During the process of digging and casting the city walls, a part of the flat hell can be expanded for other things.
But this requires a lot of manpower.
Not only do they have to build city walls, but they also have to dig trenches. The most difficult thing is that digging trenches requires more people.
But if the city is built with earth walls, the excavated soil will not be wasted.
So Liu Feng’s plan is to combine the two. He can use the excavated soil directly. If it is not enough, he can continue to dig soil from other places.
In this way, the two can be carried out simultaneously, and the city defense of the core area can be completed in the shortest time.
After completing the core area, we can build the second outer city wall. This will achieve twice the result with half the effort and greatly save manpower.
Liu Feng marked the places on the map where city defenses and trenches needed to be built.
Right now, what Zhengde County lacks most is people, as the area is vast and the population is sparse.
This kind of person can't do such a thing.
After all, construction is underway everywhere, and every workshop needs people. Although many refugees have arrived one after another, a few dozen people are just a drop in the bucket.
The only people who can work now are the few hundred guards under Lin Xiaoxi and the three thousand Tiger Roar Army.
There is no other way, so let the two brothers of the Linghu family bring the Tiger Roar Army to work.
But the entire tribe cannot be present, they must take turns.
Therefore, Wu San Tong needs to go to other places to get some people back.
You can pay these people their wages when the time comes.
Although silver is in short supply now, everything will be fine as long as the silver for cloth and salt arrives.
"General, you're looking for me?"
Lin Xiaoxi came soon.
Liu Feng put down the pen in his hand.
"From now on, the entire Zhengde County will focus on building the city's defenses. Training will be temporarily reduced, and the entire army will participate in the construction of the city's defenses."
"I made a preliminary plan. The height is more than one foot, the width is more than seven feet, and the base is built more than one foot."
"Dig a trench outside the city wall that's more than a god's length."
"As for the excavated earth and rocks, find a place to pile them up for future use."
Taking the map, Lin Xiaoxi looked at what Liu Feng had drawn on the map and couldn't help but gasp.
"General, this too?"
"how?"
Liu Feng asked.
"This is too big a bust. This is a huge project."
Lin Xiaoxi was dumbfounded. Not to mention that building the city wall was a huge project, the depth and length of the trench alone was already a super project.
"General, I understand."
"I will start buying tools tomorrow."
"Also, I will arrange for Chen Buyi. Although we have a large army, we definitely don't have enough manpower for such a massive project."
"Chen Buyi is out all the time now. Let him recruit some coolies."
"I've got about 5,000 people for the construction. I'll leave this to you."
"Time is limited. I can't give you too much time. You must complete the city defense within a month.
Liu Feng worries too much.
The Heaven and Earth Society, and the Northern Barbarians.
Any large army approaching would be a fatal threat to Zhengde County.
Although Lin Xiaoxi agreed to this task, she still faced many difficulties.
For Lin Xiaoxi, this was the first time she had received such an important mission. Before, she was only responsible for some daily affairs in the village, similar to a county police chief. But now, she was so trusted by Liu Feng that she was very grateful.
So I dare not be negligent in the slightest.
"How many households in Shanggou Village have not yet moved out?"
"Can all the villagers who haven't moved out be moved into the new residential area within a month of our construction?"
That's the next question.
There are two lines of city defense, but some people cannot be fully planned in.
Therefore, we have to consider a serious problem. If these residents move in and stay outside, then once the army attacks, there will be no end to the suffering.
But at the same time, there is another serious problem. Once these residents move into the new residential area, although the environment will be better in all aspects.
However, the distance they have to travel to Shanggou Village to farm is much longer, after all, their large area of land is in Shanggou Village.
There simply isn't that much farmland in the new residential areas.
"General, some of the elderly are not happy to move."
"They think the general's kindness is good, but they have lived in Shanggou Village all their lives and they only have a few days left to live, so there is no need to move."
Lin Xiaoxi explained.
Liu Feng frowned.
"It's okay. I understand if you don't move away, but you need to make it clear to these villagers if there's a war in the future."
"They won't have time to hide inside the city walls, and if they are killed inexplicably, don't blame me for not explaining it to them in advance."
Lin Xiaoxi took a look at the mark on the map and understood it instantly.
"Village, General, I know what to do. Even if I have to carry them to move, I must ensure the safety of the villagers."
Currently, in the process of building city walls and trenches, there is still one problem that needs to be solved.
Trenches require digging soil, so how should the excavated soil be transported?
The second issue is filling the soil. When building the city wall with so much soil, it needs to be completely compacted after filling it in.
According to Liu Feng's idea, the task of transporting soil would be done by a wheelbarrow. Liu Feng had seen this kind of wheelbarrow in his previous life, and it was particularly light to use.
By then, with the help of horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts, there shouldn't be any problem.
Wheelbarrows are available in Tianyong City, but they are troublesome for unloading.
Therefore, Liu Feng has to make some modifications to the unicycle of this era to make it suitable for current use.
The main thing is to add two support points, some pins, etc.
At that time, each person will have a wheelbarrow. After the transported soil arrives at the destination, they will pull out the pin and unload the soil from the wheelbarrow by themselves.
As for building the city wall, the soil had to be completely compacted. This was a huge project and there was no large machinery available in that era.
The only option was to use primitive manual labor to tamp the earth, with three people working in a group, using the force of the huge wooden stakes rising and falling to tamp the earth.
However, Liu Feng considered that using wooden stakes was the most basic method. He believed that the power of wooden stakes was far from enough, so he thought of using stones.
Simply use a frame, tie a regular boulder in the middle, and manually tie the traction ropes around it to achieve ramming.
Liu Feng put his idea into practice without hesitation, drew two blueprints and gave them to Zhuge, asking him to hurry up and finish them.
First came the wheelbarrow for transporting soil, and second came the rammed earth rack.
Faced with the danger that could happen soon, Liu Feng had very limited time to complete the construction.
After arranging all these things, Liu Feng hurried to Zhang Tiechui's blacksmith workshop.
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