The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 357
I have to say that building a city is really not a human job, even if you have six degree certificates, it won't make things much easier.

The city's drainage facilities, road design, city wall defense facilities, the city's structural layout, etc., etc., these things make Li Muyun burnt out, and he is so busy every day that he can't tell east, west, south, north.

The establishment of the new city is located in the north of Nanyin Mountain in the grassland, and a meandering river passes through the city.

This is the address chosen by Su Lie, and it is also a place that Li Muyun thinks is very suitable for building a city.

There is a river passing by, which can meet the problem of drinking water in the city, and can also solve the problem of diverting water from the moat. Backing against the Yin Mountain can avoid attacks from behind. In this way, even if the Xue Yantuo people want to launch an attack, they can only attack from the east, south, and west. In three directions, there will be no encirclement.

But although the idea is good, they have to face a very serious problem. The selected location is not suitable for building a city at all. Because of the river, there are swamps everywhere, and the ground is too soft. Water can be seen after three shovels. The situation is not to mention building a city, even the foundation cannot be laid.

Then let’s talk about drainage. This place is located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. In summer, every time there is a heavy rain, the river will rise sharply. If a city is built here, even if the city is built, the whole city will be soaked in water every summer, and there is no need for drainage. I thought, it would be a blessing to be able to avoid back pouring.

What's more, it is located in the north, and the cold wind from the north in winter is enough to freeze the ground below three feet. In such a situation, the difficulty of building the city will undoubtedly increase exponentially. As far as the foundation alone is concerned, it will take six to six feet. eight feet.

This is the death of his own, Li Muyun never imagined that he would face such a situation, let alone let him build the city in one year, even in two years.

Su Lie was also a little dazed. It stands to reason that there was nothing wrong with the place he chose to build the city. If the city could be built, it would certainly be able to block the passage for the Xue Yantuo people to go south from Yinshan Mountain, but the problem they faced was that they didn't have enough time!
Depressed, very depressed, for this matter, Li Muyun called back Su Lie, the Dandy Four, Wang Jie, Fang Yizhi, Su Wanqing, Gongsun Lan and others, and everyone sat down to discuss the problem and brainstorm ideas Find a way together.

With stubble on his face, Cheng Chumo said carelessly after hearing the difficulties raised by Li Muyun: "I still think there is something important, isn't it just that there is not enough time, and we don't have enough time to get people together. We have a lot of people now. It would be better to send more people."

It was rare for Yuchi Baoqi to stand on the same front as Cheng Chumo, and he patted him on the shoulder in great agreement: "That's right, I really can't do it. I went to catch them on the grassland. Those Xue Yantuo people are like grasshoppers in the grass. There are countless of them. If you catch more and come back, there will be someone to do the work.”

Seeing that these two guys were getting more and more outrageous, Su Lie couldn't help but glared at them: "Okay, you two don't say a few words, this is imminent, so don't be a demon moth."

Faced with Su Lie's contempt, Cheng Chumo poked his neck and said: "Uh... General, this is not a demon moth, don't we have more than 1 Xue Yantuo people here? There are nearly [-] Khitan people! Take them directly Transferred here, if they don’t complete the base in a month, they will all beheaded, I don’t believe they can’t finish.”

"No, things can't be done like this!" Li Muyun frowned and said, "Brother has only 3000 people under his command, and these people have to deal with some emergencies, so we don't have the manpower to implement coercive measures."

Seeing that his and Cheng Chumo's methods didn't work, Yuchi had an idea and said, "Mu Qu, if it doesn't work, you can write another letter and ask that guy who pulled it out to send us tens of thousands of prisoners of war?"

"Pull it down, what do you think of that guy? I guess that kid already hates us to death, how could he send someone to help us again, can't he come up with some reliable ideas?" Chai Lingwu rolled his eyes, After hurting Yuchi, he said, "Muyun, in my opinion, we might as well change to another place. The grassland is so big, why do we have to build a city here? Don't you think so?"

"Tch, I think it's a good idea, I would say it in another place!" Cheng Chumo looked contemptuous, most likely I have taken off my trousers, and you just show me the smell of singing and dancing in it.

"Then what do you say? It's impossible to find more than 20 people. Even if there are so many people, we dare not use them. If we don't change places, how can we build a new city in the remaining six months?" Chai Lingwu was a little anxious , jumped up and roared with staring eyes.

Li Muyun looked at the dandy group of four, with the intention of killing people. None of these guys are reliable, asking them to come up with ideas is the biggest mistake in itself.

But at this moment, Gongsun Lan on the side said: "Third brother, why don't you try to explain the situation to His Majesty? You explain to Your Majesty all the difficulties we need to face, and I believe His Majesty will not insist on letting you be here It was completed within a year."

"Impossible, I..." Li Muyun shook his head in embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "If I had told His Majesty like this half a month earlier, it should be fine, but now... it's difficult!"

Yes, isn't it difficult? Li Muyun, who just gave His Majesty a dozen big iron lumps, knows very well that the one in Chang'an is probably holding back and waiting to make trouble for him. To complete the task of building the city within a year, it is estimated that there will be a lot of boards.

In the past, I always heard people say that harming others will eventually harm me, and I lifted a rock and shot myself in the foot, but now I see it is really "the ancients are sincere, don't deceive me!" '

Yuchi is impatient, just sitting together in a meeting and discussing because of impatience, he jumped up at the end: "This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. In my opinion, it's better not to build this city at all. Let's just get some people. Go to the grassland and kill him without leaving a single one behind, and drive away all the Xue Yantuo people, so there will be no need to build any cities in the future."

Su Lie really couldn't listen to Yuchi's nagging, so he slapped the table: "Yuchi, if you want to talk nonsense again, don't blame the general for not showing respect, and rule you with military law!"

"I..." Yuchi Baoqi was speechless, squatting down depressed for a long time to draw a circle.

Everyone in the room looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to deal with the situation in front of them.

After all, when Li Muyun was in Chang'an, he promised the emperor that he would definitely build a new city this year. If he couldn't complete the task, he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor. At that time, he would be degraded and lose his title, and he might be sent to Lingnan.

(End of this chapter)