Chapter 79 Rapid Progress
When the motorcade marched to Shuangfengzhai, Xiao Tianjian and his men in the distance saw a hot scene. Although it was still the second day of the Chinese New Year, the wall construction project of Shuangfengzhai did not stop because of the Spring Festival, but continued to be in full swing.
The farmer who picked up the soil, like a long dragon, transported the soil one by one to the outside of Shuangfengzhai, mixed it with some lime, sand and other ingredients, and was poured into the splint to build the wall of the wall. The strong people raised the heavy stone ramming and compacted the three soil hard to build the wall. Core department.
There are also a large number of masons who are constantly quarrying stones. Through quarrying, some relatively gentle terrain is transformed into steep, making it impossible for the attacking side to use these terrains to attack Shuangfengzhai, changing the terrain outside the wall and making the defense of Shuangfengzhai easier.
The collected stone is transported to Shuangfengzhai as the cornerstone of the wall, or later used to cover the earthy wall. Some people transport the burned lime to Shuangfengzhai and mixed it into the soil to increase the hardness of the wall.
In a word, on this annual festival, the periphery of Shuangfengzhai is a lively scene. Thousands of people gathered here to help Xing Tianjun repair the wall of the village. Zhang Chao, who manages here, is not stingy. Even if there is no money to be distributed to the people, the food allows the people who come to help to be full, especially during the Spring Festival. In the past two days, a few pigs have been killed, so that the people can eat a rare mouthful of meat, or drink a mouthful of broth. The people are already very satisfied with this treatment. They are working hard. Even in the middle of winter, many people only wear a single coat, and even sweat naked. Live.
Looking at such a scene, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help sighing at Liu Bao, who followed him: "Liu Bao, do you see that the truth that those who win the hearts of the people get the world are right in front of us. As long as we are good to the people, the people will not hesitate to repay us. If we don't divide the land with the people, I think even if I They took knives and guns to force them to come here to work. I'm afraid they won't work so hard for us.
Liu Bao also looked at the lively scene in front of him and sighed sincerely, "Yes, General, you are still awesome! If it were me, how would we treat the people like this? Originally, when I brought the new barracks here this time, I thought there would be hard work for the recruits to do. Now it seems that the general did not lie to us. There is no need for us to do anything here!"
"Yes, it's enough to work with these ordinary people. Your task is to speed up the training of new recruits so that they can be integrated into the soldiers as soon as possible!
This time, you are not only required to train the recruits here, but also to take the recruits to be responsible for the defense here. At the same time, you also need to select a group of qualified recruits and send them to Dongye Town to enhance the defense level there! The ironmaking furnace in Dongye Town is also increasing rapidly. In the future, it will be our important iron production place. After the wall here in Shuangfengzhai is repaired, we will go back to use the leisure to repair the wall in Dongye Town, so that Dongye Town will also become a strong fortress, and Shuangfengzhai and Lianhuazhai will stand on three feet, so that the officials and soldiers can't do anything about it!" Xiao Tianjian continued to say to Liu Bao.
Liu Bao immediately bowed and took the order, "I'm obedient! General, please rest assured that within a month, this group of new recruits will be trained into soldiers and included in the army, and it will never delay the general!"
When Zhang Chao heard that Xiao Tianjian came here again, he quickly came out with several of his men to greet him. Xiao Tianjian introduced the foreign devil Gao Su to them and told Zhang Chao that Gao Su was the gun casting division here in the future and would be responsible for the gun casting here. At the same time, he also told Zhang Chao that Liu Bao's new barracks would also be relocated in the future. Here, strengthen the defense here.
Zhang Chao immediately saluted Liu Bao and Gao Su, and the craftsmen under him looked at Gao Su in surprise, as if they had seen a monster, and were a little afraid of him. After all, there are very few people who can see foreign devils in this era. In addition, this is mainland China, it is more difficult for people to see foreigners, and Gao His skin is white, his eyes are blue, and his nose is high. No wonder people are afraid of him. To put it worse, it's almost the same as Shan Xiao.
"Don't be afraid. Gao Su is a foreigner who came to us from a long and faraway west, so he looks different from us, but I promise he won't eat people, hehe! You can rest assured about this! And he is also a warrior and can cast cannons at the same time, so everyone will work with him for a long time to come! Let's get to know each other first and have more communication in the future!" After seeing the expressions of these craftsmen, Xiao Tianjian explained to them with a smile.
After Xiao Tianjian's explanation, these people were a little better. They saluted each other, and Gao Su also bowed to them gentlemanly and got to know each other, but he bowed his waist and scared several craftsmen to take a step back.
