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Chapter 180

Liu Jing was not very interested in repairing the city walls of Ling County, but the rammed earth walls were not resistant to rain and soaking. If they were left alone, cracks would inevitably appear in the walls, or even collapse.

The best way to resist the erosion of rainwater is to weave straw thatch and cover it on the wall. This cost cannot be saved.

The Jiangnan area is no better than the north. Because of too much rain, building a city with rammed earth is a waste of money and manpower, and it is not cost-effective. Basically, it needs to be repaired and strengthened every year.Therefore, many counties in the south of the Yangtze River are "made of wood for the city" and "bamboo and wood for the city".

As a modern person, Liu Jing understands the future development trend. It is undoubtedly a better choice to ram the earth inside and wrap bricks outside.Today, people believe that bricks belong to Yin, and they are mostly used to build tombs at this time.

Brick-wrapped city walls may seem like a huge cost, but if you calculate the cost of repairing and strengthening the rammed-earth city walls every year, it is absolutely jaw-droppingly expensive. On the contrary, it is more cost-effective to wrap brick-wrapped city walls.

Of course, even if Liu Jing intends to use the brick wrapping technique, he will not use it in Lingxian County. The end of this city is already doomed, and it will gradually be abandoned in the future.Linzhen Township represents the future of Ling County.

Liu Jing decided to move the county government to Linzheng Township and expand the township to turn it into a real military fortress to resist Liu Biao's army in the future.

On this day, Liu Jing, accompanied by Solemn and Chu Fang, and under the protection of more than [-] guards including Liu Liang and Yu Zheng, went all the way up the embankment.

Liu Jing raised his eyes and saw a bustling bustling scene. Thousands of prisoners in shackles and ragged clothes were dotted along the embankment for tens of miles. .

The reason why they worked hard was definitely not voluntary. If they were a little lazy, the county soldiers in charge of the supervision would flick the whips in their hands and lash them hard.

The county soldiers would not have the slightest sympathy for the prisoners. Often, with just a few whips, the prisoners would be beaten until they cried like ghosts and wolves, and were in so much pain that they would not want to live.

Among the prisoners are not only men, but also many women. They only need to undertake relatively light tasks such as transporting soil.Moreover, Liu Jing had issued a strict order before that no one should insult the female prisoner, and anyone who dared to violate it would be severely punished.

Some people didn't take it seriously at first and ignored Liu Jing's words until they saw that someone was convicted for this and was forced to wear shackles and repair the dam with the prisoners.

Among the prisoners repairing the embankment, Jingman accounted for a large proportion, with a number of 900. Originally, there were even more Jingman, but they were recruited by Shan Rideng.

Unsurprisingly, Liu Jing saw the figure of Shan Riyi with his hair in a bun and huge golden rings in his ears among them.

At this time, Dan Rideng also saw Liu Jing, and immediately rushed over with a few cronies.

"Liu Jun..."

"Uncle Weng, did you gain anything today?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.The work of recruiting and surrendering at the beginning of Shan Rifeng did not go very smoothly, but as time went by, especially after the dam was built, not only did he not have enough to eat, but also had endless work, things began to go smoothly, almost New people join every day.

"Yes." Shan Riyan nodded with joy on his face, "Five more people have been recruited, and the number is close to three hundred."

Liu Jing smiled and said: "If you can recruit all these people to surrender, you will have the capital to return to Hengshan for revenge. Work hard, work hard."

Shan Rixun was refreshed when he heard this. Although he knew that this matter was extremely difficult, it was not impossible to realize it.

At the beginning when he suffered the disaster of destroying the village, he brought the remaining ten or so relatives out of Hengshan Mountain. He was at a loss in his heart and didn't know how to take revenge. Now, the opportunity is in front of him.

Liu Jing reminded him again: "It's just that, Uncle Weng, the newcomer, you still have to pay more attention and don't be negligent."

"No." Shan Riyan showed embarrassment on his face. Liu Jing said this for a reason. Before that, Jingman feigned surrender and then ran away at night. It was just because he couldn't speak Chinese and his image was different. The Township Department captured it.

When the man was twisted back, Shan Rideng wished he could find a crack in the ground and get in, the anger in his heart can be imagined.

He treats people with sincerity, in the Chinese language, that is, "push the food, undress the clothes", but in the end he was betrayed, so he gathered all the descendants of Panhu under his command, and in front of everyone, he hand-picked the people beheaded.

Then Liu Jing inspected several miles along the embankment, and then returned.

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Time passed, and it was late April in a blink of an eye. Lai Ci lived in Ling County for a whole month, and saw that his son Liu Qun was still lively and not acclimatized, so he decided to take him back to his hometown of Lingling to visit relatives.

Ling County is only a few hundred miles away from her hometown, and it takes only a few days to get there by boat.

She married into Liu's family at the age of 16, and she is 25 years old this year. Before she knew it, she had been away from home for nine years.Fortunately for her, her parents are still in good health, free from illness and disaster.

Since the death of her husband Liu Yuan, she has missed her parents more and more day by day.

This matter cannot be decided by her alone, especially if Liu Qun is to be taken away, the consent of his uncle Liu Jing is bound to be obtained.

Therefore, on Liu Jing's rest day, when he and Deng Yuan came to visit her, Lai Ci took the opportunity to talk to Liu Jing about this matter.

Liu Jing was slightly taken aback. Since his brother Liu Yuan passed away, his sister-in-law Lai Ci's heart was ashamed, she rarely showed her emotions, and she was indifferent to everything. Now, he saw the word "expectation" in her sister-in-law's bright eyes.

"Sister-in-law, she must really want to go back to the place where she was born, raised, and loved..." Liu Jing thought silently.

Of course he would not refuse his sister-in-law Lai Ci's decision to go back to her natal family to visit relatives. In fact, he was the first to propose this matter, but when it came to an end, he was still a little worried...

He wasn't worried about his sister-in-law. What he was worried about was that her parents would take this opportunity to keep her at home and make her marry someone else.After all, my sister-in-law is only 25 years old this year, and she is in her prime. Which parent would like to see her daughter remain a widow for the rest of her life?

Liu Jing pondered for a while, then said: "Sister-in-law wants to take the tiger head back to Lingling, I have no objection. However, recently, bandits on the Xiangjiang River have fled to Lingling one after another, fearing my reputation. My sister-in-law may not be able to go back safely. How about this , I will send ships and soldiers to escort you back to ensure that you will not be disturbed."

Lai Ci didn't think too much, and asked: "Zhongda, sending troops to escort Hutou and me, won't it affect you?"

Liu Jing smiled and shook his head, "No."

"That's good."

Lai Ci was eager to return home, so he packed his luggage that night, and early the next morning, he led his son Liu Qun and boarded the ship that Liu Jing had prepared for them.

In order to ensure the safety of his sister-in-law Lai Ci and nephew Hutou, Liu Jing worked hard. He not only dispatched a big ship of the fighting ship class and hundreds of soldiers, but also let Liu Zhu personally sit in charge.

(End of this chapter)