Jiang Rong was in charge of directing the affairs of the fort, he was nearly 50 years old, under the auspices of the civil official, he led people to repair the city of Dengzhou several times, and at the end of the year, he was introduced to Zhaojiabao.

After arriving at Zhaojiabao, Jiang Rong seemed to be in a dream, in the past, they craftsmen were very poor, but in the Zhao family is completely different, Zhao Gongzi gave him a salary of 10 taels of silver a month, so that Jiang Rong is still happy now, and the two sons don't have to be afraid of not marrying.

But there are some hidden worries in Lehe, although his skills are passable. But he can repair Dengzhou City! You must know that now the phrase 'iron beats Laizhou, paper lamp' is flying all over the sky.

The phrase 'Iron-beaten Laizhou, papier-mâché lamp' said to have emerged after Kong Youde's rebellion was pacified. This 'lamp' refers to Dengzhou City, which means that Dengzhou City will be broken as soon as it is attacked, and Laizhou City has been besieged by Kong Youde for hundreds of days and has never been captured.

In fact, Dengzhou City was still very strong, and later the official army also failed to capture Kong Youde for hundreds of years.

If Zhao Gongzi knew, would he quit him? After all, it's not very auspicious to repair Dengzhou City!

In a conflicted mood, Jiang Rong began to follow the drawings provided to him by Zhao Yan and began to direct the construction of the displaced people contained by the Zhao family.

Three days ago, Jiang Rong had already asked people to dig out the shape of the fortress, and now all they need to do is lay the foundation in the trench, tamp the earthen wall, and cover the bricks inside.

These live Jiang Rong are so ripe that they can be made out with their eyes closed. It's just that the shape of the city wall is a little incomprehensible to him.

Jiang Rong had never seen such a strange city wall, but after all, he was a professional, and after pondering it carefully for several days, he immediately saw the doorway.

If the enemy wants to attack the city, it will have to be attacked from three sides. For example, the shield soldiers commonly used in siege are impossible to hold three shields, right?

Lined up in a dense formation, and the cannons on three sides exploded, it wasn't a heavy number of casualties! A few ran up, and the arrows with two horns were added to the front, and the fire guns and arrows were poured down, and they didn't do anything.

If you want to take such a wall, you can only bombard it with artillery. The defenders of the city can not only bombard the city with artillery, but also repair the city walls. In addition, this wall is not high, even if it is not repaired, it can be repaired later.

In addition to the workers who remained in the Ordnance Bureau, the brick factory, and the cement factory, the rest of the displaced people participated in the construction of the fort, and the number reached nearly 10,000.

Among these people, in addition to young men and women, there are also some elderly people and children. At present, in addition to building muskets, the most labor-intensive thing is the production of arrows, and there are also many old people and children working in the gunpowder factory.

The inside of the gunpowder factory is young and strong, and it is strictly managed. Not only is it forbidden to smoke and fire, but it is also forbidden to rub the gunpowder against the ground during transportation.

The old and weak were scattered outside the gunpowder factory, dealing with some simple processes.

The construction scene of tens of thousands of people is definitely in full swing. Picking loess, building earth walls, and laying bricks progressed in an orderly manner under the command of Jiang Rong and his two sons.

Jiang Rong can be said to be experienced in commanding the main walls of these people who don't know how to build cities, after all, the walls of the imperial court are all built by the common people.

"Everyone, keep it up! After repairing the earthen wall of this section, the meal will be opened, and it will be almost like this, so the meal will be started early after the repair is completed. A clerk in charge of the overseer shouted loudly, and immediately mobilized his positive surname, and after a morning's work, everyone was already hungry to the chest and back.

With the efforts of the people, it didn't take long for the earthen wall to be tammed, and under the announcement of the overseer's paperwork, the group of homeless people immediately went to eat.

The other homeless people looked at them enviously, and also increased the speed of construction.

Zhao Yan sent those recruited humanities to supervise the work, each of them was responsible for a group of homeless people, and according to the speed of the performance, the amount to be repaired that day was prescribed, and this amount would be higher than the speed shown at the beginning. Finish early, finish early.

These supervisors were very kind at Zhao Yan's request, and there was no problem of violent supervisors. Most of these homeless people are ordinary people, and what they show is that they are simple and able to endure hardships, and they are full of food every day, and there are few desertions.

