The messy rattan baskets in the military house, as well as some discarded iron drills, sledgehammers, and wheelbarrows, are scattered in most of the room, and at first glance it is a utility room that is not commonly used; However, the thick layer of stones on the ground in the house, although it was blocked by debris, still looked very abnormal.

Fortunately, Jinyiwei was so happy by the large amount of materials in the warehouse that they just took a look at this room and left, otherwise they would be blocked in the dark passage and couldn't run.

Xiao Ye, who walked into the house, moved his nose slightly, and smiled as soon as the corners of his mouth pulled.

It seems that there is no flaw in the disguise, but even if there are broken windows in the north and south of the room, you can smell a faint smell of tobacco.

Then by the light of the wind lamp, Wang Dali bypassed the debris, leaned over to the corner, leaned over a wooden board on the ground, knocked lightly a few times, waited for a while, and knocked a few more times.

Taking two steps back and letting go of the plank, Wang Dali just stood still, the plank was pushed open with a bang, and a hoarse voice came out from the ground, "Lao Wang, you are here, give me some food first, have you brought water?" ”

This voice, Xiao Ye knew as soon as he heard it, it was the old stonemason Cui Hongyuan, he was originally with Guo Erbao and Zhang Hao, and led people to follow Uncle Kun to take care of the grain depot and firearms storehouse.

Later, these disabled craftsmen followed them to the Shijia shop, but Cui Hongyuan stayed in Shiguantun, and everyone took care of the mixed wages in the mill, Wang Dali didn't care about it with his eyes closed, and Xiao Ye didn't go to the mill; When anyone is not old, take care of it, and someone has to do it to shout mules and horses.

Later, Wang Dali was ordered to secretly dig the secret tunnel, and found the stonemason who had been with him for more than ten years, Lao Cui was not ambiguous, I heard that it was to dig a secret passage for hundreds of households, and directly found five strong craftsmen, all of whom were first-hand stonemasons, and people grew up with them, and they couldn't make mistakes.

The air in the dark passage was turbid, and the crushed stone dug out could have been sent to the mill, but after Jinyiwei went up the mountain, these stones were not easy to handle, but fortunately, the secret passage had been opened up here, and the stones they cut down when they widened it were knocked into small pieces and transported out of the secret tunnel in baskets, and they were carefully laid on the ground, and there were still those sundries scattered on it.

The craftsmen and the military households had different visions, and despite Lao Cui's best efforts, Xiao Ye could still find obvious problems in the room, especially the faint smell of tobacco.

"Lao Cui, what to eat and drink, you can't do without you, look at it, who's coming?" Wang Dali smiled and moved the plank away, pointing at Xiao Ye behind him.

"Oh, which?" Lao Cui, who was a little unhappy, squinted at Xiao Ye, and suddenly his face was stunned, and he asked tremblingly, "Is it Lord Baihu?" ”

"Uncle Cui, I'm tired of you," Xiao Ye hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grab Lao Cui; Unexpectedly, Lao Cui retracted his hand and rubbed his body, and then he barely stretched out.

Holding this calloused big hand, Xiao Ye pulled Lao Cui out of the secret passage, followed by five craftsmen of different ages, who came out one after another; Sure enough, there were two people who still had a strong and rough smell of smoke.

There were suddenly more people in the room, Xiao Ye took them out, came out and stood in the courtyard, looking at these craftsmen who were breathing fresh air, he didn't feel good in his heart.

"Knife, take out your food and drink," with Xiao Ye's order, Knife and another personal guard took off the field backpack they were carrying, and took out a few boxes of canned meat, as well as water bags.

Ten pounds of canned food, pried open with a sharp knife, plus two full water bags, were soon surrounded by craftsmen, squatted on the ground, and dried up with food and drink; These craftsmen, who had not eaten or drunk for a day, would have almost run out to find food if it weren't for Wang Dali's strict orders.

Let the guards greet the craftsman, pick up the wind lantern, Xiao Ye entered the dark passage with a knife, Wang Dali guarded the entrance with a very eye, and he would not enter if he was not called.

