Zhuo Wangsun was shocked and quickly held on to the guardrail of the carriage. He turned to look at the collapsing mine and took a breath: "I didn't expect this thing to be so powerful!"
The housekeeper held a jar with black powder in it. Zhuo Wangsun reached out to pick up some and sniffed it: "It's charcoal!"
The housekeeper shook his head: "Not entirely. We tested it a few days ago and found that it couldn't be ignited with only charcoal. Even if it was ignited, it would only be sparks. It is not so powerful at all."
Zhuo Wangsun nodded: "When we go back, find someone to take a look. As long as we can figure out what was used, we will be more confident about restoring the country!"
"Here!" The housekeeper nodded quickly, carefully closed the jar again and held it in his arms, for fear of any accident.
The carriage was bumpy on the muddy road, and Zhuo Wangsun was swaying inside. It was very cold outside, and the wind blew snow occasionally into the carriage, and waves of coolness swept over it. The copper mine had just been taken over, and one or two coppers
Zhuo Wangsun was a little unwilling to end it like this without producing anything. But there was nothing he could do about it. It would at least be better to destroy him than to be taken away by Su Ren.
With a long sigh, Zhuo Wangsun tightened his clothes, leaned on the side of the car and closed his eyes. He remembered that in the past, Sichuan was paradise, and everything was beautiful, whether it was the scenery or the business of their Zhuo family. Since that
After the person appeared, everything no longer went according to his own wishes. The heavy burden made Zhuo Wangsun breathless. The Zhao Kingdom had been destroyed for so many years, why did he want to restore the country? Although he was once a Zhao, but in his heart
It is clear that the Zhao State did not successfully recover under the violent Qin Dynasty, let alone the current Han Dynasty?
Sometimes Zhuo Wangsun wanted to give up, but he didn't dare. He knew how scary that person was. Even if he had any such thoughts, that person would know it and do something that would make him deeply regret it. Zhuo Wangsun quickly collected it.
He opened his eyes slightly and looked at the housekeeper opposite. Seeing that the housekeeper fell asleep holding the jar, he felt a little relieved.
Gou Tianming got up from the ground. He was covered in dirt and had several wounds. There were several people beside him, sitting in the dust in a daze. If they hadn't moved, they wouldn't be sure they were people.
It was so terrifying. A majestic mountain suddenly collapsed. The wind blowing from the mine swept them away like fallen leaves. I don’t know how far they flew. When they woke up, there was a piece of rock in front of them.
There were large rocks and several thick tree trunks. The tree had no leaves, many branches were broken, and the entire trunk was covered with bark cracked by stones.
Shaking his head, the dirt fell down one after another: "Is everything okay?"
"It's okay, he won't die!" A few people agreed. Several brothers who came with him were also asking, "Where is that guy?"
"I don't know, maybe he was smashed to death!"
"He died before we even found out who sent him. The whole mountain collapsed and the mine was gone! I wonder what this guy did inside?" someone asked in confusion.
Gou Tianming did not answer, but patted the dust on his body: "If nothing happens, let's all go. The mine is gone, and there is no need for us to stay here!"
The earth-shattering sound could be heard clearly for ten miles around the mine. The Bo people had knelt down and worshiped towards the collapsed mine. Having lived in the mountains since childhood, they had a natural worship of the mountains. If the mountain collapsed, then the mountain god would naturally be angry.
, how can you do it without bowing down and asking the mountain god to appease his anger?
Gou Tianming did not stop the Bo people from kneeling down and worshiped. He just called a few leaders and said, "Now you are free. Those who want to go back can go back. If you want to come with us to Dujiangyan for a welcome, sir has prepared ten acres of land for each person in Dujiangyan."
There is no shortage of seeds, cattle and winter food. If I go back to Dujiangyan and give you one night to think about it, we will leave early tomorrow morning."
The leaders nodded, saluted Gou Tianming, and then left. Gou Tianming knew the secret of the mine collapse, and he was not prepared to tell it, at least not to these Bo people. When they came, Su Ren only told him about the mine.
What happened was that Taoist priest Chongxu secretly sent in ten loads of gunpowder in order to blow up the entire mine as a last resort. I didn't expect that someone would know about it.
After staying up all night, the leader of the Bo people came at dawn. Most of them were going to follow Gou Tianming and the others to Dujiangyan. These were the tribal people who had been persuaded by Ayinong. With their current situation, even if they could return to the Bo land alive,
, without the care of the tribe, they will inevitably be annexed by other tribes or starve to death. Since their tribesmen have gone to Dujiangyan, they should go, at least they still have relatives there.
After leaving the mine, we parted ways at a fork in the road. After last night's battle, many of these Bo people have formed life-and-death friendships. According to the etiquette of the Bo people, everyone hugged each other and offered their most sincere blessings to each other.
Everyone in Dujiangyan is paying attention to the matter of the mine. Both the Han people brought by Su Ren and the Bo people have great hopes for this rescue. In the eyes of Su Ren's men, Su Ren will never do useless work.
