We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?
Chapter 630: The World's No. 1 City - Fengtian Prefecture (Part 2)
Looking at the behemoth in front of him, Li Neng felt that his imagination was completely exhausted in front of this huge city.
He even felt a deep-seated fear.
Although the huge city in front of him was a soulless thing, it still made him feel alarmed and his body tremble.
Li Neng didn't know that his condition had a unified name in later generations: gigantic fear.
"Hiss... How long is this city?"
"The circumference of the outer city is about thirty miles." Li Lin calmly gave a number that made Li Neng dizzy.
Thirty miles is fifteen kilometers.
How long is the circumference of Fuzhou City? The outer city of Fengtian Prefecture can probably accommodate four or five Fuzhou cities!
This is just the outer city, and Li Neng can see that the layout of the entire Fengtian Prefecture is in the shape of a "convex" character, and the inner city is obviously larger than the outer city.
"Don't overthink it. The reason it's so large is because Fengguo has a strong industrial base."
At this moment, Li Che also rushed over and explained with a smile:
"Chaoyang City can continuously produce cement, bricks, and other materials, and send them here by carriage and horse, but even so, it still takes a lot of effort."
As Li Che said, the structure of Fengtian Prefecture completely imitated the later Beijing city.
As the capital city during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the design and planning of Beijing City embodies the highest achievement of ancient Chinese urban planning and is known as "the greatest individual project of mankind on the face of the earth."
How long did it take to build the city of Beijing?
Construction began in 1406 and was basically completed in 1420. Later emperors carried out expansions on various scales many times before it was finally completed.
It took fourteen years to initially build the city, and several decades to fully construct the city.
But it only took three years for Fengguo to conquer the country.
It is conceivable how much pressure Li Che was under when he built Fengtian Prefecture.
That is to say, Feng State now has many financial channels, can continuously obtain large amounts of financial resources from Daqing, grassland, Luzon, Champa and other places, and has a large number of foreign laborers available, so it can accomplish such a feat.
"Let's go. This city was built not long ago and it's still quite empty." Li Che looked at Li Neng with a smile, "Tenth brother, you can choose a house later. I'll give it to you as a gift."
Li Neng smiled and bowed, "Thank you very much, Sixth Brother."
As a prince, Li Shen had naturally seen the world and did not think that a house was a very valuable gift.
Li Che smiled but said nothing.
The child is still too young to understand the value of real estate in the capital.
Fengtian Prefecture, which took so much effort to build, must always be the capital, even after he succeeded to the throne and became the Emperor of Daqing.
Chinese dynasties have always had the habit of establishing a dual-capital system or a multi-capital system to control vast territories.
In the future Daqing, the imperial capital will be the Southern Capital, and Fengtian Prefecture will become the Northern Capital.
By that time, Fengtian Prefecture will truly become the capital, and the value of the house I gave to Li Tan will probably exceed the total of all his assets.
After all, he also had to save face, so the house he gave away would definitely not be too bad, and it would not be too far from the palace.
The price of this exquisite mansion at the foot of the imperial city is definitely sky-high.
As long as Li Shen's descendants don't do anything stupid, even if they lose the title of king, as long as this house is still there, they can still maintain their powerful status.
The crowd continued to walk towards Fengtian Prefecture, but did not directly reach the outer city gate. Instead, they continued along a wide road outside the moat.
The moat draws water from the Hunhe River. The river is 18 meters wide and about 5 meters deep, which required a lot of manpower and resources.
This was also the experience that Li Che learned from the Ming Dynasty. If his descendants produced an emperor like Bao Zong, he would be able to defend the capital even if there was no genius like Yu Shaobao.
Unless someone could get ships inland, the river would be useless to any attacker.
After walking for a long time, a second city wall appeared in sight.
This city wall is taller and thicker than the outer city wall.
The walls are a deep bluish-black color, and have a cold, metallic luster in the sunlight.
Its height reaches an astonishing eighty feet, and the base of the wall is even wider and thicker. It is estimated that the thickness of the bottom is far more than ten meters.
The city walls are densely covered with complex defensive facilities, with gun positions covered with oilcloth placed every few meters.
Beneath the staggered running positions, there are multiple layers of staggered crossbow firing ports, as well as hanging troughs for dumping rolling logs, stones and boiling oil.
Every hundred feet, there is a huge bastion-style tower.
Li Neng asked in a trembling voice, "This...is this the inner city?"
"Exactly." Li Lin pointed at the towering city wall before him. "The inner city has a circumference of approximately forty miles. The dark blue bricks you see are made of bluestone mixed with iron sand and fired. They are stronger than fine iron. Ordinary artillery can hardly destabilize them."
"This wall is Fengtian City's strongest shield!"
Forty miles...longer than the outer city!
Li Neng felt his scalp tingling. The construction work of these two inner and outer city walls alone was enough to exhaust the national strength of an ordinary dynasty!
Fengguo was able to complete this task within three years. What a terrifying mobilization and execution capability!
He's simply a city-building maniac!
At this moment, the south gate of the outer city rumbled.
The huge iron-clad city gate is extremely heavy and requires a winch to open.
A group of cavalry ran out from the doorway, led by a general in white robe and armor, looking as majestic as a celestial general.
"Zilong." Li Che greeted with a smile.
The person who came was Yue Yun. Three years had not left many traces on him, and he was still a brave and extraordinary general.
But in recent years, he has grown a beard and looks more stable.
"Your Highness!"
Yue Yun dismounted and bowed.
The cavalrymen behind him dismounted at the same time, placed their left hands on their chests and bowed, making a series of orderly sounds.
"Okay, okay!" Li Che dismounted and helped Yue Yun up. "Zilong, let me introduce you. This is my tenth brother, the current Prince of Fu."
Yue Yun looked at Li Neng again and bowed calmly, "Your Highness Prince Fu."
Li Neng looked embarrassed and bowed in return.
He had heard of Yue Yun's great name, who conquered the grassland in one battle and sealed the Wolf's Lair. He was the number one cavalry general under King Feng.
According to storytellers, Yue Yun's reputation is second only to Li Che. After all, his image in white robe and white armor has a certain legendary color.
"Zilong, Tenth Brother is one of us, no need to be so polite." Li Lin on the side added with a smile.
Yue Yun suddenly realized, and the look in his eyes towards Li Neng softened a lot.
Yue Yun said, "Your Highnesses, please enter the city to discuss this matter. Your colleagues have been waiting for a long time."
"Okay." Li Che turned around and looked at the two of them, "Fourth brother, tenth brother, let's go into the city."
Li Lin couldn't wait any longer and jumped on his horse and headed towards the city.
Li Neng was a little timid and nodded obediently.
Pass through the deep doorway and enter the outer city area.
The view suddenly opened up, but the scene was different from what Li Neng had imagined.
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