Chapter 210: Guests are coming to the fortress
Meng Zhong has been a little annoyed lately.
Since he was ordered to build the Black Dragon Pond Fortress, he and Meng Jieke have done their duty, and after more than two months of day and night fighting, this majestic fortress system has been built.
In addition to all the subordinates of their two dragons, a large number of laborers were also recruited from the vicinity. All the materials are provided by the Ning family. In fact, the Meng family is also rich and rich, and they can also provide it themselves.
However, mainly to reflect the cooperation between the two families, the Ning family took the initiative to assume this part of the responsibility. Therefore, in the process of construction, there are people and things, and the technology is in charge of Peter. But not that he himself is always looking here, but that he sends a representative he trusts, who is responsible for ensuring quality from start to finish.
The two dragons responsible for the construction of the fortress, Meng Zhong was the first dragon Dingjiang Dragon. Calm and faithful, extremely reliable in life and work. The other is that the third dragon is the Shoujiang Dragon, Meng Jie. His ancestors were loyal to the whole family, and after falling into the enemy, they would rather die than surrender, and their heads could be broken and their knots remained unchanged. The duo combine loyalty and composure, and are a perfect match for building and defending fortresses.
The main project of this fortress was personally determined by Peter and Mai Ke after surveying both sides of the canyon and making a careful survey of the surroundings of the Black Dragon Pond, and it was built on the main peak next to the Black Dragon Pond, which was actually the bunker group of later generations.
As soon as the main project is completed, the bunkers of different sizes form a tight defensive system.
At the same time, a wall was built around the Black Dragon Pond, eight feet high and four feet wide, on which pedestrians and carts could be used to transport things. At the top of the wall, a tower was erected every ten lengths, where ten people could watch or rest.
There are 3,000 standing troops here, and as a garrison brigade, Meng Zhong became the commander of the Longtan Fortress Brigade. Of course, at this time, the internal title of the sailor, the normal external position of the fortress lord. Because civilly, this place became the Black Dragon Fort.
Because the terrain here is dangerous. The water situation is complicated, so Black Dragon Fort provides two civil services.
One is to help the boats get through that dangerous stretch of the river, and the other is to ensure that they are not harmed by people and property in the jurisdiction of the Black Dragon Castle. If a robber does not open his eyes, let the men of the fort drive them away, and they must not let their employer suffer any harm.
Under Mai Ke's construction, they also introduced the "one pay ten" compensation law, that is, if the property protected by the Black Dragon Fort suffers damage, the compensation amount is ten times the amount of the loss.
As a result, their trade became so prosperous that even the government relied on them to protect the transportation of tax grain.
Case. What is Meng Zhong bothered about?
He felt too comfortable. Although when the castle was built, it was very tense day and night, but there were people and things, and the architectural style was also worked according to the drawings, which was even like a child.
After the completion of the construction, the business is prosperous, and it can be said that it is making money every day. But that's also a ready-made thing, and there's still nothing to do.
He wanted some robbers to come to the door and add some fun, but one or two of the robbers in the neighborhood were too eye-opening. When I saw the three words of Black Dragon Castle, I couldn't wait to come up and kowtow, where would there be robbery, robbery or something?
He now misses those days with Peter. The water battle that wiped out the Ning family and the pirate alliance was really enjoyable! Even if you went to Peter's wedding to join in the fun, it is worth remembering constantly.
He regretted serving as the commander of this fortress brigade a little.
Now he is training his three thousand sailors. It just so happened that their garrison base was in the big battle, and they were training. While learning the classic water battle that Peter commanded.
Maybe he was too familiar with the training, but he still didn't find it enjoyable. I don't even think Peter has the same momentum.
Just when he could barely hold it back. When I was looking for Mai Ke to change jobs, an order came from Mai Ke. This order told him that today there would be a large fleet of ships going through the fortress and entering the inner river basin of the river, and that no matter what problems they had, they would just be allowed to pass.
When they entered, the fortress was sealed, and not a single boat was to be released. This huge fleet, the fleet of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had to pick up people in the area of Guigang.
"Your task is to only allow you to enter and not to get out! lure the wolf into the cage, close the door and beat the dog!" the command finally emphasized.
This Meng Zhong was only happy, how to tell him about this order, he didn't even think about it. He knew two things: one was that this was Mai Ke's voice, and the other was that Mai Ke asked him to do what he thought about day and night.
"Finally something to do! Brother Mengjie! Brother Mengjie, come on—there is good news!"
Meng Jie was his partner, the deputy of the fortress. Nominally, he was helping Meng Zhong, but in fact he was exercising the rights of the castle lord.
This Meng Jie was busy there, and when he heard the castle lord's call, and his tone was happy, he hurriedly ran over, he hadn't seen the castle lord's smile for a while.
"What's the matter, big brother, what good news deserves your pleasure?"
"There's a distinguished guest coming!" he said, handing over a note. This note was written down by Meng Zhong in a hurry.
"Sure enough, it's a distinguished guest! We're going to entertain them well, and we'd better let them all linger. ”
Knowing that the enemy ship was disguised as a civilian ship, the two laughed. No matter how well you disguise yourself, can you escape our eyes? Unless you really use a warship as a civilian ship. If this is the case, it will not be disguised as a civilian ship, but a veritable civilian ship.
However, our fortress, they must also know that we need to check it carefully, so as not to make them vigilant, run away before entering the door, and close the door and fight the dog.
So the two men inspected the entire fortress, and everything that looked like a military facility was demilitarized. After the event, the fortress became a commercial castle and a civil castle.
In the afternoon of the same day, the lord of Mengbao, who was looking east from the top of the fortress, saw a huge fleet of ships, majestically and majestically, and saw all kinds of flags planted on the surface of the ship, and countless ropes swirling on the roof of the ship, full of all kinds of goods.
In particular, the dozens of large ships in the middle are tightly covered. It's obviously different from other ships.
There is a person in the middle of the big ship, who is also engrossed in observing the fortress castle and other buildings, and the majestic style of this fortress unconsciously makes him have a kind of coercion, which is the throat of a man who is in charge and cannot be opened.
When my old Peng entered Xijiang and finished what I had to do, I came back and gave him a horse pistol and took this fortress for himself.
When Peng Yulin was thinking about it, he only heard Meng Zhong's order: "Prepare the channel and let my friends in!"
Subsequently, with the help of the fortress's powerful navigational force, this huge fleet finally crossed the most difficult section of the entire river.
After passing the customs, Peng Yulin stroked his beard with his hand, which did not have zài under his forehead, and said with confidence: "When I come back, this fortress will be mine!"
And Meng Zhong is looking at the other party, closing the door and beating the dog, finally there is a dog to fight, and he is very happy! (To be continued......) (To be continued......)
PS: Summary of this chapter: The Black Dragon Pond Fortress is majestic and majestic, and Mai Ke uses it to close the door and beat the dog.