At that moment, inside the Guard Division Office, Yang Zhengshan was discussing the expansion of Guard City with Xie Yuan.
The expansion of Guard City was already pressing close at hand. If it was not expanded soon, Inside the City would likely be packed until it burst.
The Engineering Department had already produced the planning drawings. Yang Zhengshan looked them over once and raised no objections.
By now, the Engineering Department of the Guard Division Office was also highly professional. The clerks within the department had decent attainments in road repair, bridge building, and urban construction.
Every trade had its own specialty. Although these clerks had all been mere scholars before, over the past few years they had learned a great deal of professional knowledge regarding engineering.
Especially the planning drawings and architectural drawings—they were drawn in quite proper form.
Of course, all of this was Yang Zhengshan's credit. In his previous life, Yang Zhengshan's specialty had been engineering cost estimation, and he had dabbled in both planning and architecture.
"Build it according to this planning drawing. What's the budget?" Yang Zhengshan asked.
"About fifty thousand taels of silver! Mainly Because the cost of stone is rather high!" Xie Yuan said.
Yang Zhengshan Slightly Nodded. There were relatively few Mountain Forests within Tenglong Guard, and if they wanted to quarry stone, they could only do so from several small hills to the south.
Those small hills were located at the southernmost end of Tenglong Guard, on the border adjoining Liao'an Prefecture, roughly more than thirty li from Guard City.
Quarrying and transporting stone would both require a Large Number of laborers, so the cost would be very high.
"And the construction period?"
"If it's only the city walls, it should take about six months. It should be completed before the