"Ordered the Xin'an County Duke, the Champion General, the Shanghu Army, the Palace Front Commander, the Deputy Commander, the Zhiwan'an Army, and the Longque Army all commanded Zhao Mengbeijie Town, Wan'an Army, and Wanning Zhujun Town. Rectify the armament, proclaim the pacification and govern the people, and prepare for the capture of the clouds. ”

Among Zhao Hunt's many titles, the invisible and untouchable "Governor of Guangzhou" was finally removed and replaced with a real "Zhiwan Anjun". Although the army is only from the fifth rank, this is a real job, much better than those vain scattered officials. In addition, his various lords have also been promoted, such as the former county marquis was promoted to the county prince, and the original general was from the third rank of Yunlu, which was promoted to the champion general of the three ranks, and the commander was also the upper protector of the three grades; The position of the front division of the palace was also promoted to the deputy commander of the capital, which was below Su Liuyi.

Zhao Lie is now almost a battle and has been promoted to a bunch of lord titles. If it is in a peaceful and prosperous era, these lords are naturally a rare honor, not to mention a series of corresponding preferential treatment. It's a pity that in troubled times, these are just gimmicks, and they don't deserve their name. For Zhao Lie, these virtual titles can be dispensed without, and only two titles need to be left: Zhiwan'an Army and Dragon Bird Army are all in charge.

Seeing off the chamberlain who delivered the decree, Zhao Lie was in a good mood. Now, Wan'an Army, including Wanning County, is finally in charge of his own affairs.

To be honest, regardless of whether he is governing the army or the people, Zhao Lie has no experience. But what does it matter? He can't do it himself, and he can't govern the people who will do it. Isn't that the case for future generations of professional managers? Not to mention the later generations, even the current kings of the Song Dynasty, don't they also pay attention to "vertical arch and rule".

Civil affairs can be delegated, but the army can not be released, those who do not understand can learn, and there are ready-made generals to ask for advice.

However, for Zhao Lie, the top priority is not to study, but to build a city and rebuild the Wan'an Military City.

Wanning Beach can be landed everywhere, and with his little force, it is unrealistic to want to establish a beachhead to prevent the Yuan army from landing on the beach. Although Chilong Mountain can be built to play a certain role in diversion, if the enemy's strength is far more than the defenders, only part of the troops need to be divided to surround Chilong Mountain, and the diversion effect is limited. Wan'an County is similar to a village, and its defense is not as good as a fort in the Central Plains, so it can't be counted on at all. In the end, facing the Mengyuan army, it could only be Wan'an Military City.

Due to the lack of source materials such as iron and gunpowder, although there is a coaxing ordnance base, it is difficult to cook without rice. Due to this restriction, it is difficult for the Dragon Sparrow Army to expand rapidly in a short period of time. Considering that there are too few Song people in Qiongzhou and there are many difficulties in recruiting from the Central Plains, it can be predicted that for a long time in the future, the total strength of the Longque Army will not be more than 1,000 people.

With thousands of people resisting tens of thousands of Mengyuan troops, it is impossible to defend itself without a strong city. The reconstruction of the military city is imperative.

There are only three things to build a city: money, food, and materials.

At the moment, Zhao Hunt is not short of money, and he still has a boatload of treasures that he has not used. In terms of food, he brought enough 400 men with him for a month, and when he captured the Wan'an army, he had just used one-third. The Wan'an Army also has thousands of stone rice and grain reserves, and even if nearly 1,000 new annexes are collected, it is still enough to support a month. In terms of materials, Zhao Lie decided to build an earth city. Wan'anjun still has a lot of kaolin, and wood, sand and stone are everywhere, so there is no shortage of materials. In addition to recruiting some local acquaintances, the labor service is mainly based on surrendering troops.

Everything was ready, and Zhao Lie immediately summoned Guo Chenggui, the young superintendent of the ordnance, to inquire about the construction of the city.

The name of Guo Dajiang is not called in vain, although he mainly attacks weapons and armor, but he knows all kinds of work, and this city building is of course not a problem.

Guo Chenggui said: "Although the Wan'an Military City has long fallen, the foundation of the wall still exists. Before that, there were thieves stationed in the camp, removing weeds, leveling the land, dredging wells and ditches, and building walls and padding soil. Building a city on this basis can be described as twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zhao Lie nodded frequently, he had carefully looked at the site of Wan'an Military City, the city wall was abandoned, but the wall foundation was still basically intact. The foundation of the wall was made of large blocks of stone, nearly a zhang thick and several feet deep. Historically, the foundation of this wall is one of the most time-consuming materials. If it takes two months to build a small military city of about a dozen acres like Wan'anjun, then at least one month will be spent on the foundation of the wall. Therefore, rebuilding according to the old site of the wall foundation is indeed twice the result with half the effort.

Guo Chenggui asked: "Can all be wrapped in bricks?" ”

Zhao Lie shook his head. The time is tight and the task is heavy, so you can only build an earth city, limited to the conditions, and it is impossible to wrap bricks. Anyway, judging from the ability to attack fortifications in this era, Tucheng is enough. Although Tucheng is not durable, how could he Zhao Hunt be trapped here for a long time? No matter how bad Tucheng is, it can last ten or eight years, will he stay here for so long?

Clarifying the intention of the capital to control the city, Guo Chenggui began to gush: "Although the earth city is built of earth, it is not made of soil at will. It must be made of white ash, fine sand, and clay, mixed in appropriate proportions, and poured into wooden molds. Each three feet is a layer, and then paved with sand and gravel, tamped, and then concocted in the same way. There are also glutinous rice that is boiled into juice and mixed with sand and soil to make it stronger......"

Zhao Lie suddenly realized that he was building the city at that time, and he used Sanhe soil.

In the Song Dynasty, Sanhe soil was used in large quantities for city building, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was widely used for city building and road paving. The so-called Sanhe soil, which is said to be soil, is not soil, but ancient simple concrete, similar to the so-called Roman mortar used by the Romans to build city fortifications, which plays the role of mixing and condensing building materials such as masonry. The main components are hydrated lime, clay and fine sand, which basically account for one-third of the proportion, but the proportion in actual use mainly depends on the sand content of the soil, and at the same time increase the proportion of hydrated lime, the coagulation effect will be better.

At that time, the city wall was basically built of triple soil, which was also sturdy and durable, especially the glutinous rice juice, which was as hard as stone, and not much worse than cement in later generations. However, after all, Sanhe soil still does not get rid of the "earthy nature", and it is most worthy of being soaked in heavy rain, and the old Wan'an Military City was destroyed in this way. In terms of water insulation, concrete has an absolute advantage in later generations.

Of course, Zhao Lie couldn't make any cement, he was a probationary police officer, not a chemical engineer. Just get a formula, limited by the times and conditions, it is impossible to make it. If anyone can make qualified cement casually, what will the cement plant of the future be?

"Lao Guo, this burden will be handed over to you." Zhao Lie smiled, "I appoint you as the city construction supervisor. Rebuild the military city, leave a name in history, and the merit of building the city will be rewarded. ”

Guo Chenggui rubbed his hands, looking excited, not only for the reward, but also for the construction of the city was a grand event at that time, to be able to preside over the construction of a city, and to be able to record the name of the stone, it was really an honorable thing.

Just as Zhao Lie and Guo Chenggui were discussing the construction of the city in detail, suddenly a black figure pushed the door in, panting: "Report, report the capital, no, it's not good......"

Zhao Lie turned his head and frowned, "Black Pill, what's the alarm?" ”

"The new attached army has surrendered, and if you don't accept the screening, you're making trouble, it's going to be noisy!"