There is nothing difficult in the world but the …… ability to pay money.
This era of Suzhou is the world’s most capable of money state capital, no one, in terms of the same era of the world’s economic volume, modern New York, Los Angeles, as well as London and Paris are packaged bundled together, oh, but also to Tokyo and Singapore are counted, to be able to barely and this era of Suzhou bye bye bye bye, right?
After the Suzhou government’s ability to do so, Fengqiao fort defences dug a trench and laid a solid foundation overnight, bricks, stones, lime, glutinous rice, sand, wood and other necessary materials were also pulled to the construction site, piled up like a mountain.
Early in the morning, before dawn, nearly 1,000 people were already working feverishly on the construction site.
Zhu Pingan woke up early in the morning and saw this scene.
More than a hundred metres long cave bank defence has been built with five layers of bricks, and the sentry fort has been built with two layers of masonry.
Military construction is not about splendour, but only about sturdiness, which is simpler than building palaces and houses.
Moreover, the overall scale of the Maple Bridge defence line was not large.
It looked like the riverbank defence wall could be completed in one morning, and the anti-image sentry fort was a bit slower, after all, it was three storeys high.
Listening to the master of the Suzhou Prefecture workhouse who presided over the construction, the construction to a certain height has to dry for half a day, waiting for the lime and fine rice concrete to be a bit stronger before they can continue to build upwards, and also the process of putting up the beams, the roof, installing the pillar top stone and the pillars, etc., all need a certain amount of placing time as well.
“Lord Zhu, the fastest the three-storey anti-Japanese sentry fortress can be completed is about six days, but I will keep an eye on the progress, and try my best to rush forward the work schedule, and strive to complete it earlier …….”
Suzhou Household House Master said to Zhu Pingan with some nervousness, worrying that Zhu Pingan disliked the slow progress.
Shang Zhifu sent him to preside over the construction of the maple bridge defence line, deliberately stressed two points, the first point is the maple bridge defence line is Zhu Pingan constructed, the construction process to unconditionally listen to Zhu Pingan’s views; the second point is the construction progress and quality to make Zhu Pingan satisfied.
When Zhu Pingan heard this, he waved his hand repeatedly, ”It doesn’t need to be six days, as long as it is completed within ten days. Be sure to ensure quality, the stronger the sentry fort the better, use more lime and glutinous rice to coat it.”
This was ancient times, not the era of infrastructure maniacs a few hundred years later, to be able to build it within ten days, Zhu Pingan was already satisfied.
What I want is a solid as gold anti-military defence line, not a quickly piled up tofu dregs ……
Moreover, this era is purely handmade, there is no send high Zong, send grey Zong, fork sauce shovel sauce vomit mud sauce and other machinery, excessive rush, it is inevitable that it will be difficult to avoid the Royal Envoy and even oppression of the people, the people of the moment is already hard enough, can not be oppressed again.
In addition, after the riverbank defence wall was completed today, Fengqiao is not undefended, by virtue of the end of the wall, can also hold Fengqiao.
“Don’t worry, my lord, we will definitely complete it with quality and quantity.”
Hearing that Zhu Ping An said that it could be completed within ten days, Master Zhang was relieved and gave his assurance.
After observing for a while, Zhu Pingan found that Master Zhang’s ability was not bad, under his scheduling arrangements, the entire construction site was busy but not chaotic, and in good order, so he was relieved to hand over the construction site to Master Zhang, and returned to Fengqiao camp.
Zhu Pingan redid the planning of Fengqiao camp, accommodation area, drill area, shooting range, breeding area, canteen, bathhouse, toilet area and so on, except for the size and orientation, almost the same as the Peach Blossom Collection camp.
After the planning, Zhu Pingan made the generals of the Zhejiang army to take the battalion as a unit and go out of the battalion to practice around Suzhou City.
Zhu Pingan stressed to the soldiers military discipline, not to disturb the people, not to trample the crops, not to interfere with the people’s productive life.
The reason why Zhu Pingan made the Zhejian army out of the battalion training, one is to show the image of Zhejian army, so that the Zhejian army into the Suzhou, for the people of Suzhou recognised. To guard Suzhou well, we must rely on the Fengqiao fortifications, but also rely on the local people. The experience of great men tells us that with the support of the people, the army can be invincible.
