On this issue, Hong Tao made a decision, and no one objected, so he repaired it. Shuaiji-sama said that it makes sense to pave the way with gold, but I can't think of it because it doesn't exist, but because it's too stupid!

Fortunately, there is no shortage of stone mountains along the way, and there is no need to transport stones from afar, just build a quarry every ten miles.

Quarrying is no longer purely by fire, water, Huangzhou and Liangzhou have gunpowder workshops, not to mention the lack of raw materials, but it can be fried. Some of the blasted stones are manually chiseled, and some are processed by water or animal hacksaws, which is more efficient.

"Only 2,000 soldiers are definitely not enough, plus 2,000 prisoners of war are not enough, you can't stop all the workshops and go to build roads!" Technical and material problems can be solved, but there is one problem that is more difficult for him, people.

Emperor Shenzong transferred several battalions of van service to Huangzhou, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of work to build roads. If you want the imperial court to send a large number of personnel in a short period of time, it is obviously not reliable, and you can't recruit people, so it is estimated that no one is willing to pay for it.

At present, there is no shortage of work to do in Huangzhou and Liangzhou, who is willing to work tirelessly to build roads for the imperial court. This is the flaw of the law, once the ruler obeys the law, he will find that he cannot take the people from him, and he has to discuss what to do.

"Can you borrow some box service with Lanzhou to use, we can send double the military salary." Miao Kui was clever this time, and he wanted Hong Tao to go to Wang Hou to borrow someone.

"It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, and it is better to grab others than to borrow them. Borrowers have to spend money, and arresting people not only saves money but also captures them. ”

Hong Tao has already thought about this method and vetoed it, Wang Houzhen may be able to borrow someone, because part of this road is in his jurisdiction, and after it is repaired, it will also be of great help to the supply of Jisang City, and it is a matter of not paying for some people.

But Hong Tao didn't want the emperor to feel that he and Wang Hou got along well and could still have a heart-to-heart, in that case, he would not have any trouble, and Wang Hou's Qin Feng Road Envoy estimated that it would not be long before he could do it. He was sent to spy on him, not to assist him, and that must be made clear at all times.

If you don't have anyone and you can't borrow someone, then there is only one way to go, grab someone! But where to grab it, Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty have signed an armistice contract, and it is a big crime to start a war lightly at this time, and the emperor will not be happy.

"Go grab the yellow-headed tartars!" Miao Kui also asked so, and Hong Tao whispered a name.

"This, this, this ......" If Hong Tao hadn't mentioned it, Miao Kui would probably have forgotten that there was such an ethnic group. They are indeed not far from Ganzhou, but wouldn't robbing the yellow-headed Tatars be considered a light start of war?

"It was not the Huangzhou New Army that robbed the yellow-headed Tatars, but the Qingtang soldiers. Hey, hey, I don't seem to have told you that makeup is also one of the official's stunts. In a few days, the Japanese officials will go to Ganzhou to inspect the new city, this road is hundreds of miles, for the sake of safety, it is not too much to take 2,000 new troops together, right? ”

It is certainly not appropriate to start a war lightly, but a self-defense counterattack has to be another matter. Regardless of whether there was a peace agreement between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, there was never a lack of small friction in the border areas, which was also a common practice, and the scale of the war did not reach a certain level, and the border army guards could make their own decisions without consulting the emperor and the imperial court.

“…… The last general is willing to escort the adults there! Miao Kui finally got smart once, and didn't discuss with Hong Tao the question of whether to do or not, but took the initiative to ask for battle. He has basically nothing to do in Liangzhou City, and it is better to go on an expedition as a warrior than to look at the construction site.

"It should be like this, and I also ask General Miao to order 2,000 new troops, remember to choose more people who are good at mountain walking, and go to Ganzhou with this official."

Hong Tao really wanted Miao Kui to carry out this mission, he didn't know anything about internal affairs, and staying in Liangzhou was basically a waste. To deal with those pioneer households and merchants from the mainland, it is more suitable for Wang Da and them.

In addition, he has never been able to fully integrate into his own system, and the battles of Liangzhou and Ganzhou can only be seen in the rear, and if he is not taken on the expedition for a long time, he will have other ideas.

