Chapter 105: Cui Daoshu is here

The guards began to clear the remnants of the enemy, and this time An Dalang led two squads, a total of twenty-four escorts out to carry out the mission. In addition, he also brought six crossbowmen from the Cui family, and they were the ones who were ambushed in the bamboo forest just now.

The guards at both ends of the convoy slowly converged, and those who dared to resist were mercilessly strangled by the mandarin duck array, and some people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and the guards tied them all up and gathered together.

Several women of the Cui family and their maids were also pulled out from under the carriage by the guards and tied together.

Ding Zhengping found An Dalang and asked: "Da Lang, a total of twenty-eight captives have been captured, including seven women, how to deal with it?" ”

An Dalang had a headache, although he said that he would kill them all, but the father and son of the Liu family had already been ambushed, and most of his anger had disappeared. If you kill more than 20 people, you really can't do it. But you can't put it on! will cause trouble for the Cui family.

He thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with anything. Ding Zhengping rolled his eyes and said, "Da Lang, I have an idea, if we take these captives to the sea, and then find a boat to go to the sea to Qushan Island, wouldn't that be fine?" ”

An Dalang asked, "What if the ship we hired reveals our whereabouts?" I don't think so. ”

"Da Lang, we can go to Wenzhou, I heard Cui Hong say a few days ago, he will take a sea boat to Wenzhou's shops to deliver goods and inspect, if we leave quickly, we will find him in Wenzhou, we can take the Cui family's boat to Qushan Island."

An Dalang slapped his thigh, "That's it, you immediately let the guards bury the corpses, stuff the prisoners into the carriage, we change into the clothes of the Liu family, disguise it as a convoy of big families to visit relatives, and immediately go back and turn to Wenzhou." ”

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February 14 of the first year of Qiande (963 AD)

In the morning, the wharf on Qishan Island was very lively, and Du Dalei was leading some craftsmen and displaced people to install a simple lifting equipment.

The main components of this equipment are all wooden, but some iron plates are nailed in the parts that need to be strengthened, and the long boom can be directly stretched above the deck of the sea vessel, and the cargo of about 500 catties can be lifted at a time by human operation.

Everyone was busy when a craftsman suddenly shouted: "Mr. Du, look, there are five sea boats!" ”

Du Dalei looked back into the sea and saw five ships heading in the direction of the pier, these ships were exactly the same style as the three warships on the island, and the sails were also new.

Now the dock is empty, and all three warships have gone to sea for training. Three of the five ships lowered their sails, slowly stopped, and dropped anchor.

The other two slowly approached the pier and landed on the trestle. After a while, both ships lowered their gangplanks, and some men dressed as servants disembarked.

Du Dalei walked over and asked, "Are you from the Cui family?" Who is responsible this time? ”

A servant saluted him and said respectfully: "Back to Mr. Du, the head of the family is here in person, and it is estimated that he will get off the boat in a while." If you have any questions, please ask the head of the house. ”

Du Dalei was surprised and hurriedly asked the servant: "Which boat is he on?" I'll go find him. ”

"On the boat in the back."

Du Dalei immediately ran to the second boat, and ran up to the deck along the gangplank in a few steps. He shouted loudly, "Xiao Qi, where are you?" Come out and greet my brother! ”

He shouted on the boat, and the sailors felt very strange, not knowing where he came from, and not behaving in the way.

At this time, Cui Daoshu walked out of the cabin and said helplessly: "Fourth brother, don't shout, can't I come out to greet you?" ”

Du Dalei was very happy, went up and hugged Cui Daoshu, and said happily: "Xiao Qi, I haven't seen you for a month, I really miss you." How many days can you stay this time? ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "Thanks to the fourth brother's concern, I will stay for a few more days this time, because I have moved all the Cui family's liquor workshops here, and I want to build a new workshop on the island, so I guess I will stay for a while." ”

Du Dalei pulled him and walked to the side of the boat, "Xiao Qi, look at the crane I made, how about it, give me an evaluation." ”

Cui Daoshu took a closer look at the crane that was installing the pulley block, shook his head and said: "It looks a little ugly, so I don't know if it's easy to use or not." ”

Du Dalei protested: "Do you understand? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, what's ugly about this crane? ”

"It looks stupid and coarse, isn't it ugly enough?"

"You don't understand at all, this is called industrial beauty, and it can't be explained clearly to you as a profiteer."

Cui Daoshu turned around and walked towards the gangplank, and said as he walked: "Don't tease you, let's get off the boat, there are still a lot of homeless people on the other boat, I will send someone to organize them down immediately." ”

The two got off the boat one after another, and Cui Daoshu ordered the servants and a few guards to organize the homeless people to get off the boat, and then walked towards the crane to take a closer look.

As he walked on the pier, he suddenly saw a lot of people building houses on a high ground a few hundred meters from the pier. A cylindrical building rises from the ground, about seven or eight meters high, and next to it are several ordinary houses under construction.

