Chapter 219: Strange Beasts and Insects
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On March 26, the 54th year of the Great Qin calendar, Zou Hong, the Supervision Department of Zongzheng Mansion, and a cadre of Longwei Mansion finally rushed to the construction site of Guangling Bridge in Donghai County, which was still very busy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Guangling Bridge, must be in the rainy season before the pouring of all the bridge foundation to complete, otherwise once the rainy season comes, the rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River skyrockets, in the vicinity of Guangling with the help of the dry period to complete the construction of the barrage, it is impossible to stop the soaring Huai River water.
Of course, even if the barrage can hold back the surging water of the Huai River, it will not help. After all, the levees built upstream of the barrage in a hurry can barely maintain the amount of water accumulated in the winter. Even so, the 50,000 construction corps remaining in Guangling really used only 10,000 troops on the Guangling Bridge, and the remaining 40,000 people were divided into two parts, defending the embankment more than 100 miles upstream day and night.
Once the embankments on both sides of the upstream collapse, then I am afraid that most of the land in the east and north of the river will be artificially turned into a country of Heze. The injuries caused are not far worse than the bursting of the Yellow River embankment above the party.
What's more, all the work that has been done in recent years will be in vain. Everything will go back to the way it used to be, and this delay will take another year, and we will have to wait until the dry winter season to build the barrage again, and then re-build the foundations.
I'm afraid that no one can afford such a consequence, Donghai County Shou Qi Hong can't, and Shangfang Zuo Chengtian Fang, who is in charge of Guangling Bridge, can't either.
Therefore, after discovering Yuzhou Ding, Qi Hong and others reported to the imperial court to ask someone to come and deal with it, while avoiding the bridge base where Yuzhou Ding, which had been heavily defended by the Xuanwu Army, and made every effort to build the rest of the bridge foundation first.
When Zou Hong and others arrived, Guangling Bridge plus the bridge foundations on the land routes on both sides of the strait had a total of 18, and the pouring of 16 bridge foundations had been completed. Only one bridge abutment on the outermost shore of Huiji County on the left bank and the one occupied by Yuzhou Ding was not completed.
However, the last bridge foundation on the shore of Huiji County was almost completed in three days at most. The Guangling Bridge has been carried out to this day. There is only one last critical step left unfinished. Once the eighteen foundations have been poured, the Guangling Bridge can basically be said to be almost complete.
Eighteen abutments, six on both banks and twelve in the river. The shore was made of boulders and molten iron. As for the 12 bridge foundations in the river, they are completely made of molten copper and iron water. Although this copper and iron is not pure, it can be said to be the most expensive item of this Guangling Bridge.
The 12 bridges in the river are all dug dry of silt and dug to a foot below the solid ground under the river. There are also four small pillars around it to help fix it, which is absolutely foolproof.
The reason why there are so many bridge abutments in the river that spans only 80 or 90 meters. Naturally, if the span is too large, I am worried that I will not be able to bear the weight and break, so I can only use more bridge foundations to reduce the span of the bridge deck.
When Zou Hong and others arrived in Guangling, the first bridge deck in the East China Sea of Guangling Bridge was preparing to be laid.
The senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee personally rushed from Xianyang to Guangling to deal with the affairs of Yuzhou Ding. Moreover, there are also royal relatives in Zongzheng Mansion, and there are at least 200 people in the Longwei Mansion to escort them, so that everyone can see that the emperor attaches great importance to the affairs of Yuzhou Ding.
You know, in the first two years of Hu Haichu's ascension to the throne, perhaps you can often see the emperor's personal guards hanging from the waist of the dragon guard on the ground in Xianyang and Guanzhong, but now, in Xianyang and Guanzhong, there are very few people who can see the emperor's personal guard with the waist hanging dragon guard mansion waist card in front of people. Xianyang and Guanzhong are still like this, not to mention Donghai County, which is thousands of miles away from Xianyang.
Not to mention. The Longwei Mansion guards who dispatched nearly 200 people at a time were probably not seen in Xianyang City three years ago.
As soon as Zou Hong got out of the carriage, he saw Qi Hong, the commander of Donghai County, Wang Yu, the commander of Guangling County, and Tian Fang of Shangfang, who had received the news and rushed to greet them. Although Qin Tianjian does not have much real power, no matter what, Zou Hong is a real third-grade important minister of the imperial court. In addition, there are also the royal relatives of the Zongzheng Mansion Supervision Department and the general of the Longwei Mansion accompanying them, but Qi Hong and the others dare not slack off.
Zou Hong and others were still greeting here, and the Xuanwu general Weng Zhong, who received the news, also arrived.
"Lord Taishiling, you've arrived. Before I do, the sons and daughters of the Xuanwu Army will be moldy in that muddy field. "Far away. Without war horses, Weng Zhong, who had always relied on the eleventh road, pounced with a gust of wind. It seems that he can't wait to take Zou Hong to see the Yuzhou Ding.
As he ran, it seemed as if the ground was shaking.
The size of this cargo. It seems to be one size bigger than when I saw it in Xianyang City during the New Year.
Weng Zhongpu's fan-sized palm was about to catch Zou Hong's shriveled arm, which was as thick as chopsticks compared to his palm, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of Zou Hong.
