"Why do you want to go to Zhuojun to pull rammed earth?" Hong Tao didn't say whether what Zhao An said was right or not, and first asked a question. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The soil here is not suitable, if you want to make the city wall strong, you have to go to Zhuojun to get soil recently." Zhao An felt that Hong Tao was too ignorant, although he was a good person, it was a little inappropriate to come to build a city, and his tone involuntarily brought a little contempt.

"Oh, it's because of that. If I don't build a wall, won't it be much easier? Hong Tao understood that at this time, regardless of whether the outside of the city wall was built with bricks and stones, the inside had to be filled with rammed earth. And rammed earth is not just to find a place to dig can be done, cost-effective but also have to pick the soil quality, really live to learn from the old, long knowledge! However, he didn't say that he would build the city according to the regulations at this time, it seems that this Zhao An has misunderstood.

"No walls are built...... What kind of city is being built, isn't it a village? Zhao An's eyes when he looked at Hong Tao at this time were no longer contemptuous, but the same as looking at the second fool. Who has built a city without a city wall since ancient times? In other words, 70 percent of the construction of the city was on the city wall. If there is no city wall, it is still called a city? The larger villages also have a wall.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Xiao Zhao, it seems that you don't understand what kind of city I built, and you don't know what my purpose is. I don't have to rush now, I'll talk to you. If you think it's feasible, go and spread it to your neighbors so that more people can understand, and don't run away as soon as you talk about repairing the city. The city I built does not need to recruit people, second, there is no city wall, and third, there is no excesses and miscellaneous taxes, do you think it is good? "Since the central capital city cannot be used, Hong Tao is not in a hurry, and it is useless to be anxious. Now I'm idle, and I'm idle, and I'm chatting with this guide who only knows a few words and dares to become a local reader. Whether this person is from the Great Song Dynasty or not has to be discussed carefully, and in the popular saying at the time, Zhao An should be classified as an outsider.

“…… I've never seen the kind of city you mentioned, my dad hasn't seen it, and my grandfather probably hasn't seen it. Zhao An felt as if he was following the wrong person, this prime minister was not only a waste, but also a fool.

"When your son grows up, he'll say he's seen it, and he'll proudly say that his dad was the one who built the city with his own hands." Hong Tao also knew that Zhao An would not believe it, let alone that he was such an outsider, even those officials of the Great Song Dynasty in Lin'an City would not believe it.

"I only have two daughters at home...... If you take me and build a city, they will all starve to death. "Zhao An has now labeled Hong Tao again, a madman.

"Hahahaha...... Don't worry, I have people in my hands, and I won't arrest anyone to help me build a city. Why don't you believe it? Well, I'll tell you more about it. You know Da Song, right? It has more than 600,000 troops, most of which are van soldiers, which means old, weak, disabled and auxiliary soldiers. They can't fight, they can only do some work like transportation, raising horses, etc. These soldiers don't do much work, but every year they have to spend a lot of money to support them, and more than half of this money makes their superiors corrupt layer by layer. Although Hong Tao was chatting with this Zhao An, he really didn't plan to catch people in the local area to build cities and factories, nor did he plan to use methods such as employment, these words were still incomprehensible to the people in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and they wouldn't believe it. Now Luo Youde is assisting the Royal Navy in transporting the troops assembled in several places on the south bank of the Yangtze River to the north by transport ships. These people are their own construction army, and the cities and factories are counting on them, as are the first cantonment legions in the north.

"No wonder they couldn't beat the Jin and Mongols...... It's also not right, didn't they knock the Mongols away? It doesn't seem to be very weak either. No wonder officials like to be corrupt and bend the law, is it that the more this happens, the more powerful it becomes? "Zhao An knows some Chinese characters and has read a few books, so he can be regarded as a cultural person in this area. His brain is not slow, according to what Hong Tao said, and according to the history he knows, he quickly summed up a set of theories, which make people suddenly enlightened and confused.

"What a fart! More than ten years ago, I was the emperor of the Jinhe Empire, and although I am not from the Song Dynasty, my ancestor's hometown is near Zhongdu. So I didn't want the Great Song to be defeated by the Mongols, so I helped them once. Give them ideas to turn part of the box soldiers into engineering soldiers, not only do they not need to be raised by the imperial court, but they can also help the imperial court make money. Then I also sent my army to help the Great Song train the new army, and then provided them with weapons and ammunition, and used my big ship to help them defeat the Mongols' sailors, and then the Mongols were sent away. Hong Tao didn't want this simple farmer to be misled by a wrong understanding, but if he wanted to explain this matter, he had to start from the beginning, fortunately he was not busy now, so he probably told him, which could be regarded as a review of his more than 20 years.