When you encounter those who are able-bodied, powerful, and oily, and want to desert, the overseer will use placement as a threat. These homeless people are looking forward to being husbands for a few months, and then they will be given ploughing cattle and seeds, and they will settle down like the previous group, which is a trick that has not been tried and tested.

For those who are old and weak, do as much as you can! This cannot be forced.

The meal is undoubtedly the happiest time for these displaced people, the Zhao family has always been full of them, the dish is fried in lard until fragrant, the rice is packed in large wooden barrels, and every day when the meal is opened, they resist from the big canteen to the construction site.

When Zhao Yan inspected, he saw that a strong man was sitting on a few bricks, holding green onions in one hand and dough cakes in the other, feasting there, and eating three large breads after a while, he touched his stomach with satisfaction and burped with happiness.

This amount of food definitely made Zhao Yan ashamed, and it was absolutely impossible for him to eat three flatbreads. It seems that we still have to pay close attention to the production of meat, eggs and milk, otherwise the food consumption will be very large!

Jiang Rong saw Zhao Yan and Zhang Buyun coming to inspect, and hurriedly ran over.

"At this pace, how long will it take to fix it?" Zhao Yan looked at the busy scene on the construction site and asked Jiang Rong. Jiang Rong groaned for a while, and estimated: "It should be more than half a month to repair the wall, plus some other back-end work, it can be completed in a month." ”

"Hmmm! But the quality has to be guaranteed. Zhao Yan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, the little one has built the city wall all his life, and there has never been any problems." Jiang Rong patted his chest with a little weakness and said, although Dengzhou City is fine, but it's still that...... Unlucky! Unlucky! Jiang Rong hurriedly let himself forget about that disgraceful incident.

Zhao Yan and Zhang Buyun walked on the construction site, there was no one around, Zhang Buyun smiled like a strategist and suggested: "The lord should learn from the strategy of Taizu when he started his family, build a high wall and accumulate grain to slowly become the king, even if you can't get it in this world, you can dominate one side." ”

"Huh! I am not king. Zhao Yan snorted and continued to watch in the construction site, thinking that this guy wanted to go crazy if he wanted to enter the pavilion and worship the elephant, and he instigated his ambition all day long, it was really evil, I am now a courtier of the Ming Dynasty!

For the Ming Court, Zhao Yan still has a glimmer of hope.

Zhang Buyun's eyes rolled, and he thought in the back: Not a king? That's the emperor!

While thinking about it, he nodded, didn't say anything more, and continued to follow Zhao Yan to watch on the construction site.

During this time, in addition to leading people everywhere to brainwash people, Zhang Buyun also worked part-time as Zhao Yan's strategist, often found loopholes in the system, and could quickly give suggestions. Zhao Yan was very satisfied with Zhang Buyun's ability, which made him worry a lot.

Zhang Buyun came into contact with Zhao Yan and found that Zhao Yan was very thoughtful and assertive, and he could hear what others said, and at the same time, he didn't do what others said, and he could often come up with a better plan.

And knowledgeable, although there are often some common sense ignorance, but the creativity shown in him made Zhang Buyun a little shocked. Almost all of his knowledge is focused on three aspects: making money, producing, and strengthening the army.

At the same time, he also came into contact with the core of the Zhao family, which also made Zhang Buyun puzzled why the Zhao family had so much silver.

Most of the people who work in the Zhao family know about the glass factory, but not many people know the value of glass mirrors.

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With the passage of time, the city wall of Zhaojiabao was built section by section, and Zhaojiabao became more and more noisy, not because there were too many people, but because there were banging guns outside Zhaojiabao every day.

Muskets leave the factory every day, and the number is increasing day by day. After a month of practicing swordsmanship, the 500 musketeers finally touched the muskets.

So the sound of guns every day is endless.

At present, the average life of this kind of musket is only more than 300 rounds, and as a result, it is basically scrapped in one day after a full day of training.

The Ordnance Bureau's drilling machine works in almost three shifts, and it was originally four days to drill a handful, but it was shortened to one and a half days.

If the power of the turbine is increased in the future, the speed can be even faster.

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Three. The codeword speed is still too slow!

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