Start a city building order

Chapter 33 Material Reserves
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching heat had receded a little.

Li Si led the team back. Before that, he visited food stores, grocery stores, cloth stores, tailors, medicine stores, and even the coffin store. He spent [-] gold.

As the saying goes, money can turn ghosts, except for the special profession of blacksmith Zhang San, even the Lu's grain company is very cooperative.

Of course, this time Li Si didn't buy too much grain, he only bought [-] large carts, about [-] catties of rice and wheat, all of which were old grain, because the new grain would be harvested in ten days or so, and Lu's Grain Company was happy to do this business.

In addition, Li Si ordered [-] tents and [-] catties of cotton at the grocery store, cleared all the inventory in the cloth store, and placed an order for [-] sets of cotton clothes.

Last time, Li Si didn't place an order at this cloth shop, and as a result, the cloth shop's inventory was completely burned down.

And the inventory of the pharmacy and the inventory of the coffin shop were burned together.

Li Si failed to clear the inventory at the pharmacy because the old doctor disagreed. Xishan Town has a population of nearly [-]. If someone gets sick, where can he buy medicine for treatment?
On the contrary, the inventory of the coffin shop was emptied by Li Si in one go.

The coffin shop is actually the most important link in the carpentry industry. Xishan Town is backed by Luming Mountain, and there is no shortage of good wood. In addition, the life here is stable and the people are rich, so the aftermath will be very important. The coffin shop There, twenty or thirty coffins of different textures are prepared all year round, as well as a large amount of high-quality wood.

These are the best materials for making god arm crossbows and catapults, and even for making arrow shafts, gun shafts, wooden shields, and carts.

The last time these woods were burned to ashes by a big fire, Cheng Daniu still felt emotional. After all, the newly felled trees could not be used immediately.

"Boss Li, don't worry, these timbers will definitely be delivered tomorrow morning."

The shopkeeper of the coffin shop was a big fat man, but he was actually a second-class carpenter, but when the black cavalry barbarians robbed him, he lived and died with his coffin shop.

He has never encountered such a big business today, so he was very active and promised to deliver the goods to his door. Of course, he would not send them by car or horse, but by wooden rafts. The stream water was sent down.

"Treasurer Zhou has worked hard."

Li Si cupped his fists and smiled like a spring breeze, as if he was really a big businessman.

Last time, although he also bought a lot of supplies in the shops of Xishan Town, more benefits were given to ordinary townspeople, but this time, he almost took care of all the shops in Xishan Town, A large order made them smile, but they solved the transportation problem for Li Si by themselves.

In fact, Li Si was not short of this little money, but he found the interest class in Xishan Town.

Only when everyone benefits, can he stay longer in Lucheng Lu's territory.

In the evening, Li Si led people back to Zhulu Pass.

At this time, the prototype of Zhuluguan has not yet been seen, but Daniel has already arrived, bringing more than 50 young adults from Xujia Village. They are building temporary workshops in Huluyu. It has to be said that the technical advantages of third-level carpenters are almost In just one afternoon, more than 50 simple sheds were built.

"Your Highness!"

Zhao Shan, who had already changed into ordinary clothes, went forward and reported in a low voice. The soldiers of the heavy cavalry battalion had replaced Dayan's armor and flags, keeping a low profile as much as possible.

And as long as they are not wearing Dayan's officer and soldier costumes and armor, even if they are holding weapons, these people are not very afraid.

As for a few loopholes, it doesn't matter after the black cavalry barbarians go south the day after tomorrow, burning, killing and looting all the way.

"Let the supply battalion receive all the supplies, including those carts, which have already been bought, and focus on protecting the food from moisture and rain. In addition, the [-] tents purchased this time will be given priority to distribution to each battalion."

"By the way, what about Medical Officer Zheng, let him come over to receive the herbs."

"Sun Jin, you and Zhou Yue don't have to wait on me. Use a pen and paper to record the entry and exit of all supplies. The supply camp can be under your direct control. All craftsmen and young and strong servants hired must be recorded, and you are also responsible for the wages. , if something goes wrong, I'll take you as a questioner."

"Zhang Da, when it comes to food, you need to put more thought into it. Have you ever hired the strong servants you hired at noon, the old women who can still work? There are more than 60, too many? We are not afraid of crowds, don't pay attention to them Whether it’s not fast enough, we don’t need their stutterers, if there are children or old people in the family, we can give them an extra meal.”

"Xu Mao, you have to hurry up and search for a driver who can drive the car. We now have more than 60 large cars, and they are all under your management and maintenance. Don't let me down."

Li Si ordered in an orderly manner, he knew almost all the details, and he was able to give advice in the simplest words.

After dinner, his small military group was already able to operate clumsily internally, and it was clear who was in charge of everything and who was in charge.

