After Zhao Datie was enriched with a lot of manpower, the output of cement and steel bars increased greatly, and Liu Renyu continued to lead the people to dig deep into the foundation.

In the future, the height of the city wall of Liujiabao, according to Liu Renyu's vision, should be in the shape of three zhang, that is, nine meters, and the width is set at 6 meters.

Since the wall will be made of reinforced concrete, there is no need to build a trapezoidal shape with a width at the bottom and a narrow wall at the top, but only a wall of equal width at the top and bottom.

This kind of building, which is only 9 meters high, is only equivalent to a three-story building built by private people in later generations, so the foundation does not need to be dug too deep, and Liu Renyu decided to dig 5 meters deep.

Originally, it stands to reason that digging is not very tiring, but now it is freezing cold, the soil is very hard, and the compaction is also very serious, so it is very difficult to dig.

Every time Liu Renyu finished digging out of breath, he dragged his chin on the wooden handle of the hoe, thinking about the famous advertising slogan of later generations, "Which excavator technology is stronger, China Shandong is looking for Lan Xiang." ’

"If only there was an excavator! If there is an excavator, the work of digging the foundation can be done in minutes. Hey, wait, now my Ming level of science and technology is still very good, maybe I can get a steam engine out, if you have this thing, trains and steam steamboats are not dreams! ”

Liu Renyu thought of this, his heart was hot, and then he couldn't help but look at Zhao Datie, who was now at the helm of the industrial department of Jingbianbao.

I saw Zhao Datie, a senior cadre who was already the director of the Jingbianbao Industrial Manufacturing Plant, but now he was shirtless, excitedly carrying a big iron hammer, and snorting and beating the red iron.

Liu Renyu looked at the helmsman of the Jingbianbao Industrial Department, who loved to strike iron more than anything, and shook his head secretly: "Hey, forget it, there are only these people in your hands, and the steam engine should be forgotten." It would be nice if I had a senior science and engineering compound talent like Sun Yuanhua in my hand, but I don't have it, so I can only put this dream aside. ”

When Liu Renyu finished this emotion, he could only continue to carry the hoe and continue to dig the loess under his feet.

*******

In Jingbian Fort, the road from the west gate of Jingbian Fort to Liu Renyu's garrison has been completely blocked at this time, and the west gate has also been closed.

At this time, Liu Renjie was walking along this dirt road with the foremen, and at the same time assigned the task: "Everyone, according to the meaning of the adult, this road should be paved with cement, if it is directly laid on this road, the road will be higher than other roads, so the adult means to dig this road first, dig a one-foot-deep pit, and then fill it with reinforced concrete, have you written it down?" ”

"It's all written down." The entourage all responded in unison.

"Well, right now, Liujiabao is building a new city, and we are building new houses in the east of Jingbian Fort, and the new people are very busy, that is, the natives of your Jingbian Fort have nothing to do for the time being, so the adults let you, the natives of Jingbian Fort, help build the road, what's the matter, you security chiefs didn't encounter any trouble when mobilizing the people, right?"

"No, no, Lord Liu is a living Bodhisattva, come to our Jingbian Fort without saying a word and give us a field, even if there is no field, but also get free cattle and sheep, can graze, adults have great kindness to us, what is difficult to build a road for adults, every one of our people in Baoli is happy to come to build roads." One of the security chiefs immediately replied to such a sentence as soon as Liu Renjie's voice fell.

"That's very good, but my lord will not let the people work in vain, what the adults mean is that anyone who is willing to help build the road will be paid 10 wen a day, and he will be in charge of breakfast and lunch."

"Second Master Liu, we are all people who have received the great favor of Lord Liu, how can we ask for money and food for Lord Liu." When a security chief heard that Liu Renyu had to pay the people for their work and distributed two meals, he felt a little embarrassed, so he blushed and refused sternly.

"Yes, Second Master Liu, Lord Liu treats us so well, how can we ask for money and food to build a road for him."

"If we have to collect this money and food, then aren't we white-eyed wolves, not even as good as animals?"

The words of the chief of the security aroused the collective resonance of many chiefs, and Liu Renjie listened to the words of the chiefs, first smiled slightly, then raised his hands, made a gesture of pressing down: "Everyone, please don't get excited, I can understand your feelings, but I think it is not in vain for adults to divide the land to you, you still have to pay taxes, so the division of the land is not a great kindness." As for the road construction, you could have done it without it, but now you are invited to do it, of course, you have to pay the wages, which is a matter of course. ”

When the security chiefs listened to Liu Renjie's words, they were all stunned.

You must know that in the past, when they were ordinary people, the government asked them to do things, and they had to prepare their own money and food, and sometimes some people even had to sell their land in order to cope with forced labor.

Now this Liu Renyu and Lord Liu are good, doing things for him, not only do you not have to bring your own money and food, but you can also receive salary, and you can also have breakfast and lunch to eat, such a good official mansion is really rare.

Seeing that Liu Renjie was very resolute and seemed to be unquestionable, the security chiefs had no choice but to say in unison with gratitude: "For a general like Lord Liu who is sympathetic to the people, we dare not do our best." ”

"Very well, please go and organize the labor you need to build the road, pay attention, both men and women."

