Chapter 102: Nose

"What is this? Is another kind of castle?" Shang Haibo took the drawings and looked at the drawings on the paper carefully. Lu Dalin also came over, especially interested. Lu Dalin had not been in contact with the castle in the world before, and after following Li Qing, he saw the true face of the castle. He was shocked and stayed in the castle for a whole day before coming out. At night, he took out a set of castle defense battles. What is even more valuable is that he actually came up with some ways to conquer the castle. Lu Dalin's years of command and combat experience is not comparable to new generals such as Wang Qinian. Seeing the method Lu Dalin sorted out, Wang Qinian and others admired him. The reputation of this guy is really not a big deal, and it is natural. When General Lu became a general, everyone here was still a soldier!

When Lu Dalin came, he also highly praised this kind of bastion. This kind of bastion can basically be called the tomb of the fort attacker. Li Qing, the designer of the bastion, also wished to worship him. If Dingzhou built such a fortress on a large scale, no matter how elite the barbarian soldiers were, they would not be able to use it. Now he built a large-scale bastion outside the main frontier in Shanglin, allowing the entire bastion group to extend for more than ten miles. Each bastion was connected by crisscrossing trenches. When a fort was captured, the soldiers could quickly retreat along these trenches to the next to the fort to preserve their troops to the maximum extent. Even Li Qing did not expect this.

When he heard Shang Haibo say that Li Qing had designed a new fortress, he was so excited. The fortress has such power. Could it be that there is a more powerful fortress? When he saw it, like Shang Haibo, he was puzzled. The round building in the painting did not look like a fortress at first glance?

"What is this?" the two of them asked in unison.

"Enclosed house!" Li Qing's eyes flashed and he said excitedly.

"What's the use of this?" Shang Haibo said in confusion.

Li Qing pulled another piece of paper, which was a plan of the walled house. "Let's see, this kind of house is very cheap, it doesn't cost much, but it's very practical. Look, it's divided into three floors, upper middle and lower, and the upper floor is a watchtower. Usually people can cool down on it, dry things and other things, right? In wartime, here, there are several crossbows on it, which is a watchtower. The second floor is occupied, and the first floor can raise animals. This is the gate. I saw it. There is only one gate in the whole walled house. Once the gate is closed, the walled house is a defensive fortress."

"Your Majesty wants to be like the barbarians. All the people are soldiers. If the barbarians don't come, these people are the people who farm. When the barbarians come, they run back to the enclosure house, close the gate, and take the arrows, and become soldiers!" Lu Dalin immediately reacted, "But such soldiers are not strong in combat! It is difficult to withstand the attack of the barbarians."

Li Qing shook his head, "They don't need to face the barbarians head-on. They mainly restrain themselves when the barbarians come and protect their property and lives. Therefore, the walled houses in advance must be within our effective protection range. For example, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed there in your upper forest, so you can build a large number of walled houses within your sight."

Shang Haibo nodded in agreement, "This is feasible. But how big should this walled house be built?"

Li Qing said: "There is no need to build too big in advance. You can live in dozens of households in each walled house. These people open up land and farm around the walled house. If you have any problems, you can run back to the walled house. There is no chance of any mistakes. In the future, you will gradually expand the scale."

Lu Dalin looked at the drawings and thought for a moment, suddenly said, "Master, I have another idea. The space between each enclosure should not be too far apart. In this way, we can lay rows of wooden stakes, two layers, and rammed soil in the middle. Such a simple city wall is formed. As more and more enclosures are built, such a city wall will be built farther and farther. Finally, a city will be formed. With it as the foundation, we will expand the scale of the city and turn it into a solid city."

Li Qingcun laughed: "This plan is great."

Lu Yiming frowned and said, "But most of these refugees came to avoid the war. Now they want to live on the territory of the more brutal barbarians. I am afraid that few of them have the courage to do so."

Li Qing thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, tell these refugees that as long as they are willing to go, no matter how much land they reclaim, we will not charge him a single tax, and apply for a land deed for him. This land will be his in the future. There will be brave men under heavy rewards. Don't ignore the desire for land by us Central Plains people. Besides, there are still tens of thousands of troops stationed by us!"

"If this is true, Grandmaster, then he will really stand firm in the future, which will have a great impact on our Dingzhou income!" Lu Yiming raised a new question.

"It depends on how you view this issue!" Li Qing said, "It seems that we have lost a lot of taxes, but with more people, other sources of wealth will be wider. There is another more important reason. After these people go, in order to save their lives and property, they will inevitably consciously carry out necessary military training. In this way, for a few years, they will be good soldiers. When necessary, we can call them into the army at any time. If they have a few battles with the barbarians during this period, my Tongzhi will be a veteran."

Lu Yiming thought about it, so he nodded and agreed.

