I am the empress, you still tell me to run away?

Do you need more than 8000 people to make torches and rockets?

And this burning bricks to build a city?

Yang Xiu was a little confused, but he didn't know much about this.

Lu Xueyi continued to explain: "It may not take so many people to make torches and rockets and supply the whole army, so I speculate that it is the second purpose, burning bricks to build the city."

"The teacher once mentioned it by accident during a class at the Imperial College, as long as there is suitable soil, the soil can be reconciled, cut into bricks, and fired with fire will become very strong."

"Among bricks, red bricks are stronger than gray bricks."

Red brick?

And this red brick, no one has ever seen it fired.

Yang Xiu was taken aback again: "Usually, green bricks are used to build cities?"

Lu Xueyi said: "The teacher once said that it is good to build a city with green bricks, but if you want to burn green bricks, the consumption of manpower and material resources will far exceed the production of red bricks."

Yang Xiu fell into deep thought.

No, the point is wrong, the point is the city building that Lu Xueyi mentioned!

Lin Xuan asked the Yanbei Army for the ruins of the ancient city. Yang Xiu originally thought that he wanted the army to garrison it and just buy some thatched huts. He didn't expect that Lin Xuan really planned to build the city? !

What kind of joke are you kidding about building a city under the circumstances that the Huan people in the grassland and the Chengjiang country may come over at any time?

Chapter 113 Lin Xuan Has Even Planned His Run

"By the way, if the general really wants to build a city, he needs a lot of glutinous rice. Our army doesn't even have enough food to eat, let alone this."

Yang Xiu raised his doubts again.

Normal construction of city walls requires glutinous rice mortar, but these are very expensive.

Or, is Lin Xuan planning to move rocks like other places, and build a stone city here?

Unfortunately, there are some mountains near the ancient city ruins, but how many stones can be provided is a problem. Even if there are stones, transportation will be a big problem.

In addition, as Lu Xueyi said just now, Lin Xuan obviously planned to use some kind of red brick fired by fire soldiers as the main material.

Since red bricks are used, there is no need to use glutinous rice mortar in the process of fitting the city wall?

Do you still want to make Sanhe clay here?

The composition of the compound soil is only lime, clay, and sand, and the cost is very cheap.

However, if Sanhe soil is used, the quality of the entire city wall may be worrying.

You must know that there are some characters called wrestlers in the grassland.

The height of these people is generally more than 2 meters, and the strength of their arms is very terrifying.

If it was really a city wall made of Sanhe clay, if you met such a prairie warrior, it would be very likely that the opponent would push the city wall down.

"Master Yang, the city wall is built with glutinous rice mortar, which is the standard of Beiluo, the capital of heaven. How can ordinary places use such a method?"

Lu Xueyi shook his head, feeling a little ridiculous at Master Yang's inexplicable innocence.

It's not that he dislikes Master Yang, but that he really thinks it's ridiculous.

Although the teacher will come to the Xiangzhou Army to serve as the commander in chief, most of the credit is also attributed to this Master Yang.

Both he and Rao Shaoyuan asked Lin Xuan how to treat this chief secretary Yang. The higher authorities arranged Yang Xiu to be the chief secretary of the Xiangzhou Army, obviously with the purpose of wanting Lin Xuan to kill Yang Xiu in black.

Because on this point, even the power of those aristocratic families has no opinion.

However, Lin Xuan said: "No, I don't hate Yang Xiu, but I want to thank him, not to mention that he really has some talents, and there are not many decent talents in the Xiangzhou Army. Yang Xiu is really useful in this situation. up."

Rao Shaoyuan understood instantly: "Teacher, what do you mean, you can use Yang Xiu's existence to gather the morale of the army and recruit talents?"

Lu Xueyi said: "Teacher, what you value is Yang Xiu's ability in planning and arranging personnel as a servant in the Ministry of Officials?"

"Teacher, you are really amazing, and the students have benefited a lot!"

In the end, Rao Shaoyuan and Lu Xueyi looked at each other, thinking that they complemented each other's real purpose of the teacher, that they have learned!

Lin Xuan smiled without saying a word.

This is where and where.

What he is really grateful for is that Yang Xiu let him serve as the commander-in-chief of the 15 Xiangzhou Army.

In the future, maybe the Xiangzhou Army will be trained well, and they will directly send troops south to kill King Chen, so that there will be no future troubles.

As for these two students, their enthusiasm for learning was high, and it was not easy for him to directly tell the real purpose, so he let them make random guesses.

Lu Xueyi collected his memories and explained to Yang Xiu: "Director Yang, what kind of adhesive do you think the teacher will use?"

Yang Xiu replied: "Sanhe soil? Given the current conditions of the Xiangzhou Army, making Sanhe soil is the most convenient way, but the walls built with Sanhe soil are likely to be not strong enough, and various problems will arise."

Lu Xueyi shook his head: "No, Master Yang, you are wrong."

wrong?

What's wrong?

If you don't use triad, can you still use pure mud?

In that case, once the rain washes away, the entire city wall may collapse.

