The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 555 554 Jingzhou Changes Owner (26)

LuoYang HeNan.

Zhang Yan has been in Luoyang for some time. These days, he basically inspected the entire construction site of Luoyang City accompanied by Henan Yin Zhanghong.

As the old capital of the great Han Dynasty, the dilapidated Luoyang City in the past has disappeared, and what stands in front of Zhang Yan is a majestic and huge city.

The new Luoyang City was re-planned on the basis of the old site. The person who presided over the construction of the entire Luoyang City was Hu Mudu, the son of the late Jinwu Humuban. This area is very proficient. For the construction of Luoyang City, Zhang Yan only drew a sketch, and asked Hu Mudu to build it with reference to Pengcheng.

The difference is that Pengcheng is a circular city, while Luoyang City has given up the concept of the future capital city due to its geographical constraints, and instead built it in a square shape.

Nahu Mudu is also a talent, at least in terms of architecture, at least no one could be more professional than him at that time.

Hu Mudu learned the cement invented by Zhang Yan and the construction technology of reinforced concrete. It took more than 6 people and took two years and one month to build the prototype of Luoyang City.Just such a prototype, anyone who looks at it will be amazed at such a big capital.

Most of the previous cities were built with rammed earth or piled with stones, but now Luoyang City is built with reinforced concrete.

The foundation of Luoyang City was ten meters deep, and the foundation was filled with steel bars. Later, it was poured with cement to shape the city walls and outline the city gates, and then began to build the rest of the place.

This is a grand project, and [-] civilians have been working here for more than two full years to achieve today's results.In addition, according to Zhang Yan's instructions, Hu Muban specially built an underground palace with the same scale as the Yanwangfu under the future Yanwangfu in Luoyang City. On the bottom floor, there is another secret passage, through which it can directly lead to the bank of Luoshui outside the city.

The construction of this underground palace was carried out in secret, so there were very few outsiders, and the three thousand civilians who had completed the construction were all replaced by the Hu Muban because they were afraid of leaking information, and they were dismissed go home.

Today, accompanied by Zhang Hong, Zhang Yan came to the future Yanwang Mansion.

Yanwang Mansion is located in the north of Luoyang City, on the same central axis as the Imperial Palace located in the center of the city, echoing the imperial city, and its scale is like a city within a city.

King Yan's Mansion is backed by the city wall of Luoyang City, and expanded on the basis of the city wall in the east, west and south directions. King Yan's Mansion is located in the middle surrounded by the city wall. Four small fortresses were built, with watchtowers and shooting holes inside, completely imitating the towers on the city.

Moreover, the scale of King Yan's Mansion is also extremely large, covering an area of ​​up to [-] mu, second only to the imperial palace's [-] mu.

In addition to the Imperial Palace and King Yan's Mansion, there are three larger mansions, namely Duke Qi's Mansion in the east of the city covering an area of ​​[-] mu, Duke Wu's mansion in the south of the city covering an area of ​​[-] mu, and Duke Wu's mansion in the west of the city covering an area of ​​[-] mu. Qin Guogong.

In addition, the residences of civil and military officials are also different. The largest covers an area of ​​[-] mu, and the smallest covers an area of ​​[-] mu. According to the different official positions and ranks, the residences are also different. .

These mansions are located in different directions of Luoyang City. Like Pengcheng, Luoyang City is also divided into imperial city, inner city, outer city, and urn city, and all functions are divided.

This time, King Yan's Mansion and the Imperial Palace were completely divided into two, no longer separated by a wall.Located in the center is the Imperial Palace, surrounded by a circle of towering walls, so it is also called the Imperial City.

On the outskirts of the imperial city, there are several larger mansions located in the inner city, namely the Mansion of King Yan, Mansion of Duke Qi, Mansion of Duke Wu, Mansion of Duke Qin, and five Mansions of Duke Hu Guo with an area of ​​[-] mu each.These nine mansions are respectively adjacent to the imperial city, occupying almost half of the land in the inner city, and the remaining half of the land is the mansions of civil and military officials, wealthy businessmen, and celebrities from all over the world, ranging from [-] mu to [-] mu. Basically, those who can live in the inner city are either officials of the third rank or above, or wealthy businessmen in the world, or well-known cultural celebrities in the world.

Outside, there is the outer city, which is the largest in the entire Luoyang city, and it has also been divided into many different exclusive areas, such as a street that can only be used for business, a residential area that can only be used for people, and some for various activities. A market for trading commodities.

In short, the new capital already has the standards of an international metropolis, with all the facilities and facilities that one expects to find.

After Zhang Yan and Zhang Hong finished visiting the Yan Palace, it was getting late, so Zhang Yan and Zhang Hong left the Yan Palace together, mounted their horses, and headed out of the city.

