I raise dragons in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 173 Building a City Wall

Zhang Yi suddenly remembered something.

Hastily greeted Luo Xiu to come over.

"Luo Xiu, I want you to give me a copy of the location information of the bandits within a hundred miles nearby. I want to wipe them out! Is it difficult?"

When Luo Xiu heard this, he was surprised, and his old face stretched again.

"General, you are doing a good job for the people! This is a good thing to do for the people. It's not difficult! It's not difficult! I think the people will be willing to provide it."

He didn't know that the bandit position that Zhang Yi wanted was to rob them of food, and there was a lot of money for his own use, so it was just incidental to eliminate harm for the people.After all, one's own strength is the most important thing.

People with sharp ears heard this and said: "We can also provide the whereabouts of the bandits, not to mention a hundred miles, we are willing to explore even if it is two hundred miles, and then tell the general."

All of a sudden, everyone was boiling and scrambling to be the first.

This is a great thing, people are also suffering from bandits, Zhang Yi is willing to do these things for people, of course it is good.

"Very well, Luo Xiu will arrange for you as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General, I will go!"

After Luo Xiu finished speaking, he glanced at Luo Jing, as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and retreated.

"By the way, Zhang Liao, you are familiar with Mayi. I want you to find some famous craftsmen who built the city walls."

The next thing is defensive engineering.

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said:

"My lord, I know someone who can do it."

"Oh? Tell him to come and see me!"

"As ordered!"

……

Inside the county government office, Zhang Liao took a middle-aged man there.

He knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

As soon as the two entered the room, Zhang Liao introduced: "My lord, this man is called Zixuan, and he is the most famous craftsman in Mayi. Several tall buildings in the county are all made by him."

This person is not impressive.

"Oh? So powerful?"

"Zixuan has met Lord General!"

"Don't be too polite!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Yi cut to the chase.

"Zixuan, I want to build four walls to protect the safety of Mayi. Now I have [-] laborers. Each hundred walls are two feet thick, three feet five feet high, and sixteen miles long."

Building a city wall to seal off the city was something Zhang Yi had always wanted to do, but he finally had time to do it today, so he called Zixuan over here.

When his words came out, everyone was surprised and happy, this is a big event!

The sixteen-mile land is eight kilometers, and the four sides are two kilometers each. He has made up his mind to start with four square kilometers and give priority to developing from here.The Palace Museum is less than one square kilometer.Based on the densest population density in the world today, Monaco has nearly 4 people living in an area of ​​two square kilometers.Four square kilometers can definitely accommodate 16 people without any problem.

16 people was a large number in ancient times. In terms of a Mayi, there were only 6 people.

"What are the materials used?"

"You are good at it, what material do you think to use?"

"There are two methods. First, use soil as the main body. The soil can be used when digging out the moat. And use clay bricks as auxiliary external walls. In addition to ensuring a thick foundation, the earth wall can also be guaranteed It is stable. This method is the shortest project, and it is estimated that 3000 people will work day and night to complete it within one month."

Pottery bricks in the Eastern Han Dynasty were a common building material used in the Han Dynasty. The use of ceramic bricks, tiles and pipes also had new developments in the Qin and Han Dynasties.Pottery bricks are not only used to pave indoor floors, but also used as footpaths. In the pit of Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, they are also used to stick the inner surface of the wall.

"The second is to use a lot of stones to pile them up. However, this requires a lot of stones, and most of the time is spent mining and transporting stones. The construction period cannot be guaranteed. It can take three months at the earliest and half a year at the slowest Finish."

Zixuan said two plans, but the answer was already very obvious, Zhang Yi said directly: "Just follow the first plan."

There are three main reasons.

They don't have much time. At this time, the world is in chaos, and the court has no intention of understanding the situation here. When one day, the court suddenly pays attention to it, it is possible that they have not even repaired the city wall. This is one of them.

As for the second, three thousand captives have to eat every day, otherwise how would they work?His food is not for squandering.

Thirdly, he needs to be fast, and it is best to have results soon. If a base has no defense, it will be a very disadvantageous thing.

Some people have studied that it is easy to defend a city and difficult to attack a city. Basically, a city can be defended with one-tenth the strength of the attacking side.

So the choice of the first option is already very obvious.

Zixuan also asked: "Then where did these 3000 people come from? Is it your army?"

"No! It's a captive of the Hu people, and it was built by them. But I want to finish it quickly. If you have someone, you can also introduce it. I will pay the craftsman more than twice the market price. Of course, Zhang Liao recommends you. Your strength must be trustworthy, and your wages are naturally indispensable, so please make a price!"

Zixuan hesitated all of a sudden, because this young man who was too young gave him a great shock. From just a few words, he could know that Zhang Yi would be limitless in the future.

"My lord, I, Zixuan, only need some money to live. Your Dragon Legion saved the whole Mayi, and Zhang Liao and I are also friends."

"How can I do it? If you work, you have to get paid. How about it? After you complete this project, how about I give you 20 taels of gold?"

This is a lot of money, and Zhang Yi is generous.

"Then thank you sir, Zixuan will not shirk."

"Success, let's do it like this! Bao Xin, Lao Yang!"

"My lord, I am here!"

"What's the matter, son?"

"Bao Xin, you dispatched 1000 people from the army to serve as supervisors to supervise the work of [-] captives. After that, you two will cooperate with Zixuan to build the city wall. There must be no mistakes!"

Captives are an unstable factor that must be guarded against.

"Yes!"

"By the way, I have to order that if these prisoners behave well, the top five will be selected every day and they will be released."

Bao Xin was puzzled and asked, "Why did my lord do this?"

Zhang Yi said:

"After all, as captives, they must have complaints, and we let them work. If we don't give them any hope, I'm afraid they won't be able to give their best. If we do this, we will undoubtedly give them hope, and everyone will fight for a place to go back. That's it. For one thing, they will definitely speed up their progress, and for our city walls, I'm afraid it's not too slow. And they can maintain stability."

Everyone suddenly realized.

"So that's it, the lord is indeed a talented person!"

In the end, Zhang Yi had no other arrangements.

"Okay, you all go down."

Everyone went straight down and arranged for the next thing.

So, nothing happened overnight.

(End of this chapter)