Before departure, the plan of the staff headquarters was to build two castles on the opposite bank: Huangxi and Shangdu, and one fort each in Shigang, Tazhou, and Zhongzhou as the second line of defense. The county seat serves as the third line of defense.

In order to prevent Yang Xing's counterattack, the first step was to carry out construction at Huangxi and Shangdu, and the repair of the pontoon bridge over the river and the expansion of the dock embankment of Shigang and Wangjiadu on the other side became the top priority.

Fortunately, some of the ships captured in Shigang could be used to build a pontoon bridge over the river, and some of the unfinished ships were used as caissons, loaded with stones and sunk into designated locations to become the foundation of the new wharf in Wangjiadu.

Huang Shu went to Shigang as an envoy, and one of his tasks was to recruit 1,000 workers to participate in the construction of Wangjiadu and Shigang wharves. After the wharf is built, six animal fast ships will be stationed here, responsible for the transportation of ferries and the vigilance of the river.

Shigang Ferry Company will be the first joint venture in which Anren County will be the major shareholder and the local gentry will participate in the joint venture.

The castles to be built in Huangxi and Shangdu have already secretly chosen the site.

Shangdu Fort is in the northwest direction of the ferry, with a perimeter of 250 zhang, slightly quadrangular. Outside the east gate, there are two ponds that can be used as barriers, as well as the north gate and the south gate.

The whole castle is actually the valley between the east and west hills as the school field, and the two hills are connected by rammed walls on the north and south sides. The slopes on the east and west sides have been carefully trimmed and cut into large slopes, and it is very difficult for people to walk on them.

The top of the slope is open and flat, and the narrowest part is two feet and four feet, and the barracks are built directly on the top in rows, and even horse-drawn carts and catapults can be used to reinforce the designated position at any time.

Almost half of the construction of Shangdu Fort is based on the original terrain, so it is estimated that it will be fully completed in less than a month, and it can even be repaired while fighting.

What will be settled here is Wan Si Youbu, who came from Mian Mountain and participated in the siege and annihilation of Mao Taigong.

Huangxi is a key project! Huangxi is also called Huangxi, the reason is that from the big stone ridge and the red stone ridge is red sandstone, every rainy season after the water rushed down from the mountain into the foot of the mountain water to make it brown, so the stream on the mountain is called Huangxi, and later I don't know how to write "Huangxi", the water is called Huangxi Lake, and the town is called this name.

The reason why Huangxi Town became a town is mainly because it is the only way for Anren to Yujiang and Dongxiang, and a rest point in the middle of business travel.

The town spreads along the official road, restaurants, wine shops, inns, and red mansions are lined up one after another, from the west entrance to the east entrance are three miles long, but the widest part is only three hundred steps.

It is very troublesome to build a castle on such a terrain, and the surrounding area is full of land, so land acquisition is also a big problem.

Finally, at the suggestion of a staff officer, it was decided to choose the location of the castle directly on the big stone mountain, and use the sandstone on the stone mountain to make the city wall and city gate, and the series of waterholes and ponds at the foot of the mountain to form a moat.

Li Dan first fell in love with this plan, but he changed it slightly, forming a hexagonal outer outline with a circumference of five miles and a strong fortress of three hundred steps (more than two hundred meters) on each side of the core inner fort.

The most peculiar thing is that the wall is two hundred steps thick (fifteen zhang, forty-six meters), and there are protruding arrow-shaped battle platforms at each corner, and there are three horse faces on each side.

This design even exempts the need to build a house, and directly excavates a cave in the wall, that is, to garrison and store.

The cave was built on a high platform to prevent rainwater from flooding, but the central school field became the lowest point, and there were drainage ditches around the school field to flow water into the cistern, and the excess was drained out of the castle through the culverts.

The design of such a castle was unexpected, and it was thought that a large number of cement, bamboo, and stone would be transported over, and then thousands of people would be recruited to build the building, but now it only needs to make some modifications to the relatively soft sandstone ground.

Yang Yi set up a camp at the bottom of the mountain, and then prepared to recruit 1,500 people to start work.

Because it was digging sandstone, Li Dan ordered someone to take samples to Zhu Erye and found that the texture was good. Not only the particles are uniform, but also contain very few impurities such as sediment, which can be completely made of local materials, and the excavated sandstone soil can be mixed into cement to supply Anren and other places to repair the city.

This time, not only does it not need to transport cement ash powder here, but only needs to transport the lime to the local area, and then the cement can be prepared on site.

