Outside Chang'an City, a hundred miles away, a city is under construction. Not far away, you can already see the outline of the city. Although the city wall is still very low, the base has been laid. It only needs to be raised further. Can.
Of course, this is just a city wall. After all, it has only been more than a month. If you want to build a city in one go, unless a god comes down to earth, it is simply impossible with the construction level of the Tang Dynasty.
It is not easy for Luo Zhang to build a city wall in such a short period of time.
When I got closer, I saw the master craftsman directing the craftsmen to drop huge stones as the foundation. Each stone must not fall wrong. This is the foundation stone. Once it falls wrong, the city wall will be unstable and big problems will occur.
Seeing Luo Zhang's arrival, the master temporarily put down his work and came to Luo Zhang's side and said, "Sir, are you back?"
Luo Zhang nodded and said: "That's just a small problem. It can be solved after a trip. The big problem here is yours. How is the construction of the city?"
The master craftsman hurriedly introduced the construction situation to Luo Zhang. As Luo Zhang saw, the base of the first city wall is almost completed. The entire city wall is five miles long and three feet wide, and horses can be raced on it. This made Luo Zhang very satisfied.
As for the five-mile-long city wall, it was also built with Li Shimin's permission. According to Luo Zhang's fiefdom, it is not that big. As for the extra, it is naturally counted on Li Shimin's head. After all, this city is half of Li Shimin's.
However, even if it is five miles long, it can only be regarded as a small city. You must know that Suzaku Street in Chang'an City alone is ten miles long, and the city of Luo Zhang is nothing at all.
After listening to the introduction of the master craftsman, Luo Zhang praised the master craftsman. Naturally, some rewards were indispensable. At that moment, Luo Zhang waved his hand and asked him to go to Zhao Tianhu. Each craftsman would be rewarded with ten taels of silver. As for the master craftsman, I was rewarded with twelve gold coins.
These are just small amounts of money for Luo Zhang. Of course, they are not related to the number of craftsmen. There are only a few dozen people in total. If those who move bricks are included, it will be terrible. No matter how rich Luo Zhang is, he will not Dare to squander like that.
Regarding this, the master craftsmen and craftsmen were all smiling. This money may not seem like much, but to them it is a huge sum of money. If money can be used to win people's hearts, Luo Zhang will never miss it.
After bidding farewell to the craftsmen, Luo Zhang headed towards Nanshan behind the city wall, where a team of people was stationed. When Luo Zhang approached, he was stopped. Luo Zhang didn't say anything, but showed a sign and saw After seeing this sign, the guard immediately bowed and said, "Sir!"
"No one is peeking in here these days, right?" Luo Zhang asked as he put away the sign.
"Your Majesty, there is none. Even if there were, we would have driven them away!" the guard replied respectfully.
Luo Zhang nodded with satisfaction, glanced at the guard, then took out a money bag from his sleeve and threw it to the guard and said: "Buy some food, wine and meat, and give the soldiers an extra meal tonight as a reward. During this period, Thank you for your hard work!"
The guard took the money bag, weighed it and immediately smiled.
Naturally, these guards are not Luo Zhang's men, but the Jinwu Guards sent by His Majesty. These are the team that guards the palace. Each of them can fight alone against a small team of guards, which shows how strong they are. He is worthy of being called His Majesty's personal guard.
Although Luo Zhang did not tell Li Shimin explicitly what was on Nanshan Mountain, he told him its importance, so Li Shimin sent Jinwu Guards to guard it. Luo Zhang did not have that many people to guard a Nanshan Mountain.
At this time, Nanshan has not yet been developed, but some of the craftsmen he brought earlier have begun to explore the coal mine branches of Nanshan and the difficulty of mining.
After more than a month of investigation, when Luo Zhang came to their station, a huge piece of cloth was placed in front of Luo Zhang.
Looking at the cloth in front of him, Luo Zhang had an intuitive understanding of the entire Nanshan coal mine branch.
"Sir, please see, the red dots marked here are coal floating on the surface and easy to mine. These black dots mean that there is coal, but it is not easy to mine. It needs to be reinforced and holes drilled. As for the gray dots, they are still there. Exploration, there may be coal, there may not be!" an old man introduced from the side.
Luo Zhang took a look and saw that there were about seven or eight red dots on this piece of cloth, more black dots, more than ten, and gray dots, the largest number, more than twenty. In other words, now Half of the entire Nanshan Mountain has been surveyed, and it will probably be completed in more than a month. At that time, mining can be carried out according to the situation.
This is much faster than the exploration of coal mines in the far north. According to Luo Zhang's understanding, in the north, within the fiefdom of Cheng Yaojin and others, the exploration of coal mines has just begun. Although many of them are superficial, Without careful investigation, it would be difficult to send someone to guard it. If someone steals it, it will be a huge loss for them.
After seeing the investigation, Luo Zhang was full of praise for the old man. Obviously, it was these people who were able to detect so many difficult points so quickly. Luo Zhang still did not hesitate to reward him, and each of them was rewarded with ten gold. This made Everyone cheered and cheered. Ten gold was enough for them to live for a lifetime. It was even enough to buy a house on the edge of Chang'an.
But this is just drizzle to Luo Zhang. As long as coal is mined, it is no exaggeration for him to make a fortune every day.
