In order to cope with this colder than usual winter, people have worked hard to devote themselves to the construction of Xicheng District.

At present, the construction progress of Xicheng District is still very fast, the city wall has been completed after the siege of the county government in Taiping Road, the city wall built of bricks and stones, and the outside is plastered with a layer of cement, which is as solid as iron and stone. With such a rapid construction speed, even Xun Yu, who came to Yangzhai with his family, was stunned.

It is said that the construction method of the city wall at this time mostly used the ramming method. The ramming method is divided into the flat ramming method and the square tamping method, and in the Han Dynasty, the flat tamping method was usually used to build cities. The flat tamping method is also the plate construction method, that is, the two-sided plywood, which is filled with soil in the clamping plate and tamped with a pestle. Such a rammed city wall, although time-consuming and labor-intensive, is cheap and extremely solid, and the ancient Chinese people with their diligence and wisdom to explore the method of building the city. This method of building the city wall has created the architectural culture represented by clay in the Chinese nation.

The ancient Chinese mostly built with earth and wood: the city walls were mostly built with rammed earth, the palace rooms were mostly built with wood, and the royal palace rooms were mostly built on earthen platforms to show majesty. Therefore, when it comes to large-scale construction in China, it is said that it is "large-scale construction". Not only the walls and palaces, but also the roads were made of mud. Qin Shi Huang built a gallop road to show the majesty of the emperor, which was built with mud rammed flat, the road was wide and up to 50 steps, and pine trees were planted every three zhang on both sides of the road. And on both sides of the road were built earthen walls, which were reinforced with iron bars, like modern steel bars. This is the so-called "road wide fifty steps, three zhang and the tree, thick outside the outside, hidden with the golden vertebrae, the tree with green pine." ”

Correspondingly, there is the architectural culture represented by stone in the West. In ancient Rome, whether it was building temples or roads, stone was used, and even sculptures were made of stone. This is very different from China's architectural culture, but it has also formed its own unique architectural style.

In the Han Dynasty, walls were covered with bricks and stones about 45 centimeters long and filled with earth, while the thickness of the newly built walls reached more than 10 meters. Moreover, Guo Bin built a horse face every ten meters on the city wall to enhance the overall defense capability of the city wall.

The so-called horse noodles are first seen in the two articles of "Bei Ti" and "Bei Gaolin" in "Mozi", in which the "Xingcheng" is "horse noodles". It is a rectangular pier that protrudes from the wall, so that the defenders can attack the incoming enemy from the side, making it vulnerable on three sides, increasing the difficulty of the enemy's siege.

If the method of building the city wall is followed at this time, even a small project like the Xicheng District of Yangzhai County will take ten months to a year to complete. But the west city of Yangzhai is built with special long bricks on both sides of the city wall, digging earth outside the city to form a river, and then transporting these earth and stones to the city wall and filling it, saving the most labor-intensive ramming procedure, making the speed of building the city greatly accelerated.

The city wall of Yangzhai is about two zhang high, that is, a little more than four and a half meters, and is connected to the old city wall. "Historical Records of Yu Benji" said that Yu set himself as a zhang, with one-tenth of a ruler, so the man is called "husband". The summer ruler is actually only 4 inches and 8 minutes of today's market ruler, and Dayu is only 4 feet 8 inches, only 1.60 meters high. In the Han Dynasty, one foot was 23.1 centimeters, and ten feet was one zhang, so one zhang in the Han Dynasty was 231 centimeters.

In order to cope with the upcoming Yellow Turban Rebellion, Guo Bin not only built horse faces on the new city wall, but also built horse faces every ten meters at the old city wall in accordance with the specifications of the new city wall.

Zhang Fei, who came back from Zhuojun, looked at the newly built city wall, and sighed in his heart, and said to Guo Quan: "The lord is really powerful, it has only been more than a month, and the city wall has been built." ”

Guo Quan on the side said triumphantly: "Don't you know, when Fulong Villa was built, it only took more than a month, and even if it was to build the road from Fulong Villa to Yangzhai County, it only took more than two months. The cement developed by the lord is really unambiguous when it comes to construction! ”

Zhang Fei slapped Guo Quan's back and said, "Hey! What are you bragging about here, how powerful is the lord, I don't know how? ”

Guo Quan was obviously ravaged by Zhang Fei along the way, so although he was dissatisfied, he just pouted and stopped talking.

Returning to Yangzhai County, he naturally had a joyful reunion after a long absence.

When Guo Bin asked how many horses he had bought, Guo Quan immediately said excitedly: "Lord, I bought a total of 500 horses this time. He stretched out five fingers as he spoke.

Guo Jia kicked him and sneered: "Are you lazy, only five hundred horses, are you embarrassed to come back?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled and said to Guo Bin with a slight obscenity~ "Xiao Guo Quan can't say it all, lord, these five hundred horses are all excellent Wuhuan war horses!" ”

Looking at Zhang Fei's appearance, Guo Bin was angry and funny, thinking that this black man wanted to pretend to be obscene, which was really a bit out of tune, but he hadn't reacted to what Zhang Fei had just said.

Xi Zhicai on the side stood up in surprise and said excitedly: "The husband doesn't speak!" ”

Guo Quan rubbed his buttocks and said, "You can go and see for yourself, the horses are outside the city for people to watch." ”

At this time, Guo Bin reacted that the horses that Guo Quan and Zhang Fei bought back this time were different from the pack horses he bought before, they were all war horses!

