"Lao Guo,"

"Let's go to a place where we can get an overview of Yanmen Pass."

After Ye Qing and Wu Yong saw their agents, they just nodded in tacit agreement with each other and called Zhu Yuanzhang away.

They know that the brother surnamed Mao next to Master Guo is a very capable person, and he may find out when he has beaten the agent who took the picture.

Even if he didn't find the agent, he would probably find the Beiyuan spies who were making small moves.

In order not to startle the snake, only take him to a condescending place to see the overall situation!

They first went to Yanmen Sai, the starting point of the East Gate Border Trade Street and the West Gate Side Trade Street, where they were waiting for the young men who were shopping frantically with Ye Qing's empty seal watch.

Soon, the twelve young men carried two large black cloth burdens on their backs, and returned to this meeting place that had been agreed in advance.

Mao Xiang looked at these young men who looked like they had returned from being thieves, and nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, I am very grateful to the generous Lord Ye!

Soon after, they came to the highest place in the entire Yanmen Pass, that is, under the gate of the middle gate of the Yanmen Pass (the iron-wrapped gate).

Zhu Yuanzhang just came here and found something different.

The Yanmen Pass city wall, which is nearly two miles long, still connects the natural mountains on both sides and the ridge of the Great Wall.

But he found that the city wall, which was originally three zhang high, was directly raised by nearly one zhang, not to mention, but also widened a lot.

You must know that this is a big project, and it cannot be completed in three or five years, let alone the three-story city gate tower above this city gate.

Obviously, this big project was also completed by Ye Qing.

But when he came here to be an official, it would only take three years to make a full job, and even if he could make money again, he would have to start making a lot of money in the second year.

It is certain that you can only renovate the city walls after you have money.

It can be seen how this city wall has to be completed for more than half a year, that is to say, the construction of this city wall will be completed and delivered in less than a year and a half!

Zhu Yuanzhang just made a simple calculation, and even calculated the construction period for renovating the city wall, but the result of this calculation is really the word 'impossible'!

But the facts in front of him can't help but be disbelieving.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it again, and the city wall, which was enough to give the siege troops a headache, immediately began to be suspicious.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ye Qingdao: "Lord Ye, do we remember that the main wall of Yanmen Pass, which was built in the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, is not so high!" ”

"The three-zhang high city wall has been raised to four zhang, and the base and wall below have been thickened a lot, and such a huge project is absolutely impossible to complete without three or five years."

"You finished it in a year and a half, do you want to use this seemingly majestic city wall to scare the other party into retreating?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Queen Ma and Mao Xiang also looked at Ye Qing.

They didn't believe that Ye Qing, a county official who was greedy for money for the people and paid money to change equipment for the garrison, would do such a thing.

But this unspeakably short construction period, in their opinion, is only one explanation.

How can you increase speed without sacrificing quality?

If they are allowed to repair it, even if they don't want the quality at all, they will not be able to shorten the construction period so short.

In the expectant and puzzled eyes of the three,

Ye Qing looked at Master Guo in front of him, his eyes were full of contempt: "Ignorance! ”

In this way, after Ye Qing appreciated Zhu Yuanzhang's two words, he walked on the stone stairs on the city wall with Shen Wan'er.

The three of them were a little stunned by these two words, especially Zhu Yuanzhang, who was even more confused and angry.

He really wanted to take off his shoes, and smashed them directly into the back of Ye Qing's head.

Shouldn't he be suspicious?

Even if he Ye Qing is Lu Ban alive, don't you just explain two sentences, do you have to be so polite?

If this was the palace, he would definitely do something that would lose his identity, that is, pull out his sword of the Son of Heaven and cut off his talking mouth with a sword!

And at this moment,

Wu Yong had his idea.

In his opinion, the reason why they Lord Ye left these two words, and then took the first step with Shen Wan'er and left him here, must have ulterior motives.

Obviously, he was asked to explain to them why they could do it with a short construction period and a good enough quality!

As for the reason why they Lord Ye did this, it was too simple.

For the sake of the words 'want to catch and indulge'!

After they Lord Ye were wronged, not only did they not care, but they just gave an understatement and left, which is enough to show their arrogant and generous character Lord Ye.

And his explanation can play a role of 'others say yes'.

It is far more convincing for others to say yes than for themselves, and it can also make them feel a strong sense of guilt.

If nothing else, after they knew that they were ignorant, they would go to them to say good things to Lord Ye, and even think that he Ye Qing should be arrogant.

A person who has the ability should be arrogant!

Thinking of this, Wu Yong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Guo, you are wrong to blame our Lord Ye." ”

"Look, what's that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looked in the direction of Wu's finger, and their eyes immediately widened.

"What is this?"

"It was pitch black, and I couldn't see it clearly, but I could see that the long shelf was sticking out of the city wall and hanging underneath, which looked like an elephant's trunk."

Just when the young men in Jinyiwei were discussing, Mao Xiang immediately said: "Isn't it a kind of lifting machinery?" ”

"But it's not like a common roller crane, and a winch crane!"

