Chapter 33 Struggle for Mineral Deposits
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Eight hundred years ago, a group of comets in the sky swept over the earth's surface, penetrated the clouds of the atmosphere, and landed in the mortal world. The catastrophe outside the sky www.biquge.info extremely spectacular, and the stars in the sky are chaotic, and there is chaos. Many asteroids have left huge craters and extraterrestrial pinnacles in the Gobi Desert, and since then the barren land of Beiju Luzhou has become a treasure trove of minerals. Because the things outside the sky were immeasurable calamities for the earth, which alarmed the gods of the Three Realms, the eldest disciple of the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, the Antarctic True Monarch, used the Nuwa Xuantie Treasure Furnace to refine stones and dissolve the material variables outside of Zhou Tian.
The Antarctic Immortal Emperor found a natural karst cave at the bottom of the deep pool of the Gobi Desert Grand Canyon, built a stone smelting field in it, and used the Xuan Array Immortal Method to refine the stone and shimmer gold, and used the natural stone chamber and the deep pool of holy water to separate the furnace temperature to protect the yang and cultivate the truth. Eight hundred years later, Dayanshan was found to be rich in mineral materials, a large number of metal ores were excavated, and a large number of engineering teams were stationed to start endless mining and excavation. Some of these teams were slaves and refugees hired by wealthy merchants, and some were local **** of feudal lords in various places, and the forces of various rich and vassal kings in the south gathered here to compete for mining rights. Because of the presence of horse thieves and goblins, the mine owners usually have an army to protect them.
On this day, the five large mines in the mining area: Mao, Shi, Yu, Xu, and Li, there was a confrontation between the mine cave and the mining road in the excavation, and the staggered forces did not give in to each other, and the peak forces of the five major mine owners and princes were vicious, and the war was sinister. When the news reached the emperor, Long Yan was furious. In order to calm down the matter and control the feudal kings and the treasure troves of minerals in various places, the emperor sent a special official of the imperial court, the metropolitan governor Yuwen Chengdu, to the land and mineral deposit area of Beiju Luzhou, and personally led 100,000 troops to calm down the disputes among the major troops. When the princes heard the news, they all heard the holy anger, and they did not dare to act rashly, waiting for the arrival of Yuwen City.
Ouyang Xiao stepped on the blast in the chamber as usual on this day, exploring the direction of the cave, and a few people next to him chatted and rested while eating melon seeds, wiping their hot faces with sweatshirts, and talking in the wet underground cavern. One of the young men with a pouting mouth chatted: "I heard that this time Lord Peng's mining team in the west is not working, and he is really going to fight! If it weren't for the special ministers of the imperial court, Yuwencheng, who came to him, it is estimated that he would have been angry and fought with the troops of King Li of the North Mine." ”
A few guys next to him replied noisily: "How is it possible? Old King Peng is so decrepit, he is ruined by his wife's ears every day, he dares to fight first?"
"Eh, you can't say this, it's not that people who are afraid of their wives are all bad breeds. This guy is usually declining, but he has always been the most fierce when it comes to hurting money, and he doesn't recognize people when he turns his face. ”
"That's right...... Hey, who is that, tell me who are the people in this Yuwen City? It's all rotten into a pot of gruel, and he can solve the disputes here when he comes here?"
The young man continued, with a slick look, a standard villain. "This Yuwen City can be said to be the number one traitor in this dynasty, not only is he abducted, careless of human life, and he has everything he does, but also gangs and factions, obscene and faint kings, framing loyalty, doing all kinds of evil, almost one person controls the government, one person is below, and ten thousand people are above!"
"Cut~!It's another nonsense, how many do you know? The mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, aren't you here from hearsay?"
The hooligan boy said solemnly: "Don't make a fuss, I can still joke about this? Didn't I see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears, how can I know this Yuwen City so well?"
"Then tell me, how did he frame Zhongliang and control the government and law?" A group of people pricked up their ears to listen to him, and he continued to talk with his mouth full of oil.
"General Wei Chi, have you heard of it?"
"Oh, of course General Wei Chi knows. He fought on the battlefield, was the founder of the country, the first loyal in the world, and the first military general of this dynasty. Cutting ears and shares for the Cen Zhou land cession treaty, protecting the land and protecting the city, burning houses for the people of Lianghuang and digging silver, and privately opening the grain depot, is really a real man who stands up to the sky and the earth, and cares about the people is a true hero, who in the world does not know who does not know?"
