Although he avoided the hot summer at noon, the sun was still hot. Cheng Zongyang drew his sword and cut off a bunch of brambles, pulled it off and threw it aside, and then straightened his waist.
The continuous mountains are beyond the edge at first sight. The vast aura makes his chest full of breath as if there is a gust of aura, and he wants to roar out from the Southern Wilderness to Canglan. Cheng Zongyang has also seen many mountains, but the mountains in front of him are completely different from the huge mountain. The aura is majestic and rough. The hard ridge is like a blade. The exposed large areas of rocks are like an axe. The deep and vast mountains have more stones and few trees. Most of the vegetation is gathered in the valley. Although the trees are far less dense than the Southern Wilderness, they are tall and straight, and they are thrust into the blue sky. From a distance, it seems that they want to fill the entire valley.
Old Man Zhu said in a angrily manner: Xiao Chengzi, have you never seen him? Young people have little experience, but they are not like the old man walking around the world. They have walked more bridges than you have walked!
Cheng Zongyang said: From what you mean, do you know what mountain this is?
That's all! Old Man Zhu pointed at him and said: "Your Madam can tell at a glance that II is the mountain in the north! Look at this mountain... tsk tsk! That big... either Tang or Han or Qin!
Let the uncle say, we are coming to the north of Yunshui, it’s a sure thing! Absolutely true!
Cheng Zongyang said with a dark face: You only said three of the six dynasties in total. Do you dare to say it more leniently?
Old Man Zhu smiled and said: Xiao Chengzi, don’t worry! There is a village below. Can you tell me if you go over and ask?
At this time, a dog barking came, and a puppy drilled out of the thorns like a torpedo. Its tail was erect and its white and fluffy fur was covered with xanthus ears and thorns. It jumped excitedly and tried to drill into the hostess' arms. Little purple raised her waist and shouted: It's so dirty! You are not allowed to come!
Xuexue rolled with her tail drooping, lying on the mountain road with her feet facing the sky and the ground, her belly swelled up quickly, and she spit out her red tongue and gasped, while turning her head and looking at the heroine aggrievedly
Little bitch, do you know if the good dog is not blocking the road? Cheng Zongyang picked up the little bitch's ear and threw it on Old Man Zhu's back
Old Man Zhu ignored it. He stretched his neck and sniffed hard, and said straight: Catch it! We have caught it! The village is stewing meat...Oh! Still chicken...
Old man, your nose is better than that of a dog, and you can smell it even across a mountain ridge?
Let’s go! Let’s hurry! Old man Zhu yelled anxiously: The soup is left if you’re late!
Old man Zhu's feet were filled with wind, and he rushed down the mountain with dust.
Old man Zhu was leading the way anxiously. Before the sunset, the three of them finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. A big river ran out from the mountain. The river channel was covered with rocks of all sizes. The turbulent river water splashed snow-white waves on the reefs. The river was blocked by the mountain. After turning at the foot of the mountain, the water level in the downstream suddenly slowed down, and a rocky beach rushed out next to the shore. The village was located on the side of the riverside village. Although it was not high, it was more than two meters wide, and it looked extremely solid.
Cheng Zongyang originally thought this was just a small mountain village. When he approached, he found that there were crowds of people. If it weren't for the fact that there were only a dozen thatched houses with rammed earth as walls and thatched grass as roofs, it would be a lively town.
I finally arrived quickly and finally got a stable sleep tonight...
Brother Zhang, you are here too!
This brother Zheng is from the Hou family in Fuping...
This surname is Yang, the Yang family of Sizhitang...
Lucky to meet...
The village was in chaos, and people kept greetings and greetings, a sharp voice was particularly loud. Buy it and leave it! Buy it and leave it and leave it!
A thin and lonely boy squatted on the ground, his sleeves were rolled up high, and he pressed the pottery bowl buttoned on the table with one hand, and shouted with a frosty mouth: It’s a dragon or a snake, let’s see what you see!
A group of brave boys surrounded the table, one of them said boldly: I'll do it! Bet a big shot! As he said that, he threw out a purse, and dozens of silver coins immediately came out.
OK! The boy opened the pottery bowl and his face suddenly became ugly. He cursed and pinched his wrist and said with a hatred: This stinky hand! It's time to chop it up!
Good tricks for righteous brothers! The boys around them cheered, as if they had won a battle
Cheng Zongyang looked at the thin man a little familiar, and couldn't help but look at the people's plays, which was a dice, and glared at each other twice. The simplest, but in a while, even the thin man won a few games, lost a lot, and beat his chest and stamped his feet. The young men became more and more excited. Cheng Zongyang was a bystander. Although the thin man had both wins and loses, he won more than a few losses, but he was very careful in winning. He just won the big ones, but he lost even more. The young men thought they were in good luck and were more excited. They came and went back and forth, and won more than a dozen silver baht, making a small profit without showing any signs of water.
The skinny guy lost another game, and was grinning when suddenly someone broke in outside and said at the top of his voice: High IQ! You don’t eat anymore! Bet! Be careful of your legs! The skinny guy quickly jumped off the bench and said with a bitter face: Brother Feng, I’m losing now. You take a break and take a breath. I’ll do it again and get some books...
Still getting the money! Let me go! The man grabbed the little skinny man's ear and pulled him out
The boys around him burst into laughter, and there was not much malice in his laughter. He felt that although this kid was not very good at gambling, he was very bachelor and had a similar taste to everyone.
Cheng Zongyang was stunned. Although he felt that the little thin man who was called away by Ma Yuan looked familiar, he never thought that this thin man would be the fat Gao Yanei who was as fat as a ball! When he saw that the boy was spoiled by Gao Qiu, he simply kicked the man out of Lin'an and suffered hardship, but he didn't expect that he would be so hard! He was thin and disfigured and became a person alive. If Gao Qiu, who was protecting his calf, saw him, he would be afraid that he would have the heart to eat him raw!
High IQ and Feng Yuan tugged to the place where no one was, Feng Yuan said: My little master! Just do some serious business! As soon as I turned around, you sneaked out to bet on money
High IQ takes out money from your sleeve and says with a smile: Brother Feng, this is a filial piety to you
Feng Yuan's head was shaking like a wavy drum, I don't want it
Brother Feng, I earned this money myself, I won’t steal or rob, it’s clean
You Ah, if you have money, buy some food yourself to see if you are thin... Feng Yuan instructed again: Don’t let Mr. Ha see Ah!
A low cough came from behind, and a tall and old beastman came out of the hut and said dryly: Fried money
High IQ quickly took out the silver zhu, and Ha Michi took it and said slowly: No meat is allowed
He stood upright like a stick, Ha Uncle Ha, don’t worry! I don’t even drink soup! I dare to eat a bite of meat. He pulled up his clothes and gestured on his thighs: break my legs! From here!
Suddenly someone laughed and said: No matter how tall you are, you are on your waist
Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment and shouted in disbelief: Donald Cheng! You... Why are you here!
High IQ turned around, looking surprised, Master!
