Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, more than 4,000 people and more than 13,000 Rouran captives had just settled in Wuchuan, and before they had time to set up a camp, Xue Andu sent someone from Nantianbao to send news that Emperor Tuoba Jian's army had defeated Du Chao, the commander of the puppet emperor's camp in Jinling.

More than 3,000 people were killed, more than 5,000 people were captured, and countless grains and grass were seized.

Du Chao retreated to kill the tiger with more than 6,000 remnants of the defeated army, Shanwu County is also strengthening the city defense, and all the passes leading to Pingcheng are strengthening their defenses and increasing their troops.

Zhao Junsheng wrote a memo, and the messenger who sent the letter brought it back, and Xue Andu sent someone to send it to the Jinling camp, which was a recital asking the emperor to allocate a batch of grain and grass to support the Wuchuan army in building the city.

For Zhao Junsheng, if he doesn't ask the emperor, the emperor thinks that he can solve it himself, and he will definitely not care, only when he explains his difficulties, the emperor knows how difficult it is for him to be here, to feed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it is obviously not enough to rely on self-sufficiency.

That night, Zhao Junsheng convened all the people to discuss the matter of building a city and opening up the wasteland.

The tent was lit with oil lamps, which attracted many mosquitoes, and the weather was relatively hot, and the generals who came to the meeting did not wear armor, but only thin shirts, and some even showed their breasts.

Hua Mulan was very annoyed by this, slapped the table and said, "This is a military discussion, not a common thing!" You are military generals, not people! Look at you, all of them are not neatly dressed, and are there any rules? I leave here today, and whoever from now on comes to discuss matters like this today, and he will be beaten with thirty rods! ”

The generals were originally very hot, but now they feel cold all over.

Seeing that these people were silent, Hua Mulan thought that they didn't take her seriously and only listened to Zhao Junsheng, so she turned her head to look at Zhao Junsheng and immediately asked, "General Zhao, what do you say?" ”

"Ahem, that ······" Zhao Junsheng's face was slightly red, he himself was only wearing a thin shirt, and Hua Mulan was the only one wearing leather armor among all the people present.

"I blame me for this, I shouldn't have set the time for the deliberations at night, not only is it hot at night, but there are also many mosquitoes, and it is very inconvenient to discuss the proceedings, but General Hua's suggestion is very good, so it was decided, no matter what and where in the future, as long as it is a formal occasion, no one is allowed not to wear armor, and the offender will be beaten with thirty military sticks! In the future, General Hua's words will be my words, who dares not to listen, all military law will be conducted, do you hear it? ”

All the generals stood up together and clenched their fists and agreed: "Yes!" ”

"Okay, sit down!"

The generals sat down neatly.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to Mulan and said, "General Hua, you arrange the task!" ”

Hua Mulan was slightly satisfied, looked at everyone, and said, "Tomorrow, the horse official, the cattle official, and the sheep official will each take two hundred Rouran people to graze and go farther!" ”

The three petty officers in charge of the cattle stood up and agreed together: "Yes, General! ”

Hua Mulan continued to arrange: "Cao Jiao, you take three battalions of infantry, 3,000 people, and 8,000 Rouran captives to open up the wasteland five miles away from here, and give you half a month at most, you must dig 50,000 acres of fertile land for me, not only that, but dig a ditch for irrigation, and sow the wheat seeds!" The tools for digging ditches in the wasteland will be built by a team of craftsmen, who will work day and night to do their best to build tools for you! If you ask Pei Jin for food, he will be responsible for providing it to you! ”

Zhao Junsheng took out a map and hung it on the wall at this time, beckoned to Cao Jiao, and said to him: "Look, the location where our current camp is located is the center of Wuchuan City in the future, the length of the city wall is five miles long from east to west and north to south, you can't close to the city wall to open up the wasteland, you must be at least two or three miles away from the city wall, if Wuchuan Town needs to expand outward for future development, this will have enough room for expansion, understand?" ”

Cao Jiao looked at the map, hugged his fists and agreed: "Understood!" ”

Hua Mulan continued to arrange manpower: "Gao Xu, you take the remaining three battalions of infantry, the remaining more than 1,000 people, and 5,000 Rouran captives to carry tools, chariots and horses to the mountains to cut rattans, trees, and mining stones and transport them to the surrounding area of the camp to pile them up!" Rattan is used to weave the frame for picking soil, wood is used to make beams, castle towers, and stone is used to build the town general's mansion! ”

Gao Xu got up and clenched his fists and agreed: "Yes!" ”

Hua Mulan glanced at Gao Xiu, "Gao Xiu, your task is to lead the three battalions of cavalry to practice and maintain the safety of the camp, and send more scouts out to guard the cavalry to prevent people and enemies from sneaking attacks!" ”

"Yes!"

"Pei Jin, your task is to prepare every meal and drinking water for everyone, and take care of the grain and grass! Meals and drinking water are best solved nearby, and it is a waste of time to send them around! ”

"Yes, General!"

Hua Mulan nodded, "I'll just say so much, does General Zhao have anything else to add?" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Jiao Yunzhe, the leader of the craftsman team, and said: "Tomorrow, the masons of the craftsman team will be sent over, and this general will take them to draw the baseline of the city wall and the line of the moat!" ”

"Yes!"

"Where's the medical officer!"

Medical Officer Yang Si stood up and saluted, "My subordinates are here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed: "A few military doctors should be sent to guard each place where they work, and once they find patients who faint, suffer from heat stroke, and work injuries, they must be treated in time, so that the military doctors can bring enough medicinal materials!" ”

"Yes, General!"

