1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 85 The Crisis in Jianye City ([-])

After more than a month of arduous construction of the Jianye City camp, the entire camp has become quite large.

A large brick kiln has been built and the firing of the first batch of adobes has begun.The brick kiln is 45 meters long and 15 meters wide, covering an area of ​​about [-] square meters.A large amount of stone is used for the foundation, and all above the foundation are cement bricks, which are durable.

The brick kiln can fire more than 5000 adobes at one time, and because all coal is used, the firing time is shortened to six days.

And more than 5000 bricks sounds like a lot.But in fact, if it is used, it is just enough to build a large brick house of 500 square meters. Moreover, the brick kiln produces bricks every six days. Calculated, the average daily output is only more than [-] pieces.

"The building materials are still not enough!" Qi Tian was a little confused. Should he produce bricks and start building houses slowly as the foundation of the city, or should he accumulate enough bricks to build a large brick kiln, or directly build a large brick kiln? Block wheel kiln, so that the daily output of bricks can reach about [-].

"Since there is still a lack of bricks, let's build another brick kiln. With enough bricks, we can build houses together," Yu Fukun said.

"You can count the days. It's been ten days and half a month since uncle and the others came back. The large amount of food brought back has to be stored in a dry brick house."

"Then..., build a few brick houses first?"

"That might take a few days to build and a few days to rest. There aren't enough bricks."

"Then..., if those small earthen kilns are not demolished for a few days, more than 3000 bricks can be produced in six or seven days."

"That would require five or six more people to look at the kiln....Moreover, it consumes a lot of coal."

"Lack of coal, let those natives send more people to carry it!"

"A lot of them came! But..." Qi Tian sighed, "We are running out of food!"

"Ah!" Yu Fukun was shocked, "How many days can I eat food?" In remote places, no food is a big problem.

"If we save some food, we can still last for fifteen days. If we let those carbon-carrying natives eat together, I'm afraid it won't last for ten days."

Qi Tian did the math, these days, more and more aborigines are carrying carbon to the camp. Apart from exchanging salt, spices, and swords, what they want most is a meal.A steamed bun, half a bowl of rice porridge, or a sorghum pancake, or even a few baked potatoes, made these natives feel unsatisfied.

"Then don't give them food, let us eat as much as we can first!" Yu Fukun said decisively.

"I'm worried that something will happen to them!" Qi Tian said worriedly.

"Only with their two or three hundred people?" Yu Fukun said disdainfully, "Can we defeat them with fifty people?"

"Uncle Kun, they now have more than two or three hundred people!" Qi Tianwei sighed, "Two days ago, Niu Hu and the others came back and said that they found and defeated an indigenous tribe and annexed all its population. They, now they are A big tribe with seven to eight hundred people!"

A large tribe of seven to eight hundred people can theoretically dispatch more than 800 warriors to attack his enemies.

As for Qi Tian's entire camp, the total number of people added up was less than 400, including women and children.

Just when Qi Tian and Yu Fukun were worrying about the food crisis and fearing the growing strength of the indigenous tribes.On this day, the indigenous tribe of the Black Valley sent more than 200 people to the camp at one time, carrying a large amount of coal.

Instead of the previous odds and ends of salt and spices, they directly offered to exchange for grain.In this regard, Yu Fukun flatly refused.We don't have enough food for ourselves, how can we exchange it for you!
The leading aborigines shouted loudly, expressing their dissatisfaction and anger at Yu Fukun's refusal to exchange food.

Qi Tian asked Niu Hu to take more than [-] guards who stayed behind, armed with knives and guns.And signaled Gouzi and Ding Chuangen to return to the camp quickly and distribute weapons to the young and strong, just in case.

Qi Tian watched nervously as Yu Fukun continued to negotiate with the natives. The musket in his hand had already been filled with gunpowder and bullets, and he was holding it obliquely towards the sky.

"They won't fight!" Niu Hu said calmly, "They ran for more than twenty miles with dozens of catties of coal on their backs, and they didn't bring any weapons in their hands."

"Really?" Qi Tian glanced at the aborigines on the opposite side, all of them were looking at the camp eagerly, many of them kept licking their mouths, and there was really no so-called "murderous intent" coming from them.