Cheng Zongyang smiled at Ha Mi Chi and said: Uncle Ha, thank you for your hard work, this kid didn't make trouble for you, right?
Ha Michi's thin face didn't have many expressions, and said: I've been in peace after two days of trouble. I've led a horse and chopped firewood along the way. I'm still obedient.
Feng Yuanren laughed and said: Yanei rolled all over the ground for the first two days, yelling to go home. Ha-mad gave him a bowl of laxatives, and he took him to diarrhea for a few days, and then he became honest.
Hearing his embarrassing attitude, he was very indifferent to his high IQ and said with a saliva: The laxative is sweet, I drank a bowl and wanted to have another bowl of it. Master, you don’t know, my disciples were all oily in those days! It was white and chubby, and it weighed at least ten pounds, which was enough for people in the mountains to stir-fry for two months.
I'm fucking...boy, can you be a little more disgusting?
As he spoke, a beast-savage man came out of the hut, his huge figure almost crushed the door frame, the blue spots on his face were beating, and he showed a terrifying smile, and shouted with a thick throat: Official!
Cheng Zongyang's hair stood up all over his body and shouted, shut up! He quickly said: Old beast, what are you doing in the house?
The green-faced beast said honestly: Look at the chicken and pointed at Gao Yanei again so that he would not steal it.
Old man Zhu squeezed over with a broken bowl, and said with his eyes ignited: It turns out it is from his own house? I said it is so fragrant! Come on! The uncle tastes the salty first... He didn't see him, so he picked up the spoon to serve the soup
The green-faced beast suddenly roared like a thunderous roar, but Old Man Zhu's spoonful was a little bit ruthless, and he directly took out the whole chicken.
Wow! Let it go!
I'll see if it's familiar...
Let go!
The two of them fought in the house and Cheng Zongyang turned around and said: How long has it been since we ate meat?
Xiao Zi smiled and said: It seems like it's been a few days
Feng Yuan said: Cheng Touer, what's wrong with you along the way? I'm so anxious that Mr. Zhu?
The old man belonged to the weasel, Cheng Zongyang took out his money and went to buy two more chickens
Feng Yuan shook his hand and said: No, no, this place doesn’t sell anything, and even if you have money, you can’t spend it. This is the pheasant I just caught on the road.
There is not even a chicken seller? Isn’t this the town?
This is the mountain shed where the Pi family slaves live, and no one usually lives
What's going on? What's the place? Why are you here?
Shouyang Mountain Ah! Cheng Touer, didn’t you let us see... Feng Yuan lowered his voice, is that business?
Cheng Zongyang remembered, Shouyang Mountain? from the Han Dynasty?
Feng Yuan said carefully: Cheng Touer, is something wrong? I heard from someone that you went to the south, why did you come here?
Cheng Zongyang was in a mess, and he didn't say anything for a moment. It was Shouyang Mountain? Jian Yuji once said that Yun Ruyao was sent to Wudu City at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, but the woman could believe too much in Chengdu, so he decided to rush to Jiankang in person, first meet several of the Yun family's chief men kowtowed and admit their mistakes, and then ask for a marriage proposal. However, Jian Yuji said that Shouyang Mountain was not aside. He took advantage of the copper mine business mentioned by Shi Chao and threw Feng Yuan and high IQ to find out the way, and then transferred Ao Run to meet them. However, he did not expect that the portal of the Taiquan Ancient Formation would be here.
Cheng Zongyang calmed down, I went to Taiquan Ancient Formation I. Don’t ask me in detail, let me talk about your experience first
As a result! Feng Yuan opened the conversation and started talking about leaving Lin'an. He talked endlessly about entering the mountain. When Cheng Zongyang told him not to ride a high IQ horse and to hone the kid well. As a result, everyone's journey was based on high IQ footwork. The first half month was terrible. He couldn't walk ten miles a day, and Cheng Zongyang returned from Canglan. They had just arrived in Shouyang Mountain for a few days.
They have inquired about the copper mine. It is said that the government was arguing with the Pi family in Pingting Hou Pi family, Pi family took out a land deed, claiming that tens of thousands of acres of slopes on the mountain belonged to the Pi family's property, but the government also came up with a law, saying that the law clearly stipulates that the mountains, forests, and Chize belongs to the emperor. The Pi family also called itself a marquis. The Pi family's property belonged to the Pingting Hou State, which was divided by the emperor. Even the county prefect cannot take care of the affairs of the Hou State. The government said that the Hou State only enjoys tax rights, and the specific operation should be the government. The Hou State shall not interfere in this case. The two sides are in trouble. As for the copper mine, there is no such thing now.
Feng Yuan and Ha Michi discussed and directly pushed out the high IQ and asked him to make his idea. What's the idea? He was forced to no avail. I don't know where to spend a few days. I found out that the Pi family would send people to the mountains to log wood every year when the water rises in summer. In addition to their own use, the rest would sell the hemlock trees in Shouyang Mountain on the spot, which are the best quality materials for shipbuilding. The Pi family occupied several valleys and logged tens of thousands of wood every year. Every time the logging season, many merchants and even coastal prefectures and counties came to buy high IQ and threw copper mines aside. They came to the mountain and said that since everyone was here, they could not go back empty-handed, and selling some wood was not in vain. So they went into the mountain.
The Pi family built thatched huts in the mountains for logging. Now the slaves are all logging in the mountains, and the empty rooms are left for foreign merchants to stay in. Compared with Jin and Song dynasties, the Han country is much simpler. Since the hut is empty, it will not be collected for free and will be used for merchants to live in for free. However, there are no corresponding facilities, and it depends on the merchants to prepare them.
Cheng Zongyang specifically told him that the money and goods brought by everyone were not as high as high IQ. The daily meal money allowed him to earn high IQ by himself. He was a bachelor. He worked hard for a few days at the beginning and was tempted and cheated. He was immediately enlightened by Ha Michi's bowl of laxative medicine. He knew that his thin arm could not twist the thigh of the Beast Man, and he honestly led a horse and chopped firewood every day to earn enough money for food.
Gao Qiu didn't even want his own son for this godson. He heard that he went to Han Kingdom, so he couldn't rest assured.
As a compromise, Cheng Zongyang agreed to send someone to protect him secretly. Who knew that Ha Ye would not agree. The old orc came up with a stick and drove away all the people Fu'an brought. He also told the unlucky guy that high IQ was because he walked too slowly and even spent all the travel expenses back. Only the principal of doing business, and even the copper baht could not be moved. From now on, not only would he have to earn his own meals, but he would have to pay all the food for the group.
The high IQ was forced to a dead end, so I simply threw the can and stuffed the yamen into my crotch. I tried different ways to make money. This kid is really not stupid. Although he was hungry and full all the way, he could last until now.
A chicken was divided into six portions, and each person added a bowl of soup. Although it was far from rich, it was the most reassuring meal Cheng Zongyang had eaten these days. Old Man Zhu got the chicken butt and two chicken feet, and he had a lot of fun eating it in the corner.
