Since it was close to dusk after agreeing on everything on this day, Xiao Yi had to start building the fort tomorrow, Liu Desheng suggested demolishing the three abandoned houses first, but Xiao Yi thought about the place where everyone lived, and still wanted to build the wall first. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After all, it is not a day or two to build a wall, according to Liu Desheng's calculations, it will take at least ten days for more than 40 people to build a general wall. And in the past ten days, Xiao Yi can't just let everyone sleep in the wild like this, although everyone's health is very good.

If there is no place to shelter from the wind and rain, once it rains, it is estimated that most people will have a cold. At this time, the wind chill is very troublesome, and it is very common for people to die if they are not good, Xiao Yi doesn't want these subordinates who followed him from the Beijing Division to die of the wind chill.

Xiao Yi looked at the open space in front of him, thinking that a small fort will be built here in the future, what kind of small fort can this small fort be, Xiao Yi is looking forward to it. In this expectation, Xiao Yi spent the last day of his second year in Chongzhen.

It's early in the morning again, and when Huang Yang gets up, he doesn't look at where Xiao Yi sleeps, Xiao Yi must not be there. Huang Yang has long felt that Xiao Yi has been very different from before since he came back from Houshan, not to mention that Xiao Yi was cowardly by nature, he was still very timid and afraid.

There has not been a time in the past 20 years that he has gotten up early in the morning, but as a farmer, Xiao Yi has slept soundly all day until close to noon before he staggered up to eat, leaving him idle and idle. This was Xiao Yi's day.

And Xiao Yi's personality has changed a lot since he came back, and when he met Sister-in-law Wang, they also knew how to speak, and they also knew that they could help everyone work together. And after a few days, he got up earlier than anyone else every day, and when Huang Yang got up to work, Xiao Yi usually ran several laps.

Just as I was thinking about it, "Huang Yang! Tell everyone to get up and the sun is on your ass! Let's go! ”

Huang Yang nodded as a matter of course and patted Shi Gang's buttocks, "Old Shi, the adults said it was time to get up, call someone to go!" ”

Shi Gang was dreaming, he didn't want to be beaten by Huang Yang to ruin a good thing, and he wanted to go crazy, but when he heard Xiao Yi calling, he suddenly changed his attitude, and immediately got up quickly, and called everyone to Shi Lu and the others who had just gotten up.

Everyone was worried, Xiao Yi was already discussing with Liu Desheng and the others, Xiao Yi listened to Liu Desheng's words, and nodded again and again. After a while, Xiao Yi clapped his hands, "Come on, come on, the boys have eaten, and they are full to work!" ”

Everyone was immediately in high spirits and agreed with a bang. Everyone knew that the fort was going to be built today, and they all drank a bowl more than usual, and they were no longer ambiguous, and they were full of food.

Before he started to do it, Xiao Yi made a difficulty, originally thought that this should not be too difficult, but Xiao Yi didn't know that the difference between the stone blocks of the Ming Dynasty and the stone bricks of later generations was simply 108,000 miles, and a stone brick of the Ming Dynasty was worth about seven or eight red bricks in later generations. And Xiao Yi bought solid bluestone bricks, which were extremely sincere.

An ordinary strong man can only barely make up his work when he lifts a piece, but he can't just do it with a stone by hand, and he thinks too simply. You have to buy some tools and recruit some people. In terms of tools, let Huang Yang take Liu Desheng and the three of them to buy it, as for the manpower, he still has to ask Wang Changliang for it.

Let's first ask the thirty families under me to come over, the thirty families have more than 100 people, and the men of themselves should be able to have more than 200 people, which is enough.

Since it was decided, he did not hesitate, Xiao Yi asked Liu Tong to take more than ten people to take care of the eating utensils, and he took everyone to Changning Town, and when he arrived in Changning Town, he was divided into two teams, one team Xiao Yi carried, Shi Gang followed Xiao Yi, and went to Wang Changliang to ask for the population.

The second team was led by Huang Yang, followed by Wang Dayong, Shi Gang and Shi Lu, and Xiao also gave them one hundred taels of silver, and asked them to take Liu Desheng and the rest of the thirty or so people to buy the necessary tools, sand and gravel and other things.

Xiao Yi had less than 100 taels of silver in his hand, and suddenly Xiao Yi wanted to cry without tears, and he led people to fight bravely and go south and north for two months to earn the 400 taels of silver, and he didn't want to spend it in less than two days.

Xiao Yi arrived at Wang Changliang, Xiao Yi's eyes rolled, and he didn't say that he wanted fifty households, which surprised Wang Changliang, and Xiao Yi opened his mouth. But this Wang Changliang really took the door to the extreme, and forcibly shrunk the fifty households to thirty, but Xiao Yi was at least thirty households, so he didn't say more, and decisively took Wang Changliang's token and went out to receive the military household.

After seeing the thirty families he belonged to, Xiao Yi was extremely disappointed, most of the thirty families were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they didn't know how long they hadn't eaten enough.

There are more than 120 people, and there are only 30 young people among them. Xiao Yi can't help it, it's better than nothing, Xiao Yi waited for these people to help the old and the young to pack up the big bags and small bags of things, and another hour has passed.

When Xiao Yi arrived at the gate of Changning Town, he found that Huang Yang and others had been waiting there for an unknown amount of time, and when they saw Xiao Yi leading the people to arrive, everyone got up to greet them.

