Nearly a hundred years of time, coupled with the lush environment of plants, made it difficult to find the ruins of the destroyed Zangge City, Zhao Yan sent people to check around, but only barely found the remains of the city wall, and there were not many remnants of some weathered stones.

A few hapless explorers in full gear had been bitten by angry snakes and insects, but they didn't need to worry about dying, because the snake medicine that had been prepared was quickly applied to their wounds after the poisonous blood was sucked or squeezed out.

As for the snakes that bited, and the other animals that had been affected simply because they inhabited the ruins of the castle, they were killed, and it would not be long before they would be washed and skinned and become part of the next meal that would fill everyone's stomachs.

The stones that were entangled in roots and vines had obviously been carved by craftsmen, and the patterns on the surface of the stones, or simply carved out of different human shapes, reminded Zhao Yan of places like Angkor Wat, and he felt that these should also be relics of god worship.

"Can anyone recognize these statues, what they are?"

Zhao Yan, who couldn't see the original appearance of those sculptures, made such an inquiry.

Everyone present shook their heads, including Jiang Xinyue and Wanwan, who may have the most knowledge.

Zhao Yan glanced around, but did not find Sun Tianyang's second junior brother, that is, Chu Chengyuan from the Chu family in Huanglong City.

Zhao Yan guessed that Chu Chengyuan should know something, but since this kid happened to be absent, Zhao Yan didn't bother to speculate anymore.

"The stones were dug up and trimmed into suitable blocks or strips, and their next use was to become the foundation of the house. ”

Zhao Yan instructed, he did not specify who should be in charge of this matter, but soon several quasi-officials who were dedicated to the management of prisoner slaves drove the slaves to work.

Under the command of the quasi-officials, a large group of strong slaves with axes lined up in a horizontal line, cutting down all the trees and thorns that stood in their way, indiscriminately.

Then, more slaves put these felled trees and thorns in different areas.

Trees, twigs, and thorns are piled up in a slightly messy manner, and they can be used as firewood for cooking.

Those that are finished are naturally stacked in stacks, and when the construction of the house begins, they will be either beams and columns or slabs.

In order to speed up the drying of these spare timbers, several specially recruited carpenters directed the slaves who had been handed over to them to set up fireworks with wood residue around the erected timber piles, trying to use the heat smoke to accelerate the evaporation of moisture in the wood - wet wood is not a suitable building material, and it will be severely deformed in the process of drying.

Watching the trees and weeds being cleared in rows, Wanwan frowned invisibly, she recalled the not very good memories when she got the Wumu Xiaolin Gun.

"Don't worry Wanwan, I won't destroy this natural environment too much, at most to restore the Hidden Pavilion City to its original appearance. ”

Zhao Yan sensed Wanwan's displeasure, so he explained in a loud voice.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Zhao Yan took out a large city planning map that had just been drawn a few days ago and showed it to Wanwan.

This urban planning map is obviously designed and planned in accordance with the goal of creating a livable garden city.

Large areas of green parks, artificial lake parks, and artificial lakes are painted in pleasant green colors, and rows of street trees with geometric aesthetics are painted on both sides of the horizontal and vertical streets.

Zhao Yan even planned a botanical garden and a zoo with a large area.

The effect of this design is obvious, and Wanwan's unhappiness disappears, and there has never been such a city in harmony with nature in this world, which is much higher than Wanwan's expectations.

So the felling work continued in an orderly manner, and the slaves worked very efficiently, but it was not only Zhao Yan who generously provided sufficient food, but also because Zhao Yan announced that the three most outstanding slaves would be released as free citizens immediately after the completion of the first phase of the city construction, and they would be issued "urban resident identity cards" by him as the southern governor himself.

Only those who have ever had freedom will understand the preciousness of freedom after being enslaved.

Therefore, in just one week, the entire urban area of the original Zangge City was re-cut down into white land.

Because he did not plan to follow the original planning and design of Zangge City, Zhao Yan took the time to climb the mountain and found the southeast and northwest of Zangge City, and the second phase of the urban construction project could finally start.

Of course, before the start of the second phase of the project, Zhao Yan fulfilled his promise and gave freedom to the three most active prisoners of war slaves, as well as the "urban resident ID card" that made the prisoners of war slaves feel at ease, as well as an additional identification document - household registration book.

