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"One-two! One-two! One-two!"

Accompanied by loud and clear trumpets, Fenglin Mountain was filled with the sound of chopping knives and axes, blunt and dull, one sound, and then the giant tree collapsed with a rumbling rumbling.

Qi Xiao divided the 1000 people into several groups, those who explored the road, those who felled the wood, those who cleared the road, those who cut firewood, those who transported them, those who set up the camp, and there were two groups for rest, which took turns every two hours.

The original road in Fenglin Mountain was narrow and narrow, and could only accommodate two people side by side. The mountain was winding and overgrown with weeds, and the roadside was full of foliage. On such a road, it was difficult to march, and it was impossible to transport food.

To widen the road, it is best to carve out a straight line, you have to cut down trees.

Many of the forests are towering giant trees that have grown for decades or even hundreds of years, and it can take several hours to cut down just one tree.

How to cut the big tree embraced by the three of them, and which direction to fall, is not casual. It is not easy at all to build a road with wood according to Tang Ling's idea.

As soon as he entered the mountain, Qi Xiao was almost hit by a tree.

The tree was dead, the trunk was hollow inside, and the direction of the fall was not as expected. Qi Xiao was agile and hid quickly, but some people were still injured. Fortunately, the injuries were not too serious. After a simple bandage, they were let out of the mountain first.

Ideas are one thing, implementation is another.

In Fenglin Mountain, the trees are tall and the forest is deep. Qi Xiao couldn't see the sun even when he raised his head.

Until noon, Qi Xiao only advanced less than [-] meters, and his speed was very slow.

That does not work.

At noon, Qi Xiao asked everyone to stop and rest, and gathered ten centurions together to ask their opinions.

The centurions have no problem leading troops, but they are at a loss when building roads.

After whispering for a while, a centurion said: "Your Highness, we usually use a wheelbarrow to transport food from the camp to the outpost in the mountains. Can that not be used?"

Qi Xiao and the others are still at the outskirts of Fenglin Mountain, and there are mountain paths and trails. The three paths he chose also made the most of these trails and mountain paths, and a wheelbarrow can pass them.

But the outpost in the mountain is far away from the hot spring valley, and there is no decent mountain road, otherwise Qi Xiao would not have to worry.

Qi Xiao shook his head: "There is no way to pass the car after walking for a while into the mountains."

"A wheelbarrow can pass a path that people can pass. It shouldn't be a problem for us to drive a mountain path that is enough for two people to walk side by side. It is easier than cutting down trees."

Qi Xiao still shook his head: "I won't hide it from you, this time I came to Yuanzhou Mansion by order to select elite soldiers from the Dingyuan Army to enter Fenglin Mountain, in order to fight Qi State in the spring of next year.

Therefore, we have to spend the entire winter in the mountains, and the food that the wheelbarrow can carry is not enough. Even if we have a wheelbarrow for each person, we have to make at least three trips. "

The centurions were stunned for a moment, some smart people among them had already guessed it.

When Chen Heng and Lu Xiulin were selecting elite soldiers, they didn't know what it was about, but when Qi Xiao appeared this morning and told them his identity, someone guessed that a war was about to take place.

But, can this kid do it?

Centurion Yan Chuan looked at Qi Xiao silently, this Ninth Highness was confusing.

It suddenly appeared early this morning, took people into the mountains, and went to work after entering the mountains, without any nonsense.

When the tree fell in the morning, Yan Chuan was not far away, and his heart was in his throat with fright. If the prince was really killed, they would all have to sit down.

But Qi Xiao passed by in a flash, unscathed.

Qi Xiao has martial arts and doesn't look too delicate, but he doesn't seem to want to use tricks to win people's hearts.

What is he trying to do?Just to build the plank road deep into the mountains?

Qi Xiao met Yan Chuan's eyes and asked, "What's your name?"

"Your Highness, the villain Yan Chuan."

"Yan Chuan, what do you think of?"

Yan Chuan thought for a while and said, "I think Huang Dawei's proposal just now is feasible."

Only when Qi Xiao said no, Yan Chuan dared to disobey him face to face, his audacity was astonishing, but the centurions who were seated again were surprised but not panicked.

The King of Chu status is valuable, but no matter how expensive he is in Fenglin Mountain, who is really afraid of him?It would be great if he scolded him back and gave him a good beating, so he didn't have to spend the whole winter hunting in the mountains.

Qi Xiao looked at Yan Chuan, who seemed to be the youngest among the centurions, and deliberately provoked him, but there was no look of disdain in his eyes, was it just his temper?

"What do you think."

"To spend the winter in the mountains, we need a lot of food, and it is really troublesome to transport it by wheelbarrow, and winter is coming soon, and time is tight.