The green-faced beast stuffed his mouth into his mouth, whipped it around his tongue, spitting out the chicken bones like a fish bone. While smacking his tongue with unsatisfactory thoughts, the worst thing is high IQ. He didn't even taste chicken soup, but just chewing steamed buns with white water. He also had to listen to those people exert their strength.
Cheng Zong raised his head and patted his high IQ shoulder. He went for a walk with his master.
High IQ quickly stuffed steamed buns into my mouth, and it became Ah! I was so full that I just went out to eat.
Cheng Zongyang remained silent and led his high IQ along the river embankment to the outside of the village before stopping, high IQ pulled up his sleeves and wiped them on the stone, and said with a pleasing voice: Master, sit down!
Cheng Zongyang looked at him with the faint moonlight, how could he be so thin?
Isn't it? I think this looks pretty handsome. I smiled with a high IQ: Uncle Ha said that my body is full of fat and blood is not smooth, so I asked me to eat only vegetables and radish and pull out all the oil
Cheng Zongyang said: Uncle, I'm very intimate.
I call him uncle, isn't he a senior higher than my father? I'm high in intelligence: Calling uncle, you won't suffer any loss if you call me uncle, finding a brother for my father.
OK, boy, I know I'm thinking about your father
High IQ chuckled a few times. I was still young and ignorant at that time. I always made my father angry. I only realized that it was not easy for my father to raise me so big.
Have a long experience
Of course, high IQ said: Master, I have to thank you for not coming out this trip, I would have been fooled and confused during the past few months. I feel that I have been several years older. Sometimes when I think of the past, I want to slap myself in the mouth. Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: No way?
Yes! Why can't it be! High IQ said: Let's put it this way, in the past, silver zhu is not money in my eyes, and it takes hundreds of people to drink wine. I only now know that one silver zhu can buy a chicken, two pounds of meat, five pounds of rice, and a small bundle of firewood. I can only use a family in Lin'an to find a decent powder head in Lin'an for at least hundreds of silver zhu. Only after coming out did I know that there were cheap ones. A dozen copper zhu on the roadside prostitutes can prostitution once. It's also related to pounce. This is called a play. We brothers roll dice, win and lose tens of thousands of silver zhu overnight without blinking outside. I realized that for a few silver zhu, some people can make dog brains. When I talk about it, my little heart trembles
High IQ rubbed my chest with lingering fear. In order to get some money, my eyes were red. I heard that small gambling was happy and big gambling made a fortune. I thought about sending one, but I was caught when I paid a thousand for the first time. If it weren't for Brother Feng, my legs would have been discounted.
Cheng Zongyang patted his head, boy, do you know you were wrong?
That's right! High IQ said with gritted teeth: I learned from one mistake and learned from one's mistakes. I went out to find a dice seller, took out all the money I had on my body, bought a few that I had tampered with, and then practiced every day, walking and sleeping. Now I dare not say how many o'clock I want to throw it. I'm sure there are some. He turned his hand and took out a few dice and shouted, "Leopard!"
Three dice fell on the ground, and turned a few times, and finally there were two sixes and one three
Although it is a little worse, IQ is still proud. Master, isn't it not bad?
Cheng Zongyang felt that his expectations of him were a little different from the actual situation. You have nothing else to do except eat, drink, go for food, drink, and gambling?
Yes! Yes! Why didn't there! High IQ quickly said: I will hold a horse and chop firewood every day, and follow Uncle Ha's instructions to simmer the muscles and bones. He bent his arms, look! Thin means thinness, purifying muscles! Ouch, Master, you don't know,
He lowered his voice and said: Ha, Old Man is just a pervert! He is addicted to beating me! He cut less firewood, and he will hit me to death if he catches me!
Didn't you beat him to death? Cheng Zongyang shouted and reminded: He is for your own good, don't be angry with the old man
High IQ smiled, Master, look at what you said! I am sensible now and I know who is really good for me. In the first few days, I dreamed of peeling and removing my bones, grinding them into powder and throwing them into pits, and then sucking shit on them for half a month. I found that I was energetic and slept enough. I was not afraid of you, Master, you are laughing at me. In the past, I had to ask two maids to help me with a woman. Now I can't breathe even if I walk for more than ten miles in one breath. Uncle Ha said that I lacked my energy and didn't get enough muscles or bones. If I don't bury my muscles and bones, I will be useless and force me to do this and that...
Although I'm a little tired, I know he's doing it for my own good
Cheng Zongyang took out a chocolate from his sleeve bag and ate it
What is this? Well! Well... delicious! He sucked all the chocolate into his mouth with a high IQ, smacked his lips happily, and said for a while: This mouth is like a god Ah
Cheng Zongyang looked at Yu Xinxin and took out another piece, then
Gao IQ smelled it with his nose tip, then carefully put it away
Why don't you eat it?
My father has never eaten this thing, I will keep it for him.
Cheng Zongyang looked at him in shock, Boy, are you really enlightened? Do you know how to be filial to your father?
High IQ didn't smile this time, he lowered his head and said after a while: One day, we passed by a town and met a man who had just died. There was nothing in the family. He had to sell the child and let him be buried. The child was only six or seven years old. He was led by a rope and walked away with a crying... He took a few breaths. At that time, I was wondering, would the child meet a godfather like my father?
He looked at Cheng Zongyang with a gaze, Master, do you think it will be possible?
Cheng Zongyang was silent for a long time, and turned around and talked about the serious matters. What do you think about the copper mine?
A high IQ squirt of eyes said: I have thought about this, but it depends on the government office.
This place is the fief of the Marquis of Pingting, so it is not easy for the government to interfere, right?
I met a group of teenagers in the city, all of whom are famous nearby gossips. They said that the county wanted to change the prefect and were ready to give the new prefect a good look.
What does this have to do with copper ore?
These raiders hunt during the day and gather together to rob passers-by at night. However, relying on the power of the Pi family, no one in the prefectures dared to provoke the new prefect. They were so afraid that they had to give the new prefect a charge of more robbery in the territory, so that they could teach him to go to office and ask for crimes. But for the disciples, it would be fine if they didn't commit any crime. If they committed a crime, not only would the Pi family not be able to protect them, but I was afraid that even the Pi family would offend the matter and make a big deal. If the Pi family had to offend the matter, the Pi family would have to be unlucky.
So you bet on the new prefect?
That's right! Pi Jialong has a local tyrant and a great family in the county. If the new prefect offended the local tyrants, we must rely on foreign merchants. At that time, our Cheng Chamber of Commerce will have a chance.
In the past, my face was so fat that I had lost my outline. Now, Cheng Zongyang looked at me more and more and more and more, was this boy familiar? Is this kid Gao Qiu's own son? Huahua Tai Sui, who doesn't understand nothing, is he so talented in engaging in power struggles? Where did he inherit it?
I said, you will be the one who decides what's going on here, just let it go. Cheng Zongyang took out his purse and you want to make friends with those gossipers. It's not okay to have no money. I'll give you some gold baht and you can use it.
