Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia Fang handed over the construction of the five sections of the city wall to five villages, and kept reporting the progress of each village, which invisibly increased the pressure of competition for each village.

The two villages of Taoyuan and Xinyu have the heaviest tasks—but they also have advantages: the terrain of the two construction sites is relatively flat, and the Qingfang River and the cement factory are either very close or connected by wooden rails.

Those bandits didn't know what they thought at the time, they set fire to the section of wooden rails leading from Taoyuan Village to Wuyuan County, but no one paid attention to the wooden rails in Taoyuan Village, so they still kept them. .

This greatly facilitates the transportation of cement, sand and clear water.The progress of the two construction sites in Taoyuan Village and Xinyu Village is almost like flying.Jia Fang visually inspected the progress, and estimated that all the cement walls separating the spaces between these two places can be repaired tonight, and the empty cement walls in the middle will be filled in tomorrow, and the work will be completed when the walls are completely dry. up.

However, although the project sections assigned to the first village, the second village and the third village are not long, the construction difficulty is relatively high.All kinds of materials need to be carried on the shoulders and carried by hand, and it is often very difficult to cast concrete because of the uneven ground.

Jia Fang simply asked everyone to stop for a while, gather around the fire to drink some water, eat something, and at the same time discuss how to improve the work process, improve work efficiency at one time, and make the project progress faster.

Soon, the discussions in the three villages came to fruition.Yicun decided to build a hanger above the wall and install a pulley so that the cement concrete mixed on the flat ground could be hoisted to the construction site for casting.Ercun thought about it and decided to make a pulley block based on that.Mimura tried it. First, he used four shorter wooden boards as supports to cast a relatively short wall, and then cast the upper half on this basis. The efficiency can be [-]/[-] faster than direct casting of a tall wall. one……

Under Jia Fang's supervision, the three villages communicated with each other, learned from each other's strengths, and improved their work processes. After restarting, each of them felt that they had straightened out and speeded up a lot.

When the east was dark and the sky was about to dawn, the villagers who originally agreed that this task was "impossible" saw the hope of casting a city wall for the first time.

"Everyone come down to rest for a while, eat something, and warm up!"

There was a scent coming from the stockade. It was the women from the canteen of Sancun. After being replaced from the construction site, they rushed back to their kitchen and cooked a big pot of salty porridge. .

Jia Fang was yelled at by them, so he realized that he was already hungry, so he went to beg for a bowl of porridge and a piece of cake, and together with Gui Xiaxue, he sat directly on the stone by the roadside. Start to drink porridge.

The porridge has added salt, which can replenish the salt lost in the body after heavy physical labor-these women seem to know very well what should be eaten for the rush workers.

"Ma'am, divide the food into five portions and send them to each of the five villages! You won't have to wait in line." Jia Fang drank porridge all night, and felt that it was really comfortable to have such a breakfast after the meal.

How could the women in the cafeteria have to wait until he said it?

"Don't worry, Mr. Jia! They have been sent to four villages, and this is the last one."

Only then did Jia Fang realize that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It's hard work!"

"Ham, what's the matter?" the women said, "We saw you and Mr. Gui running around all night, and didn't close our eyes just like us. How precious is it, where is the hard work?"

"Xiya" is a dialect in Yujiang area, which roughly means young man and child.Probably in the eyes of these aunts, Jia Fang and Gui Xiaxue are still children who have not grown up.

Jia Fang could only smile embarrassedly: "People say that the county magistrate is responsible for guarding the land. There is no magistrate in our land, but this Taoyuan village belongs to all of us, so everyone is responsible for guarding the land."

The aunts nodded together immediately: "Isn't it? Everyone is responsible."

For a while, Jia Fang and Gui Xiaxue were sitting on a rock, drinking salty porridge and eating rice cakes, their stomachs were full, and their fatigue seemed to have eased a little.

Gui Xiaxue pushed Jia Fang with his elbow, and said with a smile, "It's amazing that you came up with the idea of ​​building a wall."

Jia Fang smiled modestly, but he didn't know how to explain it. In fact, he only thought of it after someone reminded him.