"Yes", the young man continued: "It is such a generation of loyalty, I really can't see that the emperor is unreasonable, and he was molested by the Yuwen City Metropolitan and actively spoke up, but in the end he was framed by the Yuwen City Metropolitan Envoy. The faint king ordered him to be exiled from the same family, and worked in the same mine as the war criminals, how unjust. The young man said, his eyebrows showing regret from time to time, sighing and melancholy, overflowing with words.
"Oh hey, don't make yourself like a storyteller, what an expression is that. However, according to what you say, then this Yuwen City is really angry and condemnable!" everyone said yes, and they were indignant when they heard it, and they gritted their teeth. Although the young man is a charlatan, a ruffian and hooligan, everyone is also
all express their approval.
Seeing the situation, the young man walked around Ouyang Xiao again, and continued: "It's not just that. He swept Ouyang Xiao with the corner of his eye and said, "This Yuwen City also persecuted the world's number one swordsmith - Ouyang Python Tiger, so that he made swords for the army and dialysed sword casting skills. Master Ouyang refused to give in, was forced to death alive, burned the blacksmith shop, and his family ......"
Speaking of this, Ouyang Xiao's heart slammed, and the nerves of the whole person were touched, and his whole body instantly seemed to be connected to the heat, and his scalp was numb to his toes. All this couldn't escape the young man's eyes, and he continued to instigate: "If it weren't for this Yuwen City, I don't think Senior Ouyang would have made such a choice, and burned his chivalrous tenderness, loyalty, and courage, he was really an iron-clad man." However, I heard that this Master Ouyang kicked out his son on his deathbed, leaving a lone seedling, and left a last word in the fire, he will take the life of Yuwen City! I don't know if he wants his son to avenge him......
When Ouyang Xiao heard this, it was like a fierce tiger wolf tearing the cage in his heart, his chest tightness was difficult to suppress, he didn't feel a tremble in his hand, and the explosive bomb in his hand was almost pinched, and it was about to fall to the ground, scaring the group of idle people who were half stupid. At the moment when he fell to the ground, the ruffian young man caught the projectile in the air, and stuffed it back into Ouyang Xiao's hand with a very fast movement, held his hand tightly, and pinched it: "Listening to the story is so fascinating, as if someone from your family is dead." Look at your sloppy black face, there is no distinction between oil and sweat, black scum grows on your face, hurry up to the Qingshui Station over there to wash your face, take a rest, don't be so tired that you drop your balls on the ground and can't pick them up. After speaking, he hugged his fists: "In Hengshan, Nanyue, Dongfang Zhurong!"
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, sweating for the danger just now, but they all knew Ouyang Xiao's life experience and the reason, and it was not easy to blame him clearly, but they just sarcastically said: "Hey, don't count on it, Master Ouyang has been a hero all his life, but he gave birth to a son but is a turtle with a shrunken head, and now he would rather dig dung in the mine on our side than dare to go back to his hometown to inherit the family belongings and reopen the Sword Casting Hall." ”
That Dongfang Zhurong also pretended not to know that the young man in front of him was Ouyang Xiao, and exclaimed: "Really, he is in line in our mine? Oh, that's really a soft egg who is stealing his life!" After speaking, he snorted, spit two handfuls of spit on the palm of his hand, and washed the soot in his hand.
Ouyang Xiao didn't dare to refute anything when he heard it, after all, what they said was right, he was a wreck, nothing, he didn't dare to do anything, except for surviving, he didn't have any courage to fight against fate.
The noisy people continued to chat, asking when the old treacherous and cunning Yuwen Chengdu would come to the mine and whether he would come to the mine to inspect, and the young man named Dongfang Zhurong continued to talk to them, and he was bent on returning to the idle talker here, but he looked at Ouyang Xiao's expression and observed his reaction, not showing his identity or showing his face.
