48: Construction

Hua Mulan said, "You just offended Wanqing City, so you actually only have one choice. Do you want to go meet the Barbarian King?"

Han Huohuo rubbed his hands with a smile: "You are too smart."

Hua Mulan pouted: "You're speaking hesitantly, not straightforward at all. Don't you just want my Giant Armor?"

Han Huohuo chuckled maliciously: "I told you, our Mulan is the smartest and understands as soon as I speak."

Hua Mulan was speechless. No one could compare to her Lord's shamelessness.

"I will give you the Giant Armor tomorrow. After we finish building the city defenses of Tongtian City, I will take you to see the Barbarian King."

When going to see the Barbarian King, you always need a gift. There is no better gift than the Giant Armor. This is a treasure the Barbarian King has always dreamed of.

Han Huohuo's scheme succeeded, and he was overjoyed and extremely happy.

Hua Mulan couldn't bear to look at this shameless expression. What kind of character does our Lord have?

"Right, I happen to have something to discuss with you." Hua Mulan couldn't stand this kid's undignified gesticulations anymore.

As soon as he heard there was serious business, Han Huohuo recovered: "What is it?"

Hua Mulan said: "It's the design of those four arrow towers. I initially planned to build all four arrow towers on the pass, but then I thought about it and decided that we should also build one by the river."

"By the river? Do you think there might be enemies on the other side of the river?"

"So far, there have been no records of the giant pythons in the river coming ashore to attack people, but I think we still need to defend against them. Who knows if those giant pythons can really land?"

Han Huohuo thought for a moment.

"How about this, we build two arrow towers on the pass and two arrow towers by the river."

"Huh? Why build two arrow towers by the river?"

Han Huohuo slowly said: "Even if the giant pythons don't cause us trouble, I don't plan to let them off. In the future, I also want to build a dock by the river, and the arrow towers will be built on both sides of the dock to protect it."

Hua Mulan gasped: "Do you know how strong the ancient giant pythons in the river are?"

Han Huohuo frowned: "How strong? Can five hundred cannons solve it?"

Hua Mulan almost choked: "If you really had five hundred cannons, let alone giant pythons, I could even help you take down Wanqing City."

Han Huohuo smiled: "Then there's no problem. We will have them eventually, it's just a matter of time."

Seeing Han Huohuo's confidence, Hua Mulan suddenly laughed: "Okay, I believe you!"

Hua Mulan turned and went to carry out the task.

Looking at Hua Mulan's back, Han Huohuo softly said something no one heard: "I... won't let you down."

After building the bandits Guild.

Han Huohuo returned to the city. Mu Jiu was directing everyone in construction. A large number of mechanical workers and some engineering personnel were all gathered there.

He was very curious and went over: "What are you doing?"

"Move aside, don't delay our construction." Mu Jiu pulled Han Huohuo away. The mechanical workers had already come over and started digging.

Mu Jiu watched the mechanical workers construct. These workers used picks to dig the ground. The positions were almost perfectly accurate. To dig a ditch, they didn't need a ruler; it was perfectly straight in a line. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the puppets of their Lord's family were truly the most amazing puppets she had ever seen.

After confirming that the construction was correct, Mu Jiu turned around and saw Han Huohuo with a dark face. She couldn't help but laugh. This smile made spring arrive, with blooming mountain flowers.

Han Huohuo found that he couldn't get angry at all.

Mu Jiu came over, took his hand, and sat down on a stone chair next to them.

"Don't be angry, we were just doing crucial measurements. You might not know that the most core part of building a city is not the buildings above ground, but the underground facilities. How to arrange and maintain those hidden ditches and channels is very particular.

These hidden ditches and channels can easily smell bad and affect the entire city, so in the design, we must ensure that the construction quality is absolutely good and there are no problems at all."

Han Huohuo was speechless. This girl was coaxing him like a child. He couldn't help but retort: "I don't believe in foolproof construction. Something will definitely go wrong in the future, whether it's big or small."

