Chapter 928 Building a Wall
Li Tieniu came back that night.
Lin Dawang didn't see anyone.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Li Tieniu, who had a dark face, and asked, "What happened? Did Lin Dawang leave you behind and go away?"
Li Tieniu stiffened his neck, furious.
"This Lin Dawang, not only did he leave me behind, he also took the initiative to go to Master Wu alone, saying that he was Lin Dawang from Linjia Village, and then kicked me away. Master Jiang, this Lin Dawang must have had evil intentions. He probably thought that they had learned how to make snowflake salt, and they would naturally have no worries about sales if they hooked up with a nobleman.
I think he wants to break up with me. Today he ignored me and I had to come back alone."
When Li Tieniu thought of Lin Dawang's behavior, he became arrogant, completely different from the expression he had when he was learning how to make snowflake salt with him a few days ago.
He is really a dog.
Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled lightly, "Since Lin Dawang wants to work alone, let him do it, and we will do our own thing."
We need to urge people to repair the city wall as soon as possible. We don’t need to worry about how strong and durable it is, as long as it is built.
Li Tieniu felt a little disappointed.
Miss Jiang is so kind-hearted, how could she ignore Lin Dawang!
Lin Dawang is an ungrateful bastard.
The project in Lijia Village is progressing very quickly.
Li Tieniu built the city wall according to the suggestion of Mr. Jiang, following the progress of ancient concrete cement walls.
Of course, it is actually easy to keep it simple.
The yellow soil here is mixed with glutinous rice flour, glutinous rice water, and some sand, which is a simple version of cement.
Although this type of cement wall is not as hard as modern cement walls, it is quite strong.
Li Tieniu personally supervised the work.
Of course, the able-bodied men in the village had no time to build the city wall. Mainly because they had work to do. The grain in the fields was about to be harvested, and they had to be busy working in the fields.
Their plan is to prepare for both situations.
Of course, the villagers' harvest work was proceeding steadily, and the 18 able-bodied men in the village did not miss the two hours of training every day even during the harvest.
For them, no wind or rain can stop their enthusiasm for training.
They know that although these training methods may seem simple and harsh, to them, they are life-saving skills.
Jiang Xiaoxiao taught them not only various fighting skills, but also many more coordinated formations.
These are also the various methods that Jiang Xiaoxiao learned in the training room at the end of the world. They are no problem in dealing with monsters, not to mention dealing with ordinary people.
What they are doing now is a great way of cooperating with each other.
With 400 people building the city wall, the speed of building it was actually quite fast because these people had three meals a day and could have enough food every day.
From the thick porridge they ate in the previous three days, they have started to eat dry rice now, and even have a dish with meat every day, which is called meat dish.
Everyone ate the greasy meat dishes with great satisfaction and gratitude.
These meat dishes are made possible by the young men in the village who go up the mountain to hunt from time to time and shoot down some prey.
They improve everyone's life, since they have to eat meat during training anyway.
The villagers also need to eat meat to improve their lives, and these refugees eat meat together.
Benefiting from the good meals, these 400 people are getting stronger day by day. They are grateful to the people of Lijia Village for being so kind to them.
These people are working with all their might, fearing that they will be driven away if they don't perform actively. You should know that now your family can have enough food and drink, meat to eat, and a house to shelter from the wind and rain. Compared with wandering outside, such a life is so happy that they can catch up with becoming immortals.
They don’t know how the immortals in heaven live, but they know that even if they had eaten all the tree roots and grass, they still couldn’t fill their stomachs.
He watched his family members become emaciated one by one, and some even died in front of his eyes. He was even forced to sell his children and even his wife just to make a living.
The present days are extremely happy for them.
Everyone worked very hard, fearing that the people in the village would despise them. Of course, these leaders who worked very hard also had their own little thoughts in their minds. They hoped to work well and strive to make the people in Lijia Village look up to them.
They noticed that there were quite a few vacant houses in Lijia Village, and the villagers lived a pretty good life. If they could stay here and become residents of Lijia Village, then wouldn't they no longer have to go out in the wind and sun and beg for food in the future?
Isn't this more than what they would get from building a wall?
There are not a few people who hold this idea. After all, there are dozens of households, and the heads of each household have already made up their minds.
Even the elders and the young in the family have discussed and agreed on a goal, which is to perform well, finish the job, and negotiate with the leader, Mr. Jiang, to let them stay in Lijia Village.
That's a good life.
There are many people who hold this kind of thinking.
So in just half a month, a five-meter-high earthen wall had been built around the village.
Of course, the speed is so fast because Jiang Xiaoxiao's requirements are not very sophisticated, and he just follows a simple and rough production method.
They didn't make adobe bricks, but instead mixed a lot of stones into the sand and yellow mud, using local materials to form a simple concrete that was directly piled up.
This kind of wall is quite easy to build.
There is a two-meter-wide platform on top of the five-meter-high earth wall.
The earth wall was like the city wall on the other side of the prefectural city, with battlements built on it and observation holes, so that if someone attacked, they could attack directly from above. Of course, they were not like the officers and soldiers who possessed weapons such as bows and arrows, so even if there were battlements on it, their means of attack would probably be limited.
The reason they were able to build so quickly was mainly due to the very good terrain of Lijia Village. There was a big mountain behind their village and a dirt road in front of it, so as long as they built a wall in front of the village around the mountain, it was actually equivalent to enclosing the village.
Save a lot of effort.
Then there is a solid gate in front. As long as the gate is closed, the village will become a closed fortress.
If the gate is open, oxcarts and horse carriages can enter and exit without any problem, and people's daily lives are not affected.
In order to make it more stable, they made the gate very sturdy. Dozens of trees were cut down from the mountain just for this wooden gate.
It took several carpenters ten days to work day and night to build this sturdy wooden door.
In particular, the outside of this wooden door was painted with fire-proof paint at great expense. This was the unique wisdom of the ancients. Fire-proof paint had already existed in this era.
Seeing that the city wall had been built, the 80 families became a little anxious. The work was done, and if they were not kept, they would soon face being displaced again. So representatives from each family came directly to find Master Jiang and Li Tieniu.
Li Tieniu's status has risen. With the recommendation of the elders, he has become the village chief of Lijia Village, and also the youngest village chief.
(End of this chapter)
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