Zhao Junsheng said to Mulan: "By the way, I'm here to tell you that Cao Jiao has already woven more than 10,000 baskets, and the wood has been cut down like a mountain, and now he can start to mold the city wall!" Why don't you take care of the affairs of the wasteland, and I will organize people to dig moats and build walls? ”

Hua Mulan hurriedly said, "I don't want it, I'm going to see you build the city!" ”

"What's so beautiful about this fortification is nothing more than digging a moat, pouring all the excavated earth into a pre-made mold frame, and the city wall is built like this!" Zhao Junsheng's curiosity about Mulan is really laughable.

"I don't, I'm going to check it out! Isn't there Gao Xu watching here, with him, I can't play any role here! ”

Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to send someone to say something to Gao Xu, let him be fully responsible, supervise the people and slaves not to be lazy, and try to complete the project within the specified time.

The two rode to the location of the east city wall that was planned to be built, and Cao Jiao, more than 2,000 people, and more than 5,000 Rouran prisoners had already arrived here.

Cao Jiao was arranging loudly: "Three porters are responsible for two digging the soil, two people stand next to each roller on the top of the mold frame, one turns the wheel to lift the basket containing the soil, and the other pours the soil into the mold frame!" ”

Originally, it was a labor-saving device used to lift water at the wellhead, but now it is built by the carpenters of the craftsman's camp to lift and transport soil, which can also save a lot of manpower.

Zhao Junsheng stepped on a wooden ladder to the top of the frame and shouted: "Come on, come on, the porters are all standing in their positions with flat hooks, the diggers are also standing in their positions with hoes and shovels, the people on the mold frame are also ready, and the people who do the mold frame continue to drive piles, are they all ready?" ”

Everyone shouted back to the camp: "All right! ”

"Let's go!"

As Zhao Junsheng screamed at zero, the diggers dug down with hoes to bring the soil into the baskets, and some people shoveled the soil with shovels, and the two baskets were quickly filled.

A porter immediately picked up and turned around and walked briskly in the direction of the mold frame, only about ten meters, and soon arrived, hooking the rope of a basket to the hanging iron hook.

The man above shook the wheel to lift the basket of earth, and the other person took it and poured the earth into the frame.

In the absence of modern tools, it takes a lot of manpower to complete such a large project, and it is precisely because of the strength of many people that it can be completed quickly.

Hua Mulan smiled: "I didn't expect the city to be quite interesting, this scene is really lively!" ”

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while, and found that the lifting speed of the wheel could not keep up, and there were often porters carrying baskets and waiting for a long time.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Cao Jiao and instructed: "There is a lot of waste of manpower in this way, and we must find a way to solve it, so let's send someone to carry some wood to make a springboard and put it on the mold frame, and let the porters carry the basket and step on the pedal to pour the soil into it!" ”

"It's long overdue!" Mulan said a word next to her.

Cao Jiao promised: "Yes, I'll arrange it immediately!" ”

Soon there were many people carrying a long springboard to come over, each of these springboards is placed side by side with three long logs and then nailed up with wooden planks to fix, set up for the porters to carry the basket up, which is a test of the porters' next work.

Although this is not a single-plank bridge, it is not much better than taking a single-plank bridge.

After setting up a large number of springboards, the speed of moving earth is greatly accelerated, and the efficiency of all aspects is also increased a lot.

The whole scene is a hot scene, quite spectacular.

In just one morning, a two-hundred-meter section of the wall was piled up, and the earth had reached the top of the frame.

In the afternoon, the men and the captives moved forward, digging and carrying the earth, and some of them remained in place to tamp the earth with wood, and the loose earth sank a lot after being hit and crushed, and it was necessary to fill in the earth again, but this was the second step.

Hua Mulan also learned some management methods from Zhao Junsheng on the construction site on the city wall.

"There is nothing ingenious, the steps and links of the construction have been decided, everyone is following this step and link, if a link and step goes wrong, as the responsible official on the site has to find a way to solve it, there is nothing else!"

"Of course, we must also make sure that no one escapes or is lazy, and we must be careful not to let those captives gather to make trouble, once this situation is discovered, it must be resolutely suppressed!"

Hua Mulan listened to Zhao Junsheng's words and nodded, she frowned again: "Those people work hard, but you see that those captives are going to die one by one, according to their state, I am worried that the construction period may be extended a lot!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "This is easy to solve, how did you stimulate the morale and enthusiasm of the soldiers when you were training?" ”

Mulan's eyes lit up, and she immediately knew what to do.

