Soon, Wei Hou threw another 20,000 soldiers to Fengze, this next week Zhou Bian is a little curious, tens of thousands of people start work, even if there is no large machinery, tools are not easy to use, tens of thousands of productivity is still extremely considerable, I really don't know what kind of big project this is. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Daliang City, Zhou Bian and others still lived in the courtyard last time, the same as in Anyi, except for going out to be accompanied by Wei people, the freedom of the royal family and ministers was not too restricted, so after two days of boredom in the courtyard, Zhou Bian decided to go to the city for a walk. Indeed, because the messenger from Luoyang still had to react, Zhou Bian did not receive any news from the royal family for more than a month.

and last year's Daliang City, there is still a little change in the city, that is, the mansion compound has begun to be built, of course, some streets that have been designated as commercial areas, restaurants, shops, etc., have also begun to be built. At this time, the urban planning was even more neat than in later generations, because in the era of high concentration of ruling power, the regional functions demarcated by the upper class could not be changed once determined, and no one would challenge the authority of the Wei Marquis, especially since this was the future capital of the Wei State.

So after wandering around the huge Daliang City for two days, Zhou Bian saw independent districts with extremely obvious functional distinctions, although the houses had not yet been built, but the functions of each district had been clearly seen. For example, the northeast is the residential area of the old nobles, the northwest is the residential area of the generals and doctors, the middle and north of the city is the Wei Palace, the southeast of the city is divided into two districts, namely the commercial area and the tunliang area, and the southwest of the city is also divided into two districts, namely the workshop business area and the tunbing area, and then the south of the city is also two districts, which are the commercial area and the civilian area.

Such a neat layout avoids the current chaos in the city of Anyi, and also demonstrates the might of Wei as the capital of a great power. In fact, to the Tang Dynasty's Luoyang City and Chang'an City, it is to give full play to this neat layout, the city is divided into a number of squares, each square residents have a list just like the household registration of later generations, at night not only the city gate to close, the square door also to manage, easy to manage, but also convenient to prevent the commotion and civil strife in the city.

Although there were no workshops in this era, the management of the city was actually extremely strict. Even if it is a weakened royal family, the layout of Luoyang City is clear, unlike the cities of later generations, where one piece is built in the east and one piece in the west, to a large extent, it is decided by the developer, rather than the unified management department of the city.

At this time, Zhou Bian, who was wandering around in the huge Daliang City, was also amazed by the neat layout of the city.

Of course, what amazed Zhou Bian even more was the tall city walls of this Daliang City. Although this is the second time to arrive at Daliang City, it is the first time to see Daliang City so closely and carefully.

Standing under the city wall, looking up at the three-zhang high brick wall, the neck is a little hard, in the later generations, this is a three-story building, standing under the three-story building to see the roof nothing, but if it is a three-story high wall, the effect is not the same, I don't believe you can look at the existing Nanjing ancient city wall, well, but the Nanjing ancient city wall is higher, about four to five floors.

The city wall is rammed earth lining, bricks are laid outside, thousands of years of cold weapon era, China's ancient city walls are basically like this, of course, the details are still different, such as raw materials, technology, etc. And the bricks outside the girder city wall in front of him have been pasted, and the rammed earth inside is invisible, but the bricks outside are the same as those repaired in Luoyang City later, using green bricks, but they are bigger, and the strength can not be seen, this is not their own territory, and Zhou Bian can't take a hammer to smash it to try, so he can only take a closer look, only to see that the surface of the brick is delicate, there are no small bubbles and other things, so Zhou Bian sighed, this is enough, this brick is absolutely strong.

This huge project has not yet been completed, and there are a large number of craftsmen building a female wall on the city wall, when Zhou Bian wanted to go to the city to see, he was stopped by the accompanying Wei doctor, the reason was to worry about the safety of the king, but the city wall is to look casually, after passing through the city gate, Zhou Bian also noticed that the thickness of the bottom of the city wall is greater than the height, so that it will be stronger, but in Zhou Bian's view, this is actually a problem of rammed earth technology in this era.

Out of the city gate, you can see that the bottom of the outer side of the city wall is only one zhang away from the moat, this distance makes the siegers unable to use it at all, the ladder is not easy to erect, let alone the large siege equipment, and the moat is three zhang wide, the depth is not known, but Zhou Bian believes that the manpower of this era should not be too deep. But such a layout is enough to make all the besiegers helpless, and it is no wonder that a hundred years later, Qiang Qin cannot break the city hard, but can only attack by water.

