When he really started working, Guo Ziyi realized that he was worried in vain.

It turns out that the organizational ability of ancient people was not poor.

Tens of thousands of people were filled with darkness, even if they looked far away, they could not see at a glance. However, as the clerks quickly registered and assigned jobs, the huge team was dispersed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The first team of Jiazi, two hundred people, digging the foundation. This clerk has appointed you a team leader, this tall man, everyone, follow him and be careful when digging the foundation."

"The second team of Jiazi, two hundred people, transport bricks and stones. Follow your captain and pay attention to safety when working."

“…”

“…”

"The 10th team of Bingzi, two hundred people, cooking for fire. Your team leader is this old lady. When you encounter something, you should first ask her to react. Go, go, get the big pot first, and put the pancakes on the pancakes on it. When the food is transported, you will start working to cook the fire immediately."

“…”

“…”

"The first team of Ding Chou, two hundred people, unloading grain trucks, delivering water and food. Congratulations to all sisters-in-law, this is a relaxing job."

"The Second Team of Ding Chou..."

...

Guo Ziyi was stunned, watching the huge crowd quickly diverting. The orderly scene was beyond his understanding of the ancients.

It took him a long time to come to his senses. At this moment, a clerk hurried to the county government with a large stack of booklets. But Guo Ziyi grabbed him and signaled that he had any questions to ask.

The clerk had a lively look and immediately bowed respectfully. Although he was holding a large stack of books in his arms, he did not delay his formal performance. He spoke only after he gave the salute and said with a smile on his face: "Son-in-law, are you okay?"

From this sentence alone, we can tell his origin. This clerk must have given birth to a son from Linglong's family, otherwise he would not have called Guo Ziyi the son-in-law.

Guo Ziyi grabbed him with one hand and pointed at the scene in front of him with the other hand, asking, "Where did you learn this kind of organizational method? Who gave you special training? Oh, by the way, training means teaching. Let me ask you, who taught you these abilities?"

The clerk was obviously stunned and asked in a daze: "Can this be called a skill? Son-in-law, can you please stop telling jokes? Whose clerk is not like this? What's there to praise for this?"

Guo Ziyi was also stunned and said blankly: "I heard what you mean, is this your basic ability?"

The clerk was about to reply, but suddenly heard a voice not far away and shouted leisurely: "Guo Ziyi, come here and talk to me, don't delay the work of the people below."

Guo Ziyi turned around and found that it was Linglong's father Li Boran. Today, Li Boran was not wearing an official uniform, but an ordinary Confucian robe. Behind the governor, there were a group of old guys, who were the heads of major families in Langya.

Needless to say, I know this situation, I must have come to watch Lanling County build a city.

The clerk just now did not wait for Guo Ziyi to speak, but saluted respectfully again, and then said with a low voice, "Son-in-law, you are busy, the villain will take his leave first. If you still want to ask about things after you finish your work, the villain will wait for your greeting at any time..."

This is a human spirit with extremely vivid eyes.

Not only did it leave a good impression on Guo Ziyi, but it also did not delay Li Boran's call Guo Ziyi over, making people feel good about it and it was easy to remember him.

Guo Ziyi nodded and said in a harmonious tone: "You are busy too, go and wait until you finish your business, and take time to talk to you specifically."

The clerk was surprised and happy, and quickly saluted again, then ran away with a large stack of books, obviously because he was much more motivated to work than before.

Guo Ziyi exclaimed, then turned around and walked towards Li Boran. Although he was a reckless person, he was not unruly, so he first bent down and bowed, and shouted "Father-in-law" in a rough voice.

This father-in-law, coupled with a bowing bow, immediately made Li Boran feel very relieved and felt that his face had increased significantly before everyone.

This is the benefit of a reckless man.

If a Confucian scholar saluted to others, the other party would only think it was right, but the reckless man saluted to others differently, it must be because he respected a certain person.

The head of the Wang family of Langya spoke first and praised: "In just a few days, the general has become more and more steady."

The other people agreed and said, "It's the best, the best, and every move has the style of an important official."

Li Boran laughed and waved his hand and said, "Don't praise him, so as not to be complacent. However, this governor is very pleased. My son-in-law is not inferior to others. Hahaha."

A group of old foxes brag about each other.

Guo Ziyi was a little worried. He was unwilling to have fun with these people. Today is the first day of building a city. How many things are waiting for him to work?

The old foxes were so smart that they could see Guo Ziyi's mentality at a glance. They all smiled and said meaningfully: "The general's temperament is still a little impatient."

Li Boran said slowly behind his hands, "Let me have a walk around casually, and let the heads of the family see your Lanling City."

After saying that, he first raised his foot and walked forward like he was wandering.

The heads of the aristocratic families were still smiling, and some even waved to Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi had no choice but to accompany everyone.

...

Hanging around is a great way to chat.

Li Boran walked slowly while feeling as if he was enjoying the scenery of March. However, Guo Ziyi keenly discovered that this father-in-law was actually observing the construction site of the city.

Suddenly, the governor's father-in-law spoke with great meaning and asked Guo Ziyi: "I seem to be surprised by the speed of the clerks' work, judging by how you looked just now?"

Guo Ziyi nodded and exclaimed sincerely: "I really didn't expect that dozens of clerks could arrange tens of thousands of people in a very good manner. But when they heard them, it seemed that this was a common thing."

