifications. In wartime, such a fortress could not only protect these villagers and their families and friends in Liuhe Town, but also a solid refuge comparable to a county town and reassuringly for the people of the surrounding villages and towns. Of course, the fortress was not all the key points, and the workshops that had to be built in the fortress were the real key points.

On the way back this time, Yan Liqiang had already figured it out. When he came back this time, the 100-foot platform started from the pile of soil. He wanted to start with his hometown Liuhe Town, and establish his own foundation and power step by step. With this foundation and power, he did not need to look at anyone's face and had the ability to influence the overall situation. This is the cornerstone of his life in the future. Without such a foundation, his martial arts cultivation would only become a role like the two evil spirits of heaven and earth. The two evil spirits of heaven and earth can kill people, but they will always be just chess pieces in the hands of others and will never change and control the overall situation. Of course, this is not what Yan Liqiang wants.

As for the money for building the fort, the large amount of silver that Yan Liqiang got from the Shatu people in Pingxi City was basically still there. Although he spent a little money to run a newspaper in the Imperial Capital City last time, His Majesty the Emperor later gave him another 100,000 taels of silver to the supervisor's office, so Yan Liqiang could use more than 500,000 taels of silver.

At this time, Yan Liqiang felt that the money God asked the Shatu people to prepare for him was just to be spent here.

To do big things, of course, it costs a lot of money.

The reason why Yan Liqiang asked the Lu family for help was because what he had to do this time was very big and cost a huge amount of money. Neither he nor Yan Dechang could coordinate the control of this scene. At this point, although Zhou Hongda was the current housekeeper of Yan Liqiang's family, Zhou Hongda had never experienced or experienced such things, and lacked such ability. Zhou Hongda's characteristic is diligence and loyalty, so he asked Mr. Lu to send a capable manager and accountant from the Lu family to use it. These managers and accountants of the Lu family have experienced the scenes and experiences of the Lu family. Everything is in accordance with rules, so he is naturally a good player to take such things.

Yan Liqiang and the Lu family were so "out of sight" that they directly used the people of the Lu family to do things for themselves, which made Mr. Lu very happy. Therefore, the one sent by Mr. Lu to Yan Liqiang this time was also the "elite soldiers" of the Lu family.

"In addition to the expansion of Liuhe Town, I heard that the young master also wants to open a bow road club. Is this bow road club also in Liuhe Town?"

"The Gongdao Society is not in Liuhe Town, but it is not far from Liuhe Town. I plan to place it on Baizhang Mountain and not occupy the fertile land in Liuhe Town. Just buy a piece of wasteland and forest land next to the mountain. Manager Lu also considered this matter. At that time, Gongdao Society would also build some houses and venues, just follow the martial arts hall set. As for the money, I still say the same thing, Manager Lu doesn't have to worry, just spend it. Just tell me if it is not enough..."

"I wonder how many people the venue in the Gongdao Society should accommodate?"

"Manager Lu thinks that if I make the name of Gongdao Club, how many people will want to sign up?" Yan Liqiang asked back.

"This..." Manager Lu frowned and hesitated for a moment, "It's really hard to say. With the reputation of the young master in Ganzhou today, if the news of your Gongdao Hall recruiting people is released, I'm afraid that someone in Ganzhou will want to come. Pingxi County will have more. How much can you come is not something I can guess!"

"Then let's do it according to the size of two thousand people!"

"Two thousand people?" Manager Lu confirmed it. Judging from Yan Liqiang's appearance, this number was a bit conservative. However, the martial arts hall in Pingxi County had the largest number of people. If the archway club with two thousand people was really the number one in Pingxi County, it was already the number one in Pingxi County.

"Yes, there are only two thousand people. The first batch of students from the Gongdao Club, I will only recruit children from Pingxi County. Those outside Pingxi County will not be recruited for the time being. You can just consider it according to this scale!"

"Okay, I understand!" Lu Wenbin nodded.

The two were chatting, and outside the study, there was a sudden knock on the door. Zhou Hongda's voice sounded outside, "Young Master, the mutton outside is now grilled, the master is going to divide the sheep, let the young master go over..."

"Okay, tell my dad, I'll be here soon!" Yan Liqiang said in the room, then looked at Lu Wenbin, "Let's go here first today, let's go, Manager Lu, let's go out to eat roasted lamb. If there is any problem later, let's talk about it!"

Lu Wenbin nodded and stood up first, "Please..."

Yan Liqiang then came directly to the yard outside the Yan family. There were thousands of people on the yard, one by one, sitting on the ground, roasting lambs, watching the show, a group of half-grown children in the town happily placed the prepared sky lanterns, namely the Kongming lanterns, around the yard. The scene was unrestrained and cheerful, which was the style of Ganzhou.

Yan Dechang and Qian Su sat together and talked. The two people who had drunk some wine looked slightly red and looked a little cute.

Dividing sheep is also one of the etiquettes of the big banquet. Yan Liqiang took Manager Lu directly to the main seat near the stage to sit down. Yan Dechang asked someone to lift the whole sheep with oily smell on the bonfire, stood up and took the knife, cut down all parts of the whole sheep, and distributed them to the surrounding Liuhe Town.

The sixth grandpa divided the sheep's head and the sheep's tail, with a head and a tail. This is respect for the sixth grandpa. The others all divided some parts of the sheep's body.

