The second watch is served, and there is another watch before seven o'clock. {First Reading}

"Old Tang, what does Ah Kan want to do by doing this?"

Outside, it was still raining. The rain curtain covers the whole world in a watery color, which makes it a little difficult to see.

Sitting in the side room, Cao Shen, who had changed his clothes and relieved his spirits, hugged his arms and quietly watched the clay pot placed on the Ding furnace. The water vapor is pervasive, mixed with a mellow aroma of wine. Tang Li used a special clamp to hook the wine jug in the clay pot, and after arriving at the two jue wine, he twisted a cherry from the fruit pot next to him, threw it into his copper jue, and drank it deliciously.

It's getting better!

I think that when my grandfather was in Anlingjun's mansion, I am afraid that he did not have such a comfortable life.

"What does Kan want to do? Lao Cao, what do you mean by that? ”

The fire in the furnace was very strong, the room was very warm, and Cao Shen's face was flushed, with a hint of wine.

"You're a fool. It is good to kill so many people and put the entire Ding clan in one pot, if it is just to make an example, I don't believe it. Kan is not a person without proportion, I think he must have other ideas when he does this. ”

"Thoughts?"

Tang Li smiled slightly, leaning against the wall a little lazily. Looking up at the rain falling down the eaves, he said softly, "Who can be without ideas?" Some people want to be promoted to official wealth, and some people want revenge. Akandi thoughts. I'm afraid only he knows best. ”

Settle an old score?

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with some understanding.

"If that's the case, it's a beautiful thing."

"A beautiful thing indeed...... But in this case, Ah Kan is afraid that he will make a lot of enemies! I don't know if it's good or bad? ”

Cao Shen frowned, "A lot of enemies? What do you mean? ”

Tang Li smiled, "A clan of less than a hundred people dares to be unscrupulous in front of the government; A little bandit. also dare to call the three evils of Suishui, and even have 1,500 righteous soldiers in his hands, why can't he help it? It's not going to be that simple.

I don't know about Yingzhuang!

But the generals who came out of the Lantian camp, even if the Qin army was not good at water warfare, even if they didn't know much about the Sihong area, would it really be so difficult to deal with a group of bandits born in mud legs? I don't believe it! That's it. There must be something else. ”

"You mean......" Cao Shen chuckled in his heart, and suddenly the alcohol disappeared.

Tang Li nodded, "I can see it, Kuaiche can see it, and Ah Kan must have seen something wrong." Lao Cao, you wait, this time the people in the Sihong area are going to lose their heads. Never less! Ah Kan said: It is really appropriate to achieve success and ten thousand bones to wither. {First Reading}"

Will it be a success?

Cao Shen silently savored this sentence, and couldn't help but think deeply.

The rain outside the house is getting heavier and heavier!

It's night, peace.

At the end of the day, the rain finally stopped.

When the old red sun jumps out of the eastern horizon. Ten thousand golden lights shine on the earth, but it is a rare good weather in winter.

The fact that so many people died the day before did not seem to have any impact on the residents of the Louting area.

Well, it's not without impact...... No, as soon as the day dawned, three or four hundred people gathered in front of the official office, waiting to send a mission.

Tang Li could finally get rid of the tedious chores, and looked at Cao Shen who was busy in front of the official office with a leisurely look, and sincerely felt a kind of happiness. Cao Shen went door-to-door to register. Who's family has made a few divisions of labor, and how much grain will be allocated today, is proceeding in an orderly manner. Three or four hundred people quickly got their respective tasks, and they didn't even need to be supervised, and rushed to the construction site on their own.

The farming season is over, and it's the quietest time of the year.

work, and there is food to take. People are naturally motivated. Of course. There are also people who are skeptical of Liu Kan's words.

But when I saw those who had been paid, one of them went home with a bunch of fine millet. Watching the lively people, I was also moved!

So the next day, more people flocked to the front of the government office, waiting for the assignment. Even some people who did not belong to Lou Ting's rule rushed to ask: If we also come to help with the work, will the adults also give us food? Is it the same as the Louting people?

Of course, the answers they get are enough to satisfy them.

Cheng Miao was ordered to rush to Pei County and ask him to allocate 500 stone of fine millet. When the grain trucks entered the barracks and were stacked in the open space in the center, the people's motivation was even higher. This is not too difficult for Liu Kan.