Drill into the secret passage, this is almost a six-foot-high and six-foot-wide secret passage, which is a little wider than the standard that Xiao Ye commanded before, thinking that Lao Cui has worked hard; Walking west along the dark passage, the slowly rising ground made Xiao Ye very satisfied.

Touching the rough stone wall, I walked more than sixty steps, and at the end of this arc-shaped dark passage was the widened basement; Xiao Ye didn't feel how uncomfortable his breathing was, he just felt a little dull.

Lao Cui and these stonemasons, Xiao Ye can barely find the breathing holes in the dark passage, and they are even more hidden on the ground.

Before entering the basement, the wide platform, under Xiao Ye's silent thoughts, slowly sank into the ground; After a while, the platform rose silently, and a long iron box was placed on it. Within a hundred steps of the platform, he could also direct the operation of the machining center, and Xiao Ye had to be surprised again by this powerful stone mill.

Let the knife hold the wind lantern, Xiao Ye walked to the platform, squatted down and reached out to open the iron box, revealing a square-headed short-handled shovel inside; This is all made of metal, and the head looks like a bulky sapper shovel, Xiao Ye doesn't understand why it is still a one-time consumable.

The two-foot-long sapper shovel still has some weight when it is turned upside down, weighs more than ten pounds, and there is a button on the round handle.

took out the compass and roughly identified the direction, plus the abandoned stone steps, the location of the Madao Stone Fort, he could basically determine; The dark passage behind him, although Lao Cui and the others worked hard and spent a lot of geotechnical bombs, Xiao Ye felt that it had to be abandoned.

There was a place at the exit of the secret passage that was exposed in the warehouse compound, and he felt uncomfortable thinking about it, and the plan he had just told Wang Dali had to be changed.

Pressing the button on the round handle, he saw the square metal head, flashing a subtle purple light, and walked to the stone wall facing due north, Xiao Ye waved the sapper shovel and inserted it into the hard stone wall effortlessly.

The sapper shovel that shook slightly, the metal head and the rock it touched, all of a sudden, were like snow in the sun, and suddenly became fine powder, falling to the ground in a clump; In the blink of an eye, the hard rock, which was within a foot of the metal head, was wide and soft into powder.

Withdrawing the sapper's shovel, he patted the newly dug hole in the stone wall, on which seemed to have condensed a layer of something, as smooth as a plaster plastered on the ground; The knife standing behind Baihu, seeing this scene, his eyes almost popped out, and his mouth opened open.

"Hehe, amazing, this is the sharp weapon of the Persians, but unfortunately this is the only one, it took twelve hours, well, it was six hours later, and this shovel was scrapped," Xiao Ye handed the sapper shovel to the knife, "You come and try, just dig in the direction of due north,"

"Hey," nervously turned the sapper shovel, and the knife hung the wind lamp on the stone wall, and carefully stuck the metal head of the shovel into the rock like a hundred households.

Sure enough, under the command of the sapper's knife, an irregular round hole began to expand, and soon it took on an appearance, and a thick layer of ash foam on the ground was splashed by leather boots, and the two of them didn't care.

Under Xiao Ye's orders, he repaired the knife at the entrance of the cave, and began to dig the hole with great interest, yes, not to repair the dark road, but to dig the cave road.

This dark hole, which is more than one person high and five feet wide, where the sapper shovel goes, the rock is like tofu, it is crushed into fine foam, the edge of the shovel is crossed, and a layer of crystal is immediately melted on the stone wall.

Xiao Ye looked at the smooth stone walls on both sides, knocked it with his fist, and then pulled out the hunting knife, smashed the handle a few times, and the tip of the knife was cut a few times, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, this can compare to the stone wall plastered with plaster, and the solidity is very good.

After watching the knife dry for a while, Xiao Ye felt that it was almost over, and let the knife press the button, and the sapper shoveled out the circle of light on his head, and it became a bulky shovel; Putting the sapper shovel back in the box, the two of them followed the dark passage back to the utility room in the warehouse compound.

