Chapter 12 Masked
Xiao Tianlei found a purple coriander planting site as he wished, a treasure land far beyond his previous vision, a small basin surrounded by mountains. Xiao Tianlei named it Wild Boar Ridge.
The original goal was to build a secret planting site of Ziyuan. Find such a wonderful place and build a small world that belongs entirely to you. If you want to carry out reclamation and construction, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, which cannot be achieved by Xiao Tianlei himself and a few friends.
However, this idea is too tempting and cannot be curbed if it comes out. It was not easy to buy a house that you were satisfied with in the past life. Most people could only buy some small pigeon cages. Now, a large piece of land can be planned and built according to their own wishes like playing a strategy game. Xiao Tianlei could not think of a reason not to play this game, so he decided to do a big deal.
The money earned through the candy business at present has exceeded Xiao Tianlei's initial expectations and can support the initial construction. The problem is that people, if they play strategy games, there must be farmers and workers in the early stages. However, simply farming and building houses, Xiao Tianlei may be able to complete it, but it is more comprehensive and difficult to do people with various skills, that is, some craftsmen, and craftsmen are not difficult to find, but where can I find people who can trust?
On the way back to Zhengjiazhuang, Xiao Tianlei was thinking about it. After thinking about it, he thought of his grandfather, Doctor Jiang Wu, and returned to Zhengjiazhuang and headed straight to Doctor Jiang Wu's house.
"Grandpa, I need some staff?"
"What do you want?"
"Craftsmen, all kinds of craftsmen, building houses, burning bricks, carpenters, blacksmiths..."
“How much do you want?”
"Forty or fifty people first."
“When?”
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In the monotonous conversation, Xiao Tianlei did not talk about his purpose, and Doctor Jiang did not ask much. Doctor Jiang has great prestige among the people of Shanyue. It is no problem to gather some Shanyue craftsmen, but it just requires some money. Shanyue people in various parts of Lingzhou are supervised by military households. If people in Shanyue want to go out to make a living, they need to pay some money to the military households.
Doctor Jiang Wushu will solve the problem of manpower, and the next step is the ship's problem.
Wild Boar Ridge is in the mountains and forests. If you want to enter and exit, you can only cross the mountains and forests by land. There are some dangerous areas, which are both slow and dangerous. Fortunately, a big river crosses Wild Boar Ridge, which is much safer and faster than land. After discovering Wild Boar Ridge, Xiao Tianlei did not return to Zhengjiazhuang immediately, but conducted preliminary exploration, especially the waterways entering and exiting. Xiao Tianlei spent a few days drawing the route and made some marks along the way.
Lingzhou has many rivers and water transportation is also an important way of transportation. It should not be difficult to buy some ships. Xiao Tianlei planned to ask the Zheng family for help in this matter as usual.
Before Xiao Tianlei could go to find Zheng Biao, Zheng Biao found him angrily, and shouted: "Brother Lei, something happened!"
When Xiao Tianlei saw Zheng Biao's expression, he immediately realized that it was probably because of the candy business that had something wrong. After that, Zheng Biao's words also confirmed his guess.
During the New Year, some relatives of the Zheng family proposed to interfere in the candy transaction, and some even wanted to share the money directly, but were suppressed by Zheng Baihu. After the New Year, the Zheng family came one after another, some of whom had a good identity, and the purpose of these people was only one - candy recipe. Zheng Baihu was a small family, and he really couldn't afford to offend these people, so he just said that he wanted the money to be the best. Some people in the world asked for money but failed. They turned against each other on the spot, saying that they wanted the Zheng family to look good. The Zheng family was not at ease, and some gangsters and bullies came to the door to provoke. In short, all kinds of monsters and monsters popped up all of a sudden, making the Zheng family exhausted. In the past two days, the Zheng family could not buy brown sugar and other raw materials, and the candy business was finally completely ruined!
"Brother Lei, what do you think you should do? If my father didn't call me, I would have to beat those people!" Zheng Biao looked angry.