But in the eyes of those ordinary people, the energy of this new Great Qin official is extraordinary.

You must know that Daqin's grain is basically allocated by the state, and the people are rarely allowed to sell it privately. Even if it is those county magistrates, it is not easy to allocate 500 stone of grain at once...... This is definitely a big deal!

Twenty days passed.

More than a dozen granaries have risen from the ground, and on a high ground, they are particularly eye-catching.

Under the hill, rows of houses have also taken shape, and it seems that it will not take too long for the project to be completed and put into use.

Wang Xin happily drove the carriage and pulled Liu Kan to inspect the construction site. {First Reading}

Tang Li and Cao Shen stood beside Liu Kandi, looking at the hot construction site, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

"Benefits!"

Liu Kan pointed to the people on the construction site and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has the heart of profit. The difference is only in the size of the benefits. People who stand tall pursue huge benefits, and it is difficult for them to be tempted by small profits; But for these small people who are running around for food. A little bit of interest can make them crazy. What is it to you and me?

But for them, it means having enough to eat, or even living better.

When you give them enough momentum, they will be willing to follow me. Listen to my words, and no longer distinguish between Chu and Qin.

As long as I can continue to lead them, I can live a better life. Hehe, a fool would be willing to hold his head up against me.

It will take time, though...... It has been 200 years since Shang Jun changed the law, and only then did Qiang Qin rise. I do not know. How much time do I have? ”

This last sentence was very quiet, and only Liu Kan himself could hear it.

Tang Li and Cao Shen didn't hear it clearly, but Liu Kan's remarks about interests really shocked them.

So much so that none of them noticed what Liu Kan said at the end.

"That's right, Ah Kan!" Cao Shen suddenly remembered something, and said softly: "You transferred five hundred stones of grain at once this time. Why don't you see the above reaction? Even if you pull it out of your own granary, such a big action will definitely attract attention. ”

Liu Kan came back to his senses and patted Wang Xin's head.

"Letter, let's go back...... You haven't done your homework for today. ”

Wang Xin has to do a lot of homework every day, in addition to practicing martial arts. Wang Ji also forced him to be literate. It's a pity that Wang Xin was not born to be the material for reading. It took a lot of effort to know how to write his name. So much so that Cheng Miao, who taught him literacy, was also very depressed. Fortunately, Cheng Miao has a stubbornness, the more he fails, the more energetic he becomes, and now he waits at home on time every day.

As soon as he heard the word "homework", Wang Xin suddenly felt a big feeling.

"Uncle Ju is also illiterate, why can he not learn, but I prefer to learn?"

Wang Xin is talking about the giant uncle. refers to Liu Ju. Until now, I can't even write my own name, which is completely hopeless.

Liu Kan patted Wang Xindi's head, "Uncle Ju is old, and Xin is still young." If you don't know a few words, you will suffer a lot in the future. ”

"I don't like literacy, I like to practice martial arts. And listen to the master you tell stories...... It's the story of that monkey. ”

"Hmm. Then you have to be more literate, and I will tell you more stories in the future. ”

These two people, you say a word to me. directly opened the question of Cao Shen. The carriage stopped in front of the official office, and Liu Kan took Tang Li and Cao Shen into his study, and then ordered: "Daozi, go and bring that thing to me, I have something to discuss." ”

Chen Daozi has now become Liu Kan's personal entourage.

After hearing this, he immediately responded to the call.

Liu Kan said: "Although the warehouse was built, it was only a beginning. As a transit place between Surabaya County and Jiujiang, Donghai, Guangling and other places, Loucang is also very important for defense. According to the orders of the county keeper, a total of forty-nine warehouses were to be built in the entire building.

That is to say, the baggage of the two counties of Surabaya and Donghai must be distributed and allocated by us before crossing the Huaishui.

Once something happens, this will be the focus of the attack. So we had to start working on other things while building the barn. After the beginning of spring, 800 families of immigrants arrived, and I was ready to conscript and build a wall in the pavilion, what do you think? ”

Tang Li and Cao Shen glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

Although I don't understand what Liu Kan said once something happens, what it is, but it is always a good thing to be prepared. Otherwise, it will be difficult to take care of the forty-nine warehouses with only a few hundred guards guarding them. After all, this Sihong area is by no means a quiet land...... At least, in 10 to 20 years, there will be no real peace.

