Chapter 216: Border Defense Construction

South of Buhe, border defense construction along the northern border of Chiang Country is in full swing and is underway in an orderly manner.

The border defense construction funds allocated from the national treasury were divided into three stages by the court. They were transported to the northern border by relevant officials of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works and the Military Department and handed over to the hands of General Ye Qianxun, Zhenbei.

The construction funds for the first phase have been transported to the northern border to purchase various materials required for border defense construction.

After seeing the notices posted by local governments, craftsmen from all over the country were rushing to the north from all directions.

After all, the construction of the northern border is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and the court has invested a lot of money. The wages paid to the craftsmen who participated in the construction of the border are also higher than those in other positions in the Cyan Country.

And the most important thing is that the construction of the northern border is a key engineering project of the country. The wages are paid in a timely manner. By the end of each month, they will be settled one by one and will never be deducted.

The cashing of wages is extremely attractive to those craftsmen who make a living by relying on craftsmanship.

Of course, although the wages for all types of jobs in the North border construction are paid relatively high, the quality requirements are also extremely high.

Craftsmen who come to the north to participate in border construction projects must first pass the assessment of relevant majors. Only after the assessment is passed will the government issue corresponding on-the-job waist cards to them.

Only with craftsmen with on-the-job waist brands are qualified to participate in border defense construction projects.

If you fail the assessment, you can only do some tricks, and the wages are also greatly reduced.

Even so, none of the craftsmen who traveled thousands of miles to hear the news from all directions of the country of Cyan have given up the opportunity to work hard because they failed the assessment.

Even if the wages are low or the work is tiring, and you don’t have the ability to make a lot of money from the craftsman’s price, you can only make some money that you can make.

It’s not easy to come from afar, so you won’t be depressed because you fail the assessment and go home empty-handedly?

A penny can be made, after all, this northern border construction project is a super large project.

Since it is a super big project, there will never be any incident where the work will be stopped and the project will be unfinished after a few days. Moreover, the wages here are paid monthly and paid very on time.

It is precisely because the construction project of the northern border defense has a stable way of survival and guaranteed wages, and it can also bring more patriotic feelings for nothing, so it has attracted craftsmen from all directions to the northern border of the Cyan Kingdom like tides.

At this moment, on the south bank of Buhe, everyone was working hard.

The carpenters were anxious to build warships and docks, while the bricklayers were responsible for building more than a thousand towering observation decks along the northern border.

The soldiers on the northern border defense were not idle either. They were training troops, learning diving and other related skills, setting up floating platforms on the water surface, and familiarizing themselves with the key points of water combat.

For a moment, the northern border of the Cyan Kingdom was very lively, and the military and civilians were busy with fuel and fire.

At this moment, the highest commander of the Cyan Army, Wen Decun, accompanied by the general Ye Qianxun of Zhenbei, and the leaders of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Army, drove three carriages from the easternmost end of the northern border as the starting point, slowly heading westward, and inspected the border fortresses thousands of miles along the northern border.

A group of three large carriages, the first carriage was all the senior generals guarding the northern border. Wen Decun and Ye Qianxun sat in the middle carriage. As for the several people riding in the third carriage, they were all relevant persons in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works who followed Sima Mao to the north for inspection.

Wen Decun lifted all the curtains of the car windows, but saw that the craftsmen along the riverside outside the window had a very clear division of labor, either mixing mud, burning bricks, digging foundations, or building walls, etc., were proceeding in an orderly manner.

Wen Decun looked at the busy people outside the window and couldn't help but nod his head slightly. After a moment of silence, he suddenly turned his eyes outside the window. On the closest to the carriage, he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "How high is the design and construction of this observation deck? How many observation decks need to be built on the entire line to fully cover the entire northern border line?"

As the commander-in-chief of the North Frontier Defense, Ye Qianxun consulted all the projects of the North Frontier Defense Construction.

At this moment, Ye Qianxun suddenly heard Wen Decun ask about the lookout. He immediately followed Wen Decun's gaze and looked at a building lookout outside the window and replied: "Report to Grand Sima, there are more than 9,000 miles of the northern border, of which the border line where Da Kui crosses the river is more than 5,300 miles, and about 1,063 observation platforms are needed to fully cover the border line of these 5,300 miles.

The diameters of these more than a thousand observation decks are roughly the same, and are all designed as a circle with a diameter of three or five meters.

Because the terrain of the northern border of our country of Chiang Country is pitted and concave, and there are some differences with the Dalu boundary on the opposite bank of Buhe, the construction height of this observation deck can only be designed separately according to the geographical location of the site.

