Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

Fresh water is the lifeblood of mankind, and Starfish Island lacks such a lifeline.

So even though it has been run by three generations for decades, it is still lifeless.

Anyone who lives on the island doesn't want to have such a lifeline?

Unfortunately, after three generations of searching and searching almost every corner of the island, nothing was found.

Nearly ten days ago, before leaving the island, Hou Yao said he had discovered a water source, right in the middle of the highest rock wall.

Then he asked everyone to do the aqueduct project, and everyone was very excited at the time.

But once he left, the enthusiasm slowly dissipated.

The main reason is that everyone is talking behind his back,

Not to mention whether the water source behind the rock wall is real or fake, even if it is real, how to lead the water out?

The rock wall is not flat, and ordinary people cannot stand on it.

Even if someone could barely gain a foothold, how could he break through the rock wall?By chisel?Then we have to go to the Year of the Ox and the Horse Moon?

For the residents of the island, this is simply an impossible task.

After the first two days of excitement, the passion disappeared. After calming down, the islanders thought this thing was ridiculous.

Even if the canal diversion project is completed, it will not be possible to produce water, and it will only be a waste of hardship.

Therefore, there are many people who are passive and slack in their work.

This directly led to Hou Yao's discovery that after returning to the island, there was almost no progress in the project.

After understanding the reason, Hou Yao felt that the islanders were not to blame. What could a bunch of illiterate people expect them to do?

It's just that I forgot to tell you when I left.

Now that the rumors have become established, it will be difficult to clarify them.

Just spread rumors and avoid them and break your legs.

So Hou Yao could only make gunpowder first, find a way to blow up the water source first, and then call on everyone to build aqueducts.

Although the difficulty of the project will increase a lot, it is not his job to do it anyway.

The raw materials for gunpowder have been prepared. All that needs to be done is to master the specific ratio.

Fortunately, he also had a rough idea of ​​the ratio, and he came up with the black powder formula in just a few days.

Then I made two explosive barrels, and the rest was how to install the explosive barrels on the rock wall.

Because the wind on the rock wall was too strong, there was no way to light a fire on the rock wall. We had to light the fire in advance and then take the bucket down.

It's like making two dynamite barrels that are timed to explode.

But in this way, the requirements for people pulling ropes on the top of the cliff are quite high.

First of all, it requires sufficient arm strength, and secondly, it requires extremely high precision and eyesight to be able to quickly and accurately put people down and then pull them up.

Apart from Yu Xiuer, the only person on the island who can possess these three abilities at the same time is Zhou Tiesheng.

Hou Yao found Zhou Tiesheng. After being humiliated last time, he had become quite decadent.

After explaining his intention, Zhou Tiesheng vowed:

"If you can really open up the water source, my life, Zhou Tiesheng's, will be yours."

Hou Yao snorted and then held his tongue:

"Do you have two lives? Your current life is mine."

Zhou Tiesheng looked embarrassed and cursed in his heart:

You stinky scholar, can't you give me a fucking step down?

Hou Yao took Yu Xiuer's hand and turned around to go out. Zhou Tiesheng hesitated but followed.

Face and other things are nothing compared to benefits.

In fact, there was another reason why Zhou Tiesheng was so easily persuaded by Hou Yao.

The one-eyed dragon has already sold out all the supplies stolen from the Haima Gang.

Due to the new year, this batch of goods sold much better than he expected.

It actually reached 8000 taels, especially the price of glass beads, which is really gratifying.

The price of a glass bead can be as high as 20 taels. This is simply a money grab.

After the one-eyed dragon came back, he didn't completely listen to Hou Yao's words.

However, I only kept one thousand taels, and the rest of the money was divided by 100 taels to each gang.

The rest were replaced with cloth, grain, farm tools and other daily necessities that were in short supply on the island, and distributed.

Zhou Tiesheng received 100 taels, and his family received cloth, grain, farm tools and other items.

It can be said that this is the most fruitful year since arriving on the island.

With these real benefits in hand, the previous unhappiness has long been forgotten.

Pirates are not scholars, so they don't care about face.

With Zhou Tiesheng joining, Hou Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was really afraid that this guy would be petty and vindictive. Fortunately, none of this happened.

……

The golden sunshine awakened the long-sleeping sea, and the sparkling sea surface shone like gold under the sunlight.

Hundreds of young and old on the deserted beach of Starfish Island turned a blind eye to this beautiful scenery, but all focused their attention on the highest rock wall on the island.

There is hope for the entire island, but at this time most people don't believe that this hope really exists.

So everyone who comes here is just looking at a joke.

"They've been up there for two hours. What on earth are they doing up there?"

"The scholar said he could summon thunder and split rock walls."

"How could it be true? He is not a Taoist priest. I heard that only Taoist priests know the art of thunder."

"Master Ba, you are well-informed. Why don't you tell us whether Xiucai can open the rock wall?"

Ba Ye is over 90 years old and is the oldest surviving pirate on the island. He is also the only remaining member of the first batch of people who came to the island:

"There is still a way. Gunpowder can produce the power of thunder, but the formula of gunpowder is in the hands of the imperial court.