"Oh! I know! Your Excellency, you were the leader of the pirates back then. I just married my daughter-in-law that year, and it was your ship that burned the granary of Zhigu Village, and the fire burned for five days and five nights, and the whole sky was burned red, and my family lived ten miles away and could clearly see it. The Mongols said that you were a bandit, but they were afraid of you, so they never dared to put the grain by the river again, and transported it to Zhuojun. Later, I heard from the seafarers who came here to sell southern goods that you were the emperor on the other side of the sea, and that you were in charge of the affairs of the sea, and that anyone who wanted to go to the sea had to pay taxes to you, otherwise they would be blown over by the wind. As soon as he heard Hong Tao talk about this period of history, Zhao An suddenly realized that he finally knew who Hong Tao was.

“…… I've been doing it for a long time, and I'm just a sea king, and I'm still the kind that can make waves. Hong Tao was both pleased with his prestige, but also a little dissatisfied with the content of his prestige. Who made up this story, it's too unserious.

"Believe it, right? These waste soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are the main force in building the city, and they will not let you go to labor. I will not only build a city, but also open a commercial port here, sell the goods abundant in the north to the south by sea ships, and then bring the good things produced in the south to the north, and send them all the way to the steppes and Liaoyang in the north through here. In a few years, this will not be a sparsely populated frontier, but a bustling metropolis. You said that these people who come and go from the south to the north have a city wall that is in the way, and it is not convenient to expand the city, right? "Since Zhao An knows his prestige, it is convenient for Hong Tao to fool people again, and what he says is invisibly credible.

"Will it be bigger than the middle capital?" Zhao An really doesn't doubt it anymore, no matter how he says that the person in front of him is also the emperor, even if he can hold his two legs without bending, even if he is very tough, he dares to doubt what the emperor said in person, it is a big rebellion.

"Zhongdu City is a fart, and it is a village compared to my city. Cities and commercial ports are not enough, so many people do not always live by farming and trading. My ancestors left me a map of many minerals here, and I wanted to open mines, factories, ships, and schools here. Your daughter shouldn't be able to catch up, but your grandson can, let him come to school in the future and don't charge money! After finishing school, I want to go home to help his mother farm, and if I don't want to go home, I go to work in my big factory and pay me monthly. One person working is enough to feed a family of three, and you don't have to rely on the weather to eat in the wind and rain, do you think that's good? The more Hong Tao talked, the more energetic he became, and Bo Jiao said that these things no longer showed their foresight, and they didn't know anything except to find faults, so they could only have an addiction with ordinary people like Zhao An.

"That's a good feeling...... It's just that the villain has a sentence that he doesn't know whether to say or not...... "Zhao An probably doesn't know what the factory is, but seeing that Hong Tao said it so lively, he didn't dare to say that it was bad."

"But it's okay...... yes, Hong Tao hasn't found this kind of casual feeling for a long time, it's so cool."

"Your emperor is a good person, why did you come to the Great Song Dynasty to be the prime minister, can it be said that the prime minister is older than the emperor?" Although Zhao An doesn't know much, his brain is not confused at all. He didn't seem to understand all these things that Hong Tao said, but there was a logic that he knew very well, that is, he didn't get up early if he didn't seek profit. If the prime minister is not as big as the emperor, what the person in front of him says is not worth believing, and it is against human nature.

"It's a bit complicated to say, I guess you won't understand the two of us all the way to the grassland. To put it simply, I gave up the throne to my son, but I can't be idle. The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and the imperial court did not manage the country well, and even my ancestors' hometown was occupied by foreigners, should I come back and teach them how to manage the country? Hong Tao had to put away a little contempt, this Zhao An is not simple, he found the key point of the problem so quickly.

“…… Did the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty agree? Zhao An's brows furrowed even tighter, he had never heard of his own country giving up the throne to his son, and then going to other countries to teach others how to manage the country.

"Of course he didn't agree, didn't you see that I came with soldiers. When the Mongols were at their peak, they let me fight and annihilate the whole army, do you think that with the broken army of the Great Song Dynasty, can you beat me? Don't be afraid, the battle is already over, and I'm not here to fight. How long do you guess it took me to catch the Great Song Emperor? Hong Tao tried his best to explain his origin and purpose in the most popular language, for fear that Zhao An would not understand.

“…… The villain can't guess. Zhao An seems to be a little convinced, those soldiers from Zhigu Village are indeed under the banner of the Great Song Dynasty, and with his eyes, he can see that these soldiers are good soldiers, and there will be no ambiguity in the war.

"An hour...... Awesome! It only took me one hour to break through the Great Song Palace and get the emperor out of the bed. Now he has to do whatever I ask him to do, I am a teacher, he is a student, if he dares to disobey, I will beat him. Hong Tao is very proud to talk about this history, whether others believe it or not, this is true. Even if Da Song doesn't let himself be governed well in the end, he can brag for a few years when he returns to North America, and if he is not convinced, he can try it to see who has the ability.

(To be continued.) )