"However, I still want to ask you one thing, what are you going to do about Qingfang Bridge?" Gui Xia said suddenly after finishing his snoring, but saw Jia Fang sitting beside him with porridge in his hand Wan, but motionless, lost in thought.

Jia Fang really hasn't figured out what to do with Qingfang Bridge.When bandits invaded last time, Qingfang Bridge fell easily, which made him feel so ashamed.If he wants to repeat the same mistakes this time, then he might as well give the bridge to the bandits.

Even Jia Fang hadn't figured out what the emerald peaks of the Grand View Garden, known as "the winding path leading to the secluded place", were reminding him.

Does that mean that Taoyuan Village should have an extra barrier?

But in the Grand View Garden, stones can be piled up to form mountains, so how could he have the ability to build a barrier out of thin air in Taoyuan Village?

"Hey, Jia Fang, Jia Zifang—" Gui Xiaxue continued to push Jia Fang with his elbow, "You must be asleep, right?"

Jia Fangru woke up from a dream, and suddenly found several haggard women in front of him, so he stood up and greeted him.He doesn't have the habit of sitting and listening to women, and he and Gui Xiaxue are very familiar with these few—the shareholders of "Jinhua Textile Factory".

"Mr. Jia, we actually just want to ask, Jinhua... Will it be abandoned in the village from now on?"

The biggest advantage of Jinhua Textile Mill is hydraulic drive.Therefore, it is also determined that the best location must be the bank of Qingfang River.

But now the village has built the wall on the bank of the Qingfang River, which means that Qingfang Bridge, Jinhua Textile Factory, Bee Farm, and Hongxiang Sugar Factory are all outside the city wall, which means that these institutions and functions are all outside the city wall. If it is not protected, it may be destroyed by bandits in the future.

Of course, when the bandits invaded last time, they had already destroyed a round.

And after it was destroyed, Taoyuan Village hadn't had time to repair anything, but the sugar mill and textile factory had stopped working.Mi Sandao can only let his precious bees fend for themselves in the wild.

Jia Fang raised his eyes to look at these women, the elder sisters were crying and their eyes were swollen, but they all supported themselves in front of Jia Fang, not daring to show too sad a look.One of the women also said: "Master Jia, we are all fine, but... I feel a little pity."

"I won't," Jia Fang comforted the women in front of him, "It's just that we may have to wait until the bandits leave before making any plans."

After listening to Jia Fang's comfort, the women also felt that this was reasonable. After all, no one has the energy and time to repair the hydraulic looms. Even if the burnt factories are included in the scope of protection, it is meaningless.The women got Jia Fang's promise about the future, and they were somewhat relieved. After saluting Jia Fang, they turned around and prepared to leave.

Gui Xiaxue poked Jia Fang again with his elbow and asked, "Hey, what did you think of?"

It was only then that someone noticed that Jia Fang was standing there dumbly, his eyes focused on a far distance, and seemed to be lost in reverie, but looking closely at him, on that handsome face, the corners of his mouth were raised little by little, and his eyes began to shine.

Gui Xiaxue continued poking: "Zi Fang——"

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang made a sudden start before poking it, taking three steps in parallel, and ran quickly along the road in the direction of Qingfang River.

Gui Xiaxue lost his center of gravity, staggered suddenly, almost fell down.When the women saw his funny appearance, they were all amused, and their gloom lessened.

Gui Xiaxue immediately pointed to the direction where Jia Fang ran away, and said, "Don't worry, big sisters, that guy must have thought of something. He has a lot of tricks in his head, and you will know later!"

The women also laughed, waved at Gui Xiaxue, and said, "Teacher Gui, hurry up and take a look, if you have any good news, remember to tell us!"

Gui Xiaxue responded loudly, and chased in the direction Jia Fang was going.His physical fitness was not as good as Jia Fang's, and he was already out of breath when he ran to Qingfang Bridge in one breath.

But I saw Jia Fang standing on the Qingfang Bridge, looking at the terrain on the right bank of the river.Gui Xiaxue gasped for breath, then slowly followed, and asked in a low voice, "What did you think of?"

"I thought of it, here on the right bank, an urn city can be built."

"Wengcheng?" Gui Xiaxue was a little silly.

