golden scales

As the temporary heart of the empire, Laizhou withstood the unprecedented crowds in three months.Chen De also completed the hardening of the road from Laizhou to Weixian under the condition of heavy crowds.

The new roads have a gravel base and a mix of gravel and mortar.The entire new road is more than three feet above the ground, and drainage ditches have been dug on both sides.

This design is taken from the road standards of the capital and Jiangnan, and it is the first time it has appeared in Shandong.Fortunately, many of the construction craftsmen invited by Jiangnan also knew how to build bridges and roads, which saved Chen De a lot of trouble.

Different from Jingshi and Jiangnan, the pavement material is the latest East-West mixed mortar.

As early as before the Tang and Song Dynasties, the folks used limestone, clay, and sand to mix mortar as a masonry adhesive.However, the Chinese tradition is more inclined to houses with civil structures, so bricks and stones are generally used in city walls, embankments and tombs.The mortar used for the city wall has a higher specification configuration: glutinous rice juice with lime.

The Nanjing City Wall was built in this way, and Japanese mortars could not knock it open during the Anti-Japanese War.However, the cost is also extremely expensive, and it is impossible to pave the way.

The soil and cement of Thailand originated from the ancient Egyptians.They also used the river mud of the Nile to build buildings at the earliest, which is very effective in the dry and hot desert.From 3000 BC to 2000, the ancient Egyptians began to calcined gypsum as a construction adhesive and used it in the construction of pyramids.

Later, the ancient Greeks did not burn gypsum, but burned limestone to obtain lime, which was used as a gel material in construction.

After the ancient Romans annexed Greece, they inherited the Greek tradition of using lime.Sand and finely ground volcanic ash were mixed with the lime, resulting in "Roman mortar".

China has no volcanoes.The recipe for Roman mortar could not be replicated.However, Shandong is a place rich in gypsum. Using gypsum instead of volcanic ash, folk cement formula, fully calcined and ground, this new type of hydraulic material has been obtained. Although it is called mortar, the actual effect is not much different from cement.It's just that the quality of the mortar is not stable until the formula is determined.Fortunately, as far as the current road is concerned, there is no need to consider the quality of the project for the time being.

As long as enough carriages can pass quickly.

When the artillery carts were pulled by two horses and galloped on the flat and hard road, the strategic advantages brought by the advanced road were clearly displayed in the eyes of the world.

Counties along the way set up a kiosk every ten miles along the road, and each kiosk has a special person in charge of tea and simple meals.A post is set up in the five pavilions for accommodation and food for people coming and going.There are also draft horses and riding horses, so that public officials can change them.

These places seem to have increased local administrative expenses.In fact, it also solves the employment problem of weak laborers, which is part of the work-for-relief program.With the gradual recovery of business routes and the gradual recovery of business travel, the problem of expenditure has also been greatly alleviated.

"Yicheng, quickly change horses." A group of people stopped at the gate of the posthouse, and the leading officer shouted loudly.

The aged Yicheng hurried out.Let the young servant who is attached to the post station lead the horse over, then replace the sweaty draft horse, take it to the back to dry off, feed it fine soybeans, and recover well.According to the sudden increase in artillery vehicles recently.I'm afraid there will be one or two passing by tomorrow, according to the calculation.These horses can only rest for one day, and then they have to run another fifty miles.

"Bring some more water. In order to save horsepower, the brothers are all running on the road." The officer bared his teeth, took the coconut ladle from his belt, and drank some water.

"Sirs, do you want some food?" Yi Cheng stepped forward and asked nicely.

The officer looked at the sky and said: "Let's talk about it later, today has been a little bit late."

After the servant changed the horse, the officer checked the wheels and hubs again, whistled and ordered to continue on the road.

A business traveler in the posthouse saw it strangely, and when the postman entered, they all stopped and asked, "Where is this military master? Is there a war going to be fought?"

Yi Cheng smiled wrinkled all over his face, and said, "Didn't you see the logo on the shoulder of the officer? It's the Prince's army."

"Why are there so many cannons?" Someone asked again, "I don't know where they came from."

Yi Cheng glanced at him, but didn't say anything, as if Quan didn't hear him.The guy who kept the books at the counter looked up and buried it in the book again. It seemed that he was doing the bookkeeping, but the words he wrote were the features of the person who asked the question just now, and he even drew an outline in the end.

