Zhu Jinglun sneered, "This is that they haven’t been forced to worry yet. Don’t worry about waiting for a few days."
After waiting for two days, all of a sudden, the British and French allied forces were bombed in Hong Kong, and they fought with the imperial court again in Tianjiang. Moreover, it is said that they lost a battle. The specific situation is unclear. Anyway, the Hong Kong government has imposed martial law and is worried that China people in Hong Kong will take the opportunity to make trouble.
Zhu Jinglun once again called Fangshan at this moment. "You go to Kowloon City again. This time, you say that foreigners are fighting the imperial court this time just to cede territory. I’m afraid they will cut the entire Kowloon Peninsula this time."
Fangshan was stunned. "True or false?"
He really didn’t expect foreigners to cut land again, but at the same time he thought it was reasonable to fight. Isn’t it just money? Foreigners have cut Hong Kong and it is not unreasonable to cut Kowloon again.
Zhu Jinglun said, "It’s not important whether it’s true or not. What’s important is to make the Kowloon squire and clan think it’s true. You can also tell them that once foreigners occupy their land in Kowloon, they may not be able to keep it safe. You can see for yourself how to scare people and how to push those landlords and wealthy families into a hurry."
Fang Shanbai, this is Zhu Jinglun’s plan, and he will no longer ask more questions and go on his way.
Fangshan is not an idiot. On the contrary, he is very clever. He has been walking in rivers and lakes for many years and has a good understanding of people’s minds. Zhu Jinglun can think of some things. He never thought that it was only because Zhu Jinglun relied on understanding the historical trend. However, with a little dialing Fangshan, he can not only understand Zhu Jinglun’s intentions, but also often play better.
This time he came to Kowloon Peninsula again, which fully demonstrated his talent in this field.
Kowloon Peninsula is not the official name. The official name here is the Kowloon Inspection Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Kowloon City Inspection Department. Therefore, it is commonly known as the Kowloon Inspection Department, which was named after the establishment of the Kowloon Inspection Department after the Raven War.
Fangshan is already familiar with this place. He knows that there are more than a dozen clan forces in this area, but the largest five families occupy more than half of the peninsula’s fertile land. The Deng family owns land in Hong Kong. The Deng family in Jintian belongs to the five families. The other four families are Wen’s family in Xintian, Shui Liao’s family in Fanling, Hou Shi, and other small families of Peng’s family in Shuishui, Li’s family in Sha Tau Kok, Wen’s family in Sai Kung, and Lin’s family in all parts of Kowloon.
In addition, some scattered surnames are mostly tenants, that is, they don’t have much power and words, and Fangshan is not interested in them without his younger brother.
More than a dozen families called on Fangshan to tell them about the tension. At this time, these families also learned from neighboring Hong Kong that the British had fought against the Qing Dynasty one by one. Fangshan was somewhat worried and told them that the reason for the resurgence of the war was that foreigners were dissatisfied with the fact that the court did not cede territory. They wanted to cut the entire Kowloon Peninsula, but the court did not allow the foreigners to bombard Tianjun and fight again.
As soon as Fangshan said this, these families were even more worried. Most of them were worried that their fields would be ceded to Britain. Fangshan told them what the court would say. Now I don’t know. Even if the court wants to cede land, we can’t promise to fight foreigners now. Anyway, the county magistrate Zhu Daren will not rule the people. These families expressed their willingness to serve Zhu Daren and are willing to donate money and materials. Fangshan said that Zhu Daren is not short of money and people. In this case, some people can be recruited more or less.
For those who are worried that foreigners are going to fight for heaven again, they are worried that the court will not beat Fangshan, a moral model of beijing’s regime change, and tell them that Zhu’s adult is organizing rural courage. If the capital does not protect the emperor, Zhu’s adult will recruit heavenly soldiers to capture the king, and he is willing to take them to capture the king and rescue him, which can also fool some people.
