He had a bulging belly and trembled when he walked.
Fortunately, sulfur is not like steel. Although there is a lot of it, it is still within the tolerance range.
Li Hao carefully climbed up the network built above Nanjia's village by solidifying silkworm liquid that he had built when he arrived.
boom!
The wooden door of a house was kicked open, causing smoke and dust to scatter.
"The third boss, the little ones are here!"
As soon as there was a movement, dozens of patrollers arrived, kneeling on the ground and waiting for orders.
呲呲呲~~~
In the darkness of the house, there were bursts of banging sounds, and gradually the sounds became clearer.
A ninety-foot-tall man with leopard eyes and a ringed head walked out of the house step by step, dragging a nine-ringed sword and looking around fiercely.
Wherever his eyes passed, whether he had already gathered here or heard people coming one after another, he couldn't help but bow his head.
The second master was notoriously cruel. I heard that before he settled here more than 20 years ago, he took pleasure in killing people all day long.
Even though they have restrained themselves a little now, the evil spirit still makes them tremble with fear.
Ding ding ding~~
呲呲呲~~
The sound of the iron rings on the nine-ring sword echoed with the sound of the blade dragging on the bluestone floor.
The second master dragged his long knife and was pacing back and forth for some reason.
"Second brother, what's the matter?"
At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, with a jade belt on his waist and a plum blossom headband on his head, with a white face and no beard, walked slowly over with an ancient book in his hand.
As they passed by, people in the village nodded one after another to give way, and softly called out "Master".
"Brother, why are you here?" Seeing the incoming man, the ferocious aura emanating from the strong man's body was swept away at this moment.
The strong man no longer had an evil spirit, but instead scratched the back of his head with some honesty, "Brother, I am sleeping in bed, and I always feel stuffy in my chest, as if there is a big stone pressing down on me. I feel uncomfortable and want to go out for a walk."
Hearing this, everyone around him was ashamed.
The middle-aged scholar frowned slightly.
My second brother is in the blood coagulation realm, and if he can have a whim, there must be something abnormal around him.
Think of the plans for the near future.
The middle-aged scholar raised his hand and waved, "Check the cottage thoroughly."
"yes!"
Everyone in the village responded in unison.
Afterwards, bright torches were lifted one by one, and countless people in the village were like ants in the dark night, spread across the entire mountain.
The middle-aged scholar chatted with the strong man for a while, then turned and left.
Located directly above, connected with dozens of sentry towers in the mountain village, forming a spider web-like top several meters high, Li Hao, dressed in tight black clothes, silently watched everything below.
When there was not much movement, he carefully left and returned to his home, carrying a lot of wet sulfur on his chest and abdomen.
Because the return route was along steep cliffs, he was not discovered by the eyeliners who were patrolling the mountains and plains.
Running all the way and closing the old wooden door, Li Hao was breathing heavily and sweating like rain.
Squeezing and rubbing his hands full of sulfur that was as yellow as mud, he knew that he was more than half successful.
Take out the wire silkworms hidden in the small holes in the corners, feed them with soil mixed with mulberry leaf juice, and collect the silkworm liquid.
The index finger gently stroked the silkworm's small but fat back.
Next, you just need to dry the sulfur and make gunpowder!
The sun moves over and over again in the sky.
Time passed little by little. As a mulberry picker, Li Hao picked mulberries during the day and at night.
Even if there is spy monitoring, there will be no flaw in it.
As the debt repayment time approaches, the entire Shuinan Town becomes lively.
Of course, it's not because of Li Hao.
It's because this year is the "Silkworm Picking Festival" held every five years in Shuinan Town.
It relies on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. Shuinan Town relies on wire silkworms.
Hence, this celebration festival was born.
This festival is also an important day for the intrigues between the two families in Shuinan Town due to the transfer of power once every five years.
But this has nothing to do with ordinary people. They only know that on this day, there is no need to work and it is very lively.
Li Hao, wearing a rough shirt with holes in it, followed Aunt Zhang and her family to the small town.
The gongs and drums in the town are noisy and the crowds are surging, which is very different from the sparsely populated areas outside the town.
It made Li Hao feel the fireworks of the world.
It would be better if there weren't several informants watching behind you.
As the debt repayment time drew closer, Shui Xingtian also dispatched some manpower to prevent Li Hao from escaping.
After all, handing over power is actually handing over silkworms. The two parties will exchange their industrial chains related to wire silkworms, raising wire silkworms, making iron silk products, and purchasing mulberry leaves. All the hands of both parties will be exchanged.
Almost all the manpower positions related to wire silkworms will be replaced by the other party, except for the fact that the place of residence is not interchangeable.
Therefore, at this time, the two families' ability to control Shuinan Town was at its most chaotic and weakest.
"One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers..."
Watching the town with the Shui family plaque replaced by the Nan family, countless people came in and out.