In the evening, Dongfang Zhurong came to a wilderness on the outskirts of a mine, where there was a two-pile gravel slope made of gravel, on which were inserted two graves made of wooden planks, on which the words "the founding of the country, the heroes of the martyrs, the tomb of the great general Wei Chi". A few lines of rudimentary writing were scribbled. The wooden plaque next to it is engraved with the inscription: "The tomb of his wife Wei Yanruo." ”
The young man looked at the two tombstones, tears and tiredness, and said to himself: "General Wei Chi, the retainer Huo Leizi was one step too late, and he failed to save you before the mine collapsed, and he failed to find Mrs. Zun in time, so that Mrs. Zun was deeply humiliated and ravaged, and her body fell into the hands of the goblins. But please rest assured, Xiao Zhurong and I will definitely find the little master Chi Bei'er and rescue the little master from the demon cave. ”
The young man sobbed while hiding his tears, and muttered: "Pity the general, who has been fighting horses all his life, and has suffered from displacement until he is old, and is trapped in such torture, his body is already a ruined willow, and he has to be tricked by the old fox of Yuwen City to cause a cave collapse to cut off his life, which is really hateful." The general is as kind to me as a mountain, he is like a reincarnated parent, and he is also a mentor who instructs me in martial arts, I Dongfang Zhurong will not take revenge in this life, and the old fox in Yuwen City will be skinned and cramped, and his bones will be scattered, and he will not give up!"
A team of men and horses who had been in ambush for a long time next to them also knelt in front of the grave, followed Dongfang Zhurong to echo, and shouted in unison: "I will not give up!" These people are the leaders of the horse gangs and thieves of several major forces in the Gobi Desert.
Dongfang Zhurong kowtowed to the leaders of the horse thieves and thanked them: "Thank you heroes for your help, I can't imagine that the world has changed in this day, the officers and soldiers do not pay attention to friendship, but the thieves are all people who are affectionate and righteous, loyal to the country, they really don't know each other, and they hate to see each other late!"
The leaders of the horse thieves replied: "It's hard to be a hero these days, they all fall into the grass, stand on their own hills, they can't live in ordinary days, everyone is waiting for you to respond to this call!" These people praised Dongfang Zhurong, admired his martial arts and fire resistance, and admired the deeds of General Wei Chi Xuan, and after hearing what happened to Wei Chi Xuan, they were also extremely indignant, so Dongfang Zhurong, as Wei Chi Chen's retainer, could respond to the call in this wild place and launch an assassination operation.
"When the time comes, Yuwen City will die, and the Gobi Desert can take the lead in unveiling the pole and carrying the banner of the vanguard of the uprising. At that time, the old brothers and generals in the south will join forces with everyone inside and outside to start the great plan of competing for the Central Plains. Dongfang Zhurong gritted his teeth and said! Several leaders also sang Nuo Yinghe. Suddenly, a leader asked: "The son of the python tiger craftsman, Ouyang Xiao, should we pull him into the gang?" Seeing him like this, I'm afraid that the mud won't be able to support the wall." ”
"No, that's just the appearance of being paralyzed by survival and humiliation, and I believe that the sleeping lion will wake up one day. It will burn Zhurong Peak like me, lightning strikes the sky, and illuminates the thousand-year-old dark room!" Dongfang Zhurong said fiercely.
On the second day, on the huge natural cliff wall of the mineral deposit Dayan Mountain, the sky embedded hollowed out a large-scale stone road, which was like a miraculous axe. The plank road on the cliff wall is full of sentry posts and officers and soldiers, and the colorful flags are fluttering, and the momentum is magnificent. An old man with a white beard stood on the lookout platform on the cliff, pointing out the country, inspecting the situation of the mine, and the five princes **** accompanied him to cater to the service, introducing the specific mining situation, and he didn't dare to gasp.
This person is the first Wenchen Yuwen Chengdu of the dynasty, known as Sai Zhuge . His son Yuwen Gonggong stood behind him, heroic, like a frost, and he was also an emperor in the movement, chic and dignified. He also followed this time, as the commander of the Metropolitan Lieutenant Army, he followed by the side of Yuwen City, and his assistant assisted in deterring the Five Tigers.
The prince of the five fiefdoms is also the first time to see Yuwen City, and they all know the ability of this traitorous minister, holding military power, holding the government in one hand, and the tentacles extend far to the two continents, and the divine power is inviolable. These vassal kings also knew that they wanted to take this opportunity to stammer and establish a relationship. After looking at the mine, a sumptuous banquet was prepared on the watchtower, and Yuwen City was entertained with all day and wine.