The tallest observation deck of the top 20 feet high, and the lowest observation deck also needs to be built about ten feet high."

"Twenty feet high?" Wen Decun exclaimed, and then he took his eyes back from the window. After a moment of silence, he continued to exclaim: "How can he build such a high?"

Ye Qianxun stared at Wen Decun and nodded, "Some observation decks at locations do need to be built to twenty feet high, so that they can look across the river."

Wen Decun held his chin, meditated for a moment, and then muttered to himself: "That's indeed a super project!"

Ye Qianxun nodded and said, "The construction of the northern border is indeed a large-scale project. If it is completed, it will be a one-time and for all. For the sake of our country's plan, it is worth it for our generation to shed more blood and sweat."

Wen Decun agreed: "What a 'one-and-ever', what General Zhenbei said is reasonable."

Ye Qianxun suddenly said, "Report to the Grand Sima, we need to go further for a while. We need to pass through three observation decks, and there is a pier and shipyard under construction. Do you need to stop and visit?"

"Very good!" Wen Decun nodded to Ye Qianxun, and suddenly moved his eyes out the window again, thinking about something.

After a moment of stunned silence, Wen Decun immediately murmured: "I hope that our country of cyan can produce many talents in the future and its national strength will flourish. One day, I will never have to worry about being bullied and ravaged by Da Ku."

"There will definitely be such a day!" Ye Qianxun looked at Beifang Yuntian outside the window and suddenly clenched his fists. He suddenly remembered something in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his eyes to Wen Decun again, saying, "Grand Sima, the new student entrance examination in the Imperial Capital Limo Hall seems to be coming soon?"

Wen Decun nodded and said, "The day after tomorrow is the beginning of autumn. For our country of cyan, the beginning of autumn is a big day. The beginning of autumn not only means that the harvest day of the year is coming, but also because the annual recruitment season of Limotang is scheduled for this day of the year.

Li Motang is not only the highest goal of students, but also the hope for the future of our country. How many of our country's loyal ministers today are not from Li Motang?"

Ye Qianxun nodded slightly and said, "Yes! The last general and the Grand Sima also came from Limotang. At this time in previous years, the Grand Sima usually stayed in the imperial capital and was responsible for the recruitment and assessment of the freshmen's discipline in the Limotang Earth Warriors.

This year, Grand Sima came to the north personally to inspect border defense construction, but he had no time to take care of Li Motang's affairs. He didn't know who the monarch would assign to be responsible for the recruitment and assessment of the freshmen in the Earth Warrior discipline this year?"

Wen Decun said in a deep voice: "The king wants to invite Meng Zhize to return to the imperial capital and serve as the teaching instructor of the Earth Warriors discipline in Limotang. I just don't know how Ling Ling is doing at this moment? Has he disappointed the king's expectations for her and successfully brought Meng Zhize back to the imperial capital?"

After hearing this, Ye Qianxun was delighted, and the joy on his face could not be hidden: "If Xiao Meng could return to the imperial capital Limo Hall and be responsible for the teaching tasks of the Earth Warriors, then Da Sima would be relieved."

Wen Decun sighed: "Yes! That boy Meng Zhize is really a young genius. When Yu Zhan Lingyuan eliminated demons, the potential that the boy burst out made Sima Mao, that old man, amazed!

Sima Mao once said that within the next forty years, all of our generation will go west, and no one in this world will be Meng Zhize's opponent."

Ye Qianxun looked excited and said, "Since that boy Meng Zhize survived the disaster, I believe that auspicious people will have their own heavenly appearance in the future."

Sima Mao nodded and said, "There are indeed many unexpected surprises that can happen to Meng Zhize. Perhaps one day, after he takes over as the Grand Sima, the country of Chiang will be a different scene. By then, Da Ku will never dare to cross the Buhe River again."

Ye Qianxun pondered for a moment and said, "Da Kuan has a strong national strength and is full of talents. It is probably impossible to shock Da Kuan's five-sided 18th army with just Xiao Meng's own strength. I hope that among the young talents in our country of Cyan, there can be a few more people like Meng Zhize and Xuanyuan Lingling."

"I hope that this year's Limotang freshman recruitment assessment can unearth an excellent young man."

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The capital of the Dakhu Emperor Qucheng, inside the Xuanzheng Hall of the outer palace of the imperial city.

The King of Dalu Long Hong sat upright on the dragon throne in the hall. The Imperial Commander Wei Feng stood silently on one side. At this moment, a general wearing armor was kneeling in Xuanzheng Hall.

And this general who kneeled down and worshiped on the ground was Yu Zhuo, a famous general in Zhennan in Dalu.
Chapter completed!