Chapter Eighty-Seven: Tulou

The sea breeze was blowing, Zhu Houhuang was dressed in civilian clothes, and there was still some mud in many places on his body, sitting on a big stone and reading the letter.

Zhu Houhuang put away the letter, looked eastward, crossed Taiwan, and saw that there was also a wharf under construction in Dongyong. He secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect the three families in Penghu to be flattened like this, too, but any family with a little strength will not take root overseas at all, but will take root in the court." ”

When Zhu Houhuang received the letter, the Shi family had already collapsed.

When Wu Fengyi knew that the Wang family was going to move to Dongyong, she knew that the big thing was not good, the Wang family couldn't move, and the Chen family's power was already small, and the cohesion was not strong. And the Wang family has changed his sincerity, he betrayed the Shi family, and recommended him to Dongyong, so naturally he can't move, if he doesn't kill the Shi family, he himself doesn't know how to explain to Zhu Houhuang.

Wu Fengyi is here to be a cool official, is he doing this cool official?

Zhu Houhuang can also appreciate some of Wu Fengyi's thoughts, but Zhu Houhuang's mind is not on this, and he secretly thinks in his heart: "It's that I think it's bad." Although the clan is very powerful, but Dongyong is a wasteland, almost equivalent to reconstruction, I just need to do a good job of prevention, I don't have to clean them up at all, if in the Central Plains or Jiangnan, naturally have to clean up, but in Dongyong it is not necessary. ”

He turned his head to the messenger and said, "What's your name?" ”

"The grass people are straight." Wang Zhi said. Wu Fengyi didn't know what to do with the Wang family, so she directly sent Wang Zhi to Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Wang Zhi? ”

"Exactly." Wang Zhi didn't know why King Yong was strange about this name, and said secretly: "Isn't this name a taboo for His Highness?" ”

Zhu Houhuang glanced at this person deeply, and felt that it should not be the owner of the Wufeng ship that dominates the world. Because the owner of the Wufeng ship, according to legend, is a Hui merchant. It should be from Nanzhili, not from Penghu. It's just the same name. Zhu Houhuang swept this thought through his mind, and he looked behind Wang Zhi, who was looking like he was building a lot of construction.

Hundreds of people are building a city next to the pier. Just on the edge of Taiwan, countless people picked up the wooden piers where to ram the earth. The engraving method is used here.

The plate building method is the oldest building method in ancient China, spread very widely, the so-called plate building, is to build the wall with two wooden boards clamped together, the width between the two boards is equal to the thickness of the wall, the board is supported by wooden columns, and then filled with soil between the two boards, built tightly with a pestle, and the wooden planks and wooden pillars are removed after construction, that is, a wall.

Although Zhu Houhuang felt that it was not too reasonable to build such a building in Taiwan, and he did not know how well such a building would defend against strong winds and waves, Zhu Houhuang had no other way in his hands.

If you want a new building, such as a reinforced concrete building, don't even think about it. Not to mention where the steel bar is, let's say that it is the production of cement, which is an extremely difficult problem for Zhu Houhuang, not to mention the formula problem. Maybe Zhu Houhuang can find some masters who specialize in kilns to study the formula for him, but the manpower and material resources required to open mines and roads are not something that Zhu Houhuang can afford now.

So any idea of changing the status quo is a system project, not just a matter of thinking.

"What do you think of this construction site?" Zhu Houhuang didn't think of handing over the work to Wang Zhi for a while, and he didn't know how to settle the Wang family, so he simply tested Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi said: "I heard that His Royal Highness wants to emulate the Holy King of Kaizhang to expand Dongyong. ”

Zhu Houhuang felt very strange, it had been a long time since anyone had not answered his question positively. Zhu Houhuang became interested and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Zhi said: "I think there are some tulou in southwest Fujian that are more suitable for His Highness. ”

Zhu Houhuang suddenly remembered that he had also paid attention to Tujialou in his previous life, but it was only limited to paying attention. I didn't know much about the specifics, so I asked, "Please tell me." ”

