Hearing that his self-reported family name was incorrect, Li Dan frowned slightly and asked, "Are you from the Hu family in Meigang?"
"Sir, the student is from Meigang, and his surname is Hu. However... there is no student registered in the Hu family ancestral hall."
Lu Jiu, Shi Dajun and others were confused after hearing this, but Li Dan had some guesses in his mind and nodded and said: "I heard Hu Congxi, the inspector of the Meigang Branch, said that he has a clansman named Hu Juren who is also in Anren. He once asked I'm asking about his current situation, do you know he is safe?"
"Sir, Hu Juren is also in this school." Zhou Xin bowed and said.
"Oh? Isn't this a study of the Jun family?" Zhu Qing asked in surprise.
"That's right, Hu Juren is a child prodigy that everyone knows around. Huaiyou, the teacher of this school, saw him in Meigang two years ago and liked him very much. Therefore, he and his mother agreed to take him as his apprentice when he was older. Therefore, Hu Juren is a boarding school in our school. But not attached to school.
He was taught by his teacher in the backyard after class and in the evening. Although Hu Juren came from a middle-class and wealthy family, he was very respectful to his husband, performed discipleship rituals and took care of his daily life.
After the chaos broke out, Mr. Hu Juren wanted to return to the countryside, but Hu Juren left as a disciple, so he is not in the city now. " Zhou Xin explained.
"I see." Li Dan nodded and asked strangely, "Then why is this young child in school?"
Hearing Li Dan call the other party a "kid", everyone looked a little weird, and Shi Dajun almost laughed out loud.
"Sir, I found this baby by myself, so I had to get it from Mr. Qian. Mr. Qian was embarrassed at first, but Hu Juren introduced him and said that he was a good boy but a poor family, so he asked him to take him in.
Mr. Qian tried his talents and found that he had a photographic memory, so he offered to support him at his own expense to stay and study.
Of course, ordinary people would not let their husband focus on his beauty, so they made an exception for this baby and asked him to help with some cleaning and provide meals every day. Hu Juren bought pen, ink and paper for him, so he kept it like this. "
Li Dan looked at Zhou Xin and nodded heavily: "You have done a good deed!" Then he asked Hu Jusheng: "But there is a war and the traitors are coming. Aren't you afraid? Why didn't you follow your husband to the countryside?"
Hu Jusheng looked at Zhou Xin's eyes, then bowed again, and then replied: "Are there students who are not afraid? But the traitors cannot stay in the city forever. Sooner or later, they will be liberated."
Besides, if the student stays here, he will be provided with food by Zhou Gong every day. If he also goes with the teacher, it will only open his mouth. It is enough for the husband to have a senior brother by his side, so the student is left to look after the house and clean it as usual every day to wait for the husband to return safely. "
Li Dan tilted his head and looked at him with interest, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, then Hu Jusheng, let me ask you, now the courtyard of the Clan Academy is going to be borrowed by me. During the war, the shogunate was chaotic with people coming and going. You Are you willing to move to the academy to live temporarily?"
"Uh...," Hu Jusheng hesitated for a moment and replied, "Sir, can I stay? The student only lives in a woodshed, and it will definitely not hinder your business."
The corners of Li Dan's mouth raised slightly: "If you don't want to move... that's fine, then you have to help me with the work. I currently lack people who are literate and good at math. If you help me, I will provide you with food."
There is no room for idleness in our army. Everyone must contribute to defeating the Yang family and protecting Sangzi. How about that, are you happy with it? "
"There's nothing to say about this!" Hu Jusheng said quickly: "You have to do what you have to do to earn the emperor's salary. The students understand. Don't worry, the adults will do their best. The students will do their best!"
"Okay, then it's settled!" After Li Dan said that, he went to the back to take a look.
It turns out that this clan school is a courtyard with three entrances. There is a school hall, a study room and a small flower hall for receiving guests in the front. The second entrance is where the Master lived, the bright hall where Confucius' statue is enshrined, and a small garden; the third entrance has The kitchen, the woodshed where Hu Jusheng lived, and the well platform.