"I need your county's help, put up a notice. One is the notice that all Shinong industry and commerce can invest in shares to support the regimental training and inspection department to protect the township; One is to raise 4,000 laborers to participate in the city

forts, bridges." After tea, Li Dan began to talk about business:

"These two are the most important. In addition, the establishment of four inspection sub-divisions in Huangxi, Anren, Shigang and Huangqiu and their corresponding militia district teams. There are precedents for the implementation of specific measures, and they can be copied.

In addition, Yu Gan will send 2,500 craftsmen and laborers to assist in the construction, and for these people, your county needs to find a station for them. Food, tools, clothing, etc., are transported by the logistics department, so you don't have to worry about it."

"These...... Don't you need us to do it?" Zhou Zhixian's face was full of disbelief, he thought that Li Dan would open his mouth widely, and even ask him for the military salary and food of the Tsing Yi team, but the other party did not mention it at all.

Li Zhu next to him handed him a pamphlet and whispered, "This is the method of the gentry to invest in shares, please take a look." This method has been implemented, and it has provided ample support for the team training."

After reading it, Zhou Zhixian handed it to Zhou Xin, and then said, "This official sees that this method is completely incorporated by non-governmental voluntary organizations, can you trust you so much?"

Li Zhu glanced at his younger brother, smiled and whispered a few words in Zhixian's ear about the expected dividends of individual stocks after this beating, and Zhou Zhixian suddenly realized:

"So, everyone is watching your ministry win the battle and seize a lot of investment? If we defeat the Jiangshan Army and recover Dongxiang and Yujiang, wouldn't it be possible to completely recover the original and make double the profits?"

"That's exactly what it is!" Li Zhu nodded: "Earn twice as much in half a year, who wouldn't want to do such a deal?"

"I see!" Zhou Zhixian nodded, and then went to see Zhou Xin.

Zhou Xin pondered for a moment after reading the booklet, and asked, "Dare to ask about the inspection, what you can say in this booklet is that it is counted as one share from a hundred yuan, so isn't it that ordinary people can also participate?" And it's not just in the city, right?"

"Jing An's suggestion makes sense." Li Dan nodded: "When we started the trial, it was indeed publicized by the inspection sub-division, and it was mainly in the city. In the future, we should indeed expand the publicity and attract more people to participate."

"In addition, when distributing dividends, it is best to issue a notice first, indicating the amount of dividends per share, so that the people can rest assured and avoid the officials from making trouble." Li Zhu was inspired to add, and Li Dan immediately turned his head and asked the accompanying staff officer to write it down.

Next, Li Zhu introduced to Li Dan the situation of the county's treasury, the silver and money in the inventory were all plundered by the Jiangshan army, and the grain was only a hundred stones. Li Dan frowned and instructed Tan Zhongxuan:

"Immediately after the meeting, find someone from among the captives to find out whether Dongxiang or Yujiang will send them supplies on a regular basis, and how often, I want to know in detail."

There are not many grain committees in the Hundred Stone Grain Committee, only enough for five hundred people to eat for ten days, so Li Dan suspects that Yang Xing intends to control the food and salary of the defenders, and he is also worried that the team that will deliver the grain next time will find something abnormal.

After that, he asked if the county could know about the situation of the scholars in the city.

Zhou Zhixian was greatly moved, and told him that the two teachers of the county school were killed and injured, and the students were scattered and hidden in the city. Zhou Xin knew that there were six or seven students under the protection of his disciples.

Li Dan sighed, and told Zhou Xin: "Now that the time is to employ people, the scholars should come out as soon as possible to help the government do things.

Some can come to the county office, and some can go to various places in the construction of bridges and wharves, which require a large number of people who are literate, can do arithmetic, or can make account books and directories. Zhou Jun can let them come, and there will be a place where they can be used!"

"Yes, when the grass people returned, they told them that they wanted all the scholars to report to the yamen as soon as possible."

"Although Zhao Tongzhi temporarily appointed my eldest brother to act as the agent of the main book, if there is still a shortage of the owners of each house, please ask Zhou Jun to discuss the list with the magistrate, and you can present it for viewing when the lord Tongzhi arrives tomorrow.

Huangqiu, Shigang inspection division I have been appointed on the way to come, this Anren branch is led by my department Xie Guiting, Huangxi branch of the sub-inspection candidate Zhou Jun can be recommended?

