Chapter 175
Chapter 175
"Wengcheng? What does this mean?" Zhang Fei, standing in the wilderness, was puzzled when he saw a very small semicircular city built in front of the city gate.
"There is not even a city gate, and there are two small doorways. It is not on the same line as the main city gate. It looks really awkward."
"The city wall is as high as our main city."
"What is the use of this?"
He racked his brains but couldn't figure out the key.
"Many border county cities have Wengcheng." Cai Yong explained.
"As the saying goes, catching a turtle in a jar comes from this."
"Moreover, it can also be used to resist the enemy."
"But the border county Wengcheng is set up inside the city."
"This is the first time I have seen a Wengcheng set up outside the city like this."
Liu Yu spoke in the puzzled eyes of several commanders: "The Wengcheng is set up outside the city, although it will destroy the beauty of the city."
"But it can increase the defense of the city as much as possible."
"Although the Wengcheng is small, it is an important part of effectively defending against the enemy's large siege equipment."
"It prevents the enemy from using heavy weapons such as battering rams and siege hammers against the main city gate."
"The interior of the Wengcheng will continue to build arrow towers, gates, battlements and other defensive facilities."
"Make the defense more three-dimensional and complex."
"It requires the enemy to spend a lot of energy and lives before they can know the layout a little bit."
"It is the best defensive measure to consume the morale of the enemy attacking the city."
The commanders have a new understanding of Wengcheng through Liu Yu's introduction.
They had never been able to access such knowledge before.
They listened with their ears erect, afraid of missing any details.
This made the commanders gain a lot of knowledge.
Cai Yong secretly sighed that although the county magistrate in front of him was young, his knowledge was really vast, which made him admire him.
As the saying goes, the wisest one comes first.
In this regard, he could not reach the other party at all.
It was as if the young man in front of him had traveled to many places.
He could talk about various customs and cultures at will.
He who thought he had a wide range of knowledge before felt that he could not compare at all.
Under Liu Yu's instructions, the craftsmen continued to build.
All kinds of facilities in Wengcheng were built according to Liu Yu's requirements.
"In addition, a moat should be built around the city." Liu Yu said.
"More construction?" Zhang Fei smacked his lips: "If we continue to build this city, won't it become the strongest city in the world?"
"I can't imagine how anyone can break through such a city?"
According to Liu Yu's instructions, the commanders led the people to dig around the city.
Thanks to the application of new steel in the production of agricultural tools, the people's digging speed has increased a lot.
Especially with Liu Yu's magical strengthening blessing, the speed of the people's work has soared.
Adult men use heavy pickaxes to dig in front, and other people use shovels to dig the soil in the back.
Everything is going fast.
The bottom of the river channel is compacted, and the two sides of the river channel are reinforced. Everything is going in an orderly manner.
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In Tanghai New City, the sky was just getting light, and a group of people came when they heard the sound.
The new building was cut in ribbon today, which made the people look forward to it. What is the place with a huge square and a large area used for?
Liu Yu came with several commanders.
The people who had blocked the scene hurriedly retreated to both sides and took the initiative to make way for a passage.
Liu Yu came to the gate of the compound and announced to the crowd of people behind the big iron trumpet prepared by the soldiers.
"Today is the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony of our Tanghai County School!"
"In the future, all children in Tanghai County, both boys and girls, must enter the county school to study."
"So that they can reach the level of literacy."
"Moreover, they can also learn a lot of advanced knowledge."
"Don't worry, the county school has no tuition and does not charge any fees."
"As long as you are five years old, you can enter it to study, and it is a mandatory requirement of the government and you must study."
"After they come of age, they will take the exam."
"Those with excellent grades can enter the Tanghai government after selection."
"In the future, this will be an important way for our Tanghai government to select minor officials."
The crowd of people listened carefully, and they were all very excited.
Being able to read books was something that they, as common people, never dared to dream of before.
The clans and wealthy families in various places wanted to collect all the books in their mansions.
They would never take them out for ordinary people to read.
As a result, the common people could not even read a single word.
Even if they wanted to work hard, they did not have the conditions.
And in front of them, the county magistrateThe magistrate actually opened a county school so that children from ordinary families like them could also study.
This made all the people deeply feel the kindness of the county magistrate.
Those who have children at home must make up their minds. When they return home, they must explain it carefully and let their children study hard.
Otherwise, they will be beaten with a big stick.
Such an opportunity is rare.
If they study well and become minor officials in the future, their ancestors' graves will smoke!
Swish!
Liu Yu turned around and tore off the cloth covering the plaque on the gate.
Tanghai County School.
Four large gold-plated characters were engraved on the plaque, which was extremely eye-catching.
"Let's go in and take a look." Liu Yu led several commanders into it.
As he walked, he introduced to the commanders: "After entering the school gate, there is the playground, where children usually play and exercise."
"The east side is the teaching house, and those rows of houses are all there."
"The west side is the cafeteria."
"There is a public toilet on the north side."
Cai Yong looked around, and his old eyes were not enough.
This was the first time he had seen a school of this scale.
In this remote place of Tanghai County, he had refreshed his cognition many times.
He was a little overwhelmed.
It seemed that all this should not appear in such a not very prosperous place.
"Mr. Yang will be the acting principal of Tanghai County School in the future."
Liu Yu turned around and said with a smile: "Everything here needs your care."
"Let the twenty young men I brought with me cooperate."
"From the beginning, spend two hours here every day."
"Teach the children aged five to fifteen in the county the basic literacy."
"Let them learn to read first."
"I will make my own arrangements for the courses afterwards."
"My own arrangements?" Cai Yong frowned: "Don't study Confucianism?"
"I will, but it's not the main subject." Liu Yu said with a serious face.
"It is natural for a person to understand reason."
"But only understanding reason will not allow one to be down-to-earth."
"It requires a lot of theories and techniques."
"To achieve unity of knowledge and action."
"Only then can one better serve the people."
"To become a qualified official with noble moral sentiments."
"Unification of knowledge and action..." Cai Yong stroked his graying goatee, his face full of contemplation.
The words spoken from the county magistrate's mouth were always so concise, yet full of truth.
He was amazed.
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