Liu, Guan, and Zhang all went to Zhongshan to worship their ancestors. They were all gone. The only person left to take charge of the overall situation was Li Mengxi. Jian Yong was not qualified, and Jian Yong was not familiar with all affairs.

Li Mengxi began to deal with a mountain of affairs.

On the 13th, Li Mengxi was leaving the city.

Before leaving the city, he recalled Liao Hua, who was out on patrol, and temporarily handed over all the troops and city defense in the city to Liao Hua. He ordered Liao Hua to lock the city and defend it to the death if there was any enemy situation.

In addition to the military arrangements being properly arranged, Li Mengxi summoned the officials of the thirteen ministries and asked Qin Shu, the chief officer of the Ministry of Personnel, to be responsible for coordinating the ministries. The Ministry of Personnel was responsible for distributing all affairs to the ministries. As for whether various affairs should be left to the officials of each ministry to handle themselves, or left to wait.

The handling is left to the discretion of the officials of each ministry.

After arranging all the affairs, Li Mengxi took three hundred cavalry and left the city.

The target is Dalu Ze, a large lake fifty miles outside Julu City.

Two hours later, we arrived at Daluze. The water area of ​​Daluze is vast and the waves are vast. Standing on the shore and looking far away, there is no end in sight.

Li Mengxi pointed to the big lake and talked about the grand blueprint planned earlier, "This lake is huge, with dozens of miles of water. With such a big lake, there can be endless fish."

"Someone wants to build a dock, a shipyard, and a navy on this lake."

Jian Yong couldn't help but look at Li Mengxi. How could Julu have a large navy?

But I heard Li Mengxi continue to say, "In Jizhou, there may not be a need to build a large naval army. Even if it is not necessary to build a large naval army, we must have the craftsmen, the craftsmanship, and the boat-making methods.

, so that if one day it is necessary to build a large-scale navy, we must be prepared so that the navy can be established.

Building the Shui Army is not something that can be accomplished in a day, and it will never be possible without profound accumulation."

In front of the vast water with not a single boat on the water, Li Mengxi was talking boldly about building a huge navy. This was heard by Jian Yong, but Jian Yong did not think that Li Mengxi was fanciful at all. Jian Yong

I firmly believe that the Julu Army will become a powerful navy in the near future.

After expressing great enthusiasm for the deserted water, Li Mengxi asked the soldiers who followed him, "Does anyone know how to touch a snail shell?"

One of the cavalrymen took off his clothes on the spot and went into the water.

While the soldier was wading slowly into the water, Li Mengxi asked other soldiers how the water was. Some soldiers said they were proficient in water, and some said it was average.

Li Mengxi said to Jian Yongdao, "This is one of the benefits of setting up a stronghold near Zeze.

Soldier training requires a venue, which needs to be simulated as hills, ravines, cities, jungles, and other different terrains. Hills, ravines, cities, etc. can all be built flat on land. It is extremely difficult to build a land with only water flow.

When building a stronghold near water, water can flow from the swamp into the stronghold, making it easy to build."

While he was talking, the soldier who went down to touch the shells came up, holding several triangular clams in his arms.

Li Mengxi picked up a conch shell as big as his face. He wanted to break it open, but the shell was sucked very tightly and could not be broken open easily, so he had to give up.

Li Mengxi explained to Jian Yong, "Xianhe, you can grow pearls from these three-cornered clams, chop the shells into pieces, or stuff them into the clam meat with stones or other debris. In a few years, the pearls will be wrapped with debris."

Things have grown.

Normally, it is difficult for river clams to produce one bead from a hundred mussels. With the method of seeding beads, one mussel can produce dozens of beads.

It will take less than three to five years to plant thousands of clams, and by then, there will be enough pearls to measure!"

When Jian Yong heard that pearls could still be grown, he asked how to grow pearls, how to stuff them with debris, and where to stuff them so that pearls could grow.

Jian Yong was eager to know, so in order to get an answer, he drew out his sword and snapped the shell in half.

"Where? Where can I grow pearls?" Jian Yong asked, holding a snail shell.

Li Mengxi looked at the clam that was split into two halves. He looked at it for a while and hesitated: "...Well, just like humans, humans have internal organs and the same is true for clams. If a person's internal organs are damaged, they will die. The same is true for clams. You will definitely not be able to grow beads.

It is planted in the viscera of the clam, but I don’t know where it is planted, so I have to give it a try.”

"This matter can be handed over to the military doctors, so that the military doctors can clearly identify the organs of the river mussel, and then test them one by one."

After that, Li Mengxi pointed at the river clam held by Jian Yong and said with a smile, "Xianhe, your clam will definitely not be able to grow pearls."

"Why?" Jian Yong was puzzled.

"Haha, because you broke the clam to death!"

Apart from some medicinal value, the rest of pearls are economic value. There is almost no investment in cultivating pearls. You only need to plant the pearls, then put the clams in a cage, throw the cage into the river and raise it with river water.

No matter how you cook it, the pearls will grow naturally.

However, the cultivation of pearls is a long process, and it takes three to five years to see the results, so it is better to start early.

