The Swedes made a list of supplies, mostly building materials, such as masonry, that would be used to build new forts, replacing the original open chest ramrest with a semi-enclosed fort. There were also some special equipment www.biquge.info the Pen "Fun" Pavilion, such as crucibles and pig iron, which were used to strengthen the gaps in the masonry, and the Swedes knew that cement could not be found in China for the time being, and they planned to strengthen the fortress structure in the form of pouring the stone joints directly with molten iron to form a butterfly-shaped connecting cable.

In addition to the materials, they needed people, and they hoped to recruit three hundred workers for them.

"These things are not difficult to find, bricks and stones can be found in Xin'an, if not enough, I can also transfer from Guangzhou, the Lianhuashan Quarry in Panyu is close to Shiziyang, and it can be transported to Humen Fortress in half an hour directly on the ship."

Zhu Jinglun looked at their list and felt that foreigners were still moved, and there were no special requirements, but in this era, it seems that Western buildings are mostly brick and stone buildings, and cement buildings are not popular enough.

It's just that Zhu Jinglun has a doubt: "As for this person?" Only 300 people are needed, because it can't be used on the construction site? ”

The speed of construction is slow if there are fewer people, which Zhu Jinglun knows very well, and the Humen Fortress is a big project, although there are only forty large artillery positions, but there are also attached small artillery positions and so on, which constitute a total of three lines of defense.

The first is the Shajiao Fort on the east bank of the outer end of the Pearl River Estuary, which used to be equipped with 12 guns, and the Dajiao Fort on the west bank, which is equipped with 16 guns. It is used to monitor the nose piercing and the command station.

The second line of defense is located seven miles behind the first line of defense. On the east bank, there is the Nanshan Weiyuan Fort with 40 guns, the Jingyuan Fort with 60 guns and 40 guns with the Zhenyuan Fort, the Rung Island with 40 guns in the middle of the river, and the Yongan Fort with 40 guns.

The second line of defense is the main force of defense, the purpose is to deal with the main force of the enemy army that breaks through the first line of defense, in addition to the forts, but also on the east and west waterways on both sides of the crossbar island in the middle of the river, the west waterway is set up with hidden piles at the bottom of the river to prevent enemy ships from risking a sneak attack, the east waterway is the main channel is the place where large and small ships usually enter and exit, and there are two barrage wooden iron chains.

These facilities were mostly set up before Lin Zexu banned smoking, and were first used to prevent the invasion of the Japanese invaders, but even if it is put to the present, it is still very scientific and reasonable, which is affirmed by the Swedes, and the locals are more confident in this line of defense, the folk song describes "Humen Liutai, Golden Lock Copper Pass, it is not easy to enter, it is more difficult to go out", but it is a pity that there is no Xiongguan, there is no Li Guang who is good at guarding, only the soldiers who fled when they heard the wind, which led to the British breaking through here twice, such as entering no man's land.

The problem of people is not discussed, and the defense facilities alone are still very reliable, and in this way, the ancients were still not at ease, and a third line of defense was set up after the second line of defense.

The third line of defense is located five miles behind the second line of defense, and there is a 32-gun Dahu battery on the Dahu Mountain in the middle of the river, which mainly takes over the enemy ships that are lucky to enter in front, blocks these fish that slip through the net, and plays the role of sweeping the tail.

It can be said that the ancients took all the circumstances into account, and these forts did help the Ming Dynasty to block the invasion of the Japanese and various pirates, including the Dutch and the Spaniards, but at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they did not stop the British who also invaded from the sea, not how strong the British were, but the end of the empire, which has rotted to the bones.

Fortunately, Zhu Jinglun is not a rotten Eight Banners or a Green Battalion, the township warriors he trained are not bad at present, and by defending the countryside to inspire, I believe that their will to fight will definitely not be worse than that of the Ming Dynasty back then, as long as the Swedes' redesigned fort has the ability to resist the British warships, Zhu Jinglun believes that they will be able to hold it.

As for the design of the Swedes, Zhu Jinglun feels that it should be the mainstream level of the West, not seeking the top, as long as it does not lag behind, it can meet the requirements.

The only concern was speed, which is why the Swedes only recruited three hundred.

Charlie, as the head of the regiment, shook his head: "No, no, I think you misunderstood." Of course, the more people, the better, but 300 people is the most reasonable number, and if there are more than 300 people, the construction cost will increase. ”

Zhu Jinglun waved his hand: "Don't worry about the cost, how many people can you use at most, can 10,000 people use it?" ”

Sweden is a sparsely populated country, the total population of their country in this era is only about 4 million, as for the young and strong male labor force, I am afraid that it is only a million people, so it is used to using very few people to build, and when I heard about 10,000 people, Charlie even showed an incredible expression.

Then he waved his hand again and again: "It won't take that much, it can use up to three thousand people." ”

Zhu Jinglun was very simple: "Okay, then 3,000 people, I will help you purchase the goods and materials immediately, and the people will also help you coordinate, and the people will be in place in three days at most." You're starting to think about construction now. ”

Zhu Jinglun said, I still feel that the Swedes' construction organization ability is not good, when ancient China built the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, it has already mastered the construction capacity of 100,000 people, but the world is afraid that ancient China has this ability, in the final analysis, the strength of the country is still reflected by an individual.

