Although he has a high salary, after half a day, he did not express his participation in the withering meeting and joined Zhong Erzhu's command. Obviously, the treatment of four taels of silver per month cannot make the citizens whose economic conditions are better than those in the countryside risk their heads.

A look of dissatisfaction flashed in Zhong Erzhu's eyes, but he continued: "The second thing, I recruit lumberjacks, and I will give a penny of silver for every big tree that is more than the thickness of a calf!" ”

This time, the onlookers were boiling, unlike when they joined the army before, they were indifferent and participated in the registration. Even if cutting down trees is hard work, you should be able to cut down ten trees in one day, and you can get one or two pieces of silver, which is a month's salary for ordinary people, and you are naturally very excited.

Zhong Erzhu made such a big noise, He Yuanlong and Jaime naturally didn't miss it, and blended into the crowd to watch him recruit troops and hire lumberjacks.

With Jaime's white Western face, the crowd spontaneously vacated a small space for them, so that they didn't have to stick to the back of the big man covered in stinky sweat, which made He Yuanlong breathe a sigh of relief.

"My lord, what are they talking about? I look excited. Jaime couldn't understand Chinese, and looked at the excited faces around him with a puzzled expression.

From the discussion of the people nearby, He Yuanlong understood that the group of people who were now controlling the county were anti-thieves, and he immediately had the intention of making friends.

"They got a good job, and we signed up to go logging."

It just made him a little strange that the action of this indigenous logging was the same as the way to obtain mana given by the king of the forest. At this time, he didn't think too much, only thinking about how to blend in with this rebellious team and get close to Zhong Erzhu.

He Yuanlong actually thought a little too much, and Zhong Erzhu did not refuse the lumberjacks. As long as it is a healthy adult man, it will be accepted. You don't have to bother getting involved.

The mighty flow of people departed from the county seat. It took miles of trekking to reach the tree-covered peaks. Each person has an axe and a saw, ready to be used against the trees that have been growing for more than ten years.

"Why do you think the rebels are cutting down trees?" Not far from He Yuanlong's side, someone asked.

"Who knows, maybe it's because the rebels are short of wood?"

He Yuanlong was also speechless after hearing this, you are a good anti-thief who is not good at expanding the army, but what are you doing to cut down trees, you are really not doing your job.

At the foot of the peak, he and Jaime had more than twenty others. He was assigned to be led by a rebel soldier who was to cut down trees under his supervision.

"You've all heard what our President Zhong said, a tree should be at least as thick as a calf, and don't try to get money by cutting down those egg-thick saplings. Let's start, whoever cuts down a qualified tree will take a stick from me. ”

The rebel soldier had already stripped off his tattered clothes and put on comfortable cotton clothes that had been copied from the prefectural commander's house. If it weren't for the fact that he was still carrying a spear, the county servant who was alive and well would not have looked like a soldier at all.

He Yuanlong did not plan to approach Zhong Erzhu, the bandit leader, at the first time, but honestly cut down the tree. He couldn't cast a spell now, and he didn't feel safe in his heart.

"Wait. Look at my brain, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you. When cutting down trees. This small wooden sign must be brought with you, otherwise there will be no silver to take. ”

The rebel soldier patted his head and said.

After He Yuanlong took the wooden plaque the size of a matchbox, he saw the mysterious symbol on it, and his eyes were about to pop out, which was obviously the same as the secret method that the king of the forest passed to his brain to obtain mana!

Instead of rushing to the tree and cutting it down like the natives, he approached the rebel soldiers and asked, "Why do you have this wooden sign with you, and what's the use?" ”

"Why are you asking this, are you a secret agent of the Qing court?" The rebel soldier raised his gun and aimed it at He Yuanlong.

Facing the muzzle of the black hole, He Yuanlong quickly shook his head and said, "It's just curious, I'll go cut down the tree right away." Jaime, don't be impulsive. ”

He pulled Jaime, who was preparing for battle, away and came to the big tree seven or eight meters away, worried that he would be shot if he raised his big sword: "You have to be careful of that kind of pipe in the future, you know?" It can fire a metal bullet that can kill a person in a single shot. ”

"Is there such a weapon in the world?" Jaime was confused, not convinced of the power of firearms.

He Yuanlong didn't have the time to explain, so he put all his thoughts on the small wooden card in his hand, and guessed: Could it be that the rebel leader Zhong Erzhu is also a traverser controlled by the king of the forest?

Thinking of this, his thoughts about mixing up with Zhong Erzhu faded, his peers were competitive, and no one dared to guarantee what others thought. In case someone else plans to merge and eliminate competitors, then wouldn't he come over and deliver food to the door?

He Yuanlong secretly drew many mysterious symbols on the palm of his left hand, and drew the same thing on Jaime's left hand, and then cut down the tree, cutting the tree hard.

After cutting down the first tree, He Yuanlong felt a cool air in his left palm drilling inside, turning around his arm to his torso, and finally returning to his palm. Being swept by that cool air, he was all cold, and he was still feeling hot and sweating just now, but then there was no heat at all.

This is mana, which can be cast once? He Yuanlong felt that this power was cold and gloomy, and it was very different from the vitality in the Storm Bear Carving in the Misty World.

At the same time, a disgusting image appeared in his mind, a large black wound with pus on his normal skin, which was the scene of the person who had been hit by this rot after surgery.

Thinking of this, He Yuanlong suddenly found that there were thousands of people cutting down trees for Zhong Erzhu, so he could cast a thousand decay techniques at the same time. There are only two of them plus Jaime, one in the sky and the other in the ground, which can't be compared at all.

So he didn't want to be discovered by Zhong Erzhu even more, and completely dispelled his intention to rely on Zhong Erzhu's strength to kill important historical figures.

After cutting down five or six trees, He Yuanlong was tired and stopped to rest. He felt that there were fourteen or fifteen mana in the palm of his hand, and the bulk of it was obtained by Jaime from logging, and he himself only accounted for one-third. With these mana, he could barely protect himself through the Rotten Technique and the Poison Gas Technique, so his work momentum also relaxed.

At this time, the silver ring on his middle finger vibrate, and Jiang Yiming's voice sounded in his head: Prepare, your companions are coming, it is best to find an open space for the five people around.

"King of the Forest, is that Zhong Erzhu also the traverser you sent before?" He Yuanlong seized the opportunity to ask.

Jiang Yiming replied: He is an indigenous, but I gave him strength. Okay, there's no dominance between you, whatever you choose. The number one important target is Cixi and Guangxu, I wish you to kill them as soon as possible.

"Ah, just rely on a few of us traversers to kill Cixi and Guangxu, are you kidding?" He Yuanlong shouted in disbelief, but did not get a response from Jiang Yiming. (To be continued.) )