There are also fears that foreigners will attack them, destroy the village and exterminate the nation. Fangshan still assures them that Zhu Xian Zun is recruiting rural volunteers to protect them. That’s because the first reader knows the sense of righteousness. Second, Zhu’s adult is going to cultivate these readers and be an official. Those who haven’t read ordinary people will let all ethnic groups organize themselves to protect themselves, which will attract some more.
In just a few days, Fangshan recruited more than 200 people. I couldn’t help feeling deeply about the power of this rumor, but I was worried that if these families learned that they were fooling, they would not settle accounts with him.
When Fangshan was spreading rumors in Kowloon Division, Zhu Jinglun received defense drawings of battery designed by Swedish engineers.
These people are very serious. They take a boat out to sea every day under the guidance of the guide, measure the data on various outlying islands and hills, measure the firing range according to the gun range, and re-examine the old fort. On this basis, they finally come up with a scientific design plan.
Zhu Jinglun is very satisfied with this design scheme. These people are adapting to local conditions and have no plans to push the old battery back. After testing, they think that the foundation of the old battery is good. They plan to strengthen and expand it in the surface to fully benefit the original foundation.
Zhu Jinglun is not afraid that they will waste money, but that he can’t afford to spend money now when it is too much.
"Well, it’s very good. It hasn’t changed much. What else do you need now? I’ll try my best to meet my needs. You need to start construction as soon as possible!"
Section one hundred and twenty-six Construction talent
The Swedes made a list of materials, mostly some building materials, such as bricks and stones, which will be used to build new fortresses in the future, and to change the original semi-closed fort fort with chest guards. There are also some special equipment, such as crucibles and pig iron, which are used to strengthen the cracks between bricks and stones. The Swedes know that there is no cement in China for the time being, and they plan to take molten iron and directly pour stone cracks to form butterfly-shaped connecting cables to strengthen the fortress structure.
People are needed outside the materials, and they hope to recruit 300 workers for them.
"It’s not hard to find these things. Masonry can be found in Xin ‘an. If it’s not enough, I can transfer Panyu Lianhuashan quarry from Guangzhou and ship it directly near Shiyang. It can be transported to Humen fortress in half an hour."
Zhu Jinglun looked at their list and felt that foreigners had moved their minds and had no unreasonable demands. However, in this era, it seems that western buildings are mostly brick buildings and cement buildings are not common enough.
Is Zhu Jinglun have a doubt "in this man? Do you need 300 people because of the construction site? "
Zhu Jinglun knows very well that the construction speed is slow when there are few people, and Humen fortress is a big project. Although there are 40 large artillery positions, there are also small artillery positions attached to them, which constitute three lines of defense in total.
The first one is the Shajiao Fort on the east bank at the outer end of the Pearl River Estuary, with 12 guns in the past and 16 guns in the Dajiao Fort on the west bank to monitor the nose-piercing ocean and the command desk.
The second line of defense is located on the east bank seven miles behind the first line of defense. There are 4 guns at Nanshan Weiyuan Fort, 6 guns at Jingyuan Fort, 4 guns at Zhenyuan Fort, 4 guns at Hengban Island in the middle of the river, 4 guns at Hengban Fort and 4 guns at Yongan Fort.
The second line of defense is to defend the main force. The purpose is to cope with the enemy’s main attack that breaks through the first line of defense. In addition to the battery, the west waterway on both sides of Hengdao Island in the middle of the river is fortified with hidden piles at the bottom of the river to prevent enemy ships from venturing to sneak into the east waterway. The main channel is large and small ships, and there are usually two wooden chains that block the river at the entrance and exit.
Before Lin Zexu banned smoking, most of these facilities were set up as early as possible to guard against Japanese invasion, but even now they are still very scientific and reasonable. This is affirmed by the Swedes, while the locals have more confidence in this line of defense. The folk song "Six sets of gold locks in Humen are not easy to get in, but it is even harder to get out." Unfortunately, some males did not guard well, and Li Guangyou fled because of the news, which led the British to break through here twice.
