After discussing the matter, Li Qin went back to rest. He lay on the couch, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, thinking about the castle that was about to belong to him.

Since it is a fort, it must not be too big. In the Jin Dynasty, a fort will be built in large quantities in the future. The fortress will be built according to dangerous places. The main purpose of building fortresses is to station soldiers and strengthen defensive forces.

Li Qin stared at the roof and thought to himself: "Tang Jie asked me to build a fort thirty miles away from Fuping. Why is it so far? Ah, I understand, because I can only choose the north side. He clearly said that it was to prevent Hu's troubles. The Hu people came from the north, which was equivalent to clearly telling me that they could only choose the north side, but the north side was thirty miles, wasn't that a plain?"

When Li Qin thought of this, he suddenly sat up from the couch and was angry. Tang Jie actually asked me to build a castle on the plain. Was he afraid that I wouldn't die fast enough?

He slowly lay back on the bed. In fact, it was already like this. It was useless to get angry. On other people's territory, he could only listen to others. But what kind of castle can be built in the plains?

After thinking for a long time, Li Qin suddenly remembered the travel program he watched in his previous life. The tour guide in it once introduced a European castle, but he couldn't remember where it was. However, because of the unique style of the castle, he remembered it very clearly. The tour guide also commented heavily, blew the special features of the castle, saying that there had been war here, and the soldiers of the attacking side were ten times that of the defending side, but after half a year of attack, but they had not been captured. When the war was over, when the defending side came out to see, they saw that the attacking side had graves on the former camp, and countless soldiers of the attacking side died!

Li Qin sat up again and drew pictures with his fingers on the couch. It was a prism-shaped castle with protruding sharp corners on the city wall. He drew the drawing and suddenly realized that the protruding edges and corners were for the defenders to carry out multiple strikes on the attacking side. No matter which wall the attacking side attacked, the defenders on the other side would be exposed behind them. Each side was within the range of the bow and arrow. In this way, the attacker had almost no chance to climb up the city wall. He was either killed by the defenders in front or shot to death by the defenders behind them!

This kind of castle is easy to build and is convenient to expand. As long as you keep building the same shape along the prism wall, and form a clamp between the walls, you can expand it. Moreover, the defense ability will not only not weaken, but will be enhanced!

After Li Qin understood this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He lay back on the bed and fell asleep soon after.

The next morning, Li Qin gathered all his subordinates and set out north with Jia Xu to find a place to repair the castle. When he told the matter, the soldiers were extremely angry and wanted to repair the castle on the plain. Isn’t this attracting Hu Qi to attack? It’s too dangerous. Even if he is angry, no one can do anything. He can’t go to Tang Jie to argue.

He walked north to the plains. Jia Xu looked at the big plain and sighed: "If we were to cultivate this place, it would be a good place. There were endless fertile fields. There were two small rivers over there, which could be called a thousand hectares of fertile land. But if we built a castle and stationed troops here, it would be inappropriate!"

Li Qin looked at the Great Plain and nodded, "Yes, there is no danger to rely on, so we have to rely on our own hands to build a dangerous place." He rode his horse to the river.

When you arrive by the river, you will see the river water turbulently. The Yellow River is dozens of miles westward. However, the Yellow River did not pass through many major divergences in the future, and there is no mud and sand in the section of the river flowing through Fuping, so it brings many benefits and belongs to the Hetao Plain. The small river in front of you is called Qingshui River, which is a tributary of the Yellow River.

Li Qin looked at the river and said, "The river flows rapidly. It can be used to irrigate tens of thousands of acres of land along both sides of the river. There is another one there, which is a little further away."

Jia Xu followed and asked, "But we want to build a castle by the river?"

Li Qin turned over and dismounted, pointed to the surrounding terrain and said: "There is a turn in the river here. If a castle is built here, just build two small beacon towers between the river and the fort, and you can take care of both directions. If you don't get close to the river, you can avoid the enemy from digging rivers and flooding the fort. Our ability can only build a dirt fort first, so that we can't withstand the flooding; and in the other two directions, you only need to build a few more beacon towers to discover the enemy's situation in advance and prepare for battle."

Jia Xu nodded and said, "It is not difficult to find out the enemy's situation, but it is impossible to defend the beacon tower here. When the soldiers saw the enemy coming, they could only retreat to the castle. To put it bluntly, they still had to guard the castle."

Li Qin squatted down, picked up a stone, drew figures on the ground, drew out the bastion pattern he had thought of, and said, "We just need to build such a five-pointed star castle. The wall of the castle does not need to be too high. Just be as high as the two of them for the time being. Dig more trenches in the longitudinal and horizontal directions outside the castle. As long as the enemy soldiers do not exceed 2,000, we can defend the castle by two hundred."

