I really don't want to rebel

Chapter 127 Moat

The two blue bricks were put together tightly with special cement, and gradually, the cement in the middle dried up.

After all, it is special cement, which dries faster and is firmer. Jiang Yunfan has already discovered these two situations during previous experiments.

Generally speaking, it is better to dry the cement in the shade instead of air. The special cement is much better and can greatly shorten the construction period.

The cement was dry, and the sloppy man took out a small hammer and lightly tapped a green brick from the side.

Seeing that the blue brick didn't respond, the sloppy man gradually increased his strength, but the more he knocked, the more surprised he became.

The sloppy man knocked on it for a long time, but the blue bricks were still stuck together tightly, as if there was no intention of separating them.

The sloppy man took a deep breath, swung his arms round, the small hammer fell, and with a 'click', the two green bricks finally separated.

But a strange thing happened, one green brick broke several pieces directly, but the cement between the two blue bricks was not damaged much, only a few pieces of slag fell off.

"A fetish!" The slovenly man was stunned.

Jiang Yunfan smiled, as expected, and asked, "How about Mr. Han? Is this adhesive okay?"

"That's great!" The sloppy man shouted, and praised: "This strength alone is much better than glutinous rice! With it, Jianwubao can get twice the result with half the effort! But I don't know the price, if it is cheaper, you can save a lot of money." Big expense."

Glutinous rice is not cheap. Originally, the price of glutinous rice as food is relatively high. With the arrival of the locust plague, the prices of all kinds of food have skyrocketed by more than a little bit!
Coupled with the turbulent world, the current glutinous rice has reached a sky-high price of 200 copper plates per catty!

Jiang Yunfan said with a smile: "This cement is much cheaper than glutinous rice. The most important thing is that it saves trouble. It can be used after mixing with water! The price is 50 copper plates and 100 catties."

"So cheap?" The sloppy man was shocked, and then excitedly said: "This can save a lot of budget, and this cement can not only be used as an adhesive, but also has such a hard texture after drying. In important places, I think it can Instead of expensive feldspar blue bricks!"

"Based on this, how much will I have to spend? Tell me the amount." Jiang Yunfan asked.

The price is what Jiang Yunfan is most concerned about. He built the Wubao to better defend Huayang County. In this way, the periphery of Huayang County is equivalent to an extra layer of natural barriers, and it can also protect the city wall of Huayang County. The distance between Wubao has been increased, so that Huayang County has become an urn city!
As the name of Urn City implies, the primary strategy is: invite you into the urn, and catch the turtle in the urn!

"About 27 taels of silver is needed. Although the money for glutinous rice is saved, the cost of cement also needs to be used in large quantities, and the amount of money spent is not small." The sloppy man said.

Jiang Yunfan was silent in thought.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked, "What if I only strengthen the outer defense of Wubao? The inner defense near the county is weakened, or eliminated directly!"

The sloppy man raised his eyebrows and said, "You want to build an urn city? Although it's not recommended, it's still an option at the moment. In this way, it will cost about 20 taels of silver, and the cost of the most basic materials will not be reduced. It is very important to know the material, if the wrong material is used, the expected effect may not be achieved, if there is any mistake, if it is broken, the enemy can tear a hole and drive straight in."

The sloppy man nodded his eyes and said, "This is the embankment of a thousand miles, which collapsed in an ant's nest. I don't want you to repeat the mistakes of others."

Jiang Yunfan nodded and sighed: "That's true. The matter of Wubao must not be sloppy, it's just that the money spent is too much."

Seeing that Jiang Yunfan really wanted to build a Wubao, the sloppy man felt a little compassion, and offered advice: "I see a big river three miles north of the city, why don't you send someone to divert the big river out of Huayang County? Huayang Outside the county seat, if you want to build a series of docks, it is expensive to build, and if it is crudely built, it will not have much effect."

"If that big river can be diverted outside Huayang County, it can be developed into a moat for Huayang County!"

"The distance between Wubao and Huayang County will not be too close. It can extend about a hundred feet, and build Wubao outside the city. It will continue to fight against foreign enemies during wartime. If Wubao is occupied, you can also retreat to other Wubao. , at worst, return to Huayang County."

"Even if we give up the Wubao to the opposite side? When we build the Wubao, we can completely weaken the defense inside the Wubao. In this way, the enemy is still under our noses, and there is no shelter! In addition, the Wubao With the moat outside, their material transportation will become very difficult, and the mobility of the troops will be very poor."

"If it really comes to that time, only one general and thousands of infantry can easily tear apart the enemy's camp, and the moat will become a moat in front of the enemy's eyes!"

Jiang Yunfan clenched his fists, thumped the table, and said, "Okay! Let's dig the moat! At any cost, we must bring that big river over!"

The sloppy man said: "I will supervise the construction of Wubao. I will specially leave the side close to Huayang County vacant. However, how much money do you have?"

Jiang Yunfan lowered his head speechlessly, looked at the system page, and whispered, "It's nearly 8 taels, and there may be tens of thousands more taels after a while."

All Jiang Yunfan can think about now is his dear second brother: Sun Hao.

The high-quality resurrection ointment, the top-quality Xiuyu pendant, and a large number of glass necklaces should be able to sell for a lot of money.

Now wait for Sun Hao to sell the things and send the money.

But this period of time will be at least 20 days!Sun Hao had left for only two days, even if he arrived in the capital, it would take a month to sell all the things in one day, and then send someone over to deliver the money!
The situation in Huayang County is now in crisis, and there is not much time left!
The locust plague is terrible, and Huayang County is the only county in South County that has not been plagued by locusts. Maybe nothing happens in a short period of time, but after a long time, many bandits will come to loot!

The most urgent task now is to build Wubao, so as to increase Huayang County's self-protection power.

The slovenly man pondered for a while, and said, "You can build half of it first! First build the Wubao near the city gate, and then extend it around when you have money! 8 taels of silver is enough."

When Jiang Yunfan heard this, he realized that there was no other way to do it, so he nodded and said, "I'll give you 7 taels of silver first, and I'll go find you in the evening, and we'll make a good calculation."

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Jiang Yunfan didn't want to use the Chamber of Commerce's money.

Although it was agreed with the bosses when the chamber of commerce was established that part of it would be used to build a Wubao for self-protection, it would inevitably be suspected of using public equipment for private use.

Jiang Yunfan now has no choice but to carry it to the death. If he can resist the past, it will be the best. Taking ten thousand steps back, Jiang Yunfan can also use a small part of the Chamber of Commerce's funds to ensure the construction of Wubao.

"Master Jiang, help!" A man ran in from outside the Jiang residence.

The man stumbled and ran in, but the porter didn't react in time to stop him, so he ran in with the man.

(End of this chapter)