So I thought, can we first use a wheelbarrow to transport a batch into the mountains, and when we get to a place where there is no way to go, we can dig a cellar and store it first, transport as much as we can, and store as much as we can.

Let's continue to drive the mountain road, and transport it into the mountains section by section. "

Qi Xiao bowed his head and was silent for a while.

Everyone didn't know what Qi Xiao was thinking, they just felt that his face was gloomy, wondering if he would get angry with Yan Chuan.

The people around Yan Chuan elbowed Yan Chuan, and whispered, "Aren't you afraid of offending him?"

Yan Chuan didn't respond, and when Qi Xiao asked, he just answered honestly, this was considered an offense, how could he give his life to him in the future?

"How about, why don't we set a fire and burn this forest? We do that in our hometown, so let's burn it first."

Qi Xiao looked at the man who spoke, what a stupid idea, couldn't help but sighed: "No, not to mention that it just rained a few days ago, I might not be able to burn it, I'm afraid it will burn, the fire will not be controlled, The whole Yuanzhou Mansion will be in bad luck."

Back then, Qi Xiao left Beijing because of the fire in Fenglin Mountain.

The man shrank his neck and dared not speak any more.

"Your name is Huang Dawei?" Qi Xiao looked at the first person who spoke just now.

"Yes, the villain is right."

"Now take people back to the camp and ask General Chen to prepare a wheelbarrow, and try to use it once."

"Yes Yes."

"First level the road, it's time to explore the road, let the logging group stop first, choose a place on the road we cut out just now, and try to dig a cellar.

Yan Chuan, you pick [-] people with good skills and come with me. "

"As ordered."

***

Yan Chuan selected twenty people to follow Qi Xiao, but he didn't expect that Qi Xiao's "walk" was the one that flew over the wall.

Yan Chuan and his men are soldiers, not martial arts masters, no matter how good their skills are, they can't catch up with Qi Xiao's lightness kung fu, so they can only run behind.

Yan Chuan was sweating all over his forehead after chasing Qi Xiao, and the soldiers beside him were even more confused, out of breath, and didn't even have time to whisper what was going on.

After running for an hour, Qi Xiao finally stopped, standing on the thick branch of a big tree, watching Yan Chuan lead the people running and jumping up to follow.

Before Yan Chuan could catch up, Qi Xiao nailed a string of copper bells to the trunk of the big tree.

Fenglin Mountain is very large, with many trees and deep forests. Every tree is about the same size, so it is easy to get lost. In the past, when Qi Xiao and Baixi Bridge ran in the mountains, they would carry copper bells and nail them to the trees to mark them, so as not to get lost. I can't get it back.

In case of falling into a ravine, copper bells are better than broken gongs and can save lives.

Yan Chuan followed, panting wildly under the big tree, and all the soldiers around him fell to the ground with exhaustion.

Qi Xiao jumped off the tree, sat next to Yan Chuan, and asked, "Can the road you ran just now be repaired?"

"Ah?" Yan Chuan gasped for breath while thinking about the way he had just come.

Qi Xiao leaped across the dense forest, Yan Chuan didn't have a chance to think too much, he ran as much as he could catch up, one foot was high and the other was low, and he didn't have time to figure out where there was a slope and where there was a pit, and he didn't fall into it. What ditch.

Except for the weeds that seem to be able to bury people alive, it seems that the road is flat?

There are a few uneven places, mountain streams, and steep slopes, all of which can be crossed with the help of people around you.

Thinking about it that way, it seems that I can make a way out of it.

"can."

Qi Xiao looked at Yan Chuan and laughed, he was a straightforward person, and he was not afraid of him.

"You guys rest where you are.

Return the same way after a while.

If the cellar on the other side of the large army can be dug, and the wheelbarrow can transport grain, I will come here tomorrow and dig a second cellar here. "

Qi Xiao pointed to the copper bell on the trunk, "That bell serves as a sign."

"As ordered."

Qi Xiao looked at the people sitting or lying on the ground, it was difficult to walk in the mountains without a road, he didn't mean to make things difficult for them, let them run as hard as they could, but this method was the simplest and most direct, in order not to follow Throwing Qi Xiao, subconsciously looking for the fastest and easiest way, they are already much faster than that team of exploring the way.

Qi Xiao couldn't help laughing: "There is a mountain stream not far away, go drink some water."

Everyone passed by when they came, and knowing where they were, they nodded and helped each other to find the water source.

Qi Xiao took out the map in his arms. This section of the route was similar to what he had expected before, but he didn't know the situation of Baixi Bridge and the other road.

"My lord."

"Ok?"

Yan Chuan asked: "Why is the prince so familiar with Fenglin Mountain? The prince's fief is in Fuzhou.

Shouldn't it? "