The people who had suffered at the hands of a little red and others asked a painter to paint a portrait of Liu Renyu and enshrined it in their own house to pay tribute to it every day to show their gratitude.

Some people invited skillful craftsmen to make Liu Renyu's golden body, put it in the Buddhist shrine, and offered incense every day to pray for Liu Renyu.

These things that the people did spontaneously were naturally collected by the secret agents of the News Investigation Bureau and reported to Liu Renyu for knowing.

Liu Renyu was naturally very happy when he heard about this, after all, killing a little red and others could be regarded as eliminating the unstable factors inside Jingbian Fort, and also invited people to buy people's hearts, and most importantly, when Ma Tianjun raided the house of a little red and others, he actually found 20,000 taels of silver, and there were also various treasures to play with.

Faced with the results of such a raid, Liu Renyu was puzzled and asked Ma Tianjun, who came to his mansion to report the news: "The secret agent came to report the previous time, saying that Li Shengman and other thieves were about to run out of money, and it was precisely because of this that they took risks and wanted to rebel, so I wondered!" Where did you get all this money? ”

"My lord, when the students took people to raid the house, they didn't actually find anything, but when the house they lived in was demolished and the foundation was excavated, four batches of silver taels were lifted from the ground." Ma Tianjun replied.

"Four batches!?"

"Yes, my lord, four batches." Ma Tianjun nodded vigorously.

"Couldn't it be the property left by Zheng Baihu?"

"It shouldn't be, those boxes containing goods are all new, and they are exactly four batches, so the students think that they should be buried by Li Shengman and other thieves."

"According to you, they should still have a lot of money, so why bury it?" For the style of Dianhong and others, Liu Renyu obviously couldn't understand.

"My lord, even if these thieves have been the head of thieves, they are still the people, and the people have such a habit of wanting to leave some money for their children and grandchildren, so they will bury some ancestral property in advance, and when the children and grandchildren are poor, they will dig it out and use it."

"What you said makes sense, but I think it's better to ask Li Shengman and them, did they bury this money, and what did they bury it for?"

"My lord, are you laughing at it!? Their bodies have been taken away by wild wolves, where can they answer your questions! Ma Tianjun was speechless about his general's thinking.

"That's right! Forget it, the left and right are also our money, regardless of how it came from. Tianjun, how many silver taels do you already have here? ”

"Back to the adult, the previous student received 70,000 taels of silver from the Du family, suppressed Hutou Village, and got more than 50,000 taels of silver, and you have killed thieves all times, and got 50,000 taels of silver, plus 30,000 taels of silver just sent by General Liu Wuguo and Liu, we have a total of more than 200,000 taels of silver on our books."

"There are so many!? It seems that my Liujiabao construction plan can be implemented. Liu Renyu heard that he had so many silver taels, so he said happily.

"My lord, please forgive the student, just this little silver in your hand, you can only build the wall of Liujiabao, you see, your cement, you need lime, sand and other raw materials, as well as steel, this all need silver, in addition, there are 14,000 hungry people to support, there are more and more teachers, the servants in the yamen, the officials need to distribute the salary, in addition, there are also the officers and soldiers of the army to distribute military salaries, monthly rations ............."

Ma Tianjun saw that his general was too optimistic, so he told all the heavy financial burden of Jingbian Fort.

Liu Renyu was splashed with a basin of cold water by Ma Tianjun, and his mood was suddenly a little depressed, but he also knew that Ma Tianjun was telling the truth, so he could only say: "Even if you can only build the city wall, it is better than not having a city wall." ”

Ma Tianjun saw that Liu Renyu finally walked from the ideal to the reality, so he continued to speak: "My lord, Daddy Zhao has already found an onmyoji, and the feng shui master has selected the address of Liujiabao, Liujiabao is 5 miles away from our Jingbian Fort, in the northwest of us, located in the Yang of the Luhe River, although the terrain is high, it is relatively flat, and there is no high mountain near the left, which is an ideal place to build a city. Dare to ask my lord, how big of a castle do you want to build Liujiabao? ”

"I plan to accommodate 30,000 to 50,000 people in the fort, so the area should be 10,000 acres, and the circumference of the city wall should be 10 miles."

"Yes, my lord, the student got it. I wonder when do you think it's best to start? ”

"This matter should be done sooner rather than later, you should go and tell Father Zhao first, and now you can first move the cement factory and iron factory of the industrial manufacturing plant to the construction site of Liujiabao. Then I'll send troops to protect it. After the cement manufacturing institute and the iron manufacturing office were moved to the left of Liujiabao's address, all the hungry people outside the eastern city were moved to Liujiabao and the construction of Liujiabao began. ”

"Yes, my lord, the student wrote it down."