Without discussing the problem of people, the defense facilities are still very reliable, so the ancients were still not at ease and set up a third line of defense after the second line of defense.
The third line of defense is located five miles behind the second line of defense, and there are 32 big tiger batteries equipped with guns in Dahushan in the middle of the river, mainly to replace the enemy ships that were lucky enough to enter in front and block these fish from escaping the net.
It can be said that the ancients took all the situations into consideration. These forts did help the Koreans to stop the invasion of pirates, including the Dutch and the Spanish. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, they did not stop the same invasion from the sea. It was not how strong the British were, but that the last days of the empire had rotted to the bone.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinglun is not a decadent flag or green camp. He has compiled and practiced rural courage. At present, the discipline is not bad. By defending the countryside, he is encouraged to believe that their will to fight will never be worse than that of the Koreans in the past. Zhu Jinglun believes that they will be able to defend themselves.
Zhu Jinglun, a Swedish designer, thinks that it should be the mainstream level in the west, not seeking the top, or falling behind, which can meet the requirements.
The only worry is that the speed institute has questioned the Swedes’ recruitment of 300 people.
Charlie, the head of the team, shook his head. "No, no, I think you misunderstood. Of course, the more people, the better. 300 is the most reasonable number. If the number exceeds 300, the construction will increase."
Zhu Jinglun waved his hand. "Don’t worry about the problem. How many people can you do at most?"
Sweden is a sparsely populated country. In this era, the total population of their country is only 4 million, and the labor force of young men is probably 1 million. Therefore, they are used to the construction of few people. Charlie showed an incredible expression when he heard 10 thousand people.
Then he waved his hand again and again, "Not so much, but up to 3,000 people."
Zhu Jinglun simply said, "Well, then I will help you with 3,000 people and materials immediately, and the purchaser will also help you coordinate. People will be in place in three days at most, so you should consider the construction problem now."
Zhu Jinglun said that in his heart, he still felt that the Swedish construction organization ability was not good enough. When China built the Great Wall and the Grand Canal in ancient times, he had mastered the construction ability of 100,000 people. However, I am afraid that the world had this ability only in ancient China. In the final analysis, national power is still reflected by one individual.
Zhu Jinglun, a Swede, was sent away, and Chen Zhiting told him to send someone to invite famous masons and carpenters in Xin ‘an to recruit construction teams. The more people, the better the wages. At the same time, he sent someone to send a letter to Baigui, asking Baigui to coordinate the transportation of a batch of stones from the Lianhuashan quarry and transfer a group of masons to Xin ‘an for construction. I believe that Baigui needs money.
Bai Gui, of course, heard the news that foreigners were fighting with the imperial court again for nothing. He was like a cat on hot bricks, afraid that foreigners would not only fight against heaven, but also fight against Guangzhou. He has sent people to Zhu Jinglun for information several times. Now he has received Zhu Jinglun’s request, and he has no money in his heart. He ordered Panyu Magistrate to make Panyu yamen responsible for coordination and strictly ordered Li Futai to cooperate without any mistakes.
It’s not difficult to recruit people. Two taels of silver can recruit a coolie in a month. Three taels of silver can recruit a big worker for the foreman. Generally, a famous craftsman is the foreman. Usually, he takes several apprentices to receive big jobs, and when they are connected in series with each other, it will be a large-scale construction team. If they receive such a large-scale project as Humen Fortress, they will recruit temporary workers more widely.
Not only are people easy to recruit, but even organizations have this kind of mentoring and peer-to-peer association, which is found in all walks of life. It is also considered that the system has gradually formed in China’s unified society
There is no ambiguity in the materials. Panyu magistrate is also very serious. Li Futai is a white man. He knows that once Zhu Jinglun is broken through by foreigners here, he will be the first to protect Panyu. Zhu Jinglun is to protect him. Li Futai, so he took people to seal the Lianhuashan quarry at the first time after getting the order from Bai Gui. He really told those businessmen who run the stone field that every stone in Lianhuashan should be given priority from now on. Without the order of Panyu magistrate, he dared to sell a stone privately and be punished for collaborating with the enemy.