"I think that when the general said this, we should send a family veteran to every walled house to guide these peasants in military training so that they would not panic at that time. The people in the mainland are not as fierce and good at fighting as our border states, but they should guide them more." Shang Haibo made another suggestion.

"Very good!" Li Qing agreed, "The veterans sent out all gave them a title of fruit head and gave them another silver."

A few people quickly formed a formal plan, and Qingfeng acted as a recorder, recording each person's suggestions one by one, and then sorting them out, and it was a current document.

"This is like a noose that will slowly tighten the necks of the barbarians on the grassland, making them difficult to breathe, and eventually suffocate to death." Li Qing's fingers drew a semicircle on the map and said.

"It's a pity that if we could contact the Shiwei people on the other side of Shangpanling Pass, we would be just around the corner to defeat Bayar." Li Qing was very regretful that the passage to the Shiwei people's territory was firmly controlled by the grassland people. It was basically impossible to contact the Shiwei people through their place.

Lu Dalin shook his head and said, "I heard that the Shiwei people are more barbaric than the grassland people. We call the grassland people barbarians, and the grassland people are also barbarians. They defeated the grassland people, but let the Shiwei people come to us. Isn't this the front door driving the tiger and the back door entering the wolf?"

"This is nothing!" Li Qing shook his head and said, "As soon as the old Wang of Shiwei died, the inside was immediately divided, which means that there was no one who could hold a garrison. No matter how fierce such a group of people were, it was easy to deal with. However, there was a talented and stubborn guy like Bayar on the grassland, which made people feel very troubled. If we could contact Shiwei, we should still grasp this line, Qingfeng, you should take this matter to heart."

"It's the general, I understand." Qingfeng raised his head and said.

Shang Haibo stared at the map on the wall for a while and said, "Master, there is actually no way to contact the Wei people in the upper room. Come and see here!"

Several people looked over, "Fuzhou?"

"Yes, Fuzhou Linhai is our neighbor again. There is a good harbor in Xuanhua County. You can enter the territory controlled by Shiwei people by taking a waterway and walking around. We can send people to set out from here."

Li Qing pondered for a moment, "But no one has ever walked this path, I'm afraid there are many obstacles along the way, and there are pirates on the sea. It's very difficult to walk this path! But it can be used as a way of thinking. Once you find a suitable candidate, you will try it. Anyway, you're treating a dead horse as a living horse. If you don't have the hope of success, you don't have disappointment. It's mainly up to us."

Everyone nodded.

"Mr. Shang, I have been leaving for several months. I will ask you for the daily affairs of the Changsheng Army." Li Qing said, "Especially the expansion and training of the army are the top priority, as well as the equipment and other issues. If the army is urgently expanded, its combat effectiveness will inevitably decline. The sooner we solve this problem, the easier it will be in the future. This problem cannot be ignored."

"Sir Lu, whenever there is money and property here, the state needs strong support. No matter how difficult it is, it must find a way. As long as you have spent this difficult period, you will get better and better in the future. Now is not a stingy time." Li Qing was a little worried that there was a knot between Lu Yiming and Shang Haibo, and the cooperation was not good. If you peel it, it would be a headache.

"Don't worry, sir!" Lu Yiming immediately stated, "Even if he tied his belt, it would not be short of military expenses. If he doesn't have any skin, where will the hair be attached? I still understand the old way."

"Well, that's good!" Li Qing admired his attitude very much. He took a knife from the wall, pulled it out, and put it on the table. "Everyone, please see, this is a knife that we just developed for steel for use in our craftsmanship. Let's see how this is different from what we used before?"

Lu Dalin was a military general. Seeing Lie Xinxiu, he picked up the knife and danced a few times, and then exclaimed, "Master, this knife is lighter than what we used before, but it is more flexible." As he said that, his arm slashed down hard, and stopped suddenly in the air. The knife made a buzzing sound, constantly vibrating.

"It's right!" Li Qing picked up another knife, took over the new knife in Lu Dalin's hand and raised it high, then slashed it hard, and with a choking sound, he had already chopped the handle behind it into two pieces. "So sharp!" Everyone was amazed.

Li Qing stretched the knife to everyone, and saw that the blade was still as sharp as before, and there was not even a gap. He had an expression of disbelief.

"This is the latest and best steel just developed. Unfortunately, it cannot be produced on a large scale. The technology is not stable enough. The good steel made is only made into this knife. However, steel that is slightly worse than him can be produced in batches. Everyone, our soldiers will be equipped with better weapons in the future. The spear produced by this steel is the thin iron armor of the barbarians, and they can be penetrated with one stab!" Li Qing said with a smile.

Everyone was excited.

Several people stayed in the study for a whole day, and even Yang Yidao sent lunch to the study for food. He kept making arrangements for all matters. It was already the time to take the lights, and Shang Haibo and others got up to say goodbye.
Chapter completed!