"After the relocation of the cement factory and the iron factory is completed, I will roll out a project, and I plan to pave all the main roads of our Jingbian Fort with cement, and use it when I get married."

"Dare to ask my lord, must it be completed before you get married?"

"If it can't be completed before I get married, then at least a section must be repaired, so that the guests who come can see the products of our Jingbianbao Industrial Manufacturing Institute, and see if there are any customers who are interested in our products, maybe I can get a few orders after I get married."

"My lord, do you think you want to do this? Let's concentrate our efforts first, repair the section from the West Gate to your garrison, and when you get married, let's go through this section, how about it? ”

"Well, today is March 15 of the third year of Chongzhen, and there is still more than a month before I get married, let's work overtime, and the distance of only 3 miles is not difficult to make cement roads."

"Dare to ask my lord, when will this road start?"

"It's still the old rule, sooner rather than later, now you tell Daddy Zhao to go immediately, and let him immediately take people to move the cement factory and the iron factory."

"Yes, my lord, the student will go." Ma Tianjun got the order, so he went straight to Zhao Datie to give the order.

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It is said that Zhao Datie received Liu Renyu's order, so he first sent people to the left of Liujiabao's address to build a temporary factory first, and made cement and steel bars nearby.

In order to ensure the safety of the construction personnel, Liu Renyu specially sent Ma Wenshan with sword and shield soldiers to serve as guards.

After the temporary workshop and barracks were completed, Zhao Datie sent people to Zhenbeibao to move the equipment, craftsmen, and technicians of the cement manufacturing institute and the iron manufacturing institute to the construction site of Liujiabao.

Speaking of these craftsmen, the technicians came to the temporary factory, and because Liu Renyu was very tight on the construction schedule, they could be said to have just settled down and began to build equipment and start to produce cement and steel bars.

When building Liujiabao, Liu Renyu personally commanded, after all, the use of reinforced concrete to build houses, people in this era are not very good, so he personally went to the scene to guide.

The first part of the construction of the city is naturally to excavate the foundation, then build the steel skeleton, and then pour concrete, wait until the foundation is laid, and then pour concrete along the steel skeleton, layer by layer.

After making a plan, Liu Renyu personally carried a hoe and went to dig the foundation without saying a word.

The rest of the people saw that Liu Renyu, the garrison of Jingbian Fort, actually went to dig the foundation in person, and who dared not work hard, so the more than 14,000 people, regardless of men, women, old and young, as long as they had the ability to act independently, were able to do the work, all carrying hoes, shovels, shovels and other tools, digging the foundation in full swing.

When Liu Renyu led the people to dig the foundation, the blacksmiths also worked overtime in order to make the steel bars that Liu Renyu said, first each repeatedly hammered out a small section of steel bars, and then combined the small sections of steel bars together by hammering.

According to Liu Renyu's meaning, all the buildings in Liujiabao will be reinforced concrete structures in the future, and the amount of steel required is simply astronomical.

And the blacksmiths owned by Jingbian Fort, starting from apprentices, to craftsmen and technicians, are only 100 people, and there are only 100 blacksmiths, not to mention the huge project of building Liujiabao in the future, even the city wall in front of them will not be able to cope with it.

In his spare time, Liu Renyu once asked Zhao Datie, according to the speed of the blacksmiths, if you want to build the city wall of Liujiabao, how much time will it take?

As a result, Father Zhao touched his head and thought for a long time, and then said in an extremely hesitant tone: "My lord, at the earliest, around May of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the old Zhao Tou can beat out the steel bars to be used in the city wall for you." ”

Liu Renyu listened to this answer and felt that the length of the construction period was unacceptable to him, so he immediately said to Zhao Dajie: "Daddy Zhao, don't say it, you see that we have so many people here, and most of them are young and strong, do you want to choose some people among these people to join your cement factory and iron factory?" ”

"My lord, how many places do you give me Lao Zhao?" Zhao Datie's eyes flashed with greed and asked.

"Daddy Zhao, how much do you want?" Liu Renyu asked rhetorically.

"When everyone gathers firewood, the flame is high, and the more people there are, the better." Zhao replied loudly.

"Alright then, Father Zhao, you can recruit 1,500 apprentices from among these people to enrich the cement and iron factories, what do you think?" Liu Renyu gritted his teeth and said.

"That's a good feeling, the old Zhao Tou has thanked the adults, with this batch of new forces, the construction period can definitely be advanced."

"Then without further ado, you should quickly pick someone, these apprentices, please register them, and then send them to Mayor Ma for the record."

"Okay, I know, I'll go."

It is said that this old Zhao Tou got Liu Renyu's permission, so he went around to pull people, and when the old man brought in manpower, he first trained these novices, and then led the old to the new, and led everyone to strike iron and make cement lively.