Wang Zhi squatted down and drew a circle on the ground with a wooden stick. Said: "Most of the Fujian tulou are round, generally four floors, the first floor is mostly the kitchen and dining room, the second floor is the warehouse, the third floor and above is the accommodation place, the first and second floors do not open the windows, the third floor and above the windows are opened. Generally more than three floors, or even seven floors. The top floor is used as a lookout area, and the windows below can also be used for archery. There is a little well inside the tulou, and other necessities of life, even if it is surrounded by the outside for a month or two. ”

Zhu Houhuang was a little moved when he heard this, and said, "Do you mean to build this kind of tulou here?" ”

Wang Zhi said: "Your Highness's plan that the two cities are sandwiched between each other is naturally foolproof. But it is only suitable for the vital places, and sooner or later His Highness will have to let the immigrants take root in Dongyong. And this tulou is the best way, a tulou is a stronghold, from the coast to the inland. Step by step, even in the face of a large group of natives attack, you can hold out until the arrival of the team. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Not bad. "How to expand to the island, Zhu Houhuang has not yet formed a plan, and Wang Zhi's plan is not bad.

Wang Zhi saw that Zhu Houhuang liked his plan, and his heart couldn't help but move. This plan is not only his own credit, but also the guidance of the old people in the family, and finally can stand out in front of King Yong, he said: "The whole family of Caomin moved to Dongyong, and I am willing to lead His Highness, build this tulou, and open the way for His Highness." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "This is true. ”

Above Dongyong, it is not very peaceful, the power of the natives is not too weak, the reason why Zhu Houhuang must build two cities, standing between Taiwan, although a little too cautious, but it is not without reason. For Zhu Houhuang, this is still the case, and for the hundreds of people in the Wang family, it is even more dangerous. Maybe the whole family will die among the natives.

Wang Zhi said: "Naturally, it is serious, but there are two conditions, and I ask Your Highness to agree." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let's hear it." ”

Wang Zhi said: "The ancestor of the family is old, and I ask His Royal Highness to be kind and let him live in Penghu for the rest of his life." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "You have filial piety, and you are alone. ”

Wang Zhi said: "There are relatively few people in the family, and when the earthen building is built, I also ask His Royal Highness to help me." ”

Zhu Houhuang thought about the construction period, in fact, he felt that he was just a big contractor now, and all the strong men of a boatload were pulled over, except for the people who were logging and building the wharf in Dayuan, the rest were all built here in the city on the body of a kun. It's just that he can't free up manpower for a while, after all, if he doesn't build a house first and build a solid stronghold, Zhu Houhuang has no confidence to expand Dongyong.

Maybe it's the common problem of the Zhu family, which has been handed down since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, the habit of building cities.

However, Zhu Houhuang didn't just build the city and didn't care about the rest of the city, just on the sandbar of a kun body, he planted some vegetables, at least saving a lot of supplies.

Zhu Houhuang said: "There is no time for the time being, so let's do it, your strong man will come here to help first." When this city is built, we will start building earthen towers for you. ”

For a while, Zhu Houhuang also felt that his affairs were in a mess, it was a mess. Although the things that were arranged were not bad, the order felt very disordered.

"I have to have a helper." Zhu Houhuang thought to himself: "I must have a helper who can handle internal affairs. He regretted a little that he pushed Yang Shen's recommendation in the capital, and the person recommended by Yang Shen, even if he didn't succeed, could support this stall.

Zhu Houhuang suddenly remembered Tang Yin. This famous poet and painter through the ages, I don't know if there are more than sixty internal affairs points, but at this time, Zhu Houhuang simply has an urge to pull Zhu Yudu over, at least Zhu Yu is also literate. As for the rest of Zhu Yu's team, most of them have already been pulled over, and it is also with the support of these mathematical masters that thousands of people can be considered to be organized, otherwise I don't know what the chaos will become.

Zhu Houhuang dealt with Wang Zhi's matter, and without saying a word, he sent a letter to Tang Yin, who was still stranded in Fujian, and asked Tang Yin to hurry over, and by the way, he gave Wu Fengyi a letter, asking him to hand over Penghu to Wu Xingzhi and let him come over as well. Zhu Houhuang felt that he lacked manpower, a crazy lack of manpower.