There is no need to say, high IQ smiled and said: I want to lose money to them, but instead they are looking down on the golfers, saying that they are making a promise and brave, I just need to wait by the side and see when they do it.
Cheng Zongyang had his own considerations about Shouyangshan Copper Mine, but when he saw that he was full of confidence in his high IQ, he smiled and said: OK, I will see what you do.
High IQ said sincerely: Master, thank you
Boy, you said it
I just thanked me for what happened just now. This time, Master Xie gave me this opportunity. I said high IQ: My godfather is so good to me, for fear that I will be blown into the wind and rain; Master is so good to me, for dare to let me be the master alone. I am really convinced that you, you don’t blink like this big thing, and you are not afraid of me doing things at all.
I will tell you now that if you mess up your business, you will immediately get back to Lin'an and will never be allowed to come out in your life
Boy, are you under pressure?
High IQ smiled bitterly: There is really... He raised his chest and said loudly: Master, don’t worry, my disciple will never embarrass you!
The village was full of people, so Cheng Zongyang did not take out the egg house. He squeezed into the hut with Feng Yuan and others for a night and someone ran past the village just as dawn, shouting: Let the tree go! Be careful! He knocked the gong hard.
Accompanied by the sound of the deafening clapper, a group of people came down from the mountain. They were all slaves from the Pi family, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and the muscles on their shoulders were as deformed as bulging meat balls. These people carried hook rods, held ropes, walked to the dam, squatted down and waited.
The merchants in the village also came out and watched from a distance from the embankment.
A low roar came from the upstream of the river, and then a wood that was more than one person jumped up from the reef, flew out in the air several feet, falling heavily into the water, splashing water and splashing the sky, the wood fell downstream with the rushing force falling from the upstream, and hit the dam of the rock-shaped inquiry dam, and a piece of gravel flew out. The huge impact force made the ground shake slightly.
The slaves immediately stretched out their hook rods to hook the trunks, and quickly dragged them to the rocky beach downstream of the embankment with the water, then tied the trees with ropes and dragged them to the empty field on the shore.
One giant tree after another kept rushing down, the trunks were more than three meters, weighing more than a thousand kilograms, as if countless siege hammers hit the stone dam. At first, Cheng Zongyang was wondering why the stone dam was built so wide. Now he realized that if it weren't for the dam body being solid enough, it would have been crushed by the giant trees that rushed in succession.
Those domestic slaves were old woodcutters. They quickly waved their hook rods in the gaps under the huge trees, dragging more and more wood to the downstream of the embankment. Another group of people tied the rope to the tree, dragging the trunk like a boatman, and they bent their waists, almost lying on the ground. The rope was deeply embedded in the muscles on their shoulders, shouting lowly, dragging the trunk to the shore.
A middle-aged man who looks like a slight official held a book in one hand, and while recording the length and size of the wood, he directed his servants to drag the wood to different places; the longest and largest wood piled up in the nearest place to the river bank, and the smaller it gets inward.
The most skillful ones are those craftsmen who use hook rods to sort wood. They want to accurately hook the trunk when the tree hits the embankment and is bounced apart. The trunk is driven by the upstream momentum, and even the person and the rod are knocked away. One step later, the trunk loses its power and floats against the edge of the dam. If you want to drag the trees that float upstream, sometimes there are four or five at a time. How to avoid them from colliding together and find the right angle of the hook, you need accurate gaze and skills.
The trees drifting from upstream are all roots in front and tops in the back. The area of force is larger when hitting. When dragging, there is no need to worry about slipping off. As more and more trunks float, the craftsmen's movements are getting faster and faster. The huge trunks flow downstream, colliding with each other in the small bay with a thunderous aura. They roll back and forth with bare shirtless, and their bodies are wet with waves, but they all look fast and their hands are swung out. They will never fall into the rushing water splashes. As long as the violent giant trees are caught by hook rods, they will immediately become tame. It seems that giant whales are pulled by bamboo poles and rushed to the rocky beach, the better the skills, the more they can borrow the momentum of the trunk itself and let the wood slide as much as possible on the rocky beach, so that the dragging companions can save some effort.
Cheng Zongyang was originally planning to leave at dawn and go to the city to meet Ao Run. Unexpectedly, he could see that although he was just a logger who used the river to transport wood, the rushing giant wood hit the embankment with waves, and it actually had the momentum of thousands of troops. The craftsmen were like warriors who were fighting swords. They did not give in to the dam under their feet when the giant wood hit, and firmly held the embankment under their feet. The skillful skills were amazing.
At this time, two hemlock trees flew down from the upper reaches and collided in the air. One of them suddenly stood up, and the roots hit the dam. The huge tree body suddenly crossed the embankment and flew to the shore. A craftsman couldn't dodge and was directly swept away by the trees. The trunk slid several feet on the ground, bringing up a piece of dust and almost hitting the hut.
A few crying voices came from the craftsman who hooked the wood, Heiwa! Heiwa! Two, the hook is tight! Don’t let go!
Don't run around! Stay steady! Stay steady! The wood is constantly drifting down, and if there is a slight delay, it will accumulate under the dam. Once the dam bay is filled with trees, the wood that floats down will bounce off directly. The consequences are unpredictable. Therefore, no matter how anxious the craftsmen are, they can only stay on the dam and wait to meet the current number.
The onlookers exclaimed, and when the dust dissipated, they found that the craftsman was pressed under the tree, and there was no shape at all. Only a stream of dirty blood mixed with mud and water flowed out. The tiny official shook his head. This year, he would die if he cut the mountain this year. He took out a bamboo slip and carved several pieces.
Everyone screamed again, but the craftsman was still holding a hook rod in his hand. When the hook rod was hit by a tree trunk, he flew out. A bystander was passing through the chest of a bystander from a distance. The merchant was so dead that he could not die again without screaming.
Several teenagers roared out, and without waiting for everyone to react, they stripped the merchant completely, then snatched his bag and drove out of the village.
The little official paused and cursed: Yi Zong! Even the money from dead people is robbed! Your conscience is eaten by the dog!
The boy who bet against a high IQ last night said loudly: If the heaven does not take it, it will be blamed! This is a fortune from heaven, and the one who takes it first! Before he finished speaking, a group of boys had already rushed into the mountains and forests, leaving only a string of unscrupulous laughter.
The merchants finally realized, and the crowd surrounded the little official in anger and asked for the explanation. The little official had no expression on his face. He just recorded the matter truthfully and ignored everyone's request.
Cheng Zongyang said: Why doesn’t this little official look like an official?
Feng Yuandao: He is an official set up by the Hou State, but in fact he is a member of the Pi family.
After asking, Cheng Zongyang learned that the kings and princes of the Han Kingdom could establish their own subordinates and manage their own fiefdoms. Compared with the titles of the Song Kingdom, the power was not ordinary. No wonder the marquis of the early Han Dynasty were so precious.