He turned around and asked, "Fourth brother, what is the purpose of the buildings there?" How did it get covered so quickly? ”

Du Da Lei was happy, "Xiao Qi, what do you think that round thing looks like?" ”

Cui Daoshu thought for a while and said: "It's a bit like a devil's turret, who is so bad and has such a bad taste, build a turret and come out?" ”

Du Dalei squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Who else, boss!" This one has just been repaired, and the entrance to the valley has already been built, and even the bed crossbow has been installed. The boss said that this thing was a bunker, and he didn't let me say that it was a turret. ”

Cui Daoshu also couldn't stop laughing, and after a while, he calmed down and said: "Maybe the boss thinks that the shape of the turret is very conducive to defense, but if you repair two of them so quickly, can it be strong?" ”

"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine. They are all built with hard stones mixed with cement mortar, so you don't have to worry about the lack of strength at all. ”

Cui Daoshu was very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Cement has been mass-produced?" When was it? ”

"There's not much production, it's not pouring concrete, it takes a lot of it, and it doesn't take too much cement to make a binder between the stones."

"That's quite an achievement! Lao Wei is really powerful, and it is completely correct to let him engage in industry. ”

Du Dalei sighed, "Xiao Qi, you don't know, Lao Wei is tired during this time!" He wrenched his fingers and said, "He's going to build a kiln to burn cement and coke." I also have to burn red bricks, and hit the back of my head with my busy feet all day. In the past few days, I have started to try to build a small iron-making furnace again, and I want to experiment with iron-making. He also managed the blacksmith workshop and supervised the blacksmiths to make all kinds of tools and agricultural tools. He has also experimented with making some cold weapons, and has now successfully made the head of a spear, and the wooden stick is a sharp spear, and hundreds of them have been made. ”

Cui Daoshu nodded and said, "The second brother is hard enough, how about it, is he satisfied with the maid I found for him?" Did the woman take good care of him? ”

Du Dalei said with a depressed face: "Don't mention it, the boss and Wei don't pay attention to those girls at all." Boris is a piece of wood and is busy drying salt every day. I fell in love with a beautiful woman, but she is an iceberg beauty, no matter how attentive I am, just ignore me, I am almost depressed to death! ”

Cui Daoshu laughed, "Fourth brother, is it Fu Hongyu that you like?" It must be her, among these women, she always doesn't like to talk coldly, but I think you have been in contact with her for a short time, you have to persevere, continue to stalk, you will definitely be able to chase her, I am optimistic about you! ”

Du Dalei shook his head, "Don't talk about her, by the way, why didn't An Dalang come?" ”

Cui Daoshu pulled him to a place where no one was, and whispered: "I sent him to intercept and kill Liu Yan and his son, and the day before yesterday he sent someone back to deliver a letter, saying that he had successfully killed Liu Yan and his son." Now they are heading to Wenzhou with their captives, where they are expected to board the Cui family's sea boat, and it is estimated that they will return in a few days. ”

Du Dalei was very excited, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Qi, tell me how to kill Liu Yan's father and son, such a lively thing, why didn't I go?" ”

Cui Daoshu briefly explained what happened, and then said: "Fourth brother, I don't know much detail, when Da Lang comes back, you can ask him again." ”

Du Dalei said hatefully: "These two beasts with human faces and beast hearts! It's a little too cheap to die! I think I should get them back, a thousand cuts! ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head and said: "It's too risky to catch it back, in case someone finds out, we will be passive." This operation took place in Xianxialing in the south, and our people were all masked, leaving no clues at all, so they could be pushed to the bandits. ”

Du Dalei thought about it, "Xiao Qi, you are still very reliable in doing things, if I deal with this matter, I will kill it directly, without your means." It's happy, but it will definitely leave hidden dangers, or you think about it thoughtfully! ”

Cui Daoshu asked again: "What does the building next to the turret do?" ”

"It was a newly renovated warehouse, mainly for sea salt. Now that the production of sea salt is gradually increasing, it is necessary to have a special warehouse. ”

Cui Daoshu was very interested, "Let's go and visit and see how the warehouse is repaired." ”

The two walked towards the warehouse, and when they got closer, Hu Shuiyang greeted him and greeted Cui Daoshu with a smile, "Master, why are you here?"

"I have some things to deal with, and I have moved the brewery here, so I guess I will have to live on the island for a while."

Hu Shuiyang was very happy and took the two of them in to visit the warehouse under construction. Cui Daoshu saw three houses side by side, the width of the front was about ten meters, and the height of the houses was about four meters. The door is large, more than four meters wide, and the craftsmen are laying tiles on the roof.

When he entered the gate, he saw that the ground was covered with stones, and some people had plastered the stones with living cement mortar, which had already wiped more than half of the house.