Zhang Chao and his craftsmen also carefully began to observe the terrain here, after looking at it, they felt that Xiao Tianjian's idea was really good, if the reservoir was built, and the waterwheel was built, then not to mention what benefits would be obtained from the iron work, the mill alone would save a lot of animal power, and it could greatly increase the output of the mill, so Xiao Tianjian said that it was unanimously supported by almost everyone here.

And there was only one person who didn't want to, that was Fan Yutong who came with him, and Fan Yutong immediately said: "How can this work!" If you build a dam to stop these streams, won't you destroy such a beautiful beauty? ”

Xiao Tianjian paused for a moment, he didn't expect this little girl in this era to have such a strong sense of environmental protection, so he smiled: "We can't think about it so much now, now our first priority in the Xingtian Army is to become strong as soon as possible, as for the scenery here, there are many mountains in this area, only this one, building a dike, can not destroy much of the beauty of this place, not to mention that once the dike is completed, there will be several large reservoirs here, and then build a waterwheel, it will form another scenery!" ”

Although Fan Yutong was not happy that Xiao Tianjian would destroy the beautiful scenery here, he couldn't stop him from doing so, so he closed his mouth angrily and ran to the side to see the scenery.

For the construction of the dam, many people are involved, carpenters, stonemasons, and masons, fortunately, in this year, no matter where Xing Tianjun goes, he first considers recruiting people with skills, and Xing Tianjun is not lacking in this kind of talent at present, which is inseparable from Xiao Tianjian's previous preparations in advance.

So these people did what they said, and immediately arranged for people to start looking at the terrain here, choosing the location of the dam, calculating the amount of work here, etc., Xiao Tianjian couldn't interfere with these things, he just arranged the work from his height, and in terms of details, he had professionals of this era to complete.

In the past few days, Xiao Tianjian has traveled to all the places in Shuangfeng Village, and has a detailed understanding of the various construction situations here, on the one hand, he admires the wisdom of the craftsmen of this era, and at the same time feels anxious about the low productivity of this era, because in the past, he was only busy fighting, grabbing money and grain to feed such a large group of people, and now his focus began to shift to the construction, so looking at the completely manual process, he began to miss the machinery of later generations.

Originally, many things, if there was machinery, were simply easy things, but now, it is all made by craftsmen, not only the effectiveness is low, not to mention the quality of the finished product can not be completely unified, and the quality of the product can not be guaranteed, especially in the iron work, it is even more scary with a high scrap rate.

Originally, in his opinion, a lot of iron materials that can be made of guns can be sent into the iron work, but when a finished product comes out, more than 50% of the raw materials will be wasted, or even more than 80% of the raw materials, in order to obtain a so-so qualified gun pipe.

And this kind of waste is simply unacceptable to him, so Xiao Tianjian has walked down in Shuangfeng Village in the past few days, and the biggest feeling is the yearning for machinery.

However, he also knows that it is not a simple thing to get machinery out of a hurry, and it is not a pat on the head to make it, the reason why he proposed to build a dam in Shuangfeng Village and build a waterwheel is the first step to obtain available machinery, and then through hydraulic power, to gradually obtain some water conservancy machinery, design some simple machinery, and then gradually create other machinery, and design, now it is not a problem for him, it can even be said to be a matter of hand, but want to build these machinery, I'm afraid there are a lot of problems involved, the most important thing is the problem of materials, which requires steel of various hardnesses, and obtaining these materials is by no means a simple matter, just this one, it is enough for Xiao Tianjian to have a headache.

He used to study mechanical design, but he had never been exposed to steelmaking, so if he wanted to engage in machinery, he had to start with basic materials.

At present, although Dongye Town is a local iron ore, it can also smelt iron, and it can smelt raw iron, but this is only the foundation, if you want to obtain a large number of steel, the current conditions are not yet reached, and this time he asked Yang Changshou to build a new type of bird gun, the reason why it took so long to create the first new bird gun, the key is not that Yang Changshou has no ability, but before making a new bird gun, Yang Changshou must rebuild a complete set of basic tools, which not only involves the problem of molds, The key is the material of the mold, the hardness of the mold must be large enough, the most important thing is to make the molds used in the manufacture of the gun, one is the core iron rod of the coiled gun, the hardness must be strong enough, and then the whole set of four-edged drill bits used in the barrel of the gun, the material is absolutely not soft, and there will be no edges after a few drills, so the hardness must meet the standard of high-carbon steel.

Don't look at this kind of thing in the future world is like playing, you can buy it with money, but now it depends on the experience of craftsmen, repeatedly forging and quenching to create it, don't look at him Xiao Tianjian is a person who has traveled through time, with a lot of rich knowledge in later generations, but if he wants to do these things, Xiao Tianjian can only talk on paper, if he is serious, give him a few years to get this, and if he doesn't do it, he will also be blind.

So he was in a hurry, but this meal still had to be eaten one bite at a time, and Xiao Tianjian couldn't come in a hurry.

But even so, this time he came to Shuangfeng Village can be said to have gained a lot, so many craftsmen recruited from the homeless people in advance, it can be said that they have played a vital role in the reconstruction of this place, making the progress here very fast, even beyond his expectations.