After sending the Swedes away, Zhu Jinglun immediately found Chen Zhiting and told him to send someone to invite a famous mason and carpenter master in Xin'an, and let these masters recruit their own construction teams. At the same time, he sent someone to send a letter to Bai Gui, asking Bai Gui to coordinate to help transport a batch of stones from the Lianhuashan Quarry, and to send a group of stonemasons to Xin'an for construction.

Of course, Bai Gui understands that when he hears the news that foreigners are fighting with the imperial court again, he is like an ant on a hot pot, for fear that foreigners will not only fight Tianjue but also Guangzhou, and he has sent people to Zhu Jinglun several times to inquire about the news. Now that he received Zhu Jinglun's request, he had no concept of money in his heart at all, so he immediately ordered the Panyu magistrate to let the Panyu Yamen be responsible for coordination, and strictly ordered Li Futai to cooperate with all powers and not make any mistakes.

It is not difficult to recruit people, 2 taels of silver a month can recruit a small worker, 3 taels of silver can recruit a big worker, as for the foreman, everything is a famous craftsman, generally the foreman, usually with a few apprentices, received a big job, a series between each other, immediately is a large scale of construction team, if received a large project of this scale of Humen Fortress, at most they will begin to recruit temporary workers more extensively.

So not only are people easy to recruit, but even organizations are available. This kind of guild organization formed by mentors and apprentices and peers exists in all walks of life, and it can be regarded as a system slowly formed in traditional Chinese society.

On the side of the material, Bai Gui is not ambiguous, Panyu Zhixian is also very serious, Li Futai is a person who understands, he knows that once Zhu Jinglun is broken through by foreigners, the next step is that Panyu under his rule will bear the brunt, and Bao Zhu Jinglun is to protect him Li Futai, so after he got Bai Gui's order, he immediately took people to seal the Lotus Mountain Quarry, and clearly told those businessmen who operated the stone quarry that from now on, every stone in Lotus Mountain must be given priority to the needs of the government, and without the order of Panyu Zhixian County, dare to sell a stone privately, He will be punished as a crime of collaborating with the enemy.

And they were given an order, ordering the quarry owners to prepare the stones needed by the government within one month, otherwise they would be sent to prison. In addition, he also caught a lot of strong men from the quarry, and sent them to Xin'an on the ship.

Arrogant is a bit arrogant, but the efficiency is really efficient, and the Swedes can't imagine this kind of speed anyway.

But they immediately and carefully assigned and organized, formed one project after another, led by different engineers, plus translators, and immediately rushed to the fort construction site.

These Swedes are all formally educated, everyone can speak English, and there are still a lot of English translators in the generation of Xin'an and Hong Kong, and if they only speak Swedish, it is really a bit of a problem.

The construction team set off on the fourth day.

With a construction of this scale, it is impossible to hide from the British, but the British did not find it, so Zhu Jinglun also pretended to be garlic, and before the fort was built, as long as the British did not look for him, he would definitely not take the initiative to find the British.

The other day, clearing the ruins, leveling the ground, and even needing to remove some weeds from the ground. Since they were destroyed by the British in the Second Raven War, these forts have become barren places, and even the Admiral of the Guangdong Naval Division, which is responsible for the management of these forts and defense, has been abandoned, not to mention the city gates, city walls, city towers, moats, barracks and other buildings.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of manpower, and under the leadership of each foreman, the high-paid workers are also very hard-working. No one wants to lose such a good guy because of laziness, and every day is the ocean, so as not to be in arrears, this is the most exciting way to send money. As a result, the construction speed is very fast.

In only five days, the wreckage of the ruins, the fragments of bricks and tiles, and the ruins of the houses demolished by the British army were removed from the original location of the fortress by the hard workers with wheelbarrows, burdens, and various tools, and piled up on the bank of the river.

Charlie's team had to meet every day to summarize the difficulties encountered in the construction, and almost every day they would change the construction plan because they found that the construction progress of the Chinese workers was exceeding their plan.

There was no shortage of materials, and the progress was smooth, and Charlie felt that they were afraid that they would be able to complete the construction of the main body of the fort in a month, while they originally expected it to take half a year.

Once the main body of the turret is built, then when the Swedish-made cannons are transported here, they can be directly constructed and installed.

After the cannon was installed, they would also build buildings such as the outer city walls and trenches, and they changed the design of the Chinese, and the trenches were still retained, but the gates, walls, and towers were all eliminated and replaced with a Western-style fortress, all made of granite, which could give the best protection to the soldiers.

Zhu Jinglun had to care about the construction of the fortress every day, and when Fang Shan came back a few days later, he directly asked Fang Shan to go to the fortress, and took the more than 270 Jiulong disciples he recruited, and let them directly participate in the construction of the fort they were going to guard in the future, maybe there would be some help, as for their training problems, it would not be too late to wait for the Swedish artillerymen hired by Adolf to help come.