Chapter two hundred and nineteen strange beasts and insects
On March 26, the fifty-fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, Zou Hong and a group of officials from the Supervision Department of Zongzheng Mansion and Longwei Mansion finally arrived at the construction site of Guangling Bridge in Donghai County, which was still very busy.
For the Guangling Bridge, all the bridge foundations must be poured before the rainy season. Otherwise, once the rainy season comes, the rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River will skyrocket. The barrage built near Guangling during the dry season will not be able to block the surge in the Huaihe River.
Of course, even if the barrage can block the surging water in the Huaihe River, it will be of no use. After all, the dam built in a hurry upstream of the barrage can only barely maintain the amount of water accumulated in this winter. Even so, the 50,000 people who stayed in Guangling
The actual strength of the construction corps used on Guangling Bridge was only 10,000, but the remaining 40,000 were divided into two parts and defended day and night on the more than 100-mile-long embankment upstream.
Once the dams on both sides of the upstream collapse, then most of the land east of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River will be artificially transformed into a country of Heze. The damage caused is probably no less than when the Yellow River burst its banks.
More importantly, all the previous work in recent years will be in vain. Everything will return to the way it was before. This delay may take another year. We can only wait until the winter dry season to build the dam again and then lay the bridge foundation again.
I am afraid that no one can bear such a consequence, not even Qi Hong, the governor of Donghai County, nor Zuocheng Tianfang, the man in charge of Guangling Bridge.
Therefore, after discovering the Yuzhou Ding, Qi Hong and others reported it to the court and asked people to come and deal with it. They also avoided the bridge base where the Yuzhou Ding was located, which was heavily defended by the Xuanwu Army, and tried their best to build the remaining bridge bases first.
When Zou Hong and others arrived, there were a total of eighteen bridge foundations for the Guangling Bridge and the land roads on both sides of the bank, and the pouring of sixteen bridge foundations had been completed. Only one bridge foundation on the outermost bank of Kuaiji County on the left bank was left.
The bridge foundation occupied by Yuzhou Ding is not completed yet.
However, the construction of the last bridge foundation on the bank of Kuaiji County was almost completed in three days at most. The Guangling Bridge has been completed so far, and there is only one last key step left to be completed. Once all eighteen bridge foundations are poured,
It can basically be said that Guangling Bridge is almost completed.
There are eighteen bridge foundations, six on both sides and twelve in the river. Those on the banks are made of huge rocks piled up and poured with molten iron. As for the twelve bridge foundations in the river, they are completely made of molten copper and iron.
It was poured. Although the copper and iron are not pure materials, it can be said to be the most expensive item of the Guangling Bridge.
The bridge foundations in the twelve river channels are dug out of the silt until they are one foot below the solid ground under the river channel. There are four small pillars around to help fix it, making it absolutely foolproof.
The reason why there are so many bridge foundations in a river with a span of only 80 to 90 meters is naturally because if the span is too large. Worrying that it will not be able to bear the weight and break, the only way is to use more bridge foundations to reduce the span of the bridge deck.
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When Zou Hong and others arrived at Guangling, the first bridge deck within the East China Sea of Guangling Bridge was being laid.
The high officials of the imperial court personally came to Guangling from Xianyang to handle the matter of the Yuzhou Ding, and they were also accompanied by the royal family members of the Zongzheng Mansion. They were accompanied by at least two hundred personal guards of the Longwei Mansion. This made everyone aware of it.
The emperor's attention to the Yuzhou Ding incident.
You know, in the first two years when Hu Haichu ascended the throne, you may still often see the emperor's personal guards with the Dragon Guards badge hanging on their waists in Xianyang and Guanzhong. But now, very few people in Xianyang and Guanzhong can see it in person. I saw the emperor's bodyguard with the Dragon Guard Palace badge hanging on his waist appearing in front of people. This was the case in Xianyang and Guanzhong, not to mention Donghai County, which was thousands of miles away from Xianyang.
What's more, no one in Xianyang City had seen nearly two hundred Longwei Mansion guards at one time.
As soon as Zou Hong stepped out of the carriage, he saw Donghai County Governor Qi Hong, Guangling County Magistrate Wang Yu, Shangfang Zuocheng Tianfang and other officials who came to greet them after receiving the news. Although Qin Tianjian did not have much real power, Zou Hong They were all real and important officials of the third rank of the imperial court, and they were also accompanied by the royal family members of the Supervision Department of Zongzheng Mansion and the generals of Longwei Mansion, but Qi Hong and others did not dare to neglect them.
Zou Hong and others were still chatting here, and Xuanwu General Weng Zhong, who had received the news, also arrived.
"Lord Tai Shi Ling, you are here. If you don't come here, the sons of our Xuanwu Army will become moldy in the mud." Weng Zhong, who was far away and had always relied on the eleventh road without a horse, rushed forward with a gust of wind. Come here. It seems that he can't wait to take Zou Hong to see the Yuzhou tripod.
As he ran, the ground seemed to be shaking.
This guy's size seems to be one size bigger than when I saw him in Xianyang City during the Chinese New Year.
Weng Zhong's palm as big as a cattail leaf fan was about to catch Zou Hong's withered arm, which was as thick as a chopstick compared to his palm, when a figure suddenly appeared in front of Zou Hong.
