Shuiyan Town is a small town on the north bank of the Xijiang River. The Xijiang River is rich in aquatic products, and local residents make a living by fishing. Except for the flood season, they are relatively wealthy and have no worries about food and clothing, but that's about it.
Since the rebels invaded Zhuangwang Prefecture, Shuiyan Town has been deteriorating day by day.
This section of the river is located between the front line and the rear. A large number of boats come and go, and fishing boats along the coast are blocked from time to time. The local fishermen are miserable.
However, it has suddenly become lively recently. The military's newly emerged powerful force, the Guoguo Army, entered Quanjing City yesterday, and the First Infantry Division surrounded Shuiyan Town.
The local people were startled at first, thinking that the war was about to reach Shuiyan Town, but the town mayor quickly posted a notice to calm the people, and the National Guard came here to perform a secret mission, and recruited young men and women with heavy sums of money to participate.
The military never pays for requisitioning labor. Food and drink are included, which is pretty good. Everyone can't believe the huge amount of money. Doubts are doubtful, and you still have to go. Quanjing City has entered a wartime state, and everyone must obey the military.
Order.
When people reported to the auxiliary barracks, they were pleasantly surprised to find that they really had money. The next day, workers from nearby towns arrived one after another. The camp commander revealed that workers from several nearby counties would come.
Something big is going to happen in Shuiyan Town!
"Master Qingyang!"
"Mr. Mo!"
Qingyangzi saw the old Nanzhao Prefecture for the first time after taking up his post in the capital, and warmly embraced Mo Jun, whom he didn't know very well.
"Is your department responsible for cooperating with our school craftsmanship department?"
"In the early stage, we will switch to other units later." A trace of embarrassment flashed across Mo Jun's face.
"Oh." Qingyang Zi was slightly disappointed, "When will the teacher arrive?"
Mo Jun raised his head and looked at the sky to the north and said, "It should be soon. The young master is going to pick up some important people." He still serves as the captain of the bodyguard of Ding Qi, the protector of the country, and his name for Ding Kui is different from Qingyang Zi.
"Big shot?" Qingyangzi's heart moved.
There are not many people who can be called big shots in front of Ding Kui, and even fewer who can come from heaven.
"What are you looking at? Aren't your necks sore?" The voice came from behind Qingyangzi and Mo Jun.
The two people turned around hurriedly and looked intently. Their hearts trembled and they opened their mouths speechlessly.
The one who spoke was Ding Kui. There was nothing unusual about him. He could be identified by his voice, but there were three magicians beside him.
One is wearing a red mage robe, and the other two are wearing gold mage robes!
Gray robes are worn by robed magicians and wand-wielding magicians, and white robes are worn by tower-opening magicians and forbidden magicians. Most people know that, but what about red and gold?
Mo Jun and Qingyang Zi are not ordinary people, and they still have some discernment.
Fire magicians prefer red, but only elemental magicians and above are eligible to wear it.
Gold is even more outrageous. Only the president of the Magic Association is qualified to wear it.
"Don't just stand there stupidly, take me and the masters to a resting place." Ding Kui patted Mo Jun and took Qingyang Zi's hand, "You didn't choose the wrong place, right? Don't let me embarrass myself in front of the masters."
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"Uh." Qingyangzi swallowed, "This is the most suitable place. There are rock formations twenty to thirty feet underground."
A younger-looking golden-robed magician nodded and said, "It's quite accurate. There is water and rock under twenty-seven or eight feet."
"It'll be fine once President Zhe confirms it." Ding Kui let go.
Although there were speculations, Qingyang Zi was still shocked. The President Zhe mentioned by Ding Kui could only be the President of the Magic Association, Zhe Taixuan. As expected, the older golden-robed magician was the Supreme President Dongfang Wang.
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"Oh!" Mo Juncai reacted, "The Chinese military tent has been set up, please come with your humble duty." He immediately walked to the front and led the way.
"The conditions in this small place are limited. Don't be offended by the few masters." Ding Kui turned to the side and asked the three magicians to go first.
"Haha, the arrangement is good. The military camp can be closed without disturbing so many people." The old golden-robed magician expressed satisfaction.
President Zhe said respectfully: "Disciple can open an underground palace for you."
Sure enough! The old golden-robed magician is Dongfang Wang!
Mo Jun and Qingyang Zi felt that they were in a dream and were lucky enough to meet two legendary figures.
A real big shot!
"This place is too close to the town. Opening an underground palace will easily contaminate the secular world. You already have too many secular affairs, which is inappropriate!" Dongfang Wang rejected the disciple's kindness.
This made Ding Kui speechless: What's going on? He opened an underground palace at every turn, as if it was a joke. How come the air magician doesn't have such a good thing?
Advanced earth magicians can change the terrain at will, which other magicians cannot do.
If the water element wants to condense an ice palace, it is equivalent to casting a forbidden spell. Fire and air elements don't even have to think about it.
"Can a magician live in a palace? If it doesn't violate the rules, I can ask the craftsmen to build a new one." Ding Kui was attentive.
"Hahaha." The red-robed magician laughed, "The underground palace is a characteristic of earth magic. It is usually not visible to the world, so naturally it will not exceed the limit. If you want to build a new one, no one will dare to move in."
"Oh, thank you Vice President Kuai for your advice." Ding Kui confirmed what he was thinking.
The red-robed magician is Kuai Lian, the vice president of the Magic Association.
A supreme president, a president, a vice-president, and almost all the top leaders of the Magic Association were dispatched. Why did they come to a small town?
The 1st Infantry Division built a camp outside Shuiyan Town. There were not many defensive facilities in the camp, and the Chinese military tent was built into a three-story building.
After Ding Kui arrived with senior officials of the Magic Association, the outer layers of the Chinese military tent were fortified. Officers and soldiers below the regiment level were not allowed to approach without orders.
Several important people came to sit down in the lobby on the first floor of the Central Army Tent. Qingyang Zi, under Ding Kui's instruction, handed Zhe Taixuan a roll of paper.
"This is the design plan for the tunnel across the river."
Zhe Taixuan unfolded the scroll and showed it to Dongfang Wang and Kuai Lian.
"Why is the entrance and exit so far away from Xijiang?" Dongfang Wang asked.
Qingyangzi replied: "The tunnel is mainly for rail cars to pass. The slope cannot be too large, otherwise the rail cars will not have enough power to drive. The farther distance can slow down the slope."
It turned out that Ding Kui wanted to open a tunnel across the Xijiang River and use wind-powered rail cars to transport personnel and supplies to solve the problem of large troops going south to Zhongwangzhou.
The tunnel across the Xijiang River is more complicated than the Tuofengshan Tunnel. One is that it goes deep into the ground and has an uneven slope; the other is that the Xijiang River is above the tunnel and needs to support the pressure of the river water; the third is the air circulation problem in the tunnel, etc.
Zhe Taixuan's disciples and disciples can open the Tuofengshan Tunnel, but the Xijiang Tunnel is not so easy to open, so he has to do it himself this time.
Dongfang Wang was very interested when he heard about this matter and asked to come and take a look. Zhe Taixuan did not dare to have any objections. Ding Kui wanted it and could not object.
"I see." Dongfangwang didn't know much about wind-powered railcars. "The railcar is an ingenious thing. Can it be used with anything else besides wind power?"
Ding Kui glanced at Kuai Lian and said: "In fact, firepower is the best choice, but there is currently no way to use firepower efficiently, and the same goes for other energies."