Chapter Seventy-Two: The Sun Rises
Just by looking at the material of this map, you can see that the age is very old, and the handwriting has become a little blurry in many places, but you can finally see a general appearance.
According to the map, the town is backed by mountains, which stretch from left to right, leaving only a large open space in front of it as an exit, which looks like the shape of a Taishi chair, and the town is built in the middle of the chair, surrounded by four villages of different sizes, and there is a large meadow in front of the town, but it is not suitable for planting, and the townspeople only cultivate some places on the side. Further on is the only exit from town.
Listening to the old mayor, the previous town was not built here, but was built in the big valley behind, that is, on the edge of the teleportation array when Zhang Qi came, which also explains why the teleportation array was built so remotely, it turned out that it was the center of the town before, Ju said that the former Wanyue Town was a very prosperous town, even if it was placed in the entire Tianwai, it was the number one in the row, but then I also knew what the reason was, and it slowly declined. Coupled with the attack of wild beasts, everyone suffered from the lack of protection from the Blue Order, so they had to move the town to the central area far away from the valley. Although they also asked for help from the city, no one wanted to come. And none of the villagers here know how to do martial arts, and they can't defeat those beasts. With the passage of time, the town of Wanyue has become what it is now.
After listening to the introduction of the old mayor, Zhang Qi put his mind at ease, and he had a bottom of this town in his heart, and a plan slowly appeared in his heart.
Now there are three main problems in the town: one is the food problem, because the town has been moved to the edge of the grassland, the land here is not very suitable for growing grain, so the grain harvest has been very poor, plus the people in the village do not know martial arts, and do not dare to go deep into the mountains to hunt, the prey is relatively small, so that the food becomes extremely scarce, and in winter, everyone basically has no meal, there is no surplus food at all.
The second is the safety problem, although it is far away from the mountains now, but occasionally there will be some sporadic beasts to attack and disturb, plus the young and strong are collecting food in the villages outside, the defense is low, some stored food will also be robbed in large quantities, and even casualties often occur, especially in winter, some wild beasts without food will run out of the mountains to attack the villagers.
The third is the problem of talents, most of the people who can stay here at present are some croppers and hunters who have no combat power, no knowledge, not to mention any plans for future development, and it is good to be able to take care of the current livelihood.
To solve these three problems, we need to think long-term, which is really not too difficult for a traveler with a rich knowledge background, but it is just the length of time.
Zhang Qi pointed to the original location of the town: "Why don't you strengthen the town, so that you can resist the attack of wild beasts." ”
"We haven't tried, but every time it ends in failure, one is that we don't know much about the reinforcement method, the beast fell down as soon as it hit, the second is that we just got it up during the day, and the beast came and demolished it at night, there is really no way, and then it was simply not reinforced, the so-called city defense is just an empty word." The old mayor spread his hands with a helpless expression.
However, in Zhang Qi's ears, the old mayor's so-called reinforcement is nothing more than more fences, at most some stones and the like, even if there is no beast to collide, once it encounters bad weather, it will be a natural collapse, and it will not solve the defense problem at all.
"Okay, so be it, you all listen to me. I have a way to fortify the town. Zhang Qi knew that it was really a bit difficult to explain at this time, so he simply took the matter over.
"Okay, we'll all listen to you." Of course, the old mayor knew the skills of the traverser, and agreed to do so on the spot.
"First of all, the 'walls' that you have strengthened before have all been pushed and rebuilt, and the size of the town has been smaller, because the area is too large, but it has lengthened our defensive line, which is not conducive to dealing with all kinds of attacks. ”
"Secondly, there is a problem with your reinforcement method, you have been going up to the base before, the so-called foundation is not firm, the ground shakes, it is easy to knock down, this time we change the way, dig directly down, first lay the foundation and then say, also, I found some special stones on the way here, very soft, if neutralize the carbon ash and soil should be a good adhesive material, go back and let Shang Ding take people to prepare these things first, and prepare some more stones and the like, the sooner we start work, the better."
Zhang Qi methodically counted the requirements one by one, and the clear construction drawings were constantly presented in his mind, and at the same time, a rigorous and effective architectural plan gradually took shape in his mind.
