Chapter 105 Liu Kan Xinsi

"Old Tang, what exactly does Ah Kan want to do if she does this?"

Outside the house, it was still raining. The rain curtains connected to the sky, covering the whole world in a patch of water, making people a little confused.

Sitting in the wing room, Cao Shen, who had changed his clothes and had calmed down, held his arms and quietly watched the pottery basin placed on the cauldron. The water vapor was everywhere, and there was a mellow smell of wine. Tang Li hooked the pot in the pottery with a special clip. After reaching Liangjue, he picked up a cherry from the fruit pot next to him, threw it into his copper basin, and took a sip of it happily.

More and more corrupt!

I remember when my grandfather was at Anlingjun's mansion, I was afraid that he would not have such a comfortable life.

"What does A Kan want to do? Lao Cao, what do you mean?"

The fire in the cauldron was very strong and the room was very warm. Cao Shen's face was flushed and he felt a little drunk.

"You really think I'm a fool. You've killed so many people and killed the entire Ding clan. If you say it's just to warn you, I don't believe it. Akan is not a person who is not a sensible person. I think he must have other ideas when he does this."

"idea?"

Tang Li smiled slightly, leaning against the wall a little lazy. He looked up at the rain falling along the eaves and whispered: "Who can't have any ideas? Some people want to be promoted and make money, while others want to take revenge. I'm afraid that only he himself knows what he thinks best."

Revenge?

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with some clarity.

"If this is true, it would be a good thing."

"It's indeed a beautiful thing... but if this happens, A Kan is probably going to make many enemies! I don't know if it's good or bad?"

Cao Shen frowned, "Many enemies? What do you mean?"

Tang Li smiled, "A clan with less than a hundred people dared to be unscrupulous in front of the government; a small bandit dared to claim the Three Harms of Sui Shui, and even Ying Zhuang, who had 1,500 regular soldiers in his hands, could not do anything about it? This is not that simple.

I don’t know Ying Zhuang!

But even if the generals who came out of the Lantian camp were not good at fighting waters and even if they didn't know much about the Sihong area, it would be so difficult to deal with a group of robbers from mud legs? I don't believe it! There must be other problems here."

"You mean..." Cao Shen's heart skipped a beat, and his drunkenness disappeared.

Tang Li nodded, "I saw it, Kuai Che saw it, A Kan must have seen something wrong. Lao Cao, please wait. This time, there will be no shortage of people in Sihong area who will lose their heads! A Kan said: It is really appropriate to achieve success with one general."

One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven?

Cao Shen silently savored this sentence and couldn't help but agree with it.

The rain outside the house is getting heavier and heavier!

It was night, peace.

At the hour of Yin, the rain finally stopped.

When the old red sun jumps out from the east horizon, thousands of golden lights shine on the earth, but it is a rare good weather in winter.

So many people died the day before, but it did not seem to have any impact on the residents in the Louting area.

Well, it was not without its influence... As soon as the sky was dawn, three or four hundred people gathered in front of the official office, waiting to be assigned tasks.

Tang Li was finally able to escape from the cumbersome chores and looked at Cao Shen who was busy in front of the official office with serene satisfaction. Cao Shen registered from house to house, and who had a household registration, and how much food would be allocated today, proceeding in an orderly manner. Three or four hundred people quickly got their respective tasks, and they didn't even need anyone to supervise and rushed to the construction site to work.

The busy farming season has ended, and it is the most leisurely time of the year.

When you work and have food, people naturally become motivated. Of course, there are also people who are skeptical of Liu Kan's words.

However, when they saw those who were paid and went home with a bucket of sour millet, the people who watched the fun were also moved!

So the next day, more people flocked to the government office to wait for the assignment of tasks. Some people who were not under Louting also came to ask: If we also came to help with work, would the adults also send us food? Is it the same as those of Louting?

Of course, the answers they got were enough to satisfy them.

Cheng Miao was ordered to rush to Pei County and asked Shenqi to allocate 500 stones of fine millet. When grain trucks entered the barracks and piled them on the open space in the center, people's enthusiasm became even higher. This was not an overly difficult thing for Liu Kan.

But in the eyes of those ordinary people, this new Qin official had extraordinary energy.

You should know that the food in the Qin Dynasty is basically allocated by the state, and the people rarely allow it to be sold privately. Even those county magistrates and county magistrates want to allocate 500 stones of grain at once, it is not easy... This is definitely a big deal!

Twenty days passed in a flash.

More than a dozen granaries have risen from the ground, and are particularly eye-catching on a high ground.

Under the hill, rows of houses have also taken shape. It seems that the first phase of the project can be completed and put into use without too long.

Wang Xin happily drove the carriage and pulled Liu Kan to inspect the construction site.

Tang Li and Cao Shen stood beside Liu Kan, looking at the busy construction site, and couldn't help but nod.

"Benefit!"

Liu Kan pointed to the people on the construction site and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has the desire to pursue profit. The difference is only the size of the profit. People who stand tall have huge benefits, and it is difficult to move them by just small profits. But for these ordinary people who are busy fighting for food, a little bit of profit can make them crazy. What is a bucket of millet for you and me?

But for them, it means eating and even living better.

