Is this still the realm of the Han Dynasty? Why is it so strange?
Jian Yong felt as if he had entered another world.
It is a wooden rail road and an artesian canal, and they all seem to be related to the violent Qin Dynasty.
Jian Yong's outlook has been completely destroyed by the impact of these new things, and he can only mechanically say: "Lei Gongqu is handsome and has great skills!"
At the same time, he was also thinking in his mind, is this Lei Gong a descendant of a noble family passed down from the Qin Dynasty? Or did he get the guidance of a hermit master like Zhang Jiao? In short, these new affairs let Jian Yong know that this Lei Gong is not an ordinary person.
Wan Shi said, "That's natural. Our Qu Shuai has said that each of us will be given 100 acres of land so that we will never go hungry again. At the rate we are opening up wasteland, we can achieve it in three years at most!"
Jian Yong wanted to say that the entire Yanmen County did not have 20 million acres of land, but looking at this wonder-like elevated water channel, he did not say these words after all.
Continuing to march, they saw the Mayi New City. With the efforts of Xu Wei and others, they used gunpowder to blast a large number of stones as raw materials for the fortified city. These huge stones were transported on wooden tracks, placed on the city wall with gantry cranes, and finally made of earth and cement.
After gluing, this rough and primitive city wall was finally completely closed.
Because it is made of rock structure, the quality of this city wall is even higher than Xu Wei's expectation. Ordinary artillery bombing cannot do anything to this city wall. He estimates that it can be used until World War II.
Jian Yong looked at this new Mayi in surprise and found that it was not much worse than the first Zhuojun in Youzhou. You must know that Zhuojun is the largest city in Youzhou, with a population of hundreds of thousands. But Mayi is a small border town!
Jian Yong said: "This Lei Gongqu Shuai has only been in Mayi for more than two months, but he has actually changed the appearance of the whole Mayi! This is really not a small skill!"
There are elevated aqueducts, rail carriages, and such a brand new city. No wonder this Lei Gong has more money and more people than Xuande, but he has only cultivated less than 1 million acres of land. He originally had many people.
All spent on this.
Wan Shi smiled and said: "We, Qu Shuai, are the most powerful. Mayi is now the strongest city in the world and cannot be broken by anyone!"
However, Jian Yong saw tall chimneys and huge waterwheels beside the Sanggan River and asked curiously: "What are these? How can they be so huge?"
Wan Shi said: "That's the waterwheel. You see it keeps turning to bring the water to high places, and then it flows into the fields through this canal."
Jian Yong suddenly realized: "So this is a waterwheel!"
Wan Shi continued: "Those huge chimneys are from the ironworks and brick kilns. After all, we are building a new city here, and we need a lot of bricks every day. As for these chimneys, they are smoky every day."
Jian Yong said: "Aren't your workshops located in Mayi City? Aren't you worried about barbarians invading you?"
Wan Shi confidently said: "We have more than 100,000 soldiers here. Who dares to do anything? At first, 40,000 Bingzhou horse thieves wanted to rob our money, but they were not wiped out by our commander in one battle. Now they are still in the mines
Help us dig rocks, it would be better if someone dares to mess around, because our mine is still manned!"
Jian Yong had also heard about the battle between the Tengjia Army and the Horse Thief Alliance. From what Wan Shi said, it seemed that these horse thieves did not cause much damage to the Tengjia Army, but gave away their lives in vain.
After entering Mayi, Jian Yong found that not only the city walls of Mayi were new, but the houses inside were also new, and the people coming and going here made him feel like he was in a big city like Zhuojun. The most important thing was that there were many barbarians.
In the city of Mayi!
Jian Yong wondered: "Why are there so many barbarians in Mayi?"
Wan Shi said: "These are our tribesmen. Qushuai sent people to occupy the surrounding counties, and these barbarians took advantage of the opportunity to join us. There are probably tens of thousands of them."
Jian Yong asked: "Don't these barbarians resist?"
Wan Shi wondered: "Why are they resisting? If it weren't for our Qushuai, they wouldn't be able to live anymore. They used to go to work in Mayi and barely have enough to eat. It's just that we, Qushuai, want to be with them."
We recruited some cavalry and took in these barbarians!"
Then he said with envy: "And now Qu Shuai buys their wool at 3 yuan per pound of wool, and 200 yuan per sheep. Relying on wool, cattle and sheep, these barbarians have also become rich!"
As he said that, he pointed to a tavern, where there were actually barbarians, eating large pieces of meat and drinking heavily! He was only envious. At this stage, the whole Mayi was still eating from a big pot. The rice could be eaten, but everyone
But I don’t have much money, so the wine tavern is basically filled with outsiders.
Then Jian Yong looked around and found that there were indeed many foreigners and caravans bringing wool into Mayi City. This level of prosperity was something he had never seen before.
It seems that it is impossible for Xuande to tie up Lei Gong with grain! If a cavalry appears in Lei Gong's department, Xuande must be informed! Jian Yong thought to himself.
After seeing the situation in Mayi, compared with Liu Bei who was also in the field, taking care of 100,000 soldiers in the field had already consumed all his energy, let alone building another city. He couldn't help but admit that this Lei Gong was very capable.
He far surpassed Liu Bei in history and was a great hero of his generation.
Under the leadership of Wan Shi, Jian Yong came to a three-story wooden house and met an old man!
Old man Wang looked at Jian Yong and said, "How many sweaters do you plan to buy?"
Jian Yong said: "200 pieces!"
Old Man Wang showed a disappointed expression and said, "I thought you would sell tens of thousands of pieces, but I didn't expect that you are actually a poor man. Could it be that all the money Liu Yu gave you has been embezzled by you!"
The entire north also knew about Liu Bei's farming, and also knew that Liu Yu had given Liu Bei hundreds of millions of money, so Old Wang did not object to cooperating with Liu Bei, the officer and soldier who originally pursued them.
Make money? It's not shabby!
But Old Man Wang did not expect that the money Liu Bei received was not as good as that of a small tribe leader. If he had known that the deal was so small, he would never have come to see Jian Yong!
Jian Yong said: "The food and drink expenses of 100,000 people are not small money. Naturally, my captain must be careful about spending. I will invest 100,000 yuan first and give it a try. If your sweater can really sell well, I will increase the quantity in the future."
Yes! Old man, don’t ignore it. The Sanggan River runs through the entire Youzhou. My school captain can help you sell your goods all over Youzhou! And Jizhou is right on the edge of Youzhou. We can also sell your goods.
Go to Jizhou!"
Old Man Wang shook his head and said: "No need to say big words, old man, watch your actions!"
Then he wrote the words 200 sweaters on a piece of white paper!
Old Man Wang summoned Wan Shi and said, "After asking him to pay the money, you can go to the warehouse to pick up the sweater. I have other things to do!"