"Yes, second master, I'll call someone later." The chief of the guards replied in unison.

"Please hurry up and organize the people, bring your own hoes and other tools, and then we will start building roads now."

"Yes, second master, let's go now."

When the chiefs were ordered, they each went to the Baozhong under their jurisdiction to call young men and women to the construction site.

However, it is said that there are more than 2,200 natives of Jingbian Fort, and these people naturally want to come to build roads, and some sturdy women, hearing that they not only have wages for the government, but also take care of food, so they also come to build roads.

In the end, there were more than 3,200 young men and women on the Jingbian Fort.

Liu Renjie waited until all these laborers came, and then divided the lots according to different guarantees, each of which contracted a section of the road, and then asked them to dig the ground.

When the people were shouting trumpets and using various tools to dig the soil, Liu Renjie took the scribes from Ma Tianjun to inspect back and forth and be a supervisor.

This road construction army was busy for two hours, and it was already noon, Liu Renjie first ordered the people to suspend the construction, rest first, and then order the men to distribute lunch.

When the road builders heard that lunch could be distributed, they excitedly brought all kinds of utensils they had prepared, such as pottery bowls, pottery pots, and other things, and prepared to serve them for dinner.

When these hungry people ran to the place where lunch was being distributed and looked at the food on the table, they were stunned.

As for why they were stunned, it was because of the sumptuous lunch!

Since road construction is a manual work, Liu Renjie will naturally provide meat for the people who build roads, and in addition to meat, he also provides seasonal vegetables and fruits.

The people originally thought that the food provided by the government should be thin porridge that could show the shadow of a person, but in fact it was real rice.

They also thought that the side dishes provided by the government were at most pickles and other stalls, but who knew that the dishes provided by the government not only had meat, but also vegetables and fruits.

It's just Chinese New Year! Is this still a fucking government?

When the people finished their meal and burped, they thought they were dreaming.

Some people thought that this lunch was so delicious that they wanted to bring some back for their own families to taste, so they deliberately added a big bowl when they were eating, but then did not finish it, intending to take it back secretly.

Such behavior naturally cannot escape Liu Renjie's eyes.

Liu Renjie immediately ordered his subordinates to arrest these people who loved to take advantage of small things and sentenced them to death with sticks.

When these greedy people were sentenced to stick punishment, Liu Renyu said very seriously to the onlookers: "I know that everyone is in some difficulties at the moment, but this meal is only for the people who build the road, and if you can't eat it yourself, you have to take it back to your own family to eat." This is the rule, please follow it, if you don't follow it, you can only be punished, please remember. ”

Liu Renjie warned the onlookers, and then said to his subordinates: "Beat a stick, it's good to beat it." ”

"Yes, Second Master." Liu Renjie's subordinates got the order, so they made a lot of effort, aimed at the buttocks of the people lying on the ground, and beat them down with a stick.

"Bang", there was a muffled sound, and the thunderous stick hit the buttocks of the criminals, which immediately brought a burst of screams.

The onlookers saw their unruly companions being beaten, and they all subconsciously touched their buttocks.

After Liu Renjie was beaten with sticks by the people who committed the crime, he swept around the crowd with an expressionless face.

The people don't dare to touch Liu Renjie's moldy head now, so wherever Liu Renjie's eyes see, the people's eyes will avoid it, and they will definitely not look at Liu Renjie.

Liu Renjie glanced at the people majestically for a while, then withdrew his gaze and ordered to the few people who loved to take advantage of small advantages: "Okay, you all get up and pour back all the food in your bowls and basins for me." ”

Those people listened to Liu Renjie's order and hurriedly poured back the extra food they had taken.

After Liu Renjie watched the people return to the ranks of the road construction army in a gloomy manner, he ordered: "Rest for a quarter of an hour, and then continue to work." ”

Liu Renjie heard Liu Renyu say that working just after eating is not good for the body, especially the stomach, so he specially ordered the people to take a rest.

And because the food was so delicious, the people all ate round stomachs, and it was really uncomfortable to work immediately, so Liu Renjie said that they could rest, and everyone sat on the ground, drank water, and chatted.

A quarter of an hour was not a long time, and when the people had rested, they all got up and continued to shout trumpets, and worked hard to dig up the earth.

The distance of the three-mile road is not very long, more than 3,000 people excavated, and the manpower was enough, plus Liu Renyu paid and took care of the food, and Liu Renjie clearly said that if he was to get more wages and eat more food provided by the government, he would not only be punished corporarily, but also fined, so the people worked very hard, for fear of being judged by Liu Renjie as a foreign worker.

Therefore, in two days, the dirt road from the west gate of Jingbian Fort to the garrison was dug and sunk by as much as a foot.

Liu Renjie saw that the foundation had been dug up, so he sent someone to report to Liu Renyu.

When Liu Renyu received the news, he sent a technician from the cement manufacturing institute as a technical guide to Jingbianbao to build a cement road.