Wu Yong smiled at Mao Xiang and said: "Brother Mao Qiang knows the goods, this is indeed a kind of crane, and it is a [counterweight block tower crane] designed by our Lord Ye. ”

"The city wall is two miles (1,000 meters) long, and every sixty-five steps (100 meters) is installed, and such a counterweight block tower crane is installed."

"Adjust to the required height, as a lifting purpose, you can lift 10,000 catties of heavy objects, not to mention a piece of stone, even a cannon can be easily lifted to the city wall."

"With such a lifting artifact, plus our labor prisoners, and so many soldiers and civilians, can you not be happy?"

"Do you know why the imperial court's project took a long time and still didn't bear fruit?"

"Take the Zhongdu Palace in Haozhou as an example, there are a lot of people sent to build it, but it has only become a joke until now."

"One is that the lifting machinery is not good, and the other is that the supervision and management officials are also the same as His Majesty, in the words of our Lord Ye, that is, 'I want the horses to run again, and I don't give the horses grass'!"

"Your Majesty's silver to the craftsmen is very low, that is, barely enough for them to eat, and it has been embezzled by the management officials, and it is worthy of Your Majesty if you don't rebel."

"We are different here, what we Lord Ye have is money, and we will definitely not treat anyone badly, not even the prisoners of labor reform."

"This is the reason why Your Majesty's project is slow and poor, and our Lord Ye's project is fast and good!"

"Of course, engineering management is also a university question."

"As far as those straw bales of the Imperial Court Ministry of Industry are concerned, the level of project management is different from that of our Lord Ye!"

"Our counterweight block tower crane, it can not only adjust the height according to the need, but also can be used for both peacetime and wartime!"

"If you need it in wartime, you can also quickly modify it into an [ultra-long trebuchet], and the throwing distance is much farther than a cannon!"

“.”

Wu Yong explained so energetically, not noticing how dark Zhu Yuanzhang's face was.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but even Queen Ma behind him frowned slightly.

And Mao Xiang and the others, who were standing not far away, who had just accepted Ye Qing's benefits, were even more cold, and they all had a silent expression.

They don't know why, the magistrate likes to talk about His Majesty the Emperor, and the deputy of the magistrate, Lord Xiancheng, also likes to talk about His Majesty the Emperor?

It's really just that which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned, specifically taking Zhu Yuanzhang's failed project, Haozhou Zhongdu Palace to talk about things.

Haozhou is also the Fengyang in the mouth of the people, because it is the land of Longxing, so Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to override the public opinion, built a large number of civil and engineering imperial cities, and wanted to make his hometown the capital!

Not to mention that Haozhou City is in no danger to defend, the key is that the officials under him all make him lose face.

Soon after the start of construction, because of the embezzlement of project funds, some people in his hometown rebelled against him, which directly made him lose the idea of moving the capital back to his hometown.

But he is not only the emperor, but also the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he must be true to his word.

There is no way, the Imperial City of Zhongdu still has to be repaired, and it should be repaired for a certain prince who has sealed the country Fengyang.

But he never expected that Ye Qing gave him a song 'Say Fengyang, Dao Fengyang' during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and make such a mess again.

Fengyang has a Zhu Emperor, and the villagers not only did not get wet, but also lived even worse!

Thinking of this, he didn't even have the face to go home, let alone move the capital!

But this Lord Wu is good, in order to elevate their Lord Ye, he riveted his strength to compare the emperor's sad things.

Queen Ma watched Zhu Yuanzhang's face become more and more stinky, and in order to prevent things from developing to the point of getting out of control, she immediately interrupted: "Lord Wu, this counterweight block tower crane invented by Lord Ye is really so wonderful?" ”

"In peacetime, it is a crane with a force of 10,000 catties, and in wartime, it is an ultra-long trebuchet that throws a distance farther than the range of a cannon?"

"How is this possible?"

When Queen Ma said this, she strengthened her tone a little.

For no other reason,

She only hoped that Ye Qing's creation work could offset this great sin of disrespect!

She knew that if she let this county lord continue to talk about it, her family would definitely cure them for the crime of disrespect!

Sure enough, after Zhu Yuanzhang heard Queen Ma's words, his face was also a little better.

He immediately spoke: "How can there be such a magical machine in the world? ”

"A crane and a trebuchet are completely different things, how can it be a crane with a force of 10,000 catties in peacetime, and a trebuchet that throws a distance farther than a cannon in wartime?"

"Lord Wu, don't blow too much, hearing is false, seeing is believing."

Queen Ma saw Zhu Yuanzhang open her mouth, so she was a little relieved.

But she didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't open this mouth for the sake of 'those who don't know are not guilty'.

He just wanted to see for himself what it was all about.

If this is the case, don't say that those who don't know are not guilty, even if they give him Ye Qing another credit, it will not be a problem!

But if this is not the case, then the crime of disrespect and the crime of bullying the king will all be counted as serious!

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind, Wu Yong immediately said: "You don't believe it? ”

"I'll show you right away!".

(End of chapter)