I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 228 [4 More] 228

When he saw the clean appearance, one idea in Zhao Puonu's mind was: this kind of city wall is tall and flat, how to climb it?

You must know that today's city walls are generally built with stones. If you are more particular, such as Chang'an, you will cut large stones into squares of about the same size, and then build them up bit by bit, and use cement to fill the gaps in the middle.

If it is a poor city, just find some stones and pile them up without paying attention to the shape, just to be strong.

The next step is the rammed earth city wall, let's not mention this.

The common feature of these city walls is that the surface is uneven, even the city walls of Chang'an City are the same, so if you have a sharper dagger in your hand, you can climb it.

To put it more scientifically, there is a place to borrow strength, but the surface of the city wall of Shuofang City does not seem to have any place to borrow strength. At that moment, Zhao Ponu even wanted to test the hardness of the city wall with a dagger.

But reason stopped him. If he really did this, he would be the one who was ridiculed.

As he got closer to Shuofang City, Zhao Puonu saw the busy people coming and going on the road.

For some reason, he always felt different from other places.

If I have to describe it, it should be that there is hope in my eyes.

According to Zhao Ponu's inherent impression, after experiencing the flames of war, even if the people in those cities survived, they were like walking corpses, and they were all numb.

He has seen a lot of people like that. On the contrary, Shuofangcheng, although they look disheartened, are full of energy, which makes them special.

Zhao Puonu couldn't help observing more, and only when he noticed a shadow covering him, he looked up and found that they had already begun to enter the city gate.

He calculated it in his mind, and found that the width of the city wall was far more than two feet. Just as he was about to ask, he remembered that the city wall was never straight up and down.

After entering the city, he looked back at the city wall, and his impression of Shuofang City changed a little in his heart. At the same time, he also had a different view of the King of the North and Huo Guang.

In any case, the manpower and material resources needed to build such a city wall are not ordinary.

He had long heard the legend that the King of the Northern Realm was a bit of a stone into gold. He didn't quite believe it before, but now he couldn't help but wonder if what he said was true?

With this doubt, Zhao Puonu was shocked again when he turned around.

What caught his eyes was the wide and straight road. From his visual observation, at least eight carriages could pass side by side. The most important thing is that the color of these roads is also very close to that of the city wall. It can be seen at a glance that the same road is used. Material.

In addition to the clean road at first glance, the trees and walls on both sides of the road also surprised him.

Along the way, he saw a wall separating the entire city. He was a little confused for a while, and couldn't help asking: "What are these walls?"

Jiang Chong said casually: "It's the square, His Highness's new idea, and it's not bad. As for what is inside the square, it is actually empty now. Only the Guoxiang Mansion and the post house were built first. The general also knows that we There is not enough manpower, so we can only do what is urgent, even the palace of His Highness has not been completed yet."

Zhao Ponu was a little surprised, he didn't expect Liu Tan to suspend the construction of the palace and devote himself to the capital.

For a moment, he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. He said he admired it, but it wasn't enough, and he said he was moved, but it wasn't, it was very complicated.

Along the way, Zhao Puonu couldn't help but always compare Shuofang City with Chang'an City, except that it was sparsely populated, it was almost the cleanest city he had ever seen.

This kind of neatness has nothing to do with the number of people or the number of people. It is the kind of clear division of labor that can be seen in the initial planning.

This kind of Shuofang City is in sharp contrast with the dilapidated appearance after the war that Zhao Puonu imagined.

Not to mention going through the war, Zhao Ponu passed by Shuofang City a long time ago when he was fighting the Xiongnu. In his impression, it was just a small earthen city.

Zhao Puonu couldn't help but said with emotion: "It's a pity that it's too open, if Chang'an..."

At this point, he himself was silent, a little unbelievable, why would he compare Shuofang with Chang'an?

Even if Shuofang City is the capital of the Northern Kingdom, then Chang'an is the capital of the Han Dynasty, and it should be the best city in the whole Han Dynasty.

Jiang Chong smiled and said: "After all, we have few people, but His Highness said that there will be more people, and we can't wait for more people to expand."

Zhao Puonu couldn't comment on the King of the North's thoughts for a while, so he had to change the subject and ask: "Why do I hear the sound of your horses' hoofs not right?"

This is what Zhao Puonu heard just now. He was too busy to be shocked by the current Shuofang City before, but he didn't notice it. He only discovered it after he came back to his senses.

You must know that as a general, understanding of the sound of horseshoes is also one of the necessary homework. The sound of horseshoes can provide many clues.

Now the hooves of the horse he was riding made a muffled sound when it hit the ground, but the hooves of the horses of the officials from the northern border country who came by him were very clear.

Jiang Chong was stunned for a moment: "Didn't General Zhao's horse be shoed?"

Zhao Puonu froze for a moment: "What is that?"

Jiang Chong wanted to explain to him, but he didn't know how to explain, so he said: "When we get to the post, just show it to the general."

Zhao Puonu nodded, and when he looked up, he saw a group of Huns carrying things to this side, and it seemed that they were under construction.

Zhao Ponu was stunned: "Why are there still Huns?"

Jiang Chong said calmly: "Oh, these people, these people are captured by His Royal Highness Li Xiaowei and Wei Xiaowei. You also know that we have few people, and it is not easy to build such a city in a short time. , but it’s not a problem to keep the people homeless, and if you don’t want to delay the spring plowing, you have to find another way and arrest the Huns to work.”

Zhao Ponu was shocked instantly: "Arrest the Huns... to work?"

Jiang Chong smiled: "Yes, Your Highness said that although the Huns are enemies, it would be a pity to kill them. It's better to let them work, and save us from conscripting corvee and oppressing the people."

Zhao Ponu couldn't help but swallowed and asked, "Then... how many did you catch?"

Jiang Chong tilted his head and thought for a while: "I'm really not sure about this." He turned his head to look at Li Buyan: "Lieutenant Li, how many have you caught?"

Although Li Buyan tried his best to appear calm, the pride on his face still couldn't be concealed: "There are probably more than 500 people."

Zhao Ponu:? ? ? ? ? ?You are so capable, what do you want me to do?