These days, Zhang Yan has been living in a camp outside the city. Because the city has not yet been built, there are construction wastes everywhere, and civilian husbands live in various buildings at will. They have become the first guests in Luoyang City .

After returning to the barracks, Zhang Hong asked someone to serve warm hot wine and filled Zhang Yan's wine glass. Zhang Yan picked up the wine glass and drank it down. Then he said to Zhang Hong: "I have been here for almost a month. I am very satisfied with the matter, so it can be seen that you have worked hard on it, and after the construction of the capital is completed, I will give you the rewards you deserve to show your contribution."

Zhang Hong waved his hand and said: "It is my duty to serve His Royal Highness King Yan, and I am not the only one who deserves the credit. Hu Mudu deserves the most credit. I am only in charge of coordinating at the periphery. He personally handles the entire construction project." Yes, other than that, the rest of the officials, big and small, all have merits and are indispensable. If the King of Yan really wants to reward me, it is better to divide the rewards equally and give them to Hu Mudu and others. It also shows that His Royal Highness King Yan has clear rewards and punishments."

Zhang Yan laughed and said: "If every official in the court could think like you, that would be great. I have put you in this dilapidated place in Luoyang all these years, and I have worked hard for you. New After the construction of Luoyang City is completed, this place will become the capital, and Henan Yin will suddenly become a person with real power. No one else is more suitable for this position than you."

"Thank you, His Highness King Yan, for your trust in this subordinate. In the future, I will do my best to manage the capital well!" Zhang Hong said directly.

At this moment, a Jinyi guard came in from the outside, and when he saw Zhang Yan, he clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, Zhou Yuncong is seeking to see you outside."

"Oh? Let him in quickly." After hearing this, Zhang Yan felt a little excited.Because he knew that Zhou Yuncong usually didn't have any important matters, so he would never come easily in person, and his coming in person meant that he had something very important to do.

After a while, Zhou Yuncong came in from outside the tent, and after seeing Zhang Yan, he directly bowed and said, "My subordinate Zhou Yuncong, see His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Mianli, you must have something important to come here this time?" Zhang Yan asked.

Zhou Yuncong nodded, took out a letter from his bosom, stood up from the ground, walked straight to Zhang Yan's side, handed the letter to Zhang Yan, and said, "This letter was written by Sima Yi. , He asked me to deliver it to His Highness as quickly as possible, but due to a heavy snowfall on the way, it was delayed for some time, and it was not delivered until today, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Yan opened Sima Yi's letter while he was speaking, and after skimming through it, his brows immediately frowned into the word "Chuan", and the expression on his face also looked a little ugly.

After reading it, Zhang Yan put down the letter in his hand, squirmed his lips, and said slowly: "I never thought that Liu Bei's death would bring about so many series of changes. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei actually took refuge in Sun Quan. Isn't that A good sign..."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Hong, and said, "You should read it too!"

Zhang Hong took the letter, browsed through it hastily, and immediately said: "It turns out that Sima Yi, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, was deliberately placed in the enemy's interior by His Highness. Judging from Sima Yi's letter, it seems that he has already grasped the power of Jingzhou." In the whole situation, as long as His Highness sends troops, Jingzhou can be taken down without bloodshed. In this way, no matter how much Sun Quan looks at him covetously, he will not dare to act rashly. On the other hand, His Highness can actively train the navy in Jingzhou, accumulate strength, and wait Good opportunity, when the time is right, our army will attack Sun Quan from the east, west, and north, even if Sun Quan has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to resist our army."

After Zhang Yan heard this, he nodded and said, "In this case, I won't stay in Luoyang for long. I'm going to Nanyang to sit there and start dispatching troops to conquer Jingzhou!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan immediately wrote a reply letter to Sima Yi, then handed the letter to Zhou Yuncong, and said: "You have to work hard again, and after more than a month, after Jingzhou becomes our army's territory, You don't have to run back and forth so hard anymore, I will transfer you back and stay by my side to listen to you."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!" Zhou Yuncong took Zhang Yan's reply letter, bid farewell to Zhang Yan, and rushed back to Jingzhou overnight to report to Sima Yi.

Early the next morning, after Zhang Yan had breakfast, he rode a white dragon horse and hurried to Nanyang, preparing to attack Jingzhou.

At the same time in Jingzhou, Liu Qi was still guarding his father's spirit, but rumors were already flying in and out of Xiangyang City, and no one knew who leaked the news that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei surrendered to Sun Quan, and worked for Sun Quan, capturing the four counties in southern Jing, The news of the bloodbath in Jingzhou is even more prepared.

In short, everyone in Xiangyang City is in panic, and they don't know what to do...

(End of this chapter)