Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

When the time comes - as long as the ladder to the city wall is built.

This fortress cannot be taken down even with fire!

That’s right – this is preparation for perseverance.

If you stand above the fifth floor, your field of vision extends along the city wall, and you can clearly see a forest from the window.

That place is called Jingui Mountain.

That's where the Qing army set up artillery and blasted open the Yangzhou city wall in history.

And corresponding to that mountain range, next to the city wall, is an ancestral grave.

This place is the ancestral tomb of the Li family of Xinghua wealthy family.

The Yangzhou city wall is only two feet long.

The lush trees not only obscure the sight of the city, but also allow people to climb up the city while hugging the trees.

As early as when Shi Kefa was stationed in Yangzhou, some staff submitted suggestions:

‘Mr. Ge, there are peaks such as Jingui Mountain in the west of the city, and the terrain is higher than the Yangzhou city wall.

If the enemy comes, the artillery will definitely be set up there.

Once the enemy sets up artillery here, our view will be blocked by the trees next to the city wall.

When the time comes, we will be hit by the enemy in the air, but we will not be able to attack the enemy's artillery positions.

What's more, the trees outside the city are so lush that there is no need to set up a ladder. You can climb up the city wall just by climbing the trees.

Please also cut down the trees here to facilitate city defense. ’

result……

Map of Yangzhou Prefecture during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, derived from "Pictures of Yangzhou Prefecture"

Mr. Shige, who wanted to integrate into Donglin, said:

"That's the Li family's ancestral grave. I can't bear to cut down the trees on the Li family's ancestral grave!" (A true historical incident.)

In this way, the Qing army indeed set up artillery in the Jingui Mountain area...

(Note: The original name of Jingui Mountain is Jingui Mountain, and later it is commonly known as Jingui Mountain. In the Qing Dynasty, Jingui Mountain was also named Jingui Mountain.

Because the earth was later dug for kilns, the mountain was almost completely dug.

Today it is called Shugang Xifeng Ecological Park. )

……

Sure enough, his sight was blocked...

Sure enough, the Qing army broke through the Yangzhou city wall from here...

Mr. Shi Ge couldn't bear to cut down the trees on the cemetery of a local wealthy family, but someone took advantage of him...

(I am not a historian. The matter of Jingui Mountain and tree felling is a fact recorded in history.)

……

When Chu Xianzhang entered Zuimanlou, the shopkeeper looked up and hurriedly stepped forward:

"Duke, the Ministry of History is on the fifth floor."

"Find me a seat on the sixth floor."

As soon as Chu Xianzhang opened his mouth, the shopkeeper understood.

He personally led Chu Xianzhang to the secret room.

Inside the secret room is a small patio with a noose connected to an "artificial elevator."

This thing is not unfamiliar to China.

However, the name is called hanging basket.

As for the pulley that drives the hanging basket to rise, this thing is even more common.

In the 90s, many wellheads still had this thing.

As for gears, the earliest gears unearthed today date from the Spring and Autumn Period.

Even the directional rotating ratchet has been unearthed in kind.

This is the Luoyang Museum. A bronze ratchet was unearthed from the Warring States Granary Site in the Imperial City of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It has a history of more than 2300 years.

Directional ratchet can perfectly solve the problem of falling.

To put it bluntly, the teeth of the gear are an inclined triangle, not an isosceles triangle.

As a result, it can only move in one direction.

When you want to fall, you only need to open the buckle of the holding gear, and you can move in both directions.

This kind of gear was unearthed in the granary of the Warring States Period.

Obviously, this is the tool used when lifting heavy objects (grain) or when people go down to the granary to check.

This is not an isolated case!

At the Eastern Zhou and Jin Dynasty bronze casting sites in Houma, Shanxi, a large number of pottery models were unearthed ranging from the late mid-Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period (600 BC - 380 BC).

It is the mold for smelting bronze.

More than [-] pieces of pottery models and molds have been unearthed here, including nearly a thousand pieces complete or in sets.