Even people who don't know the ability of the traverser can hear that Zhang Qi's plan is very strict, not to mention the old mayor who has seen the traverser's incredible ability. As the head of a town, his insight is truly extraordinary. Immediately, the decision was made.
"Okay, I'll mobilize all the villagers to do this project, it just happened that some grain was stored some time ago, it should be enough for a while, during this time, we will first build up the town's city defense."
Although there are few people in Wanyue Town, it is better to be united, and all of them are not selfish, very innocent, so this work efficiency is really not ordinarily high, not half a day's work, almost all the young people in the village outside rushed over, as soon as they heard that the mayor of the town invited a master to help with the construction, they were all happy to run over with tools.
According to Zhang Qi's plan, all these people mobilized and began to prepare building materials overnight, the young excavated, the old made board tools, the women were responsible for burning soot and cooking, and the young were serving tea and food, and the work efficiency was so high, Zhang Qi was really surprised.
For example, Zhang Qi's planks are not enough, they go home without saying a word and dismantle their own bed and door panels, there is no selfishness at all, under the effect of this strong public will, although there are only 4,000 people, but the work efficiency is indeed high and terrifying. In less than three days, all the materials needed by Zhang Qi were prepared.
Under the leadership of Shang Ding, Zhang Qi repeatedly observed the surrounding conditions of the original site, and after taking into account various factors such as beasts and weather, he finally determined the scope of the building, and a complete building plan appeared in his mind.
On the first day, all the personnel went into battle, and almost a third of the foundation was dug in just one day. This is still the absence of modern engineering vehicles such as excavators, which is too powerful, and this is the united power of mankind.
"Alright, that's all for today." When it was approaching night, Zhang Qi said loudly.
"Why, we still have the strength, we can do it for a while." The crowd was in high spirits and shouted in unison.
"No, it's over now, because now our wall hasn't been up, and as soon as it gets dark, the nearby beasts will gather, and if they don't have time to evacuate, it may cause casualties."
The townspeople are not as comprehensive as Zhang Qi thought, anyway, what Zhang Qi says, they just listen.
And just like that, three days passed, and a beautiful and sturdy foundation was dug up. The next thing to do is to build the wall upwards.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the wall building and maximize the work efficiency, Zhang Qi specially asked the villagers to arrange many traps on the periphery. The arrangement of this kind of trap can be regarded as Zhang Qi's strong point, even so, it took three days to finish.
Unexpectedly, when everyone came to work on the fourth day, there were some unexpected gains, and those traps caught a lot of wild beasts, which added a lot of meat to the villagers, which can be regarded as temporarily improving everyone's food.
Although this is only a small episode, it is more confident for the townspeople, and everyone's work efficiency has been improved again. More than 3,000 people are busy on the construction site almost every day, and some of the old and young who do not work directly on the construction site help deliver food, and some help deliver tools and water. In short, the construction site is in full swing. The work efficiency has more than doubled.
On the one hand, the beasts are delivering food, and on the other hand, the villagers are speeding up construction. In less than half a year, a group of buildings was built on the ground, the outer city wall is as high as 10 meters, and it is made of Zhang Qi's special gray soil in Wanyue Town, which is not worse than the cement in the previous life, and the solidity is impeccable, almost comparable to the city wall, and some ordinary beasts are impossible to enter.
In addition, in order to further increase the source of food, Zhang Qi specially extended the fence for hundreds of meters, and enclosed the relatively fertile land on the side, so that he could grow some fruits and vegetables with peace of mind to supplement food.
Not only that, in Zhang Qi's plan, he selected a group of experienced hunters among some young people in the town and taught them some ways to make traps. At the same time, these hunters have also become the main protective force of the town, and they can also return in time if any fierce beasts rush in.
For the rest of the people, Zhang Qi assigned corresponding work according to their different specialties, from organizing women and children to establish a unified textile factory, to large-scale planting in the countryside, to the establishment of the city wall patrol...... Although the population is small, there are basically some industries that should be there, because Zhang Qi knows that if a town wants to develop sustainably and healthily, the integrity of the industry and the cooperation between industries are very important, so Zhang Qi has made a lot of efforts in this regard.
After more than a year, a brand-new Wanyue Town has regained its footing in the east of the weeping sky.