Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Following Li Yuan's order, the war machine of the Tang Empire, which had just regained Hedong and hadn't returned yet, started up again.

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The unruly and willful Dou Xianniang started to play tricks, but Ling Jing really had nothing to do with her.Although Chen Ying's guards accidentally shot her, but that was the responsibility of the subordinates. In other words, it was Dou Xianniang who was rude first.

Knowing that Dou Xianniang hadn't suffered any grievances, Ling Jing had no choice but to try his best to make the big things smaller, focusing on fulfilling Dou Jiande's entrustment.Actually, Chen Ying didn't want to cause trouble either.For Chen Ying, Dou Jiande, who is doomed to defeat, can stay away if he doesn't mess with him.

The misunderstanding explained that Chen Ying returned Dou Xianniang to Ling Jing, and the warriors in black clothes slowly dispersed.

Chen Ying was focused on solving Datang's steel problem, and wanted to use this to make a deal with Li Yuan, so that Li Yuan would agree to Li Xiuning's marriage to him.

However, after Dou Xianniang made such a fuss, Chen Ying discovered that he lived outside the city, and there was no way to guarantee his safety.However, expanding his guard power openly and aboveboard will make Li Yuan think too much.

For this reason, Chen Ying fell into distress again.

However, Chen Ying changed the long-term recruitment system to the Tiangong system, that is, 600 yuan per person per day plus the price of three meals, and recruited [-] people. Using these [-] to [-] young and strong laborers, they quickly built the manor in Qinglinli.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, once started, things will become easy.

At the beginning, Chen Ying only had a small wooden house in Qinglin, which was only more than a hundred square meters. It was not only Chen Ying's office, but also his accommodation.

At noon, Liang Zan picked forty or fifty kiln workers who had fired bricks and tiles to start building kilns and firing bricks and tiles.At the same time, two temporary wooden houses were built on the left and right wings of the wooden house.

The chest-high parapet is also surrounded by wooden piles around the wooden house. The simple triangular watchtower has also become a permanent watchtower. When the watchtower was erected, at least [-] mu of Qinglin had a clear view of Chenjiazhuang.

At night, Chen Ying fell in love with the courtyard surrounded by three wooden houses.The ingenious craftsmen split wood into tiles, bundled wood into walls, and leveled the floor of the wooden house with planks. The three wooden houses were also connected by corridors. The handrails were all made of pine wood, and there was a dog house at the gate of the courtyard. There are also a few lush green bamboos planted in the corner, full of vitality.

Chen Ying went in and took a look. Even the tables, stools, bed cabinets, cups and bowls inside were made of pine wood. Xu Jingzong was so envious that he wanted to take this wooden house for himself.

Seeing Xu Jingzong's eyes glowing green, Chen Ying smiled and said, "Don't look, this house doesn't belong to you."

Hearing this, Xu Jingzong felt sad for a while, feeling lost.

However, Chen Ying changed the topic: "The room on the left is for you to stay temporarily..."

Xu Jingzong hurriedly ran towards the wooden house on the left side, for fear that Chen Ying would regret it.

Chapter 19 Exploring Li Yuan's Attitude

Chapter 19 Exploring Li Yuan's Attitude

Perhaps because Chen Ying couldn't express clearly, when Ge Tong took out the planning model and sent it to Chen Ying, Chen Ying was still a little reluctant to build this manor into a steel workshop.

Looking at the lifelike model, the bright halls, wing rooms, elegant houses, pavilions, pavilions, and small bridges of Chenjiazhuang in the future will be surrounded by deep trenches and high walls, the internal houses will be connected, and towers will be built in the four corners and in the center.

Ge Tong's literacy and eloquence are not outstanding, but his craftsmanship is good. He is not only proficient in machinery and smelting, but also proficient in woodworking.With only two hands and poor tools, a three-foot-square model was actually built.

In the plan given by Ge Tong to Chen Ying, the future Chenjiazhuang will be centered on Chen's Mingtang, with eight large courtyards and 24 small courtyards separated on both sides. Right in front of the Mingtang is a corridor with a width of 160 steps and a length of about [-] meters. Eight steps, on this straight path, you will pass through four inner and outer four or eight courtyard walls. The surrounding courtyard walls are as high as four feet high. In fact, they have already broken away from the scope of courtyard walls. Surrounded by blue brick walls outside the courtyard wall, it forms a dock-style building.

