At night, Great Northern Ditch Town, Li Manor.
Li Yunhao instructed Butler Fu to call Zhao Gang, Butler Wu, and Manager Li Changgui over. He had something to instruct them. Not long after, a few people walked in one after another.
"Steward Wu, tell everyone about the money we earned from today's auction. We're going to start construction next.”
"Alright, Young Master. The factory, shop, antiques, jade, and other items will be auctioned off for a total of 10,200,000 silver dollars.”Steward Wu said happily.
"Now that we have so much money, we have to ensure the safety of this money. First, he took out 900 silver dollars and gave it to Zhao Gang to purchase equipment. Then, he took out 500,000 silver dollars to buy food, cattle, sheep, and horses. The remaining 500,000 silver dollars were reserved for reserve funds.”
"In addition, recall all of our guards and their families from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Those who are unwilling to return will be given 50 silver coins as a dismissal fee, and those who are willing to return will be given 100 silver coins as a settling allowance. The money would be taken from the accounts of the factories, and half of the remaining money would be used to buy food, while the other half would be used to transport property back. Steward Wu, Ah Fu, and Shopkeeper Li, the three of you will be in charge.”
"Yes, Young Master."
"Yes, Young Master."
"Yes, Young Master."
"Zhao Gang, you are in charge of the construction of the industrial park. You have to hurry up and build the industrial park in the fortress. The fortress will be poured with reinforced concrete.”
A bastion was a type of ancient fortress. Its essence was to change the fortress from a concave prism to a concave prism. Such an improvement would expose the attacker to more than one bastion surface (usually 2-3) no matter which point the attacker attacked. The defender could use crossfire to carry out multiple attacks. Before the age of gunpowder, the walls of fortresses were usually built very high and reinforced with stones or bricks. Some towers or horse faces were also installed to obtain additional firepower output. If there was anything different, it was that some particularly strong cities had more than one wall. However, the fall of Constantinople in 1453, which had a perfect city defense system, announced that the city's offensive and defensive war had entered a new stage. The next short period was the golden age of the attacking side, and one fortress after another succumbed to the power of the cannons. However, there was always a shield with a spear. In less than half a century, a new type of city defense system, the bastion, was on the stage of history.
A war in 1552 made the castle famous. In May of that year, King Henry II captured the city of Metz in Lorraine. Five months later, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V led 45,000 troops to besiege Metz in an attempt to recapture it. But in these five months, the 5800 defenders under the command of Duke Guise and engineer St. Rémy had rebuilt a new line of defense behind the old city walls. On November 27th, the attacking side fired more than 7000 shells in a day, causing more than 70 meters of the city wall to collapse. However, the defense line behind the fortress was still intact. The imperial army had launched several heavy attacks, but they all failed. The weather grew colder and it began to snow, and the siege finally ended in early January 1553. After the imperial army withdrew, the French who left the city were surprised to find a bleak scene. There were graves and wounded soldiers everywhere, and weapons and other equipment were abandoned. It seemed that what had happened here was not a siege but a great defeat.
"There's no need to be afraid of the warlords and bandits. There's no need to worry about safety after building it.”Li Yunhao said.
"Alright, you may leave."
"Yes, Young Master."
"Yes, sir."
The few of them went out one after another.
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The stars in the sky competed with the full moon, adding a bit of gorgeous color to this beautiful town.
However, what was hidden under the black curtain was often evil. Even if the light of the moon and the stars shone on it, it could not dispel the primitive evil and ugly prototype in people's hearts.
In the Huang family's courtyard in Dabeigou Town.
The heads of the Chen, Huang, and Lu families and some of the families that were dependent on them were all present. Today was the day of the auction. Seeing that the Li family had obtained so much money, they were greedy and discussed countermeasures. They wanted to use the bandits to eat up the Li family. No one wanted anything to go wrong.
The head of the Huang family, Huang Shiren, was a sly old fox in his fifties. When the Revolutionary Army had started the revolution, it was he who had betrayed several major families at that time, causing them to be exterminated.
Huang Shiren stroked his goatee and frowned slightly." Why do I have a bad feeling today? I keep feeling that someone is spying on us. I keep feeling that something is going to happen this time. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. With the people in the Li family now, there shouldn't be a problem. Brother Chen, this matter is a little big. If word gets out, I'm afraid there will be trouble again.”
The person whom he addressed as Brother Lu looked to be less than fifty years old. He did not have a beard, and his bare chin had some wrinkled fat. His body probably weighed 300 pounds. He panted a few times before saying," Brother Huang, you're overthinking. We've done a lot of things behind our backs. Half of the decisions in this Great Northern Ditch Town are ours, so there's nothing to worry about.”
The younger Xu Family Head spoke up," I remember that a few days ago, the Li family went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to deliver a letter. They seemed to have a foreign gun with them. I'm afraid that's what Brother Huang is worried about.”
Huang Shiren suddenly understood what he was worried about." Brother Lu, this time, you have to send someone to the Li Residence to monitor Li Yunhao's every move. Don't let him have a chance to counterattack."”
Shaking off the hundreds of pounds of fat on his body, Master Lu waved his fat palm." Brother Huang and Master Xu are worrying too much. There are only a few hundred guards around Li Yunhao's residence. How can they be our match?" Hahaha!"
After being comforted by Master Lu, Huang Shiren and Master Xu felt a little more at ease. As for the other small families and tribes, no one cared at all.
"Inform Chief Zhang tomorrow and ask him to send someone to look for Wang Da Mazi. Tell him that we want to do a big business with him and ask him to prepare well.”Huang Shiren said with a ferocious expression.
The others quickly agreed.
The night provided cover for Sin, as well as Zhao Yi and the others. They quietly approached the Huang family's mansion. The core goal this time was to spy on information. Although he could not hear what they were going to do, Li Yunhao changed his mind when he learned that the heads of the major families were at the Huang family's mansion. Even if he had not read the art of war, he knew the story of shooting birds and horses. This Huang family gathering gave them an opportunity to make excuses. If he did not do it, he would be sorry. At the same time, he was secretly vigilant.
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