Chapter 440: Reconstruction Begins

Due to the city's drastic downgrading, many of the original high-rise buildings in Luoyang City have disappeared, and even some of the palace buildings rescued by Sun Jian's troops from the fire have not been spared. From the Luoyang fire to the present more than a month, there are even occasional weeds in the city, and spring has arrived.

If there are few houses that can still be used in the big Luoyang City, the only thing that can be used may only be the thick stone city wall, which can't help but make a certain city lord breathe a sigh of relief, "Anyway, Luoyang still has some city defense facilities, and there will be no danger to defend if there is an incident...... If you had to build such a majestic wall yourself, I don't know how much money, manpower, and time it would cost. ”

Although Luoyang City has been burned down and currently only has the scale of a first-class city, the stone city wall just appears in the architectural sequence of a first-class city, and this top city wall is still intact, and even the total area enclosed by the city wall still maintains the scale of a royal city. The walls of Luoyang were built to the standards of a top-tier royal city, and the stone walls of Fengxiang were no different from a fence made of rotten wood.

This also means that the defenders stationed in Luoyang have a natural defensive support, and the remaining city walls are far better than the defense of first-class cities under normal circumstances. There are pros and cons, and the number of guards that the defenders need to place on the city walls is at least forty times more than that of ordinary first-class cities!

This also means that if you want to really keep Luoyang City under the protection of the city wall, the five thousand allied forces of Fengxiang, Huoyun, and Maple Leaf City are far from enough. For such a situation, a certain city lord could only shake his head and smile bitterly, for a long time, it is impossible to have more troops stationed in Luoyang.

It is easy to recruit troops, there are a large number of ready-made weapons and equipment in the warehouses of Fengxiang City, compared to other territories, the population of Fengxiang is enough to be proud, and it is easy to pull up a force. The crux of the matter is that a certain city lord does not want to affect the normal production and construction of the territory because of another large-scale expansion of the army, and he does not want the huge military expenditure to overwhelm the territory's finances.

Under the call of the policy of "hiding wealth from the people" vigorously advocated by a certain city lord, Fengxiang's salary level is very high, and as a soldier who may shed blood for the territory at any time, the salary level is even higher. An ordinary soldier of the Yamagi Battalion has a salary package that is almost comparable to that of an intermediate craftsman! And the treatment of each soldier of meritorious troops and elites such as the Trap Camp and the First Dead Soldier even exceeds that of senior craftsmen!

- The last time Ju Yi returned to Fengxiang from Liangzhou and replenished hundreds of recruits for the Xiandeng Dead, a certain city lord couldn't help but tremble with his hands when he looked at the new budget of the Xiandeng Dead. Ah Niu once came up with the idea of asking Pang Tong to study whether he should let the army raise his "dedication" and let the finances of the territory breathe a sigh of relief, but thinking that Feng Xiang's "feng shui" is not very good, since a certain city lord took charge of the territory, there has been a constant war, and the army has paid a heavy price in the previous battles to defend the territory, and Ah Niu reluctantly dispelled this idea.

Although Fengxiang can continue to expand the army, the salary expenditure of the new troops will overwhelm Fengxiang's finances, which is suffering from an economic crisis, and then affect the territory's investment in production, construction, economy, education and other aspects, which is a result that Ah Niu absolutely does not want to see.

Even in other first-class city territories, although the military expenditure is far less than that of Fengxiang, after the end of the campaign against Dong Zhuo, most of them have also very wisely slowed down the pace of replenishing the battle-damaged troops, or made the troops "reasonably attrition" through foreign wars, and it is really not much to maintain a territory with a full military strength of 5,000. Fengxiang City, which has more than 10,000 troops, and 2,000 of them are still cavalry, really has no spare strength to expand its army.

This is the reason why a certain city lord asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Zong Wuyan to send troops to support Luoyang. Anyway, the troops of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Zong Wuyan, even if they stay in their own territory, the expenditure of military expenses and food cannot be saved, and these troops stationed in Luoyang can not only alleviate the lack of Fengxiang's military strength, but also win the benefits they deserve, why not.

In fact, a certain city lord was not worried that Luoyang would face a military threat in the short term.

For many NPC forces, Luoyang is a hot potato, and with Ah Niu, a "fool", taking over the reconstruction work, and becoming a buffer zone between Dong Zhuo's forces and the princes' forces, everyone is happy to see. Besides, Fengxiang's reconstruction action has also been promised by Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, if it weren't for the burning of the brain, there should not be any NPC force who would be willing to risk the world's great power and be rude to Fengxiang City, which rebuilt the royal capital.

As long as the NPC forces can suppress their greed for Luoyang (in fact, there is nothing to loot in Luoyang now), even if they are challenged by the player forces, as long as it is not a large-scale group battle, Luoyang's 5,000 NPC troops have enough defense power.

