He finally returned to the mountain where the village was located. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking at the layers of mountains, Wang Ting felt a lot of emotions. This time, Wang Sheng, the body he had entrusted himself with, had returned home in glory. He had money and hope for a rich life, but the pressure on him was even greater. Although he had lived for 30 years in his previous life, Wang Sheng was only 15 years old and 160 cm tall. Now, he was leading thousands of people by himself. No, it should be more. The Mi family had more than ten thousand people (including the Zhuang Ding, the people who served the business). Living a good life was basic, and creating another great cause was also important. To be honest, Wang Ting felt a little regretful now. This village was definitely a paradise. From the outside, it should be far away from the disaster of war. The road into the village was a goose egg path by the stream between the two mountains. In fact, it was not a road. According to Lu Xun, it became a road after walking too much. Wang Ting didn't know that this mountain was the same mountain from his previous life because he didn't manage to get a map this time. Only the government and the military had the map, so he had already asked Mi Zhu to think of a way.
"Young Master, I'm afraid it won't be easy for our vehicles to enter the mountains!”Huang Zhong had arrived at his side at some point.
"En, let Brother Wang Tao go back to the village to greet the villagers first. Get someone to pick them up. Those who are physically strong can carry some of the food into the mountain from the cart first. The remaining horsepower should not be a problem.”
"Alright, I'll make the arrangements now."
"Brother Huang Zhong, wait a moment. Look at the road to the village. What if we build a mountain stronghold here?”
"Here! Wouldn't that completely cut off the path in and out of the mountain? How could they go in and out in the future? Looking at the steep mountains on both sides, how could they surpass others?”
"Ha, what big brother said is reasonable. That's it. There will definitely be a way in and out. Big brother, arrange it first. I'll explain it to you later.”
After two days of hard work, they finally managed to bring all the goods they brought back into the mountain. Wang Ting left most of the vehicles and some young and strong people who did not have a family outside the mountain. Considering that they still needed to purchase items from outside the mountain, he asked Huang Zhong to appoint a soldier named Qi Hui to lead and take care of the people who stayed outside the mountain.
The clan leader had arranged for the villagers to renovate the houses in the royal court in the mountains the last time they came back. They had also built a few new main houses and three side houses on the east and west sides. This formed a small courtyard house. This time, Wang Sheng had given the clan leader and village chief a huge shock. Putting aside food and money, there were so many people. The village originally only had 70 to 80 households with a population of 300 to 400 people. Now, there were more than 1,000 people. They were caught off guard. After Wang Ting returned and settled down, he gathered the clan leader, Huang Zhong, and the craftsmen he brought along for a meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to concentrate manpower and energy to solve the problem of food and housing for thousands of people. It was easy to eat. It was a big pot of rice. It was good enough to have food during difficult times. The requirements of the ancients were still very low. The main thing was that there was no bullying here. Everyone was getting along peacefully, and the comfort in their hearts was the most important. Living was the biggest problem at the moment. Wang Ting couldn't just watch as he slept in the wilderness with his people. The women, the old, the weak, and the sick were arranged to stay in the existing houses in the village. The men and the women stayed together. The others would set up temporary tents for the time being. The clan leader was in charge of the logistics arrangements, the craftsman representative called Liu Bo was in charge of the construction of the houses, the soldiers brought by Huang Zhong were divided into 20 people to be responsible for the cooperation of all parties, and he and Huang Zhong were in charge of the overall planning and arrangements. Then, everyone would discuss how many houses to build there and how many to build. The roads leading to the outside would also be repaired. In the future, a large number of resources would definitely enter the mountains. Without roads, it would not be possible.
After making all these arrangements, Wang Ting dived into his room and did not come out. Mi Jing and Gan Niang were responsible for tidying up the room and the courtyard. When it was time to light the lanterns, Mi Jing and Gan Niang had finished packing up, but Wang Ting had yet to come out. "Gan Niang, what do you think young master is doing? Why isn't he out yet? Is he tired and resting in his room? Why don't we go take a look so that we can have dinner?”