It is even planned to build a ditch to connect the Bashui River and enter the Weihe River from the Bashui River to form a water transportation system for Chenjiazhuang to the outside world.This artificial ditch not only undertakes the water transportation of Chenjiawu Fort in the future, but also acts as a moat.

At this time, looking at the model of Chenjiazhuang, Chen Ying was filled with emotion.What Ge Tong took out was not an ordinary mansion, but a Wubao.

Wubao, also known as Wubi, is a folk defensive building, which was formed around the reign of Wang Mang and Tianfeng, when there was a great famine in the north and social turmoil.In order to protect themselves, the wealthy families built docks and camp walls one after another.After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty ordered the destruction of Wubao, but the prohibition could not be stopped, because the people in the northwest frontier often suffered from the Qiang invasion, and the people organized self-defense forces on their own initiative.After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were a large number of tribesmen and family soldiers stationed in Wubao, which became a safe haven for old officials and guests.

Because the construction of such a Wubao costs a lot, it is generally more than ten times more expensive than an ordinary house, and it will gradually decrease once it is peaceful. Some Han people did not want to stay away from their homeland, but during the Wuhu period, the Huns slaughtered Han people like pigs and sheep, and Wubao, which had gradually disappeared, sprang up in the Central Plains.Take Bingzhou as an example. When Fu Jian captured Bingzhou alone, he won the surrender of more than [-] Wubao and more than [-] people.

Ge Tong lives in Shuozhou. Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, Shuozhou has often faced Turkic aggression. Shuozhou Han landlords and tyrants, in order to protect themselves, built Wubao-style buildings. Such Wubao, In fact, it is a small city. When attacked by the Turks, it can form a fortress to protect itself.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this kind of Wubao formed a local group training, but in the era of hot weapons, this kind of Wubao complex gradually disappeared from the Chinese architectural system.

As a general, looking at this model with a radius of only three feet, Chen Ying subconsciously placed himself on the attacking side, and finally found out helplessly that if there is sufficient food and equipment in a dock like this, With three to five hundred guards, at least they can deal with enemy attacks below [-] scale, and they can defend at the smallest cost.In order to break through such a fortress, there is no other way than filling it with human life.It is a huge project just to fill up a ditch fifty steps wide and two feet deep, and under the pressure of the arrow tower with eight arrows as high as six feet, the work of filling the trench will be a bloody road.

Chen Ying didn't want to put his own life in the hands of others.At the first moment, he thought of building this Chenjiazhuang, no, Chenjiabao at all costs, at least to protect himself, his family, and future generations in the future.

However, to complete such a huge building complex is no less difficult than building a small city on flat land, and the money and food consumed will be an astronomical figure. To build a city, the government can come forward to initiate corvee service and recruit people to bring their own dry food to serve. Expenses, nothing more than masonry and timber, cost much less.

However, if Chen Ying wants to build such a dock, he not only needs to bear the cost of recruiting workers, but also bears the workers' board and lodging, wages, and a lot of building materials, especially in the era when there is no steel and cement, the construction is sticky. The medicines are all made by watering glutinous rice juice, but there is no glutinous rice in Guanzhong, so it needs to be transported from Jiangnan. A stone of glutinous rice is less than fifty yuan in Jiangnan, but when it is transported to Guanzhong, the price is more than three times higher. Therefore, Chen Ying The construction cost of the official building will be more than three times higher than that of the official building.

However, Chen Ying really didn't want to waste such a good idea of ​​Ge Tong.So Chen Ying tried to ask: "Deputy Supervisor Ge, can you estimate how much manpower and food will be needed to build this Wubao? How much time will it take?"

Ge Tong thought for a while and said, "Returning to my lord, the little old man has made a rough calculation. It takes 500 people to dig the canal, and 200 people to transport the dug soil to Wubao to burn bricks to fill the wall with mud and build a house. Building a house is actually not easy. Too many people are needed, roughly 200 people are enough, and a hundred carpenters build the household utensils..."

"So, at least 1000 people are needed?"

"Almost, 1000 people will work for two years!"