Cheng Zongyang was not in the mood to continue watching. They purchased wood just a pretext and had no intention of watching the transaction process. They explained a few words to Feng Yuan and rushed to Wudu
The continuous mountains are beyond the edge at first sight. The vast aura makes his chest full of breath as if there is a gust of aura, and he wants to roar out from the Southern Wilderness to Canglan. Cheng Zongyang has also seen many mountains, but the mountains in front of him are completely different from the huge mountain. The aura is majestic and rough. The hard ridge is like a blade. The exposed large areas of rocks are like an axe. The deep and vast mountains have more stones and few trees. Most of the vegetation is gathered in the valley. Although the trees are far less dense than the Southern Wilderness, they are tall and straight, and they are thrust into the blue sky. From a distance, it seems that they want to fill the entire valley.
Old Man Zhu said in a angrily manner: Xiao Chengzi, have you never seen him? Young people have little experience, but they are not like the old man walking around the world. They have walked more bridges than you have walked!
Cheng Zongyang said: From what you mean, do you know what mountain this is?
That's all! Old Man Zhu pointed at him and said: "Your Madam can tell at a glance that II is the mountain in the north! Look at this mountain... tsk tsk! That big... either Tang or Han or Qin!
Let the uncle say, we are coming to the north of Yunshui, it’s a sure thing! Absolutely true!
Cheng Zongyang said with a dark face: You only said three of the six dynasties in total. Do you dare to say it more leniently?
Old Man Zhu smiled and said: Xiao Chengzi, don’t worry! There is a village below. Can you tell me if you go over and ask?
At this time, a dog barking came, and a puppy drilled out of the thorns like a torpedo. Its tail was erect and its white and fluffy fur was covered with xanthus ears and thorns. It jumped excitedly and tried to drill into the hostess' arms. Little purple raised her waist and shouted: It's so dirty! You are not allowed to come!
Xuexue rolled with her tail drooping, lying on the mountain road with her feet facing the sky and the ground, her belly swelled up quickly, and she spit out her red tongue and gasped, while turning her head and looking at the heroine aggrievedly
Little bitch, do you know if the good dog is not blocking the road? Cheng Zongyang picked up the little bitch's ear and threw it on Old Man Zhu's back
Old Man Zhu ignored it. He stretched his neck and sniffed hard, and said straight: Catch it! We have caught it! The village is stewing meat...Oh! Still chicken...
Old man, your nose is better than that of a dog, and you can smell it even across a mountain ridge?
Let’s go! Let’s hurry! Old man Zhu yelled anxiously: The soup is left if you’re late!
Old man Zhu's feet were filled with wind, and he rushed down the mountain with dust.
Old man Zhu was leading the way anxiously. Before the sunset, the three of them finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. A big river ran out from the mountain. The river channel was covered with rocks of all sizes. The turbulent river water splashed snow-white waves on the reefs. The river was blocked by the mountain. After turning at the foot of the mountain, the water level in the downstream suddenly slowed down, and a rocky beach rushed out next to the shore. The village was located on the side of the riverside village. Although it was not high, it was more than two meters wide, and it looked extremely solid.
Cheng Zongyang originally thought this was just a small mountain village. When he approached, he found that there were crowds of people. If it weren't for the fact that there were only a dozen thatched houses with rammed earth as walls and thatched grass as roofs, it would be a lively town.
I finally arrived quickly and finally got a stable sleep tonight...
Brother Zhang, you are here too!
This brother Zheng is from the Hou family in Fuping...
This surname is Yang, the Yang family of Sizhitang...
Lucky to meet...
The village was in chaos, and people kept greetings and greetings, a sharp voice was particularly loud. Buy it and leave it! Buy it and leave it and leave it!
A thin and lonely boy squatted on the ground, his sleeves were rolled up high, and he pressed the pottery bowl buttoned on the table with one hand, and shouted with a frosty mouth: It’s a dragon or a snake, let’s see what you see!
A group of brave boys surrounded the table, one of them said boldly: I'll do it! Bet a big shot! As he said that, he threw out a purse, and dozens of silver coins immediately came out.
OK! The boy opened the pottery bowl and his face suddenly became ugly. He cursed and pinched his wrist and said with a hatred: This stinky hand! It's time to chop it up!
Good tricks for righteous brothers! The boys around them cheered, as if they had won a battle
Cheng Zongyang looked at the thin man a little familiar, and couldn't help but look at the people's plays, which was a dice, and glared at each other twice. The simplest, but in a while, even the thin man won a few games, lost a lot, and beat his chest and stamped his feet. The young men became more and more excited. Cheng Zongyang was a bystander. Although the thin man had both wins and loses, he won more than a few losses, but he was very careful in winning. He just won the big ones, but he lost even more. The young men thought they were in good luck and were more excited. They came and went back and forth, and won more than a dozen silver baht, making a small profit without showing any signs of water.
The skinny guy lost another game, and was grinning when suddenly someone broke in outside and said at the top of his voice: High IQ! You don’t eat anymore! Bet! Be careful of your legs! The skinny guy quickly jumped off the bench and said with a bitter face: Brother Feng, I’m losing now. You take a break and take a breath. I’ll do it again and get some books...
Still getting the money! Let me go! The man grabbed the little skinny man's ear and pulled him out
The boys around him burst into laughter, and there was not much malice in his laughter. He felt that although this kid was not very good at gambling, he was very bachelor and had a similar taste to everyone.
Cheng Zongyang was stunned. Although he felt that the little thin man who was called away by Ma Yuan looked familiar, he never thought that this thin man would be the fat Gao Yanei who was as fat as a ball! When he saw that the boy was spoiled by Gao Qiu, he simply kicked the man out of Lin'an and suffered hardship, but he didn't expect that he would be so hard! He was thin and disfigured and became a person alive. If Gao Qiu, who was protecting his calf, saw him, he would be afraid that he would have the heart to eat him raw!
High IQ and Feng Yuan tugged to the place where no one was, Feng Yuan said: My little master! Just do some serious business! As soon as I turned around, you sneaked out to bet on money
High IQ takes out money from your sleeve and says with a smile: Brother Feng, this is a filial piety to you
Feng Yuan's head was shaking like a wavy drum, I don't want it
Brother Feng, I earned this money myself, I won’t steal or rob, it’s clean
You Ah, if you have money, buy some food yourself to see if you are thin... Feng Yuan instructed again: Don’t let Mr. Ha see Ah!
A low cough came from behind, and a tall and old beastman came out of the hut and said dryly: Fried money
High IQ quickly took out the silver zhu, and Ha Michi took it and said slowly: No meat is allowed
He stood upright like a stick, Ha Uncle Ha, don’t worry! I don’t even drink soup! I dare to eat a bite of meat. He pulled up his clothes and gestured on his thighs: break my legs! From here!
Suddenly someone laughed and said: No matter how tall you are, you are on your waist
Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment and shouted in disbelief: Donald Cheng! You... Why are you here!
High IQ turned around, looking surprised, Master!
Cheng Zongyang smiled at Ha Mi Chi and said: Uncle Ha, thank you for your hard work, this kid didn't make trouble for you, right?