Li Dan saw a vegetable bed next to the kitchen and walked over to observe. He saw that there were rapeseed (radish), radish (eggplant), Chinese cabbage (Chinese cabbage), and goldenrod (alfalfa) growing inside. He couldn't help laughing and said: "They are all easy to grow and easy to grow."
Hu Jusheng blushed and murmured: "This, this is planted by the students. My mother does not allow the students to do farm work at home, so the students are not as good as the elder brothers!"
"It doesn't matter. Everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. How can I be good at everything? If I try to do it, I'm afraid I won't be as good as you." Li Dan comforted him. Hu Jusheng is grateful
The ground bowed.
Walking to the woodshed where Hu Jusheng lived, he saw a lot of bamboo poles piled under his eaves and bamboo plaques hung on the walls. Li Dan turned around and saw that there was indeed a door at the other end of the passage in front of the kitchen, and asked, "What about that?" Are you going to Jun's house?" Zhou Xin hurriedly said yes. Li Dan nodded and said, "I think this yard is enough, so let's settle on it."
Zhou Xin was overjoyed and immediately ordered his old servant to go home and ask someone to come over to clean up and move away unnecessary things.
Li Dan agreed with him to officially settle in at the end of the day, and asked him to prepare the list of officers and personnel of the Anren Militia Squadron during the evening meal, leaving the famous town to teach him how to organize the team.
Then he turned around and came out to mount his horse with Tan Zhongxiao, and went to see the camping site outside the south gate. It turned out that the camp pointed out by the magistrate to the regiment training was the place where the officers and soldiers camped that night when they returned to defense and passed by Anren.
Tan Zhongxiao was a little unhappy. He also disliked the unlucky nature of the place. He muttered on the way that why should we camp outside after occupying the county seat? Isn't there a school ground to the east of the city?
When Zhu Qing saw Li Dan smiling and saying nothing, he said, "Tan Ying Zheng, the patrol inspector took the initiative to set up camp outside for a deep meaning. Didn't Ying Zheng realize it?"
"What, deep meaning?"
"Look, we camped outside the south gate, and then Mr. Zhu and the others built a bridge in front. What about the other side? We are going to build a Shangdu Fort soon. First, if the enemy wants to attack Anren, they have to capture the Shangdu Fort, right?
We are right behind, how can he get it? There is Huangxi River on the left side of Shangdu Fort and two forts on Zhongzhou on the right side. Yingzheng, you see, as long as we don't lose the upper crossing, the enemy can't even touch Anren's gate! Is this true? "
"Yeah. Indeed!" Tan Zhongxiao nodded: "I remember analyzing it during the battle case study. Zhu Shenjun, when you first found us, you also said that the last time the army lost the upper crossing, the result was that they had to be reconciled."
"So this time the staff attaches great importance to Shangdu! Not only must a bridge be built, but a fortress must also be built on Tazhou as a rear stronghold to never give the enemy a chance to exploit any loopholes!" After speaking, Li Dan pointed with his riding crop:
"But if we go according to the original plan and wait for the bridge to be built before stationing troops in Tazhou, the safety of the troops who have landed at Shangdu and the migrant workers building the fort may not be completely guaranteed. Lao Tan, I think you will have to work hard."
"Whatever the inspector said, please just give me your orders!" Tan Zhongxiao said, clasping his fists: "Do you want us to cross the river now?"
Li Dan thought for a while and shook his head, then said to Zhu Qing: "My original idea was still too optimistic. Only when I saw it on site did I realize that my thoughts and facts are two different things."
He reached out and took the telescope from Mao Zaidi's hand to look at the situation on the other side. Everyone also followed suit and took out their own telescopes.
"Have you noticed? The terrain at Shangdu is flatter than expected. The location of the fort should be in the woods on the right. The surrounding flat land is no longer dangerous." Li Dan pointed with his finger: "What do you think? What is the problem?"