The soldiers next to him had no reaction when they heard what he said before, but when they heard the latter sentence, they immediately surrounded each other and looked at the five-pointed star castle map. Everyone was surprised that with such a low castle wall, two hundred people could withstand a tenfold enemy? It seemed a bit exaggerated!

Jia Xu was also slightly surprised. He squatted down and looked at the drawing carefully. After a while, he said, "This is very similar to the Mamian City mentioned in "Mozi". The defense is not just the city gate, but the entire fort wall that can be defended everywhere."

Li Qin said: "Yes, that's what I meant, I thought of it last night." He stood up, pointed to the upper reaches of Qingshui River, and said: "There are forests over there. We can cut down big trees and make them into wood to drain them into water. When we get here, we will fish them up to build the city, use the trunks as bones, and then use the soil from digging trenches to make meat, so that the castle can be built soon."

Feng Cheng, among the soldiers, would build a house and do all the important work of going up to the beams. Being a soldier is just a side job. He said: "Mr. Junhou, if the fort wall is about one mile long, then two hundred people can complete it in a month. Of course, the fort wall cannot be too high, just like the two you said. If it is higher, it must be thickened and the time will be used for a long time."

Jia Xu stood up and said, "If we are sure to practice here and practice this way, we have to do it immediately. The river water thaws, and the spring plowing season in Fuping has arrived, so it is difficult to recruit people. Well, spring plowing also represents spring famine. As long as we can take out food, we will definitely recruit people, at least the Qiang and Di people."

Li Qin said: "First build a basic one and stand firm. If we have more people in the future, it will not be too late to expand it!"

Looking at the river, Li Qin suddenly felt very passionate. He shouted: "Brothers, let's work together to create a territory that belongs entirely to our own!" As he said that, he raised his right hand high.

Everyone was also excited. When they thought of their own territory, everyone was happy. They raised their right hands, slapped each other, and encouraged them loudly. Jia Xu also learned to behave and brimmed with Li Qin. Suddenly, he felt that he had a goal in the future and a group to rely on, and he found the organization!

As soon as things were decided, the action would be targeted and the speed would naturally increase. Everyone acted separately, Jia Xu was responsible for the dispatch of various data and manpower and material resources. Feng Cheng and the soldiers went to recruit people from all villages and villages to recruit people to work, and Li Qin went to Liu Sheng to find Liu Sheng to borrow food, so of course he could not borrow it for nothing. He mortgaged the super-large cutter sabre to Liu Sheng, saying that if he had food in the future, he would redeem it.

Liu Sheng's injury has not healed yet, and he is still recovering from the manor. When he saw Li Qin bringing a large broken sabre, he was naturally surprised. Sitting on the couch, Liu Sheng looked at the big sword placed horizontally on the ground and said, "Brother, did you seize this knife from a robber? I'm afraid you're in trouble. As far as I know, this kind of big sword can only be created by the Qi tribe. That's the powerful Di tribe. Sha Luo Xiao robbed pig iron, maybe it was for them!"

Li Qin frowned and said, "The people in the dynasty are good at making weapons. If you have the chance, you have to contact us!"

He had a thought in his mind that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely get this tribe and let them build weapons for himself. However, this idea can only be considered now, and he has no strength to implement it.

Li Qin told him about getting the treasure of Sha Luo Xiao. There is no need to hide this kind of thing from Liu Sheng. Judging from his appearance, he is just a good seller of stolen goods. He can help him and get rid of this batch of treasures.

Liu Sheng was overjoyed and said, "Did you get the treasure? This is a bad person, you have to take it off quickly, so as not to cause trouble for you if someone is not strict with his mouth. You should go to Longxian to sell it. I have an acquaintance there, so I can help you. I will ask a confidant to guide you, which can save you a lot of trouble."

After Li Qin thanked him, he said goodbye and agreed to leave tomorrow and let Liu Sheng's confidant go to Fujiao Village to find him. As for the food, Liu Sheng agreed and agreed to lend it to Li Qin.

After Li Qin left, Liu Sheng looked at the big knife and thought to himself: "I really didn't expect that in just a short time, Brother Li will build his own fort and will definitely become a local big shot in the future. I should support him with all my strength, so that I can borrow his light in the future. Don't take some food to heart. Don't be stingy with Brother Li."

When he returned to the village, Li Qin and his parents told him about the matter. When Li Tian and He heard that they were going to travel far, they were naturally worried. However, they saw that their son had a great prospect and wanted to build his own castle. The Li family was hopeless to recover, so they could not stop him. They repeatedly told Li Qin to be careful in everything, and Li Qin naturally agreed.

The next morning, the confidant sent by Liu Sheng arrived. He was a very smart and capable Qiang man in his forties, named Liu Zhongyan. This person is well-known and the businessman is called Zhongyan. Just listening to this person can reassure customers.

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Chapter completed!