Although I had expected that Xiao Tianlei was still extremely unhappy when I met him, but what could I do if I was unhappy? I can only swallow my anger at the moment.
"What can I do? Your family can't afford to offend these people. Since they want the formula, give it to them."
"I gave it for nothing?" Zheng Biao couldn't swallow this.
"Of course it's not for nothing. Let them pay for it. How much they can earn depends on your father's ability. Well... Since our business cannot be completed, sell the recipe and find more buyers. The more they sell, the better. How much money can be sold is counted as many. Originally, those buyers who bought candy also gave one. So many people want to do this business, I think who can do it!"
"Yes, let them bite the dog!"
"By the way, let your father write down all these guys who have reached out. Sooner or later, I will want these guys to take care of them. I will return them thousands of times! Damn!" Xiao Tianlei is not a broad-minded person. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing his parents. Now there is no way, so I will remember the small black account first!
Xiao Tianlei wrote a recipe list and handed it to Zheng Biao. Zheng Biao went home and asked someone to copy dozens of them. Soon, Zheng Baihu sold these recipes and made a fortune. He also asked some servants and servants to sell this recipe list in other places. How to sell it and how much it costs, each depends on his ability.
However, the matter was not over yet. The servants of the Zheng family saw some strangers appearing outside the village, sneaky, and probably had bad intentions.
The purpose of these people is not difficult to guess. There are precedents in this kind of thing. If a village is rich, some robbers will attack and break up villages and rob. There will always be a few cases every year. This time, they should be coming to Zhengjiazhuang. These robbers come and go without a trace, and there is no good way to deal with them. They can only strengthen their defense. Zheng Baihu notified the villages to gather the strong men in the village and patrol day and night. The villages in Lingzhou have some defensive functions, just to deal with these robbers, but their effectiveness is limited to those warriors.
"From today, we will also take turns to patrol. Once we find out the situation, tell me immediately!"
Speaking of this, it was because of myself, and the money was also earned by myself. Xiao Tianlei had no intention of letting the Zheng family take the blame and was ready to deal with these robbers. Xiao Tianlei has been practicing hard, but he has no real combat. He has no idea about his strength, so he can try it this time.
"Brother Lei, are you going to deal with those robbers?"
"Um."
"Can you do it? I heard from my father that those robbers are all cruel people who kill without blinking." Zheng Biao only knew that Xiao Tianlei's martial arts was very powerful. Except for Xiao Tianfu, everyone else could not walk a few moves in his hands.
In fact, just as Xiao Tianlei entered the forest, Zheng Biao and several others stimulated the qi one after another. Their martial arts naturally made great progress, and they felt that they should be no less than Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu. However, only when they truly saw Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu's qi martial arts, they truly realized how big the gap was.
"As long as it is a living person, he has to blink! No matter how exaggerated the rumors are, those robbers are like you and me. As long as they are humans, they can be killed, and there is nothing scary. Remember I told you that there are many examples of winning with less on the battlefield. Those failed troops did not lose to their opponents, but to themselves."
"Then we will do it with them, whoever is afraid of it!"
"That's it! Do it!"
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A group of boys were excited and wanted to fight with the robbers for 300 rounds. Xiao Tianlei reminded: "I'll ask you to come on then, and you go on again. By the way, Biaozi, please help me get some fine iron, and use old weapons are also fine."
"What's the point of using it?"
"I'll tell you later."
After a few friends stimulated the Gangqi, Xiao Tianlei also wanted to give them a hero template. Unfortunately, the Wuji Sword Saint himself had to use it. Although the Judge Angel is a warrior hero, his skills have extremely high requirements for spiritual power. Xiao Tianlei himself cannot use it smoothly, let alone others. Moreover, there are a few people who stimulated the Gangqi. There are only two hero templates in Xiao Tianlei's hands, and it is difficult to decide who to give it. At present, he can only teach them some basic use of Gangqi and some moves and techniques first.