These two things, naturally, are completely modeled after the form of a certain Celestial Dynasty in the earth world, but because they cannot be preserved by plastic, the original paper medium and plastic shell of the ID card has been replaced with a copper version of the inscription, so that as long as the ink or ink is brushed, these copper ID cards can have the effect of seals, of course, in order to distinguish them from seals, they are called ...... A copy of your ID card.

Compared to the first phase of the project, the second phase of the project is much larger, because its goal is to build a cross street that runs through the entire Shinzokaku Castle from the north and south and east and west directions.

This is not just ground engineering, because Zhao Yan has also planned a half-meter-deep sewer next to the green belt on both sides of the road, and there are no construction machinery such as excavators in this era......

In order to speed up this major project, Zhao Yan issued the first order of the pacification envoy since he served as the southern pacification envoy, asking the nearby barbarians to send manpower to help dig the pit.

Of course, all this is paid labour, but it is not a daily wage, but a pay for the amount of earth and rock excavated.

The four barbarian tribes, including the Jia'e tribe, the Lingxi tribe, and the Guishan tribe, responded to this order and sent thousands of laborers, while the remaining barbarian tribes turned a blind eye to the newly appointed envoys to pacify them, and those envoys who went to give orders were even humiliated.

Zhao Yan expressed his sincere gratitude to the four barbarian tribes for their cooperation, and he announced that in the future, the goods belonging to the four chiefs and heads would not be subject to customs duties when they entered and left Xinzang Pavilion City.

Then, after arranging the left-behind personnel and giving everyone different permissions, so that everyone could perform their duties, Zhao Yan temporarily left the Zangge City, which had become a large construction site.

Those who temporarily left with Zhao Yan included Jiang Xinyue, Wanwan, the Spirit Dog Demon King, the Great Saint Brother Sun Tianyang, Hou Xiye, and Bai Caixing and Song Qi'er who acted as guides.

Chang Kaishen, who was not selected by Zhao Yan to accompany him, cried bitterly when he heard the news, and he even felt that he had no meaning to continue to exist, but fortunately, Zhao Yan gave Chang Kaishen a new task in time - to serve as the first sergeant of the Jiankang City General Police Station, responsible for suppressing all riots and rebellions, as well as smashing, looting, burning and stealing.

The demon tiger still roamed the area between the Lingxi and Guishan tribes, it was as elusive as the most cunning fox, no one could predict where its next dawn would be, and any brave man who dared to try to defeat it had become its belly without exception.

Zhao Yan had enough reason to take out the raging demon tiger, because his golden thigh brother Zhao Pu had written to say that he had set off from Daye City and was expected to arrive in Xinzang Pavilion City, which was still under construction, within two months at most.

Oh yes, Xinzang Pavilion City actually has a new name, and Zhao Yan named it after careful consideration - Jiankang City.

The explanation to the outside world is naturally "to build a beautiful Taikang new city", and only Zhao Yan himself knows what it means.

In order to declare his right to name Jiankang, Zhao Yan asked people to set up a one-and-a-half-zhang high archway gatehouse in the four city gates of Jiankang in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Jiankang.

Therefore, anyone can conclude from the location of these four gates that the newly built Jiankang City is about 3,500 steps long from north to south and about 1,500 steps wide from east to west.

The area of the city is not too far from 8,000 acres, not to mention the 36 parts of Jingyun Mountain, even in the nearby states, it is also one of the best cities.

Of course, this is only a planned area, and it is impossible to build such a large city without years of persistent construction under the current productive conditions of the world.

However, Zhao Yan is not in a hurry, even if the southern pacification envoy must be transferred to an official in five years, he has enough ways to make the construction of Jiankang City continue to persist.

Compared with urban construction, hunting tiger demons is a more urgent problem, so Zhao Yan and his party quickly arrived at the Lingxi Department.

The White Queen of the Lingxi Division, who was harassed by the demon tiger, personally went out of the city to greet Zhao Yan, who came all the way, and her appearance looked at least seventy percent similar to Bai Caixing, but her wisdom was much higher.

She welcomed Zhao Yan and his party with a grand welcome ceremony, everyone could feel her kindness and urgency, and after a little politeness at the banquet, Zhao Yan took the lead in asking about the information of the demon tiger.

"Just this morning, the demon tiger attacked a traditional fishing ground of our tribe downstream, killing seven of my people who were busy fishing—you know Yan Shao, your people in Zangge City buy a lot of fish from my tribe every day. But the damned demon tiger, who came out of nowhere, killed the seven poor people, and then it ate their brains and hearts like it had done before. ”

So said the White Queen. rs