The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Repairing the Fortress, Seeking Development

Riding a war horse, looking around, you can see loess everywhere.

There are ravines and ravines, where can there be a road?It's just a narrow path.

Some roads are so narrow that you have to dismount your horse to pass.

There are either earthen walls or low cliffs on both sides of the road, and it is really difficult to walk.

After walking for a long time, I finally arrived at the station.

Sun Chuanting's pursuers did not catch up, and there were no thieves nearby, but Sun Jie had enough time to develop.

Back at the station, it was still early, so I cooked a big pot of meat and rewarded Chen Hu well.

There was an iron pot on the fire outside the tent, and bacon, sausage and other meat were gurgling inside, and Sun Jie and the others sat around the fire.

Sun Jie's handicraft is not very good, but it is edible.

The rough men didn't pay that much attention, let alone meat, and Sun Jie cooked the food himself.

The smell of meat was wafting, and several people sat by the fire with bowls in their hands, eating and munching.

After eating the meat, drink some broth to digest the food, take a long breath, and the body is relieved at once.

Back then, Chang'an was surrounded by eight rivers, and Shaanxi's environment needless to say, it can't be compared with Jiangnan's water towns, but it's not bad.

After the Tang Dynasty, the precipitation belt moved southward, coupled with frequent human activities, numerous tree felling, and various environmental factors, the land in Shaanxi turned yellow.

Especially in northern Shaanxi, there has always been a saying that "strong winds occur every now and then, but small winds occur every day".

Just after eating, there was a strong wind.

The wind was so strong that it bulged the tent.

Fortunately, it was reinforced before, otherwise it would have flown into the sky long ago.

Chen De came out of the tent with several farming experts holding hoes, and ran into the field.

Such a strong wind, if the potato seedling pit is ignored, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Sun Jie led Chen Hu and the others to climb up an earthen wall not far away.

Looking north along the earth wall, the sky and the earth are boundless, and the sun in the sky has also become dark.

Looking back at the residential area of ​​the common people, although the wind is not strong this time, the tents of the common people can still withstand it.

But this is not a long-term solution. The tent is only a temporary shelter. For the long-term plan, bricks and tiles are needed.

"This time, hundreds of thieves have been captured. These guys are worthless one by one. Let them build a few brick kilns, lime kilns and cement kilns first, and let them do their work first, so as to save food from being wasted. By the way, they can Improve the living environment of the people.

There is also something like Wubao, which needs to be built. This is a good thing. In the current situation, it is the best.The power in the back is strong, build a few more, and then connect them together, whoever comes and who dies! "

Looking at the living places of the people in the south, Sun Jie had many thoughts in his mind.

The so-called Wubao, to put it simply, is a Chinese-style castle, a small city.

The history of Wubao runs through the Chinese civilization, and can be traced back to Wang Mang's Tianfeng reign.

The five Hus entered China in the two Jin Dynasties, and the Jin family fled southward in a hurry. The wealthy nobles followed the Jin family to the south, and those wealthy households with a little wealth but no status, and self-cultivating farmers with little property, built docks in the countryside for self-defense. .

The larger Wubao can store tens of thousands of stones of grain, and there are wells built in the city, so even if the enemy army besieged the city, they would not be afraid at all.

Speaking of which, Li Zicheng in history was beaten to death by Wubao forces.

If Wubao is built well, ghosts will worry about seeing it. In this period of Ming Dynasty, unless it is breached from the inside, there is no way at all.

The wind is still blowing, but it's a little weaker. It's like this here. The wind sometimes picks up and sometimes stops suddenly.

Sun Jie slipped down from the earthen wall, bringing up a trail of loess.

They took Chen Hu and the others back to their residence, and then went to the place where the captives were held.

These captives were thrown in an open space, tied with ropes and tied to wooden stakes, surrounded by heavily armed men patrolling

Ma Jinzhong was quite special, he was thrown into the stable by Sun Jie, his upper body was bound and tied to the horse post, only his two legs could move all over his body, and someone came to deliver his meals every day.

It was already summer, the weather was getting hotter, and there were more and more flies in the stables. Coupled with the smell of excrement and urine, Ma Jinzhong, who was already fat, lost a lot of weight, and his spirit became sluggish.

After turning around in these places, I returned to the tent.

Chen Hu, Zhao Dading and Liang Wu sat in front of Sun Jie, looking at them, Sun Jie said: "There are no pursuers around, that is to say, we will not be in any danger for the time being.

