Chapter 45: The Great City (II)

Although none of Wei Zheng and the big bosses in the court believed that Changsun Tang could complete the plan to build such a big city in such a short time, such a crystal clear city wall in front of Wei Zheng really told Wei Zheng about his ignorance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's incredible." Wei Zheng stood on the edge of the wall and stabbed the ice wall with his sword, leaving only a shallow dent and fine ice crystal particles attached to the sword.

The eyes of the soldiers guarding next to them were red, in the ice and snow, they knew the role of the city wall, one was to resist the charge of the cavalry, and the other was to block the raging and wanton wind.

I wanted to rush up to stop it, but I didn't dare to look at Changsun Tang smiling next to him.

In the past half a year, their perception of the eldest grandson has changed from "what can a descendant who has not grown all his hair understand" to "The eldest grandson must be able to solve this problem very easily, with the eldest grandson here, these are minor problems." ”

"Isn't that right?" Wei Zheng turned around and found this strange atmosphere.

"That's right, Lord Wei, these are the soldiers in charge of patrolling, and they are responsible for preventing others from damaging these walls." The eldest grandson introduced.

"I was reckless, what kind of punishment should I receive for such behavior?" Wei Zheng asked.

"It's not a big deal, just water it and spend the night." This question is very difficult for Changsun Tang to answer, this behavior can be big or small, at the smallest, there is nothing to say, but at the biggest, according to the rules of Wuyuan City, this is to kill the head. But the eldest grandson will not go up, so let's just say it directly.

"Really? I don't think that's good. "I originally thought that Wei Zheng's personality would change a little after a blow, but who knew that it would still be like this.

"Then let's do it, this city is built with water and sand, and Lord Wei can cut off a strand of hair and mix some water to make up for it." The eldest grandson had no choice but to say so.

Wei Zheng did not hesitate, cut a large tug of hair and handed it to the guards next to him.

What Wei Zheng didn't expect was that before he entered the gate of the five plains, he was dismounted.

This is the result of the cultivation of the eldest grandson, many of them are veterans of the Tang Dynasty, there is no lack of sense of honor, the eldest grandson is to transform this sense of honor into pride, a kind of motivation to protect the family and defend the country, this is the backbone of the spirit, with this backbone, Wuyuan will stand in the north of China, and the nomads will be compressed to activities and living space.

The city is also poured with water mixed with sand, although not far from this, Changsun Tang has been firing cement on a large scale, but it is still far from enough, and it is not easy to settle the nearly 20,000 people and a large number of horses before the winter of this year.

Although the winter here is not as exaggerated as dripping into ice, the hard surface frozen ground is not now ready to be excavated, and the city's infrastructure work ended early.

"Virtuous nephew, what is this black thing, why is there a large amount of this kind of thing stored in this city?" Wei Zheng showed a strong interest in this new city everywhere.

"This is called coal, and it has been used on a large scale in Jinyang City, and there is a coal mine not far from here, and it is because of this brick and stone that it has a source." The eldest grandson explained patiently.

"That's right, this thing is also a kind of treasure." Wei Zheng was not talking.

In the current plan, the city occupies only a corner of the northeast corner, and the rest is reserved for future development, and it appears in the city as a place for coal trading.

"Virtuous nephew, why are there saplings planted everywhere in this city?" Wei Zheng looked at the street that was less than two hundred steps long and asked out loud.

"My lord, that's right, in order to prevent the enemy's cavalry from charging, the streets in this city are like this, and there are many bends in the streets, but they are all planted with trees and blocked with walls, and if you don't need to guard against cavalry in the future, these can be opened." This is a plan that many people have discussed for a long time before finally deciding.

"That's a good idea." Wei Zheng said again.

"By the way, nephew, when you haven't built a city yet, you asked the imperial court for a document on the exchange of markets with nomadic tribes in Wuyuan, can you take the old man to have a look?" Wei Zheng asked suddenly.

"That's right, Lord Wei. This year, we organized a mutual market escorted by border troops to the grassland, and the results were not bad. The eldest grandson didn't say much.

"This is what you call the ...... of the mutual market," Wei Zheng thought.

"The base is a transit station for materials, where the materials that go to the grassland converge, and the materials exchanged on the grassland also gather here." Changsun Yu continued.

"Looking at the middle of winter, there are still so many people in these five plains, what you said may have basically come true." Wei Zheng didn't expect that the eldest grandson did even better than the best situation they had imagined.

"Yes, due to the large-scale use of coal and the mass production of pig iron in Jinyang City, the stove is basically used for heating here." The eldest grandson said as he introduced Wei Zheng to a nearby shop that purchased medicinal herbs.

"Your Excellency, this is a one-piece furnace that we designed, and it is good to melt the iron and pour it into the mold." Changsun Tang did not explain the difference between the heating stove and the cooking stove, both of which have been applied on a large scale in Wuyuan City.

Originally, Changsun Tang planned to provide central heating, but as soon as this idea was proposed, it attracted unanimous opposition from everyone, and the construction conditions and cost problems could not be solved in a short time.

When Wei Zheng entered the city, it was still in the morning, and he actually walked around the Wuyuan City with great interest for a whole day, until the Jingjie drum sounded, and then he lived in the Tuntian Langzhong Mansion under the arrangement of the eldest grandson.

This day's travel gave Wei Zheng a lot of ideas about the functions of the city.

"Virtuous nephew, what kind of support do you still need for this Wuyuan City, you might as well talk about it and take a look." Wei Zheng asked.

"In fact, at present, what these five original cities need most is to set up a state capital." Changsun Yu said.

For the eldest grandson, these five primordial will only be an extremely short journey on the road of life, and this cannot be his end.

If Changsun Tang has other ideas, then Wuyuan City can be said to be a better starting point, but this is not Changsun Tang's purpose, now the territory is not important, what matters is people.

If the eldest grandson runs to Africa to claim the emperor on the ship built by Wu Yuanqing, there will be no problem, but what is the use of that, in ancient times, no matter which dynasty or which land, the most important resource was people, so when Gou Jian was lying on his stomach and tasting courage, he would encourage childbearing.

If the five plains are incorporated into the local system, it will be the best news for the normal operation of the city. (To be continued.) )