Mu Jiu clapped her hands and laughed: "That's right, you are so smart. So, I have also arranged many blank nodes in the city. From these nodes, it will be easy to repair these underground networks without affecting the operation of the entire city."

Han Huohuo carefully looked at the schematic diagram. There were more than a dozen blank areas on the diagram, with no buildings on them.

"Are these the underground water network nodes you plan to reserve?"

"Uh, yes?"

"Are they just going to be empty there?"

"It doesn't look good empty there, but I haven't thought of anything yet." Mu Jiu rested her chin on her hand, apparently still hesitating.

Han Huohuo thought for a moment: "How about I give you an idea? These blank areas could be built into parks. They would be nodes for the water network and also improve the city's environment."

"Parks? What kind of parks?"

There was no concept of parks in this world. Han Huohuo explained to Mu Jiu what a park was and casually drew a schematic diagram on the ground.

Mu Jiu was greatly shocked after listening: "What you're talking about, isn't it the Royal Garden? We're going to build a Royal Garden in the city?"

Then Mu Jiu's eyes lit up. The more she thought about it, the more feasible she felt Han Huohuo's idea was.

What is the most difficult part of building a Royal Garden?

It's manpower!

It requires a lot of manpower!

But these busy mechanical workers can completely replace all manpower, so even if a Royal Garden is built, it can be completely afforded.

Mu Jiu stared at Han Huohuo with her big eyes: "Sometimes I see you as a rude mountain king, and sometimes I think you are full of knowledge. Why are you so strange?"

Han Huohuo thought to himself, that's because I have seen a lot. You ancient people don't understand anything about sponge cities, but he said: "I am a mountain king, is there something wrong with that?"

One block full can accommodate more than 100,000 people. Currently, all these projects are still concentrated in one block.

Han Huohuo looked at the large areas of desolate land around him and thought, it's really not easy to build a complete city.

How many massive resources are needed?

Fortunately, Mu Jiu's super internal affairs have helped him a lot.

Gou San ran from a distance, panting: "King, General Hua asks you to go to the river to take a look."

Han Huohuo hugged Mu Jiu and kissed her: "You've worked hard here, I'll go take a look." Mu Jiu was a young lady from a good family, how could she have seen such a bandits who didn't care about etiquette? There were so many people around, how could you do this?

Her face was flushed with shame, and she said angrily: "Go quickly!"

Gou San had learned to be smart and looked away, pretending not to see anything.

Bidding farewell to Mu Jiu, Han Huohuo followed Gou San towards the river.

As they walked, Gou San suddenly complained with teary eyes: "King, I am loyal to you, right?"

Han Huohuo was very strange: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Gou San said aggrievedly: "Then why did King Mu cut my salary in half..."

"Uh!"

Han Huohuo didn't know what to say. This guy had captured Mu Jiu, which obviously offended her. There was no need to ask, it must be Mu Jiu giving him a hard time.

After thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed not good. Gou San had helped him after all. Han Huohuo took out a piece of jewelry from his pocket, looked around to make sure no one was there, and quietly stuffed it to Gou San: "Hide it, and don't let Mu Jiu know that I gave it to you, okay?"

Gou San looked at King Han with a look of contempt, as if to say, you coward, you're really looked down upon!

Han Huohuo felt guilty and dared not look back into Gou San's indignant eyes.

Soon they reached the river.

A large river, with towering waves, looked even more ferocious.

Hua Mulan was standing by the river, looking at the large river.

"You were looking for me."

Hua Mulan turned around, saw Han Huohuo coming, and saluted: "Lord!"

"Do you have any new ideas?"

Hua Mulan nodded: "I walked along the riverbank, and this location is the most suitable for building a dock, so I plan to build two arrow towers here. What do you think?"

Han Huohuo looked at it. This was a concave part of the river, which was indeed very suitable for building a dock. He nodded: "I think it's fine."

Hua Mulan originally had no plan to build a dock, but since the Lord said he had a way to deal with the giant pythons in the water, she would believe him for now.

Joining this dock plan required modifying some of the previous designs.

The two of them talked in detail by the river for a long time.