"If you want to learn to use Gangqi, you must first understand what Gangqi is. Some characteristics of Gangqi. Let's talk about the source of Gangqi. Gangqi is an energy derived from the body and an extension of physical strength. Therefore, if you want to stimulate Gangqi, you must first have a strong body. Gangqi is not endless, and it also depends on the strength of your physique. If you want to replenish Gangqi, the main way is to absorb energy from food... If you want to use limited Gangqi to maximize your power, you must use it reasonably. You cannot just think that Gangqi is only used for attacks. Many times, some non-attack methods can play a greater role... You must learn to calculate that Gangqi can save a little bit, which is related to life and death. Many times, life and death are just a little bit less... There are many specific ways to use Gangqi. After all, Gangqi is limited, and it is best to find the most suitable way for you..."
Combining some of the abilities of the hero template, Xiao Tianlei taught himself some experiences of using Gangqi, and practiced some usage methods and moves from time to time. In addition to finding Wild Boar Ridge, Xiao Tianlei's biggest gain was to get some inspiration from those strange beasts. Combining some knowledge from previous lives, he thought of many ways to use Gangqi.
Zheng Biao and the others listened carefully, thinking about how they should use the Gangqi. Other young men who had not yet stimulated the Gangqi were also listening. Xiao Tianlei's words allowed them to see a new world, and they all wanted to stimulate the Gangqi immediately.
Qin Jincai also sat down below to listen. Originally, Qin Jincai thought that Zheng Biao had become so powerful, and most of the time he had gone through the luck of the **** and met the legendary hidden master. In order to learn advanced martial arts, Qin Jincai stayed in Zhengjiazhuang. However, he practiced with Zheng Biao and others for a while, but he didn't see any masters. Qin Jincai secretly learned some moves, but he always felt that these moves were wrong, which made him confused. It's no wonder that Qin Jincai was like this. The most important thing about Professor Xiao Tianlei's martial arts was some basic mechanics, human body structure and other knowledge. Without this knowledge, the moves he learned were only in shape and could not grasp the key points of the subtleties.
Xiao Tianlei has no master, only some abilities brought by the hero template, some knowledge from his previous life, and also his own thinking. His purpose of learning martial arts is to protect himself and kill the enemy. The martial arts produced are first of all, through some reasonable training, to improve basic qualities such as strength, reaction, speed, etc., and then apply some scientific principles to one move. Such moves are not too fancy, they seem simple and direct, but they don’t seem special, but once used in actual combat, they will kill the opponent in a very short time and determine life and death in an instant. If the masters in the martial arts world see it, they will definitely say that this is a set of extremely killing martial arts, which is simply an evil heretic!
When Xiao Tianfu taught Qin Jincai some basics, he realized that the master was his cousin!
When learning martial arts in sects, the master often asks his disciples to practice and understand it by himself. However, Qin Jincai is impetuous and cannot understand anything, and his master will not give any guidance. Those profound martial arts are hidden and cannot be taught easily. Now that he has been studying here for a while, Qin Jincai feels that he is enlightened, and many questions he can't figure out before have been cleared one by one, and his martial arts are progressing rapidly.
Two days later, the robbers who intended to rob Zhengjiazhuang finally appeared outside Zhengjiazhuang in the night. The rapid sound of horse hooves had already alarmed the strong men in charge of the night watch in Zhengjiazhuang, and the alarm bell rang.
The main fortification of Zhengjiazhuang is a rammed earth wall built in the early years. It is more than three meters high and guards the important road into the village. Once the wooden door on the earth wall is closed, outsiders who want to enter Zhengjiazhuang have to flow through the rivers on both sides or take a detour to the back mountain.
Zheng Baihu led a group of strong men to the wall, and torches were lit on the wall to illuminate the bottom. About fifty or sixty masked robbers also arrived under the earthen wall. Several robbers in the lead rode on horses, one of them holding a serrated sword and shouted loudly: "I heard that Zheng Baihu has made a fortune. Brothers, I want to borrow some money to spend money! Zheng Baihu, what do you think?"