When they are given enough hope, they will be willing to follow me, obey my words, and no longer distinguish between Chu and Qin people.

As long as I can keep bringing them and living a better life, hehe, only a fool is willing to bring his head to fight me.

However, this takes time...Shang Jun’s reform has only been the rise of the strong Qin Dynasty for two hundred years. I don’t know, how much time can I have?"

The last sentence was very small, and only Liu Kan could hear it himself.

Neither Tang Li nor Cao Shen heard it clearly, but Liu Kan's remarks about interests really shocked them.

So much so that they didn't notice what Liu Kan said in the end.

"By the way, Ah Kan!" Cao Shen suddenly remembered something and said softly: "This time you transferred 500 stones of grain at once, why didn't you see the above react? Even if you pulled it out of your own granary, such a big move will definitely attract attention."

Liu Kan came to her senses and patted Wang Xin's head.

"I believe, let's go back...you haven't done your homework today yet."

Wang Xin has to do a lot of homework every day. In addition to practicing martial arts, Wang Ji also forced him to read. Unfortunately, Wang Xin was born not the material for reading. It took a lot of effort to know how to write his name. Cheng Miao, who taught him to read, was also very depressed. Fortunately, Cheng Miao was stubborn. The more he failed, the more he became more excited. Now he waited at home on time every day.

When Wang Xin heard the word "homework", he felt a little excited.

"Ju Bo is not literate, why can he not learn, but I insist on learning?"

Wang Xin was talking about Ju Bo and Liu Ju. Until now, he couldn't even write his own name, so he was completely helpless.

Liu Kan patted Wang Xin's head, "Ju Bo is old, Xin is still young. If you don't know a few words, you will suffer a great loss in the future."

"I don't like to read, I like to practice martial arts, and I also listen to your master's story... It's the story of Sun Monkey."

"Well, then you have to read more carefully. I will tell you more stories in the future."

The two of them said and said, and directly disconnected Cao Shen's question. The carriage stopped in front of the official office. Liu Kan took Tang Li and Cao Shen into his study, and then ordered: "Daozi, go and take that thing for me. I have something to discuss."

Chen Daozi has now become Liu Kan's close friend.

After hearing this, he immediately left.

Liu Kan said: "Although the granaries are completed, they are just the beginning. As a transit place for Sishui County, Jiujiang, Donghai, Guangling and other places, defense is also very important. According to the instructions of the county magistrate, a total of 49 granaries will be built in the entire lao Cang.

In other words, the supplies of the Si Shui and Donghai counties must be allocated and allocated here before passing through the Huai River.

Once something happens, this will become the focus of the attack. So we must start other things while building the granaries. After the spring comes, 800 immigrants will arrive. I will be preparing to collect corvee and build the city walls in the pavilion. What do you think?"

Tang Li and Cao Shen looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Although I don’t understand what Liu Kan said about ‘once something happens’, it is always a good thing to be prepared for. Otherwise, it would be difficult to take care of the forty-nine granaries with hundreds of regular soldiers. After all, this Sihong area is definitely not a quiet land... at least, it is impossible to truly be peaceful within ten to twenty years.

At this time, Chen Daozi came back.

Four Qin soldiers followed behind him and walked into the study with a heavy object.

"Daozi, please watch it for me outside."

"Here!"

Chen Daozi responded, took Qin Jun out of the study room, and closed the door casually. Liu Kan walked to the black cloth in the study room and opened it all at once. Below the black cloth was a giant castle model two meters square. It was about half a person tall, presenting it in front of Tang Li and Cao Shen.

“All these days, I have been thinking about how to build Loucang Town.

Don’t worry, this model cannot be spread. I asked more than a dozen craftsmen to create part of it, and then I used it for three days to spell it out myself. Lao Tang, Lao Cao... This is the Loucang Town in my mind. What do you think?"

Whether it was Cao Shen or Tang Li, after seeing this model, he couldn't help but take a breath.

Nothing else, the city model presented to them by Liu Kan opened his eyes to Tang Li and Cao Shen. It was not so much a city as a solid fortress. According to Liu Kan's plan, Loucang Town will be divided into two parts: inside and outside.

Gao Gang is leaning against the Sui River, which happens to be the bank of a section of the river that is most difficult to approach in the Sui River.

A city wall is built halfway up the mountain to form the core of the main building of Loucang Town. This is also the inner city of Loucang Town, about three feet high.

Gaogangxia is the outer city part of Loucang Town and the residence of the people.

The city wall on Gaogang is extended downward, and the city is more than four meters high. The entire Loucang Town has only one import and exit, facing the east.

A canal was opened from the Sui River, forming a moat more than two meters deep. A sheep and horse wall was built by the riverside, and a suspension bridge was used to connect the moat.

Behind the Sheep and Horse Wall is the main city tower, with enemy platforms and stools, and two urns with round outer and square inner surface, forming two defensive systems.

The entire castle uses a bastion, which specifically increases the lethality of the side wall. The side castle is located in a dead corner and is equipped with long-range attack weapons such as catapults. Even if the opponent also has long-range attack weapons, it cannot harm the catapults in the city.

This is the urban defense system that Liu Kan saw in a military magazine in his previous life.

Overall, compared with the defense system of this era, it is nearly a thousand years ahead.
To be continued...