Secondly, familiar with the geographical terrain of Suzhou, by pulling around the city of Suzhou, so that the Zheijiang army generals familiar with the city of Suzhou, water, land, forests, wood and other geographic terrain, in the future when the war can sit on the home field advantage, to enjoy the advantages of the terrain.
Soon, people rushing to the morning market outside the Gate of Heaven discovered the Zhejian army out of the camp for stretching.
“I am a soldier, from the common people, bathed in the weight of the imperial grace …… I am a soldier, love the king and love the people ……”
“Zhejiang army generals each to remember, the four iron laws eighteen chopping; first all actions listen to the command, the second does not take the masses a needle and thread ……”
A battalion of generals in neat formation, singing a loud military song, running through the street.
At first people were a little nervous and worried, but seeing that this generals were different from the guards’ army, they were disciplined, they did not commit any offence in autumn, they respected the old and loved the young, and they sang military songs that were all about love of the army and love of the people, people gradually relaxed.
“Oh, so this is the Zhejian army ah, you see you see all wearing armour, all young and strong.”
“I heard that their general is the year’s top student it …….”
People looked at the heavily armed Zhejian army generals who were stretching, and talked, gradually getting used to the Zhejian army generals who were stretching.
“Report, Lord Zhu, there’s an urgent official document from Lord Zhao Wenhua Zhao, the imperial envoy.”A flag-plugging cavalryman came outside the Zhejian army’s Fengqiao camp, interrupting Zhu Pingan’s work.
Zhu Pingan opened the official document, which requested that upon receipt of the official document, Zhu Pingan immediately select 800 elites from the Zhejiang Army to run to the Shazhou Sea Sacrifice Point and be at the disposal of the army without fail.
The sea sacrifice is going to start!
Shazhou is a natural harbour on the border of Jiangyin and Changshu, bordering Changshu in the east and Jiangyin in the west, Changshu County is under Suzhou Prefecture, and his own Zhejian army is stationed in Suzhou Prefecture, and it is in the rules to be drawn over to assist in the sea sacrifice by Zhao Wenhua.
Sacrifice of the sea is the cultivation of immortal Jiajing Emperor’s importance of the big event, Zhao Wenhua is the sea sacrifice of the Qinzhi, holding a chicken feather can be a command, one can only obey the order.
Zhu Pingan had to put down the work in hand, called up Liu Mu, Liu Dazhu and other battalion commanders, and pronounced Zhao Wenhua’s official document to them.
Zhu Pingan made Liu Dazhou and Ruofeng go to the battalion and select eight hundred elites to follow him to go to Shazhou to follow his orders, and asked all of them to be fully armed, and in addition to a handful of cannons, they should also bring another two hundred spare cannons, so as to avoid any cannons blowing up and other losses, and in addition to the battalion’s twenty-three artillery guns, twelve of them were taken away as well.
“This is my saber, you hold this saber, sit in the Fengqiao camp on my behalf, all those who don’t listen to your command, you can cut them off first.”
Zhu Pingan handed over his saber to Liu Mu in public, making him sit in the Fengqiao camp on his behalf, granting him the right to decapitate and then report, and explaining to Liu Mu again and again, he said.
“This sea sacrifice is huge in scale, and many local officials and soldiers have been deployed to assist, the Japanese will not sit back and watch, or mess up the sea sacrifice, or mess up the place, you have to be very careful, and send generals to take turns guarding the riverbank defence wall, and have 300 generals waiting behind the defence wall at all times.
behind the defence wall at all times. In addition, send generals to patrol the area from the Gate of Heaven to Fengqiao, and be wary of Japanese pirates mixing in and causing trouble.”
“During this period, send soldiers to check all merchants and people passing through Fengqiao, whether they are passing on the bridge or travelling in boats underneath it, and tell them that they are not allowed to carry weapons into Suzhou, and that any suspicious persons who are privy to weapons will be handed over to the Suzhou Prefecture for screening.
“Strictly tell all generals that they shall not take advantage of the opportunity to mooch, extort, or harass the people, and that if they are found out, they shall be severely punished.”
