Building a fortress in seven states, three armies and one mansion is a big deal! There are a total of 11 prefecture-level administrative districts, and there are dozens of county towns alone, and there are even hundreds of military fortresses. Except for the Jiehe Shang City and its surroundings, there are many "red forts" built in violation of regulations, and the castles and fortresses in other places have not been repaired for a hundred years. Now, if a tenth of the castle were to be converted into brick and earth, the red bricks and plaster alone would cost tens of millions of dollars.

Moreover, the construction of the castle could not only be bricks and plaster, but also a large number of garrison equipment, which was a large expense.

In the inner hall of General Xu's office, everyone's eyes were on Ji Yi, the Hebei capital transfer envoy who was holding a huge amount of money in his hand.

Ji Yi was not in a hurry, first took a sip of tea soup, and then slowly spoke: "The cities to be built this time are not one or two, but hundreds!" There are many castles, and it is not possible to rely on the transfer of the envoy and the family to work, and it is necessary to work together with the Xuanfu Division, the various marshals, the state capital, and the county government and military village below.

Today, let's discuss the division of labor in all aspects, and how to share the cost of building the castle. ”

Speaking of this, Ji Yi glanced at Wu Haogu, "Hebei military affairs are headed by the Xuanfu Division, why don't you ask Wu Xuanshuai to say what kind of castle you have to build?" ”

"Not only what kind of castle to build, but also where to build it, these two things must be grasped by the general army engine room of the Xuanfu Division."

Wu Haogu took over the topic, and then put forward his own opinion. The four pacification envoys present and Tan Zhen, the prison guard, did not raise any objections, anyway, they don't really understand military affairs, so why bother to mix in this kind of thing that has no oil and water and is still responsible?

"Who will do the construction can be discussed slowly." Wu Haogu continued, "What kind of materials will be used to build the city can be determined now. The opinion of the Xuanfu Division is that all state cities, government cities, and military cities should be built into brick cities as much as possible, and like Jiehe Shang City, the city should be repaired by using red bricks and soil.

This has two advantages, one is that the brick city is stronger and more durable than the earth city; Second, the brick-clad soil can be added on the basis of the original earth city, not only the construction period is short, the difficulty of construction is simpler than that of rammed earth plate building, and the quality is easy to control. ”

In the area of labor for the construction of the castle, Wu Haogu and Ji Yi had no way to interfere, and the magistrates had to mobilize the people. All they could do was provide the red bricks, plaster, and overseers for the construction of the city.

"More than a dozen castles!" Liang Zimei frowned and said, "How many bricks do you have to use?" ”

Wu Haogu replied: "If you follow the cultivation method of Jiehe Commercial City, you will use about 40,000 bricks in one step, and you will need 8,000 catties of Jiehe mud and 40,000 catties of sediment. ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately frightened several old men in the inner hall.

"Ahh So much! ”

"Where can I afford this?"

"Too much, too much......"

"How many bricks are in a kiln? How long will it be burned? ”

Although Xu Jiang, Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia and Wang Yang are all civil officials who are relatively proficient in practice, they are all middle-aged and elderly people who are old after all, and they don't think much about the set of positivist schools, and the information they have is inevitably a little outdated.

They are still stuck in the thinking of the era of small-scale peasant economy, and they simply cannot imagine how the open brick kilns in Jiehe Shang City and Jingdong Shang City burn bricks. In the traditional sealed brick kiln, one kiln brick is 5,000 pieces. For example, the city wall of Jiehe Shang City, one step to repair requires a full eight kilns of bricks.

The open brick kiln, which appeared ten years ago, has developed into a method of mass production after being favored by commercial capital, pooled labor, and cheap coal arriving by water. The latest open brick kiln can fire 50,000 to 60,000 red bricks at a time. Ten times more efficient than traditional sealing brick kilns!

Therefore, Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial Market have now developed into centers for industrial production of red bricks! In the absence of brick-making machinery, the total annual output of red bricks in the two major commercial markets is as high as more than 100 million! It can not only meet the needs of the two major commercial markets themselves, but also sell them to various places through waterways.

The red bricks needed for the tall and sturdy walls of the Jiehe commercial market are only the output of the two major commercial markets in a year.

Wu Haogu glanced at a few old men, and explained with a smile: "How many bricks are used, it depends on how thick the bricks are." If the bricks are thick, there will naturally be more bricks. If the package is thin, there will naturally be fewer bricks. Jiehe Commercial Market is 40,000 bricks in one step, because it is thick, and the city wall is tall. If it is properly wrapped, 12,000, or even 5,000 or 6,000 bricks can build a city wall. Most of the state cities and capital cities along the border are not large, generally ten miles and eight miles, three or four thousand steps up and down, and there are 20 million to 40 million bricks that can be repaired again.

Moreover, the Zhending Mansion City in the three armies and one government in the seven states along the border was originally a stone city, and there was no need to wrap bricks, and Cangzhou was blocked by the Jiehe Commercial Market, so there was no need to immediately wrap bricks for Xinzhou City. Therefore, there are only six states and three armies left, and a total of nine castles are to be converted into brick cities, and 300 million to 350 million bricks should be enough. In addition, 50 or 60 million catties of boundary river plaster will be used.