That person didn't know that his unintentional sentence had already been labeled as "suspicious".

These bookkeeping clerks who are placed in various thoroughfares and post offices are the first batch of specially trained eyeliners of the Golden Scale Society.Most of them can write and draw, have good ears and eyes, and have received simple reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance training. Although the technical level can only be at most equal to that of later generations of film and television dramas, their seriousness is even worse.

Zhu Cihong appreciated Xu Dun's awareness of cultivation, and specially ordered him to make this kind of training routine, set up espionage classes, and recruit and train more intelligence personnel.For a huge country, no matter how much Xu Dun expands his enrollment, the number of people will not be enough.What's more, the talent requirements of spies are extremely high, and it's not just a matter of grabbing them casually.

In contrast, the progress of the old brand East Factory is a bit slow, and the main forces are still concentrated in the city. They don't know that Jinyiwei already has a new head, and has already had the idea of ​​​​seizing power.

The cannon cart finished running the dirt road and boarded the newly built hard road, and its speed increased a lot.After solving the steering problem of the four-wheeled carriage, the advantage of high load capacity is presented.With the supporting hardened roads, it only took two days to travel from Jiaozhou to Weixian.It only took seven days from Weixian to Dezhou.

Just as the artillery arrived in Texas one after another, Danning's Third Guards Battalion finally hit the ground running and won their first victory since the establishment of the establishment.

On July 17th of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the Third Guard Battalion completely occupied the nine counties of Guangping Prefecture and stationed in Handan, the prefecture of Fuzhi.

When Zhu Cilang received the good news, he was already sitting in Dezhou, preparing for the defense of Dezhou.Xiao Mo also pulled the main force of the first battalion to Dezhou City, from here to the east is the sea, to the west is the Taihang Mountains, and Dezhou is just in between.The Dama Jindao of the first battalion of the guards stood here, and Donglu couldn't make a detour left and right. If he wanted to go south, he had to fight hard for this nail.

On the same day of July [-]th, Bahana and Shi Tingzhu of the Eastern Captive South Route Army also happened to set off from the capital camp.The Yechen Division of the Northern Route Army is scheduled to break out of camp the next day, bypassing the Taihang Mountains and entering Jin from the north.

"Tan Ning is still on time." Zhu Cihong was not very satisfied with the performance of the Sanying Guards.

Dashun Army's Guangping defense envoy Qu Fengqi and Fu Yin Liang Dong ran fast, and escaped when Li Zicheng retreated westward.Those who stayed to guard the place were Captain Guo and Commander Chang. There were only [-] soldiers in their troops, and there were no artillery, and the soldiers had never been strictly trained.Even so, it took Dan Ning two days to capture Handan with an absolutely superior force, relying on five guns and one seven guns.

However, Tan Ning, who was born in the training department, is good at controlling battle damage.Moreover, being able to conscript soldiers on the spot after the war for drills and expand one's own strength as much as possible is also a bright spot among the mediocre results.

"Your Highness, the city of Dezhou is small, you should stay in Jinan." Xiao Mo said.

"Are you afraid that I will steal your command?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"The end is to worry about His Highness's safety." Xiao Mo said seriously without any intention of joking.

"Don't worry, I'm here, and my morale can be higher." Zhu Cihong said: "This is the first confrontation between us and Donglu. Before, my officers and soldiers could not get any benefits from Donglu. Throwing it again and again, it is inevitable that some people will be afraid. This time we must fight a good fight, and get back the face we lost before! So this time, danger and opportunity coexist. Dare to provoke us. If we lose, we will have to hide in the east of Le Xia for another two years."

Xiao Mo nodded.

Zhu Cihong turned to You Shiwei, who was at the side, and said, "General You, has Jin Yiwei agreed with you on how to contact you regarding the battle report?"

"Return to Your Highness," You Shiwei said, "It has been negotiated. Our General Staff Headquarters will set up a military information department, which will be responsible for communicating with Jin Yiwei and conveying the military information."

Zhu Cihong nodded, but did not comment.According to his understanding of organizational evolution, this military intelligence department will soon try to expand its power like a cell division, and eventually become an intelligence agency similar to Jinyiwei.

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