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Xia Yun wandered around and spent more than an hour in Hangzhou city.

Finally, Xia Yun appeared on the city wall of Hangzhou.

This was the first time Xia Yun had climbed the city wall since coming to Hangzhou.

"I am here to see you, sir!"

Qin Tianye, who was arranging defenses on the city wall, saw Xia Yun's approach and immediately knelt on one knee to join.

"I've told you so many times, you don't need to salute when you're wearing armor."

Xia Yun said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Tianye stood up respectfully.

"How is the city defense arrangement going?"

Xia Yun went straight to the point and asked about what he was concerned about.

However, at this moment, Qin Tianye's face showed a hint of embarrassment.

"Your Excellency, Hangzhou is surrounded by wide walls. I only have about a thousand men. It may be difficult to deploy defenses in a short time."

Qin Tianye expressed his dilemma.

In the past half day, he had been thinking about how to use a thousand people to make the city of Hangzhou impregnable.

However, facts ultimately proved that to achieve this with only a thousand people was nothing but a pipe dream.

The four walls of Hangzhou City are rectangular in shape, and the shortest wall alone is about seven kilometers long.

Not to mention that the four walls combined would require at least thousands of people to meet his defense requirements.

Xia Yun also fell into deep thought.

In the past, his way of solving the problem of shortage of manpower was to transfer troops from Dai County.

But the number of soldiers and horses in Dai County was limited after all. As he gradually transferred more than 3,000 soldiers and horses from Dai County, there were only about 2,000 soldiers and horses left in Dai County.

These two thousand people are also responsible for the defense of Dai County itself.

Therefore, the practice of continuing to transfer troops from Dai County is no longer feasible.

Then there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to recruit soldiers on the spot.

However, by doing so, he would inevitably violate the court regulations. If Xu Miao reported him to the court for privately raising troops, he really wouldn't know what to do.

You can't just rebel if you disagree with something.

Moreover, Xia Yun himself had no idea about rebellion. Being an emperor was a complete chore for him.

Not only is he busy governing the country, but he also has to participate in the intrigues in the court and stay in the palace almost his entire life.

In his opinion, that kind of life is tantamount to being in prison.

"You are in charge of all the Daixian troops in Hangzhou. Apart from the necessary guards for the various government offices, you can arrange the deployment of the rest."

"As for the number of troops you are short of, I will give you an answer in a few days."

Xia Yun thought about it and finally gave a response.

"Yes, my lord."

Qin Tianye responded respectfully.

At this time, Xia Yun's gaze subconsciously looked towards the southeast of Zhejiang.

He already had a plan for the shortage of troops.

"Sir, this is my plan for expanding the city wall of Hangzhou. Please review it."

Immediately afterwards, Qin Tianye took out another drawing from his arms and handed it to Xia Yun.

When Xia Yun opened the drawing, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

My goodness, according to Qin Tianye’s plan, first of all, the four city walls of Hangzhou need to be increased by ten meters in height and three meters in width on the original basis.

In this way, the height of Hangzhou city wall will directly reach 18 meters and the width will reach 6 meters, far exceeding the height and width of Beijing city wall.

Secondly, Qin Tianye’s drawing clearly showed twenty-four city wall fortresses, which were located at important joints on the four city walls.

Finally, a large number of visible and hidden firepower points need to be built along the four city walls, similar to small defensive bunkers.

"What do you think, sir?"

Qin Tianye carefully observed Xia Yun's expression. The blueprint in the other's hand was drawn up within half an hour after he understood the basic situation of Hangzhou's city defense.

"How long will it take to renovate according to the blueprint?"

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows, not rushing to deny or agree.

"In reply to your Excellency, if tens of thousands of civilian workers were mobilized at once for construction, it would be completed in forty days at most."

When Qin Tianye answered this question, his expression of caution was mixed with a hint of expectation.

Before he came to Hangzhou, he already knew about his master's grand cause in Hangzhou.

Especially the Hangzhou Construction Bureau, which can mobilize tens of thousands of workers at one time, which is almost unimaginable in Dai County.

In order to build the city wall of Dai County, not only civilian workers were mobilized, but even soldiers like them had to participate.

Even so, the expansion of Dai County’s city wall lasted for more than a year!

"No problem. You should draw up a plan for this matter and give it to Wan'er for approval before implementation."

After pondering for a moment, Xia Yun finally agreed to Qin Tianye's plan to expand the city wall.

Although he had no intention of rebelling, he still had to be on guard against others.

Being in Zhejiang, the first thing to do is to defend against the Japanese pirates who may launch a large-scale attack at any time, and the second is to guard against other troops of the imperial court.

He didn't want others to reap the benefits after Hangzhou was built.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Hearing Xia Yun personally agree to the expansion plan, Qin Tianye's face instantly revealed joy, and he seemed to have forgotten that he was wearing armor, and knelt on one knee again to salute!

......

In the evening, the city of Hangzhou is still brightly lit.

However, at this time, Xia Yun left Hangzhou City through the East Gate, followed by a large grain transport team.

"Sir, where are we going?"

After leaving the city, Xu Wan'er, who was following Xia Yun, finally couldn't help feeling confused and asked.

Just half an hour ago, he received an order from Xia Yun to allocate 200,000 dan of grain out of the city.

Although she was confused, she still did it.

"Governor's Camp."

Xia Yun didn't hesitate at all and went straight back to Xu Wan'er's question.

Hearing this, Xu Wan'er suddenly understood.

The convoy moved forward steadily under the calm moonlight until four hours passed and it was already midnight of the next day.

Finally, Xia Yun brought the grain transport team to the Governor's camp of Lei Zhenning.

"Your Excellency the Governor!"

Chen Jingzhong, who had already learned the news in advance, came out respectfully to greet the team led by Xia Yun when they arrived at the governor's camp.

"General Chen, long time no see."

Xia Yun dismounted and when he saw Chen Jingzhong, a smile as warm as the spring breeze appeared on his face.

"I am deeply grateful for your concern, sir."

Chen Jingzhong replied respectfully.

Previously, when Xia Yun was the prefect of Hangzhou, he was sent by the governor to serve as Xia Yun's guard and await deployment.

"Your Excellency, the Governor-General went to inspect the defenses in the southeastern part of Zhejiang yesterday. He is now on his way back to the camp. I have specially come to greet him again. I hope you will understand."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Jingzhong revealed the whereabouts of Lei Zhenning.