Seeing the person coming, Weng Zhong suddenly laughed strangely. His palm that was originally light and light suddenly swept out with great force.
"Bang"
With a deep muffled sound, the figure that appeared in front of Zou Hong flew more than ten feet away in an instant before stumbling to the ground. But Weng Zhong himself swayed a few times as if he was drunk and fell back slightly under everyone's horrified gaze. step.
As Weng Zhong retreated, two footprints several inches deep clearly appeared on the solid ground.
"hiss!"
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but take a breath.
However, everyone's expressions immediately changed. Zou Hong's face turned black in an instant. The one who came out to block the non-human Xuanwu General Weng Zhong was the emperor's personal guard Long Hong.
One is the general of the Xuanwu Army who is commanding the army. The other is the bodyguard of the emperor. They started fighting each other just after they met. I am afraid that if the emperor finds out, no one will be able to please him. More importantly, if the Yuzhou Ding Zhizhi is delayed. Zou Hong himself may not be able to escape the blame.
"Haha! Good boy, next time I'll see if I'm going to kill you."
Weng Zhong's sudden and shocking laughter immediately made Zou Hongzhen dizzy and he retracted the words that reached his mouth.
Emotionally, do these two people know each other?
Indeed, Weng Zhong and Long Hong have known each other for a long time.
There are twelve personal guards around the emperor. Basically, except for Long Jiao, Long Mei, Long Bing, Long Xue, and the four military commanders who were born in Ba, because of their status and gender, the other military commanders who were born in Ba did not dare to make mistakes. The rest, such as Long Tian and other eight male relatives, Wei, together with Weng Zhong, Du Teng, Xu Chuang, Wang Qian and other leading generals are not only familiar with each other, but also have extremely good relations with them.
During their free time at Bashang Camp, each of the eight personal guards basically fought against Weng Zhong. Unfortunately, Weng Zhong crushed him to the ground every time with brute force. So, Long Tian and others called Weng Zhong It has gradually evolved into an orc.
"Return to me, general. Look at your beast form. Master Zou is an important minister sent by His Majesty. You want to arrest Master Zou and delay His Majesty's important affairs. It seems that you, an orc, want to stay at the Bashang Camp.
How many days has it been?”
Long Hong grinned and rubbed his already bruised arm, and retorted unceremoniously.
"Well, in order to prevent that monster from escaping, the men of my Xuanwu Army set up a big camp in the mud. Rolling in the mud every day will make people moldy. I'm not worried. Besides, that beast is very
It can eat, but you can't starve it and drive it to eat people, right? Every day I have to send people to get some meat for it to feed it, and my Xuanwu Army is almost like feeding animals."
After hearing Long Hong's words, Weng Zhong touched his head and said in a low voice.
Obviously, Weng Zhong was extremely afraid of what Long Hong said about going to the Bashang Camp to stay for a few days.
Not to mention Qi Hong, Tian Fang and other officials who were one level lower than Weng Zhong. Even Zou Hong would be frightened when he saw this orc for the first time.
I have to say that the title of beastman is indeed very suitable for Weng Zhong; of course, I also have to feel that in the Qin Dynasty, only His Majesty the Emperor can control this beastman.
"General Weng's words make sense. How about we go to the Yuzhou tripod to have a look now?" Zou Hong interrupted at this time.
"The relationship is good, let's go, let's go!" Weng Zhong didn't wait for anyone to answer, stretched out two fingers that were not much thinner than a child's arms, took Zou Hong's official robe and dragged him forward.
Seeing this guy like this, all the people looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly. Especially when they saw him carefully holding Zou Hong with his fingers that were incomparable to ordinary people, it really made people laugh and cry.
Long Hong's words made Weng Zhong feel very frightened.
The Xuanwu Army set up more than ten large tents around the bridge base where the Yuzhou Ding was discovered, and tightly wrapped the Yuzhou Ding. There were no shortage of large shields and fences, and they looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.
Seeing Zou Hong and others arriving, Weng Zhong waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army quickly demolished a one-foot-wide hole in the shield wall.
Zou Hong and others all gasped when they saw the twin monster.
The twin monster that seemed to be taking a nap raised its head when it heard the sound of gold and iron, and looked at Zou Hong, Weng Zhong and others walking over from a distance. The scarlet letter in its mouth was hesitant, and a pair of fist-sized eyes stared at Weng Zhong.
, seems to be ready to strike at any moment.
"I said, beastman, don't you have the strength of ten thousand kilograms? You still can't take down a beast?" Long Hong stood next to Weng Zhong like a child, poked Weng Zhong and whispered.
"Who says I haven't done it before? But this beast has two bodies, and each one is about the same strength as me. I can deal with one of them, but this beast has two bodies, and I... I am no match."
Weng Zhong looked at the eager monster and said, seeming extremely depressed.
Hearing Weng Zhong's words, the eyes of Zou Hong and others looking at Weng Zhong have changed. He has really tried the emotion thing himself. If he can deal with such a behemoth, a prehistoric alien species, he can only use...
It's inhumane.
"Senior brother, do you recognize this beast?" Kuai Tong stared at the monster for a while and suddenly said.
"What are the strange beasts and insects!" Zou Hong and Cai Ze looked at each other and said in unison. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.