All the smelting mines in the Sui Dynasty were under the management of Taifu Temple, and at the current Wenxi Smelting Kiln, two young ministers from Taifu Temple were present, which shows how much the imperial court attached importance to this place.
Not to mention Yan Bi, the prince's minister, who was working on Chi Dao. When he heard about Wen Xi's incident, he was completely relieved. He knew that the job assigned to him by the emperor had been successfully taken over by the prince.
Now that we have no worries, we can concentrate on supervising the construction of Chidao.
After all, Shaoqing Yuanshou is an old official from an old family. In recent days, after thoroughly inspecting the training ground, he made a very pertinent suggestion to Yang Ming.
Build a fort outside the refinery to avoid being disturbed by bandits.
In fact, what he said was very subtle. Can bandits invade this place? What kind of bandits must they be?
In the land east of Hedong, there are many wealthy families, all of whom have their own private armed forces. In fact, Yuan Shou alluded to the purpose of protecting these families.
In peacetime, these families will not mess around, but if there is a civil uprising or military disaster, the Tangying Township training field is undoubtedly the biggest piece of fat in everyone's eyes, and they will definitely find ways to take it for themselves.
Yang Ming very much agrees with this suggestion and it is very necessary.
Fortresses are particularly common in the north. They mainly originated from the chaos in the late Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. War wars continued, so that all major families built fortresses to defend themselves against foreign enemies and seek self-protection.
This was also the heyday of the wealthy family. The three families of Xue, Pei, and Liu were all heavily fortified and heavily guarded.
During the Kaihuang period, Yang Jian ordered them to demolish some of them, but most of them were still preserved.
The Ministry of Works was not good at building fortifications, but was good at building temples.
The largest official of Jiangzuo Temple is the left school administrator, Pei Hongce is the left administrator, and Yuwen Zhiji is currently the right administrator.
Both of them are not suitable. First of all, they are not professional players, and they are not related to each other. Furthermore, if you ask Pei Hongce to build a fortress here, the Pei family must know the defense structure, which is inappropriate. As for Yuwen Zhiji, he was originally the general
He was a minor official under the temple. Later, after Wang Yu, the right school administrator, was killed by Yang Jian in Luoyang, he took over this position.
Can he accept it? He can't. There are a lot of people below who are dissatisfied with him.
"If a temple is to be built, who is good at building a fortress?" Yang Ming asked.
Yuanshou said, "Yuanzhe, the great master among craftsmen, can be regarded as a great craftsman."
Did you see that in the Sui Dynasty, there was no time to hire people based on shortcomings? As long as it was a recommendation, it was to recommend one's own people.
Yang Ming looked at Yun Dingxing aside and asked, "What do you think?"
Yun Dingxing and Yuan Shou don't deal with each other, you look down on me, and I look down on you, so he said
"Doctor Su Hui of Simu is proficient in camp stone construction. His grandfather once participated in the defense supervision of Yecheng and Jinyang. I think this person is more suitable."
From this point of view, this person was originally from Qi, because Yecheng and Jinyang once served as the capital and other capitals of Northern Qi.
Yang Ming asked, "Is this person in the capital?"
"It's in the capital," Yun Dingxing nodded, ignoring the gloomy Yuan Shou.
Yang Ming said, "Summon this person quickly and ask him to recruit craftsmen and supervise the training camp and fort structure."
A great craftsman like Su Hui has a group of capable subordinates under him all year round to assist him in handling engineering matters. In fact, it is a group, which can be called an engineering company alone. The internal division of labor is also very clear, and experience and skills will not be externalized.
They are all passed down from generation to generation, so there are many relatives and friends among them.
This phenomenon was most common in the Sui Dynasty, or in other words, it was very common in ancient China, and it was the same even in later generations. Many of the contracting teams were composed of fellow villagers.
The more outsiders there are in a contracting team, the lower the work efficiency will be because the contractor leader cannot direct the work.
It was only five or six days' journey from the capital to Hedong, so after receiving the order, Su Hui quickly came to Wenxi with a direct team of more than 300 people.
The first is to survey the terrain.
When Yang Ming originally selected the site, he had considered the defense system of the training ground. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is located in a ditch. There are only two exits, the north and the south. As long as these two places are blocked, the training ground cannot be attacked.
Come in.
"I leave all the power to you, just go ahead and go to work. If you need the materials, go to Yongfu County Duke (Dou Qing). If he can't provide you with it, you can come back to me."
Yang Ming, Su Hui and others followed the mountain path and climbed a high mountain to the west of the training ground.
To be precise, it is not a mountain, but a rolling mountain range. In fact, it is Tangwang Mountain.
It is said that it is easier to go up the mountain than it is to go down the mountain. Yang Ming glanced at the steep path that could only be passed by one person when going up the mountain, and his calves felt weak.
Su Hui looked at the direction of the surrounding mountains and frowned, "The defense here is not simple."
Yuan Shou coldly snorted, "Isn't it simple yet? The east and west mountains are too high to climb, leaving only gaps between the north and south. How simple do you want it to be?"
Su Hui said expressionlessly, "It's difficult to climb. Didn't we climb up too? If Yuan Shaoqing thinks that the defense of the training field is just a show, then just build city gates in the north and south. If it is to be foolproof, the surrounding mountains will have to rise."
The Great Wall, with the north and south as passes, is connected by the Great Wall. A fortress will be built in the refinery, and the Sushui River will be used as a moat. It is also necessary to build large warehouses to store grain in the camp and dig deep pools to store water. In case of unexpected events, we can hold on."
