Zhang Mao took the initiative to mention Jiang Wanqing, which made Zhang Jun feel a headache. It was also helpless for him to let Jiang Wanqing be his secretary at the beginning, but now it seems that he is very inconsiderate. Speaking of which, the little lady of the Chen family may not have seen her for a long time, and I don't know if she is also angry because she married Murong Mingyue.

Zhang Mao saw that his nephew was not afraid of boiling water with a dead pig expression, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll talk about this later, I'm tired, Jun'er go down first······"

As if he had been pardoned, Zhang Jun hurriedly got up and saluted: "Father is resting, and my nephew will retire for the time being." With that, he slowly exited the door.

On the second day, the Eastern Patrol team rushed to the county seat non-stop. Although all kinds of novelties and surprises continued along the way, when they saw the corner tower of the new county town gradually appearing in front of them, the civil and military officials who came from afar from Guzang still opened their mouths in surprise.

Guangwu County Town adopts a construction method similar to "reinforced concrete", which is built with iron bars and bamboo as skeletons, and then filled with concrete and poured in one. In addition to cement and gravel, this concrete is also mixed with steamed sticky rice. When the wall is completed, a layer of green bricks is wrapped on the outside, which is also bonded with sticky rice. Finally, the outermost layer is plastered with cement again. So the fortification of the new county town is simply unimaginable.

Zhang Mao walked to the city gate, patted the wall himself, pulled out his portable saber and slashed it, only to hear the sound of "dang", sparks flew everywhere. Looking at it again, there was a gap in the blade, but there was only a white mark on the wall.

"Solid!" Zhang Mao praised it, his heart was overjoyed, and he said excitedly: "From now on, in addition to Jincheng, there is another strong city in the east of my Daliang, I can sit back and relax······"

As the procession proceeded, the city was not filled with black oil roads, but also with a concrete pavement, wide enough to accommodate four carriages. Looking at the buildings and dwellings in it, most of them are small buildings with several floors, which are lined up one after another and are very neat.

"Is this a private house?" Zhang Mao asked.

"Exactly!" Zhang Jun replied: "This kind of house can accommodate several families, which greatly saves land, and the entire county can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. ”

"Very good, very good!" Zhang Mao couldn't help but nod.

Changshi Fanyi asked: "If the residence is so high, how should the people use water?" ”

Zhang Jun smiled and pointed to the roof of the residential building, where a huge round bucket was standing: "This thing is a water tank, and there is a special convoy to deliver water in the city every day." These people were originally homeless and idlers, but now they have a livelihood and can save a lot of trouble for the county government. ”

In this way, the group walked and stopped, but the journey of just a few miles took two hours. When the sun was setting west, Zhang Jun accompanied his uncle to the governor's mansion. Zhang Mao first met with Murong Mingyue, and the two exchanged pleasantries. Murong Mingyue was nervous, but she coped with it decently. Zhang Mao didn't mention anything embarrassing, as if he didn't know about it at all.

When Murong Mingyue retreated, Zhang Mao said to Zhang Jun alone: "Uncle is here, it is called the Eastern Tour, but it is actually an Eastern Expedition. Now Liu Yao is also invading westward, and his uncle can compete with him. ”

In front of Zhang Mao, Zhang Jun did not hide his thoughts, he said: "The foreign army has not yet been fully integrated, and the conscription army has just been repaired after the war. Jun really didn't think it was a good time for a decisive battle. We can completely defend ourselves, and when Liu Yao's old army is tired, we will naturally retreat. ”

"Haha!" Zhang Mao laughed out loud and said, "Why, Jun'er has only won a big victory, and he has become so fearful?" ”

"Father, my nephew is not afraid of war, but he is just ······"

Zhang Mao waved his hand, interrupted Zhang Jun's words, and said: "Why don't you want to gather ten years of lessons for ten years, and then calm the world in one go!" ”

"But time is not forgiving, and uncle can't put a mess in your hands. If so, how can you be worthy of your father? ”

"Father······" Zhang Jun still wanted to speak.

Zhang Mao continued: "My mind has been decided, and the Chinese army has been deployed on all fronts. A big war is inevitable, Jun'er, if you can make new contributions, your uncle will hand over the Chinese army to you! ”

After returning from his uncle, Zhang Jun locked himself in his room and meditated. According to the trend of history, this time Liu Yao's personal expedition will definitely be in vain, but Da Liang is exchanging peace for the end of being a minister and paying tribute. This is absolutely not allowed by Zhang Jun, this not only involves the face and ruling foundation of the Zhang family, but also involves his sister Nian Nu. You must know that when he had a bad relationship with the Huns, it was because Da Liang rejected Liu Yao's marriage. If this time fails, the elder sister will definitely not be able to stay in Guzang anymore, and it is impossible to avoid being a concubine for Liu Yao.