"General, all kinds of things here are going on step by step! In this regard, the progress of the wall is very fast. The people are willing to come here to work hard for two meals. The middle-aged workers around 20 miles have basically come. They go home and sleep nearby. In the distance, they simply set up a shack here and live under the foot of our village, so that they can work without delay! Some people even brought their wives and children! We didn't treat them badly. As long as we can do some work within our ability, we will still feed them!
Now the repair progress of the wall is very fast. Within two months, the repair of the main wall can definitely be completed!
In addition, there is no shortage of manpower here for the time being, and hundreds of people have been separated. The dam has been built in the stockade. The first dam can be built within 20 days at the earliest. Before February, two dams can be built as soon as possible!" After saluteing Xiao Tianjian, Zhang Chao said to Xiao Tianjian.
"Oh? Is it so fast?" Xiao Tianjian immediately asked in surprise.
"No problem! The people are grateful to us for giving them the land. Many people are idle and willing to work for us, so the progress of this work is faster!" Zhang Chao said to Xiao Tianjian happily.
After Xiao Tianjian lowered his head and meditated for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay! This is better! That's it! Since the people don't take wages and are willing to work for us, we don't treat them badly. After the beginning of spring ploughing after the Spring Festival, we can provide them with some good seeds of grain for free. After they harvest these grains, they can not return them! In addition, you should write down the names of all the people who come here to work for us, turn back to the farm tools, and give them some simple farm tools to offset some of their wages! Anyway, if we are worthy of us, we are worthy of them! It's fairer to distinguish between those who come to help and those who don't come to help!"
Zhang Chao hurriedly nodded and agreed, and Lin Baotian, who was in charge of building the wall, was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. As long as the news was announced, these people would definitely work harder. Maybe more people would come to help him. In that case, the wall would be built faster. Even if the stone can't be wrapped this year, there must be no problem to complete the ramn structure of the main body before the beginning of spring.
"Although there are more people working, eating has become a problem. The originally expected food consumption here is much larger than the actual consumption. If it goes on like this, Shuangfengzhai still needs more food, and I'm afraid that the food supply will not be available!" After Zhang Chao reported the good news, he immediately reported his worries and said his request.
Xiao Tianjian patted Zhang Chao on the shoulder and said, "You can rest assured that the Yan brothers came back a few years ago and brought back a lot of food, which should be enough for you to eat. In addition, they also brought back a lot of mules, horses and donkey carts. This time I also brought them to you. This time, these big cars And the mules and horses are left for you. The transportation capacity of materials here is tight, and at least it will be relieved!
In addition, Brother Luo took people out of our territory yesterday and went to Jiang County, Wenxi and other places to get food. If it goes well, there will be no big problem with the food. Don't worry!
In the past few days of the Spring Festival, we might as well give the people more meat to eat. Since we flattened this area, the hunters can rest assured to go into the mountain. The harvest is much more than before. Give us 20%, and also take the prey to exchange some grain cloth and salt. We have a lot of money now. We might as well Be generous! Even if you can't eat meat, at least let the people drink a mouthful of broth! In a word, just find a way to make the big guy more energetic!"
After hearing this, Zhang Chao sighed, "I didn't expect it! The general won't rest during the Spring Festival, and he has to be busy with so many things!"
"Didn't you stop working during the Spring Festival? How can I enjoy it in a high bed? Ha ha! Let's go to the village. There are still a lot of things to do! I'll also go and see how the dam is!" Xiao Tianjian smiled and greeted his men and began to enter the village.
After Xiao Tianjian took Gao Su into the village, he first arranged an accommodation for Gao Su, and then recruited Yang Changshou from Tiezuo, asking Yang Changshou to pull out 20 craftsmen from the craftsmen and call them to Gao Su, so that Gao Su could start work as soon as possible.
As for all kinds of copper ware pulled by the entourage, Xiao Tianjian also gave it to Yang Changshou, asking him to arrange the craftsman to melt it and find a way to meet Gao Su's casting requirements.
Yang Changshou had seen this Gao Su in Lianhuazhai before, so he was not surprised because he was a foreign devil, but what surprised him was that Xiao Tianjian actually used this red-haired ghost to cast cannons for him. Originally, Yang Changshou also could also cast cannons. He thought that he would start casting cannons after the things were on schedule, but I didn't think that Xiao Tianjian didn't let him be responsible for casting cannons, but he found a red-haired ghost to cast cannons for him, and he was a little unhappy.
Xiao Tianjian is also a good person in terms of looking at people's mood. At a glance, he saw Yang Changshou's unhappy, so he waved to Gao Su to arrange the accommodation first, and took Yang Changshou into the room to let Yang Changshou sit down and talk.