Chapter 61: Building the Barracks Liu Zhangsi Cement
Chapter 61 Building the Military Camp Liu Zhangsi Cement
Liu Zhang has been very excited recently. Anyone who meets the next national leader while wandering on the road and becomes friends with him will be excited. Of course, the premise is that he knows who the next national leader is. So Liu Zhang decided
He must go shopping more often when he has nothing to do. Last time he just walked around and met Zhou Yu. Maybe one day he will meet Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang on the street, although Zhuge Liang seems to be only one year old! However, Liu Zhang's decision
, making the children of Luoyang’s aristocratic families unlucky again.
After a break, Liu Zhang completed the matter of moving the military camp outside Luoyang City. Liu Hong asked him to build a military camp on the edge of Mang Mountain. After receiving the imperial edict, Liu Zhang immediately led people to Mang Mountain to survey the terrain, and finally built a military camp in a valley.
Here, he selected a base. This valley was very secretive, enough for 20,000 people to line up for training. However, how to establish a military camp in the valley was a troublesome matter!
In ancient times, military camps were built with wooden fortresses and tents, but Liu Zhang did not want his military camp to be so simple. In the valley, there are all kinds of dangers, such as snakes, insects, rats, ants, jackals, tigers and leopards. If it were just a tent,
, it is very likely that the soldiers will be troubled by these dangers, but if stone is used, the project will be too big!
Sitting in the study, Liu Zhang was holding a brush and smearing something on the rice paper. Xiao Qiao stood in front of the desk and polished the ink for him, while Da Qiao was massaging Liu Zhang's temples with a pair of delicate hands.
"Alas!" Liu Zhang sighed, and Xiao Qiao looked at Liu Zhang with a sad face, feeling a little distressed for some reason.
"Sir!" Da Qiao said weakly: "Sir, if you have any troubles, you can talk to our sisters. Maybe we can't help you solve it, but we can listen to you. It will make you feel better if you talk about it, right?
"
"Actually, it's nothing. I just want to build a military camp in the mountains, but I think the wooden camp is too loose and easy to attract snakes, insects, rats, and ants." Liu Zhang took Da Qiao's little hand and patted it, making Da Qiao's face turn red.
.However, his problem is not something that Xiao Qiao can solve.
"Alas!" Liu Zhang sighed again and said, "I wish I had cement!"
"Cement? What is cement?" Hearing Liu Zhang talking to himself, Xiao Qiao couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Cement is a building material that is made by mixing limestone and clay in a certain proportion... Oh my god!" Liu Zhang suddenly jumped up, startling Xiao Qiao.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Qiao asked tremblingly, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No!" Liu Zhang excitedly picked up Xiao Qiao, spun her around, kissed her on the face and said, "You are really my lucky star. You reminded me of what to do!"
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he rushed out of the study, leaving only Xiao Qiao with a red face and Da Qiao who was at a loss. They really didn't expect that the usually polite young man would actually kiss Xiao Qiao. They waited until they reacted.
, Liu Zhang had already disappeared.
"Sister!" Seeing Da Qiao staring at her and smiling, Xiao Qiao lowered her head shyly. If Liu Zhang were still here, he would definitely say that the two of them are goblins! However, Da Qiao was quite happy, which meant that Liu Zhang accepted them.
, at least accept Xiao Qiao!
Liu Zhang didn't have time to care about what Xiao Qiao was thinking. He needed a kiln to bake cement and bricks. But he didn't know where to find it, so Liu Zhang came to Cai Yong's house. After all, his master was considered a good one.
Above is a local snake from Luoyang.
When he heard that Liu Zhang was visiting, Cai Yong knew that he would go to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. Liu Zhang did not hide anything about his master, but directly explained his purpose. Although Cai Yong did not understand what cement was, he knew what bricks were.
Because China first had the method of firing bricks during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, most of the bricks at that time were used for decoration. The real use of bricks as building materials was in the Qin Dynasty.
Cai Yong thought for a while and called the housekeeper Cai Fu, because such small things are usually done by the housekeeper. Upon hearing Liu Zhang's request, Cai Fu smiled and said: "Master, we have two kilns in our family.
It’s of no use, why not lend it to the champion?”
"Our family also has a brick kiln?" Cai Yong looked at the housekeeper Cai Fu with some surprise, but Cai Fu looked at him helplessly. As the head of the family, he didn't even know what kind of property his family owned, and Cai Yong didn't count.
Very rare.
Cai Fu couldn't let Cai Yong embarrass himself in front of the students. He smiled and said: "Master, we don't have a brick kiln at home. The kiln is for you to bake some utensils. For example, brush washers, porcelain cups, etc. But later, you
If we use the items given by the emperor, our two kilns will be useless."
Cai Yong nodded and said, "Then give it to Zhang'er!"
"Thank you very much, teacher!" Liu Zhang said happily: "I wonder if there are any craftsmen in that brick kiln?"
"Of course!" Cai Fu said with a smile: "Although I don't need it anymore, it is still an industry. I gave the kiln to the craftsmen so that they could be self-sufficient and not waste resources. I heard that the two kilns made a lot of money.