It is necessary to use force, understand the law, and be able to arrest those who can do so. In addition, the team of the Anren Militia District Squadron also asked Zhou Jun to consider his personal choice, and bring it to me after it is decided."

Zhou Xin was stunned when he heard this, and the inspection division and the militia team had nothing to do with him, what is the intention of this Li Sanlang?

While agreeing, he secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Li Dan. Li Dan pretended to drink tea and ignored his gaze, and then talked to the magistrate about building the bridge.

On the other side of the river, a pontoon bridge to Zhongzhou was still built at the southeast ferry port of Shangdu Fort, but the pontoon bridge from Zhongzhou to the dock outside the south gate was finally demolished. Not only because the ships it uses are temporarily requisitioned, but also because they impede the passage of ships.

But without the bridge, the Shangdu Fort on the other side would be alone. But how do you build a bridge with a span of nearly 50 zhang and at the same time ensure the passage of boats and pedestrians? For this reason, the engineering department under the leadership of Zhu Erye has been arguing for a long time.

After hearing about this, Li Dan also thought about it, and he painted arch bridges, suspension bridges, tower bridges, and cable-stayed bridges.

If you cooperate with the use of cement concrete prefabricated components such as arch ribs, bridge decks, coupon plates, etc., you can save a lot of time and material resources for stone-beating, cutting, and transportation.

In the end, he chose the option of combining an open tower bridge with an arch bridge.

An open tower bridge with a span of 10 zhang was designed on the west channel, and through the action between pulleys and ropes, the winch in the tower was driven by the animal power in the tower to lift the suspension bridge deck to allow large tall ships to pass.

Other ships can pass through the large arch in the middle and the small arch of 15 zhang on the east side, respectively.

This plan once shocked everyone in the engineering department, but after careful consideration, this is not to build three bridges, not to mention the arch bridge, the "tower bridge" and the suspension bridge at the city gate are simply the same thing, nothing unusual.

Because the current dry season has not yet been completely entered and the amount of water is still sufficient, the bridge over the Jinjiang River will be supervised by Zhou Qin.

The plan of the Engineering Section was to construct two dams with bamboo cage caissons to beam the river to the middle, and then to build concrete piers and gate pylons from stone and cement in the west dam.

The suspension bridge joists are made of prefabricated concrete elements and the bridge slabs are laid with wooden beams. At the same time, the small arch on the east side is also made of piers in the same way, using precast concrete components to splice the arch coupons and arch ribs, and finally laying the prefabricated bridge deck on top.

Open the two ends of the dam, and the dam becomes a dividing dam, and finally the central arch is built.

After the bridge was built, the pontoon bridge lost its use, and the boats that were originally requisitioned as pontoons or returned to their owners could also be used by the Tsing Yi team through purchase or in-kind shares (Li Dan was prepared to implement fund-raising and committee management methods in Anren).

When Zhou Zhixian heard that they were going to build the bridge within a month, he was so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. Li Dan told him with a smile:

"Zhou Zhixian doesn't need to be so surprised, we have prepared many materials and are on their way to your county. What your county needs to assist with is auxiliary labor, such as picking up soil and carrying it.

The engineering section of our department will distribute chips according to the working hours and workload, and the participating laborers can exchange them for grain, meat, non-staple food, cloth, salt, wine, tea and sauce with the chips.

In this way, before the arrival of the imperial court relief and the donation of the squire, the pressure on food in the city can be somewhat relieved."

"Your ministry is really the people of this county to recreate their parents, and the officials here thank you in advance on behalf of the people!" Zhou Zhixian hurriedly looked at the treasury and felt desperate, but Li Dan pointed out a way to solve it for him, why was he not overjoyed?

I was so excited that I forgot that I was still wearing an official uniform, and I got up to bow down. Li Dan hurriedly grabbed it, saying that you are a Shangguan, how can you worship me and be humble, he realized that he had lost his temper and was very embarrassed.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about," Li Dan waved his hand:

"We have long expected such a situation in your county and have prepared for it. It's just that the situation is a little more serious than imagined, but it doesn't matter, just add a few more yards.

As long as the squires were willing to invest in money and grain, they would soon be relieved. All we have to do is help your county survive the most difficult ten days ahead!"

Zhou Zhixian nodded again and again after hearing this, and said that he would cooperate with the promotion of this method of capital contribution and shareholding, and let the squires move as soon as possible.

