The people in Yang Fan's territory had a happy new year, but on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the atmosphere in the territory suddenly became tense.
The administrative agencies of each village and town are directly elected by the villagers. Law enforcement, judicial, military, and supervisory agencies are all dispatched by Yang Mansion. The heads of various departments began to hold frequent meetings.
Although, various activities to celebrate the New Year are still going on. People are still in a sea of joy. However, the families of these people found that they no longer accompanied them and rushed back to the village and town offices.
Soon rumors began to spread that another war was coming.
Faced with the current complicated court situation, the Yang Mansion issued an order to prepare for war.
After the Spring Festival, large-scale construction of earth buildings made of cement and stone will begin this year on the territory of Yang Mansion. Build an earth building in each town.
In addition, the muskets and black powder that had been eliminated by the army were distributed to the town-level armed stations, waiting for orders before being distributed to ordinary people.
All adult men, over the age of sixteen and under the age of sixty, must begin to receive military training during their off-farm and rest periods, and be assigned labor for the construction of fortifications.
The Yang Mansion issued an order to build fifty earth buildings on the territory before October this year.
It is enough to accommodate 1.5 million people, and can be protected by earth buildings in times of war. Each earth building is designed to house 30,000 to 50,000 people. There are all kinds of living supporting facilities inside.
After the earth buildings are built, they will be distributed to the people for free according to the unit form of the building. The original adobe houses of each family will be abandoned.
Earth buildings are made of cement and large stones. There are also reinforced concrete frame load-bearing structures. Very strong. Tulou are all six-story buildings with a gear-shaped outer outline. Bastion-like design.
Earth buildings are both military fortifications and residential buildings.
This kind of house with one-meter-thick exterior walls is warm in winter and cool in summer. There are also indoor kitchens and bathrooms, as well as water supply and drainage systems. There is also a central heating system that provides heating and hot water in winter.
This is much better than the adobe house we live in now. The comfort level of life has been greatly improved. And it's very safe.
There are so many refugees now, and public security is very poor. Everyone is very willing to live together in earth buildings.
Yang Fan began to clean up the warehouse inventory and emptied the warehouse to store new weapons and supplies.
Distribute the cold weapons in the warehouse, the old-fashioned iron armor, leather armor, shields, bows, magic guns, and old-fashioned fire gate guns that were captured in the wars over the years, made by yourself, and issued by the imperial court to the Tulou garrison.
In the event of a war, the garrison can distribute it to the people at any time. Weapons must be available to every household and everyone. Each household must have at least one pair of iron armor or leather armor, and each household must have at least one crossbow.
In principle, hot weapons are issued to the militiamen during matchlock battles, and are placed in the weapons depot of each village hall for unified management during normal times.
The early-made Tiger Crouching Cannon, Folang Machine Cannon, captured and imitation General Cannon were distributed to the Tulou garrison after the Tulou was built.
All the old-fashioned black powder was also distributed. Now the standard military gunpowder has been replaced by maroon gunpowder.
Yang Fan will go on an expedition to Hetao this year, and this time he may have to fight a decisive battle with the Mongols. Yang Fan is likely to be dragged in the Hetao for a long time and will not be able to come back.
Historically, this winter, Jiannu gathered more than 200,000 people to invade, and the capital was once besieged. Yang Fan had to prepare for the worst for his territory. This is the foundation for his development in Ming Dynasty.
Yang Fan's territory is located on the narrow passage between Jizhou and Zunhua, with mountains to the north and south. It is the only way for Jiannu to attack the capital after entering the pass.
In order to protect his people, Yang Fan had to build many earth buildings. Centrally protect the population, food, livestock, weapons, and various materials. Only in this way can he go to the Western Expedition with confidence.
The first phase of the new city's city defense project has been completed, and the outer perimeter is a square city wall three kilometers long and wide. Relying on the foot of the mountain.
The state river dam is still under construction and is not expected to be fully completed until next year. At present, it is not possible to store water to flood the land south of the city and form a reservoir.
Therefore, if Jiannu really came, they could only hold on to the city. There is a vast plain to the south of the city, and the passage of the large army of slave builders cannot be stopped. The most the new city can do is rely on the fortified city to defend itself.
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The large plain south of the city will be planted with one season of wheat and one season of winter wheat this year.
After the summer grain harvest next year, this will be the flooded area where the reservoir will store water. After the reservoir is filled with water, the only official road from Zunhua to Jizhou is through the south of Xincheng on the north side of the reservoir. At that time, Jiannu could not even think of passing through the new city.
Yang Fan's advice to Xiao Niangpi is that if Jiannu really breaks into the customs. In the territory, the walls were fortified and the fields were cleared, the houses were burned, the wells were filled in, and the farmers, livestock, and all kinds of materials were gathered into the earth buildings to hold on.
The industrial population and factories have now begun to move into the new city. After the relocation is completed, the city's population will reach more than 300,000. If we rely on solid city defenses to hold on, the Jian slaves will not be able to defeat them.
This is more than enough to protect yourself. Waiting for Yang Fan to come back.
At the same time, Yang Fan ordered to start hoarding food, and the arsenal was producing weapons and ammunition around the clock. On the one hand, it was to prepare reserves for the war in the northwest, and on the other hand, it was to prevent slaves from entering the customs.
All coal mines and iron mines have begun to work in three shifts, increasing production intensity day and night. Start stocking up on raw materials for various industrial productions in advance. They are piled up near various earth buildings and in warehouses and storage yards in new cities.
Yaoguang began to increase the scale of teleportation. Fill up the warehouse as quickly as possible.
Starting from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the entire territory began to gradually mobilize.
In the Yanshan Mountains, the sound of quarrying explosions is everywhere. A large amount of fertilizers and explosives were carried by teams of engineers to the mines to assist in quarrying. The stone was transported to various designated locations for storage using horse-drawn rail cars and ice tracks frozen by splashing water with sledges. A large amount of steel bars and cement industry also began to be distributed from warehouses in Zunhua and Xincheng.
The entire territory went into high-speed operation mode. Yang Fan inspected various places to understand the situation in various places and solved any problems at any time.
At this time, a young eunuch from the Supervisor of Ceremonies came to the Yang Mansion and brought a letter from Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen asked Yang Fan to start the railway project as soon as possible and remove all the refugees gathered in the capital. Long Live Lord can no longer sleep.
Yang Fan has been busy with matters in his own territory recently and has not paid attention to the capital. However, the disaster was severe this year. Every time he went to Nanyuan for military training, his convoy would see a large number of refugees gathering on the official road outside Yongding Gate, carrying a broken bowl and begging.
Although I didn't dare to come up to beg when I saw the carriage guarded by soldiers, there were refugees gathering everywhere on both sides of the road.
The problem of refugees in the capital has become very serious.