At this time, Chen Daozi came back.

There were also four Qin soldiers behind him, carrying a heavy object into the study.

"Daozi, help me watch outside."

"Whoa!"

Chen Daozi answered, walked out of the study with Qin Jun, and closed the door casually. Liu Kan walked to the black cloth in the study and lifted it all at once. Underneath the black cloth is a two-meter-square model of a giant castle. About half a person tall, presented in front of Tang Li Cao Shen.

"These days, I've been wondering how to build this town.

Don't worry, it's impossible to get this model out. I had a dozen craftsmen build a part of it, and then it took me three days to put it together myself. Old Tang, Old Cao...... This is what I think of Loucang Town, what do you think? ”

Whether it's Cao Shen or Tang Li, after seeing this model, I couldn't help but gasp.

Not for anything else, Liu Kan presented them with a model of the city, which opened the eyes of Tang Li and Cao Shen. It's more of a fortified fortress than a city. According to Liu Kan's plan, Loucang Town will be divided into two parts: internal and external.

Gao Gang's back is attached to the water, which happens to be out of the bank of a section of the river that is most difficult to approach in Suishui.

A city wall was built halfway up the mountainside to form the core of the main building of Loucang Town. This is also the inner city of Loucang Town, which is about three zhang high.

Under the high gang, it is the outer part of Loucang Town, and it is also where the dwellings are located.

Extend the city wall on the high hill downward, and the city is more than four feet high. In the entire town of Loucang, there is only one entrance and exit, facing the east.

A canal was opened from Suishui to form a moat more than two zhang deep, and a sheep and horse wall was built on the riverbank to connect the moat with a suspension bridge.

Behind the sheep and horse wall, there is the main city tower, which is equipped with the enemy platform and the pheasant moat, and there are two urn cities in the outer circle and the inner square, forming two defense systems.

The whole castle, using the baston result, especially increased the lethality of the side walls. The side bunkers are located in the middle of the dead end, and are equipped with long-range attack weapons such as catapults. Even if the opponent has a ranged weapon, it will not be able to damage the catapults in the city.

This is the town defense system that Liu Kan saw in a military magazine in his previous life.

Overall, compared to the defense system of this era, it is nearly a thousand years more advanced.

After Tang Li and Cao Shen circled around the model a few times, Cao Shen suddenly asked a very sharp question: "Ah Kan, even if the shape of your castle can be built, what should be the main body of this city wall?" The soil quality of Sihong is not good, I am afraid it is difficult to ......"

"Yes, the soil of Sihong is soft, even if it is built with rammed earth, the effect is difficult to meet the requirements."

Liu Kan smiled: "Of course I have considered this problem and actually tested it. There is indeed such a problem in the soil quality of Sihong. And with the stones piled up, it is obvious that the project is too large and difficult to complete. I came up with a way to build a city using steaming earth. ”

"Steaming clay method?"

Tang Li and Cao Shen were all puzzled. This is undoubtedly a very unfamiliar term to them.

Liu Kan explained: "The so-called steaming method is to mix white lime and white clay with glutinous rice juice, and then pour it after steaming, which can make the city wall impregnable...... This is also the method I saw someone use when I passed through Julu earlier. White clay is not a problem for us. This is the case with the soil in the Sihong area...... As for white lime, it is not difficult to do, and glutinous rice is a specialty, so there is no need to bother too much.

If this method is used, it can be completed in three years at most. ”

Tang Li thought for a while, "If this method is really feasible, I don't have any opinion." However, if you build the city wall, you still need to ask the county guard. ”

Liu Kan nodded and said, "After the beginning of spring, I will ask for instructions." ”

"That's great!"

Tang Li and Cao Shen discussed with Liu Kan for a while, and after confirming some things, he got up and said goodbye.

However, at the moment of leaving the room, Tang Li suddenly said, "Ah Kan, why haven't you seen Lao Kuai these days?" Could it be that there is a business trip? ”

Liu Kan was stunned at first, and then smiled mysteriously, "Old man, of course he is going to do what he should do." ”