Out of the secret road, seeing Wang vigorously carrying a wind lantern and standing cautiously at the exit, Xiao Ye smiled, "Let's go, Uncle Wang, let's go out to talk," Although these craftsmen covered the blockage with gravel when it was convenient, he still smelled uncomfortable with the lingering urine/smell in the secret passage.

Outside, six craftsmen who were chatting with the guards, full of food and drink, were smoking tobacco, and sat sullenly on the steps to rest; They had already listened to the story of the guards, and knew that all the craftsmen in Shiguantun were going to Madao Stone Fort tonight.

However, their family members are all in Laoyangkou Tunbao, and if they don't take their family members away, they are very worried.

When he came to the courtyard, before Xiao Ye could speak, Cui Hongyuan stood up, "Lord Baihu, how do you look at the secret passage?" "Though there is something in his heart, he also knows what is important.

"Yes, very good," Xiao Ye nodded, turned his head to look at Wang Dali, "Uncle Wang, go back to Madao Stone Fort, you send someone to Eagle Claw Fort, find Mei'er to get one hundred and fifty taels of silver tickets, and they each have thirty taels,"

"Yes, Baihu, go to Madao Stone Fort, and do it under your post," Wang Dali bowed his waist skillfully, Xiao Ye's rewards and punishments were clear, but he remembered clearly, which was also where his confidence in shouting at those craftsmen lies.

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie," Xiao Ye's face-to-face promise made several craftsmen suddenly rejoice, and they waved at the hundred households again and again, they knew that there would be a reward, but they didn't expect there to be so much.

Xiao Ye smiled and waved his hand, and called a personal guard, "Xiao Ming, you take people, follow the Wang Minister, find someone to transport some yellow plaster, after we enter the dark passage, you wait for half an hour, you can completely seal the exit in that room, remember, it must be sealed, the Wang Priest has experience, you must listen to the old man's words,"

"The military house here, since it's useless, just push it to it,"

"Yes, Baihu," Sun Xiaoming naturally nodded in response to Xiao Ye's military order, but Wang Dali didn't understand; However, with Lao Cui following, there should be no problem.

What's more, Xiao Ye hasn't done anything stupid in the past two years, and it's better not to ask about some things in it.

With a knife, followed by Cui Hongyuan and other six people, carrying a backpack full of five water bags, Xiao Ye took the lead and went down the dark road again, this time, he didn't plan to return from the original way.

Sun Xiaoming led more than a dozen guards, followed Wang Dali, went to the Yizi Stone Fort, beckoned a nearby flag team, pushed a wheelbarrow, and carried the yellow plaster accumulated there to the warehouse compound one after another, transporting hundreds of bags and taking away more than a dozen shovels.

In the warehouse compound, a guard took out the water umbrella he was carrying, opened all three, and was already collecting clean water.

After the hand tools, yellow plaster, and water were prepared, the baskets and other things in the utility room were cleared, and the time was up; Wang Dali looked at Sun Xiaoming hesitantly, but this pro-guard flag officer was very sharp, and waved his big hand, "Go ahead,"

This kind of obedience to the military orders of the hundred households, although Wang Dali admired, but the worry became more and more intense, his thoughts at the moment were somewhat similar to Xin Weilin, for fear that Xiao Ye would suddenly have a hot brain at some point, and take the guards and sergeants to do something stupid.

Bags of yellow plaster were moved into the utility room, dumped on the gravel layer on the ground, and after the shovel was stirred, the clean water in the water bag was poured on it and stirred, and the guards began to shovel the mud into the dark tunnel.

"Lord Baihu is still down there, nothing will happen," although there were still ventilation holes in the secret passage, Wang Dali was still uneasy, and found Sun Xiaoming and asked in a low voice.

As he spoke, he heard a few muffled sounds faintly in the dark passage, and Xiao Ye, who was in the dark passage, first destroyed the dark passage.

