"Lord Li, now in Shandong, if the fort of a thousand households is one mile long, it can be called a big fort. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info now adults want to build the Chifeng Fort, the circumference of two miles, the size of the pen, but let the little old man open his eyes. An old man with gray hair, black and red face, and a face full of wrinkles, said to Li Xiao with a smile in a tone that mixed admiration and hesitation.

This old man, named Chang Dali, was invited by Wu Liang from Laizhou Prefecture, and the team of craftsmen he brought was also the largest, with more than 100 people, which was more than the number of craftsmen invited by Wu Liang in Dengzhou, Zhaoyuan, Huangxian and other places. In these places, Wu Liang only invited dozens or a dozen people. Therefore, after the craftsmen from all over the country came, Li Xiao arranged Chang Dali, who had the largest number of people and rich experience, to serve as the general leader of these craftsmen, and he was responsible for all the construction work.

"Master Chang, this official said that manpower and cost are not a problem. As long as you can build Chifeng Fort as soon as possible according to the requirements of this official, so that my army and civilians can settle down smoothly, and the salary and so on, this official will have a lot of money by then. Li Xiao smiled.

"Since the adults talk like this, the little old man dares not to do his best." Chang Dali touched a handful of gray beards and continued: "According to Xiao Lao'er's experience in building that day, to build Master Li's Chifeng Fort, it is a huge project, and the following facilities must be built, such as barracks, granaries, forage yards, storage silos, arsenals, horse farms, government offices, outer city walls, city gates, urn cities, corner towers, wells, and moats。。。。。。 ”

Chang Dali read a string of nouns, which made Li Xiao feel a little dizzy.

"Master Chang, you first draw the sketch to the official to see, and after I discuss it, we will start the construction." Li Xiao interrupted Chang Dali.

Chang Dali agreed, and half an hour later, he drew the sketch and handed it to Li Xiao to watch.

Li Xiao saw that Chang Dali's design map basically showed some of the characteristics of ordinary Qianhu Fort in the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, Chang Dali planned two city gates in the north and south, and then set up three main streets in the east, middle and west and many alleys, in the more than 200 acres of land south of Chifeng Fort, they skillfully carved out hundreds of basic residential land, for the military barracks and family residences.

Then, at the end of the central axis due west, Chang Dali drew the location of a temple here, which was called "Zhengwang Temple". Then, at the intersection of East Street and Middle Street, another place will be demarcated, and the "Mawang Temple" will be built here in the future, a high stage will also be built here, and the "Lao Ye Temple" will be built opposite the stage, and a "Niangniang Temple" will also be built at the southern end of the city.

In addition, in the eastern part of the city, it is necessary to set aside a few pieces of land to build temples and shrines that will show military achievements in the future, such as Qishou Temple, Xianzhong Temple, Baozhong Temple, etc. In addition, at the intersection of various streets and alleys, there will also be space for the construction of various market squares and torii gates.

Chang Dali thought that his sketch would definitely be praised by Li Xiao, but unexpectedly, after Li Xiao saw it, he shook his head and objected.

"Master Chang, although this sketch is in line with the common pattern of my Ming Thousand Households Fort, it is not what our army needs." Li Xiao smiled.

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Lord Chang, the meaning of this official, everything is practical and simple to settle our army personnel, like these temples and market squares, etc., can not be planned for the time being, and the ancestral halls of various arches and the like, except for the martyrs' shrines to commemorate the heroes of our army, will not be built for the time being."

"Oh, that little old man is modified according to the opinions of adults."

In the end, after detailed discussions with Li Xiao, Wu Liang and others, the final plan is as follows.

The whole Chifeng Fort is designed in a square shape, and the length of each city wall is more than 380 steps (about 500 meters), and it is still designed as two city gates in the north and south.

In Chifeng Fort, according to Li Xiao's opinion, like later generations, the main road of the cross was first planned, and the main road was about eight steps (about 10 meters) wide, and the entire Chifeng Fort was divided into four areas: northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. Then, in each district, a cross-shaped secondary road is drawn into the main street of the district, which is about six steps (about 8 meters) wide. Li Xiao demanded that these streets should all be paved with bluestone slabs, and there should also be drainage ditches made of bluestone slabs on both sides of the streets to facilitate cleaning and tidying.

