To the southeast of the Ningyuan River, there is a river of the same size, which also originates in the Alai Mountains, flows into the Ferghana Territory in almost the same direction, nourishes the kingdom of Bakhana, and eventually flows into the medicine killing water.

The former place of Ershi City is on the bank of this river, across a mountain pass from the west key city of the capital of Bahanna, and the rushing river flows past her, and on both sides of the river are rich in water and grass.

Rescued the sunspots, Li Huaitang did not continue to entangle with the Aliti Department, and under the leadership of Kang Shalai, it took a day to lead the troops to reach the destination, the location of Ningyuan City, which was about to be built, near the hometown of Ershi City. After thousands of years, the former castle has disappeared, leaving only an abandoned village.

"General, this river, the people of Bahan call her ......"

Arriving at the destination, Kang Salai seemed quite excited, and saw Li Huaitang standing by the river with great interest to observe the terrain, and couldn't help but want to play tricks on Li Huaitang.

Li Huaitang waved his hand to stop Kang Sarai's speech, and said with a smile: "I have given this river a beautiful and beautiful name, and from now on, she will be called Ye Ji River." ”

Ye Ji, who had been standing silently beside Li Huaitang, let out a surprised voice, "Ah!?" ”

"Shiro, I," Ye Ji's face was full of happiness, and the faint flush made her even more radiant, and she didn't know what to say in her excitement.

"Here, a Ningyuan City will be erected, the city of Ningyuan Generals, and of course it must be Ye Jihe who accompanies Ningyuan City. Do not leave, and accompany the old land. ”

Li Huaitang was holding on to Ye Ji's soft eyes as if no one was around, and looked at the beauty's shy eyes with infinite warmth. Ye Ji, who was deeply infected, also ignored the third party around her, bravely raised her pretty face and greeted Li Huaitang......

Consalai hurriedly and quietly left, constantly admiring in his heart, the general's cheekiness was thick, but this trick worked. Sure enough, he is an extraordinary person, doing extraordinary things, and even the name of a good river has to be tampered with by him, and there is a tendency to become addicted, God knows when the name of the next river will be changed again.

Tampering with the name of the river was Li Huaitang's momentary feeling, he wanted to use the name of the river to appease the regret in his heart, but he never thought that there were so many rivers here, and the Purple River did not flow through Ningyuan City, so he simply did not do anything, and then gave Ye Ji's name to a river on the edge of Ningyuan City that was about to be built. Naming was simple and pleasant for him, but he didn't expect that these improvisations would bring him many troubles in the future, and bring endless sourness to his beauties.

Like other rivers here, the banks of the Yeji River are covered with countless large and small stones, the result of years of flash floods, which were used by the generals of the Second Division of the Western Han Dynasty to build the city and ponds. Of course, Li Huaitang would not waste the gift given to him by God.

The local materials are used, which greatly facilitates the construction of Ningyuan City and all kinds of houses. However, the construction of such a magnificent city also required a large number of boulders, most of which were found on the upper reaches of Mount Alai, which were pushed down by glaciers on the peaks of the Ice Age millions of years ago, and were located on the mountainside, a distance of tens of miles from here, and the most difficult to transport. The mountain pass west of Ningyuan City also has a low mountain, but there are not many boulders, mainly mud and limestone.

As the tribe settled down, Li Huaitang summoned the generals and the craftsmen who built the city to discuss and arrange the construction of Ningyuan City.

The master builder surnamed Lu, he and hundreds of remnants of the Tang Dynasty with the same status as him, were redeemed from Khorasan by Shamur, and the stupid governor of Khorasan did not realize their value, and under Shamur's dirham offensive, with a wave of his hand, he ceded their ownership to Shamur. Among them were many craftsmen, such as builders, blacksmiths, and stone carpenters. The construction of Ningyuan City was a huge and complicated project, and without many experienced and skilled craftsmen, it was impossible to imagine how a big city could rise from this wilderness.

Master Lu first asked: "I don't know how big the general plans to build Ningyuan City?" ”

This stumped Li Huaitang, he couldn't say the specific data, in his imagination, Ningyuan City was at least bigger than Samarkand City, and Qishi City was not a problem.

"Get on the horse, come with me!"

Li Huaitang replied improvishly. He has no concept of abstract data, so he uses the actual distance to represent it.

Fortunately, the soldiers and civilians on the border of the Tang Dynasty could ride horses, and a group of craftsmen followed Li Huaitang, who was like a madman, eating dust.

Hudu rode the newly captured sweaty horse slightly behind Li Huaitang, and ran away in a hurry until Li Huaitang stopped.

"Almost, here it is."

Li Huaitang looked back, and the craftsmen who were far behind had not yet followed.

"Great, General, I'm looking forward to the magnificent appearance of Ningyuan City."