As for the county seat and the fortress, you can first strengthen the earthen city to make do, and then slowly build it into a brick city in the future. I don't know what you think? ”

350 million bricks, 50 or 60 million catties of plaster, plus the cost of transportation, 2 million yuan didn't run away! In addition, the gang ships transporting these red bricks and marl can be exempted from the tax card along the way by the Hebei Metropolitan Transit Mission, and the gang merchants can also carry a little private goods by the way.

"Chongdao, so many bricks, so many plasters, how to calculate the price?" Xu Jiang said as he squinted his eyes and looked at Wu Haogu.

Wu Haogu laughed twice: "This matter is not my business. Remember, you're a transporter, you say it. ”

Ji Yi frowned, as if he was weighing it in his heart, and Liang Zimei interjected: "This matter should be bought and bought, right?" You can't let the merchant raise the price. ”

It's a big hole to buy this!

gave more Yu Shi just impeachment, and deducted Wu Haogu and Ji Yi on a charge of greed and defilement. If there is less, the free trade environment of Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial Market will be destroyed.

And although Ji Yi is the envoy of the capital, it is impossible for an official of his status to personally inquire about the purchase of bricks. It must be handed over to the subordinates below to be responsible, and there are many unexplained things here!

Hearing Liang Zimei's words, Xu Jiang also nodded in agreement, and turned his head to look at Ji Yi again: "Yizhi, what do you think?" ”

Ji Yi said with a smile: "Xu Xianggong, Scholar Liang, although this is a good way to buy, the younger generation cannot use it." After all, the expenditure on rectifying Hebei's defense and resisting the Khitan this time was too huge, and the Son of Heaven had already promised tens of thousands of dollars...... If there is an omission, the number of millions is small! With this virtue of the younger generation, how can you afford it? ”

"Yizhi, what do you want to do?"

Ji Yi said with a smile: "Let's not talk about the small and fragmented expenses, this large amount of purchase...... According to my intentions, it has to be frank and open. ”

"Frank?" Xu Jiang smiled, "Most businessmen are cunning, how can they be frank and unrestrained? ”

"The businessman is cunning, and he needs officials like us to respond to it frankly!" Ji recalled, "For large purchases, the contract should be publicly developed, so that the businessmen who have the ability to supply should be contracted." The Metropolitan Transport Division, the Wulu Shuai Division, and the Hebei Xuanfu Division and Tan Daguan jointly sent personnel to discuss and decide on the object of the contract. ”

In fact, the method he said was the bidding of later generations, which first appeared in the official procurement and engineering projects of Jiehe Commercial City. Later, it was adopted by a large number of new commercial banks such as Jingdong Commercial Market, Yuntai Xue Palace, Gezhi Xue Palace, as well as Gonghe Bank, Jiehe Construction Bank, Jiehe Boat Company, Jiehe Armory, Jiehe Iron Works, Jiehe Bank and Jingdong Bank.

Ji Yi, as the founder of Jingdong Business City, naturally knows this method of operation. In fact, there are a lot of cats in the bag and the bag, but it is a little stronger than the "and buy" of the bag, and it is also easy to block the mouth of the old man.

And Ji Yi also left an extra eye, pulling Xu Jiang, Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia, Wang Yang, and Tan Zhi into the water. In this way, if Yushitai wants to pick thorns, he has to wipe out all the important people in Hebei......

General Xu nodded, and exchanged glances with Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia, and Wang Yang, and they all felt that this method was good.

Originally, it was difficult for the four of them to interfere in this big deal of "10,000,000 yuan". Ji Yi took the initiative to open his mouth and invited them to enter the game, this is exactly what they wanted!

Seeing that a few old men had no opinions, Ji Yi said to Wu Haogu again: "Chongdao, the masonry and plaster are still small...... The real big head is still equipment and military funds! The new army plus regimental training totaled more than 300,000 people. The amount of armor and weapons needed is staggering! How to buy, there must be a frank way, right? ”

"Shouldn't armor and weapons be obtained from the Ordnance Supervisor and the Metropolitan Academy?" Liang Zimei frowned and said, "Why do you still have to buy?" ”

The weapons production of the Northern Song Dynasty was theoretically government-run, including the Jiehe weapons controlled by Wu Haogu, which was also the "capital of the Yuan" of the Xuanfu Division of Hebei. Naturally, there is no "purchase", but only the distribution of money and grain materials. However, this kind of management model, which does not pay attention to efficiency and effectiveness at all, naturally cannot make any good weapons.

Under normal circumstances, the craftsmen with the rank of the military are all lattes, and they do more and less, and they do good and bad, and they are all treated the same. Most of the officials in charge are laymen and don't know anything, and of course the officials and military craftsmen below are fooling around.

Therefore, many of the military craftsmen who worked in the courtyard and the courtyard were busy with private work most of the time. At the same time, in the name of insufficient manpower, the government was asked to detain some peasants and citizens to serve in the hospital, so that they could indiscriminately produce weapons to cope with errands.

Moreover, the setting of the capital and the courtyard is very unreasonable, and it does not take into account the traffic, materials and needs, and is completely set up according to the administrative division. The pacification road is set up as a hospital, and the state military government is set up as a hospital. In other words, more than 400 "arsenals" were opened in the 400 military states of the Great Song Dynasty and more than 20 pacification roads, and the scale and efficiency of none of them can be imagined.

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