"That is to say, if the enemy group suddenly attacks while we are busy fighting, it will be difficult for the brothers at Shangdukou to resist?" After all, Tan Zhongxiao has fought many battles, and one sentence said the key:
"If the pontoon bridge behind them is not built yet, they will have nowhere to retreat, and they will suffer the same defeat as the army!"
Li Dan jumped off his horse and walked to a big rock in front of him. He used his binoculars to look south along the river, and then turned to Shigang. There were only fifty defenders in Shigang and they had been easily dealt with.
Huang Shu sent someone to report that there were more than 670 shipbuilding craftsmen and migrant workers in Shigang, 60 large wooden ships had been built, and more than 170 shipwrights. Twenty more are under construction and have varying degrees of completion.
He put down his hands and walked slowly, giving a few orders to the staff for execution.
1. The first batch of 800 migrant workers from Yugan has arrived in Huangqiu and will be sent to Shangdu by boat sent by Zhou Qin. Wansiyoubu will be responsible for protecting the safety of project construction.
2. Appoint Tao Shou as the sub-inspector of the Anren Water Pass, lead 30 boats to the dock outside the West Water Gate of Anren, and immediately ferry Wansiyoubu to the Shangferry, occupying favorable terrain to carry out protection tasks.
Third, order Tao Shou to check the damage to the pontoon bridge at Shangdu after ferrying Wansiyoubu. If it is not serious, repair it with local materials. If it is serious, report it to the camp to allocate manpower and materials.
Tao Shou followed and accepted the order.
After saluting the military salute, Ling jumped three feet, winked cheerfully at his old friend Shi Dajun, mounted his horse and went to greet his subordinates.
Shi Dajun groaned angrily in the team, and Li Dan held back his laughter and called him over: "Yishi Yishi, what are you moaning about in the back?"
"They are all inspecting, and they all have work to do, so is it really that I, Old Shi, am squatting by the river making stones?" Shi Dajun bowed:
"I shouldn't have been blind to confront you earlier. I'll apologize to you, but you should hurry up and fart Lao Shi. Aren't you going to choke me to death?" Everyone laughed.
Li Dan shook his head and said, "But the tasks have been arranged. There are no other big things that require manpower? Otherwise, Brother Shitou, can you go a little further for your hard work?"
"Okay! Where do you want us to go? Fuzhou or Nanchang?" Shi Dajun jumped up and asked anxiously.
"It doesn't have to be that far." Li Dan asked Mao Zaidi to open the map and pointed with his hand:
"We just learned the art of staying at the Zhou family. Liangbi (Sun Liang, Tanzhong Xiao's deputy general) has already checked among the prisoners. The military rations from Dongxiang are all delivered via Weizhou Ferry, and they are delivered for ten days at a time. Portion.
The day after tomorrow is the day to deliver food again. I want you to do two things:
Give me the Weizhou Ferry, but don’t let Dongxiang find out too early;
When they arrive with grain, you can seize the grain and transport it back to Huangxi and give it to Yang Yi.
How, can it be done? "
Shi Dajun grinned: "It turns out that I'm doing my old job. It's easy. Just keep an eye on the inspections!" Li Dan asked his staff to write a military order and give it to him, and told him to go to Shigang to find Huang Shu for a ferry. River.
Then Li Dan said to Zhu Qing and Tan Zhongxiao: "Let's cross the river and camp on Tazhou today. After you arrive at Tazhou, set up camp and immediately contact Tao Shou and Zhu Er Ye to see how to cooperate with them. engineering.
In addition, a small team of scouts was sent in the direction of the Baita River to see if there were any invincible troops. If the enemy was small, they would be annihilated, and if there were many, they would be avoided. The premise is that the news that our army has arrived and captured Anren must not be exposed!
I calculated that even if Dongxiang knew the situation here, plus the time it took to send troops, it would take ten days at the earliest for them to arrive here in a furious manner.
