Chapter 5: The Pagoda of Merit
"Old man, did you salvage the bodies of some victims yesterday?"
Although Yue Weihua didn't know how many Chinese people died in the Heishui River on the first day of the Hailan Pao tragedy, it must be far more than the number of hundreds of corpses at the moment, and even Yue Weiyun and others could be rescued, so these fishermen should also salvage the bodies and bury them.
"Young Master Yue, before dark yesterday, the villagers did salvage a lot of remains, but because of the hot weather, they were afraid of the plague, so they all buried them on a hill over there at night." The old man pointed to a hill about 100 meters away.
"Young patriarch, I think the remains of the patriarch should not be buried by the villagers, because several of us drifted here late last night, and the villagers, after dark, have not salvaged the bodies." Yue Weiyun hurriedly explained.
"Well, that's what I said, Uncle Xiang, I think so, while the sky is not yet bright, and the Tsarist and Russian warships have not yet appeared on the river, let's divide the manpower, while sending people to row along the river bank to search, while sending people to look for it downstream on the shore, and leave some more manpower, ask the villagers to help, and bury the remains of others as soon as possible, as for the remains of our Yue family, for the time being, let's send someone to watch it, and wait until the search is over." Yue Weihua immediately suggested.
"Okay, that's it."
Soon, everyone acted according to Yue Weihua's plan, Yue Weihua rented some fishing boats from the fishermen, a total of more than ten fishing boats, and quickly set out to go downstream, while Yue Xiang personally led the team to search along the riverbank.
With the dispatch of the fleet, these more than ten small boats soon turned into a body salvage team, with the current, all the way down the shore, the remains of the victims were constantly found, including the remains of many members of the Yue family, and the remains of Yue Weihua's wife Xie Min were also found.
When he saw Xie Min's body for the first time, Yue Weihua suddenly felt a pain at the tip of his heart like a needle prick, a strange feeling, and a different kind of emotion instantly surged into his heart, Yue Weihua knew that this was the mark of Grandpa Tai's remnants on his body, which also made Yue Weihua understand how infatuated Grandpa was.
"Brother Hai, the eldest brother has been holding his sister-in-law's body for half an hour, or you can persuade him, don't let the eldest brother look for death and life again." Yue Hu reminded worriedly.
"Hey." Yue Hai shook his head helplessly, then walked to Yue Weihua's side and reminded: "Big brother, people can't be resurrected after death, I hope that big brother can mourn and change, so that my sister-in-law's spirit in the sky can also be comforted." ”
Yue Weihua was pushed by Yue Hai like this, and as soon as he said it, he was relieved from his deep pain, and then let go of Xie Min's body, stood up, and said with a wry smile: "Xiaohai, Xiaohu, I have worried you again, don't worry, I'm fine, I know how to measure." ”
"That's good." Yue Hai nodded, and then continued: "Big brother, we have been searching downstream for more than ten miles, and we have also passed through several shoals along the way, and now we have encountered fewer and fewer remains, and the sun has risen, what do those ship bosses mean, is it time for our search mission to end." ”
"Brother Hai, but my father's body hasn't been found yet." Yuehu was a little unwilling.
"Xiaohu, Brother Hai is right, it's not too early, I'm afraid that the Russian ships are about to come out to cruise, and it is estimated that there will be no more, besides, we haven't found it here, but maybe Uncle Xiang has found it." Yue Weihua said softly.
"Then I'll let the boat bosses find the next village and dock." Yue Hai responded.
"Okay."
All the way down, at least hundreds of bodies were salvaged, these small fishing boats, it is impossible to carry all the way, but along the way to meet the village, they spend money to ask the local people to bury on the spot, of course, the remains of the Yue family are to spend a lot of money to invite the villagers, or to the shore to search for Yue Xiang and others, let them send to the location of the first fishing village, how to bury at that time, I am afraid it will have to be discussed.
"Knock knock!"
At the moment when the fleet docked, a knocking sound continued to sound in Yue Weihua's mind, followed by a convulsion of muscles throughout his body, and then he collapsed on the boat and passed out.
"Big brother."
"Brother Hua."
Yue Weihua's coma fell to the ground, making Yue Hai and Yue Hu scream nervously, and even shouting hysterically, of course, these Yue Weihua didn't know, at this moment, Yue Weihua's consciousness came to that void again, in front of the broken temple, oh, no, it was in front of the Nine Heavens Merit Tower.
"Hey, this ruined temple seems to have changed a little."
The appearance and shape of the merit pagoda have not changed much, it is still a one-story leaning tower, boxy, angular, but the original dilapidated windows and doors, as well as those glazed tiles, wind chimes and other embellished things, seem to have been restored to a certain extent, and it looks more solemn.
"Forget it, let's go in and have a look."
Yue Weihua's mind moved, and the virtual body appeared directly in the tower, the space in the tower did not change much, but it seemed that the light had become better and brighter, and when he looked around, he actually found that there was one more Buddha statue that he didn't know which Bodhisattva it was, and the Buddha statue was surrounded by invisible clouds, which seemed to be in the clouds and foggy, and it was unpredictable.
"What's going on?" Yue Weihua walked quickly to the light curtain and asked.
"The Meritorious Pagoda was activated, and he was successfully promoted to the First Heaven."