Shi Gang looked at Huang Yang angrily and said, "Look at these people, they are all weak and can't help but be windy, and they are all old people and children, so Wang Changliang seems to be deliberately perfunctory." ”

Those people were very scared when they heard Shi Gang's words, they changed the owner, and the family members of the owner still didn't seem to be very easy to get along with, and they didn't know how to live in the future.

Xiao Yi stopped Shi Gang and said with a slight reproach, "Old Shi, how can you say that, since these people follow me, they are the same as us, everyone is the same, do you know that you must not say such things again!" After Shi Gang scratched his head and admitted his mistake, saying that he would not do it again in the future, Xiao Yi turned his head and asked Huang Yang, "How much rice did you buy?" How many taels did it cost? ”

Huang Yang nodded, "I bought one stone of rice, it should be enough to eat for a long time, and I don't have to run back and forth for a while." ”

"Old Liu, how did you buy the tools?" Xiao Yi asked Liu Desheng.

Liu Desheng said with a smile, "This little old man happened to know some owners, and he bought these appliances at a very cheap price." Wang Dayong stepped forward and said, "Yes, in the bazaar over there, thanks to the face-saving efforts of Liu Lao and the three of us, we spent less than ten taels of silver to buy these utensils." It cost less than eighty taels of silver. ”

Xiao Yi sighed, looked back, and sure enough, everyone was pushing wheelbarrows, which were filled with sand, gravel and grain, dozens of carts of sand, gravel and grain, and various bluestone blocks transported in carts.

Xiao Yi walked in front of Liu Desheng and the three of them, and said gratefully, "If the Tunpu is built, Liu Lao and the three of them should be credited!" Liu Desheng and the three hurriedly waved their hands and said that they were tormented.

Xiao Yi gave an order, and everyone was close to 200 people, helping the old and the young, and everyone was not idle, and they walked to the three rooms. And when he got there, Xiao Yi immediately distributed rice porridge to the newly arrived people, and deliberately instructed Huang Yang under everyone's gaze that the rice porridge should be thicker.

After drinking the rice porridge, the people were grateful to Dade, saying that they had followed a good Shangguan, and they had not drunk such sticky and white rice porridge for a long time.

After resting for a while, Xiao Yi divided the people into two parts, one part under the guidance of Liu Desheng and the others, first built the city wall, and Xiao Yi prepared to open two city gates.

First, the city gate is less convenient and defensive, and secondly, a lot of effort is saved.

To build the city wall, first lay the foundation, and then lay the foundation before building the coupon door hole, the construction of a coupon door hole is quite time-consuming and laborious, some things need Liu Desheng and the three of them to do it personally, and Xiao Yi was shocked for them.

At this time, the entrance of the city gate is made square or made of Guijiao, Xiao also listened to the advice of Liu Desheng and the three of them, and made Guijiao, the source of which is due to the fact that the building is supported by wooden beams, and the foundation is tiled with logs in rows on the brick wall, and the bricks are laid on the logs, and the upper part is built again, which is the way of combining brick and soil, so in some places it is not enough to guide alone, and many places need Liu Desheng and the three of them to do it themselves.

And Liu Desheng and the three of them were also unambiguous, carrying tools to go up for a while.

The crowd is divided into two parts, because the people are all noodles and dishes, although this meal is full, but it does not change their long-term lack of food and weak physique, only the thirty or so young people can still be able, the parents who watched are so full, and they are also eating well, and they all come forward to ask for work to do.

Xiao Yi asked the people to help build the city wall, leaving more than a dozen people to help and protect the people, and Xiao Yi took more than 30 strong men from Beijing to carry grain and sand and gravel from Changning Town.

Everyone is busy, no one is lazy, even the elderly and children, they are doing their best to help everyone, and if they can't move the bricks, they will help fill a basket of sand and transport.

Before you know it, the sun is setting and it's dusk.

Xiao Yi delivered sand and gravel again and had just returned. This is the fifth trip they ran today, these young men are all good, although like Xiao Yi, everyone is quite tired, but they are looking at the formed Guijiao-shaped ticket door hole, they are all happy and laughing.

I have witnessed the rise of the castle on the ground, half a day ago there was nothing here, now although there is only a coupon door hole, the east wall has only just finished laying the foundation, but this is already a great progress.

Suddenly, a woman beat gongs and drums, and her voice was extremely high, "Don't be busy, big guy, let's eat!" Come, old king, this is yours, don't worry, there is more! He turned his head and touched the head of a grizzled child who had been helped with the construction, and smiled dotingly, "Come, little Liuzi, this is yours, drink more!" ”

Everyone hurriedly put down the work in their hands, Xiao Yi's original subordinates were also helping to distribute porridge and food, although they hadn't drunk it yet, but everyone followed Xiao Yi three meals a day, and they could eat enough, so it would not be so bad for a while.

Xiao Yi just looked at the scene in front of him, looking at the Guijiao-shaped ticket door hole rising from the ground, which was six or seven meters high, and his mood was indescribable, this was only the first step, but this step was a new beginning for Xiao Yi and everyone. Just as today is the first day of Chongzhen's third year, Xiao Yi and the others also started the first day of building the fort.

Xiao Yi looked at the woman again, and saw that this woman was about thirty years old, and her clothes were very dirty because she helped build the fort, but the woman didn't seem to care about this, she just pulled her hair and continued to enthusiastically help distribute porridge and food.

Xiao Yi, who was riding on a horse and holding the Qi family's knife, somehow suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart. Riding his horse slowly towards the woman.