Chapter 182 A New Beginning
The first thing you need to go from Chen County is Linxiang County, the capital of Changsha County. After all, as the prefect of Changsha, Liu Yi needs to do some handover with Mi Zhu before he can do his own thing. The distance between the water and the land route is about 600 miles, which is farther from Jiangling to Linxiang. However, relatively speaking, the water route is relatively easy. At the speed of the mother-child ship, it can be reached in six days.
However, in order to take care of Lu Lingqi, Liu Yi specially ordered a slowdown. The original six-day itinerary was delayed until ten days before arriving in Changsha. However, Liu Yi had already ordered people to go to Changsha to inform Mi Zhu, not to welcome him, but to ask Mi Zhu to prepare some materials and personnel for himself in advance. After the handover, he directly handed over Changsha County to Cui Zhouping for care. He took the supplies directly to the shore of Dongting Lake and began to make preliminary preparations for the construction of the city.
"Why is Bo Yuan so urgent?" Mi Zhu received Liu Yi in the yamen and introduced some gentry from this county to Liu Yi and Cui Zhouping. He knew that Cui Zhouping was actually the person in charge of Changsha's government affairs, but Liu Yi's handover and let go and left, which still made Mi Zhu a little shocked. He remembered that Liu Yi was not so decisive and decisive.
"My son is pregnant and is not suitable for rushing around. I want to get to the place as soon as possible and settle down my family first." Liu Yi smiled and said, "Is Zizhong going to follow me? The two generals Wen Chang and Han Sheng will also go to Jiangling to report their duties this time. Although this place is already our territory, it is always a good thing to have a care on the road."
"Congratulations." Mi Zhu suddenly realized when he heard this, clasped his fists and smiled: "No wonder when he saw Bo Yuan today, he felt that Bo Yuan's face was red."
Liu Yi said a few polite words, glanced at Cui Zhouping, looked at him, and was very good at speaking.
There are many government affairs handed over. Even though Mi Zhu had already prepared it, many of the important matters, as well as the handover, as well as the handover between personnel and property, must be Liu Yi. After the handover, it was already afternoon. Some of the initial materials prepared by Mi Zhu for Liu Yi had been loaded. Liu Yi did not wait too long and set off for Dongting Lake.
Two days later, when he arrived at Dongting Lake, Liu Yi distributed a boat for Mi Zhu, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, and he took his men to start building a simple city while surveying the terrain.
"Sir, take care of yourself. If you have time in the future, you will definitely come to visit!" Huang Zhong and Wei Yan said goodbye to Liu Yi. They were joining the army, and they were not so free in time, so there were probably not many opportunities to come.
"After the city is built, I will go to Jiangling, it will not be too late to continue it then!" Liu Yi said with a smile.
After saying goodbye to Mi Zhu, watching the boat leave. Liu Yi took his men and started to survey the terrain around him, preparing to build a farm first. First, everyone will live temporarily, and second, it will also be the place for the fishing grounds in the future.
"Boyuan, we just built Mo City like we did, and we wouldn't have to build houses directly in the city? Why do we have to do this in one go?" Wei Yue jumped out of the boat and looked at Liu Yi and said.
His wife and Lu Lingqi are both pregnant, and moving around is not good for pregnant women.
"This time the construction of the city is quite different from the original construction of Mo City." Liu Yi shook his head and said, "The soil here is soft and you have to dig three meters of land. If we build the house there, we will have to demolish it in the future. It is better to build it here."
The boat stopped in the lake, and the family did not come out. The soldiers brought from Mocheng began to transport supplies under the boat. Liu Yi and Wei Yue were standing on a low slope. Although the location was not high, the nearby terrain was flat. At this moment, the two of them were facing high and their vision was wide.
"Boyuan really knows how to choose a place." Wei Yue could only nodded when he heard this. Now the direct descendants and family members of Mocheng have come with him, in order to follow Liu Yi, and Lu Lingqi and his wife are well taken care of. Before the house was built, the mother-in-law could also be temporarily lived on the boat. At this moment, looking around, there is a vast uncultivated field at the foot of the mountain. It is the time when grass grows and warblers are flying, and it is lush and green, so people feel happy for no reason when they see it.
Further further away is the huge Dongting Lake. From the other side of the river, you can see the outline of the green mountains from afar. The lake surface is sparkling under the breeze and sunlight. Even in an era where natural scenery is everywhere, such a relaxing scenery is rare.
"Let your brothers get faster. This time, they are all brought by their families. We have to build a place for everyone to settle down as soon as possible. In addition, I will teach you whether the stubborn woman I have found in the city has been found?" Liu Yi looked at Wei Yue and said.