Ha Michi's thin face didn't have many expressions, and said: I've been in peace after two days of trouble. I've led a horse and chopped firewood along the way. I'm still obedient.
Feng Yuanren laughed and said: Yanei rolled all over the ground for the first two days, yelling to go home. Ha-mad gave him a bowl of laxatives, and he took him to diarrhea for a few days, and then he became honest.
Hearing his embarrassing attitude, he was very indifferent to his high IQ and said with a saliva: The laxative is sweet, I drank a bowl and wanted to have another bowl of it. Master, you don’t know, my disciples were all oily in those days! It was white and chubby, and it weighed at least ten pounds, which was enough for people in the mountains to stir-fry for two months.
I'm fucking...boy, can you be a little more disgusting?
As he spoke, a beast-savage man came out of the hut, his huge figure almost crushed the door frame, the blue spots on his face were beating, and he showed a terrifying smile, and shouted with a thick throat: Official!
Cheng Zongyang's hair stood up all over his body and shouted, shut up! He quickly said: Old beast, what are you doing in the house?
The green-faced beast said honestly: Look at the chicken and pointed at Gao Yanei again so that he would not steal it.
Old man Zhu squeezed over with a broken bowl, and said with his eyes ignited: It turns out it is from his own house? I said it is so fragrant! Come on! The uncle tastes the salty first... He didn't see him, so he picked up the spoon to serve the soup
The green-faced beast suddenly roared like a thunderous roar, but Old Man Zhu's spoonful was a little bit ruthless, and he directly took out the whole chicken.
Wow! Let it go!
I'll see if it's familiar...
Let go!
The two of them fought in the house and Cheng Zongyang turned around and said: How long has it been since we ate meat?
Xiao Zi smiled and said: It seems like it's been a few days
Feng Yuan said: Cheng Touer, what's wrong with you along the way? I'm so anxious that Mr. Zhu?
The old man belonged to the weasel, Cheng Zongyang took out his money and went to buy two more chickens
Feng Yuan shook his hand and said: No, no, this place doesn’t sell anything, and even if you have money, you can’t spend it. This is the pheasant I just caught on the road.
There is not even a chicken seller? Isn’t this the town?
This is the mountain shed where the Pi family slaves live, and no one usually lives
What's going on? What's the place? Why are you here?
Shouyang Mountain Ah! Cheng Touer, didn’t you let us see... Feng Yuan lowered his voice, is that business?
Cheng Zongyang remembered, Shouyang Mountain? from the Han Dynasty?
Feng Yuan said carefully: Cheng Touer, is something wrong? I heard from someone that you went to the south, why did you come here?
Cheng Zongyang was in a mess, and he didn't say anything for a moment. It was Shouyang Mountain? Jian Yuji once said that Yun Ruyao was sent to Wudu City at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, but the woman could believe too much in Chengdu, so he decided to rush to Jiankang in person, first meet several of the Yun family's chief men kowtowed and admit their mistakes, and then ask for a marriage proposal. However, Jian Yuji said that Shouyang Mountain was not aside. He took advantage of the copper mine business mentioned by Shi Chao and threw Feng Yuan and high IQ to find out the way, and then transferred Ao Run to meet them. However, he did not expect that the portal of the Taiquan Ancient Formation would be here.
Cheng Zongyang calmed down, I went to Taiquan Ancient Formation I. Don’t ask me in detail, let me talk about your experience first
As a result! Feng Yuan opened the conversation and started talking about leaving Lin'an. He talked endlessly about entering the mountain. When Cheng Zongyang told him not to ride a high IQ horse and to hone the kid well. As a result, everyone's journey was based on high IQ footwork. The first half month was terrible. He couldn't walk ten miles a day, and Cheng Zongyang returned from Canglan. They had just arrived in Shouyang Mountain for a few days.
They have inquired about the copper mine. It is said that the government was arguing with the Pi family in Pingting Hou Pi family, Pi family took out a land deed, claiming that tens of thousands of acres of slopes on the mountain belonged to the Pi family's property, but the government also came up with a law, saying that the law clearly stipulates that the mountains, forests, and Chize belongs to the emperor. The Pi family also called itself a marquis. The Pi family's property belonged to the Pingting Hou State, which was divided by the emperor. Even the county prefect cannot take care of the affairs of the Hou State. The government said that the Hou State only enjoys tax rights, and the specific operation should be the government. The Hou State shall not interfere in this case. The two sides are in trouble. As for the copper mine, there is no such thing now.
Feng Yuan and Ha Michi discussed and directly pushed out the high IQ and asked him to make his idea. What's the idea? He was forced to no avail. I don't know where to spend a few days. I found out that the Pi family would send people to the mountains to log wood every year when the water rises in summer. In addition to their own use, the rest would sell the hemlock trees in Shouyang Mountain on the spot, which are the best quality materials for shipbuilding. The Pi family occupied several valleys and logged tens of thousands of wood every year. Every time the logging season, many merchants and even coastal prefectures and counties came to buy high IQ and threw copper mines aside. They came to the mountain and said that since everyone was here, they could not go back empty-handed, and selling some wood was not in vain. So they went into the mountain.
The Pi family built thatched huts in the mountains for logging. Now the slaves are all logging in the mountains, and the empty rooms are left for foreign merchants to stay in. Compared with Jin and Song dynasties, the Han country is much simpler. Since the hut is empty, it will not be collected for free and will be used for merchants to live in for free. However, there are no corresponding facilities, and it depends on the merchants to prepare them.
Cheng Zongyang specifically told him that the money and goods brought by everyone were not as high as high IQ. The daily meal money allowed him to earn high IQ by himself. He was a bachelor. He worked hard for a few days at the beginning and was tempted and cheated. He was immediately enlightened by Ha Michi's bowl of laxative medicine. He knew that his thin arm could not twist the thigh of the Beast Man, and he honestly led a horse and chopped firewood every day to earn enough money for food.
Gao Qiu didn't even want his own son for this godson. He heard that he went to Han Kingdom, so he couldn't rest assured.
As a compromise, Cheng Zongyang agreed to send someone to protect him secretly. Who knew that Ha Ye would not agree. The old orc came up with a stick and drove away all the people Fu'an brought. He also told the unlucky guy that high IQ was because he walked too slowly and even spent all the travel expenses back. Only the principal of doing business, and even the copper baht could not be moved. From now on, not only would he have to earn his own meals, but he would have to pay all the food for the group.
The high IQ was forced to a dead end, so I simply threw the can and stuffed the yamen into my crotch. I tried different ways to make money. This kid is really not stupid. Although he was hungry and full all the way, he could last until now.
A chicken was divided into six portions, and each person added a bowl of soup. Although it was far from rich, it was the most reassuring meal Cheng Zongyang had eaten these days. Old Man Zhu got the chicken butt and two chicken feet, and he had a lot of fun eating it in the corner.