During the banquet, the old fox of Yuwen City was also full of wine and food, admiring the "beautiful scenery and beautiful feelings" of this desolate place, which was really a paradise and was so happy. Seeing that the five **** were laughing and drunk, Hua Feng continued to praise the five kings, and said: "The names of the five monarchs have been passed down for thousands of miles, and the old man has always wanted to see the faces of the holy monarchs, but he is only busy with official business and does not dare to put it aside, so he has not found a chance to meet." Today, I am fortunate to meet the five palm seals in the world, Peng Wang Liuyu, Li Wang Chiyou, Ge Wang Shan Gu, Rong Wang Daqifan, Yin Wang Yu Yan, it is really chic and heroic, it is better to see it than to hear it. ”
When the five kings heard this, they all relaxed when they saw the old treacherous and cunning elevating them like this, and they didn't want Yuwencheng to just be polite first, so they immediately changed the conversation and got to the point: "In fact, the five kings are also rich royal families with fiefdoms, each with its own fiefs and treasures.
As soon as the topic reached the point, the five kings began to be apprehensive, knowing that they could not hide from the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year, and they would still come, so they scrambled to explain. Seeing that Yuwen Cheng didn't give the five people a chance to explain and interject, he continued to criticize: "Only a few people are here today, and they don't say anything foreign. The five kings secretly embedded the national treasures here, the Ming clan robbed them, the court turned a blind eye, and did not punish the crime, but you became more and more proud, and the soldiers pressed in, and here you want to divide the country by force, and after the wealth of the bowl, it is not possible to split the country?"
When the five princes heard this, they all thought that his mouth was the words of the saint, isn't this the emperor has already been condemned, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Most of the governors are aware of everything, but we have no two hearts, just to make a contribution to the excavation of mineral deposits here, and to seek a little wealth for the people of the fiefdom, and there is no desire to split the society of the country." I also hope that the Metropolitan Governor will speak up in front of the emperor for us and solve the misunderstanding of our king. ”
As he was talking, his son Yuwen Gonggong picked up a jar of aged wine and said with a smile: "Well, good wine." I didn't expect to be able to drink such a good wine in this wild desert place. In fact, presumably the five princes also shared the emperor's worries and relieved my father's sorrows, so they wasted financial resources and manpower in this barren land, competing to be the first to dig up treasures. After that, as soon as he drank it, the whole jar of wine was poured into his stomach in a flash, and not a single drop was missing, and the massive number of people was shocked.
"Haha, good wine! I don't know how many mineral deposits the five kings have harvested now, and when they are properly counted, my father and I will bring them back to face the saint in person, speak for the five kings, and unravel the angry dragon face. "Yuwencheng admires this son very much, not only courageous, but also witty, knows personnel, is good at observing words, and has a good look, so he has always been by his side, and everything must be discussed with him, and he will be reused in everything. With him, he is like a right-hand man, who can help deal with a lot of things, and his intelligence and wit are full of evil talents, which is quite domineering and amazing.
When the five of them heard this, they already knew what Yuwen City was thinking about this trip, and it turned out that this old rascal also wanted to step in and get a piece of the pie, so everyone greeted the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of Yuwen City in their hearts. But think about it, it's okay like this, as long as the old fox is also pulled in and on the boat together, everyone will sit in the same boat until dark, and there will be people on their backs when they die, so they all respond: "As long as the governor of the capital exonerates us, we will give all the treasures!"
"And it's discounted!" Yuwen Gonggong added with a wicked smile, and all the kings were shocked, and they all smiled in response: "Yes, it is converted into gold and silver, discounted, discounted!"
Yuwen Cheng laughed and secretly praised Yuwen Gonggong with his eyes. Then he said, "Well, since all the kings have this sincerity, I thank you in advance on behalf of the saints." In the future, the annual tribute of the fiefdom can also be exempted, and I hope that the monarchs will be more sympathetic to the people of the territory, reduce taxes, and return the wealth to the people. This place is rich in mineral deposits, everyone should work together, don't go behind the scenes like children making trouble, hurt the harmony. The demarcation of the five major mines and the definition of mineral resources, tomorrow I will work with the commander of the capital Wei Yuwen to personally delineate for the kings, and in the future, everyone will strictly follow the boundaries of mining, and make money in harmony!"
After that, Yuwen Cheng waved his sleeves and left the lookout under the escort of Yuwen Gonggong. The five kings sat in the middle of the table, speechless. (A good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you to take!Pay attention to ~ point / public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately pay attention to qdread WeChat public account!)