However, on the way back to his temporary residence after leaving the city wall, Zhou Bian looked back and suddenly thought of a question, since Wei Hou was in a hurry to build Fengze's building, why did he only send soldiers and not these craftsmen? Wouldn't these craftsmen be more experienced in building houses?

In the evening, Zhou Bian discussed this issue with Ning Yue and others, but he couldn't figure it out, maybe Wei Hou just didn't want to stop the girder.

In the days of Daliang, although there was no news from the royal family, and I didn't know where my layout had been, the news of Wei could still be transmitted, such as Zhao resolutely refused the mediation of the Wei envoy and continued to storm Zhongshan State, and had already broken through several yi, and was about to besiege Lingshou, the capital of Zhongshan State.

Zhou Bian also knew that Wei Hou had also received the latest distress envoy sent by Zhongshan State, but except for sending another group of messengers from Daliang, there was no other action, and seeing the miserable appearance of the Zhongshan State envoy from a distance, Zhou Bian couldn't help but feel sympathy. But at night, I heard Ning Yue say that Zhongshan is a Xianyu people, and the people are fierce, maybe even if there is no rescue from Wei, the capital of Zhongshan is not something that Zhao Jun can easily attack, not to mention more, it will be able to survive within this year.

On the tenth day of the first month of September, I finally saw a large number of craftsmen in the city going to the south in groups, and there were only ten days left. Zhou Bian couldn't help but worry about the Wei minister who was in charge of the project.

After another two days, Daliang also began to be lively, and the kings of several small countries came one after another. They all carried a guard of honor of several hundred people, but there were no troops. The Marquis of Wei received each of the monarchs in the newly completed palace, but did not introduce them to the Son of Heaven, and Zhou Bian knew that they should meet him collectively on September 24.

When there were still eight days left before September 24, except for Qi, Qin, Chu, Yanlu and other countries, the rest of the small countries of Sishang almost all came, this day was a sunny day, under the leadership of Wei Hou, all the men and horses set off for Fengze. Zhou Bian also knew that this was also the time when Wei Hou needed himself, as long as those small countries saw that Zhou Wangqi was in the Wei army, they would know that Zhou Tianzi had always been with Wei Hou, which was a show of strength for Wei Hou and a deterrent to small countries.

After two days of rapid marching, we arrived at Fengze. However, when the large army arrived, it was already evening, and they couldn't see the curious place of Fengze at all. Under the light of torches, Zhou Bian and other royal ministers lived in a small courtyard. Although it was dark and he couldn't see clearly, smelling the smell of the newly painted paint powder, Zhou Bian also knew that this was a newly built courtyard, and it seemed that it was indeed built for himself.

There was nothing to say all night, and after dawn the next day, Zhou Bian walked around the courtyard accompanied by Ning Yue and others. Only then did I find that only I lived in a newly made house, civil structure, and other princes, including the Marquis of Wei, lived in tents, only to see that on this plain, a marching tent was neatly tied on both sides in front of his courtyard in order of size, and there was an empty road in the middle, and behind the big tent was a small tent, and the big one was lived by the princes and kings, and the small tent was inhabited by the courtiers or guards of the princes.

Why is Wei Hou so stingy, tens of thousands of soldiers and craftsmen have been sent, why don't you build a house for yourself, you still think you have come to the Mongolian steppe. Ning Yue quickly gave an explanation, it turned out that according to the ancient rules, when the alliance was met, the princes could only live in tents, and only the Son of Heaven could live in the palace, such as when the Tu Hui Alliance. Looking back, sure enough, there are four big seals hanging on the door of the small courtyard where he lives, and the palace of the Son of Heaven.

This rule is very strange, but listening to Ning Yue's explanation, it is clear, it turns out that before King Ping moved west, the princes almost did not have a private alliance, after the collapse of the ceremony, there were more contacts between the princes, but several princes wanted to meet, and they didn't dare to go to the territory of other countries, so they made an appointment to meet at the place where several countries intersected, in order to prevent an ambush, everyone made an appointment to arrive at the same time, and they met and quickly said things, so naturally there was no time to build a house, and no one dared to build a house, otherwise it didn't mean that they arrived in advance? So everyone set up tents, and this rule has been retained to this day, in fact, overlords like Qi Huan Jinwen, their strength is enough for them to arrive in advance to do some preparations for the alliance, but they still haven't broken the rules, so Wei Hou, who has Qi Huan Jinwen as his idol, will naturally not either.