The green-faced beast stuffed his mouth into his mouth, whipped it around his tongue, spitting out the chicken bones like a fish bone. While smacking his tongue with unsatisfactory thoughts, the worst thing is high IQ. He didn't even taste chicken soup, but just chewing steamed buns with white water. He also had to listen to those people exert their strength.
Cheng Zong raised his head and patted his high IQ shoulder. He went for a walk with his master.
High IQ quickly stuffed steamed buns into my mouth, and it became Ah! I was so full that I just went out to eat.
Cheng Zongyang remained silent and led his high IQ along the river embankment to the outside of the village before stopping, high IQ pulled up his sleeves and wiped them on the stone, and said with a pleasing voice: Master, sit down!
Cheng Zongyang looked at him with the faint moonlight, how could he be so thin?
Isn't it? I think this looks pretty handsome. I smiled with a high IQ: Uncle Ha said that my body is full of fat and blood is not smooth, so I asked me to eat only vegetables and radish and pull out all the oil
Cheng Zongyang said: Uncle, I'm very intimate.
I call him uncle, isn't he a senior higher than my father? I'm high in intelligence: Calling uncle, you won't suffer any loss if you call me uncle, finding a brother for my father.
OK, boy, I know I'm thinking about your father
High IQ chuckled a few times. I was still young and ignorant at that time. I always made my father angry. I only realized that it was not easy for my father to raise me so big.
Have a long experience
Of course, high IQ said: Master, I have to thank you for not coming out this trip, I would have been fooled and confused during the past few months. I feel that I have been several years older. Sometimes when I think of the past, I want to slap myself in the mouth. Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: No way?
Yes! Why can't it be! High IQ said: Let's put it this way, in the past, silver zhu is not money in my eyes, and it takes hundreds of people to drink wine. I only now know that one silver zhu can buy a chicken, two pounds of meat, five pounds of rice, and a small bundle of firewood. I can only use a family in Lin'an to find a decent powder head in Lin'an for at least hundreds of silver zhu. Only after coming out did I know that there were cheap ones. A dozen copper zhu on the roadside prostitutes can prostitution once. It's also related to pounce. This is called a play. We brothers roll dice, win and lose tens of thousands of silver zhu overnight without blinking outside. I realized that for a few silver zhu, some people can make dog brains. When I talk about it, my little heart trembles
High IQ rubbed my chest with lingering fear. In order to get some money, my eyes were red. I heard that small gambling was happy and big gambling made a fortune. I thought about sending one, but I was caught when I paid a thousand for the first time. If it weren't for Brother Feng, my legs would have been discounted.
Cheng Zongyang patted his head, boy, do you know you were wrong?
That's right! High IQ said with gritted teeth: I learned from one mistake and learned from one's mistakes. I went out to find a dice seller, took out all the money I had on my body, bought a few that I had tampered with, and then practiced every day, walking and sleeping. Now I dare not say how many o'clock I want to throw it. I'm sure there are some. He turned his hand and took out a few dice and shouted, "Leopard!"
Three dice fell on the ground, and turned a few times, and finally there were two sixes and one three
Although it is a little worse, IQ is still proud. Master, isn't it not bad?
Cheng Zongyang felt that his expectations of him were a little different from the actual situation. You have nothing else to do except eat, drink, go for food, drink, and gambling?
Yes! Yes! Why didn't there! High IQ quickly said: I will hold a horse and chop firewood every day, and follow Uncle Ha's instructions to simmer the muscles and bones. He bent his arms, look! Thin means thinness, purifying muscles! Ouch, Master, you don't know,
He lowered his voice and said: Ha, Old Man is just a pervert! He is addicted to beating me! He cut less firewood, and he will hit me to death if he catches me!
Didn't you beat him to death? Cheng Zongyang shouted and reminded: He is for your own good, don't be angry with the old man
High IQ smiled, Master, look at what you said! I am sensible now and I know who is really good for me. In the first few days, I dreamed of peeling and removing my bones, grinding them into powder and throwing them into pits, and then sucking shit on them for half a month. I found that I was energetic and slept enough. I was not afraid of you, Master, you are laughing at me. In the past, I had to ask two maids to help me with a woman. Now I can't breathe even if I walk for more than ten miles in one breath. Uncle Ha said that I lacked my energy and didn't get enough muscles or bones. If I don't bury my muscles and bones, I will be useless and force me to do this and that...
Although I'm a little tired, I know he's doing it for my own good
Cheng Zongyang took out a chocolate from his sleeve bag and ate it
What is this? Well! Well... delicious! He sucked all the chocolate into his mouth with a high IQ, smacked his lips happily, and said for a while: This mouth is like a god Ah
Cheng Zongyang looked at Yu Xinxin and took out another piece, then
Gao IQ smelled it with his nose tip, then carefully put it away
Why don't you eat it?
My father has never eaten this thing, I will keep it for him.
Cheng Zongyang looked at him in shock, Boy, are you really enlightened? Do you know how to be filial to your father?
High IQ didn't smile this time, he lowered his head and said after a while: One day, we passed by a town and met a man who had just died. There was nothing in the family. He had to sell the child and let him be buried. The child was only six or seven years old. He was led by a rope and walked away with a crying... He took a few breaths. At that time, I was wondering, would the child meet a godfather like my father?
He looked at Cheng Zongyang with a gaze, Master, do you think it will be possible?
Cheng Zongyang was silent for a long time, and turned around and talked about the serious matters. What do you think about the copper mine?
A high IQ squirt of eyes said: I have thought about this, but it depends on the government office.
This place is the fief of the Marquis of Pingting, so it is not easy for the government to interfere, right?
I met a group of teenagers in the city, all of whom are famous nearby gossips. They said that the county wanted to change the prefect and were ready to give the new prefect a good look.
What does this have to do with copper ore?
These raiders hunt during the day and gather together to rob passers-by at night. However, relying on the power of the Pi family, no one in the prefectures dared to provoke the new prefect. They were so afraid that they had to give the new prefect a charge of more robbery in the territory, so that they could teach him to go to office and ask for crimes. But for the disciples, it would be fine if they didn't commit any crime. If they committed a crime, not only would the Pi family not be able to protect them, but I was afraid that even the Pi family would offend the matter and make a big deal. If the Pi family had to offend the matter, the Pi family would have to be unlucky.
So you bet on the new prefect?
That's right! Pi Jialong has a local tyrant and a great family in the county. If the new prefect offended the local tyrants, we must rely on foreign merchants. At that time, our Cheng Chamber of Commerce will have a chance.
In the past, my face was so fat that I had lost my outline. Now, Cheng Zongyang looked at me more and more and more and more, was this boy familiar? Is this kid Gao Qiu's own son? Huahua Tai Sui, who doesn't understand nothing, is he so talented in engaging in power struggles? Where did he inherit it?
I said, you will be the one who decides what's going on here, just let it go. Cheng Zongyang took out his purse and you want to make friends with those gossipers. It's not okay to have no money. I'll give you some gold baht and you can use it.