, since it is no problem to send people to succeed. The Bo people also have great confidence in Su Ren. Everyone lives in southern Sichuan, and they have heard of Su Ren's name a lot.
Abang hurriedly rushed into the house, out of breath, with a smile on his face: "Back, back, back! Rescued!"
This sentence made everyone in the room excited. Several Bo tribe leaders rushed out first, followed by Su Ren's men. Su Ren did not move, turned around and teased the son in Lu Yi's arms. The longer the little guy got, the more annoying he became.
Like, he has a tiger-like head and a big brain, and his two big eyes are very smart. You can tell he is a smart kid at a glance. It is strange to say that although he doesn't know anything, whenever he sees Su Ren, he always has a smile on his face.
The new county magistrate of Dujiangyan looked at Su Ren: "Su Xiaowei, now that we have been rescued, are you going to make arrangements for these Bo people?"
Su Ren waved his hand, indicating that the county magistrate could leave. In terms of salary, the county magistrate's official position was higher than that of his captain. But the county magistrate of Dujiangyan was an exception. This person was originally an assistant of Sima Xiangru, because Sima
He successfully took over after Xiangru resigned. Since his predecessor was all Su Ren's subordinates, he was very self-conscious.
"By the way, don't embarrass these Bo people. As we agreed, they can stay wherever they like voluntarily. Dujiangyan is a very big place. Only when these Bo people live a better life can more Bo people be attracted to the city.
Then you might become the county magistrate!"
The county magistrate quickly stopped, nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lieutenant Su, I know what to do, and I will definitely arrange for these Bo people properly!"
There was a lot of excitement outside the door. The joy of meeting again after a long separation and the excitement of meeting relatives made the whole village boil.
Sima Xiangru shook his head: "Since everyone is back, it seems that the situation at the mine is not good!"
Su Ren nodded: "This is what we expected. If it's gone, it's gone. It's best if no one thinks about it!"
"Haha, don't you still regret that money?"
"Money is earned, not created. Even if we mint coins now, we will definitely feel uncomfortable when the court really wants to take them back. It would be better not to have them in the first place. It doesn't matter whether the court takes them or not, our money belongs to us.
Money!”
"Hahaha..." Sima Xiangru laughed: "That's what I appreciate about you, and you never force yourself!"
Gou Tianming was disgraced, and two hundred people led hundreds of people in a hurry. As a leader, it was not easy to bring these people back safely. Gou Tianming didn't sleep much along the way, and his already thin body became even thinner. Moreover, his spirit
It’s not good either. The moment I walked in, there was deep self-blame on my face.
"gentlemen!"
Su Renyi raised his hand: "Just come back. There's no need to say anything else. It's already a great achievement to bring these Bo people back. We'll talk about the rest when you wake up."
"This matter cannot wait!" Gou Tianming took two steps forward and explained in detail the matter of someone detonating the gunpowder hidden in the mine. He knelt down and said, "I did not handle this matter well. Please punish me sir!"
Sima Xiangru frowned: "You mean someone discovered those things?"
Gou Tianming nodded: "It doesn't matter if you find it. If you light it, nothing will happen. What I'm most worried about is that someone has already taken some away. If such a powerful thing is obtained by our opponents, it will be extremely detrimental to us in the future!"
Su Ren didn't take it to heart at all and asked, "Do you know who it is?"
Gou Tianming shook his head: "Without any questioning, the boy was buried under the rocks. He is probably dead!"
Sima Xiangru thought for a while: "My guess is that Tang Meng is the most likely. When he first went to Bodi, Tang Meng asked him about this matter, and before that, the mines were guarded by county soldiers. Others
People simply don’t pay attention to these things.”
Gou Tianming nodded: "Well, Mr. Sima is right, it should be Tang Meng!"
Su Ren waved his hand: "It can't be Tang Meng. If he gets anything, he will definitely transport it all out and not stay in the mine. Since it detonated, it means that it won't be too long before they discovered it. It should be recently.
, they didn't have time to transport them away, so I think it's more likely that Zhuo Wangsun or the Huainan people." At this point, Su Ren suddenly asked: "Are you sure that none of the Huainan people escaped?"
Gou Tianming said quickly: "Absolutely not. When we left, we checked carefully and even counted the bodies to match those of the Huainan people who came here in the first place!"
"That's Zhuo Wangsun!" Su Ren came to the final conclusion.
Sima Xiangru was a little painful. Although Zhuo Wangsun did not recognize him as his son-in-law, he had to recognize Zhuo Wangsun as his father-in-law. Just as he was about to speak, Su Ren said: "It doesn't matter if Zhuo Wangsun takes it. With their wisdom, they want to decipher it."
It will take a long time, even if it is cracked and redeployed, it will take a lot of trouble. Once they figure it all out, we can make a better one."
Sima Xiangru smiled bitterly: "In any case, it is not a good thing for this secret to be leaked. It is really not possible, the only way is..." (To be continued)