Hudu's eyes shone brightly, if it was really according to Li Huaitang's requirements, the length of a wall was at least six thousand steps, that is, Ningyuan City would be greater than the cities he had ever seen, and it would not be an exaggeration to live in hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

Master Lu was dumbfounded and stammered: "This, this, from the beginning to, to the end?" ”

Li Huaitang nodded affirmatively and said, "That's right, that's it." Isn't it too small? Well, I think so too, to not go any further? ”

"Huh!? No, no, no. I mean it's big, it's too big, to say the least, it's 6,000 steps, it's completely comparable to Chang'an City. ”

Master Lu hurriedly shook his head, like a rattle being shaken.

Li Huaitang frowned, and was about to say something, but Wumeng interjected with a wry smile.

"No, not to mention the amount and difficulty of the project, just exceeding the system may cause us a lot of trouble."

"Overdue?" Li Huaitang looked at Wumeng suspiciously.

"Yes, it is more than the system of the Tang Dynasty." Master Lu said weakly.

Li Huaitang thought about it for a moment and said, "It's really troublesome, then forget it, six thousand steps is too big, then five thousand steps, retract a little." ”

Master Lu touched the cold sweat on his forehead, if he really wanted to build such a big city, he would be known by the Tang Emperor in the future, and he, a master craftsman, would be finished. However, the scale of this compromise does not seem to be small. At this scale, the total length of the four walls of Ningyuan City will reach forty miles, and according to Li Huaitang's requirements, the thickness of the walls should be ten steps, as high as four zhang, and the amount of stone consumed has reached an astonishing number, which is staggering to think about. This does not include the construction of auxiliary walls such as urn castles, arrow towers, arrow towers, enemy platforms, and women's walls. Slowly, Master Lu began the second round of sweating.

"Questions?" Li Huaitang was a little dissatisfied.

Master Lu smiled bitterly: "We don't have enough manpower, and if we don't have tens of thousands of manpower, I'm afraid we can't build it." It would be nice if there were a large number of slaves. ”

Li Huaitang said: "It is good to have slaves, but if there are none, we must also unswervingly strive for the set goal." We also have our advantages, and the tens of thousands of pack horses and camels are your solid backing. Master Lu, make a plan first, what is needed, what are the problems, although it is raised, in short, before winter, a tall city must be erected here. ”

Master Lu thought for a while and asked, "General's soldiers, can I call it?" ”

"Well, the baggage soldiers will cooperate with you to build the city, and General Wumeng and General Wei Anguo will cooperate with you."

Considering that he was unfamiliar with the place and that there were still hostile forces such as Aliti on this plateau, Li Huaitang did not dare to take it lightly, and at least had to reserve the main force to prevent a possible sudden attack. The size of the baggage army had expanded, reaching a staggering 15,000 men, and the increase of several thousand was mainly war slaves rescued from the Turgish, some of whom Li Huaitang absorbed after a rigorous selection.

"Okay, since the general said so, then so-and-so will be arranged. As for the completion of the works before winter, I dare not guarantee that unless there are enough manpower, please forgive the general. ”

Master Lu was very practical and spoke his heart.

Li Huaitang said: "I'll figure out a way to solve the manpower problem." You just do your best. ”

Lu Dajiang is a doer, just do what he says.

Just after noon, the 15,000 baggage soldiers had not rested long before they received an order to go up the Yeji River to the depths of Mount Alai to cut wood, quarry, and dig lime mines. More than 3,000 people's departments, except for a few who had a task on their part, such as a few people from the armed courtyard and the men necessary for grazing, were sent to the river, lined up in several teams, and carried back all kinds of stones from the river beach by relay, sorted by size and size, and arranged in the place where the walls of the buildings were prepared.

In ten days, a rudimentary city about half a man tall surrounded by countless stones on three sides appeared on the banks of the Yeki River. There are several gaps in the stone piles on three sides, which are the entrances and exits of the future city gates. Dozens of craftsmen were busy measuring and recording along the long pile of stones.

Thousands of warriors and cavalry soldiers, under the command of the craftsman, dug a wide and deep trench on the inside of the stone pile, and Ningyuan City will rise from this trench.

The legendary Ningyuan City gradually revealed her outline, and everyone in the Ministry of Light began to be surprised, once such a magnificent city was built, I am afraid that Chang'an City would not be far behind. From time to time, the tribesmen cast their eyes in disbelief into the vast and boundless enclosure, which, if not dreams, would be their dwellings, and stone houses would be neatly built in place of the pointed felts in front of them, and the tall and thick walls would give them a sense of security.

Li Huaitang also often rode a high-headed horse to inspect, and this land within a radius of more than ten miles has long been filled with knights of the three horsemen of light, vigilantly paying attention to all the wind and grass. The flying eagle unleashed his white jade claws every half an hour, closely monitoring the situation around him. Right now, they are in the most dangerous moment, except to be careful.

This book was first published.

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