As a lord, I was forced to farm

Jiang Ran didn't say anything, just smoothed the cat's fur and patrolled the area under the leadership of Chen Mao.

In her previous life, she had heard of too many shoddy projects caused by cutting corners, so next, she mainly walked around the place where the building materials were placed and inspected the black stone bricks.

Jiang Ran: "I don't think I have seen this kind of black stone bricks before."

"My lord, this is an improved new brick. It is made of stone dug from the area near Haohang Mountain and burned with paper. It is twice as hard as ordinary red bricks." Chen Mao said, "Thanks to Jiahan Director, he discovered these stones."

As Jiang Ran listened, Mo Sheng suddenly raised his head and spat out a mouthful of blue explosive flames on the black stone bricks. Rubbles were flying everywhere, and a small pebble flew towards Chen Mao's face with a whoosh.

Chen Mao quickly blocked the stone with his hands.

Mo Sheng turned his head and hummed twice, as if to say: That's it?

"No." Jiang Ran scolded Mo Sheng and asked Chen Mao with concern, "Mo Sheng was naughty just now. Were you hurt?"

"My subordinate is not seriously injured." Chen Mao was secretly surprised by the scorching heat just now, and consciously added, "Mo Sheng people restrain their strength. Although the black stone bricks cannot withstand the attack of Mo Sheng people, our city wall will It will be built brick by brick several meters wide, and the weapon refiner Bai Lifei will also lay out a stabilizing array on the wall, which can withstand the power of ordinary fire talismans."

Tian actually used the fiery talisman to capture Xinheng Town, which left a deep impression on Chen Mao. In order to prevent the newly born Xinheng Town from following in the same footsteps, Chen Mao also specially consulted various capable people in the territory. Finally he found Bai Lifei.

"The Chen Qing family is interested."

While talking, the sound of drumming suddenly came from the tent not far away.

Jiang Ran turned around and saw a dozen large, steaming iron buckets being pushed out by the women. The workers' eyes lit up, and they dropped their carts and other tools and rushed towards the iron buckets.

"Is this time for dinner?" Jiang Ran and others came over without eating, and planned to eat with them.

Suling's current supplies are not very rich, so the workers are not particularly well fed and can only eat enough.Three or four coarse steamed buns plus a white steamed bun, dipped in sour bamboo shoots and pickled mustard, added oil and salt, some mashed potatoes, and then a bowl of bone soup with no visible minced meat.

Jiang Ran didn't notify Chen Mao when he came this time, so Jiang Ran had to eat the same food as them. Chen Mao said a little embarrassed, "We here give everyone a little better food every six days. Today... …”

"No problem."

If you have good ginger, you can eat it, but if you don’t have it, you can eat some. Wowotou and steamed buns are not bad things, and there is no situation that you can’t eat them.

On the other side, someone was shocked to see Jiang Ran eating steamed buns and steamed buns.

"Look, that's a big shot in Suling County. He looks like a Celestial Immortal and the male attendant under Celestial Immortal. How come he eats the same food as us?" This was a laborer from the outer city. He looked at Jiang Ran and Lin Sha took the steamed buns and steamed buns and was very surprised.

In order to facilitate management, workers in outer cities are generally not on the same land as Suling workers, but are closely monitored by military officers.

The reason why they were so surprised was that in their impression, the officials would not stay with them and eat the same thing.

"Actually, wowotou and steamed buns are actually good things. If I didn't have to do heavy work building walls, I might have gained two pounds by eating like this at home." The speaker was a skinny guy, thinking of the children at home. , he was actually a little reluctant to eat this white steamed bun, but it would spoil if he didn't eat it. "It would be nice to drink bone soup and taste some meat."

"Suling County is really good." Someone murmured. He didn't dare to speak too loudly for fear of being heard by people in the same territory as him and getting into the ears of the officials, but he couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart. We were obviously paid thirty silver dollars a day in Suling, so why did those high-ranking gentlemen take away half of our wages without doing anything! 'If there is no comparison, these people will not know how bad their life is, and invisible complaints will be planted in their hearts.

……

During the meal, a stage was set up, and five beauties sent from Zhuoli County danced and played on it.

The woman has a graceful figure and dances gracefully, while the man is handsome and plays the sheng and Xiao melodiously.

The people in the audience were so mesmerized that all their fatigue disappeared.

It’s just that the rest time is short-lived. Once the dance is over, the workers have to pick up the tools in their hands again, move bricks, pile sand...

The Fengyuan City in Fenghuang and Zhenyuan areas was built, and Jiang Ran rode around the area on horseback.

The black city piers shine in the sunlight.This city wall is higher than what Chen Mao said before, more than ten feet tall. The wall is thick and majestic, and the entire wall is made of hard black stone bricks. A towering observation tower is built every hundred meters.

This city wall not only protects against foreign enemies, there are many monsters and monsters living in this world. Especially when natural disasters such as earthquakes and droughts occur, beast tides can easily occur. The high wall and fortified city are also a core barrier for the people of Suling.

Chen Mao said that Yun Xiang and others have reached an agreement with Qingsong County and will sell them sixteen giant bed crossbows in half a month. By then, these bed crossbows will be placed on the wall stacks to see how powerful Zeyan County, Yajin Town and other powerful forces will be. Don't dare to attack!

"But I didn't expect that since the transaction with Qingsong County is so simple, they would be willing to sell the bed crossbow to us without any effort."

Chen Mao sighed.

Lin Sha said, "The main reason is that Suling County is far away from their territory and cannot threaten them for the time being. And when Suling becomes stronger, it can contain Zeyan County and other forces, which is also a good thing for them."

"..."

Everything is going well on the city wall side, but on the road construction side, under the stimulation of the "Monument of Merit", Xinheng Town, which is wealthier than Fenghuang and Zhenyuan, took the lead in donating a considerable amount of donations. The rich contributed money and the powerful efforts , a winding road connecting Suling and Xinheng began to be built, avoiding the high and steep Haoxing Mountains.

……

In Nanzhu Village, less than one kilometer away from Suhong College, there is a huge black city shadow. It is strange, sacred and majestic. This is the place that Suhong students and soldiers respect very much - Nanguan Secret Realm.

June [-]th is the day when the martial arts examination begins, and half a month later, July [-]st is the day when the results are released.

Nowadays, Suling needs to recruit a lot of soldiers. If people want to join the army, as long as they have a clean identity and decent physical fitness, it is not difficult to get in. Although the purpose of holding martial arts examinations is also to recruit talents, the main purpose is to let capable people Stay on top.

Anyone who chooses to participate in the martial arts examination hopes to be on the list. Even if he does not become the top scholar in martial arts, he still hopes to be on the list and become an officer.

The martial arts competition is not about who has higher cultivation level, but about horse riding, archery, carbine, weight-bearing, swimming, actual combat, etc. Among them, actual combat points account for the highest proportion, and the ranking is based on comprehensive points.