"Dare you ask where is the hero?" Zheng Baihu asked.
The robber didn't want to talk too much nonsense and said coldly: "Speak less nonsense. If you know the appearance and hand over the money obediently, the brothers will leave immediately. Everyone will look good! If it makes the brothers unhappy, you will be killed in, and then you will not be able to do so!"
Zheng Baihu was hesitating, and at this moment, a few screams came from the side of the robber group. All the robbers and Zheng Baihu on the wall were stunned. At this moment, a phantom flashed. The four people in the robbers riding on horses covered their necks and fell off their horses, and their necks spewed out blood.
The robbers were all shocked, and at the same time, there was a heavy impact sound, a horse neighing, a robber leader and a horse were knocked away, and the robbers behind him were overwhelmed. One person, a masked man holding a big hammer in both hands, was just covered with a white cloth scarf. Several robbers on the side swung their swords and slashed them. The man slammed the weapons of several robbers with a hammer, and there was also a sound of cracking bones breaking during the period.
"The third, the fourth, the seventh, the ninth...ah!"
"Where did the bastard come from...uh!"
"Kill them all! Kill!"
"Don't be messy, keep it steady!"
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Many people died in an instant, and the remaining robbers roared and killed two people, but it was useless. A black shadow wandered around and could not find the exact location. As sword lights fell, people kept falling down. The other person rushed around in the crowd. The three robbers took action together. The three of them had a strong energy on their weapons, but were blocked by a golden light shield. The man had a hammer on both hands, and another robber was responsible for the debt!
Standing on the wall, Zheng Baihu could see clearly that a group of masked people appeared behind the robbers. There were only a dozen people covering their white scarves, but they didn't move. Only two of them were killed, but these two were too powerful. Killing those robbers was like cutting melons and vegetables.
The other robbers understood the situation and first wanted to work together to kill the two of them. But they didn't want to be no match at all. They were so scared that they turned around and wanted to run away.
"Kill!"
An excited shout of killing came from among the white scarf people, which scared Zheng Baihu to his heart tremble. He immediately heard the voice of his own son. Following the sound, he saw a masked boy, who looked excitedly and stabbed a robber to death with one knife. Even with his face covering, Zheng Baihu still recognized his son at a glance. Needless to say, Zheng Baihu knew that the white scarf people were Xiao Tianlei's boys.
The White Scarf Man was Xiao Tianlei and others. After learning that the robbers had arrived, he secretly took out the village and launched an attack from behind. Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu took action to attack the robbers. He originally thought there would be another hard battle, but he didn't expect that these robbers were not very alert. He probably thought that Zhengjiazhuang was well-behaved and had not weak skills. Those robbers had already practiced their qi. Unfortunately, they met Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu, and their heroic skills showed their power for the first time.
Zheng Baihu probably recognized the first two people to take action, which was Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu brothers, and couldn't help but sweat coldly. What kind of characters are the two brothers? Killing people is like mowing grass. It's simply a ferocious spirit. Fortunately, I didn't have any thoughts at the beginning! Otherwise... Zheng Baihu wouldn't dare to think about it.
The robbers were scared and Zheng Biao and others robbed and killed them. In addition to Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianfu chased them, they didn't take much effort and killed them all, but no one ran away.
After finishing, Zheng Biao walked under the earthen wall with a knife and shouted, "Zheng Baihu, right? Look, brothers have helped you kill the robbers. Do you want to pay some hard work?"
What is this? My son robbed me! It was so terrible! Zheng Baihu was angry at first, but he was not a fool. The next moment, he figured out the key, and quickly pretended to be extremely scared and said, "I'll hand it over, I'll hand it over!"
The next day, news of the robbery of Zhengbai's households in Zhengjiazhuang spread. Apart from the fact that people had a little more talk and some villages strengthened their defense, it had no impact. As for the dead bandits, they had been thrown into the river to feed the fish.
Chapter completed!