You must be prepared to face the enemy before this happens! After saying that, he asked Zhu Qing: "How much cement can Mianshan currently supply?"
"Before I came, five thousand bales of No. 2 cement had been loaded on the ship, and the other two thousand bales will be shipped gradually. Most of these are for the construction of the fort at Shangdu, including one thousand bales of cement, three thousand bales of lime, and one thousand bales of cement." Thousands of bales of gypsum will be shipped to Big Rock Mountain Fort.
The most important thing is the transportation capacity on the water. The No. 3 cement required by Zhu Erye to build the East Bridge was originally said to require a total of 40,000 shi. Now I heard that half of it can be produced in Huangxi Dashibao. That would be great. The pressure on Mianshan will be much less.
Therefore, inspections are carried out, whether on land or on water, transportation capacity is very important! Otherwise, the output will not be transported to the required location, and everything will be in vain! Zhu Qing said.
After a period of exploration of cement, everyone in the engineering department has understood that the final hardness, smoothness, and strength will be different depending on the degree of crushing and grinding of the raw materials, the content of lime and gypsum, and the uniformity of mixing.
After repeated trials, different grades of cement have been produced. No. 1 is suitable for civil buildings, No. 2 is used for fortress construction, and No. 3 is the latest model mixed with crushed blast furnace slag to adapt to the needs of water conservancy projects.
The Dashibao Cement Plant to be built in Huangxi will be responsible for providing the cement and construction sand required for the prefabricated components of the upper half of the bridge, which will greatly relieve the pressure on the Mianshan Cement Plant. .
If the cement factory in Huangqiu can open smoothly, Anren will be able to achieve self-sufficiency.
There are also smelters, steel plants, carriage factories, shipyards... They all have to be completed one after another. Although he had only been in Anren for half a day, Li Dan felt the pressure.
This pressure made him restless and impatient, but he warned himself many times to stay grounded and not to leap forward.
I'm afraid it will take Jiangshan Army about ten days to react. He must make good use of this time and make intensive preparations for the battle.
It was precisely because of the consideration of facing the battle that he felt that it was too late to let the Tanzhong Xiaobu go to Tazhou after the bridge was built, so he decided to temporarily adjust the order and let the Tanzhong Xiaobu go to Tazhou.
There can be a strong reinforcement behind the fort!
Zhu Qing mentioned the shipping capacity of the ship. There is a contradiction here. It is that some of the log warships originally planned to be hastily built by Shigang Shipyard (made of sawed logs) could only be used for a few months before they would fall apart due to deformation of the wood. ) to sit on the bottom as a dock foundation, or to repair a pontoon.
But now the transport capacity is insufficient. Should we use these ships to increase transport capacity first? Zhu Qing immediately rejected the idea, saying:
"Those boats are too rough. If they sink or flood during loading, it will be a huge loss for us. It is better to wait until Mr. Zhu dismantles the pontoon outside the south gate and not rush to return the boats to their original owners and temporarily requisition them. Supplementary transport capacity?”
"Then it would be better to ask the original owner to recognize it first, and then use the boat to buy shares!" Tan Zhongxiao's words reminded everyone, yes, this is a good idea!
"This way, there is almost an extra fleet!" Zhu Qingjie exclaimed: "But, who will be sent to lead it?"
"How about Han Bazi?" Lu Jiu suggested: "He has good water skills. He has been sailing in the lake for several years, so he will be fine!"
Li Dan shook his head: "This person has already made arrangements, let's think about others."
"Song Xiaoqiao, the leader of Xiao Song Village." Zhu Qing suggested: "He has been on the water since he was a child, and he has ready-made skills."
