The snow was falling heavily and the winter was getting thicker. Zhao Hao stood proudly on the bow of the boat and looked straight ahead, with the light of wisdom flashing from time to time in his deep eyes.

The trial production of the ox plow has been successful, and he has also arranged a large number of manpower to work hard. In the coming spring, as the ox plow becomes popular in the Western Qin Territory, it will be popularized in other territories of South China sooner or later. Finally, there is no need to worry about the food problem. Next, he

Then you can go hunting with peace of mind and continuously improve your strength.

He was considering whether to continue eastward along Garuda Fort or continue exploring southward along Netherworld Valley.

In these two directions, the concentration of alien beasts and close-to-mythical beasts seems to be about the same.

However, the advantage of continuing eastward along Garuda Fort is that it is closer to Haotian Prairie, and it is more convenient to dispatch personnel and materials. He only needs to build a bridge near Haotian Fort to connect the two sides.

The elite can ride horses directly to Garuda Fort, and the time spent in between is less than a day.

If we continue to explore southward along the Netherworld Valley, people and materials will have to be transported by large ships.

However, there are advantages to going south. At least, the waterway is ready, but the speed of transporting people and materials by waterway is a bit slow. If he built a fortress by the Haotian River in the early stage, he would not have to work hard to open a road to the east.

It was different going in. If there was no waterway, he could only explore on foot, and it would be inevitable to spend the night in the Nanman mountains.

So, should we go east or south?

At this moment, a fortress suddenly appeared among the mountains on the east coast. They were about to pass the first newly built fortress between Zhennan Fort and Haotian Fort.

Ji Rushuang looked at the fortress on the shore, and then at Zhao Hao who was staring straight ahead. She couldn't help but ask: "Husband, are you really prepared to give up the area from Zhennan Fort to Haotian Department to us Ji Zhou?"

A clan?"

Zhao Hao said without hesitation: "Of course, if it weren't for your grandfather's lack of preparation, I would have withdrawn all the personal guards from these four fortresses."

At this moment, he has actually stationed two hundred newly recruited personal guards in each fortress, but he has not sent any masters with strength exceeding 10,000 kilograms, because the great elder Nanhua has already recruited young masters from the Jizhou clan.

A few of them were stationed in the four fortresses, and he just concentrated all the experts to explore the areas east and south of the Haotian Department.

If he had not agreed with Grand Elder Nanhua not to deliver the forts until spring, so Elder Nanhua did not prepare enough elite soldiers to guard these forts, he would have withdrawn all his personal guards and completely abandoned these four fortresses.

Grand Elder of Nanhua.

When Ji Rushuang heard this, she couldn't help but said with a complex expression: "Are you really so generous?"

Zhao Hao smiled slightly and said: "It's a bit generous, but I also have other purposes for doing this."

When Ji Rushuang heard this, she was surprised and said: "Oh, what other purpose do you have."

Zhao Hao continued to smile and said: "You should know the approximate location of Xue Man's hometown, right? If you continue eastward along these four fortresses, you will encounter Xue Man's people sooner or later. Our Haotian Territory cannot hold Xue Man's tribe back.

We will attack with all our strength, so I can only ask your grandfather to take action."

So that’s it.

Indeed, judging from various information, the hometown of Xue Man's tribe should be east of these four fortresses.

If they continue to move eastward along these four fortresses, they will be approaching the base of Xue Man's tribe. If they are discovered by Xue Man's tribe by then, a big battle may be inevitable.

It is understandable that Zhao Hao wants to avoid his edge, because the current Haotian leader alone is indeed no match for Xue Man's tribe.

Moreover, he is not trying to trick the great elder of Nanhua. After all, Nanhua's main opponent is the Xue Man tribe, and they will probably have a battle sooner or later.

Anyway, we have to fight late or early. What's the difference between starting the war early and starting the war late?

What's more, Elder Nanhua got such a huge resource of exotic beasts for free, so he didn't suffer any loss.

Ji Rushuang's question made Zhao Hao decide the direction of his next exploration.

He decided to continue exploring south along the Haotian River.

Because the location of Garuda Fort is actually a bit close to the hometown of Xue Man tribe, if he continues to move eastward, he may encounter people from Xue Man tribe. At that time, if there is a conflict with Xue Man tribe, Zhennan Fort will be reached

The vast area of ​​Haotian Castle was given to Grand Elder Nanhua for nothing.

If they continue to explore southward along the Netherworld Valley, there won't be this problem. They will only get farther and farther away from the homeland of the Xue Man tribe, rather than getting closer.

After figuring out this problem, Zhao Hao couldn't help but feel enlightened. He even started to think about Menglan and Mengbao.

The flowers in Netherworld Valley should be blooming again now. I wonder how these three guys have evolved.

The fleet continued to move forward, and after a few days, the group finally arrived at the Netherworld Valley Pier. At this time, Ayun, Ayue and others, who had already received the news, were already waiting eagerly on the pier.

When a husband and wife meet again after a long absence, they are naturally overjoyed, but the charm in it is not enough to be explained to outsiders.

Zhao Hao spent two days repairing in the Netherworld Valley, then sent someone to the Haotian Prairie to convey the order, ordering Ahua, Ahshan and others to come quickly with their elite men to discuss the plan to explore south.

At the same time, he also sent someone to Zhennan Fort to convey an order, ordering the three thousand personal guards on standby there to quickly gather in the wild jungle opposite the Netherworld Valley.

The Haotian Prairie is thousands of miles wide from east to west, and even if A Hua, Ah Shan and others rush there, they won't be able to get together in a day or two.

As for the three thousand guards in Zhennan Fort, it would only take a few days for them to arrive in the wild jungle opposite the Netherworld Valley by boat. However, the number of large ships is limited at the moment, and it is impossible to pull three thousand guards over at once.

Yes, if we divide it into several trips, it will probably take a month to go back and forth.

During this period, Zhao Hao did not wait in Netherworld Valley. After the order was issued, he took Ji Rushuang and Ji Wei and his wife and started exploring southward.

This time, they did not take a boat. Zhao Hao chose to hike over the mountains and ridges and carefully clean up the area two to three hundred miles south of Netherworld Valley and fifty miles east of the Haotian River.

He wanted to find a path to the south before A Hua, Ah Shan and others arrived.

There are quite a lot of elites he can use this time. His personal guards alone have gathered more than 3,000 people. Adding in the elites brought by Ahua and Ah Shan, there are estimated to be tens of thousands of people.

With so many people, the speed of road construction is naturally astonishing. He only needs to take Ji Rushuang and Ji Wei and his wife to carefully clean up the mountainous area near the river bank and hunt down all the strange beasts and existences close to the mythical beasts. Ahua, Ahshan and the others

Then you can take people on the boat, spread them out, and start working on multiple sections at the same time.

Tens of thousands of people worked together to repair it in eight sections. It is estimated that the road of two to three hundred miles can be repaired in less than ten days.

After the road is built, they can transport supplies by land. The total distance from the newly built city in Garuda to the location of the first fortress they are about to build in the south is only about 500 miles, so supplies can be transported faster than by water.

too much.

Zhao Hao was even thinking about building a city directly in the wild jungle opposite the Netherworld Valley, and then allocating some tribesmen from each of his subordinate territories to produce ceramic bricks and other materials there.
Chapter completed!