But what if it goes further?

The country that Lao Zhu's family finally conquered and the people finally lived in peace and tranquility could not all disappear in just a few hundred years.

What Zhu Di didn't expect was that the nephew who was still crying out to him for help had now grown to such an extent.

Zhu Di was in a daze, but felt inexplicably relieved in his heart.

"There hasn't been any news yet, which shows that Brother Xi is working steadily, making progress slowly, and is mature and prudent."

As if he felt that what he said was not enough, he added: "My Ming Dynasty has a good grandson!"

Snapped!

In the wind and snow under the fort, the faint sound of a whip could be heard.

Followed by a scream.

Zhang Zhiyuan walked to the direction where the sound of the whip was coming from in a few steps and looked down from the fort.

I saw that in the white snow, the construction of the Great Wall did not stop because of the snowstorm.

Those who were exiled here with shackles on their feet continued to contribute to the nine-sided defense of the empire under the whipping of the overseers of Monolith Castle.

The construction of the Great Wall has always been based on the principle of using local materials, so as to keep the court's expenditure to a minimum.

Stone is produced in the mountains around the Monolith Fortress, so the Great Wall construction in this area is based on stone and reinforced with rammed earth on both sides and on the top.

No adhesive is used for the stacking of stones. Pieces of stone are polished into the required shape, and then stacked layer by layer. Under the squeeze of weight, they can be tightly sealed and unbreakable.

And not all sections of the entire Great Wall can be walked on.

The greatest role of the Great Wall has always been to prevent the cavalry on the grassland from charging south.

As long as this city wall exists, it can block the momentum of the prairie cavalry charge, and then drag these cavalry into the familiar combat methods of the Central Plains army.

The imperial court has become rich in the past two years, and the construction of the Great Wall has received more money and food, and therefore more people will be transferred to work on the Great Wall.

Under the fort, Zhang Zhiyuan saw a familiar figure among the exiles who built the Great Wall.

That was Huang Shi who was demoted from Yingtian City and sent to Kaiping Guard.

After all these years, he is still alive.

Zhang Zhiyuan's eyes were a little more curious.

Obviously, those who were still working on the Great Wall in such a cold winter could not be ordinary people recruited by local officials.

The imperial court was not so strict as to allow the people under its rule to build the Great Wall in winter.

At this time, these people on the Great Wall were all prisoners of the imperial court, or people who committed crimes and were exiled to the border.

Treat these people.

According to Zhang Zhiyuan's understanding, it was better than those Japanese slaves brought back from Yingzhou.

Zhu Di also led people over at this time.

He also saw at a glance that under the fort, his feet were shackled in the wind and snow, and his hands were holding several flat stone slabs that had been chipped.

"Is that Huang Zicheng?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly.

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded and whispered: "This person committed a crime in Yingtian and was escorted back to Peking by the prince."

"I know him." Zhu Di frowned and said in public: "Why is he still alive?"

Qi Jian, the commander of the Kaiping Guards, paled and looked up at the prisoner named Huang Shi under the fort.

He didn't know that the prince actually knew this man.

And what the prince just said was undoubtedly expressing his dissatisfaction.

Qi Jian whispered: "Outside Beizhazikou, we are planning to build several more mountaintop watchtowers. They should be completed before the spring of next year. I will personally keep an eye on this matter."

Since the prince is dissatisfied that Huang Shi is still alive, let him freeze to death outside the pass for the sake of nine-sided defense.

Zhu Di's frowned brows relaxed again.

He had already withdrawn his gaze and turned to look at the people on the fort.

"The safety of His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun is related to our country, the Ming Dynasty."

"There may be trouble in Shanxi Road. As a clan member, I cannot sit idly by and watch."

"In matters related to the country, the Prince of Yan's Palace has no shirk of responsibility."

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Chapter completed!