At present, if the Lotus Village is the local political center of his Xingtian Army, then the Shuangfeng Village is the industrial center of his Xingtian Army.

At present, among the three large-scale cottages of Lotus Village, Shuangfeng Village, and Black Dragon Village that he controls, the most dangerous terrain is Lotus Village, where Xiao Butcher has built a relatively complete fortification, and has fought against the government for a short time with Lotus Village, so it is not difficult to repair and defend in the future.

And the Black Dragon Village does not need to be considered for the time being, there is only a small team of soldiers stationed there, only to play a role in guarding the village, the focus is on this Shuangfeng Village, the reason why it is called Shuangfeng Village, is because Zhao Datong was originally the two adjacent hills here, and at the same time into his village, two mountains and a ditch, there are mountains and water, not worried about the shortage of water, but the terrain is not very dangerous, there has been a situation where the official army has been conquered before, but then the official army retreated, Zhao Datong made a comeback, It means that this place is not very easy to defend.

And now he has regarded this place as the industrial base of his Xingtian Army, so he has to pay attention to the defense situation here, after he inspected the walled wall and the walled gate here, Xiao Tianjian shook his head, and said to Zhang Chao: "Shuangfeng Zhai here, in the future, it will be the key point of our Xingtian Army, and this place must not be lost, so for the walled wall and walled gate here, it must be repaired again."

We are now taking advantage of the winter, a large number of local laborers are idle, before the beginning of spring, we must use these manpower to rebuild the walled wall here as soon as possible, and we must make this place a strong fortress, and we must not let the official army easily capture this place!

I have some ideas on how to rebuild, you can gather a few skilled craftsmen for me in a while, and we can discuss it! ”

Zhang Chao immediately nodded and agreed, there are stonemasons and masons in their village, many of them are skilled craftsmen, these people are now the backbone of the reconstruction of Shuangfeng Village, and it is no problem to find a few.

According to Xiao Tianjian's instructions, Zhang Chao found a few of the skilled craftsmen in the afternoon, and took them to find Xiao Tianjian, who was holding a carbon bar on paper at the desk.

After Xiao Tianjian heard the report of his guards, he immediately let them into the house, these craftsmen hurriedly knelt down to give Xiao Tianjian a salute, Xiao Tianjian smiled: "These vulgar rites are exempt, today I came to you, just to discuss with you, how to rebuild the Shuangfeng Village, don't be restrained, come around and take a look!" ”

Several craftsmen also heard that Xiao Tianjian did not have a shelf, so they all put away the restraint when they first came, and gathered around the table according to Xiao Tianjian's words, Zhang Chao, as the chief official here, naturally followed to the table and looked towards the table.

At this glance, everyone immediately recognized that on the paper in front of Xiao Tianjian, what was drawn was a plan of Shuangfeng Village, although it could not be said to be very accurate, but it was also roughly marked on the drawings with important markers, which was clear at a glance, which fully demonstrated Xiao Tianjian's good memory and ability to draw, which made several craftsmen feel quite surprised.

"Everyone, please see, I have drawn the general plan of our Shuangfeng Village, but I didn't mark the height or not! But that's enough.

Behind our Shuangfeng Village, straight into the mountains, there is only one way to go, I estimate that Zhao Datong stayed as his retreat, under normal circumstances, if our enemy wants to attack Shuangfeng Village from here, a large-scale attack is impossible, the enemy army can not enter the mountain at all, at most it is only a small scale to infiltrate, so it is not very important to defend here, only need simple fortifications, send a small number of soldiers to garrison, as long as you are not careless, it is basically fine!

The key is still the front, the terrain here is gentle, outside the walled gate, the enemy army is easy to arrange large siege equipment, and once it is an official army, it may also arrange heavy artillery, so this is our key!

The slope on the east side is also relatively gentle, there is a passage for transporting coal and iron in the wall, and the road is very wide, which is very conducive to the enemy army attacking the walled gate, so it is also a big hidden danger here.

As for the west side, the slope is steep, not too much to worry about, but there is a forest here, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy, although it is not conducive to attacking, but it is very suitable for the enemy to hide here, suddenly launch a surprise attack, if it is in the front and east side of the attack when a large number of enemy troops are attacking, here only a small number of enemy raids, it will also bring us destruction! Therefore, the method of dealing with it here is simple, one is to cut down all this forest, not a single log is left, and send more people to dig a big pit here, or to quarry here, so as not to leave a chance for the enemy! The wall doesn't need to be too strong, and sending a small number of people to garrison it is enough to deal with many enemy attacks!

The focus of what we are talking about is the front and the east side of the two mountain gates, I have seen in the past two days, the wall here is not more than a zhang high, and most of them are wooden structures, such a structure can not block the enemy's heavy artillery or siege equipment, so the walls of these two places must be completely rebuilt! The height must reach at least two zhang or more, and the structure must also be made of stone or rammed earth!

And the walled gate is so open can not be, facing the outside, if the enemy concentrates on heavy artillery bombardment, a few times the walled gate will be over, I heard that the year before last, the official army from here to attack the village once, Zhao Datong took his wife and children from the back mountain and fled, but this guy still does not accept the lesson, the rebuilt walled gate is still this virtue! With that, Xiao Tianjian threw the carbon strip on the drawing.

Several craftsmen and Zhang Chao laughed.