Generally speaking, Wengcheng refers to a semicircular or square small city protruding outside the city gate, which is a defensive facility used to strengthen the protection of the city gate.The urn city is a prominent point outside the facade of the city wall, so it can attack the enemy troops on the front and both sides at the same time, thereby increasing the defensive ability of the defenders.

However, the urn city is generally open space, or a cave for hiding soldiers will be arranged to build soldiers.

No matter what Jia Fang said, he seemed to want to use this urn to protect industries such as Jinhua Textile Factory and Hongxiang Sugar Factory.

"This... it doesn't seem too big, does it?"

This design subverts Gui Yaxue's cognition.The urns he knew were all connected to the walls of the main city.But now the circle that Jia Fang stretched out his hand is separated from the main city by a river.

"Don't be so rigid," Jia Fang said to Gui Xiaxue, "We can call it Wengcheng, or we can say it's just a satellite city."

Gui Xia was stupid in the local area: "What is a satellite..."

"We will build a small town. This small town is connected to Taoyuan Village by the Qingfang Bridge. Usually this is a light industrial base, but now we have textiles, sugar production and beekeeping. In the future, food processing and so on can be transferred here. Come from a small town..."

Gui Xiaxue: I am getting more and more incomprehensible...

"However, this small city can be transformed into an urn city during wartime. There is an angle between the small city and the big city, and they jointly defend the Qingfang Bridge in the middle."

Gui Xiaxue imagined the situation when bandits attacked Qingfang Bridge out of thin air. In his imagination, he added two cities at both ends of Qingfang Bridge. If the enemy of the criminals launches an attack, it is simply a two-sided attack, encircling and destroying them.

Gui Xiaxue smirked and clapped his hands.

"In short, this small town not only has its daily functions, but also serves as a barrier for the entire Taoyuan Village." Jia Fang said.Now his mood has completely calmed down—once one thing is figured out, everything can be figured out.The Cuizhang in the Grand View Garden and the barrier town in Taoyuanzhai, Jia Fang's intuition is it.

"Come on, come with me to the other side to have a look around! Roughly delineate the site where the urn city was built. You go pick up a bucket of lime, and I'll pick up a few iron rods to mark it." Jia Fang instructed Gui Xiaxue.

Jia Fang is very clear that the construction of the entire satellite city may not be completed this time, but it is absolutely possible to strike while the iron is hot.Get the basics down first.If Taoyuan Village has completed the construction of the city wall near the bank of Qingfang River, and there are still surplus materials and labor, it can be considered to build another section before the bandits arrive.

Gui Xiaxue agreed very readily, then took lime, went out with Jia Fang to survey the terrain, decided where to build a city wall, and built a small "satellite city" for Taoyuan Village.

Tonghuan Sanliu chose to spy on Taoyuan Village during the daytime.

Having experienced an astonishing night-time investigation and an attack that failed terribly, Tonghuan Sanliu had an instinctive fear of Taoyuan Village.He never wanted to come to Taoyuan Village again.

But there was no way, the superior thought that Tonghuan Sanliu was "experienced", and ordered him to bring two young bandits over to "step on the plate", and he dared not not come.

The two young bandits around Tonghuan Sanliu are only in their teens, and they are both young and lively. They came all the way from Yong'an Prefecture and have never experienced a war. Listening to the battle between the Three Great Britain and Lu Bu, he looked carefree.

Tonghuan Sanliu sneered on the surface: "You can still be a bandit with this look?" In fact, he was very envious of these two heartless rams.

When they arrived near Taoyuanzhai, Tonghuan Sanliu didn't dare to take the main road anymore, but took two companions along the path that only animals in the mountains walked, and slowly approached Qingfang River.

Tonghuan Sanliu heard the sound of the Qingfang River flowing—because the waterwheels in the river had stopped, the sound of the flowing water was not so loud now; what was even louder was the shouting of people on the opposite side of the Qingfang River.

Tonghuan Sanliu and the others found a place with dense foliage, and squatted down quietly.After seeing the situation in front of him clearly, Tonghuan opened his mouth three or six times and couldn't close his mouth at all.

