Outside the west city of Huaizhong City, there is a shantytown area.
It was originally used to house the surrendered soldiers of the Chu State. It stretched for two to three miles and followed a dilapidated old "state to state" road, forming a relatively long and narrow building complex.
However, soon after the surrender of the Chu State, due to the surrender of Yun Zhenlu, the "state official", they were completely turned into vacant ruins. In fact, less than one-third of the houses were still usable.
But now, these houses have to be renovated, and it is impossible not to do so.
In the future, Huaizhong City will be a "super city". At least 10,000 or 20,000 people will have to be crammed into the original narrow strip of two to three miles.
In addition to serfs and slave workers, there are also a large number of Jingman and Huaiyi people. These people will become the "aboriginal people" outside Huaizhong City in the future.
But in order for them to be used more efficiently by Li Jie, it is obvious that they must survive first, and this winter is a threshold.
Under normal circumstances, with the productivity of Huaiyi and Jingman, a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people have to be eliminated every winter. Only a very small number of upper class elites and hard-working bottom class can survive one winter after another.
Even if the average temperature throughout the year is relatively high, it will still be cold in winter when it should be cold.
Severe climate changes in local areas do not affect the overall situation.
"With gantry driving, it is indeed much easier."
In order to speed up the renovation of the shanty town in the west of the city, Li Jie changed the construction method.
The foundation became trenches. On top of the trenches, a series of cranes acted as cranes. With the help of pulleys, large blocks of rammed earth walls could be placed in one go.
The rammed earth walls are separated by wooden boards or rammed earth walls, thus forming compartments. Each compartment is actually a "family".
Every twenty households share a toilet, and human and animal excrement must not be wasted.
Domestic waste generated by tens of thousands of people living together is a huge challenge to the city's capacity, but being close to the Huai River naturally has its benefits.
Domestic sewage is directly discharged into the Huai River through ditches. With the self-purification ability of the Huai River, as long as Li Jie does not build a super city with a population of one million, there will be no pressure on the Huai River.
"My lord's method of construction is truly rare!"
Originally, Yun Zhenluo thought of asking the Yunzhen family's children to come over and help, and work hard to further leave a good impression on Li Jie.
After all, he doesn't have a good daughter like Suihou.
"It's a joke. If Yun Zhenzi wants to learn, I'll teach you."
"this……"
Yun Zhenlu thought that Li Jie was trying to trick him.
However, Li Jie smiled and said: "If Yunzhen wants to learn Li's construction method, I will teach you how to do it."
"Thank you, lord! Then... I am so shameless!"
Yun Zhenlu raised his hand in salute. He had to consider his family. The Yunzhen family took a huge risk by withdrawing from Yunmengze. Wu Guo was in trouble, and the Yunzhen family could only continue to run away.
It's just that Yun Zhenlu hasn't figured it out yet. Whether Wu Guo burps or not has nothing to do with Li Jie.
Although Yun Zhenlu also knew very well that the person who made Wu Guo belch was probably Li Jie.
"Before next spring, the amount of work will be quite large. Yun Zhenzi can hurry up and urge the children of the clan to come. In a few days, the engineering team from Jiangyin City should also arrive at Huaizhong City. When the time comes, let's follow and take a look."
"yes!"
Old Yunzhen is also unambiguous. In addition to those who pay to learn the art of war, there are also those who cannot afford the money. Now following Li Jie, the "escape doctor" also knows very well about Li Jie's behavior. , this student loan is obviously a trap.
If he fell in, wouldn't he spend half his life working for Li Jie in vain?
Of course, you can also choose to run away.
But to be honest, Yun Zhenlu had never seen anyone who offended Li Jie and escaped unscathed.
Even if you are proud for a while, you will have to settle accounts later.
The leader of the barbarians in Wu State is very vengeful.
The Yunzhen family sneaked to the Huai River through Sui Guo, and then settled in the southeast of Xincai. The whole process was smooth and smooth. Even the Yun family, who was from the same family as the Yunzhen family, did not expect that the Yunzhen family would be so determined.
What the Yun family didn't expect was that after the Yunzhen family lost the lives of dozens of clan members, Yun Zhenlu, in the process of resettling the clan members, even made the whole clan start to learn simplified Chinese characters.
The determination is so great that I have never seen it before.
Li Jie did not treat Yun Zhenluo badly. Some of the newly released papers were specially supplied to the Yunzhen family.
Although the "escape doctor" is in danger of death, his vision is not bad.
Commissioner Li needs the Yunzhen family as a sign of firm support. It is almost impossible for the other wealthy families in the Chu country to rely on their entire family to join them like the Yunzhen family did.
This situation is similar to when Commissioner Li was still the head of Village Li. Shang Wuji directly broke up with the Yunyan family, and then went to Baisha Village to spread his branches and claim to be the ancestor of the clan.
It takes much more courage than just “icing on the cake”.
beep beep beep beep
With a rapid whistle, the stocky Baisha Yongfu waved a flag on a construction site. Soon, the young and strong slave workers on the construction site stopped what they were doing. Whether they understood it or not, they would gradually move towards the temporary road.
Get closer together.
The whole team was in disarray and required the overseer to use sticks to adjust it.
When there is a language barrier, violence is the most efficient and simple way to maintain order.
The meal times in each work section are relatively staggered, and the temporary canteen is quite large. Fortunately, thanks to the use of a large number of new cooking utensils and the addition of coal, the efficiency is greatly improved.
Wild vegetables are mixed with millet, taro, fat and some salt to make something similar to steamed buns, and then steamed in a steamer. On a brick and stone stove, the steamer can be as high as one or two feet.
There are more than ten or twenty bamboo baskets filled with this miscellaneous grain steamed bread.
Everyone who works can get two steamed buns, as well as rich bean and wheat soup. The beans and wheat are boiled until they are soft and easy to digest.
This kind of bean and wheat soup also contains pickles, which are recently transported from Jiangyin City. Together with dried grass, it can basically ensure that everyone working at work can have enough to eat.
Similar to the excavation of "Rugou", there are performance appraisals at work. The performance standard on the "Rugou" construction site is the amount of earthwork, which is also the "Rugou earthwork volume", or "Ruquantity" for short.
The performance evaluation of the Chengxi construction site mainly depends on the amount of construction and the amount of bricks moved.
In each work section, there will be a huge gap in the food of the top performers.
A complete chicken leg, or two or three bright-colored braised eggs, or even half a pig's foot, or a whole fried river fish will make the slave workers in the same team envious and suspicious of life.
Such rewards and punishments, in Yun Zhenlu's opinion, are quite reasonable and orderly, but Li Jie is still not satisfied.
You can make do with it now, but there will still be many sequelae in the future. In such a densely populated area, it is impossible for him to manage it extensively.
"Huaizhong City has become so lively and orderly in just a few months. It's all thanks to the power of the lord."
What should I say about the power of the Dragon God? Anyway, Yun Zhenlu felt that the boss was magical and invincible.
Commissioner Li was interested in explaining, thinking that it would be better to maintain a sense of mystery. Distance creates beauty, and distance also creates fear.
"Whether it's divine power or super power, as long as we can stabilize this winter, next year, whether it's the Yunzhen family or the Cai family, life will be better."
"What the Lord said is true..."
Yun Zhenlu was convinced, and even more excited. By next year, how much food and products would be produced from the land around Huaizhong City?
When the time comes, our old employer, the Chu State, will take advantage of it!