"Nineteen Paths! This is what Brother She, Fa Sheng, and Chen Fa Sheng proposed. The eldest brother interjected excitedly.

"I didn't expect it to spread in Gusu so quickly? Could it be Liang Xiu? Chen Fan thought secretly in his heart, but said: "It's Chen Fasheng below, which makes everyone laugh." ”

"You are Chen Fasheng, I didn't expect such a coincidence, Liang Xiu only mentioned you in front of me yesterday, but I didn't expect to see me today." Lu Yan said with some joy: "It seems that there is no coincidence that there is no book, since this is the case, you must come to Fa Sheng, everyone still wants to hear your thoughts on the Nineteen Paths, I will send someone to pick you up tomorrow." Lu Yan didn't give Chen Fan a chance to refuse at all, and said conclusively.

Chen Fan looked at Yajun, saw that Yajun smiled, and did not speak, so he said, "Please allow me to discuss with Yajun and everyone, and give the dean an an answer later." ”

"It's okay, you can discuss, I'll be in the fragrant room next door, waiting for your good news." Lu Yan did not ask Chen Fan to agree immediately, but chose to say goodbye to Xu Zhen and go out and go back to his private room to wait for news.

"Big brother, what do you think we will arrange tomorrow?" Chen Fan decided to throw this question to the eldest brother first.

The eldest brother didn't answer immediately, but turned his gaze to Master Jia, "I and Tie Tang have arrangements tomorrow, so I won't participate." Seeing the eldest brother, Master Jia took the lead in speaking.

The eldest brother then looked at Huang Shi, and Huang Shi thought for a while and said, "Ah Qing and I are not good at chess, so we won't go to join in the fun." ”

The eldest brother nodded and looked at Yuying, who thought for a while and said, "My chess skills are average, so I won't go." ”

Seeing that everyone had spoken, the eldest brother said: "Then tomorrow Yajun and Fa Sheng will go, I will let Hou Feng and a small school be responsible for your safety, Huang Shi, Ah Qing, Yuying and I, tomorrow we will visit Gusu, I will arrange a place to play, it is said that the door is good, we will go there tomorrow to have a look." ”

"Also, Yuying and Yajun, will they stay at the Jiayuan Inn tonight? It's also convenient for everyone to live together. The eldest brother suggested to Yuying and Yajun.

"It's okay, just disturb Chen Langjun." Yuying and Yajun exchanged glances and agreed to the eldest brother's arrangement, and Huang Shi and Ah Qing did not object.

Although Chen Fan also wanted to go to Panmen to have a look, he also chose to agree, and participating in the chess meeting would help him increase his popularity in Gusu, so that he could choose, so he naturally went to the party, after all, going to Panmen, there will be opportunities in the future.

Everyone agreed, of course, the eldest brother went to the private room next door to inform him, and after a while, the eldest brother returned.

"Tomorrow's chess will start when the application will begin, the venue is in the plum garden, I rejected Lu Yan's proposal to send someone to pick it up, then Yajun and Fa Sheng will go directly, this is more convenient, in case the two of you also want to go out for a walk, you don't have to go back to the inn to go directly."

"It's still the eldest brother who understands me." After Chen Fan heard this, he immediately said, "Then tomorrow Yajun and I will go to Panmen with you, and we will go back first after lunch, and you continue to play." ”

"Then we have to hurry up, Panmen is in the southwest of Gusu, and we live in the northeast now, and the distance between the two sides is quite far. I would like to suggest that you go to the neighborhood of Gusu to see what you want to buy and eat, and you have plenty of time. The eldest brother suggested.

"Don't we have a carriage? I guess it will arrive in half an hour at most, right? Time should be in time. Chen Fan thought about it, the circumference of Gusu is only more than forty miles, and it takes up to two hours to go back and forth, and it is still too late to go early.

"Okay, let's leave early tomorrow." The eldest brother finally chose to agree.

After the meal, Yuying, Yajun, eldest brother, Chen Fan and they went to the Jiayuan Inn together, and Master Jia left with Tietang first, and they had a place to stay in Gusu.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the second day, under the urging of Chen Fan, everyone hurriedly ate breakfast and set off for Panmen. Considering that Yajun and Chen Fan would go together in the afternoon, the eldest brother arranged for Hou Feng and a junior colonel to sit in the same carriage with Chen Fan and Yajun, the eldest brother and Yuying in one, and Xiao Qing and Huang Shi in one.

The streets of Gusu are wide, and there are not many pedestrians in the early morning, and it only took about half an hour or so to arrive at Panmen.

Panmen, is one of the eight gates of Gusu, was built in 514 B.C., because carved wooden dragon placed on the city gate, in order to deter the country, so it is called "Panmen". Later, due to the lingering staggering of the water, it was renamed "Panmen".

Panmen is a dual-purpose city gate by waterway, which is composed of two gates four or five meters long from each other, each of which is six or seven meters wide and can allow ships up to six meters in height to pass through. Ships entering and exiting from this need to pass through two gates, between the two gates, along the river, with bluestone brick walls on both sides, and the ships enter between the two gates, and the soldiers on the city wall can shoot arrows from all sides, and at the same time lower the gates to block the passage.

