"Shou Gaoyang, I summarized three points in prison, which can be summarized in six words."

Li Xin served in countless meetings in his previous life, but whenever he made a speech, summed up one, two, three, four, and summarized a few points, it was commonplace, so he unconsciously brought out the habits of his previous life.

"Sharp weapons, relocation, control!"

Sun Chengzong listened very carefully, Li Xin nodded slightly every time he said two words, but he was faintly disappointed when he heard six words. The first two points are not much new, and they are nothing more than building walls and preparing more weapons to defend the city. The relocation of the people is a strong wall and a clear wilderness, and the loss of labor and money is his biggest concern. Only this control, he is a little unclear so.

"The old man would like to hear about it."

The surrounding miscellaneous servants and people have long been dismissed, and there are only three people in the shed: Sun Chengzong, Li Xin, and Lei Xianling. Lei County's order also listened to the matter, he really hoped that there would be an unborn talent to resist the Tartar army, and he would not have to worry about the idea of abandoning the official and running away. Originally, he thought that this horse thief was just alarmist so that Sun Chengzong would spare his life, but after a few words, his opinion immediately changed, and he even believed this statement. Because at that time, the affairs within the imperial court were tantamount to state secrets, how could an ordinary prisoner know about it, this person not only said the truth, but also penetrated into the analysis, and even surpassed those of them who had been in the officialdom for half their lives.

But he still had a fluke.

"Will the Tartars definitely come to capture Gaoyang?"

"In less than a month, we will come to Gaoyang! If you don't believe it, you just need to wait for the news of Lu Butang's defeat in Changping. At that time, the two Tartar soldiers of Dolgon and Yuetuo will join forces in Tongzhou and invade all the way south. ”

After talking for a long time, Li Xin smacked his lips and only felt that his mouth was drier, reached out and picked up a stoneware bowl on the shelf, leaned over and took a full bowl of coarse tea in the cauldron, and drank it down. Lei Xian Ling reprimanded: "Presumptuous! ”

Li Xin put down the big bowl and said with a smile: "The cabinet forgives the sin, the kid hasn't eaten a drop of water since the morning." ”

Sun Chengzong waved his hand. "It's okay, you can talk about it!"

"The first of the three points is a sharp weapon." Li Xin pointed to the thousands of people outside and said: "A blue brick wall like this is just the icing on the cake, and it will not affect the battle situation. Actually, I have another idea, my lord came to see ......."

There were bundles of firewood and branches piled up next to the stove, and Li Xinxin broke it off and drew it on the ground. He first drew a rectangle, "This is the Gaoyang City Wall." Then he divided each side of the wall into three equal parts, and drew two straight lines perpendicular to the side of the wall along the boundary of the equal parts, making a total of eight lines on each side, and finally drew one straight line outward at each of the four corners.

After drawing this straight line, Sun Chengzong stared at the picture on the ground and seemed thoughtful, and Lei Xian Ling asked unceremoniously: "What is this doing?" Dig the river? What's the use? ”

"Do you want to build a wall in the next life?"

Sun Chengzong spoke, and Li Xin nodded.

"Exactly, fifteen zhang long and one zhang wide on each side. In this way, if the Tartars attack the city, no matter which side they attack, they will face attacks from three sides, and our side can use their maximum firepower to destroy the living forces of the Tartars. ”

"Well, this principle is the same as the horse face wall, and the future is a good martial strategy, but it is a pity that such a scale of rammed earth to build a wall has to be done for several months, and Gaoyang County's material and manpower are stretched." Sun Chengzong paused, and then his voice turned higher.

"If this wall is built, you need to have more arrows, otherwise it will be useless."

"Cabinet Mingjian, in addition to arrows, there are muskets and artillery, this thing is a sharp weapon to kill the enemy."

Sun Chengzong has been in Saibei Pass for several years, how can he be unfamiliar with firearms, the power of the Hongyi cannon shook the world, and repelled the Tartar soldiers several times. Is this man really a horse thief? Even knowing this kind of militaristic heavy weapon is very knowledgeable, ordinary people will definitely not be able to do it, thinking of this, I can't help but have more doubts about Li Xin's origin.

"Hongyi cannon Gaoyang projectile small city can't be transferred, how many small cannons are there, and the musket that Hou Sheng said is a fire gun? There are also these things, and there is a lot of gunpowder, nothing more than nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal......"

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong suddenly paused, it is too difficult to repair the wall, what is the point of talking about this?

"The cabinet is worried that the construction period is too late? The kid knew that a material called cement could replace rammed earth to build walls, and there was no need to wrap walls with green bricks. When the planned city walls can be completed within a month. ”

"Military affairs are not child's play, if you are really sure of this, the old man will hand over the matter of building a wall to you! Do you dare to make a military writ? ”

As the conversation deepened, Sun Chengzong gradually put away his contempt for the other party because he was a horse thief, and instead regarded Li Xin as an object that could discuss state affairs. Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, this Sun Gebu is cute, and he has to try his courage when it comes to the end.

"Why don't you dare, if the city falls on time, the kid will die before the battle!"

Li Xin's statement was generous and heroic, and Sun Chengzong returned to Liaodong outside the Guanxi in a trance, leading his troops to resist the enemy.

"Give you three days to get the cement to show the old man, and if it is really as you said, the construction of the city will be as you say." Then he gestured to a middle-aged man in a medium-sized robe outside the shed. "Erlang come in!"