After looking forward and walking two steps, and when they walked out of the tent area, what they didn't expect was that Zhou Bian and the others couldn't help but stop almost at the same time, and looked into the distance in surprise.

Shock! This is the first impression of Zhou Bian and everyone else.

Yes, in the distance, a mile or two to the southeast, a tall, boxy earthen platform towered in front of us. The height of the earthen platform is more than nine zhang, towering into the sky, but compared with the width, its height is nothing, the width is almost three times the height, this is no longer an earthen platform, but a hill, but the obvious trapezoidal shape, neat and symmetrical sides, and the slope on the same layer of brick and stone paved path, all show that this is an artificial building. What makes Zhou Bian even more certain is that this is a plain, as far as the eye can see, there are no other small hillsides around, and there are even swamps and water in the distance.

Zhou Bian instantly understood why Wei Hou sent so many soldiers to come, in this era of backward productivity, in this era when people can only be carried on their shoulders, if they want to build such an earthen platform, they can only rely on the number of people to make up for it. And the simple foundation of soil obviously does not require too many craftsmen, so tens of thousands of soldiers are the main force of this huge project.

There were some other princes or courtiers around who were gathering and pointing, obviously they were all frightened, thinking that this is the effect that Wei Hou wanted, obviously, he achieved it.

Because there were still a few miles away, in a trance, Zhou Bian saw that there seemed to be a few pillar-like things on the earthen platform, so Zhou Bian beckoned, and dozens of monarchs and ministers walked forward slowly.

At this time, Gongzi Ang and several Wei doctors walked over briskly from behind, and the Wei general, who should have been accompanied, reported the letter.

As soon as Gongzi Ang approached, he arched his hand, "Did the king sleep well last night?" ”

"Well, it's okay, thank you for your concern." Zhou Bian nodded and said, can you sleep well in the newly built house, newly renovated bed, and newly sewn bedding?

"The king is walking around at will?" Walking up to him, Childe Ang asked again.

"Yes, when the king saw this high platform, he wanted to take a closer look, I wonder if it is okay?" Zhou Bian pointed to the earthen platform and said.

"Does the king know the function of this earthen platform?" Gongzi Ang did not answer, but asked first.

"Presumably it was used during the alliance." Zhou Bian said with a smile, do you need to say more.

"Indeed, the king is really smart." Gongzi Ang still patted his ass slightly, "This is used by the Huimeng on the day, so Wei Hou has explained that the princes who are not allowed to arrive first before the Huimeng are allowed to take a look." ”

Zhou Bian tiptoed over, sure enough, there were Wei soldiers stationed one or two hundred steps away from the earthen platform, and there were flags swaggering.

"This king just wants to take a closer look." Zhou Bian said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, the king laughed, what Fang Caiang said was that the princes were not allowed to take the stage first, and it was naturally casual for the king." Gongzi Ang smiled, and then stretched out his hand, "The king is here, please!" ”

The group walked slowly, while walking, while listening to Gongzi Ang's side of a doctor who supervised the construction of this high platform, it turned out that the soil of this high platform was taken from dozens of miles away, because this is a plain, and there are only a few small hills in the line of sight a little away, Wei Hou in order not to let people see the big pit dug out of the high platform, so the place to take the soil was selected in dozens of miles out of sight.

This high platform is ten zhang high, the bottom is big and the top is small, from top to bottom it is east and west long and north and south short, its bottom is twenty-five zhang long, twenty zhang wide, its top is twelve zhang long, ten zhang wide, rammed earth structure, the slope is flat, all sides are paved with bluestone slabs to climb to the top, the central part of the top is paved with bluestone slabs, there are seventeen stone pillars on the bluestone slabs that are symmetrical and inserted in the platform, fan-shaped to the south, it is obvious, the design of the Marquis of Wei is a stone pillar corresponding to a prince, and the middle one corresponds to Zhou Tianzi.

As he spoke, he was close to the high platform, and there were not many Wei soldiers guarding it, but there were also Wei soldiers who stepped forward, and when they saw that it was Gongzi Ang and others, they saluted, and then they withdrew, and the group walked all the way to the bottom of the high platform.

When I got closer to Zhou Bian, I saw that the middle of the platform was divided into two layers, and each floor had a road more than one person wide, which divided the side of the entire platform into three parts.

"Your Majesty, please!" After walking to the bluestone steps behind the high platform, Childe bowed down and made a gesture of please.

When I looked down, I saw that it was a whole stone strip. Zhou Bian slowly walked up, but he rested twice in between.

