Once the barbican is built, neither the Wuhuan to the north, nor the Huai Shuo to the east, nor the Yun Tian, can do anything to me.
The purpose of the Six Border Garrisons was to defend against the Wuhuan cavalry from the north, so they had no siege facilities and never practiced siege warfare.
Once completed, the barbican will have grain, water, its own blacksmith shop, and a large forest. Even if Yun Tian were to bring all 50,000 border troops from Wuchuan, they still wouldn't be able to breach the city. This is exactly what the slogan "Build high walls and store plenty of grain" means.
After dinner, the three of them fell into a deep sleep. These days, their bellies have grown bigger and bigger, so Lu Tu naturally wouldn't do anything anymore. Even if he couldn't hurt them, what if he hurt the baby?
The next morning, after exercising, Lü Tu rode his horse to the warehouse, where he found Xiao Zhong directing everyone to build a new warehouse with blue bricks.
This was also Lu Tu's order; the large warehouse had to be built first to facilitate the storage of grain and weapons.
"Mr. Xiao, are these bricks enough to repair the warehouse?"
"That's enough, sir. We already have 30,000 bricks, more than enough to build warehouses. I'll take the extras to the Gubeifeng Pass to build towers and city walls."
Lu Tu nodded in satisfaction: "Good! It would be best to divide the warehouse into functional areas."
Xiao Zhong asked blankly, "What is a functional area?"
"One room for weapons, one room for food, and one room for silver, and so on."
"I understand, sir. I think the same thing."
Xiao Zhong captured several bricklayers from among the refugees and was discussing the blueprints with them.
Lu Tu peered over and saw that the drawings Xiao Zhong had made were incredibly detailed, far exceeding his expectations. He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Mr. Xiao, did you draw this?"
Xiao Zhong nodded with a embarrassed expression: "That's right, it was indeed my hasty drawing."
"This is sloppy? Mr. Xiao, you are too modest. I think it would not be an exaggeration to call you a master architect of our time."
Upon hearing this praise, Xiao Zhong broke out in a cold sweat and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "You mustn't, sir. This is only what I learned after spending half a year with my second senior brother. As long as my second senior brother is alive, no one in the world would dare to call themselves a master architect."
Lu Tu was slightly surprised to hear this. Their Xuanpin Society was indeed full of hidden talents. Xiao Zhong alone could almost be called an encyclopedia. Although he was still a little short of the top in the industry, he had the advantage of knowing a little about everything and handling everything in a comprehensive manner.
And his junior sister goes without saying; even Nangong Huiyu is no match for her. She is definitely a top-tier assassin.
Even Xiao Zhong's second senior brother, whose name alone could make Xiao Zhong break out in a cold sweat, was someone Xiao Zhong knew without a doubt to be a top master in this field.
It's a pity that the Xuanpin Society's leader's token was taken away by that bastard Xu Jing. Last time, due to the harassment of the Huai Shuo border army, we were unable to capture Xu Jing, which is a real shame.
Otherwise, with the Xuanpin Token in hand, and Nangong Huiyu learning all the techniques within the token, they could create the most versatile organization of their time.
Do you know where your second senior brother is?
Xiao Zhong shook his head: "Ten years ago, my senior brother built the Zhenguo Temple for the emperor in the capital. Now his whereabouts are unknown, and the situation is turbulent. I don't know how my second senior brother is doing."
Lu Tu patted his arm reassuringly: "Such an extraordinary person would be respected wherever he goes, so he'll definitely be fine."
Xiao Zhong smiled bitterly: "My lord, you have lived in Wuchuan for a long time and may not know this. In the Great Yu Dynasty, the status of craftsmen was the same as that of merchants. Those who were not valued were only called strange and ingenious skills."
"It's a long and arduous task ahead. You go ahead and do your work while I go for a stroll."
Lu Tu arrived at the old wooden warehouse and saw Jiang Wanyu keeping accounts: "Jiang Wanyu, do you have any paper and pen to lend me?"
Jiang Wanyu then noticed Lü Tu and quickly stood up to bow, saying, "Please sit down, sir. I will grind ink for you."
Lu Tu took the pen and began to write: "Kuishan Village is recruiting a large number of craftsmen and artisans. No matter what skill you are good at, you can come to Kuishan Village to report. Each person will receive 1 jin of grain per day! Address: 30 li along the official road from the south gate of Wuchuan."
After finishing writing in one go, Lü Tu handed the pen to Jiang Wanyu and said, "Could you copy down a lot more for me and then give it to Liu Yang so he can take it to the South Gate and find Jia Dazhuang to put it up?"
Jiang Wanyu looked at the information on the paper with great surprise: "Sir, is this a recruitment notice? I have never seen such a concise recruitment notice before."
"Really? You're practically our accountant now. Write this format down. If we need to hire more people in the future, just use this format to write it down."
Jiang Wanyu nodded: "I understand."
Lu Tu found Liu Hu: "Hu Zi, are there any other groups of refugees nearby?"
"That's all, bro. Are we short-handed?"
"We're really short of them. Didn't we send Xiao Zhong to find a few groups of refugees before? It's been so long and only 1,000 refugees have come?"
Liu Hu asked curiously, "Brother, don't you know? There's a village called Mamenai in the west that's also recruiting a lot of refugees. And the treatment they offer is excellent. Men who go there are given wives, and no one has to work at all. They get relief food every day, even though it's just thin porridge that can't even stand up with chopsticks, it's still very attractive to refugees."
"When did you find out? Why didn't you report it?"
Liu Hu scratched his head: "I only found out a few days ago. I thought you knew beforehand, so I didn't say anything."
Do you know whose jurisdiction this Mamonai Village is under?
"I don't know, but I can go and find out now." With that, Liu Hu was about to mount his horse.
But Lu Tu stopped him: "Change your clothes and we'll go together."
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