Chapter 45: Arrival
Time passed slowly in the process of Liu Yi constantly polishing some parts, including clips and gears, and occasionally he would chat with Deng Ai, Deng Ai's stuttering problem was much lighter under Liu Yi's point, and at least two words and two words of speech have slowly become smoother.
The mother and son boat entered the Han River along a tributary of the Han River and went upstream.
Jingling is on the bank of the Han River, after entering the mainstream, it will be much smoother, when Liu Yi and the four of them stepped on the pedal to arrive near Jingling, there were bandits on the bank of the river who found them, after all, the shape of the mother boat is peculiar, it is difficult not to attract attention, and the person responsible for providing power for the mother boat on the boat is either Liu Yi or Liu Sandao, and the bandits all know.
Lu Lingqi and his entourage had arrived near Tianmen Mountain as early as five days ago, and according to Liu Yi's instructions, they began to cut down trees nearby, and sent people to Jingling City to buy some ready-made wood.
When Liu Yi saw Lu Lingqi again, it was the first day of the first lunar month, and there was a light snow on the side of Jingling, and the ground was covered with a layer of silver frost.
It's actually a good feeling to be taken seriously.
"Why is Mr. going to Jiangxia?" It is still the bronze mask with a blue face and fangs, and the long neck figure is quite eye-catching even among a group of bandits.
"Get a career for everyone." Liu Yi handed the official document that Huang Zu had wholesaled to Lu Lingqi, and said with a smile: "From now on, there is no need to hide in the mountains and forests in Tibet, we can build our own homes here." ”
"Home?" Lu Lingqi looked at Liu Yi, her eyes were a little distracted, the word home, it seems that since her mother was defeated and died, she has become strange, at this moment listening to Liu Yi say this, all kinds of feelings flow in her heart, there are dazed, some puzzled, and some hesitation, she has become accustomed to hiding in Tibet, falling into the grass, this sudden stability, made her a little overwhelmed.
In the past few years, they have wanted to re-establish their homes countless times, but the imperial court has issued a wanted list, they are like rats crossing the street, they can only hide in Tibet, home has become a luxury for them, but now, Liu Yi easily helped them get the qualification to rebuild their homeland, that feeling, very sad, but after the sadness, it is indescribable peace!
"Thank you, sir." The official document was silently put away by Lu Lingqi, and then bowed deeply to Liu Yi, and Wei Yue beside him also bowed.
"Are you all living here all these days?" Liu Yi looked at the messy shed in the distance and asked.
"Well, Mr. said that the camp should be built after Mr. came over, so he just built some temporary sheds and did not break ground." Lu Lingqi nodded.
"Let's start building a batch of residences tomorrow, but the walled city we built this time is to live in for a long time, and I would like to hear the opinions of the two of you about the design of the walled city." Liu Yi and the two of them entered a relatively spacious shack and asked Liu Sandao to fetch a few wooden planks from the boat, which were the general layout that Liu Yi came up with along the way, and he carved these ideas on the wooden boards.
Because it is a water village by water, it is mainly a wooden structure, including the wall, and there must be a certain ability to protect itself, although it is a wooden wall, but Liu Yi is a double-layer structure designed by the wall, hollow, the wall can also design some organs, of course, the most important thing is the water wheel, Liu Yi is ready to pass a tributary through the walled city, the water wheel is located in the city, if it is built outside the city, it is easy to be destroyed.
Lu Lingqi and Wei Yue could understand at first, but when they heard that Liu Yi was going to use a waterwheel as the power hub of the whole city, and guide the water power through the gears to the whole city, their eyes gradually became dazed, they couldn't understand, but they felt very powerful.
"According to the topography here, the range of the wooden wall can cross this tributary along the Han River, 300 zhang longitudinally, up to 500 zhang horizontally, with three enemy towers on each side and 12 dougongs......"
"Sir!" Wei Yue's head was a little swollen when he heard this, and he looked at Liu Yi with a wry smile and said: "It's bigger, although according to Mr.'s orders, those bandit captives will be brought together, plus those people who are willing to follow us, we will only add up to a thousand!" ”
300 zhang longitudinally, more than 700 meters in modern times, 500 zhang horizontally is 1,100 meters, such a large city can already be regarded as a city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, they are so little people, where can they use such a large city?
"The war in Jiangxia is imminent, the war is all over the place, I am ready to accept some homeless people here, not just us." Liu Yi said that when he was in Xiling, he had already inquired, Sun Quan's movement this time was not small, and the war in Jiangxia would be inevitable, Liu Yi was ready to take advantage of the chaos to collect some manpower, not to mention that Cao Cao was about to go south, and the people in Jingxiang were also facing turmoil and fleeing.
"But when will such a large city be built?" Lu Lingqi frowned and looked at Liu Yidao.
"This is not in a hurry, you can build it slowly." Liu Yi nodded, he was not prepared to be able to complete this walled city overnight: "First complete our residence, these village owners give me thirty people, I will be responsible, just build a house, it can be completed in one month." ”
Thirty people as a student worker, each person is 100 yuan a day, a day is 3,000 yuan, a month is 90,000 yuan, Lu Lingqi has a lot of savings, after all, the money robbed by the thieves has nowhere to spend, Lu Lingqi's family is still very rich, with this money, in fact, if thirty people come to build a house, it will not take a month, because of these thirty people, Liu Yi can let them temporarily have their own technology, and the rest of the time, Liu Yi is ready to do a good job of the waterwheel and power system first.
"According to this drawing, the others first dug the trenches needed for the city wall, which were two feet deep." Liu Yi pointed to the location on the map and said: "At the same time, prepare enough wood, after January, I will lead people to start building the walled wall and the enemy building, and more people will be used to do it at that time, the walled wall will be more troublesome, but it should be completed in March, these are all done, we can do it while recruiting displaced people to reclaim the famine." ”
There is a lot of wasteland around here, but the land is very non-mine, and if it can be cultivated, at least it will be okay to be self-sufficient in terms of food.
"Just as the gentleman said." With Liu Yi's continuous explanation, the regiment on the wooden board gradually became three-dimensional in his mind, Wei Yue was still a little hesitant, after all, it may not be enough to build such a walled city, and it may not be enough to invest all the money they have saved over the years, but Lu Lingqi nodded decisively after a moment of silence and agreed, giving Liu Yi enough trust and support.