When Zhou Xin heard this, he said that he would take the lead first, and expressed his willingness to take out 1,000 stone grain and 3,000 taels of silver bills on the spot. Li Dan is overjoyed!

Everyone also discussed the camping location of the green shirt team, and the takeover of the whole city after the official army settled in tomorrow

Garrison matters. Zhou Zhixian strongly invited Li Dan to live in the county office, he only had one servant, and most of the back office was still empty.

Li Dan smiled and declined, saying, "I live here today, where can I live tomorrow when Lord Zhao comes?" After speaking, look at Zhou Xin.

Zhou Xin was a smart man, and immediately said, "It's better for adults to live in the grass people's houses, although there are not many houses, there are still a few study rooms and flower halls." Zhou Zhixian had lived in his house, of course, he knew, and immediately agreed.

"Okay, let's disturb Jing'an for a few days. However, the last few days have been quite complicated, and I am afraid that it will disturb your mansion a lot." Li Dan said and helped the double plug (his knife was transferred to Zhu Qizhen):

"It's best that you arrange a room close to the door, so that we don't have to come out and go in and disturb you!"

"All the inspections, do you think I'm the one who is so pure and hidden in the city?" Zhou Xin smiled and said, "Please rest assured, my Zhou family is next door, there is a door to the mansion, and the main entrance faces the street.

If you don't dislike it, I will order someone to move the clan school to the school palace (county Confucianism) to borrow it for a few days. After cleaning up, the clan study will ask the adults to stop, how about it?"

"Okay!" Li Dan heard him say that he wanted to borrow the house of the county school for his own family to learn, and said it easily and soundingly, or in front of the magistrate, he wondered in his heart that he had such a power in Anren.

But he still readily agreed: "Then let's go and see, and if it's appropriate, how about it?"

So he broke up with Zhou Zhixian, Li Zhu and others, Zhou Xin took them forward for a while, turned to the left onto Xinzhou Road, and then walked west to a gatehouse.

Looking back, the gate is facing a street straight north. Zhou Xin smiled and said, "That's the Temple of Wealth."

"Yo, it's terrible, your door is facing the road to the God of Wealth Temple?" Lu Jiu blurted out, and everyone laughed.

Zhou Xin pointed to the corner of the street next to him: "That alley is my family study."

Li Dan walked there, and asked as he went, "How populous is the Jun clan in the county?"

"There aren't many people with the surname Zhou in the locals, but there are about 700 people inside and outside the city." Zhou Xin replied.

"Quite a few!" Li Dan said with a smile. There are more than 30,000 people on the entire Anren account, and the population concealment situation is not serious in the more than 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Therefore, when Li Dan heard that his family had a lot of people, he was considered a big family in this county.

"My family doesn't make up a large proportion of the county, but it's ...... My lord, do you know that half of the county's commercial taxes come from my Zhou family?"

Hearing this, Li Dan, who had just walked into the door, stood up, looked sideways at the old servant who opened the door, and asked with a smile, "How many people usually live here?" Is there a student who also lives in the dormitory?"

"Back to adults, there are only grass people and Mr. here, and there are three or five students living in the dormitory on weekdays, but now there is only one person left." The old servant replied respectfully.

Next to him, Zhou Xin told Li Dancheng that the gentleman who was sitting in the museum after the occupation went home, so only the student was still there.

"Everyone else is gone, why doesn't he go?" Zhu Qingqi said, "Isn't this student a local?"

"Counselor Zhu is really right, this student's home is in Meigang, so it is inconvenient to go back." Zhou Xin knew that Zhu Qing was the counselor of the Division Division, so he hurriedly replied.

"The people of Meigang came here to study? It's not easy! Why don't you ask him to come and see him?" Zhu Qing suddenly remembered the little prodigy of the Hu family in Meigang that Li Dan asked someone to visit a while ago, and immediately reminded him loudly.

Li Dan, who was looking around in the classroom, suddenly became curious and nodded: "Okay, then invite him to meet."

In the blink of an eye, the old servant led a schoolboy over.

Li Dan looked at him and saw that he was tall and thin, with a clean and simple shirt that smelled of soaphorn and was covered with patches. The top hair is made in a small bun, a hairpin is made of a branch, a piece of blue helmet-colored old cloth is used as a mattress, and the back is washed and draped over the shoulders.

walked over and glanced at Li Dan with a surprised expression, then at Zhou Xin, hurriedly lowered his head and bowed deeply, and said clearly: "Student Hu Jusheng has seen Lord Li inspecting the capital."