Before the start of work early the next morning, Mulan announced in front of everyone: "From today onwards, whether it is a civilian or a captive, as long as they work hard and work hard, and are recognized by the supervisors, three people in each group can get a chance to add food every day, double the amount of food, and a piece of meat!" ”

When the men and the captives heard this, they all whispered, almost the same as the size of the army, a group is equivalent to a tithe, and there are ten people in a tithe, and three of them can get a chance to add food, as long as they work hard, the probability of getting this opportunity to eat is very high.

For a time, both slaves and folk men had the idea of competing with others in their hearts.

I saw Hua Mulan and said: "For the people, as long as you work hard, from next year we will give the good performance of the people to the field, the better the performance, the more land will be shared, every year only need to pay three percent of the harvest to the town guard, the supervisor will record your performance every day!" ”

"For the captives, your performance will be the key to whether you can get rid of the captive status, this time next year, there will be a group of you who will become free civilians, like these Han people, you can choose to share the land, or you can choose to give the town guard a horse and sheep to get wages and food, I hope you think about your own future, don't give up on yourself!"

Hua Mulan is the deputy general of Wuchuan Town, and this is still her fiefdom, what she said represents the decision of the Wuchuan Town Guard, and there is no one here who does not know her, whether it is the people or the captives are very excited after hearing these decrees.

"Alright, let's get to work!"

With Mulan's order, the people and the captives began to work one after another, and now their performance is not the same as before, their spirit has completely changed, and they are all full of energy, and they all want to make a good impression in front of the overseers.

When Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan saw this scene, they looked at each other and smiled.

"By the way, I remember that the people and captives over there who led Gao Xu to reclaim the wasteland didn't do very well, can this method also be implemented in them?" Mulan asked.

Zhao Junsheng said: "You are the housekeeper's wife, you ask me?" ”

"Poof" Hua Mulan smiled, clenched her fist and gently slapped Zhao Junsheng, "Let's go, go to Gao Xu's side and have a look!" ”

The two rode to Gao Xu's side to watch the people and captives reclaim the wasteland.

Halfway through riding a horse, Hua Mulan stopped his horse, Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look, stopped and asked, "Why don't you go?" ”

"That······ Brother Junsheng, I got up this morning and drank too much water, I think······ Pee, can you help me keep watch? Mulan blushed and said.

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help laughing and waved his hand: "Go quickly, I'll wait for you!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately jumped off the horse and ran into the tall grass next to him, Zhao Junsheng soon heard the sound of squishing in the grass, and he heard a burst of itching in his heart, as if he had been scratched by a kitten's paws.

Soon, Mulan came out of the grass and saw Zhao Junsheng staring at her, her face suddenly turned red again, and she couldn't hold it back: "You are a bad person!" ”

Zhao Junsheng opened his mouth, "How did you say this, why did I become a bad person?" ”

"You listened so carefully that you still say you're not a bad person? I don't know how far away it is, huh! As she spoke, Mulan turned over and got on her horse, beating her horse and running forward.

Zhao Junsheng immediately chased after him, "If I go farther, in case someone breaks into the neighborhood and sees you ······ Haven't I lost a lot? ”

"You don't know how to gouge out his eyeballs?" Mulan laughed, dropped a sentence, hit the horse, and galloped forward.

"Hey, that seems like a good idea!"

When the two arrived at the wasteland, the scene of the hot court a few days ago was gone, and what was presented in front of Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan was a lifeless picture, whether it was the captives or the people, they all looked weak when they worked, and even the overseers were a little lazy and lazy.

Hua Mulan called Gao Xu over and asked with a straight face: "Gao Xu, look at these people you manage, they were full of energy a few days ago, and now look at them again, one is like frost, why has it become like this in the past few days?" ”

Gao Xu said with a bitter face: "The subordinates don't know what's going on, and after discovering this situation, they immediately ordered the overseers to move seriously, and once they are found to be lazy, they will all be whipped!" At first, the effect was not bad, but they quickly returned to the same state, and they often took advantage of the overseer to turn around to be lazy, and their subordinates were also in a hurry in the past two days! ”

After hearing this, Mulan looked at Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng nodded, she immediately ordered everyone to gather together and loudly announce the new regulations, and after announcing the incentives issued to the people and captives who built the city wall here, the people and captives here were also boiling, and the effect was very good.

Finally solved the problem of the people and the captives not working hard, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were relieved, although the construction period may be delayed for a few days, it should not be delayed for too long.

At this time, a personal soldier galloped over on horseback to report: "General, the emperor sent an envoy to announce the edict, Gao Sima asked the two generals to return to the camp quickly to receive the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan glanced at each other, could it be that something happened on the emperor's side?

"Let's go, go back to camp!"

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