In a chat with Jin Ge Tiema and Gao Gao, the main and deputy gang leaders of Dragon Guardian Villa, Ah Niu even said optimistically: "For a long time, it is estimated that there is no player force who is not eye-opening, and dares to hit Luoyang's head with his idea." ”

-- A certain city lord has always rarely said big things, and when he chatted with Jin Ge Tiema and others, he did think that this was a fact, but this sentence turned out to be a big laughing stock later, and it also became the scar that Ah Niu didn't want others to mention. If it weren't for the bloody battle of the Luoyang defenders led by Zhao Yun, Xu Rong's resolute and firm command, and several reinforcements galloping thousands of miles to help, Fengxiang would have suffered the first major defeat in history. In that unprecedented bloody battle that lasted for nearly ten days, Fengxiang soldiers used their blood and sweat to prove to the world the loyalty and strength of Fengniu's soldiers!

Except for the city wall, Ah Niu could no longer find any surprise and comfort, and the accompanying team didn't even have a way to rest after arriving in Luoyang, and immediately threw themselves into the intense work of cleaning up the ruins. It's not that a certain city lord is inconsiderate, even if Ah Niu wants to let Fengxiang's soldiers and civilians rest, at least he has to clear a piece of land that can be temporarily camped.

Almost all the troops and craftsmen began to clean up the garbage, and it was noon when the team arrived in Luoyang, and before it was dark, everyone needed to clear an area where they could camp.

The cavalry of the Flying Wing Battalion worked in full swing under the leadership of Zhao Yun, no one complained, and the soldiers saw Zhao Yun personally knock down a dangerous wall in the clearing area. The main generals lead by example regardless of their hard work, how can the soldiers not work hard?

The troops of Maple Leaf City did not arrive in Luoyang until three days later, but the 2,000 troops of Huoyun City arrived in Luoyang with Ah Niu and others, and the transferred military general had already received a strict order from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to "listen to the command and obey unconditionally." Along the way, this unit had already seen the strict military structure and fierce temperament of the Flying Wing Battalion, and before Zhao Yun could speak, the 2,000-strong army also worked quickly.

Rao, too, continued to slow down the clean-up work, and it wasn't until sunset that a campsite was cleared out of the West Mountain. This is the result of the craftsmen freeing up the bamboo baskets full of supplies, and the horses of the Flying Wing Battalion carrying garbage and speeding up the clean-up process.

Ah Niu was not idle, and sent a small number of people to search the city for water sources and whether there were any NPCs that survived the catastrophe. In addition, a certain city lord also took over the planning of the reconstruction task in a big way, and when Lu Zhi was relieved from his sadness, he saw a certain city lord squatting on the ground, dividing the city area with stones on the ground, and his head almost touched with several craftsmen, Liu Xing, and Zhao Yun (who was called over from the construction site by Ah Niu).

"At the current pace, there is not much to be done today. Luoyang is too big, and if we want to complete all the clean-up work, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it in more than three months, with our campsite as the center, and gradually spread to the periphery.

Now there is nothing but the city walls, and we have to build administrative buildings, all kinds of shops, auxiliary buildings, a large number of warehouses - don't ask why you want to build warehouses, you will understand in a few days - so that the function of the city will be restored quickly. A formal home can take a break, and it's fun to stay in the house for a long time, and to stay in the tent for a few days once in a while...... When the functions of the city are gradually restored, and there are displaced people around the city, it is time for us to build houses on a large scale.

It has just been reported that there are seven usable wells within 500 meters of our campsite, and within 500 to 800 meters, there are eleven wells, enough for more than 3,000 of us to drink. The most dense area of wells is in the southeast, which is estimated to have been a former settlement and our residential area is planned here.

The walls are too long, and we don't have that many people to guard them in all directions for the time being. At night, Zilong has to send a small number of men to guard around the camp, the martial artists under the third brother have to work hard, and the secret sentry is served by the martial artists, so as to ensure that anyone appears within a thousand steps around the station, we can detect it as soon as possible.

It is estimated that our shop will be built within two days, and the exploration of mineral resources to support the production of the shop pΓΉ also needs to be carried out immediately. Won't it be enough for the homeless people to show up? Fabrics and furs for tailoring...... It's okay, let's hold off for a few days, and after Luoyang resumes operation, there will naturally be strangers coming, and they will bring us a lot of raw materials......"

Since Chen Gong and Pang Tong joined Fengxiang, Ah Niu has not been so dedicated to personally handling these internal affairs for a long, long time, whenever he thinks that the historical city of Luoyang will be "resurrected" according to his own will, a certain city lord is excited, and it seems that he has endless energy.

The new life of Luoyang starts from this day! (To be continued)

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