Nanming Engineer

Chapter 101

Wang Huan sent out a guard and left with everyone from the Zhang family who had expressed their gratitude. Old man Zhang burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed several times before setting out on the road crying and laughing at the same time.

This Lord Wang is indeed living up to his reputation as a good person. Not only did he take in the entire clan, but he also promised to let him continue to run his own fur business. If the money is not enough, he can even get a loan from the Wanshou City official office. This is something I have never heard of. It's a good thing. Only officials have collected money from the people. I have never heard of people asking officials for money.

Longevity City, Longevity Valley, there is really a place like a paradise!
Wang Huan watched the group of people walk away slowly and disappeared at the corner of the official road. He still stood there thinking for a long time before getting on his horse.

Prime Minister Chen was a little puzzled. He approached Ma Xintian and asked softly: "Brother Huan, something is wrong. There are so many homeless people on the road, and he greets and comforts a lot. Why does he pay so much attention to a shabby leather goods dealer?"

Ma Xintian said coldly, "Call me Lord Wang!"

Chen Xiang hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, it is Mr. Wang, not Brother Huan. I was wrong, I was wrong."

Ma Xintian glanced at him, sighed secretly, rode his horse and followed Wang Huan's horse, and Chen Lian hurriedly followed. He knew that Ma Xintian was cold-hearted and warm-hearted, and he valued superiority and inferiority above all. Although he scolded him, he would definitely defend himself explained.

Sure enough, Ma Xintian was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about what to say, and then he said in a voice that could only be heard by Chen Xiang with his ears pricked up: "The Zhang family is from Chongqing, and they are wealthy businessmen in the city. Yes, the so-called centipede is dead but not stiff. How can such a large family property be thrown away at will? There must be someone left in the city. Besides, he is a local aboriginal and familiar with everyone. The reason why adults befriend him is because There is another meaning, do you understand?"

Chen Xiang made a dazed face, thought for a while, slapped his palms, suddenly understood, and exclaimed in surprise: "Ah! You mean, my lord is against Chongqing..."

Ma Xintian didn't even turn his face, his eyes were fixed on Wang Huan who was driving the horse ahead, his eyes were full of reverence, and he said sincerely: "Our Lord Wang has a lot of ambitions, and the Longevity Valley is not his goal. I think even the Chongqing government is just a springboard."

His eyes shone with a strange light, his spirit was high, and he said solemnly: "As warriors, following him will make our journey in this world worthwhile. Mr. Chen, you have been with me for so long, haven't you noticed? ?”

"I found it, I found it. Now that you say it, I found it out more thoroughly." Chen Xiang raised his thick eyebrows, and said happily: "Hahaha, Brother Huan, oh no, Mr. Wang, I will wait for him Effectiveness."

Ma Xintian nodded lightly, his straight body was as stable as a mountain on the horse, and he jumped out with the might of a soldier. His feet clamped down, and the horse under his seat neighed. With all four hooves, he chased after Wang Huan's horse and ran away.

The eighty-mile mountain road was finally finished before dark. A group of people came to a narrow section of the official road opposite the two peaks. There is so much moss that no monkey can climb up it.

Between the two mountains, there is a gap more than ten feet wide. A small path passes through it, winding in it looming. I also felt a bone-chilling coolness on my body.Looking from a distance, there is actually an illusion of entering the valley, like entering the underworld.

"This place is a line of sky, and the mountains on both sides are hundreds of feet high. There is a small path to climb up from the back of the mountain. It is very laborious to climb up, and it is steep and difficult to walk. Therefore, all travelers take the official road between the mountains." Ma Xintian stood at the entrance of the valley, pointing at the mountain with his horse whip, Introduced to Wang Huan: "Because there is wind blowing from the mountain, when the wind howls, it makes a strange sound, like a ghost coming out of the world. It is terrifying and frightening, and the villagers are afraid, so this place is named Black Valley."

Feeling the cool wind blowing from the crevice of the mountain, Wang Huan couldn't help wrapping his clothes tightly around his body. The wind passed by and echoed in everyone's ears like the roar of a ghost. It was indeed terrifying.

