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    The whole of Tubo is relatively backward, and the towns near the mountains are naturally very backward. There are only a few stores selling grain and cloth, and the language is difficult to understand. It is really troublesome to knock on doors and buy from door to door.  Wei Hong simply took out his racing card and found the local county magistrate, asking the magistrate to gather all the merchants in the town and hold a purchasing meeting There are not many people doing business in the town, and the mess adds up.  There were only about fifty people.  These people gathered together, whispering to each other, talking in a language that Wei Hong couldn't understand.  When the others were almost here, Wei Hong asked the county magistrate to act as his translator and inform all the merchants of his intentions.  There are roughly three meanings. First, the grain sold by all merchants in the town is purchased at a price that is one-tenth higher than the market price, all collected in one place, and transported to the mountain pass; second, daily necessities such as cloth and iron materials are collected.  Consumables are also purchased at a price higher than the market price and transported to the mountain pass. Finally, whether it is a business of buying and selling cattle or sheep in the town, or ordinary farmers are willing to sell, as long as they are live animals, cattle, sheep and horses.  Livestock such as chickens and ducks should be purchased together with the previous two points.  Everything was transported to the mountain pass within three days, and then Wei Hong handed the money to the county magistrate for distribution to everyone.  In order to prevent the county magistrate from deducting money from it, Wei Hong gave a greeting to the county magistrate in advance: "This business is not done once or twice. I can grow the food myself and make the cloth myself, but I don't have things like iron and seasonings."  If I can't do it myself, I will definitely have to rely on your town for supply in the future, so the hard-earned money will definitely be yours, but if you deduct it and make the local merchants dissatisfied and cut off business with me, then your benefits will come to an end.  That¡¯s it.¡± After saying that, Wei Hong took out two thumb-sized gold nuggets from his bag and stuffed them into the magistrate¡¯s hand, and told him, ¡°Don¡¯t confuse your interests with those of the merchants.¡± The magistrate was naturally pleased!  Accept Wei Hong's proposal.  Since Tubo's economy is very backward, being a county magistrate does not bring much benefit. Wei Hong, the god of wealth who appeared out of thin air, undoubtedly stimulated the county magistrate's nerves, so much so that the county magistrate was very diligent and personally urged merchants to prepare for Wei Hong.  Want something.  Three days later, everything was transported to the mountain pass on time.  Wei Hong took an inventory and found that there were 3,000 tons of various grains, 500 pieces of cloth, 2,000 jins of metal; 50 cattle, 200 sheep, 60 horses, and 2,000 chickens and ducks combined.  In addition to these main things, the number of seeds of various types of plants is unknown.  If Wei Hong and the others want to transport these things back to the canyon, they may have to wait until next year.  But Weihong didn't want outsiders to know the location of the canyon.  Therefore, Zhou Dali was sent back to call all the five hundred slaves and transport all these things back to the canyon in two times.  With the food problem solved, we now have to concentrate on building infrastructure.  Since you don¡¯t know how long you will live here, just plan according to the long-term plan.  There are two things you need to worry about when living in a canyon. The first is landslides and landslides, and the second is heavy rain and waterlogging. Therefore, strengthening the mountain and drainage facilities are essential.  After all the houses needed to live in were repaired, Wei Hong led everyone to strengthen the rock walls on both sides of the canyon.  There are many ways to strengthen rock walls. One is to use wood to build a frame for reinforcement.  The other is to build walls on the basis of rock walls.  After careful consideration, Wei Hong chose the latter. Although the project was huge, it was safer.  No cement.  Just use rammed earth walls.  After three days of repairs, the progress of the project was less than 1%.  Because the project was too big, Wei Hong divided the people into two groups, and the slaves continued to strengthen the rock wall.  And the craftsmen set about building drainage facilities.  Because Wei Hong had considered this problem from the beginning, before building the house, he piled a high foundation with stones and soil.  As long as it is not the kind of severe flood disaster that occurs once in a thousand years, the water will not be able to flood the house.  But living here requires farming and livestock raising. Just because the water cannot flood the houses does not mean that the farmland and livestock cannot be flooded.  Therefore, drainage facilities are mainly built for farmland and livestock.  Weihong planned an area for farming and an area for livestock raising.  The reason why the canyon accumulates water is because the canyon is much lower than the mountain, and rainwater will flow into the canyon along various channels.  The canyon is located on a mountain and is higher than the horizon, so it is not difficult to build a drainage system. You only need to dig holes or open channels to divert water out of the canyon from places where water may accumulate.  Isn¡¯t there a lot of unused wood in the canyon?  The drainage system is made of wood.  Although wood is not durable, it will become damaged by water over time.  But considering that the drainage system only works when it rains, and the wood will not be exposed to water for a long time, the use time will be greatly extended.  Making pipes out of wood is easy for craftsmen.  Since the farmland and pastoral areas selected by Weihong are relatively high-lying, there is no need for an engine to pump water. According to gravity, the water will flow down the pipeline, and the pipeline becomes an integral part of the drainage system. ???????????????????????????In addition, Wei Hong also sent people to build reservoirs in several relatively low-lying places in the canyon, building the reservoirs parallel to the ground, and then setting up several pipes on the edges of the reservoirs.  In this way, when the accumulated rainwater in the reservoir reaches saturation, the excess water will be piped out of the canyon.  The water in the reservoir can be used for daily irrigation, drinking water for livestock and many other functions.  The infrastructure in the canyon is almost completed, and then the entrance to the canyon will be built.  Whether it is used as a short-term shelter for Wei Hong or a long-term residence, defense is the first priority. Whether it is to resist soldiers or bandits, it is particularly important.  Wei Hong asked the slaves who had been busy reinforcing the rock wall to temporarily stop their work and go to the mouth of the valley to participate in the construction of defense facilities.  First, the wall was built, and the thick wall was used to narrow the mouth of the valley again.  Since the wall built this time is not simply to protect against wind and rain, but to resist foreign enemies, it must be kept improving.  According to Wei Hong's instructions, the wall was built to a height of five feet, which was higher than the walls of the Tang Dynasty Palace.  The thickness is also one foot, and it is solid. The outermost layer is made of rammed earth, the middle is made of boulders, and the last part is finished with wood.  After the construction is completed, it will be even stronger than the natural rock wall. Without bombs, there is no way to break through!  In addition, the appearance is very smooth and vertical, so the possibility of climbing is eliminated.  (To be continued)
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