Yan Liqiang divided a sheep's hooves and a piece of lamb chops.

Yan Liqiang just wanted to start eating, but among the crowd next to him, a uncle who was slightly drunk and drunk, said loudly to Yan Liqiang, "Everyone knows that Liqiang, you are us... Our Qinghe County National Shu County test, and martial arts are naturally amazing, so there is no need to say..." The uncle burped, shook his body twice, and gave Liqiang a thumbs up, "But the villagers even heard that Liqiang, your bow is like a god, and you have made such a big reputation in the imperial capital. Even the emperor said that Liqiang, you are amazing, and the villagers have never seen Liqiang's bow skills. I don't know... I wonder if Liqiang can show you a hand tonight so that everyone can open their eyes and see where the bow Taoism that can be used as a bow Taoist for the prince of the Han Empire is so that everyone can tell me if this proposal is good..."

"Okay..." As soon as the uncle finished speaking, a large number of applauses suddenly sounded around him, and the atmosphere in the yard was suddenly piqued again.

Yan Liqiang turned his eyes and looked at the uncle who proposed to show his skills. He found that the uncle had no other thoughts in his head. He really wanted to see what kind of bow cultivation was that the emperor would praise him. Not to mention that person was curious, even Yan Dechang, Qian Su, Manager Lu, Zhou Tiezhu and others who were sitting next to Yan Liqiang also showed their own interest after hearing this proposal. Because Yan Liqiang's bow cultivation had never been shown in front of these people. After hearing too many rumors, everyone wanted to see.

"Li Qiang... This, the villagers are all here today. Everyone is in such a high interest and they all want to see your skills. If you don't make things difficult, show your skills to the villagers!" Yan Dechang said.

Since Yan Dechang spoke, Yan Liqiang could not refuse. As soon as he waved his hand, Hu Haihe came to him, "Go and bring my strong bow and arrow pouch!"

"Yes, young master!" Hu Haihe bowed and trotted towards the Yan family's courtyard.

Today, Yu Qing was in the kitchen listening to Wu Ma’s instructions to do things, so Yan Liqiang has not seen Yu Qing at the banquet until now.

Just as everyone's expectations were expected, in just a moment, Hu Haihe carried Yan Liqiang's 20-stone strong bow and quiver pot.

"If you want to shoot arrows, you must naturally not be without goals..." Yan Liqiang smiled, pointed to the ridge of the field three or four hundred meters away from the yard and harvested the ridge. He looked at a group of young men and children in the town who had just been busy lighting the sky lanterns. Now he was standing there one by one, staring wide eyes and trying to see him showing his hands and said loudly, "Who can run to that ridge as soon as possible to put the sky lantern in the sky. I will give him a liang of silver if I put a lamp on him!"

When the children heard that they could make a liang of silver by putting on a lamp, and there was such a good thing. So suddenly, a large group of children took the sky lantern in their hands and ran towards the ridge that Yan Liqiang pointed at.

The children were extremely fast, a distance of hundreds of meters, and they all ran to the ridge in just two minutes, and then they lit the sky lantern made of cotton paper, fine bamboo slices and a cotton ball dipped in a little oil.

In a moment, Kongming lanterns floated up on the ridges in the distance and slowly flew into the air.

There was a silence in the yard, and only the firewood in the bonfires occasionally burst. Even the troupe who was singing a big show on the stage stopped after the program was completed. Everyone held their breath and wanted to see how Yan Liqiang was going to perform...

Everyone was waiting for Yan Liqiang to take action, but Yan Liqiang was not in a hurry.

The Kongming lanterns rose to the sky one after another. There were exactly seven in total. The Kongming lanterns placed in the sky continued to rise. When the wind blew, they floated away and spread out in the sky.

Yan Liqiang looked calm and calm, but slowly took out the bow from the bow bag and looked at the seven Kongming lanterns flying high in the night sky.

In just two minutes, the seven Kongming lanterns floated to the extreme high and flew out of everyone's sight, becoming like the stars in the sky, just a shining spot of light. Yan Liqiang was still watching calmly.

The people on the yard looked strange and thought it was impossible for Yan Liqiang to take action when someone could still shoot the seven Kongming lanterns at this distance.

Yan Liqiang shot two arrows in less than half a second. The first arrow was, he grabbed four arrows with one hand and shot them out. The second arrow was, he grabbed three arrows with one hand and shot them out.

Yan Liqiang made a move like lightning, and after two arrows shot, others didn't even see his movements clearly.

"I'm showing off my ugly face, I'm showing off my ugly face!" Yan Liqiang handed the bow to Hu Haihe, clasped his fists and smiled slightly at the surrounding villagers.

What does this mean? Those seven Kongming lanterns are still lit up in the sky, why are you so ugly?

Many people on the yard blinked, but they had not yet reacted.

Then, at almost the same time, the seven Kongming lanterns in the sky were extinguished at the same time. In the eyes of everyone, it was like seven stars in the sky that were extinguished...

"good……"

"good!"

"The magical skill is indeed a magical skill..." The sixth grandpa was so excited that his whole body trembled.

"It's like a single arrow falling into a star, a single arrow falling into a star!"

After more than ten seconds, the cheers and crazy shouts of tsunami sounded in the yard...
Chapter completed!