Hearing that he reported that the name of his family was wrong, Li Dan frowned slightly and asked, "Are you from the Meigang Hu family?"

"Back to adults, the student is from Meigang and his surname is Hu. But...... There are no students in the Hu family ancestral hall."

Lu Jiu, Shi Dajun and the others were inexplicable when they heard this, but Li Dan guessed a few points in his heart, nodded and said, "I heard Hu Congxi, the inspector of the Meigang Branch, say that he has a clansman named Hu Juren who is also in Anren, and he once asked me to inquire about the current situation, do you know that he is safe?"

"Master Hui, Hu Juren is also in this school." Zhou Xin bowed and said.

"Oh? Isn't this Jun Family Studies?" Zhu Qing asked in surprise.

"That's right, Hu Juren is a well-known prodigy, Mr. Ben Xuegan Huaiyou saw it in Meigang two years ago and liked it very much, so he agreed with his mother to take him as an apprentice when he was a little older, because Hu Juren was a boarding student in this school but not attached to the school.

His teachings were all conducted in the backyard in the evenings after class. Although Hu Juren is a wealthy man, he is very respectful to his husband, and he takes care of his husband's daily life.

After the rebellion, Mr. wanted to return to the countryside, but Hu Juren left from his teacher because he was not in the city now." Zhou Xin explained.

"I see." Li Dan nodded, and asked strangely, "Then why is this young child in school?"

Hearing Li Dan call the other party a "young child", everyone's expressions were a little strange, and Shi Dajun almost laughed.

"My lord, this doll was found by myself, I have to start with Mr. Gan, Mr. Gan was embarrassed at first, it was Hu Juren who introduced him and said that this son is a good scholar and poor, please take Mr. in.

Mr. Gan tried his talents, but he never forgot it, so he proposed to the grass people that he was willing to support him to stay and study at his own expense.

Of course, the grass people will not make Mr. specialize in beauty, so he made an exception for this doll, and asked him to help make some sprinklers and sweeps, and provide daily meals, and the pen, ink and paper were purchased for him by Hu Juren, so he stayed."

Li Dan looked at Zhou Xin and nodded heavily: "Jun has done a meritorious deed!" He asked Hu Jusheng again: "But the war is over, and the thieves are coming, aren't you afraid?" Why didn't you follow him to the country?"

Hu Jusheng looked at Zhou Xin's gaze, and then made another gesture before replying, "Is there anything that students are not afraid of? But the thieves cannot be in the city forever, and sooner or later they will be restored.

Besides, the students stay here and have Zhou Gong to provide food every day, and if they also go with their husbands, they will just open their mouths. It is enough for him to have a brother by his side, so the students stay behind to watch the house and sweep every day until he returns safely."

Li Dan tilted his head and looked at him with great interest, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then Hu Jusheng, let me ask you, now that the courtyard of this clan is going to be borrowed by this official, and the shogunate is full of people coming and going during the war, are you willing to move to the school palace for a while?"

"Uh......," Hu Jusheng hesitated for a moment and replied, "My lord, can I stay?" The students live in a firewood room, so they don't get in the way of the adults."

The corners of Li Dan's mouth curled slightly: "If you don't want to move...... Okay, that's going to have to help me. I don't have anyone around me who can read and count, so if you help me, I'll feed you.

We can't have idle meals in our army, everyone has to contribute to defeating the Yang family and protecting Sangzi. How, would you like it?"

"There's nothing to say about this!" Hu Jusheng hurriedly said: "The food king's Lu should do things, the students understand. Adults can send it with confidence, and the students will do their best to make offerings!"

"Okay, that's it!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he went to the back to take a look.

Originally, this clan was a three-entry courtyard, with a school, a study and a small flower hall in front of it, and the second entrance was the place where the master lived and the Ming Hall dedicated to the statue of Confucius, as well as a small garden; The third entrance has a kitchen, a firewood room where Hu Jusheng lived, and a well platform.

Li Dan saw a vegetable patch by the kitchen, walked over to observe, and saw that there were cabbage (radish), luosu (eggplant), Chinese cabbage (Chinese cabbage), and grass goldenrod (alfalfa), and couldn't help laughing: "It's all good and easy to live."

Hu Jusheng blushed and muttered, "This, this is planted by the students, and the mother at home on weekdays does not allow the students to do farming, so the students are not as good as the eldest brother here!"

"It's nothing, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. How can you be good at everything? If I do it, I'm afraid I won't be as good as you." Li Dan comforted him. Hu Jusheng was grateful

The ground arches over the hand.

Walking to the firewood house where Hu Jusheng lived, he saw a lot of bamboo poles piled up under his eaves and bamboo plaques on the wall. Zhou Xin hurriedly said yes. Li Dan nodded and said, "I think this courtyard is enough, so let's settle down."