"I've been recruited, all of Linxiang are the most famous, and even the family members brought them." Wei Yue nodded. He took care of pregnant women. The maids around him were not easy to use. Only Deng's mother had experience, but people always had to rest. So when Liu Yi sent someone to Changsha, he asked Mi Zhu to help find some relevant people. The most important thing is that Liu Yi also wanted to take this opportunity to train a large number of maids with this experience. In this era, the birth and mortality rate is low, and medical conditions are also a problem. Since he became the prefect of Changsha, if there are conditions, Liu Yi also wanted to set up a special delivery room for delivery in each county, which is free.
Of course, the premise is that there is enough money, so now I’ll prepare it first.
"Get settled!" Liu Yi nodded and said, "Leave it to the Deng sister-in-law to take care of it."
Now the maids on Liu Yi's side are all led by Deng's mother.
"Don't worry, this." Wei Xu nodded and looked at Liu Yi and said, "Boyuan, what are we doing?"
Liu Yi only ordered a hundred people to work on the workplace, and I don’t know what to do if the rest is left.
"Go and pull some soil suitable for mud and make rammed earth." Liu Yi roughly outlined the surrounding map on the wooden board, saying, "Although this place is our temporary residence, we are not going to demolish it in the future. We will make a fish pond and feedlot here, and the place will be very large."
This time, Liu Yi planned to focus on wooden structures, without digging the foundation, and the entire farmhouse was made hanging from the ground. However, in order to prevent fire, it was still necessary to cover it with soil. Although there was no way to prepare cement, you could use the method of building a city wall, egg white, batter, etc. and some sticky soil to apply on the periphery of the wooden structure house. Liu Yi was also planning to build a small workshop here to produce some fragmented iron objects. If it was not very good for fire protection, it would not work.
"Okay, I'll find some people who can do this. Your hundreds of craftsmen are waiting there." Wei Yue pointed to the craftsmen who had already got off the ship with their own tools. These were the old people from the Tiangongfang in the past, and now they are waiting for Liu Yi to arrange things for them.
Liu Yi nodded and went down the hillside with Wei Yue and separated. Liu Yi recruited a group of craftsmen and began to design the drawings first.
The experience he can gain in this kind of group construction is only by doing it himself and the experience after the entire building is completed. Employees cannot provide Liu Yi with experience, otherwise the establishment of Mocheng would be enough to advance to Level 6.
Even if it is a small village, the more perfectly you do, the more experience you gain.
Although he was not planning to build a government city like Mocheng, Liu Yi was still planning to build a power circulation system. A water truck was a must, but it was not as big as Mocheng.
In addition, Liu Yi decided to build the pattern of this farm with 55 numbers mentioned by Cui Zhouping to see the effect first. Then, because it is a suspended structure, the drainage system is relatively easy, but it is necessary to use enough solid wood to penetrate the underground as the cornerstone of future houses. In addition, the problem of rising lake water must be considered. Some simple water conservancy projects need to be included, and the drainage system must be done first, including transporting the excrement to a unified septic tank and then processing it. In the future, a field can be reclaimed in this area to plant some things.
Although the entire farm was not big, it had to accommodate more than 3,000 people. The walkways and roads were made of wooden structures, requiring a lot of wood. Mi Zhu prepared for him only some hard wood for the foundation, and the rest of the wood had to be collected by himself, so Wei Yue and others did not have to worry about having nothing to do.
There is no shortage of trees around, but after having experienced Mocheng, Liu Yi did not want to destroy the surrounding environment too much, so where can he be cut? After logging, he still needs to plant it. Liu Yi also made plans. In short, today's work is to use these existing materials to first create the foundation and drainage system for building a house.
Liu Yi made the design drawings and carefully studied them. He began to discuss with everyone how to assign tasks. Those hard woods require trenches, so that it is convenient for the building to directly connect the wooden boards in.
In fact, it is not complicated because it has been set up long ago. Except for some key points of grooves, the wood and the grooves in other places are basically the same.
Those grooves in special locations are naturally done by Liu Yi personally and placed first, but the distance between them requires precise measurement, which cannot be done by Liu Yi alone, and everyone needs to work together.
After making some simple rulers, everyone began to sketch according to Liu Yi's instructions. Some people quickly began to fabricate wood after Liu Yi gave the money.
Because it is impossible to start work completely today, in order to save money, Liu Yi only selected twenty people to start work. As for the others, under Liu Yi's command, they began to mark various places.
Deng's mother came over in the afternoon to ask Liu Yi to make a row by the lake, and took some women with good cooking skills on the boat to make rice for everyone. Before the sky was completely dark, the rich fragrance had already spread toward this side, and many people working in the work could not help but look at the shore.
"It's not that I haven't eaten before. Everyone moves faster. After finishing today's work, they go to have a meal. The construction will start officially tomorrow!" Liu Yi jumped off a piece of bluestone and cursed at the craftsmen who were not hired and had already lost their minds.
Chapter completed!