"Tear it down and rebuild it?" Gao Feihu frowned and said, "Is it necessary? Aren't we very good now?"
"What's so good? If you fight alone, you can only be defeated by others. Only when we all unite can we be powerful and our fists can be cruel."
"Isn't it enough if everyone moves to Toad Village?" Gao Feihu asked.
"Toad Village is too small."
Cheng Dalei sighed. In fact, Cheng Dalei has always had the idea of choosing a place to rebuild the cottage. The terrain of Toad Ridge has natural disadvantages and is not suitable for future development. At least, Toad Ridge cannot accommodate five thousand people. And Toad Ridge is a piece of land.
In mountainous areas, there is too little land that can be cultivated. If you want to upgrade to a third-level village, one condition must be met, that is, the village must own one thousand acres of farmland.
Therefore, finding a place to build a new mountain stronghold is a matter of urgency.
Cheng Dalei and Gao Feihu were talking about choosing a location for the cottage. At least Gao Feihu was familiar with the local terrain.
The location of the new cottage must meet several conditions: first, there must be a water source, water is the source of life, without water everything else is nonsense; second, the terrain must be easy to defend and difficult to attack, so as to ensure the safety of the cottage; third, transportation must be
Conveniently, if you put the mountain stronghold on the top of the mountain, it will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you can't ride a horse, you will be blind; fourth, there must be a large amount of fields suitable for farming. In this era, agriculture is still the priority, Cheng Dalei also
Food cannot be produced out of thin air.
Qingniu Mountain is so big, it is not easy to find a place that can satisfy these four requirements at the same time. Cheng Dalei has not done anything else in the past few days, and has transferred more than fifty cottages in Qingniu Mountain. Everyone warmly welcomes Cheng Dalei's arrival.
If you say it's your turn, you'll bow.
Of course, how could one disrespect Cheng Dalei if he was eating Cheng Dalei's food?
The location of these cottages cannot meet Cheng Dalei's requirements. It seems that these people did not consider the geographical location when choosing a location.
Qingniu Mountain has a radius of fifty miles. Is it really impossible to find a suitable place?
Cheng Dalei did not give up. He continued to take Lin Shaoyu and Xu Shenji around Qingniu Mountain. He had a topographic map of Qingniu Mountain, which was a reward from the system. He searched according to the map, but still could not find the place he wanted.
"Master, let's go back. This mountain is blocked by heavy snow. If you don't step on it properly, you'll fall into the cliff."
"Don't go back!" Cheng Dalei pointed out: "Let's go there!"
"Go there, it's so high, if you fall down accidentally, you'll fall to your death."
The place where Cheng Dalei pointed was the main peak of Qingniu Mountain, called Niujiao Peak. This is also the highest place in the entire Qingniu Mountain.
Dalei never thought of climbing up on normal days, but today was the first time. It was cold and the road was slippery, so Cheng Dalei was extra careful. However, Xu Shenji had already done it in the opposite direction, so Cheng Dalei was not overly worried.
After a lot of trouble, the three of them climbed up to Niujiao Peak when it was almost dark. As they climbed high and looked far into the distance, the setting sun shone slantingly, and Cheng Dalei could see the entire topography of Qingniu Mountain clearly.
The entire Qingniu Mountain is like a lying buffalo, with its horns pointing east and its tail pointing west, and a river slowly flowing past the cow.
"Purple air comes from the east, looking south to Jingzhou, with four hooves on the water, and when it sees the wind, the air will flow." Xu Shenji sighed with emotion: "Qingniu Mountain is really good Feng Shui!"
"Hey, the military advisor still knows Feng Shui?" Cheng Dalei said in disbelief.
"Ha, I look up at the astronomy and the geography. As for the Feng Shui path, I only have a little understanding of it," Xu Shenji said.
"Hey!" Cheng Dalei couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Full marks for pretending!"
Looking from east to west, Cheng Dalei's eyes stayed in one place. The place where his eyes fell was a valley.
"Found it." Cheng Dalei threw a stone and said with a smile: "The purple air coming from the east is the sign of Wang Xing. When it sees the wind, it will gather together. It is going to stir up the wind and clouds in all directions. The place we want to go is right there!"
Xu Shenji gave a thumbs up: "Master, you get full marks!"
"so so."
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The next morning, Cheng Dalei made an appointment with Gao Feihu, Xiaobailang, Xu Shenji and others to come to the valley.
The entire valley is in the shape of a gourd. The mouth of the valley can accommodate eight horses walking parallel to each other. Once you walk in, the space is huge. It can accommodate five thousand people to live in it, and it is not a problem to cultivate another thousand acres of farmland.
The valley is full of towering trees, and there are trees that are too big for one person to carry. One advantage of this era is that the forest coverage rate is high, and tigers, black bears, etc. are not rare in the virgin forest.
At the bottom of the valley is a river that passes through the mountains. Of course, the river is frozen in this weather. There has been a drought this year, so there is not much water in the river.
It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, with water sources and cultivated farmland, but the transportation location is a bit remote and far from the official road.
However, there is no perfect thing in the world. If it can meet three conditions at the same time, it is already extremely good.
"Master, you can't build a cottage here." Xu Shenji suddenly ran over.
"Why?" Cheng Dalei asked curiously.
"There is a drought this year, and there is not much water in the river." Xu Shenji said: "But it may not be the same next year. When the snow melts in spring, it will rain a few times, and the water will pour in and the place will be flooded."
"Is this..." Cheng Dalei thought for a moment and said, "But it's not a big problem. Let's dig the ditch deeper and let the water drain out, forming a moat just outside the valley."
After the location is decided, the next step is to start building the cottage. The winter in Youzhou is very long, and these people are bored when they are idle, so it is just right for them to do something to pass the long winter.
First, a fire was thrown into the valley. Now it is winter, which corresponds to the four words "the sky is dry and the things are dry". The fire burned for ten days and ten nights, turning the forest into ashes. The wild beasts in the valley were smoked by the fire and ran wildly outside.
, everyone waited for the rabbit at the mouth of the valley, and actually caught a tiger.
This was the first time Cheng Dalei tasted tiger meat, and it was indeed... not very tasty.
Cheng Dalei has the drawings of the third-level cottage, but in his mind, Cheng Dalei is not good at drawing, and he can't draw it in his head. But he has Liu Zhi by his side, a girl of this era, playing chess, calligraphy and painting as if they were playing.
Cheng Dalei said that Liu Zhi's drawing, after several revisions, was almost the same as the drawing in Cheng Dalei's mind.
Huang Sanyuan came in handy again at this time, assuming the role of commander-in-chief. Under his command, houses were built one after another: medical clinics, granaries, weapons depots, residential buildings...
The materials needed were from demolishing the houses in other cottages. Five thousand people were involved in this project, but the progress of the project was very fast.
Naturally, the Dianjiang station from Toad Village was moved over immediately.
The project is in full swing, and even if it is completely completed, it cannot be completed in a day or two. While everyone is busy, Cheng Dalei's fear level has accumulated to one hundred thousand.