Chapter 41
"Madman, look, I want to make the following improvements to the city wall. What do you think?"
The picture drawn by the cultural man looked much better than the one he drew. Liu Feng understood it immediately. Guo Jia took Liu Feng and Thalia and began to introduce his plan.
"First, make the city gate and city wall as concave as possible. If someone wants to enter the city gate or attack the city, they will be attacked from three sides."
"Second, divert the large river in the east and let it circle the city, which is a common moat in the Central Plains. If you want to enter the city, you must first cross the bridge."
"Third, strengthen the city gate. Use the hardest steel to build multiple gates to eliminate the last weak spot."
Guo Jia finished speaking in one breath, and Liu Feng secretly praised him. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, city walls with this structure also existed, but they are not yet popular. Guo Jia came from the Three Kingdoms. It is indeed not easy to think of these. Starting from the Warring States Period,
Cities in the Central Plains that have the conditions have moats.
"Fengxiao, your idea is very good. From now on, Shimiluo City will be impregnable. But I have another suggestion that you can add to it."
"Oh? Do I still have a loophole?"
"No, I'm just making some additions." Liu Feng drew a few strokes on the picture with his finger, "Your reconstruction can be extended to the outside, changing the current city wall into an inner city, and there will be an urn city between the inner and outer walls.
If there is an invasion from a foreign enemy, and after all the hard work, we can finally get into the urn city, all we have to do is come and catch the turtles in the urn."
In fact, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er, killed his elder brother and younger brother in Wengcheng. Liu Feng also had an idea after looking at the drawings.
Guo Jiafu laughed loudly, "That's wonderful, that's wonderful."
Thalia looked at the drawing and was very surprised. These improvements were unheard of in his opinion. A simple city wall could have so much knowledge.
"Madman, Mr. Guo, you are so smart. How did you come up with these ideas? There are countless wise men in our country, why didn't you come up with it?" Thalia felt a little regretful while being happy.
"Skills have specializations, but the minds of the wise men of Rongri are not here." Liu Feng replied. As for where the wise men are, Thalia knows very well. They used to be in various monasteries, but now that Buddhism has declined, all kinds of
There are countless wise men and great sages in the church.
Noble people spend all their time thinking about the source of the impermanence of life and finding the way to escape. Instead, they throw away the life and death of life in front of them.
"When soil accumulates, mountains are formed, and wind and rain flourish; when water accumulates, abyss is formed, dragons are born; when good deeds are accumulated, virtue is formed, and gods are satisfied with themselves, and the holy heart is prepared."
"They are all great wise men. They have never entered the world, but they always think about Nirvana. How ridiculous." After Liu Feng finished speaking, he sighed softly.
After hearing this, Guo Jia fell into deep thought. He felt that Liu Feng was a bit strange. When he was crazy, he was persistent and unusual. When he was profound, he talked about the things in front of him, but he always felt as if he was hiding a lot of knowledge.
After Thalia lowered her head and thought, she couldn't help but ask: "Madman, what you said is so profound, but it sounds very reasonable. Eminent monks and sages are very respected here, but you are outside
Never make false claims."
Liu Feng shook his head. Which ones are dreams? Which ones are shackles? Which dreams can turn into shackles? He can't think clearly. He just wants to start with the things in front of him.
Liu Feng and Guo Jia entered the Shimila Palace together, found Kuranyi, and handed over the drawings and ideas to Kuranyi. He had communicated a lot with Kuranyi recently, and the two of them were already very familiar with each other.
After listening to the introductions of the two people, Lan Yi said:
"Madman, your idea is great. It's just..."
"Kuranyi, are you in trouble? Just say it."
"Madman, Mr. Guo, you two are not outsiders, so I just said it." Kuranyi thought for a moment and said to the two of them, "You also know that recruiting troops and setting up weapons factories and shipyards in the near future will cost a lot."
"After the army is sufficient, a large amount of money and food will be needed for salary, food, clothing, and weapons. Shimila is a small country. The Hasmi family was destroyed before. In addition to the seizures on the battlefield and my father's hard work over the years, it is not a bad thing.
I can afford it.”
"It's just that the city wall will be rebuilt and the river will be redirected. It seems like a huge project, and the treasury may not be able to afford it."
"I know that this is a critical moment, and defending against foreign invasion is a top priority, but we cannot let the people go hungry. We have started planting the Champa rice you sent earlier, but it will take some time to mature. Besides, which
It’s supposed to keep people fed, so we can’t increase taxes.”
Kuranyi finished speaking in one breath and looked at Liu Feng and Guo Jia full of apology and embarrassment. Just a few days after he ascended the throne, it seemed that Kuranyi already fully understood the difficulties of the king of a country.
"Kuranyi, I was negligent. I talked about restoring the country and strengthening the army before. It is indeed unrealistic to strengthen the country without restoring the country. Let's think of another way. Let's postpone the reinforcement of the city wall for a while.
Wait. But we still have to work hard to maintain the arsenal and the soldiers we have recruited."
"I can still handle these," Kuranyi replied.
Liu Feng scratched his head. He had been working so hard in the past few days, but he had forgotten that everything required a lot of money to maintain. After all, money and food will not come from the sky, and Shimiluo Kingdom is only so big.
Raising such a large army is indeed a bit difficult.
Where does the money come from?
Chapter completed!