Chapter 368: New Chang'an
Chang'an is already dilapidated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When Cao Mengde seized Chang'an a year later, because the Son of Heaven collapsed in chaos, Xiahoudun was in a frenzy and washed this thousand-year-old capital in blood.
After the meteor shower flooded, Cao Mengde gave up the entire Chang'an area, and after more than half a month of raging demons and monsters, this ancient capital became more and more dilapidated.
On the outskirts of Chang'an, Hao Meng and Cao Cao stood beside their horses, listening to the report of the generals who searched the city.
Hao Meng and Cao Cao's trip was to come to the new Chang'an City. If there are still residents in Chang'an City, even a few fish that have slipped through the net, they will all turn into dust when the city falls from the sky in a while.
This kind of mistake is not beautiful after all, so there are 500 generals under Cao Mengde to enter the city to find out.
However, the remnants of Chang'an are already scarce, and after experiencing the scourge of bandits, there is almost no one to the west of Hangu Pass, and there is not even a single ghost in the ruined Chang'an City.
However, there are a few newborn native monsters, hidden in the ruins, and they were easily exterminated by the generals.
"Brother Mengde, it's almost." Seeing that all the generals in Soucheng had withdrawn, Hao Meng reminded Cao Cao beside him.
Hao Meng accompanied Cao Cao to observe the advent of the new Chang'an, mainly to supervise, which Cao Mengde must know, everyone knows it but will not break it.
According to the agreement, this new city must come to the left near the ruins of Chang'an!
Whether this new city came to Chang'an or Luoyang, Cao Cao didn't care. According to Hao Meng's analysis, Cao Cao really felt that it was the best choice for this city to come near Chang'an.
The city model was handed over to Cao Cao last night, and when he took it out again this time, Cao Cao always had a dreamlike illusion.
Who would have thought that such a small, toddler-like model could be turned into a majestic city in an instant?
At the beginning of Licheng, he witnessed the advent of Jinan City, and Cao Cao naturally knew the operation process.
In fact, there is no need for any process, when Cao Cao threw the city model towards the ruins of Chang'an City, the next steps, he only needed to follow the prompts in his mind.
In the dark, there is a consciousness that communicates in the mind.
This phenomenon is common among military generals.
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Soon, the new Chang'an came successfully, and the word "Chang'an" also appeared above the city gate.
Perhaps, Cao Cao also felt that the meaning of long-term peace and stability was good, and the name of Xincheng was not tampered with with other miscellaneous names.
The new Chang'an is only three zhang high as usual, each vertical and horizontal has a thousand zhang, except for the city gate tower on the city wall, there are no other superfluous buildings, even the city wall, it seems to be the same as the adobe brick splicing.
Looking at the new Chang'an City, the excitement receded, and Cao Mengde, Xun Yu and the others were a little disappointed.
At the beginning of the advent of Jinan City, Cao Cao and others were fleeing for their lives at that time, and they didn't have time to appreciate it, only the shadow of the Heavenly General Xiongcheng filled their minds. Later, Cao Cao, Junchen and others had watched Jinan City.
It's just that Jinan City at that time has been built and grown up by Hao Meng and has become a second-level male city. There are many arrow towers on the city wall, and the city wall has also become a strip of large bluestone.
The new Chang'an in front of me, no matter how you look at it, is far away from Jinan City, just like a baby compared to a giant.
Cao Cao can remain calm, Xun Yu can also remain calm, but Chen Yu, who has seen Jinan City many times, can't be calm, almost dream-like loss: "How is this so?" ”
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Hao Meng was able to calm down, and was silent for a short time before Hao Meng spoke: "Brother Meng De recalls in his mind, is there an option, only need to spend 100 million money, you can turn the city wall of New Chang'an into a bluestone city wall?" ”
100 million in money?
"Shhh On a midsummer morning, everyone still gasped.
With so much money, it is a problem to build ten more cities, but now it is just the cost of replacing the three-zhang high city in front of him with a bluestone city wall, not to mention Xun Yu and the others gasping, even Cao Cao seems to be a little reluctant.