Some put on lanterns and colorful decorations, and some cleaned the dusty furniture.
Li Hao knew that in at most five years, the two sides would exchange rights at most twice, and war would definitely begin.
After all, both parties have a thorough grasp of the core technology, and no one wants to be split in two in this hugely profitable industry.
There may be no feeling when ten turns into five, and there is no feeling when one hundred turns into fifty.
What if ten million becomes five million?
People's minds change, and when they have enough ability, everyone wants to take back the share that should originally belong to them.
"Brother Hao, my mother went to buy medicine. Let me follow you...I heard they said there is a big show on the other side of the street!"
Among the streaming crowd, Erhu squeezed his head and shouted several times at Li Hao. Then he was held up by the buttocks of a fat lady and couldn't say a word.
Li Hao came back to his senses, laughed and shook his head when he saw this, and pulled the two tigers out.
"Bah, bah, bah! So salty!"
Sticking out his tongue, Erhu kept wiping his mouth with a look of disgust.
Li Hao didn't speak, but moved his fingers slightly, then pulled Erhu and squeezed the crowd towards the place where the big show was going on.
After he left, several guys dressed like servants squeezed into the crowd and followed him.
Li Hao kept his face straight, and as he walked, he put his palms into his sleeves and kept moving them.
Under the clothes, a gray silk thread followed his movements, and a long gray-black tube was continuously pulled from the chest to the shoulders, and finally slid down the wrist.
Covered by coarse cloth sleeves, the long black tube has no obvious traces of dents.
Feeling the coldness on his wrist, Li Hao touched Erhu's head with a slight smile.
The place where the acrobatics were performed was crowded with people watching the show.
The two of them are one of them.
However, when Li Hao stared at the acrobatic master, he didn't know what he was thinking.
Time passed little by little, and the crowd of spectators followed the rhythm of the juggler's superb tricks and cheered one after another.
Seeing that the drama was about to come into contact, Li Hao also pulled Erhu back and let the others squeeze forward.
After all, the two of them don't have any money to reward.
After watching the drama, Li Hao took Erhu to wander around the town aimlessly. During this period, he also saw the Yamen of the Dayang Dynasty stationed here, but there were only two or three people in front of the Yamen, and they seemed to be in low spirits.
Good, no official style at all.
However, Shuinan Town is located in a remote location, with the mountains high and the emperor far away, so it is naturally useless.
"The silkworm harvesting is about to begin!"
Suddenly, a voice sounded in the street.
People who heard this sound also gathered one after another towards the door of a mansion in the north.
On the Silkworm Plucking Festival, it is natural to pick silkworms.
The festive atmosphere spread to several surrounding streets and alleys.
In front of the Shui Family Mansion, there were numerous invited guests, and the sound of two suonas was followed by gongs and drums.
A huge platform has been built not far away.
There is a large vat standing on the high platform, in which countless silkworms are intertwined and squirming.
Standing around the table were a number of people in rich attire.
"Haha, your young master is indeed a very talented person."
In front of the Shui Family Mansion, one of the capable men wearing loose lantern sleeves and bloomers, with a cloth rope tightly tied around his waist that was incompatible with the surrounding brocade clothes, laughed out loud.
"The master of the martial arts studio was joking, but the kid just forced it."
Standing next to the capable man was Shui Mu, the head of the Shui family. He was looking at the high platform with a smile on his face, his face full of joy.
"The third level of martial arts involves blood training, blood coagulation, and blood boiling. If Takako can achieve blood training in his weak years, he will definitely succeed in blood coagulation in the future." The capable man paused, then suddenly laughed and said: "Maybe he can even reach the blood boiling level.
A touch or two makes me, Wu Xiongxin, look old in comparison."
"Hey, no, no, no, it would be great if you can achieve the blood coagulation realm like me."
"That's natural. After all, most of the Shui family's warriors are my martial arts disciples, so we can all be prosperous." Wu Xiongxin said with a smile.
Shui Mu chatted with him, looking at the high platform he still couldn't hide the joy that thickened the corners of his mouth.
Although my son has some quirks, they are not harmful to his taste.
Who has never been young? I think that when he was young, he played with countless civilian women. Who could do anything to him?
"Water moves through the sky."
After the crowd, Li Hao silently recited three words in his heart.
Shui Xingtian, who was above the table, seemed to be feeling something. He looked behind the crowd and noticed the rather handsome young man.
Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, the two looked at each other from a distance and smiled at the same time.
Li Hao, who was smiling, didn't say much. He raised his arm and pointed the muzzle of the iron musket that he had concocted bit by bit over more than ten days at Shui Xingtian like a black hole.
And make a "yeah" gesture, using the intersection of the bottom of the V-shape between the two fingers as the crosshair.
Shui Xingtian, who originally showed a playful smile, froze at the corner of his mouth.
For some reason, a great fear of life and death shrouded my heart.