Lu Xueyi said: "Master Yang, please come with me, and I will show you the treasures that the teacher made in his spare time."

Ok?

Yang Xiu became more and more puzzled in his heart.

Apart from the methods mentioned above, he did not believe that Lin Xuan would have a better way.

In the final analysis, if the city wall built here is not strong enough, it will only be an unimaginable disaster.

Lu Xueyi brought Yang Xiu to a tent, there was a sack in it, and a hole was opened in the sack, revealing the gray powdery stuff inside.

Just off the side, and some sand.

"This is the treasure made by the general you said? Isn't it the material of Sanhe clay?"

Yang Xiu pointed to the materials on the ground and said.

Really think that he is a servant of the official department, who doesn't know anything?

Lu Xueyi didn't argue, but just took out some gray powder from the sack. The sand is not like sand, and the dirt is not like dirt.

Then, Lu Xueyi got some sand, got some water from the puddle on the side, and stirred it up.

Yang Xiu stood aside, watching Lu Xueyi operate.

Didn't use clay?

Not triad?

This directly exceeded Yang Xiu's cognitive range.

Especially seeing Lu Xueyi's serious look, Yang Xiu's expression became serious, and he became more and more curious about what kind of treasure Lin Xuan made?

"almost."

Lu Xueyi put down the shovel used for stirring, drew out his sword, swiped two swords, and cut a large rock beside him into four parts.

He took two copies at random, and the incisions were smooth, and then he spread some plaster that had just been reconciled on the left and right, pasted them together, and put them aside.

Then, I took two more copies, daubed some plaster on the uneven area, put them together, and put them aside.

After finishing this, Lu Xueyi made some of the remaining plaster into balls and some into bricks.

However, the original use was relatively small, and there will be needs in the future, so Lu Xueyi did not consume too much.

"Master Yang, just wait for a stick of incense, and then read it."

Time for a stick of incense?

Yang Xiu looked at the things Lu Xueyi made on the ground, and became more and more confused.

Alright, he will wait and see how powerful this treasure made by Lexian Hou Linxuan is.

As for the stone that Lu Xueyi glued together just now, he didn't think it would solidify together in such a short period of time.

Lu Xueyi stood aside, politely: "Master Yang, during the waiting time, do you have any other questions?"

Yang Xiu nodded: "Yes, sir, what does the general mean by arranging this sailor?"

Lu Xueyi looked towards the east direction: "Of course it is for Chengjiang. We will station 15 Xiangzhou troops here. If Chengjiang invades, we will definitely use some navy. If we also have some, it will not be so troublesome." .”

"What's more, if the teacher wants to attack Chengjiang country in the future, he can quickly send troops to Chengjiang country through the navy."

what?

Attacking Chengjiang Kingdom?

The more Yang Xiu thought about it, the more he thought that this was not just about attacking the Chengjiang country, but for the sake of killing the Huan tribe in the grassland in the future, they could take a wooden boat and run down the Chengjiang river.

After all, the Prairie Huan people ride on horses, not boats.

Did Lin Xuan even plan to run away?

Thinking of this, Yang Xiu felt more and more sad about the future of the state army.

Chapter 114 Master Yang, Draw Your Sword and Try

Does the Xiangzhou Army have a future?

That's right, even the new coach is ready to run away, so naturally there is no future.

Seeing that Yang Xiu's face did not show much confidence, Lu Xueyi did not continue to argue about this matter.

Because these are just his own conjectures at present, with the ability of the teacher, there must be more intentions, otherwise why is there a need to specially form such a navy?

In fact, the real purpose of Lin Xuan's formation of this naval army is to borrow arrows from Chengjiang Kingdom and to develop shipbuilding technology.

After all, he still has some distrust of the imperial court. If their shipbuilding progress is too slow and their development is too slow, he will really run away in the future. It will still be very dangerous for ships to enter the sea, and it will be quite a pit.

Therefore, in a sense, Yang Xiu guessed right.

The fundamental purpose of Lin Xuan building this navy is to escape, but not to run in Yanzhou, but to run away from Dagan.

"Okay, it's almost time for a stick of incense!"

Lu Xueyi looked at the stones glued together with plaster on the ground.

Yang Xiu took advantage of the situation and looked over, frowning.

This stone doesn't look like anything special.

"Master Yang, draw your sword and try."

Lu Xueyi pointed to the stone on the ground and said.

Draw a sword?

Is this asking him to chop with a sword?

You must know that the sword he wears is not a wooden sword, but a real sword.

Yang Xiu didn't refuse, and chopped off with a single blow of the sword.

With a bang, the bronze sword got stuck between two stones.

"how is this possible?"

Yang Xiu looked at the sword in his hand, then at the stones stuck together on the ground, and slashed at the other group with his sword.

This time, he used even more force, but he barely managed to get the bronze sword stuck on it.

His sword is very sharp.

Even if he is a civil servant, he shouldn't be able to chop such a mere stone.

Yang Xiu looked left and right, swiped his sword again, and chopped a similar stone next to it in half?

"what is this?"

"The teacher said, this is cement."

Lu Xueyi replied.