[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]

Having already arrived at the water's edge, Li Mengxi simply ordered people to go down to the river to fish for river mussels, intending to bring the mussels back to the military doctors for study.

With a large number of people, things can be done very quickly. Hundreds of people went into the water, and soon there was a pile of snails they touched.

Seeing that it was almost done, Li Mengxi ordered a soldier to go back and ask his superiors to pull up the cart and bring some buckets, and transport the snail shells and lake water back together.

"Let's go, Xianhe, let's go check out the camp." Li Mengxi called to Jian Yong, who was holding a conch shell and was lost in thought.

The camp is located on the flattest and low-lying shore land around Dalu Ze.

When we arrived at the camp, there were some shallow ravines on the ground. It could be seen that the camp had been initially repaired, and there were traces of filling in the ground. Some trees had been cut down, and the tree stacks were left alone.

Last year, Li Mengxi came here once. At that time, he and Guan Yu selected the camp site. Later, all subsequent measurements and planning were done by Guan Yu himself. Li Mengxi did not come again. Therefore, Li Mengxi was somewhat unfamiliar with the planning of the camp.

Li Mengxi first walked around and became familiar with the plan and layout of the camp, and then explained to Jian Yong everything about the camp.

First of all, there are shallow trenches dug out with hoes in various places on the ground. These are the construction lines left behind after the construction team measured them.

Camps built by the water are not much different from those inland. There are two differences. "One is a water village. Camps are built near the water. If you are close to the water, the enemy may also attack from the water. Moreover, there are more

Once faced with water, our army will have more retreat options."

Pointing to two long and straight shallow ditches extending from the shore to the lake at his feet, Li Mengxi explained, "I have discussed with General Guan that we can build a city wall. The city wall can be directly connected from our military camp to the dock. In this way,

With the city walls connected, our armies on the water and on the land can support each other. If there is an unfavorable situation in the war between Korea and the land is in danger, we can retreat calmly to the water along the corridors of the city wall."

This is the first big advantage of building a village by water.

“Secondly, water is very convenient in Jinze.

I plan to dig several large trenches from the shore to lead the water from the lake to the camp. I will dig several large pits in the camp and support large pots on the pits. The middle water channel will be blocked with stone slabs. When water is used,

After the stone slab was removed, the water flowed directly into the cauldron, and then people added firewood to heat the water. The water heated up and then flowed into the pool.

With such convenient access to water, it will be possible for soldiers to clean themselves every day, which is far beyond the reach of building camps on land."

Jian Yong didn't quite understand that he went to such great lengths just to take a bath once a day.

Turning further down, the ravines on the ground changed again and turned into small grids the size of houses.

This is the barracks.

There is nothing special about the barracks, the special thing is inside.

Li Mengxi mentioned that he wanted to make a bed frame with two or even three bunks. Although the bed frame costs wood, it can save a room. One room can accommodate four people, and the bed frame can accommodate twelve people. This is

It's equivalent to saving two houses.

Two houses are still more expensive than a few bed frames.

Therefore, canopy beds can save a lot of living costs.

When it comes to the canopy bed, Li Mengxi has a headache, "There is a shortage of wood. There is not enough wood to make plows. All the nearby trees have been cut down, and the trees are getting farther and farther away."

In my opinion, it is best to plant trees."

Speaking of planting trees, Li Mengxi asked Jian Yong what kind of tree would be good.

Jian Yong replied that for economic purposes, mulberry and tung trees are better, elm trees are planted for disaster preparedness, peaches, plums, apricots and jujubes are planted for harvesting fruits, and there are more materials. Each type of wood has its own role.

"Well," Li Mengxi thought thoughtfully, "willow can be used to extract medicine, ginkgo can also be used to extract medicine, Broussonetia mulberry can be used to make paper, and the toon tree is said to be able to prevent insects."

"Hey? Xianhe, do you think if the military camp was filled with chun trees, there would be no mosquitoes?" Li Mengxi had a sudden thought.

Jian Yong thought for a moment and smiled, "But caterpillars grow on the Chinese ton tree."

Compared with Li Mengxi, Jian Yong is more familiar with the characteristics of various trees. "If you want to prevent mosquitoes, use camphor." Jian Yong said.

I don’t know what camphor is.

When I asked Jian Yong if there were any other mosquito-proof trees, Jian Yong couldn't tell.

Regarding trees, Li Mengxi realized that trees are not only plants, but can also be turned into strategic materials at any time. There is no cost to plant trees and they can be planted anywhere. Why not plant trees everywhere in the territory?

When the trees grow, the fallen leaves are used as firewood, and the fruits can be used to wrap the belly. They can also be used as tung oil, mulberry leaves, gum and other cash crops. During the war, there is a lot of wood in the territory, which is the war potential.

During the conversation, another important policy was finalized. Li Mengxi decided to plant trees in all places in Julu that were not suitable for farming.

Jian Yongze asked, if the tree grows so slowly and takes ten or even decades, is it worth waiting for?

"It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. For the long-term plan, the general will win in the long-term." Li Mengxi said a very philosophical statement, and Jian Yong looked at him sideways.
Chapter completed!