Lin Yiran glanced at Xiao Yunzhan and continued,
“Then small rocks are placed on top of the gravel to fill in the gaps.”
“A mixture of crushed stone and clay is added to the surface, with the clay being locally available.”
“Then we use a leveler truck and a water truck, and finally a stone roller to flatten it.”
"The middle is higher and the sides are lower. The ditches on both sides are also dug deeper to facilitate rainwater flowing from the road into the drains."
"The planners and surveyors needed for road construction need to be reliable, and supervisors should be arranged to supervise each other."
"I can take care of the leveling truck, water truck, and stone rolling truck. You just need to arrange the personnel."
After listening to Lin Yiran's road-building method, Xiao Yunzhan nodded repeatedly in surprise.
"This method is good. Once the stone problem is solved, the rest is just a matter of labor. The people just have free time and can come and build the road."
Once the road is built, it will greatly save them the time it takes to travel to Pingliang City.
The soldiers need to train, and the road construction can be done by the people. He just needs to arrange more reliable soldiers to supervise.
"It's fine to let the people build the road. Shuitian City doesn't want to support idle people."
Lin Yiran nodded and said, "Everyone who comes to build the road can receive two meat buns and two scallion pancakes every day."
Only when people are well fed and well watered can they have the strength to build roads. Eating white flour meat buns and sesame cakes will make people more motivated.
She still had a lot of these two kinds of food in her space, which was just enough to distribute to the people when paving the road.
"Okay, I'll immediately contact Mr. Changsun to arrange for the road construction."
Xiao Yunzhan looked at the bumpy road and felt very excited.
This is a major project that will benefit future generations, so he has to give this road a good name.
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"General Xiao, General Long, please stay!"
Just as Xiao Yunzhan and Lin Yiran were walking back, a hoarse shout was heard behind them.
Lin Yiran turned around and looked.
He Dongning, with an untidy beard and chapped lips, stumbled towards them.
Far behind him followed a few horses that were struggling to breathe, and a few staggering officials.
After watching all of them, only He Dongning's steps were relatively steady.
Xiao Yunzhan looked at He Dongning in surprise and stepped forward.
"Master He, what happened in Pingliang City?"
Emperor Wu of Liang sent troops to Pingliang City so quickly?
It's obvious that Lord He is in this state because he has been traveling day and night. If it wasn't an urgent matter, why would he be traveling day and night?
Thinking that the families of the refugee soldiers were still in Pingliang City, Xiao Yunzhan suddenly felt a little anxious.
“No… no…”
He Dongning gasped and waved his hands repeatedly.
He pursed his cracked lips and swallowed hard twice.
“Is it raining in Brahma City?”
He Dongning stared at Xiao Yunzhan with a tired face and shining eyes.
He was very afraid that Xiao Yunzhan would say "it's not raining".
"Yes, it is raining." Xiao Yunzhan nodded.
"Okay, okay, okay!" He Dongning grinned when he heard the answer he wanted to hear.
"Hiss~" This smile pulled his cracked lips, and he gasped in pain.
He Dongning pursed his lips and looked at Xiao Yunzhan with a pleading look on his face.
"General Xiao, could you lend me the Taoist priests who prayed for rain? The ground in Pingliang City is cracked and desperately needs rain to moisten it..."
Although Xiao Yunzhan left a warehouse of water when he left Pingliang City, it was really not enough.
Each household could only get one bowl of water a day, and he didn't dare give any more.
Even with such conservation, more than half of the water in the warehouse has been used up, and it can only last for two or three days at most.
By the time he returned from Brahma City, the water in Pingliang City's warehouse was almost used up.
Xiao Yunzhan frowned and looked at Lin Yiran.
Lin Yiran then remembered that there would be more and more refugees in Pingliang City, and the water she left would not last long.
"How about this, tomorrow, my eldest sister-in-law, my second sister-in-law, and you, the four of us will go to Pingliang City together."
"The soldiers of the eldest and second sisters-in-law will be stationed directly in Pingliang City, so that when Emperor Wu of Liang sends troops, Pingliang City will not have the troops to respond."
Pingliang City, like Shuitian City, is their base camp, and a large number of soldiers must be stationed there to ensure the peace of the people in Pingliang City.
Xiao Yunzhan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.
The combined number of soldiers under the command of the eldest and second sister-in-law was barely 10,000, including many female soldiers, and they were somewhat insufficient in number to be stationed in Pingliang City.
"Okay, go back and gather the troops, and set off tomorrow morning."
He Dongning was very excited after listening to the conversation between the two.
He felt at ease knowing that there were soldiers stationed in Pingliang City.
God knows how worried he was every day that there would be spies in Pingliang City going to the capital to report him. He had taken the initiative to surrender to General Xiao. If Emperor Wu of Liang found out, his entire clan would be wiped out.
"Okay, okay, we all support you."
He Dongning nodded repeatedly, his face filled with unstoppable joy.
.........
"Long live King Yongchang!"
"Long live General Long!"
“.....”
After Xiao Yunzhan stepped into Shuitian City, the city gate guards and the people saluted them with joy on their faces.
He Dongning had just recovered from the shock of Brahma City turning into Shuitian City when he heard even more shocking news.
"King Yongchang!!"
He Dongning stared at Xiao Yunzhan with wide eyes, and his straight back instantly bent two points.
After walking a few steps, He Dongning had already accepted Xiao Yunzhan's self-proclaimed king.
They are about to rebel, so it is normal to make him a king. In the future, they will be the emperor, so what is the meaning of a king?
Xiao Yunzhan returned to the mansion and arranged for He Dongning and his group to rest, and then immediately summoned the military advisor Sun Dongcai.
The two of them hid in the study and whispered to each other for the whole afternoon.
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"Your Majesty, it's not a good idea to always spend so much manpower to watch over that madman."
"If he suddenly goes crazy one day, the entire palace will be destroyed by him."
The female official with the gap in the tooth looked at the crazy beggar who lived such a comfortable life in the cell every day, and she felt jealous and scared.
It is a year of famine now. She cannot eat meat for three or four days, but the crazy beggar eats meat every day.
How could the Empress indulge him just because she was worried that he would eat human flesh?
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