However, we cannot relax our vigilance because of this, and we must be more careful no matter when.

Let's make use of these captives.

I think so"

Sun Jie looked at Chen Hu and said, "I will hand over all the 400 young men we captured to you, and you will lead your men to train them.

Among these people, those with outstanding ability will be recruited overnight, and those with poor ability will be trained as ordinary soldiers. There is only one condition, to form an army within the shortest time. "

"Follow your lord's order!"

Chen Hu stood up and bowed his hands to Sun Jie to accept his orders.

Chen Hu's ability is stronger than Zhao Dading and Liang Wu, so all these people will be handed over to him.

As for Zhao Dading and Liang Wu, they still have other things to do.

His eyes came to Zhao Dading and Liang Wu, and said: "From tomorrow on, you two will lead your subordinates to control the labor of those prisoners.

I plan to build several brick kilns, cement kilns, and lime kilns, and you will hold these prisoners when the time comes.If someone is disobedient, hit them the first time, starve them the second time, and kill them directly the third time. You don't have to be polite to these thieves who have no conscience.

As for how to cover these things, you don't have to worry about it, I will be responsible at that time. "

Sun Jie can't do the modern brick kilns, cement kilns and lime kilns, but he can almost do those traditional old-fashioned kilns.

This kind of kiln with backward production capacity, backward technology, and simple structure is not difficult to search a lot on the Internet.

If these three kinds of kilns want to produce, there is another key thing, that is coal.

However, Sun Jie had considered this issue a long time ago.

The place where Sun Jie is now is located in the northwest of Fuping County, at the junction of Fuping and Yaozhou.

There are quite a few coal mines there, many of which are open-pit mines, and it will be fine to mine coal directly there.

I'm not afraid of not being able to find coal mines. In modern times, they are all old coal mines that have been mined for many years. Every place and every pit are placed on the bright side. You can just cross the river by feeling the ducks. Looking around.

In fact, in this era, there are some coal mines over there, but with limited mining technology and various technological restrictions, only a small part of the coal mines have been mined, and there are still many coal mines that have not yet been mined.

Nowadays, people are in a mess. Gao Yingxiang and other thieves were active here a few years ago. The outside of the city is basically no man's land. Except for some coal mines that are closer to the city, there are still people mining, and the rest of the place has long been gone. people.

Moreover, most of the places where the coal mines are located are in the wilderness, so they are not afraid of being discovered.

Besides, you are still wearing the skin of King Qin's Mansion, what are you afraid of?
Qin Wangfu is such a big palace, what's wrong with digging some coal?That makes sense, right?

From the very beginning, Sun Jie had thought of these things, so he set the place here.

Zhao Dading and Liang Wu didn't know what cement was, but they didn't ask any more questions. They bowed their hands to Sun Jie and took the order.

"There are some other things, please pay attention."

Sun Jie said again.

After about half an hour, after ordering everything, let them prepare.

After they left, Sun Jie also walked out of the tent and went to Chen De's place.

Chen De just came back from the field and was having dinner.

Seeing Sun Jie coming in, he hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, and stood beside him respectfully.

His family stood behind him, respectful.

Sun Jie waved his hands indifferently, and said, "Okay, sit down, sit down and talk!"

That's what he said, but Chen De was still respectful, standing in front of Sun Jie half-bent, showing no intention of sitting down.

Seeing this, Sun Jie didn't say much.

"I came here today to ask, are there any masons among you? Carpenters are also good!" Sun Jie said.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established a strict household registration system.

Craftsmen are classified as craftsmen, and their children and grandchildren are all craftsmen, and their status is low.

However, this strict household registration system began to gradually collapse in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

"Yes, not a lot." Chen De replied.

Sun Jie's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face, "What do you say?"

Chen De said honestly: "Our village is not very far from the side wall. In previous years, during the slack season, the imperial court would collect corvée to repair the city wall.

The number of times has increased, and I have learned the craft after going back and forth.What we are repairing is the side wall, there must be no mistakes, and there are special people to teach when repairing.Your Excellency is building a house, right?Building a house is much easier than building a city wall! "

"Whether it's building a house, or building a few brick kilns and lime kilns, it doesn't matter how powerful you are, as long as you can understand the truth and understand the words!" Sun Jie's tone was soothing, and he was in a good mood.