"The last general obeys!" really received the military order, Miao Kui looked full of energy, clasped his fists and saluted, and then strode towards the barracks.

"Kill your life!" When Miao Kui walked away, Hong Tao waved behind him again.

"The Last General ......"

"Take three hundred special forces to Ganzhou first to inform Tsering Gongduo, prepare two thousand sets of Qingtang soldiers' costumes, don't need a full set, just look like it, and by the way, let him take you to touch the situation of the yellow-headed Tatars." He Miao Kui said that he had a makeup stunt just a joke, where to use it so carefully in the war, probably just fool around.

Whether it is a Qingtang soldier or not, the loser has no right to speak, and the imperial court will not send a privy envoy or Dali Temple to investigate thousands of miles away. Even if the yellow-headed Tatars wanted to file a complaint, they could only submit a complaint to the supreme governor of the adjacent Ganliang Road, and they could not run all the way to Kaifeng to beat the drum of grievances.

As for whether the emperor's secret agent will know Hong Tao and not worry about it, love knows or not, I just did it, who told you not to give me enough manpower, then I can only figure it out myself.

After half a year, I came to Ganzhou for the second time, and the original dilapidated city has been renewed, and the scale is smaller than before, but it is more delicate and strong. That's right, it's tough, it seems a bit inappropriate to describe a city with this word, but Hong Tao really can't find any other words.

Wang Qi did have a talent as a craftsman, and he made full use of the advantages of local materials to build a real European-style castle with stone and cement.

In fact, he had only heard Hong Tao talk about this kind of construction in class, and at most he had seen it in the picture album, and he really built it with a general impression and imagination, and it was even more complicated than the castles in the West, because it was a castle complex.

Four tall towers stood at the four corners of the city wall, and under each tower was a complete castle, which was also part of the city wall, and the outward sides were full of shooting holes, which from a distance looked a bit like the gun doors of a sail battleship, one pressing on the other. On both sides of the interior are a variety of terraces and windows, both Chinese and Western.

Obviously, this kid took Ganzhou City as his study, for fear that he would not have the opportunity to preside over such a big project in the future, so he simply used everything he could think of. It's all light, it's a hodgepodge at all, and even if it's beautiful, it's morbid beauty.

In the middle of the castle is a hexagonal building higher than the city wall, which has not yet been completed, but how it looks like the Pentagon of later generations, there is only one more side.

These six sides are not designed randomly, and each of them has two levels of corridors connecting the main buildings on a city wall, four castles, and two gates to the north and south, exactly six.

The most interesting thing is the city gate, the city gate of Ganzhou is no longer a traditional gatehouse, but a wide avenue that runs through the north and south of the city. It forms a small plaza in the middle of the hexagonal building, while also splitting the hexagonal building in half from the middle. There was no shelter on it, and the wooden shafts of the four huge iron-clad wooden doors were embedded in the walls.

"If the enemy were to attack through the city gates, the buildings on both sides could be attacked with roof and side firing holes, and there was nowhere to hide in the streets. The entrance and exit to enter the central fortress is in the square, and it is not easy to complete this road, but the officials feel that there is a big flaw? Wang Qi is most proud of the design of the city gate, because only here has not learned any experience, it is all his own thinking.

"What does General Miao think?" Hong Tao did not express his opinion immediately, but turned the question to Miao Kui.

"It's the first time the last general has seen such a strong city, all built by large stones within a zhang, and he can't think of a way to break the city except for a heavy siege."

Miao Kui grinned, it seemed useless to build such a strong city in such a barren place. However, Wang Qi is Hong Tao's adopted son, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, so don't pick the fault, say more good things.

"Hey, hey, hey...... There is no siege, there is food and water in the city, and there is a stroke of genius, please send me! Wang Qi seemed to be waiting for others to say that he was besieged, and he smiled so obscenely that he already had the demeanor of a five-point flood, pushed open a small door on the wall, and waited sideways.

"No wonder thousands of prisoners of war have been repaired for more than half a year, and there is still cement to help it still not finished, you are going to engage in tunnel warfare! Was there an underground river here? ”

Further down from the central fortress, there is an underground building, which is not too surprising, and even more amazing is on the south side of the basement. There is actually a passage more than a zhang wide here, the length is not short, because there is a carriage inside, can you take the car if it is short?