"Drive~!"

At sunset, the carriage slowly approached the small city of Xihe, the tall city wall was made of steel mixed with pebbles, marble and blue bricks, poured with concrete, because it was in the ancient "Expedition", the construction consumed dozens or even a hundred times more manpower than the real Shijie, this small city consumed almost all their profits for several months.

But all this is worth it, although the money is paid, the harvest is also not small, Zhang Yuan they have got a group of high-skilled workers in construction, trained more and more skilled craftsmen, life occupations in various fields, low, medium and high-end talents at all levels have been further improved, and a set of effective training mechanism has been established.

The investment at any cost and the money spent also made them more thorough in the "Expedition", and many unforbidden jishu were realized in "The Expedition", among which the method and method of building the city wall is an example.

In response to that sentence, only with big investment can there be big income.

When he saw this city wall, Zhang Yuan was convinced that if he wanted to capture Xihe Town with the technological limitations of "Expedition", he would have to pay unimaginable losses if he wanted to capture Xihe Town, regardless of the firearms in reality.

"See the general!"

Just approaching the city gate, Zhang Yuan looked at the words 'Xihe Town' engraved on the city wall, and was immediately recognized by the soldiers guarding the gate.

Zhang Yuan waved his hand to stop them from bowing, and said, "Okay, don't salute, guard the city gate!" ”

"Whoa!" The soldiers stood up and answered loudly, everyone was full of energy and wanted to show in front of Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan smiled slightly and did not speak, but said to the coachman who was driving: "Don't be afraid, old man, send me to the inner city, and pay me the salary, hehe!" ”

The coachman and the old man replied, muttering in his heart, is this general sick, such a big official, so many subordinates are still in my car, this time I must nag my wife after I go back, this is the general, the general of Xihe Town, take my carriage back, this is a glorious ancestor.

Passing through the three-meter-long cave, you will enter the spacious streets with dense shops on both sides of the street.

Originally, Qian Tian wanted to tear down the city walls on the left and right sides of the town, so as to open up the four towns and form two inner and outer walls.

But later, Zhang Yuan felt that the Yuan Dynasty attacked, and the small city of Xihe would definitely be attacked by the most fierce and ferocious attack, so instead of tearing down the left and right city walls, he increased the height to the point that it was level with the two city walls.

The eight walls connect the inner and outer octagonal city walls, dividing the outer city into eight areas, and at the same time, in addition to the original four towns, the other four enclosed areas do not open the city gates to the outside, and can only enter and exit from the original town or the inner city, as temporary residence and storage of materials, craftsmen to build weapons, produce medicines and so on.

Zhang Yuan and they entered the original Xihe Town, which has completely changed its appearance at this time, the houses are used as commercial shops, and the cross-shaped avenue divides them into four tofu-like areas, which are connected to the inner and outer city gates and the other two areas, ordinary residents of Xihe Town have moved to the inner city, which has completely become a commercial area, and it is also one of the two commercial areas planned by Xihe Town, as a place for trading goods within the Western Han Dynasty, and the other is a commercial area for trading grassland specialties.

In addition to seeing from the photo, this is the first time Zhang Yuan has seen Xihe Town today, only to find that he has completely changed from the inside out, Zhang Yuan really doesn't know how Qian Tian made Xihe Town change so much in just half a month, such a large amount of engineering, and there is no engineering vehicles and mechanical assistance, purely relying on manpower and material resources really have to be said to be a miracle, a miracle similar to China's rapid development in the eighties.

Entering the outer city, the wide streets were bustling with people, and cartloads of goods were pulled in and out, and here there were more merchants and servants, and the ordinary inhabitants did not occupy the main number.

Every day, the small city of Xihe has to receive more than 300 caravans, large and small, adding up to nearly 10,000 people, as well as large and small tribes from the grassland driving war horses, cattle and sheep with fur, medicinal materials and gold, which has become the largest foreign trade market for the population exchange between the Western Han Dynasty and the grassland in addition to Keyuan City.

The great war between the Yuan and Han dynasties did not interrupt trade, but more caravans and steppe tribes came here, hoping to buy more goods before the war, and prepare to survive the war, when it was difficult to obtain supplies from the outside world.

Through the flowing crowd, Zhang Yuan came to the inner city, where there were nearly twice as many soldiers guarding the city gate as in the outer city, and a huge bed crossbow showed its edge between the battlements, and on the battlements were placed a metal crossbow full of strings, and the sharp arrows flashed with cold light, which could give a devastating blow to many city rushers at any time.

"See the general!"

Zhang Yuan was recognized again, Zhang Yuan jumped out of the carriage, and said: "Get up, you don't have to salute anyone in the future, just ask hello immediately, because behind is your family, you need to guard the city gate well, it is the lifeline of the entire Xihe small city Zuihou, so, you can't give any enemy a chance, you know?" ”

"Whoa!" The soldiers replied loudly, and their voices shook the sky.

"Hmm!" Zhang Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Convey what I just said to all your companions, and tell them that anyone guarding the gate of Xihe City, whether inside or outside, whether it is the side gate or the main gate, does not need to salute, and you need to cheer up and not be a little careless!" ”

After that, Zhang Yuan got into the carriage again, and the carriage slowly drove into the inner city, the old man of the coachman seemed to be even more frightened at this time, and he didn't dare to look at Zhang Yuan at all, for fear of offending Zhang Yuan, after entering the inner city, unlike the outer layer that is at most two stories high, there are three or four floors, or even five or six floors of tall houses, which has a hint of the feeling of a modern residential community.

If it weren't for the fact that the cost of building modern high-rises in "The Expedition" was too great, and the cost was a hundred or even more than a hundred times that of modern times, it was not worth it, and there was not so much money, maybe these houses would not have been just the highest six floors.

Most of the houses are made of wood and stone, and the scales are located throughout the inner city, with flowers and trees and fountain sculptures that add to the exotic beauty.

"These guys are really going to enjoy it, can it be that they want to create a modern villa community like "Expedition"?"

Zhang Yuan looked at this with a smile and a smile, if he didn't know that these didn't actually cost more than twice the cost of building a house of the same size in "Expedition", he might not have felt much distressed without knowing.