The secondary roads in each district are subdivided down, and they are alleys, and Li Xiao only emphasizes one point, that is, the alleys should be as straight as possible, keep them smooth, and not be skewed.

This well-organized planning of the fort not only has the design beauty of the ancient Tang Dynasty city, but also conforms to the planning concept of the modern city, which is completely different from the existing market style of the Ming Dynasty, which is a mixture of government and private residences, shops and temples.

Li Xiao had an intuition in his heart, that is, the urban atmosphere full of the atmosphere of the market and idleness in the Song and Ming dynasties would have a negative impact on the national character, such as being sluggish, weak, and passable. Although Li Xiao has no evidence to prove his opinion, this intuitive perception made him choose to prefer the urban architectural style of the Han and Tang dynasties.

After the zoning was demarcated, Li Xiao preliminarily planned the use of each district.

The Northeast District is an administrative district, and in the future, all kinds of government offices, official residences, schools, and martyrs' shrines will be built here.

The northwest area is a storage area, where gold and silver, goods, grain, forage, beans, etc. are all placed.

The southwest area is a barracks area, and military facilities such as barracks, school grounds, stables, arsenals, and canteens are all arranged in this area.

The southeast area is a family area, where all kinds of houses, residences, and future bathhouses are built.

These four districts are not equal in proportion, Li Xiao designed the entire cross central axis, moving 50 meters from the north, so that the administrative area and the storage area should be smaller, and the family area and the barracks area should be larger, so as to ensure that the land is used to the fullest.

In the end, in order to facilitate the use of water, Li Xiao decided to dig wells in the places close to the north and south districts, and a total of two were dug to ensure durability.

When the architectural sketch was finalized, Li Xiao's well-organized plan was almost unanimously approved.

Only Wu Liang raised a question about why there was no plan to build a shop in the fort.

Li Xiao explained that Shandong is not very peaceful now, and our army's strength is still weak, so if we immediately recruit merchants from unknown sources to open shops in the fort, if they are infiltrated into the fort by nearby bandits or even Hou Jin Xizuo, even if it is just a fire, it will cause devastating consequences to Li Xiao's start-up foundation.

Therefore, Li Xiao decided to arrange all the merchants outside the fort for the time being, and wait until a few months later, under the condition of being guaranteed by someone, after checking that they are indeed serious businessmen, and then issue them a license before they can enter the family area to set up shops, so as to make it more convenient for the family residents to live. After all, there is still enough vacant land to build in the family area.

The plan is established, and the construction will be started.

First and foremost, the construction of the city walls.

This city wall, agreed with Li Xiao and Chang Dali, is designed to be 6 meters wide and 15 meters high, with rammed earth inside as the inner wall and blue bricks on the outside. Now in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the width of the fort wall is basically 3-6 meters, and the height is between 9-15 meters.

At the same time, Li Xiao stipulated that the north and south gates should be built to build urn cities, and on the city walls, such as pheasant moats, female walls, sheep and horse walls, forts, perforations and other defensive measures, all built according to the system, so as to ensure the defense capability of the fortress.

Originally, Li Xiao also wanted to build the fortress into a fortress style like the West, so that the entire castle would not leave dead corners and enhance the fort's ability to defend the fortress to a greater extent, but he was not an expert in architecture, and he did not know much about the fortress, let alone convey his ideas to the craftsmen, so he could only build it according to the existing specifications of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiao ordered that all the craftsmen, including the family members of Quandun who were able to work, obey Chang Dali's command, and first began to build the fort wall by digging the foundation and putting bluestone.

Chang Dali told Li Xiao that if he wanted to ensure that the width of the city wall was 6 meters, the bluestone of the foundation should be at least 10 meters wide, and Li Xiao agreed to his request.

What made Li Xiao quite pleased was that all the people in the pier happily joined in the construction of the fort wall.

After all, in a fundamental sense, this Red Phoenix Fort was built for themselves. Therefore, everyone burst out with positive motivation, and the scene was in full swing.

On the afternoon of the second day of excavating the foundation, Tian Wei and Wang Yishou and the two people, the recruited displaced soldiers and their families, lined up in a dense line, and finally rushed back to Chifeng Fort.