As soon as he entered the study, he saw Wang Ting sitting on a chair with his back to the door. His head was lowered on the table, and he didn't know what to do. Wang Ting would write for a while, stop to think for a while, and then write again. "Young Master, it's so late. Why didn't you light the lamp? Can we still see each other?”
"Oh, Miss Mi, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. It's already dark.”Gan Niang, who came in together, quickly lit the pine oil lamp.
"Young Master, what are you drawing? Why can't I understand it?”Mi Jing was holding the paper that had been drawn on the table.
"Oh, these. There are some processes used to make wine. This is the mountain gate or stronghold that I plan to build when I enter the mountain. This is to expand our paper mill; I just thought of this today. We will definitely continue to build in the future. This is my new cement workshop, but it is not perfect yet.”Wang Ting rubbed his head as he explained to Mi Jing. Gan Niang was also listening attentively on the other side.
"Young Master, I've seen the paper we make. It's so simple to produce! Can you really make the high-alcohol wine that you told my brother about? There was also the process of cement, but what was cement?”
"Ha, Miss Mei Jing, there are many misconceptions in the world. They think that things that they don't understand are definitely very difficult to make. The key to making things difficult and easy is the principle, and the principle is the principle…”Seeing how eager Mi Jing and Gan Niang were to learn, Wang Ting explained the principles of his previous life to them.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Young Master. I only remembered to listen to your explanation and forgot to bring you food.”Gan Niang apologized as she walked out.
"Gan Niang, when you come back, call Big Brother Huang Zhong over to eat together. I have something to discuss with him.”Wang Ting instructed. Because of the special situation, Wang Ting, the clan leader, and the others decided to have a big meal together during the afternoon meeting. This would save time, and eating together would also help everyone communicate emotionally. Unity was the key to survival at any time.
"Big Brother Huang, this is the mountain stronghold I designed, which is the gateway to our place. Can you use your military perspective to see if it is practical?”After dinner, Wang Ting handed the blueprint to Huang Zhong. In order to design this fortress, Wang Ting had spent a lot of effort. The fortress drew upon and reflected the architectural style and functions of Wang Ting's previous life. It mainly reflected its functions. Wang Ting liked the architectural style of the Han Dynasty very much. The function he mentioned was mainly referring to the fact that Wang Ting had added the convenience of living in the buildings in his previous life, and not the fact that he was now defending for the sake of defense. Huang Zhong didn't understand the blueprint at all, mainly because he had never seen a blueprint before. Although the text wasn't bad, he hadn't come into contact with it. Seeing Huang Zhong in a daze, Wang Ting could only take the blueprint and lay it on the square table.
"Big brother, when we entered the mountain, you asked me if it was suitable to build a village in the mountain. Big brother, I did this for a reason. First, this is our foundation, especially since there is our paper workshop, and in the future, there will be a wine workshop, and other workshops. Secondly, I have done some research on the astronomical phenomena and calculated that the Han Dynasty would be in chaos in a few years. In order to protect our families, I had to build this mountain stronghold again.”
According to Wang Ting's design, the stronghold would have two functions: office and defense. There was no shortage of rocks in the mountains anyway. The stronghold would be built directly between two mountains, across a stream, with a flood discharge outlet, directly connecting the two mountains. The lowest level of the stronghold would be the access channel and foundation. The lower level would be 30 meters high, and the upper level would be a three-story house. The lower level would be a dormitory, the second level would be an office, and the third level would be a leisure place. The archery and observation port were designed by Wang Ting unexpectedly. Just the passage alone was divided into two doors, the inner and outer doors. The inner door, in particular, was usually not closed, but it was closed during wartime. When a whole rock fell from above, it would be impossible to discover that there was a cave behind the stronghold. From the outside, it looked like a lonely stronghold. There were square holes on the inside of the cave door. Some were used for archery, some were used for stabbing with spears, and there was even a hole on the top. Pay attention to the side. Okay, there were hidden weapons on your head. At this time, people had never left a mechanism for hidden weapons on the top of the cave door.