Song Xiaoqiao never wanted to go back to the lake after the battle at Pipa Lake, so he brought more than a hundred people to join the Qingshirt Team to help Zhou Qin. "Well, Zhou Qin likes him very much. They are now uncle and nephew. I wonder if old Zhou Le is not willing to let him go?" Li Dan turned back to the accompanying staff officer and said:
"Add a sentence to Zhou Yingzheng's order and ask him if he agrees to let Song Xiaoqiao serve as the captain of the Anren Motor Fleet? If possible, please arrange to take up the post as soon as possible!"
As we were talking, we saw many boats arriving at the South Pier. Tan Zhongxiao raised his telescope and was delighted to see it, saying that it was Master Zhu Er's fleet coming!
Tan Zhongxiao returned to the team to organize the crossing of the river. Li Dan went to the pier to meet Mr. Zhu, but saw him squatting at the location where the bridge was to be built, meditating on the water.
"What's the matter? Are you having trouble?" Li Dan squatted down next to him and asked.
"This place is a thousand steps away from the pier and is sparsely populated." After he finished speaking, he pointed behind him:
"Sir, look at how tall the grass is. But it will change from today on! In a few years, this place may be as prosperous as a market town, but we may not see that day!"
"There will be a stone monument here and a stele pavilion. Hundreds of years from now, people will still know that Master Zhu and his craftsmen built an unprecedented bridge here." Li Dan said with a smile.
"Zhu Jian, my name is Zhu Jian. So I am inseparable from engineering in this life!" After Zhu Erye finished speaking, he turned to Li Dan and told Li Dan: "I brought 700 people here, and another 100 people are in charge. Build precast concrete elements.”
He now says this new term is not difficult to pronounce at all, but is quite proud of it. "But I'm afraid there are still not enough manpower. How many young migrant workers can the county organize to participate in the project?"
"I'm here to talk to the magistrate and try to send you eight hundred to one thousand people." Li Dan told him sincerely: "But I don't know when these people will come. Today the magistrate has agreed to cooperate, but it will take time."
"But I don't have time. Just give me so many days to build such a big bridge!" Zhu Erye smiled bitterly.
Lu Jiu, who was standing not far away and listening to their conversation, suddenly had an idea and asked, "Second Master, can the prisoners be used?"
"Prisoner? Of course!"
Lu Jiu chuckled and reminded: "Have you forgotten about the inspection? We have captured more than 300 people alive in this city!"
"Oh, right, why did you forget these people?" Li Dan slapped his thigh: "I'll assign these people to you first. At least let them do some hard work. It should be fine!"
At this time, I heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and Mao Zaidi shouted: "Sir, it seems to be Feng Shenjun!"
"Huh? Did something happen to him when he came here?" Li Dan stood up and came forward in confusion.
Feng Shen was still a few dozen steps away and had already jumped off his horse. He threw the reins to one of his followers and ran forward to salute him. He said hurriedly: "Sir, I have some important things to report to you."
"Say it."
"The two mobilized district teams from Jiangbu and Fenggang are ordered to go south. The Fenggang district team has arrived.
Damei Port, landing in Central Continent early tomorrow morning.
In addition, I received news from Ore (code name Wang Xi) that Yang He launched his first attack on Fuzhou the day before yesterday. The battle was fierce and it was said that the losses on both sides were considerable. "
"Okay! This way their attention may not be on the east side." Li Dan was very happy.
"The last one is the most shocking news, which may shock you when you hear it." Feng Shen lowered his voice and said, "Our knight met one of our own in Guantang!"
"What are our own people? Guantang? Aren't they going to Yingtan? Why are there our people there?" Li Dan was confused. Looking at Feng Shen, he suddenly had an idea: "No way?"
Feng Shen nodded.
Li Dan thought for a few breaths, turned around with a smile and told Master Zhu, "There are military matters coming, and I have to go back to discuss it. I'll ask Master Zhu here!" Then he waved to Mao Zaidi to lead Zao Liu'er over. He mounted his horse and rode alongside Feng Shen, with Zhu Qing and others following behind.
"What's going on? Tell me slowly." Li Dan said softly, as if to Feng Shen, more like to himself.