Zhang Jun clenched his fists and said in his heart: "Damn, isn't that what you are doing, Lao Tzu is still afraid that you will not succeed?" This time, I'm going to make you can't go! ”

At this moment, the door squeaked open from the outside, but it was Caiyan who walked in with tea and snacks.

Zhang Jun frowned, and said slightly angrily: "I didn't give orders, unless there is something important, don't come in and disturb." ”

Caiyan lowered her head and whispered, "The slave knows that ······ is wrong."

"Stand down!" Zhang Jun waved his hand.

"Governor, slave ······"

Zhang Jun saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked, "What else is going on?" ”

Caiyan bit her lip, her hands stirred together and writhed, and her voice was like a mosquito: "The slave is happy······

"What?" Zhang Jun didn't hear clearly for a while, and he didn't react.

"The slave is happy!" The flyfly repeated, and the sound was a little louder.

"Really?" Zhang Jun jumped up suddenly, and the word "Chuan" between his eyebrows was gone, and he saw that Caiyan's lower abdomen was very flat, so he stepped forward and stroked: "How long has it been?" ”

Cai Yan smiled shyly: "After the governor of the capital set out on the expedition, the slave and maid appeared." ”

Zhang Jun called out, and the waiting Deng walked in, and Zhang Jun commanded: "Doctor! ”

Deng hurriedly went out, and after a while, he walked in with a white-bearded old man, and after checking the pulse of Caiyan, he got up and congratulated him: "Governor, congratulations!" Congratulations! ”

Zhang Jun was excited when he heard this, remembering that Zhang Mao didn't know yet, and sent someone to inform his uncle. When Zhang Mao got the news, he didn't care about resting, and met with Caiyan, and the reward was very rich.

As soon as the news spread, there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate him, and Zhang Mao simply waved his hand: "Set up a banquet, celebrate three days!" ”

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The torrential rain is like a note, the wind is roaring, and the white waves are rolling on the water.

In July of the tenth year of Jianxing, Liu Yao, the emperor of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, led an army of 200,000 horses to attack Liang, threatening to wash the land west of the river with blood. And when it came to the brunt, it was the two cities of Lintao and Didao, which had just been captured by Liangzhou. If these two cities are not pulled out, they will be like tigers on their sides. The Xiongnu army not only could not get the logistics smooth, but also was in danger of being cut off at all times.

As a result, Zhang Jun was ordered to lead the whole army to go on the expedition, and stationed in the two cities of Lintao and Didao under the starry night, forming a situation of horns for each other.

July is the rainy season, and in the midst of the rain, on the bank of the river, the soldiers of the conquest army are busy in the rain.

Now the shore of Lintao has become a huge construction site, and countless shirtless people and soldiers are working as if they are crazy. They are the soldiers of the newly established naval army and the people who move with the army.

Speaking of the sailors of the conquest army, it has been less than a month since the army was formed, not only is there a lack of shipwrights, but even generals who know how to fight water cannot be found, not to mention that many soldiers are landlubbers at all.

Zhang Jun insisted on setting up a temporary sailor, and he really had a last resort.

Because Liu Yao not only brought the sailor, but also cut off the waterway supply of the conquest army in one fell swoop!

The craftsmen recruited by the Huns from Chang'an and Luoyang are bringing a large number of people to build warships on the banks of Taoshui day and night. Although Zhang Jun sent people to sneak attack and set fire several times, the Huns were very well guarded, resulting in the sneak attack of the Liang army not only succeeded, but also lost a lot of manpower.

In order to deal with the threat from the water, Zhang Jun had to find a way to contend with it, so the idea of forming a sailor was temporarily put on the agenda and quickly implemented. But then there is a question, what if there is no time and timber shipbuilding?

Zhang Jun convened the generals to discuss, but no one could come up with a good solution, and in the end he suddenly had a flash of inspiration - there was no wood, there was cement!

That's right, the warship that Zhang Jun wants to build is a cement ship!

The so-called cement ship is a ship with cement and steel wire as the main material. In later generations, cement ships appeared in 1848, which were made by the French with steel wire reinforcement and cement mortar, and only later did they exhibit reinforced concrete ships that replaced steel wires with steel bars. The early cement ships had a simple workmanship, a small tonnage and a self-weight. During the interwar period, due to the lack of steel, there were two times when reinforced concrete ships were built. A large number of reinforced concrete ships have been built in Europe and the United States, some of which have a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.