And they reached the target, ordered the quarry owners to prepare the stones needed by the government within one month, or invited them to eat in prison. In addition, many able-bodied men were arrested from the quarry and taken to the ship and sent to Xin’ an.
The insolence is a bit insolent, but the efficiency is really efficient. Anyway, the Swedes can’t imagine such speed.
But they immediately carefully assigned organizations to form projects, led by different engineers and translated horses to the battery site.
These Swedes have a formal education, and everyone can speak English, but there are still many English translators in Xin ‘an and Hong Kong. If they can speak Swedish, it will be a bit troublesome.
The construction team set off on the fourth day.
It is impossible to hide this scale of construction from the British, but the British didn’t find Zhu Jinglun, so they pretended not to find him before the fort was built, and he would never take the initiative to find the British.
A few days ago, it was necessary to clear up the ruins and level the ground. Some weeds were badly needed. Since they were destroyed by the British in the Second Raven War, these forts have become barren. Even the government office responsible for managing these forts and preventing Guangdong Navy has abandoned buildings such as gates, city walls, towers, moats and barracks.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of manpower, and the foreman leads the well-paid workers to work very hard. No one wants to lose such a good buddy because of laziness, and every day, it is the most exciting way to pay money, so the construction speed is very fast
Five days later, the debris, bricks and tiles in the ruins were demolished by the British army, and the ruins of the house were carried by hard workers’ trolleys, and all kinds of tools were removed from the original position of the fortress and piled up on the bank of the river
Every day, Charlie’s team has a meeting to summarize the difficulties encountered in construction. Almost every day, they change a construction plan because they find that the construction progress of China workers exceeds their plan.
There is no shortage of materials, and the progress is smooth. Charlie, they think it is possible for them to complete the construction of the main body of the fort in one month, while they expected it to be half a year.
Once the main body of the battery is built, it can be installed directly when the Swedish-made cannon is shipped here.
After the cannon is installed, they will also build buildings such as the outer wall trench. They have changed the trench designed by China people, but the gates, walls and towers are all cancelled and replaced by a western-style fortress made of granite, which will give the soldiers the best protection.
Zhu Jinglun should pay attention to the construction of the fortress every day. When Fangshan comes back a few days later, he will directly let Fangshan go to the fortress and recruit more than 270 Kowloon brothers with him, so that they can directly participate in the construction of the fort they will guard in the future. Maybe there will be some training problems that will help them. It is not too late to wait until Adolf helps hire Swedish artillery.
Section one hundred and twenty-seven Confuse the British
With this guarantee, the British will not act. Zhu Jinglun also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the biggest concern of the British about these forts was that they were afraid of blocking trade and threatening them. I’m afraid they haven’t felt that because of several wars, the soldiers who guarded these forts didn’t come into being and fled every time without fighting. How can the British worry about what kind of fortifications there are?
Another point is that the British army has lost a battle in Tianjiang because of the current situation, and there is no force to deal with it at present.
For a while, Guangdong became calm, but the more Zhu Jinglun felt that this was a precursor to the storm.
Fortunately, it seems that the British really don’t intend to interfere with Zhu Jinglun’s action of building forts. Do you know whether these forts and cannons are purchased by Jardine Matheson to help the British Armstrong company? I’m afraid the British still have the initiative. Without their permission, these forts are built and there are no cannons.
At the end of the day, those people are still not active landlords, and they don’t care about people’s money. Even if they are angry that foreigners have taken their land, they are not willing to give up their children to be soldiers. The first is that they don’t want to take risks. The second is that the more they feel ashamed of being a soldier, the more they have status, the more the squire family feels that a good man is not a soldier.