Of course, Wang Ting used glass for the windows. No, it should be glass, natural. Wang Ting really didn't know how to make glass. It wasn't that he didn't know how to make it, but he had forgotten. He only knew that it was made of sulfuric acid. Wang Ting knew that this wasn't something that could be made in a short time. However, there were still natural colored glass at this time. It was the crystal mentioned in his previous life, but it was used as a precious item for collection. Anyway, the construction process would take a few months. He could just get Mi Zhu to buy it while he was building it. Not only that, but Wang Ting also added a water supply system. This was not difficult for Wang Ting. He built a large water wheel by the stream to draw water. The water was collected into the water tank on the top floor of the village, and then it was connected to the room with a cast iron pipe. There was no way to use a valve, so he used a wooden stopper. Huang Zhong and the others were amazed by this imperfect change. They looked at Wang Ting's head and wondered why this 15-year-old boy had so many strange and amazing ideas.
Although he was surprised, Huang Zhong still gave his opinions based on his own experience after understanding Wang Ting's design. Wang Ting also recorded them one by one and marked them on the blueprint.
"Big brother, after arranging the things at hand, we will go to the nearby mountains to investigate the situation. In the future, we may recruit a large number of people. Not only will we have to build more houses, we will have to send our children to school, and train our family soldiers. We will also have to build grain storage caves and so on.”
"Alright, I'll arrange for someone to accompany you tomorrow.”
"Mi Jing, Gan Niang, I'm not sleepy now that Big Brother Huang has left. What about you guys? If not, why don't we sit in the courtyard?”
"Alright, Gan Niang and I will move some tables and chairs and make a pot of tea for Young Master. Young Master is really tired today.”
As soon as they sat down, the three of them didn't know where to start talking. They looked at the teacups and sat there awkwardly. This was also the first time Wang Ting had faced the two little lolis since coming to the Han Dynasty. Although he was very old in his heart, he didn't know where to start.
"Gan Niang, what if I discuss something with you?”Wang Ting spoke first.
"May I know what Young Master wants?”
"Can you change your name? Your name always makes me lower than you by a generation.”
"Ah, Young Master, why do you feel that Godmother is one generation lower than you?”Mi Jing asked in confusion. Gan Niang also looked at Wang Ting in confusion.
"How should I put it? We all have the habit of calling the mother of our sworn brothers Godmother. Isn't that your name?”
" Ha, ha, ha!" Mi Jing couldn't help but laugh. She laughed so hard that she held the table with one hand and lowered her head under the table. She even covered her mouth with her other hand in consideration of etiquette. Perhaps it was really laughable. Even though she covered her mouth, her voice was still very loud. If it was in his previous life, Wang Ting suspected that Mi Jing would be rolling on the ground while clutching her stomach and laughing. Gan Niang, who was standing at the side, was so embarrassed that her face turned red. She lowered her head and said nothing.
Mei Jing laughed for three minutes before she finally stopped, clutching her chest. "Young Master, why do you call me that?”
"How would I know? It's all passed down from our ancestors.”Wang Ting rolled his eyes at Mi Jing helplessly.
"Then please give me your name, Young Master!" Godmother stood up and said.
"Let's call it 'Dew.' It's like the clear morning dew.”
"En, this lowly concubine will be called Ganlu in the future. Young master can call this lowly concubine Lu 'er in the future.”
"Then Young Master must call me Jing 'er in the future.”
"Alright, I'll listen to you. But Lu 'er, don't call me a lowly concubine in the future. We don't have to be so polite in the future.”
"How can that be? Wouldn't rudeness mess up the rules?”Dew hurriedly said.
"Sigh, you're both right and wrong. Courtesy is for outsiders. You have to be casual with your own people to appear close. Besides, respecting someone doesn't depend on etiquette. It depends on whether you respect them in your heart.”When the two little lolis heard the intimate words, they blushed and nodded. They did not know where their hearts had flown to.
"Young Master, you are so talented, you must have some strange things in your heart. I wonder if you can tell us about them.”
"Ha, strange people? I really do have some. My name is Story. Then I'll tell you a story. This story happened in a certain country during the Song Dynasty…"
"Please continue listening next time.”
"Young Master, can you tell me more? Just the last part. Was Yang Guo saved by that beautiful sister in the ancient tomb?”
"Alright, let's talk a little longer."
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