It’s not much, but I can barely maintain food and clothing!”
"Don't worry, Steward Cai, since I'm using them, I won't treat them badly!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Master knows that under me, as long as they have the ability, I can make the best use of their talents!"
"Be careful!" Cai Yong said to Liu Zhang: "When the time comes, I won't give you face!"
"Master, don't worry! I don't dare to embarrass you, right?" Liu Zhang said with a smile, "I'm just troubling you!"
"What are you troubling me for?" Cai Yong waved his hand and said, "You should be troubling Butler Cai, he is responsible for these things!"
Cai Fu saluted and said: "Master, don't worry, I will bring the champion there tomorrow!"
The next day, Liu Zhang arrived at the door of Cai Yong's house early in the morning. Butler Cai had been waiting for a long time! Cai Fu took Liu Zhang to the kiln outside the city, just explained to the craftsmen, and then left.
The craftsmen looked at Liu Zhang and were a little at a loss. An old man with gray hair stood up and asked, "I wonder what the young master wants to burn? We can handle some simple utensils. If it is something with fine workmanship, please forgive me."
We don’t have enough skills!”
"Old man, do you know how to bake bricks?" Liu Zhang asked with a smile.
"Bricks?" the old man said with a smile: "If you want to burn other things, we may not be able to do it. Simple things like bricks are still very easy for us."
"Then do you have clay and lime?" Liu Zhang asked again.
"We have clay, but what is lime?" The old man said with some confusion: "I have lived for decades, but I have never heard of what lime is."
Liu Zhang explained it to the old man carefully, and the old man suddenly laughed and said: "Young Master is talking about chalk, right?"
"Chalk?" The old man had never heard of lime, and Liu Zhang had never heard of chalk. However, the old man did it simpler than Liu Zhang. He directly asked someone to bring out a bag of chalk. Liu Zhang took a closer look and found that the chalk was lime.
With lime and clay, and the old man's ability to bake bricks, the materials for building a military camp can be prepared quickly. However, to be sure, Liu Zhang decided to slow down first, because the military camp he wanted to build must be able to withstand at least ten years.
But Liu Zhang did not study engineering and did not understand the standards of cement. If the military camp was built with shoddy construction and his troops were not killed in the battle, but were crushed to death by shoddy houses, it would be a big loss.
!
Chinese people have always been hard-working and intelligent. Liu Zhang only proposed a concept. Within a few days, several craftsmen in the kiln had researched the formula of cement. They assured Liu Zhang that as long as it was not a man-made or natural disaster, the cement formula would be used.
A house built with cement will never collapse. Of course, this is because Liu Zhang was too cautious. Even the most basic cement is stronger than the ancient mud houses.
Building a military camp with 20,000 people required a lot of money. Liu Zhang had no choice but to ask Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping for money. As for manpower, he had 20,000, which would definitely not be enough! Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping heard that
Liu Zhang asked for money and immediately sent someone to bring him the money from selling cattle and sheep.
It took a whole month for Liu Zhang to finally make the preliminary preparations! During this month, Zhang Ren and others also subdued 20,000 Yulin troops. These 20,000 people were stationed in the West Garden every day.
The posture and learning to walk made other troops ridicule. Even among the 20,000 people, many people were resistant. However, these people knew that there must be a reason for the champion's training. Gradually, outsiders began to
Amidst the ridicule, the 20,000 Yu Lin Army began to transform! By the time Liu Zhang ordered Zhang Ren to take these people away from the West Garden, they were already able to remain as motionless as a mountain!
On a temporary high platform in the valley of Mang Mountain, Liu Zhang looked at the soldiers lined up neatly and motionless under the platform and was very satisfied. However, this time he did not call these soldiers for training, but wanted them to work as construction workers.
This requires mobilization, otherwise these proud Yulin troops will have to mutiny!
Liu Zhang stood on the high platform, and the soldiers in the audience were also looking at him. Suddenly, Liu Zhang pointed to a soldier in the first row and said: "You! Get out of the queue! Tell me loudly! Who are you?"
"Return to the general! We are soldiers!" The soldiers were drilled by Zhang Ren and others when they were in Xiyuan, and they already know these basic answers well.
Liu Zhang asked again: "Answer me! What is the first requirement for a soldier!"
"Obey the order!" the pawn's voice resounded throughout the valley, and Zhang Fei, who was responsible for training him, was very satisfied with his momentum.
"Okay!" Liu Zhang shouted: "From today on, this valley will be our base! Of course, we can't just cover the sky like this, so we need to build our own military camp. But I think those tents and wooden villages are not worthy of our nobility.
My identity, what do you think we should do?"
Liu Zhang's words made the soldiers look at each other, because other troops lived in wooden villages and tents, and they didn't know what Liu Zhang wanted to do. Zhang Ren and others, who had already been angry with Liu Zhang, immediately shouted: "Build it yourself!"
In an instant, all the soldiers understood. It turned out that Liu Zhang wanted to build a military camp here. It was not a wooden camp or a tent-style camp. In ancient times, houses only had wooden structures, stone structures and adobe houses. The soldiers did not know that.
Liu Zhang began to feel a little uneasy as he wondered what his plans were.