Zhou Xin was overjoyed and immediately ordered the old servant to go to the house and call someone to come over and remove unnecessary things.

Li Dan told him that he would officially settle in today, and asked him to prepare the officer roster and personnel list of the Anren militia squadron at night, and leave Mingzhen to teach him how to organize the team.

Then he turned around and got on the horse with Tan Zhongxuan, and went to see the camping site outside the south gate. It turned out that the camp area that the magistrate pointed out to the regiment training was the place where the officers and soldiers camped that night when they passed through Anren on the day of their return to defense.

Tan Zhongxuan was a little unhappy, he also disliked the bad luck of the place, and muttered on the road Why do we occupy the county seat but have to camp outside, isn't there a school in the east of the city?

Zhu Qing saw that Li Dan was smiling and silent, so he opened his mouth and said, "Tan Yingzheng, the inspection took the initiative to ask for camp outside, but Yingzheng didn't see it?"

"What, meaning?"

"Look, let's camp outside the south gate, and then Second Master Zhu and they build a bridge in front, what about the other side? We're going to build a Shangdu Fort right away. First of all, if the enemy wants to fight Anren, he has to take Shangdu Fort, right?

We're right in the back, how can he take it? There is Huangxi on the left side of Shangdu Fort, and there are two forts in Zhongzhou on the right to make horns. You see, as long as you don't lose it, the enemy won't even be able to touch the gate of Anren! Isn't that the truth?"

"Hmm. Indeed!" Tan Zhongxuan nodded: "I remember analyzing it during the study of war examples. Zhu Senjun, when you first found us, you also said that the last time the official army lost Shangdu, and as a result, they lost their advance and retreat and asked others to wrap up the round?"

"That's why the staff is taking Kamito very seriously this time! Not only must we build a bridge, but we must also build a fortress on Ta Chau as a back-up base, and we will never give the enemy a chance to exploit loopholes!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he pointed with a horsewhip:

"However, if the team is stationed after the bridge is completed in Tazhou as originally planned, the safety of the troops who have already landed at the ferry crossing and the migrant workers who have built the fort will not be completely guaranteed. Lao Tan, I think I have to work hard for you."

"Whatever the inspector says, please do not hesitate to command!" Tan Zhongxuan hugged his fists and said, "Are you letting us cross the river now?"

Li Dan thought about it and shook his head, and said to Zhu Qing: "My original idea was still too optimistic, and when I looked at it on the ground, I realized that thinking and facts are two different things."

He reached out and took the telescope from Brother Mao's hand to look at the situation opposite, and everyone also learned to take out their own binoculars to look.

"Have you noticed? The terrain of the place is even flatter than expected, and the location where the fort was built should be in the woods on the right, and there is no danger to defend the surrounding flat land." Li Dan pointed with his finger, "What do you think is wrong?"

"That is to say, if the enemy brigade suddenly attacks while we are busy making peace, it will be difficult for the brethren at the ferry to resist?" After all, Tan Zhongxuan has fought a lot of battles, and he said the key point in one sentence:

"If the pontoon bridge behind them is not built, they will have nowhere to retreat, and it will be the same defeat as the official army!"

Li Dan jumped off his horse and walked to a big rock in front of him, looked along the river with a telescope, and then turned to Shigang. Only fifty defenders of Stone Harbor have been easily dealt with.

Huang Shu sent someone to report that there were more than 670 shipbuilders and migrant workers in Shigang, 60 large wooden boats and more than 170 shipwrights. There are still twenty under construction and varying degrees of completion.

He put down his hand and paced slowly, giving a few orders to the staff officer to carry out.

First, the first batch of 800 migrant workers from Yugan has arrived in Huangqiu, and will be sent by Zhou Qin to Shangdu. Wansi Youbu will be responsible for protecting the safety of the construction of the project.

Second, Tao Shou was appointed as the inspector of the Anren Water Pass Branch, and 30 boats were stationed at the wharf outside the West Water Gate of Anren, and immediately ferried Wansi Youbu to the Shangdu Ferry to occupy the favorable terrain to carry out the protection task.

Third, order Tao Shou to check the damage to the pontoon bridge at the ferry port after ferrying, and repair it with local materials if it is not serious, and report to the battalion for manpower and materials if it is serious.

Tao Shou followed behind and accepted the order

After the military salute, Ling jumped three feet, winked happily at his old friend Shi Dajun, and got on his horse to greet his subordinates.

Shi Dajun hummed angrily in the team, and Li Dan couldn't help but laugh and called him over: "A piece of stone, what are you doing humming behind you?"

"They are all inspecting, they all have work to do, so is my old stone really squatting by the river to make stones?" Shi Dajun bowed:

"I shouldn't have had no eyes to fight against adults before, I'll compensate you, you still hurry up and let Lao Shi go as a fart, isn't this going to suffocate me?" Everyone laughed.