I really didn't expect that there were such capable people in Chenjia Village.

In fact, it is also true, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to eat water.He lived close to the side wall, and every year during the slack season, he would be confiscated by the imperial court to build the city wall.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the collection and issuance of corvee was basically based on the principle of proximity.

When Fengyang, the central capital, was built, it was the people around Fengyang who were expropriated.

In fact, in ancient villages, almost every village had a few skilled craftsmen.

After returning from Chen De's place, Sun Jie was in a good mood.

In fact, Sun Jie didn't even think about asking those masons to be in charge of building brick kilns, but just asked them to be supervisors and foremen.

They are much better than thieves who don't know anything. They have a certain foundation. Let them be in charge of supervision, and the construction period will be much faster.

Sun Jie was in a good mood, but someone was in a bad mood.

In the open space where the thief was held, more than a dozen pots were gurgling.

The thick rice porridge was cooked in it, and the aroma was constantly wafting over the open space, making these thieves who hadn't had enough to eat greedy.

After the rice is cooked, these thieves will loosen their ties and eat in batches, and they will be guarded by strong men who are on guard nearby.

The thief who was eating wolfed down all the rice porridge in the bowl while squatting on the ground.

This is completely different from the previous attitude. What I ate before was just some clear rice soup with little water, but now the rice porridge is so thick that it can stand on chopsticks, just like a dream.

However, as I ate and ate, I felt something was wrong.

A thief named Zhang Laosan lined up and handed over his bowl to the young man who cooks rice.

The cook took his bowl, added a few spoonfuls to it, gave it to him with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Eat well, if you eat well, the days to come will be sad!"

This made him puzzled, so he simply stopped thinking about it, squatted on the ground and poured it into his mouth.

I poured and poured, my body froze, and suddenly thought of something.

Swallowing the mouthful of rice in his mouth, holding the bowl and looking in the direction of Dafan, a frightening thought came to his mind.

"Could it be, could it be, could it be a meal with a severed head!!!"

The hand holding the bowl kept trembling, his body was stiff, and his body began to go numb from extreme fear.

The voice became louder and louder, and he began to shout hysterically: "Could this be the meal for decapitation? This is the meal for decapitation!"

"Crash!"

All the thieves around looked over, and the sucking sound made while eating disappeared in an instant, and there was a sudden silence.

"What kind of meal is a severed head? I will eat your meal. If you dare to talk nonsense, I will send you to heaven!"

There was a sound of shouting and cursing, and a strong man was holding a wooden stick, glaring at him, and walking towards Zhang Laosan.

Looking at the strong man coming over, Zhang Laosan didn't flinch as usual, but just stayed there blankly, his eyes were full of fear, as if he didn't see him.

The fear of death filled his mind, so what was the pain of flesh and blood?
Seeing this vision, the vigilant men around raised their spears one after another and forced them here.

"Eat well, if you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude!"

The strong man with a wooden stick slapped Zhang Laosan several times, then looked at the crowd and yelled loudly.

The shining spears around them and the armor on them, like the light from the death scythe, silenced these thieves again.

The excitement of eating just now is gone, and everyone's mind is filled with the fear of facing death.

Many people even lost their appetite to eat, and let the rice porridge in the bowl become cold bit by bit.

These murderous thieves also have today, and they also know how to be afraid!
In the stable, Ma Jinzhong was sitting by the side of the manger, holding a large coarse porcelain bowl, and kept sucking.

The bowl is thick rice porridge.

The smell near his nose was terrible, but he still enjoyed eating.

Like that Zhang Laosan, after he swallowed his last bite of food, he keenly discovered a problem.

"The meal is so rich, isn't this the meal with severed head?"

Ma Jinzhong staggered in fright, couldn't sit on his buttocks, and fell into the manger.

The large coarse porcelain bowl in his hand also fell on the stone manger and fell to pieces.

"Decapitation meal, this is decapitation meal!

I think that I, Ma Jinzhong, have been in the world for so long, and I have never seen such a big storm, and I have ended up like this today! "

For a while, grief came from it, and he lay on his back in the manger and cried loudly.

There is great terror between life and death, and there is no one who is not afraid.

Ma Jinzhong was originally a young boy, so how could he not be afraid?
The cries drew a shout from the strong man guarding outside the stable: "What are you calling for? Eat your food, be careful of your skin!"

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