The types of pottery vessels include containers, musical instruments, tools, weapons, chariots and horses, etc.

Surprisingly, complete sets of ceramic gear models were found here, including 4 sets of different specifications. The gears have 8 teeth and have holes in the middle. This is the earliest ceramic model of gears known so far.

In other words, the application of gears at that time had become universal and multi-purpose!

Only in this way will the model be preserved for mass production.

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He then stirred the windlass and caused the "elevator" to rise slowly.

Chu Xianzhang reached the sixth floor without alerting anyone.

If he needs to, he can even reach the top of the ninth floor!

The drunken building above the fifth floor is not open to outsiders.

Zuimanlou, who was originally stationed at Jinyiwei, was responsible for collecting intelligence and protecting Hanjiang merchant houses. The fifth floor and above were all important areas.

Even if Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei, came, he would only reach the fifth floor.

After Chu Xianzhang came up, several Jinyi guards were listening to the copper pipes.

Seeing Chu Xianzhang's arrival, he raised a small flag, bent down to signal, and then continued the work at hand.

Chu Xianzhang didn't care either.

Standing by the window, looking at the brightly lit gardens in the city, I was in a daze.

There are many wealthy gentry in Yangzhou, and there are gardens everywhere.

None of these gardens cost millions!

This is all sucking the blood of the imperial court!

At this moment, a rough voice on the fourth floor caught Chu Xianzhang's attention.

He came to the patio guardrail and his voice became clearer.

Looking down, I saw a group of generals drinking.

"Ah!

What Donglin boss is, he is just a bag of wine and rice! "

Through the patio, a man in armor was refuting something loudly.

"Be careful!"

A man whose face could not be seen and whose clear voice could only be heard stopped the general.

"Why, he is allowed to do it, but I am not allowed to say it!"

The man yelled. Although his voice was loud, he did not mention what he had just said.

Chu Xianzhang shook his head and chuckled.

What Shi Ge Lao does...

After he arrived in Jiangbei, his policies changed day by day and his actions were timid.

Even though he always cared about Donglin's face, he couldn't understand the difficulties of the generals, and everything would end up in a mess.

Shi Kefa wants to be a good gentleman, but he needs food and salary!

The food and salary problem cannot be solved. No matter how much we do and the benefits are promised, it is just a tree without roots.

It is inevitable not to be talked about.

Sure enough, the rough-voiced general downstairs started to criticize Huaihuai instead of saying anything:

"I don't like reading, but I also know that I had a brother in ancient times.

While practicing martial arts, I saw a wild goose flying in the sky.

So one of them said he would shoot it and cook it.

One said it tastes better grilled!

The two argued endlessly, and in the end no one could convince the other, so they had to find a wise man to comment.

Who can take charge of this matter?

The wise man has to say, you can divide it in half, cook half and eat half.

The two brothers were overjoyed. When they came back, the geese had already flown away!

Only a puddle of shit was left for them!

The ancients all knew that no matter how bad the decision was, as long as it was implemented, it would be much better than changing it day and night!

But what about people today?

One moment he said we should face east, the next moment he told us to face west, the next moment he said we should guard Xu, the next moment he told us to guard Huai...

to make!

As long as we soldiers are given adequate military pay, is it not death where we die?

You always want your brothers to have someone to fight with the enemy!

If you fight on an empty stomach, then if you don’t rebel, it’s because your ancestors have blessed you!

I look at the guy above, don’t talk shit, he’s either a corpse or burning incense! "

This was a slap in the face.

Sure enough, Chu Xianzhang saw Shi Kefa getting up.

He walked to the patio and tried several times to see the person downstairs clearly.

Finally, he sighed and returned to his seat sadly.

Chu Xianzhang shook his head.

The truth is understood by all reckless people, but it is a pity that Mr. Shi Ge was confused by the name and could not realize it...

Chu Xianzhang recognized that general.

This person is Zhu Wanhua, the son of Zhu Dadian, whom Donglin calls "sexually greedy".