"Why don't we slaughter them all here, so as to weaken the strength of the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley?" Qi Tian suddenly had such an idea in his mind.At the same time, I was shocked by this cruel thought.I haven't even killed a chicken before, how could I have the crazy idea of ​​slaughtering these natives at will.

Seeing that Yu Fukun firmly refused to exchange coal for food, the natives yelled a few more words.Afterwards, several leaders led a group of disappointed natives back with a few small bags of spices and salt in their hands.

"Tou Yu, they are not kind!" Li Fade held a long knife and looked at the aborigines who were leaving.

"In the past few days, everyone cheer up! These savages must be seriously short of food!" Yu Fukun said in a deep voice, looking at the crowd with a gloomy expression.

"Just now, we should have slaughtered them here!" Li Fade continued, "Otherwise, those aborigines might gather four or five hundred people one day and come to ask us for food! At that time, they might bring Armed!"

When Qi Tian heard this, his heart was shocked, and he turned to look at Niu Hu.

Niu Hu also looked over at this time, thinking that his thoughts were exactly the same as Li Fade's.

It turns out that everyone has such tyrannical ideas. Human beings are sometimes so cruel and violent for their own survival and to eliminate the danger in the bud.

Because the fence around the camp is not completely closed, and there are no stones filled with rammed earth.After discussing with Yu Fukun, Qi Tian and Yu Fukun decided that they would voluntarily give up the defense of the surrounding fences when encountering an attack.

It took them a day to move all the cement and bricks in the camp to the storage area on the northwest side of the camp.There are rows of wooden houses built there, and the side walls between the entire row of wooden houses are reinforced with bricks and stones, simply forming a small inner city model.

If the enemy came to attack, relying on the solid masonry walls and the rammed outer layer of the wooden house, unless the artillery and siege cones were used, the general attack methods would not be able to break through.

"Should we set up a few small cannons on the roof so that we can attack the enemies entering the camp?" Huang Mingfang said excitedly.

"Yes!" Qi Tian nodded in approval, and asked Gouzi to write it down. Later, he will find someone to hang a few small cannons on the roof. At that time, whether it is firing solid projectiles to intimidate the indigenous people, or firing nail-destroyed lead bullets to attack dense crowds, it will be the best choice. Nice attack platform.

"After dinner tonight, everyone will come to practice musket reloading and shooting skills." After leading a group of teenagers to inspect the defense facilities in the storage area, Qi Tian announced tonight's homework.

Although there are more than [-] teenagers who cannot fight face to face with the enemy, it is still possible to stand behind the defensive wall and shoot with a volley of guns.Every ounce of manpower in the camp must be fully utilized to ensure that this start-up base will not be wiped out by a group of ignorant natives.

During the day, everyone in the camp is still working hard to build their homes.As for the fields not far from the camp, the corn, potatoes, sorghum, sweet potatoes and other crops sown more than ten days ago have sprouted sparsely.

I originally wanted to replant the ungerminated parts of the field, but considering the imminent shortage of food, and worrying about the surprise attack of the indigenous people, the field is far away, and it is impossible to avoid the camp in time, so I gave up.

Taking the time to look at the bleak appearance of the fields, Qi Tian couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. It is estimated that they will not be able to achieve food self-sufficiency in the next year.

At night, braziers were lit in several corners 30 to [-] meters outside the fence, illuminating the area with a radius of tens of meters.The guards on duty were also [-]% energetic, paying close attention to the movement around the fence.Make sure that when an enemy comes, the people in the camp can be warned in advance.

Three or four days passed, and the surroundings of the camp still maintained the tranquility of the past.Since the dispute that day, the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley have not arranged for anyone to carry coal.No aborigines were found near the camp, as if they had never appeared before.

But Qi Tian and Yu Fukun did not dare to slack off, and still strengthened their due vigilance.At the same time, the protective measures in the storage area are also continuously strengthened every day.The wall of the wooden house near the outside was successively smeared with cement, which was not produced much.

Moreover, on the side of the storage area, a cement masonry building was also erected at the speed of the naked eye, which greatly made up for the weak point of the storage area's defense.

"I don't know if there will be any movement tonight?" After practicing three rounds of salvo with a group of teenagers in the square, Qi Tian looked at the dark forest in the distance, muttering to himself.

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