Yuanshou sneered and said, "Build the Great Wall? Do you think the imperial court has endless money?"
Su Hui said calmly, "The prince asked me to take charge of the camp structure. Of course I don't dare to be careless. Of course, it depends on financial and material resources. What I just said is the best strategy. If the material resources are insufficient, there are middle strategies and worst strategies."
"Tell me about your best and worst strategies," Yuan Shou said.
Yang Ming suddenly frowned and turned to glare at the other person, which scared Yuan Shou and quickly lowered his head.
"Why use the middle and lower strategies when you have the best strategy? Does Yuan Shaoqing always abandon the best and the worst when doing things?"
Yuan Shou suddenly felt panicked and hurriedly said, "I don't dare. I just feel that the project is too big and I'm afraid there will be insufficient supply."
Yang Ming asked, "Then what should you worry about?"
"I don't dare," Yuan Shou lowered his head and said.
Yang Ming looked at Su Hui and said, "How much materials will be used, how much manpower will be required, and how long it will take? Think carefully about it and make a budget for me. I want this place to be as solid as gold."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Su Hui nodded and said, "I accept my order."
When going down the mountain, Yang Ming tried hard not to tremble. It was so scary. There was a cliff next to the path, and one wrong step would lead to an abyss.
Just like doing things, you have to be careful. Since you are building fortifications, don't care about the cost. Which is more important, losing the training field or wasting some money? You can't do things that ignore the basics.
Zhongtiao Mountain in Hedong, or all the mountains in Shanxi, are mainly made of bluestone, that is, limestone.
It used to be very laborious to dig this thing out, but now that we have chisels made of refined steel, it is relatively easy.
The Great Wall is built along the mountain, which is similar to Yanmen Pass. It is a top-notch defensive fortification.
Su Hui believed that the construction of the Great Wall should be a masonry and civil structure, but the current situation obviously does not allow it. How to carry such heavy materials up the mountain is a difficult problem.
Therefore, the best way is to use local materials, replace wall bricks with limestone, excavate on the mountainside, and pile them on the top of the mountain. This can save huge manpower and material resources. Although it is not beautiful, it is practical.
It has never been an easy task to dig out bluestone. It can be said that it takes thousands of hammers to dig out a deep mountain. Later generations of excavators equipped with drills could not dig out a kind of limestone called donkey skin green. The drill bit burst into flames and exploded with sparks.
Moving, you can see how hard this thing is.
Therefore, if future generations want to open a stone quarry, they must first approve detonators.
After summing up, Su Hui concluded that it would take at least two years to complete the fortifications at the training ground.
Just two years, nothing can be accomplished overnight. Yang Guang's method of doing things is costing lives.
In November, a letter came from the capital.
Crown Princess Yang Yinjiang is due to give birth in two months, consort Pei Shuying is due in three months, and Chen Shuyi is due in four months.
It seems that all three children will be born next year.
At present, the matters at the training ground are not yet complete, and Yang Ming really cannot leave, so he can only write a letter to appease the three of them.
During this time, Yang Xiong, the king of the capital, has been going to the East Palace to meet with Yang Yinjiang, because after Yang Ming left, he was the person in charge of the capital. He could get some ideas, but for others, he had to ask Yang Yinjiang
.
This is actually a matter of human nature, and the family has full power to make the decision, but in order to take care of Dong Gong's face, they will discuss it with Yang Yinjiang. Although in the end, Yang Yinjiang agreed to handle almost all official affairs according to Yang Xiong's method.
But in this way, a problem arose, and Yang Yinjiang gradually became accustomed to intervening in politics.
Wei Zheng was very determined and directly gave Yang Yinjiang advice, meaning that as the crown prince, you cannot participate in government affairs. The crown prince has given full authority over Guanzhong affairs to King Guan, so you can no longer interfere.
Yang Yinjiang did not refute because she also knew that her husband would be unhappy if she did this.
But the uncles and nephews Yang Xuanting and Yang Yuanqing couldn't hold it back and beat Wei Zheng in private.
Wei Zheng married the daughter-in-law of the Pei family, so Pei Shuang, Xue Wanshu, Xue Shou and others from the East Palace Hedong Department were not happy, and the two sides started to quarrel.
They all come from top wealthy families, and the backstage is also a group of hard-working people, so no one is looking down on anyone.
In desperation, Yang Yinjiang had Xuanting and Yuan Qing whipped to suppress the matter. However, she also saw that factions had appeared in the East Palace, among which her natal family was the most powerful.
This was not what her husband wanted to see, and since she and Pei Shuying had big bellies, it was inconvenient to intervene in case the fetus was affected by trivial matters, so she asked Li Jing to return to the East Palace to deal with it.
Li Jing's prestige in the East Palace was extremely high. Everyone knew that he was the prince's number one confidant, and no one else could compare with him. However, Li Jing knew that most of the subordinate officials in the East Palace were newcomers and there were many factions, so the situation was complicated.
Now that both the main concubine and the concubines are expecting to give birth, he can only shoulder this burden during this critical period, although he also knows that doing so will offend many people.
So he was the first to find Yang Xuanting, intending to do some ideological work for him. After all, Xuanting was currently the number one thorn in the East Palace. He had a title and military exploits, and was a tyrannical group.
After the two met, Li Jing's first words were
"You are causing trouble for the Crown Princess, do you know?"
Xuanting, who had been greeting us with a smile, suddenly became confused and said, "Yakashi, we are our own people, don't scare me."