Li Dan shook his head and said, "But the tasks have been arranged, and there are no other major things that need manpower, right?" Otherwise, Brother Shi, you have worked hard, can you run a long way?"

"Yes! Where do you want us to go? Fuzhou, or Nanchang?" Shi Dajun jumped up and asked urgently.

"It doesn't have to be that far." Li Dan asked Mao Zai to open the map and pointed with his hand:

"We learned the kung fu of staying in the Zhou family just now, and Liangbi (Sun Liang, the deputy general of Tanzhong Xuan) has already checked among the captives, and the military rations from Dongxiang are all sent through Weizhoudu, and each time they are sent for ten days.

The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow when it's time to send food, and I want you to do two things:

Occupy Weizhou for me, but you can't make Dongxiang find out too early;

When they bring the grain, you will take the grain and transport it back to Huangxi to hand it over to Yang Yi.

How, can it be done?"

Shi Dajun grinned: "It turned out to be an old business, this is easy, you can see it when you inspect it!" Li Dan asked the staff officer to write a military order and hand it to him, telling him to hurry to Shigang to find Huang Shu and ask for a boat to cross the river.

Then Li Dan said to Zhu Qing and Tan Zhongxuan, "Let's cross the river and camp on Tazhou today. After you arrive in Tazhou, set up a camp and immediately contact Tao Shou and Zhu Erye respectively to see how you need to cooperate with their project.

In addition, send a squad of scouts in the direction of the Baita River to see if there are any enemy troops, and if the enemy is few, they will be annihilated, and if there are many people, they will be avoided. The premise is that the news that our army has arrived and captured Anren must not be exposed!

I calculated, even if Dongxiang knew about the situation here, and the time to send troops back and forth, they would rush here in a vigorous manner, and it would take ten days at the earliest.

You must be ready to meet the enemy before that!" After speaking, he asked Zhu Qing: "Cement, how much can Mianshan supply at present?"

"Before I came, there were 5,000 bales of No. 2 cement that had been loaded on the ship, and another 2,000 bales could be shipped one after another. Most of these were for Shangdu to build forts, and 1,000 bales of cement, 3,000 bales of lime, and 1,000 bales of gypsum would be shipped to Dashishan Fort.

The most important thing is also the capacity on the water. Zhu Erye's No. 3 cement requirement for building Dongqiao originally said that a total of 40,000 stone was needed, but now I heard that half of it can be produced from Huangxi Dashibao, which is great, and the pressure on Mianshan will be much less.

Therefore, all inspections, whether on land or water, capacity is very important! Otherwise, the output will not be able to be transported to the desired location, and everything will be in vain!" Zhu Qing said.

After a period of exploration, everyone in the engineering department has understood that the hardness, finish, and strength of cement are different depending on the degree of crushing and grinding of raw materials, the content of lime and gypsum, and the degree of uniformity of mixing.

After repeated experiments, different grades of cement were produced, No. 1 is suitable for civil construction, No. 2 is used for fortress construction, and No. 3 is the latest model mixed with crushed blast furnace slag to adapt to the needs of water conservancy projects.

The soon-to-be-built Dashibao Cement Plant in Huangxi will be responsible for providing the cement and construction sand needed for the prefabricated components of the upper half of the bridge, greatly relieving the pressure on the Mianshan Cement Plant.

If the cement factory in Huangqiu can be opened smoothly, Anren will be completely self-sufficient.

There are also smelters, steel mills, carriage factories, shipyards, ......, all of which have to be done one by one. Although it had only been half a day in Anren, Li Dan felt the pressure.

This pressure made him uneasy and impatient, but he warned himself many times to be down-to-earth and not to leapfrog development.

I am afraid that it will take about ten days for the Jiangshan army to react, and during this time, he must grasp it well and prepare for the battle in full swing.

It was also out of consideration for the battle that he felt that it was a little late to wait for the bridge to be built and then let Tanzhong Silk go to Tazhou, so he decided to temporarily adjust the order and let go

There can be a strong reinforcement behind the fort!

Zhu Qing mentioned the capacity of the ship, and there is a contradiction here, that is, it was originally planned to use some of the log warships hastily built by the Shigang Shipyard (with sawn logs and grass, which can only be used for a few months before the wood is deformed and scattered) to sit on the bottom as the foundation of the wharf, or repair the pontoon bridge.

But now that the capacity is insufficient, should we use these ships to supplement some capacity first? Zhu Qing immediately dismissed the idea, saying:

"Those boats are too rough, and if they sink or get flooded during loading, it will be too much damage for us. Why don't you wait for Zhu Erye to dismantle the current pontoon bridge outside the south gate, and then don't rush to return the ship to its owner and temporarily requisition it to supplement the transportation capacity?"