That's not to say that Cao Mengde doesn't have so much money.
Since the Tiger Prison last year, the strength of the princes from all walks of life has not only increased, but also the money in their pockets has increased day by day. At present, if any prince does not have hundreds of millions of money in his pocket, he is embarrassed to go out to meet people!
Cao Cao had nearly 200 million yuan in his pocket, but this was kept as construction funds after the recovery of Qin. If this fund is misappropriated to build a new Chang'an, will the people's livelihood in this Qin land be restored?
"Brother Meng De knows that this bluestone city wall is almost inviolable, and the boulder will not be destroyed when it is smashed. Even if there is occasional damage, it can be restored in the blink of an eye. "Hao Meng is like a shield seller, and he is tempting step by step.
Ten thousand laws are not violated?
A boulder smashed without destroying it?
At this moment, Cao Mengde, the monarch and the ministers, all thought of the big gaps on the Hangu Pass. If the original Hangu Pass was such an "attribute", why was he Cao Mengde afraid of the more than 10,000 bandits under the pass?
With so many benefits, Cao Mengde really couldn't resist the temptation, and said with a hideous face: "Okay, 100 million money is 100 million, and we will also smash out the bluestone city wall!" ”
As Cao Mengde closed his eyes again and meditated, the "adobe" city walls of the new Chang'an turned into strips of large bluestone almost in the blink of an eye.
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"It's amazing!" All around, there was a murmuring voice.
Cao Mengde, who opened his eyes, was also surprised when he looked at the new city wall, but he quickly calmed down again. Turning around, Cao Cao asked Hao Meng again: "Brother Yi Xingxian, the city wall is there, what about the arrow tower?" ”
You must know that on the city wall of Jinan City, there are nearly 500 arrow towers now. And the new Chang'an City in front of him does not have even a single arrow tower.
Cao Cao knew that this kind of city, only with the arrow tower, is the real city that will never fall!
Hao Meng doesn't hide his selfishness, if he wants Cao Mengde to block the threat from the northwest, he naturally needs him Cao Cao to have this kind of strength, right?
"There are two kinds of arrow towers. The range of the [Iron Arrow Tower] is as high as 1,000 steps, just to curb people from peeking into the city. The range of the [Yuanrong Divine Crossbow] is only two or three hundred steps, which is a line of life and death near the city wall. ”
"At present, the new Chang'an is only a first-class city, the city wall is no more than three zhang high, and only a total of seventy-two [Machine Iron Arrow Towers] and one hundred and twenty-eight [Yuanrong Divine Crossbows] can be laid on the city wall."
"When the new Chang'an is upgraded to a second-class city, the city wall will be as high as five zhang, and the number of arrow towers that can be placed on the city wall will be doubled."
"Brother Meng De still needs to close his eyes and meditate, and look in his mind, and he can find options about the Arrow Tower."
[Machine Iron Arrow Tower] and [Yuanrong Divine Crossbow] both only cost 100,000 yuan each, which is still very cheap compared to the renewal of the new Chang'an city wall.
Almost in the blink of an eye, on the city wall of the new Chang'an, there were arrow towers.
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With Dian Wei, Hao Meng visited New Chang'an and said goodbye to Cao Cao.
"The new Chang'an has been established, Brother Meng De only needs to slowly figure it out, and this Qin land will soon be impregnable. Hao Meng said goodbye and needed to go back to Jinan to build a new city. ”
This is the right discussion, Cao Cao said: "Chang'an is new, why don't you have a banquet in this new Chang'an, and then return to Jinan City?" ”
Regardless of whether he sincerely wants to keep Hao Meng, this new Chang'an is like a natural success, and Cao Cao must hold a banquet in the city today.
Hao Meng bowed his hand and declined: "Brother Meng De is kind, Hao understands it." However, if the time is not for me, Brother Meng De will forgive me more. ”
After saying goodbye to Cao Mengde's ministers, Hao Meng and Dian Wei secretly guarded themselves and left the new Chang'an City.