Chen Ying calculated silently in his heart, two-thirds of the 1000 people were small workers, and one third were big workers.Small workers are easy to deal with. One person needs 300 yuan a day plus three liters of grain, plus salt, oil, vegetables, and meat. It costs about [-] yuan, which can basically be spent.The key is craftsmen, especially skilled craftsmen. Their prices are not low. Some family craftsmen can get three to twelve guan for offering. Naturally, Chen Ying can't afford to hire famous craftsmen. The monthly calculation is only wages. More than [-] craftsmen, plus six or seven hundred small workers, will cost more than thirty thousand.

In addition to the cost of stone, wood, paint, hemp rope, and coal for firing bricks and tiles, [-] guan can't beat it, and it will cost [-] guan, or even more.

Chen Ying himself has money, a lot of money, but it is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to building a century-old Wubao that has been passed down through the ages.

Chen Ying thought for a while, and said: "Deputy Supervisor Ge, go ahead and prepare according to this model. I'll figure out how to deal with the money!"

Chen Ying sat on the soft couch and stared at the model in front of him in a daze.

What Chen Ying thought about was not only about money, but also about whether Li Yuan would be more afraid of him.Anyway, this Wubao is still very far away from being completed, even if you want to see the clues, it will take at least three to five months.After much deliberation, Chen Yingsi decided to ask Li Xiuning to find out about Li Yuan after Li Xiuning returned to Chang'an.

In front of Chen Ying, Li Yuan was ultimately a hurdle that he couldn't get around. If Li Yuan didn't agree, the Wubao wouldn't be able to be built at all.If it is forced to build, the money will only be wasted in the end. Chen Ying will not do it if he is taken advantage of.

Chapter 20 The royal family is really rich

Chapter 20 The royal family is really rich

The mansion of Chen Ying, Duke of Pengcheng County in Chang'an, at this time the side door of Chen's mansion was wide open, and carriages drove out of Chen's mansion slowly.Hearing the muffled sound of the wagon wheels and the bluestone road, people unconsciously looked towards the wagons, and those with discerning eyes could tell at a glance that these wagons were loaded with heavy goods.

It's just that the carriage is wrapped in black Gebu, so that people can't see what's inside.

Yu Qing, who was sitting in the carriage, looked at the carriages that were continuously driving out of the Chen residence, frowned, and said to the attendants beside him, "Go and find out, what happened to the Chen residence?"

There is a saying that cats have their way, and rats have their way. Soon Hou Mochen's followers brought the news they wanted to inquire about to Yu Qing: "Reporting to Lord Yu, they said that the Chen family will build a building outside the city. House."

"Building a house? That's not right!" Yu Qing is old and sophisticated, and he can tell at a glance that the money the Chen family has pulled out is not a small amount. Such a heavy carriage can pull at least five or six hundred guan, or a dozen of them. There are tens of thousands of carriages.With tens of thousands of guan, you can buy a big house in Chang'an, and build it outside the city, how much would it take?Covering an area of ​​thirty acres, or hundreds of acres?

"Continue to investigate!"

The carriage was heading towards Hou Mochen's mansion, and Yu Qing needed to report the news to Hou Mochen Qianhui.

The architectural style of Chenjiazhuang in Qinglinli changed suddenly. A large number of people no longer simply surrounded the walls, but mobilized two-thirds of the recruited laborers with hoes and shovels to dig a ditch connecting the Bahe River.

The estimated length of this ditch was more than [-] miles, and the eyes of the laborers suddenly became bright. This is a huge project, which means that they can work until the end of the year, or even longer.

In fact, these short-term workers and helpers do not know that the final length of this ditch is nearly seventy miles, and it needs to surround the future Chenjiawu Fort.

The place reserved for short-term workers was originally planned to be built into a wooden house, which can be used as a place for ironworkers to live in the future.But with the establishment of Wubao, it is not suitable for this iron workshop to be built outside.The iron workshop will produce a large amount of sulfide, carbon dioxide, dust and other wastes, especially the huge noise, which will directly affect the quality of life in Chenjiawu Castle. The best way is to build the iron workshop on the banks of the Bahe River, so that Since then, it can prevent the iron workshop from polluting the living environment of Chenjiawu Castle...

Outside Chenjiawu Fort, the places where the short-term workers recruited temporarily live are all temporary shacks built of wooden houses, while the buildings in the village will be constructed of bricks and tiles.