It is difficult for us ordinary people to own it. I don’t know if the scholar is talking about gunpowder. "

"Isn't gunpowder used to make firecrackers? What's in that thing?"

"Hey, please be quiet, look, they are going down."

Sure enough, everyone looked up and saw two figures slowly descending along the rope.

There were two explosive barrels, Hou Yao brought one himself, and Liu Ergou brought one.

Zhou Tiesheng and Yu Xiuer stood on the top of the cliff and pulled the rope hard to lower them down.

Since Hou Yao and Liu Ergou each held explosive barrels in their arms, it was almost impossible for them to climb.

They could only rely on the two people on the rock wall to put them down.

"Pull... pull... a little to the left,... pull, pass, put... put."

Hou Yao roared with all his strength, and remotely commanded Yu Xiuer and Zhou Tiesheng on the top of the cliff to pull him and Liu Ergou to the appropriate position:

"Okay...here we are, hold on tight and don't let the rope swing."

Having seen the pit dug in advance, Hou Yao hurriedly asked Liu Ergou to fix the explosive barrel:

"Ergou, hurry up, put the explosive barrel over here, we have to go up quickly."

Liu Ergou handed over the explosive barrel unhurriedly, making Hou Yao so angry that he wanted to punch him in the face.

But at this moment, he wanted to slap himself twice.

Because I wanted to show off before, I deliberately avoided other people on the island when making black powder.

Only Yu Xiuer had seen the power of black powder, but she had only seen the power of black powder the size of a fingernail.

They are no different from ordinary fireworks.

She even thought that Hou Yao was a little whimsical, and wanted to blow up the rock wall with a large firecracker.

Little did he know that it was the most powerful black powder,

It is an artifact that can be used to make artillery and muskets. It is regarded as a secret weapon by Daxia Kingdom as a national treasure.

Since the three of them didn't know what the barrel contained, they couldn't take Hou Yao's advice to heart at all.

So when I started working, I took my time.

Hou Yao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He couldn't move the three of them, so he could only act anxiously.

I can only lament in my heart. I should have shown them the power first. I should have stopped pretending to be cool and getting struck by lightning.

Fortunately, I was afraid of an accident before, so I added a large length of lead wire to the originally estimated time, so that I could leave enough time.

Otherwise, I should go see God now.

The two explosive barrels were finally fixed, but it was already a lot later than scheduled.

Hou Yao shouted desperately at this time:

"Pull quickly, pull us up, pull us up——"

The two people on Ya Shang also pulled the rope quickly, and they were about to reach the top of the cliff.

Hou Yao's hands had already grasped the edge of the cliff top, while Liu Ergou was still farther away.

As long as you work harder, you can go up...

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

The explosive barrel exploded with two loud bangs, and thick smoke rose from the rock wall.

The huge explosion shook the entire mountain.

Yu Xiuer lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Zhou Tiesheng was even more unbearable. His legs and feet were so frightened that he couldn't even stand up.

A huge wave of air blew up from below,

Hou Yao's body was completely lifted up, flying more than three meters high.

If it weren't for the rope around his waist that Yu Xiuer still held in his hands, he would have flown even higher.

Seeing that Hou Yao was about to fall,

Yu Xiuer tried her best to get up and catch him with all her strength.

The huge inertia knocked her petite body staggering, and the two of them immediately rolled into a ball.

Hou Yao was also shocked by this series of changes.Finally, after rolling more than a dozen gourds, it hit a tree and stopped.

At this time, I was dizzy and didn't know where I was.

I just felt that the two soft balls in front of me were particularly suitable for my face, so I plunged in.

When Yu Xiuer saw Hou Yao plunge into her chest, she thought he had fainted and didn't get up in a hurry.

She was also so tired that she got up before dawn, climbed up the rock wall, and dug a pit for the gunpowder barrel.

She and Zhou Tiesheng did most of the really hard work.

Hou Yao and Liu Ergou only did the work of placing the explosive barrels.

Of course, she didn't know that the two explosive barrels were so dangerous before, and she thought Hou Yao insisted on installing them himself just for credit.

Only now did I know that Hou Yao didn’t want her to take risks.

Liu Ergou was also lifted several meters high by the huge air wave during the explosion.

However, he was not as lucky as Hou Yao. One of his beloved human flesh cushions fell to the ground and was seriously injured.

The people on the beach were deeply shocked by such a big movement, and they all showed extremely surprised expressions.

"Then what happened up there? Was it really the thunder summoned by the scholar?"

"Are Xiucai and the gang leader okay? With such a big movement, is there danger on the top of the rock?"

"What were the two loud noises just now? How could they be so scary?"

Only Ba Ye stood on crutches, pointed at the rock wall tremblingly, and shouted excitedly:

"Yes..., yes..., that is explosive, a sharp weapon that can be used to make cannons and muskets. Scholars are not ordinary people.

Starfish Island can be saved, it can be saved... "