"Then it's better to ask the original owner to admit it first, and then take the ship as a shareholder!" Tan Zhongxuan's words reminded everyone, yes, it's a good idea!

"That's almost another fleet!" Zhu Qingjie applauded: "It's just, who will be sent to bring it?"

"How's Han Bazi?" Lu Jiu proposed: "He has a good water nature, and it must be no problem to operate a boat in the lake for a few years!"

Li Dan shook his head: "This person has already made arrangements, think about others."

"Song Xiaoqiao, the master of Xiao Song Village." Zhu Qing advised: "He has been on the water since he was a child, and he has ready-made hand."

Song Xiaoqiao said that he didn't want to go back to the lake after the first battle of Piwa Lake, and brought more than 100 people to join the green shirt team to help Zhou Qin. "Well, Zhou Qin likes him very much, and the two of them are now commensurate with uncle and nephew, I wonder if Old Zhou Le is willing to let him go?" Li Dan turned back to the accompanying staff officer and said:

"Add a sentence to Zhou Yingzheng's order and ask him if he agrees to let Song Xiaoqiao serve as the captain of Anren's motor fleet? If you can, please arrange to go to work as soon as possible!"

As he was talking, he saw a number of boats arriving at the South Pier. Tan Zhongxuan raised the binoculars and took a look, saying that it was Zhu Erye's fleet coming!

Tanzhong returned to the team to organize the crossing of the river, and Li Dan went to the dock to greet Zhu Erye, but saw him squatting at the location of the bridge and meditating on the water.

"What, are you having trouble?" Li Dan squatted down beside him and asked.

"It's a thousand steps from the pier, and it's sparsely populated." He finished and pointed behind him:

"My lord, look at how tall the grass is. But after today, it's going to change! In a few years, it may be as prosperous as a market town, but we may not see that day!"

"There will be a stone monument here, and there will also be a stele pavilion. Hundreds of years later, people will still know that there is a second master here who led the craftsmen to build a bridge that has never been built before." Li Dan said with a smile.

"Zhu Jian, my name is Zhu Jian. So this life is about inseparable from engineering!" After Zhu Erye finished speaking, he turned his head and told Li Dan, "I brought 700 people here, and another 100 people are responsible for building concrete prefabricated elements."

He is not at all embarrassed to say this new term, but rather proud. "But I'm afraid there is still not enough manpower, how many young migrant workers can be organized in the county to participate in the project?"

"I'll come to the magistrate and try to send you 800 to 1,000 people." Li Dan told him sincerely: "But I don't know when these people will come, and today the magistrate has agreed to cooperate, but it will take time."

"But I don't have time. You're going to give me a few days to build such a big bridge!" Second Master Zhu smiled bitterly.

Lu Jiu, who was standing not far away and listening to them, suddenly had an idea and asked, "Second Master, can you use the captive?"

"Captive? Absolutely!"

Lu Jiu reminded with a smile: "I forgot to inspect it? We've got more than 300 people alive in this city!"

"Hey, yes, how did you forget these people?" Li Dan slapped his thigh: "Transfer these people to you first, at least let them do some hard work, it should be no problem!"

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and Brother Mao shouted, "My lord, it seems that Feng has joined the army!"

"Huh? Did he find here, did something happen?" Li Dan got up suspiciously and stepped forward.

There were still dozens of paces away, Feng Shen had already jumped off the horse, threw the reins to a relative, ran forward to salute, and said hurriedly, "My lord, there are a few important things to report to you."

"Let's talk about it."

"The two mobilized district teams of Jiangbu and Fenggang have gone south according to the order, and the Fenggang district team has arrived

Port Dameh, landing in Middle-earth early tomorrow morning.

In addition, after receiving the news of the ore (Wang Xi's codename), Yang He carried out the first attack on Fuzhou the day before yesterday, and the battle was fierce, and it is said that the losses on both sides are not small."

"Yes! Then their attention may not be on the east." Li Dan was very happy.

"And finally, the most shocking news you might be shocked to hear." Feng Shen lowered his voice and said, "Our Luo cavalry met our own people in Guantang!"

"What own people? Guantang? Isn't that going to the territory of Yingtan? How can there be any of our people there?" Li Dan was inexplicable, looking at Feng Shen, he suddenly had a thought: "Won't it?"

Feng Shen nodded.

Li Dan thought for a few breaths, turned around and smiled and told Second Master Zhu: "There is military affairs coming, I have to go back to discuss." Here's the second master!" Then beckoned to let Brother Mao take Zao Liu'er, get on the horse and walk with Feng Shen, Zhu Qing and others followed.

"What the hell is going on? You tell me slowly." It's like saying it to Feng Shen, it's more like saying it to himself, Li Dan said softly.