When Zhang Huangyan was facing a large number of documents and materials, Zhu Chenggong's car went out of the Fujian Mansion to inspect.

Zhu Chenggong, who usually likes to be an otaku, had a hard time getting out of the door for a while, but a few delusional speculators in the gatehouse didn't know what bear-hearted leopard gall they had eaten, and ran out of the porch, shouting loudly for Zhu Chenggong in the carriage.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang!" After two Wang Ye, it was an incomprehensible Wu language, which was like a chicken and a duck for Zhu Chenggong, who was in Fujian most of the time.

Naturally, Zhu Chenggong couldn't hear what these people were muttering, and he didn't want to hear it, "Knock it out." ”

With a slight wave of their hands, several black guards with skin like black charcoal pounced fiercely, grabbed the scabbard and greeted them, and the iron scabbard smashed them crying dad and mother.

Driving away these annoying flies, Zhu Chenggong snorted and thought to himself in the carriage.

There was a long sigh from the carriage. "What a cocoon!" Zheng Jun attacked the city by blowing up the city wall, and although he got the southeast wealth, the 200,000 soldiers under his command ate the autumn tax in an instant, and there was no manpower and material resources to build the Nanjing city wall. Needless to say, if the Qing army could cross the Yangtze River, it would definitely greet the place where it collapsed. It wasn't until a few days ago that Zhu Chenggong ordered the gap to be repaired. But in this era, not to mention tower cranes and the like, there is no even Portland cement, and the huge city bricks that built the Nanjing city wall are difficult to produce in large quantities for a while. The offensive and defensive momentum is easy, but the original breakthrough point has now become a weakness, which makes Zhu Chenggong cry and laugh.

There are few pedestrians on the street, but it is convenient for Zhu Chenggong's car. Four white horses raised their hooves and stirred up dust one after another on the loess pavement. The violent bumps of the carriage without springs were like a roller coaster, allowing the honorable owner in the carriage to maintain a trace of sobriety in panic.

"Alas, even if we fail in the end, as long as we can stabilize our position, we may be able to recapture the ...... of Nanjing."

"Our army is good at water warfare, even if the situation is bad, most of them can stabilize Songjiang and Hangzhou according to the advantages of the sea, but the food source is not as easy to solve at this time. The disadvantages of the military tun at the beginning of the country are just around the corner. ”

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly the carriage shook violently, almost making Zhu Chenggong's whole body fly, and the heater on the car also fell and rolled to the side of the road.

Before Zhu Chenggong was angry, he heard the scolding and beating in front of the car, and the old servants who were accompanying him hurriedly came up to confess.

"Who's in the way?"

"It's just a madman who doesn't have long eyes and eats the heart of a bear and a leopard."

"Crazy?" Zhu Chenggong snorted, turned over and got out of the car, "This king wants to see what kind of madman is so bold." ”

The old servant had a panicked look in his eyes, but he didn't dare to stop it, so he had to follow tremblingly.

"Stop fighting."

The guard stopped, and pinned the two men with disheveled capes to the ground.

"Tell me, who are you?"

"Master, we are all children living in nearby families, and the price of rice is getting higher and higher this month, and the family can't open the pot, so we have to come out to beg for food. Please... Please give it up, sir. ”

The older children did their best to keep their words clear, while the younger children cried directly.

Zhu Chenggong has read countless people, and at first glance he feels that there is no problem: if it is really a child from a nearby family who comes to beg for food, then the hunger is enough to overcome fear, and people are often more sober when they are hungry, and if they are well-fed, they are often prone to nervous stage fright. As for the beggars, just look at their hair and you can tell the difference from their skin.

After asking a few more questions, Zhu Chenggong ordered someone to reward the two children with some loose silver and let them go back to their homes. When he turned around, he saw the old servant kneeling down and begging for mercy.

Zhu Chenggong's face showed an indifferent expression, and his lips moved extremely slightly: "You have followed me since I was a child, so I will go back to guard the tomb of my ancestors." ”

The old servant wanted to plead something, but finally closed his mouth and nodded meekly.

When Zhu Chenggong entered the city, he entered through the city gate instead of the gap, and the few times he went out of the city was also through the city gate, and when he arrived at the gap, he found that the problem was far more serious than he thought. Although the Min Wangfu has mobilized materials from all over the place to plug this opening, but it is only at the gap to make a female wall a little higher than one person, if the Qing army successfully crosses the river, it is completely possible to let the cannonballs fly directly into the city from here, at this time there is already the prototype of the incendiary bomb, the red-hot iron ball is shot out with the general's cannon, and the fire in the city of Nanjing will be everywhere.

Seeing the honor guard of King Min, the officers in charge of repairing the gap hurriedly greeted him.

"What do you think can you do to build this gap in fifteen days?"

"Back to the prince, under the existing conditions, this section of the wall can be heightened to about two zhang."

Two feet... Zhu Chenggong compared it and found that it was probably less than half of the surrounding city wall. Although this height can stop a lot of shells, it will still become the focus of the Qing army's attack. What's more, compared with the Nanjing City Wall, which is built in years, this section of the current wall can have half the strength.

"What about the thickness, can it be thicker than it is now?" Looking at the thin section of the earthen wall, the worry in Zhu Chenggong's heart could not be removed, if it weren't for the fear that the weather would become cold, the Yangtze River would be completely frozen, Zhu Chenggong would have wanted to move back to the ship directly.

“emm……”

The officer's heart burned.

I thought of the old boss who greeted him a few days ago, and the servants of the big people who had benefited him, and more importantly, the shiny silver ingots in my yard...

Actually, if you answer, "If you can fill in the same thickness," maybe it will be fine.

As soon as the prince leaves, he will deduct the materials when he should deduct the materials, and he will pay less if he should pay less wages. The filial piety of the foreman is the filial piety of the foreman...

But...

As a part of a big network, he doesn't know what those people have done, but Zhu Chengcheng has come here once, and naturally he can come a second time, and when the time comes, will he still have the life to spend this money?

Thinking of his young child, the officer was very sure that his family property would not be saved.

Or, as the gentleman said, when the time comes, blow up this piece directly?

The more he thought about it, the more sweat fell from the officer's forehead.

"Thickness, it depends on the specific situation..."The officer snorted, racing against time to try to decide his fate.

"What are the specific conditions? If there is a shortage of manpower and material resources, this king will do his best to meet it. This is the top priority for millions of soldiers and civilians! ”

Zhu Chenggong clearly expressed the importance of this gap, indeed, as the largest city in China and even in the world, Nanjing's ownership has great influence in politics, economy and military. The attribution of Nanjing, to a large extent, depends on such a section of the city wall.

Standing on the bluestone pavement, Zhu Chenggong's eyes passed through the suburbs outside the city wall and through thousands of households, as if he saw a withered but still somewhat vibrant land in the south of the Yangtze River.

The officer hung his head, still struggling with whether he should confess or not.

If you confess, you will inevitably not be punished, but if you don't confess, you may be beheaded directly next time, or the Tartars will attack here... Can you still save your net worth and life?