There is no need to say, high IQ smiled and said: I want to lose money to them, but instead they are looking down on the golfers, saying that they are making a promise and brave, I just need to wait by the side and see when they do it.
Cheng Zongyang had his own considerations about Shouyangshan Copper Mine, but when he saw that he was full of confidence in his high IQ, he smiled and said: OK, I will see what you do.
High IQ said sincerely: Master, thank you
Boy, you said it
I just thanked me for what happened just now. This time, Master Xie gave me this opportunity. I said high IQ: My godfather is so good to me, for fear that I will be blown into the wind and rain; Master is so good to me, for dare to let me be the master alone. I am really convinced that you, you don’t blink like this big thing, and you are not afraid of me doing things at all.
I will tell you now that if you mess up your business, you will immediately get back to Lin'an and will never be allowed to come out in your life
Boy, are you under pressure?
High IQ smiled bitterly: There is really... He raised his chest and said loudly: Master, don’t worry, my disciple will never embarrass you!
The village was full of people, so Cheng Zongyang did not take out the egg house. He squeezed into the hut with Feng Yuan and others for a night and someone ran past the village just as dawn, shouting: Let the tree go! Be careful! He knocked the gong hard.
Accompanied by the sound of the deafening clapper, a group of people came down from the mountain. They were all slaves from the Pi family, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and the muscles on their shoulders were as deformed as bulging meat balls. These people carried hook rods, held ropes, walked to the dam, squatted down and waited.
The merchants in the village also came out and watched from a distance from the embankment.
A low roar came from the upstream of the river, and then a wood that was more than one person jumped up from the reef, flew out in the air several feet, falling heavily into the water, splashing water and splashing the sky, the wood fell downstream with the rushing force falling from the upstream, and hit the dam of the rock-shaped inquiry dam, and a piece of gravel flew out. The huge impact force made the ground shake slightly.
The slaves immediately stretched out their hook rods to hook the trunks, and quickly dragged them to the rocky beach downstream of the embankment with the water, then tied the trees with ropes and dragged them to the empty field on the shore.
One giant tree after another kept rushing down, the trunks were more than three meters, weighing more than a thousand kilograms, as if countless siege hammers hit the stone dam. At first, Cheng Zongyang was wondering why the stone dam was built so wide. Now he realized that if it weren't for the dam body being solid enough, it would have been crushed by the giant trees that rushed in succession.
Those domestic slaves were old woodcutters. They quickly waved their hook rods in the gaps under the huge trees, dragging more and more wood to the downstream of the embankment. Another group of people tied the rope to the tree, dragging the trunk like a boatman, and they bent their waists, almost lying on the ground. The rope was deeply embedded in the muscles on their shoulders, shouting lowly, dragging the trunk to the shore.
A middle-aged man who looks like a slight official held a book in one hand, and while recording the length and size of the wood, he directed his servants to drag the wood to different places; the longest and largest wood piled up in the nearest place to the river bank, and the smaller it gets inward.
The most skillful ones are those craftsmen who use hook rods to sort wood. They want to accurately hook the trunk when the tree hits the embankment and is bounced apart. The trunk is driven by the upstream momentum, and even the person and the rod are knocked away. One step later, the trunk loses its power and floats against the edge of the dam. If you want to drag the trees that float upstream, sometimes there are four or five at a time. How to avoid them from colliding together and find the right angle of the hook, you need accurate gaze and skills.
The trees drifting from upstream are all roots in front and tops in the back. The area of force is larger when hitting. When dragging, there is no need to worry about slipping off. As more and more trunks float, the craftsmen's movements are getting faster and faster. The huge trunks flow downstream, colliding with each other in the small bay with a thunderous aura. They roll back and forth with bare shirtless, and their bodies are wet with waves, but they all look fast and their hands are swung out. They will never fall into the rushing water splashes. As long as the violent giant trees are caught by hook rods, they will immediately become tame. It seems that giant whales are pulled by bamboo poles and rushed to the rocky beach, the better the skills, the more they can borrow the momentum of the trunk itself and let the wood slide as much as possible on the rocky beach, so that the dragging companions can save some effort.
Cheng Zongyang was originally planning to leave at dawn and go to the city to meet Ao Run. Unexpectedly, he could see that although he was just a logger who used the river to transport wood, the rushing giant wood hit the embankment with waves, and it actually had the momentum of thousands of troops. The craftsmen were like warriors who were fighting swords. They did not give in to the dam under their feet when the giant wood hit, and firmly held the embankment under their feet. The skillful skills were amazing.
At this time, two hemlock trees flew down from the upper reaches and collided in the air. One of them suddenly stood up, and the roots hit the dam. The huge tree body suddenly crossed the embankment and flew to the shore. A craftsman couldn't dodge and was directly swept away by the trees. The trunk slid several feet on the ground, bringing up a piece of dust and almost hitting the hut.
A few crying voices came from the craftsman who hooked the wood, Heiwa! Heiwa! Two, the hook is tight! Don’t let go!
Don't run around! Stay steady! Stay steady! The wood is constantly drifting down, and if there is a slight delay, it will accumulate under the dam. Once the dam bay is filled with trees, the wood that floats down will bounce off directly. The consequences are unpredictable. Therefore, no matter how anxious the craftsmen are, they can only stay on the dam and wait to meet the current number.
The onlookers exclaimed, and when the dust dissipated, they found that the craftsman was pressed under the tree, and there was no shape at all. Only a stream of dirty blood mixed with mud and water flowed out. The tiny official shook his head. This year, he would die if he cut the mountain this year. He took out a bamboo slip and carved several pieces.
Everyone screamed again, but the craftsman was still holding a hook rod in his hand. When the hook rod was hit by a tree trunk, he flew out. A bystander was passing through the chest of a bystander from a distance. The merchant was so dead that he could not die again without screaming.
Several teenagers roared out, and without waiting for everyone to react, they stripped the merchant completely, then snatched his bag and drove out of the village.
The little official paused and cursed: Yi Zong! Even the money from dead people is robbed! Your conscience is eaten by the dog!
The boy who bet against a high IQ last night said loudly: If the heaven does not take it, it will be blamed! This is a fortune from heaven, and the one who takes it first! Before he finished speaking, a group of boys had already rushed into the mountains and forests, leaving only a string of unscrupulous laughter.
The merchants finally realized, and the crowd surrounded the little official in anger and asked for the explanation. The little official had no expression on his face. He just recorded the matter truthfully and ignored everyone's request.
Cheng Zongyang said: Why doesn’t this little official look like an official?
Feng Yuandao: He is an official set up by the Hou State, but in fact he is a member of the Pi family.
After asking, Cheng Zongyang learned that the kings and princes of the Han Kingdom could establish their own subordinates and manage their own fiefdoms. Compared with the titles of the Song Kingdom, the power was not ordinary. No wonder the marquis of the early Han Dynasty were so precious.
Cheng Zongyang was not in the mood to continue watching. They purchased wood just a pretext and had no intention of watching the transaction process. They explained a few words to Feng Yuan and rushed to Wudu
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