Ascending the high platform, the spirit was suddenly invigorated, only to see that due south is a large wetland, you can see aquatic plants and water birds, surrounded by a plain land, only the extreme of the line of sight has some small hills, there are only a few people nearby, most of the land is still a barren, in this kind of open land, people's spiritual momentum and even mind, are much better.

No wonder Wei Hou chose to choose here, while walking along the edge to the rest of the direction, Zhou Bian thought in his heart, here is a flat river, the scenery is beautiful, a plain and a piece of water filled with aura, especially this artificial high platform, standing here is just right, facing the water, with the plain on the back, standing on the platform, at a glance, the bottom of the view.

Wait, thinking of this, Zhou Bian suddenly stopped, as if he had suddenly grabbed something.

Ning Yue and the others, who followed closely behind, immediately stopped their steps and looked at the king in confusion.

However, Zhou Bian quickly thought about it, since it is the alliance of the princes, then everyone will not bring too many soldiers, and obviously this kind of terrain that climbs high and looks at a flat river, no one can hide soldiers, in order to gain the trust of the princes, Wei Hou really took a lot of effort. Looking back, there were only a few thousands of people in the camp of the Marquis of Wei and the princes who came first, and sure enough, the Marquis of Wei was really open.

On the high platform, everyone walked around, compared with this tall earthen platform, the seventeen stone pillars, although one zhang high, although carved with simple patterns, but its shocking power, in Zhou Bian's view, is obviously not as good as this high platform.

This is a man-made mountain.

After returning to his residence for lunch, Zhou Bian asked for a sand table and a pen and counted it. Zhou Bian was also interested in such a big project, and Zhou Bian wanted to calculate how much labor it was.

According to one zhang is three meters, the length and width of the bottom is 75 meters and 60 meters, the area is 4,500 square meters, the top length and width are 36 meters and 30 meters, the area is 1,000 square meters, and then the height is 30 meters, so the volume is?

When he got here, Zhou Bian's pen stopped and didn't fall for a long time. Fan Yu, who was waiting on the sidelines, was full of doubts.

Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Bian's pen still fell on the sand table, and he counted it. Soon a sand table was written, but Zhou Bian shook his head, smoothed it with a stroke of his hand, then counted it again, then erased it again, and wrote again.

Later, Fan Yu began to help smooth the sand table, gradually, Fan Yu also had experience, the sand table was smoothed as soon as it was full, although Fan Yu also knew these Arabic numerals, but he didn't know what the king was counting, so Fan Yu was very interested and didn't ask, because he knew that he couldn't help much.

So I didn't even take a nap, and I didn't even count until it was almost dinner, and finally, when I was halfway through the sand table, Zhou Bian threw the pen and stretched, "It's finally calculated!" ”

Zhou Bian didn't expect the volume of the trapezoidal body to be so difficult to calculate, and he was ready to take a nap after calculating at first, but he didn't expect to calculate it for an afternoon before finally confirming it, it seems that he has stayed in ancient times for a long time, and modern knowledge has almost forgotten about it.

"Congratulations to the King!" Fan Yu said hello very wisely.

"The volume of this earthen platform is 77,850 square meters," Zhou Bian explained, but he would not say whether his result was correct or not, whether it was accurate or not, and he would not explain the difficulty of the calculation.

"According to the calculation of two thousand catties of soil on one side, one person picks one hundred catties at a time, so you have to," Zhou Bian said as he picked up the pen and calculated.

"One million five hundred and fifty-seven thousand. The average Wei army is about 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 girders of labor, an average of 31 times per person, a total of less than a month, and then excluding the time to carry bluestone and stone pillars, the time to ram the earth, it is estimated that one person has to carry two to three times a day, more than ten miles away, two round-trips a day is fifty miles, three round-trips is more than seventy miles, it is really laborious! ”

Zhou Bian sighed.

Fan Yu on the side suddenly had a golden flower in his eyes, and he didn't expect that the king could actually calculate the workload of the Wei people, "The king is really powerful!" Fan Yu couldn't help but praise.

"Then do you want to be so powerful?" Zhou Bian asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Fan Yu replied immediately.

"Then you need to read more books, hehe!" Zhou Bian stood up and rubbed his numb legs. "But now we have to go to dinner." 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 Small or not as idle as Zhou Tianzi, there is no afternoon to calculate whether this trapezoidal body is correct, how the volume should be calculated, so small or ask Du Niang to ask the formula, if there is a mistake, please correct the finger