Li Boran looked at him and said, "I tell you, this is indeed not worthy of surprise."

"The clerks are the basis for becoming clerks. But today they can do things so quickly, not entirely because of their clerks."

"But those people are unseparable from their hearts and are willing to obey the orders honestly."

"You little brat may not know how amazing your behavior of controlling food, housing and feeding... Since ancient times, building cities or digging rivers have mostly initiated corvee to recruit people. What is corvee? Corvee is to let the people work for free. Moreover, corvee is to ignore food, and the people need to fill their stomachs."

"So when Emperor Yang of Sui dug the Grand Canal, so many workers died. Most of them were not tired, but because they had no food to eat and starve to death."

"And what you are doing now is no longer as simple as exempting from corvee service. Not only do you care about food and drink, but you also give extra food..."

"You little brat, think about it yourself. When will the common people have such treatment?"

"The people of our Tang Dynasty are the most kind at heart. If you treat them so kindly, how can they not dig your heart to you? This is why the clerks can do things quickly, and dozens of people assigned tens of thousands of people."

When Li Boran said this, he took a special look at the heads of the family present and asked with a smile: "Do you think what this governor said is correct?"

The patriarch of the Wang family of Langya looked solemn, and Zheng pointed at the head: "What he said is reasonable, and the facts are just as they say."

The other heads of the family also nodded, looking at Guo Ziyi and sighed, saying, "Nephew Guo Xian will let tens of thousands of people return with this good rule alone. If you let them eat, they are willing to help them with their lives. The construction speed of this Lanling City will probably change a lot in one day. Maybe it will take less than half a year to pull up a new city."

...

There are many longings for the intersection.

Obviously, in addition to their own interests, these aristocratic families also hope that Guo Ziyi's future will be better in terms of emotions.

Everyone continued to wander around and observed the construction site.

Suddenly, Li Boran frowned slightly and asked, "The workers who spread stone powder on the ground should be preparing to dig the foundation of the city wall, but why do I think they were digging a little long? This length is afraid that even five miles away cannot be stopped..."

Finally, it was Guo Ziyi's turn to show off. He stretched out five fingers proudly, flipped them, then flipped them again, and said, "Flip them three times in five miles, which is the length of the city wall. How about it, Lanling will be big enough in the future."

hiss!

The heads of the aristocratic families all took a breath.

If you turn over three times in five miles, wouldn’t that mean fifteen miles? The length of a city wall reaches fifteen miles, so the size of the city can be imagined.

Li Boran was obviously shocked and couldn't help but blurt out: "Fifteen-li City? You kid are so brave. I am in charge of four states at the same time, and the city walls of the county city are only ten miles long..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly changed his mouth and laughed, and said, "But then, your work is OK. As the general personally named by His Majesty, he will guard the five prefectures on Shandong South Road in the future. The place where the prefecture is located does require scale."

The heads of the family around them spoke one after another, saying, "You can imagine how huge a city is, it is impossible to complete this matter, so don't be too hasty."

Only the head of the Yan family smiled and said slowly: "But if this city can be built, it must be a major town overlooking the surrounding area. Looking at Hebei Road in the north, Henan Road in the west, Jianghuai Road in the south, and the sea in the east... I think we should have such a city here, and I really hope that a major town can rise."

The head of a noble family immediately refuted and said with a reminder: "But have you ever thought that this kind of city can be included in the category of giant cities? If you want to build it successfully, it cannot be completed by local forces. This must be a major project at the level of the court, and it must be a project of 100,000 corvee labor."

Another head of the family spoke immediately, refuting and reminding: "Yes, yes, what the head of the Wang family said is reasonable. Since ancient times, the matter of building a city has been costly. I think that the work should be stopped quickly and then plan according to our ability. Everyone is eager to have a major city, but we must have self-knowledge..."

When the head of the family spoke, he used "we" twice in a row. The implicit information he revealed was that he wanted to work together to help Lanling build a city.

Sure enough, what Li Boran said before was right. These aristocratic families really hoped that Guo Ziyi would rise, otherwise they would not be so concerned, selling grain and helping build cities.

This is a good sign.

It indicates that the major forces in Langya County will join hands, and Guo Ziyi is united in a force to join forces.

...

But it is precisely because of the help that I am particularly concerned about building a city.

Everyone talked about it, and they were all advised.

Even the governor Li Boran, with a worried look, asked Guo Ziyi, "Did you get hot for a moment? Do you know what the huge city of fifteen miles means?"

"I know! My wife has made a precise calculation for me."

In order to show his own insignificance, Guo Ziyi took out a pre-prepared small notebook from his arms and chanted:

"Building a city for fifteen miles is two meters high, and the wall should be 1 meters wide, so that soldiers can run in line on the city wall. If you want to build such a city wall, it is really expensive to build."

"The length of an adult's step is about three feet three. My wife specially made a benchmark, calling three feet three one meter."

"Then the cost of building a one-meter city wall can also become a benchmark for calculating costs."

"The wall is one meter long, two zhang high and one zhang thick. It costs 5,000 huge blue bricks, and it takes about 200 cars to make clay. It is ten barrels of tung oil and fifty pots of glutinous rice water... The cost is calculated and it is about fifty knots. This is about the price of a house for a wealthy family, and it is also a big house that covers a large area."

"The cost is really scary, but this is just the cost of a one-meter city wall!"
To be continued...