The very simple answer was to make Yue Weihua ecstatic, and the Merit Pagoda successfully advanced to a heavy heaven, which meant that Yue Weihua could exchange things, and this three-zhang space would become his own mobile storage space.
Yue Weihua held back a burst of ecstasy and asked cautiously, "That, how many merit points will you reward me?" ”
“102。”
"Only 102?"
“?”
"Well, are there any specific assessment rules?"
"Nope."
"Damn, that's not as much as you want?" Yue Weihua said a little frantically.
"No, the merit tower is based on the amount of merit and luck gathered, so as to reward you with how many merit points you have, and the merit tower will definitely not have the slightest act of embezzlement."
Seeing this answer, Yue Weihua was a little relieved, but he was still a little unwilling, because this might affect his future choice, so he patiently asked again: "This, Brother Tower, like this time, can you give a little hint, so that I can understand something in my heart." ”
Perhaps, because he saw Yue Weihua's attitude was more sincere, this time the light curtain did not quickly refuse, but paused for a while before showing the answer: "According to the situation this time, the following can be hinted: First, although this good action is proposed by you, it is not the highest and only leader and decision-maker, and the person who leads it is not your own subordinate, so the merit and luck are small, and you can only give you a reward of 100 points; The second is to save two people and give 2 rewards. ”
With this explanation, Yue Weihua understood a lot, first of all, actions must be led and decided by themselves, if the people who lead are their own subordinates, then they can have more merit and luck, and they will get more rewards; Secondly, to save a life, the merit point is relatively fixed, that is, 1 merit point.
"Brother Tower, then if you advance to the Second Heaven, how many merit points will you have to wait for me to accumulate?"
"10,000 merit points."
"Okay."
Although it is a bit much, Yue Weihua also understands that he has no room for bargaining, but since he has merit points, then the next step is naturally to exchange some weapons for self-defense.
The merit tower successfully advanced to the first heaven, so if it was to exchange for the weapons used by Yue Weihua himself, then even if he picked a good one, he could pick one that he was familiar with, of course, the premise was that the merit points were enough; However, it is obvious that Yue Weihua wants to form his own forces, so he must still mainly exchange for mass products, so he can only exchange weapons that have already appeared, or will appear in the next ten years in history.
However, after consulting for a long time, Yue Weiyun was still a little embarrassed about what rifles to exchange, and finally ruled them out one by one, and finally stopped at the two rifles and hesitated.
One is the Mosinagan rifle of Tsarist Russia, this gun was around 1890, began to be installed in the Russian army, Mosinagan rifle is one of the earliest smokeless military rifles, because of the crisp sound of gunshots, such as water droplets splashing, so it was named "Shui Lianzhu", in 1900, Shui Lianzhu is definitely a high-quality rifle, and only the elite of the Qing Dynasty can be equipped with some of the elites of the lineage, and there are fewer people who are homeless, but there are a few shots in the Yuejia Dart Bureau.
The Mosinagan rifle is a kind of manual rifle with a rotary rear pull bolt and pop-up window feed, the disadvantage is that the design is more complex, and it is rough and outdated, and the overall operation feeling is also relatively clumsy, of course, this is evaluated from the perspective of later generations.
However, if you choose a Mosinagan rifle, you must choose an improved version, such as the M1907 carbine, because it was finalized in 1910, which is exactly within the range of choices, the M1907 is 1015 mm long and weighs 3 empty. 3 kg, barrel length 508 mm, muzzle velocity 560 meters per second, magazine capacity 5 rounds.
The other is something we are all familiar with, that is, the little devil's 38 big cover, which was successfully developed in 1905 and was the main rifle in World War II, and was even used by our militia until 1970.
The structure of the Type 38 rifle is simple and reliable, and the bolt structure refers to the front section of the Mauser rifle, but the locking compressor needle is further improved, which overcomes the shortcomings of the Mauser rifle, and retains its advantages, especially its bolt is extremely strong, and the barrel is almost burst when the chamber is exploded, and the bolt lug is rarely broken.
The basic information of the 38 big cover: caliber 6. 5 mm, ammunition 6. 5x50mm SR rifle cartridge with magazine capacity of 5 rounds, 1280 mm in the whole distance, barrel length 797 mm, weight 3. 95 kg, muzzle velocity 765 meters per second, effective range 460 meters.
Comparing the information of the two, it is obvious that the 38 cover is more superior, but the 38 cover has a hard flaw, that is, his caliber is 6. 5 mm, which is the same as the international 7. 92 mm is different, resulting in bullets that can only be exchanged by Yue Weihua, after all, it is impossible for Yue Weihua to establish an advanced arsenal in a short period of time.
On the contrary, if you choose the M1907 carbine, the bullet can be used in common with Tsarist Russia, and it is no exaggeration to say that there will definitely be a large number of captured Tsarist weapons and ammunition in the future, if it cannot be used, it will be a waste.
"It's really hard to choose, forget it, think about it again, anyway, it's not in a hurry for the time being, it's better to earn more merit points now, you know, a handful of water beads needs 5 merit points, and I really can't arm a few people with such merit points now, it's too bad, it's estimated that Yuehai and Yuehu outside are going to be in a hurry again, so let's return to the body first,......。"