After washing up and using some snacks, Wang Dynasty Ma Han rushed back when he heard the news, and Su Jin led everyone out of the palace to inspect the streets and alleys of the city again.

Su Jin's heart has always been very dissatisfied with the dilapidated situation of Weizhou City, the city can be seen in addition to the main street, the rest of the places are really unbearable, there are large and small slums scattered everywhere in the southeast and northwest, and the houses are also dilapidated and unplanned and messy, Su Jin has already moved his mind when he inspected before, and at this time, the cancer in the city was cleared, and Su Jin also officially put the reconstruction plan on the agenda.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, Su Jin understands that so many people have nothing to do in the city, which is a great pressure on public security, and it is necessary to keep these people busy, to form an atmosphere of active home construction in the whole city, and to rekindle people's confidence, so even if it is not necessary, it is necessary to let the people move.

A large slum in the southern city was Su Jin's top target, and Su Jin stood next to a sewage-filled ditch and talked about his plan to the gathered people.

"Folks, all the way to this house, I saw that the houses where we live are dilapidated, the environment is bad, it is really unsightly, how do you live in such a house in winter? There is no telling when the war will end, and there is no specific date for returning to the village to farm, so everyone should treat the city as a new home and plan and build it well; Look at the sewage river around here, the feces and sludge in it stink, mosquitoes and flies flying, this is a breeding place for diseases; As the old saying goes: How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? You don't need to be responsible for the national society, but the environment you live in must always be clean and tidy, right? ”

An old man nodded and stepped forward and said, "Lord Prefect, we were forced to move into the city, and we didn't know that the war would last so long, so we built a simple residence at the beginning; Later, when there was no food to eat, and people couldn't even walk, how could they have the leisure to renovate their houses? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I don't mean to blame everyone, I also understand the previous situation, but think about it, now that the imperial court is relieving us, we can't always worry about the imperial court, right?" We are a small border town, not only to live but also to shoulder the responsibility of border guards, if the city is noisy all day long, diseases are rampant, how do you teach the soldiers to kill the enemy with peace of mind? So we have to take care of ourselves, isn't that the truth? ”

All the people nodded and said, "What I said is that we don't want to kill the enemy and fight, we should take care of ourselves and not teach the adults to worry about it." ”

Su Jin continued: "Your fathers and elders have suffered a lot from the oppression of the ink officials, and the government also understands that you really don't have the heart to think of this, but now it is different, the relief grain of the imperial court is to be exchanged for labor labor, and the food sent by the government for ten days does not require you to exchange it for labor, which is also the sympathy of the imperial court, but the original intention of the imperial court is to ask you to assist in defending the city, so the follow-up food relief needs to be exchanged for labor laborWhat do you think? ”

The people laughed and said: "This is naturally good, I don't want to eat and drink for nothing, the government did not arrange labor in the past, that is, I want to exchange labor for food, but I can't exchange it, besides, helping us build our own houses is counted as labor in the imperial court, we are taking a big advantage, my lord is thinking about us, how can anyone disagree." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "You understand the hard work of the house, then let's do it, the transformation will start from the south city, in the afternoon I ordered people to register on the spot, all men over fifteen and sixty can sign up for service, one person can get ten yuan a day, eat and drink three meals, if there are craftsmen who can double the labor money, the rest of the old and weak can arrange miscellaneous work and light things, of course, the remuneration is less, but it must be able to eat." ”

The people were thunderous, thinking that they were only responsible for food, but they didn't expect that there would be wages, which can be regarded as a golden lump in the sky, and everyone happily geared up.

"The house must be built in accordance with the government's plan, a row of houses and a row of roads, a culvert is built in the middle, the dirty water used in the house must be discharged from the culvert, and in the future, trees and willows must be planted, flowers and plants will be planted, and the city of Weizhou will be turned into a plug in the south of the Yangtze River, so that people from the mainland will also envy it, do you think it is good?" Su Jin said with a smile.

"Good!" The people applauded, the scene depicted by Lord Fuzun really taught people to yearn for it, if it really became like that, what would they do in the countryside to farm? Isn't saving money to start a business a hundred times better than farming?

"But Lord Su, what are we going to do to build a house? There's no material. Someone asked.

Su Jin smiled: "This is not easy? Longshan is only twenty or thirty miles away, and there are still few stones and wood on the mountain? Tomorrow morning, everyone sharpens the machete and axe, first goes to the mountain to cut wood and transport stones, and when the materials are ready, the current house will be bulldozed in one fell swoop, and the construction will start immediately; You must be muttering, what should you do if there is a nuisance of thieves when you go out of the city to cut wood? Don't worry, I will ask General Ge, who we have all deployed, to personally lead troops to escort you and ensure your safety. ”

Everyone applauded loudly, they were afraid of the nuisance of the western thieves before, everyone was cautious when they went out of the city, and the officers and soldiers also closed the city, for fear of encountering the western thieves; The new prefect seems to be not afraid, and with the escort of officers and soldiers, he will feel much more at ease on the way.