Later, the Italians built a 165-ton steel wire mesh cement machine sailing ship "Ellen". The hull is 3.6 cm thick, compared with the same type of wooden ship, the weight is 5% lighter, the cost is 4o% lower, and the performance meets the navigation requirements, which alarms the shipbuilding circles of various countries.

Since 1958, China has built a large number of reinforced concrete barges, steel wire mesh cement agricultural vessels, inland river barges, inland river tugboats, coastal fishing vessels and coastal small and medium-sized cargo ships. Its holdings reach millions of tons, ranking first in the world.

The advantages of cement ships are numerous. First, cement ships are corrosion-resistant and durable. Secondly, cement ships are cheap to cost, materials are easy to obtain, the process is simple, and they can be manufactured in large quantities quickly. In addition, cement ships are easy to form, and due to the dispersion of reinforcement, they have greater crack resistance and elongation. Finally, it is important to note that it is stronger than a wooden boat and is non-combustible.

In the Middle Ages, when water warfare relied entirely on arson, ramming, and hand-to-hand combat, cement ships were equivalent to overlords, and there were no opponents at all!

On the banks of the river, the outline of a camp has been built, and one cement fort after another has been erected. On top of the cement fort, a god arm crossbow and a small torsion stone machine brought from the rear were erected. These long-range sharp weapons can ensure the safety of the sailor battalion, as long as they are shot, the entire ship can be smashed!

In the middle of the river, ten cement boats have been divided into two columns, nailed together at the end, and stranded on the river beach at one end, connecting the newly built camp to form a simple water village.

Because he was not afraid of fire attacks, Zhang Jun deliberately adopted Cao Cao's iron cable chain method in Chibi during the Three Kingdoms to connect the warships together. Although the boat still rocks on the water, the impact of the soldier battle is greatly reduced.

The general of the water division was Cheng Dahu of the Lingju County Government, and their 1,500 people were transformed from foot soldiers to sailors. Cheng Dahu was also running and shouting shirtless among the soldiers and civilians at this time, cheering them up, everyone seemed to be high-spirited, and it seemed that they did not regard the Hun army dozens of miles away as some invincible enemy - compared with the Huns, we are not opponents, but compared to water battles, who is afraid of whom?

Zhang Jun, like a bunch of vulgar martial artists under his command, wore a pair of pants naked, revealing large and strong muscles, standing on a high place, supervising the construction. From time to time, he also asked questions or gave orders to Chen Zhen, who joined the army around him.

"Tell the men of the various departments that they must prepare hot water and hot soup in strict accordance with the regulations, that the food must be cooked, and that the fish and shrimp must be fresh and cooked thoroughly. Tonight, we will add vegetables and meat, and the rice will be full. ”

"Tell all the ministries and generals that if anyone is sick, they should immediately report it to the military staff, especially those with diarrhea and vomiting should be immediately sent to the military hospital for treatment, and all the patient's clothes and cooking utensils should be sent to the hospital together."

"Tell the chief medical officer of the army that the wounded and sick must be placed separately, and the food for the wounded and sick must also be prepared in accordance with the regulations, and there must be no mistakes!"

Zhang Jun took care of trivial matters that seemed to have nothing to do with the war, but these details related to medical and health care could often determine victory or defeat in ancient wars. In ancient times, the military has always been a place where diseases are easily transmitted, especially in the middle of summer, and there are many cases of sick service in the army due to unclean diet, mosquito bites, etc. At this time, there were already certain epidemic prevention measures in various **, and Zhang Jun made some strengthenings, turning the unwritten regulations into regulations that must be strictly implemented.

At this time, the footsteps of "Deng Dengdeng" came from far and near, and it was Zhou Tong who walked over like a chicken in the soup, and before he had time to report on his reconnaissance, he first wiped the rain on his face and complained: "Lord, what are we delaying here?" The horizontal and vertical Hulu is dozens of miles away, if it can't be defeated on 6 places, what is the use of this stockade? ”

Zhang Jun's expression didn't move, and he just asked coldly, "Is there a reward for the scout?" ”

Zhou Tong shook his head and said: "The rain is too heavy, and the Huns are unwilling to move, so they are all nested in the camp." ”

Zhang Jun is still not at ease, after all, Liu Yao is personally recruited, and the accompanying generals and ministers are not simple people, so they can't be careless. He said: "Strengthen the investigation, and we must not relax!" ”

Zhou Tongxin was stunned, hugged his fists and said: "No! ”

Zhang Jun waved his hand: "For the time being, we will keep a close watch, and when the wind and rain are less, we will go out together, and the governor of Pontus will also go to see what the Xiongnu army is like." ”

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