Seeing the comer, Weng Zhong suddenly laughed. The palm that was originally light and fluttering suddenly swept out vigorously.
"Bang"
There was a dull sound, and the figure that appeared in front of Zou Hong instantly flew diagonally before staggering to the ground. And Weng Zhong himself shook a few times as if he was drunk under the horrified gaze of everyone, and took two steps back slightly.
As Weng Zhong retreated, two footprints several inches deep clearly appeared on the solid ground.
"Shhh
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Immediately, however, everyone's faces changed. Zou Hong's face turned black in an instant. The one who came out to block the non-human Xuanwu general Weng Zhong was Long Hong, the emperor's personal guard.
One is the chief general of the Xuanwu Army who commands the army, and the other is the close guards around the emperor, who just met and did it first, I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to please anyone, and more importantly, if the matter of Yuzhou Ding is delayed, Zou Hong himself is afraid that he will not be able to escape the responsibility.
"Haha! Good boy, next time I see Ben won't fly you. ”
Weng Zhong suddenly shook the sky with a loud laugh, which immediately dazzled Zou Hongzhen's head, and he retracted his words when he reached his mouth.
Feelings, these two people know each other?
Indeed, Weng Zhong and Long Hong have known each other for a long time.
The twelve personal guards around the emperor, basically except for the four female generals of Long Jiao, Long Mei, Long Bing and Long Xue, who were born in Ba Shang because of their identity and gender, did not dare to make a mistake, the rest of the eight male guards such as Long Tian were not only familiar with Weng Zhong, Du Teng, Xu Chuang, Wang Gan and other main generals, but also had an extremely good relationship.
Eight personal guards, in the leisure time of the Bashang camp, everyone basically fought with Weng Zhong. It's a pity that every time he was crushed by Weng Zhong with brute force. As a result, Long Tian and the others' name for Weng Zhong has gradually evolved into orcs.
"You are still a general, look at your beast form, Lord Zou is an important minister of His Majesty's Qin faction. You are going to catch Lord Zou and delay His Majesty's important affairs, it seems that you, an orc, want to stay in the camp for a few more days.? ”
Long Hong grinned and rubbed his arm, which was already a little bruised, and sneered unceremoniously.
"Well, in order to prevent the monster from escaping, the sons and daughters of my Xuanwu Army have set up a large camp in the mud, and people are going to get moldy when they roll in the mud every day, aren't I in a hurry. Besides, that beast is very good at eating, so you can't starve it and force it to eat people, right? Every day, I have to send someone to fetch some meat for it to feed it, and my Xuanwu army is almost ready to feed livestock. ”
Hearing Long Hong's words, Weng Zhong touched his skull and said in an urn.
Obviously, Weng Zhong was extremely jealous of what Long Hong said about going to the Bashang camp for a few days.
Not to mention that Qi Hong, Tian Fang and the others are officials who are one level lower than Weng Zhong, even Zou Hong is the first time to see this orc and will be scared one day.
I have to say that the title of orc is indeed very suitable for Weng Zhong; Of course, I have to feel that this Great Qin, I am afraid that only His Majesty the Emperor can restrain this orc.
General Weng is right. Then how about I go to Yuzhou Ding now? Zou Hong interjected at this time.
"That's a good feeling, go quickly!" Weng Zhong didn't wait for others to answer, stretched out two fingers that were not much thinner than the child's arm, and dragged Zou Hong's official robe forward.
When everyone saw this product like this, they all looked at each other and shook their heads and smiled bitterly. Especially seeing him carefully holding Zou Hong with his fingers that are incomparable to ordinary people, it really makes people laugh and cry.
Long Hong's words made Weng Zhong feel very palpitating.
The Xuanwu army set up more than ten big tents around the bridge base where Yuzhou Ding was found, and wrapped it tightly around Yuzhou Ding. The big shield and fence are not lacking, and they look like they are facing a great enemy.
Seeing Zou Hong and the others coming, Weng Zhong waved his hand, and the Xuanwu soldiers quickly demolished a one-zhang-wide opening in the shield wall.
Zou Hong and the others all gasped when they saw the double-bodied monster.
The two-body monster that seemed to be pretending to be asleep raised its head when it heard the sound of Jin Tie, and looked at Zou Hong, Weng Zhong and the others who came over from afar. The scarlet letter in his mouth was uncertain, and a pair of fist-sized eyes stared at Weng Zhong, as if he would burst out at any moment.
"I say, orc, don't you have ten thousand pounds? You can't take a beast yet? Long Hong stood beside Weng Zhong like a child, stabbed Weng Zhong, and said in a low voice.
"Who says I haven't done it? However, this beast has two bodies, each of which is about the same strength as the general. Ben was going to deal with one, but this beast has two bodies, and I... Ben will not be an opponent. ”
Weng Zhong looked at the eager monster urn and said in a loud voice, seemingly extremely depressed.
Hearing Weng Zhong's words, the eyes of Zou Hong and the others looking at Weng Zhong had changed. Feelings have really tried it himself, such a behemoth, a desolate species, he can deal with a person who does not fall behind, and can only be described as non-human.
"This beast, can senior brother know it?" Kuaitong looked at the monster and stared at it for a while, and suddenly said loudly.
"Strange beasts and insects!" Zou Hong and Cai Ze glanced at each other and said in unison.