In front of him was a construction scene in full swing, and countless villagers were building something along the embankment on the other side of the Qingfang River.According to Tonghuan Sanliu's visual inspection, there are at least a thousand people working. These people shuttled back and forth on the construction site like butterflies, which almost made him dizzy.

"Brother Sanliu, what do you think they are repairing?" His companion next to him tugged on the sleeve of the copper ring Sanliu and asked the big brother.

Tonghuan looked at it for a long time, wondering: "Could it be a fence?"

In his eyes, what the other party is building is a series of stone pillars, which are placed on the ground at intervals, with gaps in the middle - isn't this a fence?

"We attacked from here last time. At that time, they didn't use this kind of stone pillars, but a large piece..." Tonghuan Sanliu couldn't describe the large light gray piece with crenels on it. What is it, he can only describe it as something he has heard of, but has never seen with his own eyes, "Taihu Stone?"

The two little ones understood everything, and imagined that these villagers used the lake stones in the gardens of the rich households they robbed to resist the invasion.

"Brother Sanliu, you didn't have these when you came last time?"

Tonghuan Sanliu shook his head, thinking that after only a few days of work, Taoyuan Village is different from before, and the changed posture these few days is really frightening.

"Brother Sanliu, look—"

A companion excitedly stretched out his hand and pointed in another direction: "There is someone over there—"

His cry was a bit loud, so scared that Tonghuan Sanliu stretched out his hand to cover the guy's mouth.At the same time, Tonghuan Sanliu really saw two people, not on the Taoyuan Village side of Qingfang River, but on the same side of Qingfang River as Tonghuan Sanliu and the others.Judging by their clothes, they should both come from Taoyuan Village.

I saw that these two people were young people, one of them was born very well, he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as the little guy next to Tonghuan.The other is only in his early twenties, and looks quite bookish in terms of his attire.

Three or six of the copper rings were condescending and could see clearly that these two people, one holding a lime bucket in his hand, were sprinkling white lime on the ground, while the other was measuring and gesturing on the ground.At intervals, this person pokes a steel drill into the ground, and the other person scoops up a spoonful of lime, drawing a white circle on the ground.

The strangest thing is that these two young men came to the other side of the river alone, without any weapons in their hands except the iron rod, and no one to guard them.

Tonghuan Sanliu felt that he had caught a big fish.

"Go, go and catch those two 'fat sheep'." Tonghuan Sanliu was by no means impulsive: he judged that these two people should be important figures in Taoyuan Village: the clothes of both of them were similar to those of the villagers who were busy by the river. People are different, the young one is even more dressed in brocade clothes, looks either rich or expensive.

Tonghuan Sanliu is a bandit. What bandits are best at is capturing young "fat sheep" from rich families, and then extorting them at high prices and threatening to tear up their tickets.

Furthermore, Tonghuan Sanliu instinctively believed that the two people in front of him must have something to do with the various "visions" he saw in Taoyuan Village, and maybe he could find out something after arresting them.

If you can't get it back...then just kill it.

Tonghuan Sanliu pulled out the knife from his waist, took two small ones with him, and prepared to go forward.There are three of them, three against two, and the other party doesn't seem to be capable of martial arts, so they should be able to fight quickly.As long as no one is dragged to the other side of the Qingfang River, he can get away with these two "fat sheep".

Unexpectedly, the moment Tonghuan Sanliu stepped forward, he was embraced by two little ones beside him——

"Brother Sanliu, don't go!"

The two bandits whimpered: "Look at what they drew on the ground?"

Tonghuan Sanliu looked confused: "What is that?"

A young man next to him suddenly said: "That is the gossip array left by Zhuge Wuhou! How do you know where is the door of life and where is the door of death... If you step on the wrong foot and go in, you can't get out again ah!"

Tonghuan Sanliu: "Huh?"

He looked down at the two busy young men by the river below the mountain, and it really seemed that eight white lime spots were drawn on the ground, and the iron rods inserted on the ground seemed to have a very special orientation—the strange scene in front of him seemed to be unfolding. Say hello to the copper ring Sanliu softly: Come on, come on!

Tonghuan Sanliu's foot that just stepped out immediately moved: Is it really so scary?The opponent even used the gossip formation.