The middle-aged man in the long shirt came to the shed and saluted Sun Chengzong respectfully, "Does the father have any instructions to call the child?" ”

Sun Chengzong pointed at Li Xin and said: "In this later life, you will help my father to make something called cement, Erlang, you will do your best to assist him." After speaking, he asked, "What is the explanation for the regulation of the word?" ”

This is completely an attitude of humbly seeking advice, the second son of the Sun family has rarely seen his father treat a young man with such an attitude in the past ten years, and this person is still a prisoner, and he is full of curiosity, and he listens carefully to what he can say something different.

"The so-called control is wartime control, and there are two main points. The first is to prevent rape, the Tartars are good at sending spies, so from today onwards, the population flow in Gaoyang City must be strictly controlled to reduce the chance of mixing in suspicious people or being bribed by insiders. The second is the supply of materials, from now on to make a war plan, once besieged by the Tartars, the materials in the city must be concentrated and distributed in a unified manner, so as to make more reasonable use of the limited materials, in order to fight against the Tartars for a long time. It should be noted that the materiel includes personal private property! In the end, Li Xin was speechless, because the centralized distribution of the property of the rich is tantamount to disguised plunder, and it will definitely be subject to great resistance.

Sun Chengzong nodded frequently, he was not used to the way Li Xin spoke, but he understood the general meaning, the third point is the supplement and expansion of the first two points, which is a prerequisite for ensuring a lasting battle, and it is very important. But he also has a concern, that is, the relocation of the people, the migration of the people has been a first-class problem in all dynasties, and at present, as far as Gaoyang is concerned, where to move the people has become the primary problem. Without waiting for him to ask, Li Xin spoke first.

"The biggest problem is relocation, but as long as the solution is reasonable, the problem will be solved."

Relocation involves complicated civil affairs, and no matter how you look at it so easily, it looks like a piece of paper, and Lei County Ling on the side couldn't help but refute: "Let's not talk about where to resettle, the loss of people's property, the old people in their ancestral homes would rather die in rented houses, and so on, how can it ...... Honest ......"

Li Xin smiled suddenly: "This is exactly what I want to say, the relocation of civil affairs is complicated, and it is not necessary for the local parents to nod and allow it, I will propose a charter Lord Lei to see if it is feasible." ”

This Lei County Order with a high hat belt is not comfortable, if he usually talks about the prestige of his local parents, he is very proud, but at this moment it represents responsibility, it is difficult for him to preside over the relocation, this is absolutely impossible, and he is ready to run away.

Sun Chengzong squinted his eyes at this moment with a deferential look, and the second son of the Sun family who was standing beside him also looked willing to hear the details.

"First of all, we want to emphasize that the relocation is a temporary act, and after the defeat of the Tartars, they should return to their families. Second, the government will register compensation for the losses of each family during the relocation period. Thirdly, during the relocation period, the government will give relief subsidies, and at the same time, the strong laborers are obliged to participate in the repair of the city during the relocation period, and the government will pay them according to the market conditions......"

Before Li Xin finished speaking, Lei Xianling's face was almost green, and he immediately interrupted it: "No, according to your relocation method, the deficit of the treasury can't be blocked for ten years, this method won't work!" ”

Li Xin didn't expect Lei Xian Ling to take the lead in objecting, which was beyond his expectations, although doing so was a bit costless, but it was the best way to achieve the goal, after all, once the Tartar came, where would there be eggs under the nest? Looking at Sun Chengzong again, he was still squinting and thinking.

"Why not? The people are the foundation of the country, once the Tartars are plundered, the gap in Gaoyang's population can be filled in a few decades? ”

Li Xin does not have a sense of dignity and inferiority in this era, and is completely in a posture of argumentation, but Lei County's order can't be hung up, a prisoner dares to contradict him, a seven-rank county, if it weren't for Sun Chengzong's face, he would have been bombarded with sticks. A face turned from green to red, pointing at Li Xinqi speechless.

"The old man thinks it's feasible, but where to move is still a problem."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "This also needs to know the population geometry of Gaoyang County before we can make a conclusion. If the number is appropriate, a few storey buildings can be set up in a remote area in Gaoyang City to solve the housing problem. ”

There was no one to talk to in the shed for a long time, only a cauldron was boiling, and the boiling water was steaming. After a long time, Sun Chengzong said: "The future is very knowledgeable, and I haven't asked for the name of the honorable person." ”

Lei Xianling and the second son of the Sun family are quite surprised, and it is an unprecedented situation for a returning minister to treat a horse thief prisoner so well.

"The boy's surname is Li Mingxin."

"Are there any words?"

"Not yet."

Sun Chengzong sighed, he could almost 100% conclude that after Li Xin was a certain famous family incognito, the people of the time respected the double name, how could a person with a little family background give his child a single name? This kind of knowledge of seeking the country will never be passed on to others unless it is learned from home. If it is an ordinary family, who can teach a child with such knowledge? Another point, how did such a young man become a horse thief or even a prisoner? It's all a mystery.

"Erlang, take this little brother Li to the pavilion, and arrange food and lodging. Assist him to make cement as much as possible, and he needs money and people to be satisfied. ”

Suddenly, hearing the sound of horses' hooves outside from far and near, Lei Xianling raised his eyes and said happily: "It's the imperial court's fast horse, it must be a great victory for the Beijing Division!" ”