At this point, Li Si took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the tent, drew the drawings of the god arm crossbow, small catapult, medium catapult, and large catapult one by one, confirmed that they were correct, and then burned them, and then he started Draw the three-dimensional view, plan view and section view of all the wooden parts of the arm crossbow and the catapult.

With these drawings, even a first-class carpenter can make it.

As for Cheng Daniu, after careful consideration, Li Si decided to let him take charge of the main foundation project of Zhulu Pass temporarily, because although this guy is honest, he is very good at coordinating and commanding the project. This afternoon, he directed more than 50 young people from Xujia Village. Zhuang, also commanded more than 30 artisans recruited by Li Si, built more than 50 workshops in one go, and gave many important suggestions.

This ability has already surpassed his original occupation as a third-level carpenter.

Nothing happened overnight, except for a dozen soldiers and young men who were bitten by poisonous snakes and insects, but with the third-level medical officer Zheng Shizhen here, the problem was not serious.

Early in the morning, shopkeeper Zhou of the coffin shop personally brought over 200 young men to transport a large amount of wood and dozens of coffins. This scene was very spectacular.

No one could guess Li Si's original intention, and he didn't care.

While eating breakfast, Li Si talked with Cheng Daniu about the foundation.

"I want to block this mountain pass, without leaving a door, just a wall, the foundation must be deep, and all stones shall be used." Li Si gave a rough description, and then Cheng Daniu's face trembled.

"Boss Li, with all due respect, this is not good. If you block this mountain pass, you will have to detour through the four towns in the north of the mountain for future personnel exchanges."

Cheng Daniu is quite knowledgeable. In fact, he brought his fellow villagers here yesterday. When he saw two or three hundred ranger men holding weapons and looking murderous, he thought it was a bad idea. Ma De would not be a group of bandits who wanted to set up thieves here. Nest?
Hearing what Li Si said this morning, he confirmed it even more, and was flustered like a deer for a while...

"Master Cheng, don't mind your own business. I'll pay you for your work. It's so simple. But if you have to make simple things complicated, then, my lord, I can only invite you, Master Cheng."

Li Si blinked, pretending to be a bandit, no shame.

"Also, this kind of thing, you know and I know, other people should not know, understand?"

"Understood, I understand, don't worry, Your Majesty."

Cheng Daniu was covered in cold sweat.

"That's right, finish the project as soon as possible, and you will go back as soon as possible. Don't worry, we are good guys who keep our promises. We specialize in robbing the rich and helping the poor. We are not interested in you poor people."

After solving the psychological barrier of student Cheng Daniu, Li Si opened the city building order, recruited another fifty chief arresters, and established a garrison camp. Well, that Xing arrester was still the team leader.

With them in charge of law and order, Li Si was relieved.

Next, he went out personally, selected twenty first-class carpenters, and chose an inconspicuous position in Huluyuli, and began to teach them how to make the parts of the god arm crossbow. In fact, it is not difficult, because Even if you are a first-class carpenter, you must be very skilled in all kinds of tools.

They just need to determine the size of the parts to be made, of course, there must be good quality wood, paint and so on.

In short, it took Li Si a whole morning to teach these craftsmen and watch them produce qualified products with his own eyes.

Theoretically, twenty half-finished crossbows with divine arms can definitely be produced in one day.

However, limited by the difficulty of making fine steel components, it would take Li Si at least ten days to have 100 divine arm crossbows.

"Not enough manpower!"

Li Si sighed with emotion. In the last file, he had nearly 5000 refugees, more than 250 young and healthy women, old men, and old women who could work, 800 craftsmen alone, and [-] craftsman apprentices. They could do anything. Get it done in a fraction of the time.

But now, counting the soldiers and the young and strong craftsmen employed, there are only a little over 400 people.

Many of his plans had to be dealt with step by step.

The most important task now is to build the main body of Zhulu Pass, which is 30 meters long, eight meters wide and five meters high, connecting Luming South Mountain and Luming North Mountain.

But with the current manpower, it will take five or six days to complete the foundation alone.

It will take at least half a month to build the main body.

"Let's recruit artisans!"

Li Si thought about it, and there was only one way.

Before, he had a total of 9300 points of popular support. After recruiting 150 rangers, 50 chief escorts, 50 chief arresters, and 50 craftsmen, he directly consumed 5500 points of popular support.

This comes at the price of not calling out historical figures.

At this moment, Li Si gritted his teeth and spent another 2000 popularity points to recruit 100 craftsmen.

30 first-class carpenters were selected from them to make catapults, and 30 stonemasons were selected to dig stone mines and make 5-jin stone bombs, 10-jin stone bombs, and 30-jin stone bombs.

This thing is a consumable, and it needs a lot of reserves. Fortunately, he guards Luming Mountain, deep in the mountains and old forests, there is no shortage of stones, and it is concealed enough.

Li Si made a fuss this time, he wanted to make at least one hundred small catapults and fifty medium catapults.

Who will hit who.

(End of this chapter)