The guards behind them all had expressions of fear on their faces. Things like gods and ghosts are extremely lethal to people in this era, and Buddhism, which flourished since the Tang Dynasty, has carried forward this effect even more. The so-called gods and Buddhas That's what it means to mess with people's hearts.

Wang Huan didn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he didn't feel anything. He looked left and right, then raised his eyes to look at the tall mountain in the afterglow, and said, "Bring that woodcutter up."

Ma Xintian beckoned, and a guard led up a thick man, dressed in sackcloth, with grown hands and feet, he looked like a villager who was used to walking in the mountains.

Wang Huan turned his head and looked at the person who came, the woodcutter hurriedly knelt down and said, "The villain pays homage to Mr. Wang."

Wang Huan helped him up with a smile, and asked kindly, "Ma Liu, are you doing well in Longevity Valley?"

The woodcutter named Ma Liu was terrified, and quickly replied flattered: "Thank you, Ma Liu's family now has a house to live in and food to eat, and the adults have assigned a new field. The family is very safe, and we all look forward to it." There is a good harvest at the end of this year, which is a great blessing from the adults, and my whole family is very grateful to the adults."

This Ma Liu was the farmer who spoke out to support Wang Huan when Liu Mingliang and other scholars made trouble. He was the first to sign up for the silver mine, and the first to sign up for the construction of the Longevity City. Xu Tiezhu appreciated him and promoted him to Jiachang, it happened that this person was a villager in Fengdu County before fleeing into the stone pillar. He often collected firewood and felled trees in the mountains, and he was very familiar with the topography of the Black Valley.Xu Tiezhu found out by accident, and immediately recommended him to Wang Huan, so he brought him along this time.

"Okay! Come on, Maliu, I know you are a woodcutter here and familiar with this mountain range. Come and see, if we want to set up an ambush here to cause a landslide, where should we plant the medicine?" Wang Huan patted his hand. shoulder, led him to the front of the mountain, and asked expectantly.

Ma Liu was almost a head shorter by him, and his heart was full of pride. Who was it that patted himself on the shoulder?Lord Wang, the Lord of Longevity City, actually slapped himself on the shoulder like a brother, and went back to blow his legs with the gang of mud diggers. If he doesn't praise himself to the sky, let's see who dares to look down on me Maliu.

Ma Liu felt that even if he died for Wang Huan at this time, there would be nothing wrong with him. He was too excited to speak. He stretched out his hand, shook his hand and pointed: "Big, big, sir, the mountain on the left is called Zhaomu." Mountains are all made of mud, with few stones and soft foundations. They are prone to landslides when it rains. The mountain on the right is called Kuafu Mountain. It is full of huge rocks and is indestructible. It is difficult for trees to grow. In my opinion, if it is to be exploded, It is not easy to bury people in the mountains. It is best to find a key point on Kuafu Mountain. It only takes hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder to blow up several huge rocks. If they are smashed down from a high place, the passage in the valley will definitely be cut off."

Wang Huan looked at what Ma Liu was pointing at and nodded in agreement: "Yes, although the mud mountain cannot withstand the washing of rain and is easy to collapse, it is not easy to push it manually. On the contrary, the stone mountain is easy to collapse, but in my hands There is less gunpowder, so I’m afraid it won’t collapse.”

Ma Liu had a smile on his face, and said courteously: "My lord, don't worry, the villain has been chopping firewood in these two mountains for ten years, and every plant and tree is very clear. This Kuafu Mountain looks like a whole rocky mountain, but it is actually not the same. No, on the top of the mountain, there is a crack in the rock, which is obliquely connected to the huge rock on the top of the mountain, which weighs about tens of thousands of kilograms. As long as the crack is blasted, the huge rock will slide down and turn into countless gravels, filling the bottom of the valley .”

Wang Huan opened his eyes wide open, looked at Ma Liu in surprise, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and laughed loudly: "Okay, it's really good, Ma Liu, you will be the first when you go back! What? You have already That's right, then I will give your family an extra five acres of land."

Ma Liu was also very pleasantly surprised, she thanked her repeatedly, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet, and she was a little shorter by Wang Huan's slap.

"Tonight we will camp at the bottom of the valley. Tomorrow Chen Xiang will go through the valley to Chongqing, and we will go up the mountain!" Wang Huan was overjoyed and ordered with a smile.

(End of this chapter)