The gate is put down, the gate that blocks the waterway is wrapped with iron sheets, it is hard and heavy at a glance, it slides up and down, is controlled by iron cables, there is a winch on the city tower, when it is closed, put down the noose, when it rises, pull the winch, shrink the iron chain, and lift the gate, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Panmen land gate also has inside and outside double, but the distance between the two city gates is longer, about ten meters of distance, between the two gates, formed an urn city, all around are made of bluestone bricks, at the bottom of the city wall, in order to enhance its firmness, supplemented by a stone as the base, the city wall is eight or nine meters high, people enter the urn city, shoot arrows down on the city wall around them, and then close the city gate with a gate, people can not go out, only the share of being shot.

The city gate of Panmen is equipped with arrow tower, battlement, shooting hole, all available, there is a plaque on the arrow tower, the title is "water and land linger", in order to show that "water and land are accompanied, along the bending of the line".

Chen Fan looked at the structure of the Panmen Gate, secretly praised in his heart, and at the same time counted the number of soldiers defending the city. At present, there are about 200 soldiers guarding the city gates, and if there are 200 or 8 gates alone, it will be 1,600, and they will be guarded for 12 hours, and even if there are 50 people in one shift and 100 in two shifts at night, a total of 2,400 people will be required. The key is that the city wall of Gusu is too long, forty-seven miles, that is, 23,500 meters, one meter per person, then 23,000 and a half, plus daily patrols, the government offices, such a city as Gusu, if you want to defend it impregnably, it is necessary to equip 50,000 troops.

And if Gusu had 50,000 troops, it was estimated that the emperor of the capital would not be able to eat. Chen Fan remembered that during the Liang Dynasty in history, the famous Hou Jing Rebellion, the rebel force was only 8,000 people, and as a result, he conquered the capital and starved the emperor to death, which shows that the capital did not have 50,000 troops at that time, let alone the county town of Gusu. After Hou Jing conquered the capital Jiankang, the first to send troops to attack was Wu County, of which Gusu is the county seat of Wu County, also known as Wuzhou, and the history books record that Wu County's defense was empty at that time, and only a few hundred people who sent troops to attack Wuzhou took this fortified city, which shows that no matter how strong the city wall is, if there is no force to defend it, it is also in vain.

"Big brother, how many troops does this Gusu have?" The eldest brother is a member of the army in Wuzhou, and he is a seven-rank official who is serious, and he should know it when Chen Fan thinks about it.

"How do you ask this?" The eldest brother asked suspiciously.

"I see that there are about 200 people near this city gate, and there are eight city gates in Gusu, and there are a lot of troops who want to come and station, much more than our Hudu County, so I want to know about it." Chen Fan explained.

"It is indeed more than our county, but it is also limited, there are 1,500 soldiers in the county, and our father is in charge of 1,000 people and the navy is stationed in Hudu, and the entire Wu County, there are five counties and one county, the total strength is only about 15,000 people, and the county is estimated to be six or seven thousand people." The eldest brother replied.

Six or seven thousand people have to guard the 23,500-meter city wall, as well as various yamen and street patrols, which is really difficult. Chen Fan chose to be silent, nodded to the eldest brother, and did not continue to ask.

"I just don't know, will there be a rebellion of Hou Jing in the Liang Dynasty in this time and space? However, for the time being, some of the history is the same as that of ancient China, so let's do it and see. Chen Fan abandoned the entanglement of history in a blink of an eye, after all, with his current age and identity, thinking about those historical changes is still a relatively distant thing.

After eating at noon, Chen Fan and Yajun set off to go to the plum garden, the eldest brother they went to the Bao'en Temple not far away, it is said that it was a thirteen-storey relic pagoda built by Sun Quan for his mother, and it was also the earliest pagoda in Gusu City, even if Chen Fan did not go to the plum garden, he did not plan to go at this time, he had already entered the Tao, there was no legitimate reason, rashly passed, in case it was seen by the Taoist leaders, thinking that it was not good to go to worship.

At noon, there were obviously a lot more pedestrians in Gusu than in the morning, and the carriages and horses were on the car, and the speed was slower, but even so, when they arrived at the plum garden, Shen Shi had not yet arrived, Chen Fan was on the road, bought some fresh fruits, tea, and spent about 300 Wen, and at the same time gave 200 Wen to Hou Feng, if Lu Yan did not arrange for them to eat in the evening, let Hou Feng watch it, in this regard, Chen Fan is still generous, but in this way, Chen Fan's savings have been spent a small half, and the money has to be earned, not saved.

When I arrived at the gate of the plum garden, I let people inform, but I didn't expect Lu Yan to greet him in person, followed by a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Why did Dean Lu come out in person?" Chen Fan said with a smile.

"When a distinguished guest comes, of course you have to come forward to greet you." Lu Yan was full of smiles, and although he said it to Chen Fan, his eyes looked at Yajun. Seeing Yajun's arrival, the smile on his face was a little more sincere, and it seemed that Yajun's name had also reached his ears. Yajun smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting.

"I have prepared some light gifts, please Dean Lu do not refuse." Chen Fan said with a smile, Yan Hai and Xiao Xiao have already taken the things off the carriage, in this era of buying a pound of rice for half a penny, the fruits and tea bought by three hundred wen are loaded into two baskets.

"It's good if people come, what do you send?" Lu Xian frowned, and said with an obviously unhappy look.