Wu's Mansion.

Wu Youqin sat alone in a dark secret room. He had just refined a healing elixir, but there were still bursts of pain in his heart, with no sign of improvement.

His injuries were more serious than he thought!

"It's over, I can't do it anymore, and the Wu family is over! It's all over!"

Wu Youqin growled unwillingly.

His whole life.

When he was weak, he submitted to the strong and asked for mercy. When he started his career, he knelt down to the garrison. After he established his clan, he was poked in the back by various noble families.

In the first half of my life, I saw all the warmth and warmth of human beings, the harsh conditions of the world, and experienced all the sufferings in the world.

After painstaking efforts and even unscrupulous means, finally, after all the hardships in the second half of his life, he founded the Wu family and achieved a double concentration, which became unparalleled in the limelight.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and everything was ruined. Even the family's only hope was wiped out.

He hated that after a lifetime of scheming and hard work, he finally promoted the Wu family to the Ningshen family, only to be beaten back to his original form in just a few days.

"You bastard, if the Wu family dies, you will be buried with the Wu family!" Wu Youqin couldn't restrain the hatred in his heart and growled.

Regardless of strategy or martial arts, Lin Qingshan's performance is too evil. Coupled with the deep hatred and hatred, Wu Youqin will not rest in peace until Lin Qingshan is eliminated.

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After handling the affairs of the Acropolis, Lin Qingshan led the tribe back to the tribe's territory.

The most important festival at the end of the year is the Heaven Sacrifice Festival. As the clan leader, Lin Qingshan must lead the tribe to perform the ceremony of worshiping the Heaven.

People in the Lingwu world believe that Heaven is the master of all things and has the right to dominate everything. Therefore, both the Lingwu family and ordinary people believe in, respect and worship Heaven.

Sacrifice ceremonies are held in various ways to pray for the blessings of the gods.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the clan area is already covered with snow, and every household is hung with red lanterns, creating a festive atmosphere.

On the early morning of the Heaven-Sacrifice Festival, Lin Qingshan and the elders of various clans led the clan members to perform auspicious rituals for Heaven-sacrifice in front of the ancestral hall.

The first item of the ceremony is to welcome the gods, place pork, mutton and other sacrifices, and light fireworks in the wood stove, which expresses the meaning of conveying the respect for heaven from the human world to heaven.

Lin Qingshan led everyone to the tributes, bowed down to heaven and earth, offered incense, and recited sacrificial inscriptions.

After welcoming the gods, there is a jade and silk laying ceremony, that is, offering jade, cloth and other tributes to the gods and ancestors. Finally, they go to the ancestral hall to burn incense in front of the ancestor's tablet, kowtow, and kneel three times and nine times to worship the ancestors.

After a set of etiquette for worshiping heaven, half a day passed.

After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Lin Qingshan ordered people to hold a running banquet for three days in the clan area, and invited the clan members to feast for three days, so as to unite people's hearts and enhance the family's sense of honor.

After the three days of flowing water, the New Year is over.

Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye it is spring and the flowers are blooming, and it is the farming season again.

Nowadays, the general framework of the Lin clan's land is fully constructed. The north is the living area, the west is the production area, the south is the spiritual fields, and the middle is fertile farmland. Only the east is still uncultivated.

The wasteland to the east can also be used to cultivate fertile farmland, but there are only more than 1,000 people in the tribe, less than 2,000. Even if it is cultivated, there will be no hands to cultivate it.

Therefore, Lin Qingshan decided not to develop the wasteland to the east for the time being. He would wait until the number of tribesmen increased to cultivate the land. If necessary, it could be used for other purposes.

On this day, Lin Qingshan summoned several elders.

"Spring plowing will be over soon, and it's time to put the defense construction of our tribe on the agenda!"

It is said that if a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

The beast chaos in autumn and winter last year made Lin Qingshan realize that the clan must strengthen defense construction.

Not to mention the beast riots that occur every thousand years and small catastrophes every hundred years, even the beast riots that happen once a year are enough for the Lin clan to drink.

Lin Qingshan will never forget that in the last few days of the beast chaos last autumn and winter, he, the clan leader, had to personally take action to kill the monsters that broke into the clan territory.

It's not a big deal for him to kill the monsters himself, the key is that the people can't stand the torment.

If a beast tide comes one day, even if it is just a small wave of beasts, it will cause very serious losses.

"Elders, please share your thoughts." Lin Qingshan sat at the head of the table and said.

"Chief, when it comes to defenses, there are three most common ones in our Pingnan Guard: cities, gates, and fortresses." Lin Shizhen suggested:

"If we want to build fortifications on our clan's land, I think we can build a large fort."

Lin Shizhen's suggestion is very reasonable.

The manpower and material resources required to build the city were too great, and the Lin family simply could not afford it.

The pass requires favorable geographical location, and the clan's land does not meet the conditions. When the clan's land is expanded in the future, one can be built on the Wolong Gorge side.

The fortress is the most suitable for clan land.

"Elder Shizhen's words make sense, we can build a fortress big enough.

Normally, the tribesmen can live outside the fortress. When beast chaos or beast tide breaks out, all the tribesmen will be gathered into the castle for refuge."

"We can also build some traps and defenses outside the fortress. Even if the beast tide comes, we can rely on the strength of the fortress to survive!"

Everyone made suggestions one after another, and soon a general idea was formed.

"Such a fortress has to accommodate nearly two thousand people. It is best to design it more generously and accommodate three thousand people. Then this is not a small project." Lin Qingshan asked:

"Given Lin's current situation, how long will it take to build such a fortress?"

In this regard, everyone made a simple estimate.

It takes tens to hundreds of years to build a city. It doesn't take that long to build a large fortress, but it's not short either. It can take several years at the fastest and ten years at the slowest.

But Lin obviously can't wait that long. Beast chaos occurs every year, and as the beast tide approaches, the beast chaos will become more serious every year.

The Lin family must build the fortress as soon as possible, preferably before the beast chaos starts this autumn and winter.

"There is no way. If you want to build a fortress that can withstand monsters, you have to quarry rocks, polish the stones, and use them to build outer walls. This process is not fast." Lin Shigu shook his head and said helplessly.

The buildings currently on the clan's land are all wooden frame buildings.

The general houses in the Acropolis are wooden structures or brick and wood mixed structures.

Whether it is a wooden structure or a mixed structure of brick and wood, it is very fast to build, but it cannot stop the monsters. The only thing that can stop the monsters is stone buildings.

The advantage of stone is that it is strong and durable, but its disadvantages are also obvious: construction is slow and time-consuming.

If you want to quickly build a strong fortress, you must find another way!

Pingnanwei has the technology of firing green bricks, as well as clay preparation techniques similar to cement, but they are not as mature as those on Earth in the previous life and are not strong enough!

Therefore, the elders never thought of using bricks to build a castle.

But Lin Qingshan will not be so limited. He has the memory of another life and clearly knows that the potential of brick buildings does not stop there!

If the production process of green bricks can be improved and lime with better bonding properties can be fired, it is entirely possible for Lin to build a strong enough fortress before the end of the year!

Thinking of this, Lin Qingshan turned to Lin Changye and said: "Elder Changye, please go to the clan tomorrow to recruit a group of craftsmen who know how to build. I will be useful."

"Okay, I can take care of this today." Lin Changye replied.

Building a fortress with stones was too slow, so Lin Qingshan wanted to try his own idea.
Chapter completed!