Su Jin left the slum area of Nancheng, and came to the city gate and city wall to inspect, most of the original guard responsibilities were deployed to bear, Su Jin didn't care about those, led people to patrol around along the city wall, and walked to the north gate near the city gate, and saw a group of soldiers around a wooden pillar pointing and pointing, Su Jin and others took a closer look, but it turned out that there was a soldier tied to the pillar, who had been beaten to pieces, obviously made some mistakes.

The head of the city guarding the city in Beicheng knew Su Jin, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Su Jin asked, "What's going on?" ”

Nadu head said: "Back to Lord Su, just now Commander Ge came to patrol the defense, this kid hid in the military house and slept a lot, and was caught by Commander Ge. ”

Su Jin nodded secretly, Ge Huaimin also had a little bit of hard work, and he mentioned to him the matter of rectifying military discipline, it seems that he listened to it, and now it is being carried out strictly.

"Where is Commander Ge now?"

"No, patrol the city." Nadu pointed to the head of the city, and sure enough, he saw a group of figures at the head of the city pointing and pointing outside the city.

Su Jin said: "Lead the way, let's go up too." ”

The head of the capital hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way, Su Jin and others climbed the city head along the wide stone steps, the city wall is already very majestic at the bottom, and it is even more amazing to look at it, the reinforced city wall is nearly two zhang wide, and the height of the city gate is nearly three zhang from the ground, obviously Fan Zhongyan's order has been implemented, and the city defense is solid except for the reinforcement of the south city wall.

"Master Su, why are you here?" Ge Huaimin saw Su Jin and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute.

Su Jin said: "I'm here to ask you for something." ”

Ge Huaimin said: "What is said is what is said, and what is said to ask for words." ”

Su Jin told Ge Huaimin about the renovation of the city, and Ge Huaimin frowned a little and said, "My lord, is it a little redundant to spend time repairing the houses now?" I was about to propose to the Lord to increase the height of the city wall by a few feet, and also wanted to build a number of arrow towers near the city gate, but the news sent back by the scouts recently is not good, the Western Thieves seem to be gathering troops and horses, it seems that there are signs of attack, but I don't know which direction it is in, if it goes straight to Weizhou City, it will be troublesome. ”

Su Jin was shocked: "In your opinion, how long will it take to complete the assembly and attack?" ”

Ge Huaimin said: "It depends on the scale, if it is 100,000 soldiers and horses, it will take at least 20 days to prepare for the assembly plus the preparation of grain and grass materials before it can be dispatched. ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "Then we have to go to Longshan to cut down and transport stones, not to mention anything else, just to fight the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city must also be prepared, this is not only the things that build houses, these are also weapons." ”

Ge Huaimin patted his head and said: "Look at my foolishness, what the adults said is that the materials for defending the city are indeed not enough, and I will definitely send troops to guard it tomorrow, but what do you think about the strengthening of the city defense?" ”

Su Jin looked at the pattern around the city gate and said: "Actually, I think that if the city wall is strong and tall, Weizhou is already a strong and durable place, and now it is actually of little significance to reinforce, the arrow tower at the city gate can be built, if it still needs to be reinforced, I suggest building an urn city at the gate of the four cities." ”

Ge Huaimin said: "Urn City? If you build an urn city in a hurry, it will definitely not be strong, and it will not be able to hold it. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Why should the urn city be guarded, the urn city is the meaning of catching turtles in the urn, I just suggest, if you think it is useless, you can not build it, I am not very good at war, but I saw that a family in Bianliang built a small urn wall in order to prevent thieves from stealing, I think it is very good; If you want to build, I can mobilize the rest of the people to start building immediately, anyway, everyone is idle. ”

Although Ge Huaimin felt that it was unnecessary, Su Jin's idle words stirred the nerves in his brain, since the people were idle, why not build one and try it, anyway, there are many people in Weizhou, and he is also in urgent need of meritorious service, if the thief from the west calls, it is an excellent opportunity for meritorious service, and it is naturally better to have a better chance of winning; So he said: "Then build an urn city at the north gate of this city, and it is unknown whether it can build miraculous feats." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I hope so, I will order someone to collect people in the afternoon, and this time the team of logging tomorrow will be even bigger." ”

Ge Huaimin patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, everything is with my old Ge, I will arrange a scout team fifty miles away from the city to patrol, even if there is an enemy situation, you can withdraw in time." ”