After the military meeting, the generals dispersed.

Wan Yutong walked in, and Mulan was puzzled: "Miss Wan, ······ you?"

Originally, Wan Yutong was supposed to follow Wan Du Gui together, but the emperor's army had to fight along the way, which was too dangerous, so Wan Du Gui asked Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan to take care of her, let her stay with them, and wait for him to settle down in the future before taking Wan Yu Tong over.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were not good at saving Wandugui's face, so they had to agree.

Wan Yutong said softly: "I heard so much just now, but you didn't arrange something for me to do, I can't eat rice here, right?" ”

In front of Mulan, Zhao Junsheng didn't have too much intersection with Wan Yutong, so he threw this matter to Mulan, and he went to patrol the camp.

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said to Wan Yutong: "In this way, Gao Xiu will take 3,000 cavalry to stay in the camp to practice and be responsible for the safety here, it is inevitable that the soldiers and generals will inevitably have injuries and illnesses, you will see the wounded soldiers and the sick, tomorrow morning I will ask someone to build a camp tent for you to see a doctor, what do you think?" ”

Wan Yutong had a smile on his face, "That's great, thank you, General Hua!" ”

"I said it, you still call me Mulan, you call me General Hua, it's awkward to hear me!"

"That'······ All right! ”

Early the next morning, the various groups departed one after another, taking with them a large number of tools, as well as horses and oxen to pull carts and plows.

In order to reclaim 50,000 mu of fertile land within half a month, it is necessary to use a large number of iron ploughs and cattle and horses, and Zhao Junsheng has no shortage of cattle and horses.

The cattle were led by a special person, the iron plough was in charge, and a large number of slaves were behind them to break up the ploughed earth, and there were also people digging ditches for irrigation, although the water from the river had not yet been brought in, but the canals had to be dug out first.

An ox and an iron plough can plough three acres a day for one person, but with the addition of manpower and livestock, an iron plough can plough six acres a day, and according to this algorithm, nearly 600 iron plows are needed to reclaim 50,000 mu of land in half a month.

Fortunately, this expedition to Mobei captured a large number of Rouran people's weapons, pots and other iron horses, plus the plowshares of the iron plough are not difficult to build, and the blacksmiths and carpenters work together to make more than 200 iron plows in one day.

The surplus slaves were turned over with hoes, shovels and other tools under the leadership of the people, and a person could turn over more than an acre in a day.

On the other side, Gao Xu led the infantry, the people, and the Rouran captives to cut rattan and weave it into baskets, and transported the wood of Dagen back in a horse-drawn cart, but the demand for stone was not much, and this required less manpower and animal power.

When batches of rattan and timber were brought back, the officials began to organize the men to weave baskets, and the captives to peel off the bark of the timber and expose the wood to the sun.

Wet wood can not be made of beams, must be dried, some wood to be sawn into planks after drying, planks have many functions, can be used to make molds when building the city wall, the mold is done directly to fill the soil, and then the soil is tamped, drenched, and then tamped, and then the mold is removed in a few days, and the adobe city wall is become.

Wooden planks can also be used for rafters for wooden houses and roofs, various furniture, and wooden utensils.

"Right here, this location serves as the southeast corner of the city wall!" Zhao Junsheng said from a position.

When a mason heard this, he stepped forward and scooped a scoop of lime and drew a circle on the spot pointed by Zhao Junsheng, while several other masons used the circle as the center to pull the line and nail the stake to the north and west.

A stake was nailed to each thirty zhang, and after the line was straightened, a mason drew a thick line of lime along the thin line in the grass with lime.

According to Zhao Junsheng's stipulation that the width of the city wall was three zhang, the masons drew a parallel lime line outside the three zhang of the lime line, and the lime line extended in the same direction for two days.

Mulan asked, "Where is the moat dug?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Of course, it is dug outside the city wall, about two zhang or so, and all the soil used to dig the moat is used to build the city wall. ”

Mulan nodded, and asked as she walked, "How long do you think it will take to build the city wall?" ”

"It's not good to say this for the time being, it depends on the progress of construction, and I hope to build the city wall and the houses in the city before winter, otherwise this winter will be difficult!"

Five days later, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were leading the masons to plan the area of the city, planning the residential areas, the shop area, the military area, the horse market, the livestock trading area, the official office and the living area of the officials and military generals.

"General Qiyu, Master Pei Bo asked the villain to report to the general that the businessman Qiao Yicheng has arrived!" A soldier came to report to Zhao Junsheng and Mulan.

Hua Mulan was puzzled: "What did you ask Pei Jin to do with the businessman?" ”

"In the past, when we were short of food and grass, we were looking for this Qiao Yuanwai to solve it, at that time I allowed his caravan to enter and leave Nantianbao freely, and in return, he provided us with 10,000 people for half a year's food, the agreed time has been a few months, it's time to sign a new agreement with him, and we just need food, grass and other living materials now!"

"Or ······ Shall you go talk to him? Zhao Junsheng looked at Mulan.

"Me? You used to talk to him, how can I talk about it? Mulan wondered.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "You are a woman, you don't have to worry about your face, you can ask him for more food, the more the better, it doesn't matter if the lion opens his mouth, in case the conversation collapses, I can still save the field."

"I find you really cunning!" Hua Mulan looked at Zhao Junsheng carefully, as if she didn't know him.

Zhao Junsheng's face fell, "Hey, how can you say that about your husband?" Who am I working for? Not for this home? ”

Mulan hurriedly covered her ears, "Oh my God, I'm afraid of you, can't I go?" ”

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