For more than half a year, the horses that Guo Bin bought were all pack horses, even when Taiping Dao besieged the county government before, the 100 special forces rode were just short generals, and where could they ride war horses that could impact the enemy formation and participate in fierce battles?

At that moment, Guo Bin hurriedly pulled Zhang to fly out of the city, and a group of his subordinates also followed excitedly and left the county office.

When he came to the place, looking at the tall and well-proportioned war horses, Guo Bin's heart was hot: These are five hundred war horses! As long as they train for a period of time, Guan Yu's three hundred special forces will definitely be able to control them well, and the rest will be reserved for training. At that time, three hundred cavalry will charge into battle, what a grand scene it will be, that forced style, Guo Bin, who was a dick otaku in his previous life, could not imagine! Leading hundreds of cavalry to fight and charge is probably what every man's heart eagerly desires, right?

The horses that Guo Bin often rode were left by Tong Yuan at the beginning, and among the generals under him, except for Zhao Yunyou's mount, Guan Yu and the others all rode a horse. Therefore, seeing these five hundred war horses, not only Guo Bin was excited in his heart, but Guan Yu and Guan Hai were not overjoyed? In this era, a good horse is like a luxury car in later generations, if Guan Yu and the horse they rode before was a second-hand Alto, the legendary red rabbit horse is basically similar to the global limited edition Lamborghini.

So, after some disturbances, Guan Yu and Guan Hai both picked new mounts for themselves. And Zhang Fei and Guo Quan naturally chose themselves early.

At this time, Zhang Fei brought two middle-aged people over, looking at the costumes, like two businessmen. I saw that the two of them had mediocre faces, belonging to the kind that could not be found in the pile, and they seemed to be loyal and honest. It's just that in the two eyes, there is a firm gaze, and there is a flash of divine light from time to time.

When Guo Bin saw it, his face was solemn. When the two of them walked in front of him, Zhang Fei introduced: "My lord, these two big businessmen specialize in selling horses to Wuhuan, this one is named Zhang Shiping, and the other is named Su Shuang, who is from Zhongshan. This time, when the horse seller arrived in Zhuo County, a certain family and Guo Quan's boy wanted to buy a horse, but they happened to meet. When a certain family saw that they were selling good horses, they bought them all. These two learned that the lord wanted to buy a horse, so they had to follow me and let me introduce me, no, I brought it to you. ”

Guo Bin listened, his face remained unchanged, and when Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang knelt down to salute, Fang smiled and stepped forward to help the two of them, and said: "The two of you have come from afar, you have worked hard, please go to the county guest house for a while, if there is anything, it is not too late to talk about it after freshening up." ”

Seeing Guo Bin say this, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang glanced at each other, so they had to bow down and agree, and the sergeant took them down.

Seeing Zhang Fei's stunned face, he obviously couldn't imagine that Guo Bin, who had always been kind, could be so cold to Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang today.

Guo Bin said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, the business of buying horses this time is doing well. If my expectations are good, it must be that the two of them want to cooperate with me in Yangzhai County for a long time to sell horses. If you are doing business and talking about business, you must first take them. I have done this to them today in order to kill their spirits first. Tonight, Guo Jia will accompany you to arrange a reception banquet for them, and Guo Jia will be fully responsible for discussing business matters, so you can just eat and drink and be a middleman. ”

Zhang Fei said happily, and when he returned to Zhuo County, he had already drunk the blood of the ten heroes with him. The so-called "good wine" sold in Zhuo County was only drunk by Zhang Fei, who had lost his appetite with the blood of heroes. Now that I heard that I can drink it openly at night, I am naturally very excited. Guo Bin said anything else, but he didn't listen to it at all, he just rubbed his hands there and smirked, looking at Guo Bin helplessly.

At that moment, he pulled Guo Jia to give some instructions, paced, and went back to the county office.

That night, Guo Jia and Zhang Fei came forward to entertain Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping. The two saw that it was not Guo Bin who received them personally, and although they were quite disappointed, they did not say anything.

Originally, the Han Dynasty implemented a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and the status of merchants was greatly suppressed.

When Liu Bang founded the country, perhaps he was taught by the two major merchants of Ba County, the Qin Dynasty, Qing and Wushilu, who intervened in the government affairs, coupled with the national policy of resting with the people in the early Han Dynasty, and vigorously developing agriculture, he tried his best to suppress the social status of merchants who were not engaged in production, and "ordered merchants not to ride in cars with clothes and silk, and to embarrass them with heavy taxes to embarrass them."

Therefore, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, who are businessmen, are naturally unable to raise their heads in front of Guo Bin's county commander, not to mention that Guo Bin's experience of going from penniless to a wealthy businessman in half a year has become a legend in the business world of the Han Dynasty and the idol of the two.

In this transaction with Zhang Fei, after the two learned that it was Guo Bin's business, they gave up a part of the profits, and the purpose was to catch Guo Bin's line through Zhang Fei. If you can really get in touch with Guo Bin, the well-known "anxious and righteous little Meng" on the rivers and lakes, the green forest heroes who have to deal with along the way will have to sell face.