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Chapter 38 Zhuangqiang (More than [-] new additions to the collection)
"However, we know all the big households in the state that are involved with pirates from outside the sea, and Chenjiazhuang is far behind those big households. How could they raise such a large group of pirates." Le Zhi couldn't believe it.

A large family that can raise pirates to serve them must have assets of more than one million yuan, and they cannot raise more pirates because they will easily eat their masters.

I have never heard of any pirates off the coast of Guangzhou Bay being able to defeat four hundred county soldiers on land.

"The equipment of those pirates was very sophisticated, including trebuchets, crossbows, and a lot of kerosene. The pirates also wore iron armor and were equipped with giant iron-clad wooden shields." Le Zhi could not convince himself: " If Chenjiazhuang has such power, will they let me, a little county captain, bully me?"

With such excellent equipment, it is too modest to say that the giant bandits have to be evaluated as anti-thieves.

"Did you bully him?" Wang Si's words were slap in the face and very practical.

Lezhi reflected for a moment, and if what Wang Si guessed was true, then the deaths of more than 100 villagers would be fake. The food and grass lost at the port would also go back to Chen Xun's pocket, and at most sink a small amount into the sea. In part, even if he included the supply of food and grass to the four hundred county soldiers during the few days he was stationed outside Chenjiazhuang, he really did not cause any substantial losses to Chen Xun.

"This, this, this..." Le Zhi was stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Isn't it incredible?" Wang Si secretly praised his intelligence, and then preached to Le Zhi: "But the fact is so incredible. During my years in Hebei, I saw a lot of this kind of thing, and it's even worse than this. There are all kinds of things that are unbelievable. It doesn’t matter if you support the pirates. There are many people who go into battle and act in person."

"Those big households can't do anything." Wang Si looked contemptuous: "Do you think they can become big households? How do they get their money? They all eat human flesh and drink human blood. Squeeze a little here, knock a little there, and elsewhere. Grab some more.”

"How many really good people are there?"

"..." Le Zhi is still digesting.

"There are gold belts for killing people and setting fires, but there are no corpses for building bridges and paving roads." Wang Si continued to speculate: "I can guarantee that the people in Chenjiazhuang know these things, and you are being tricked by them without knowing it."

"I'm going to kill them!" Lezhi already believed it and gritted his teeth angrily.

"It's just you? What are you going to do to fight them? Recruit four hundred more county soldiers to die?" Wang Si was scornful again.

"What should we do?" Le Zhi asked.

"This matter should be discussed in a long term. According to you, those pirates have trebuchets, crossbows, and iron armor. This is not simple." Wang seemed to know that Chenjiazhuang could not take it all by himself: "Tomorrow you come with me to see Zhizhou , let’s just say that…”

"it is good!"

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"According to this standard, the amount of the project is too large." Chen Lu looked at the drawings in his hand and somewhat disagreed with Chen Xun's suggestion.

The village wall shown on the drawing is divided into inner and outer sides. The inner village wall is one foot high (3.2 meters) and five feet (1.6 meters) wide. The outer stacking wall is one foot five feet high (4.8 meters) and two feet (0.64 meters) wide. ), there are perforations on the outer battle wall, and there is no parapet (a low wall on the inside of the city wall) on the inner village wall. The combined thickness of the inner and outer village walls reaches seven feet.

In addition to the main body of the village wall, a one-foot-square enemy platform (fort, housing large city defense weapons) is set up every ten feet. There are steps on the left and right of the enemy platform (the slope of the city wall is small, and you can push a cart or ride a horse up the wall). Twenty There is a den (a house on the city wall that stores weapons, rests for the soldiers who are guarding the city, is on duty, and can protect against rain and wind). There is a turret at the corner. There are gate towers at the four gates of the village wall. There are gate towers on both sides of the gate tower and two turrets. There are arrow towers (part-time watchtowers) on both sides and behind the enemy tower.

"It's okay if the project volume is larger, it's safe." Chen Xun replied.

"This is not a village wall. This is clearly a city wall. The city walls in Dongguan County are not as complete as yours." Chen Lu retorted.

"That's enough. The Dongguan County city wall is nearly three feet high and two feet wide. The village wall I designed cannot compare with it." Of course Chen Xun would not admit that he built the city wall just like it.

"Okay, then why did you set up an urn behind the gate tower?" Chen Lu asked. "Of course it increases the defense." Chen Xun couldn't deny it.

The barbican was one of the main defensive facilities of the city in this era, which could strengthen the defense of the city gate. It was usually a round or square gated town built outside the city gate.

Generally, if there is an urn in a city or pass, the attacking army would rather attack through the city wall than attack the city gate.

When the siege army enters Wengcheng, it will have to endure enemies from all sides. The enemies are still at high altitudes, which is a very, very disadvantage.

Chen Xun's choice to build the urn city inside the city gate was a special case, mainly because he did not want to be too eye-catching.

"According to your construction method, it won't be completed in three to five years." Chen Lu said helplessly.

"Step by step, look at the plan I gave you. Build the outer part first, and build a one-foot-high brick wall." Chen Xun pointed to the text part of the plan: "When the outer brick wall is built, then build the inner part, and the two Fill the space between the side brick walls with soil and compact it firmly.”

Seeing that Chen Lu was still a little hesitant, Chen Xun could only continue to persuade:
"There are more and more people in the village, and we have to find something for them to do. We can buy cheap food from Li Chao and Mayi, so that when the villagers are full and have nothing to do, trouble will arise."

"And once the village wall is built, Chenjiazhuang's protective capabilities will be greatly increased. If pirates come from the sea in the future, they will only be beaten and bloody when they encounter the village wall, and there is nothing they can do."

"Okay, you spend the money after all, I listen to you." Chen Lu responded.

With the Chen family's long-range attack capabilities, no pirate would dare to come and cause trouble. Both of them understood that Chen Xun was guarding against enemies from land.

The entire Chenjiazhuang wall is one mile long and one mile wide, with a total length of four miles.

Five feet is a step, three hundred steps is a mile, and the length of a mile is equivalent to 480 meters. Excluding the area occupied by the village wall, the area of ​​the village is almost 22 square meters.According to a household occupying three feet square, after excluding roads, wells, markets, ancestral halls, temples, squares, east and west courtyards, the remaining area is almost enough for a thousand households to live.

This time when the village wall was built, the south courtyard was placed outside the village wall. Mainly because when the south courtyard was built, in order not to affect the villagers, it was built too remote. It was three miles away from the main body of Chenjiazhuang. The frame doesn't come in.

"Dig a tunnel between the South Courtyard and Chenjiazhuang to connect the two places. If there is a war, people from the South Courtyard can escape through the tunnel and into the village wall." Chen Xun added.

"Dig a tunnel here? What are you thinking about? How to make it waterproof?" Chen Lu was shocked.

You must know that Chenjiazhuang is close to the sea, and the groundwater level is very shallow. Just dig a hole to get water out. With the current technical capabilities, it is simply impossible to dig a tunnel.

"I didn't think it through well." Chen Xun really didn't expect this. He just thought about tunnel warfare, and suddenly he thought about connecting Nanyuan and Chenjiazhuang without considering the geographical environment.

"Build a corridor to connect the two places." Chen Lu suggested. After all, Chen Xun also wanted to be more thorough.

"Okay, let's build a corridor." Chen Xun nodded in agreement.

Two walls on both sides protect the middle. It is a simple corridor. If you have time in the future, you can also add a roof to the corridor. In the future, you will not need to hold an umbrella when you return to the south courtyard from the village when it rains.

(End of this chapter)