"No, just now the Baihu confessed to the priest and heard it, after we seal this place, this house will be demolished," Sun Xiaoming raised his chin and nodded secretly, smiled silently, licked his lips and said, "When it's over, we're going to go to Ma Dao, and Baihu said that they would show up there,"

"Uncle Wang, do you have any other secret ways that you can't do?" Approaching Wang Dali, Sun Xiaoming asked curiously, in exchange for Wang Dali's eyes, you are a fairy as a craftsman, can you dig out so far in one breath, is it possible.

didn't hear Wang Dali's answer, Sun Xiaoming didn't care, and commanded the other guards to take out two boxes of earth-shaking thunder and two boxes of geo-bombs, and used iron drills to dig holes in the walls of the utility room, and mixed them with sky-shaking thunders and geotechnical bullets and stuffed them into the holes.

There were skillful guards, who pulled out the fire rope and tied it together, and attached it to a long hemp rope; Not only this utility room, but even the warehouse next to it was prepared to be blasted by the guards; Yes, before Xiao Ye left, the last order he gave Sun Xiaoming was to completely destroy this courtyard.

seems to be to vent anger, but in fact, it is to cover up this sealed secret exit.

Not to mention that Wang Dali blocked the exit, Xiao Ye and they destroyed the exit, came to the basement with the wind lantern, and took out the sapper shovel.

This shovel was demonstrated by a knife, which made Cui Hongyuan, who had lived for most of his life, stunned for a moment, and those craftsmen were also the bosses with their mouths open.

Xiao Ye laughed softly, he just saw this shovel in the picture, and it also made his eyes blink for a while, and now looking at the terrifying expressions of others, his heart is balanced.

The reason why he entered the secret path is to appease the hearts of these people, otherwise these craftsmen are afraid that they will not even be able to do their work, you know, when some families are building their own secret rooms and tombs, those craftsmen who know the details are going to be martyred.

Second, he wants to see this secret passage with his own eyes, leading to the stone fort of the horse road, and digging some side holes for storage in the dark passage, and the designated location is a must.

With the sharp digging ability of a sapper shovel, there is no need for Xiao Ye to say more, Cui Hongyuan vaguely knew the thoughts of the hundred households after he came back to his senses; After carefully watching the operation of the knife, Lao Cui decisively snatched the sapper shovel, "You hairy boy, stay around, good things let you spoil,"

As usual, it was a cave six feet high and six feet wide, and under Lao Cui's command, the craftsmen were too sophisticated, and the slope of the ground was sloping to the north, so that it was almost impossible to see it; The tunnel was pushed due north, and after a stick of incense, the craftsmen became familiar with the sapper shovel, and then accelerated the excavation progress.

Compared with the time they dug the tunnel, this kind of digging tunnel is fast and effortless, but the powder on the ground is more than half a foot thick, which is very choking.

When the tunnel was dug more than a hundred paces to the north, the air in it gradually became scarce, and the sapper shovel moved, and shoveled out a spark, but startled the craftsman; Cui Hongyuan hurriedly asked a craftsman to return to the basement and called Xiao Ye over.

In the basement, under the bright light of the wind lamp, Xiao Ye sat on the empty box, looking at the picture in front of him, thinking about the firearms and materials to be taken out, the boring knife, looking at the cave from time to time, and wanting to try the magic shovel.

However, Baihu sat still, and he didn't dare to move around at will, so he could only feel the revolver in his waist and slowly wipe it with a coarse cloth.

The craftsman carrying the wind lantern came to the basement out of breath, and saw that Baihu was still in a daze, and waved at the knife that looked at him, "Knife, come here,"

"What's the matter," the knife asked as he loaded the short/gun with a projectile, snapped the magazine shut, stuck it on his belt, and walked to the hole.

"Just now, Uncle Cui and they shoveled something, it looks like a pipe, it is very thick, as thick as a calf, I don't know if I should go out or not, let Baihu go over and take a look," the craftsman's low voice, Xiao Ye naturally heard it.

"No, well, the official should take a look," Xiao Ye thought about it, knowing that the pipe was the pipe leading to the B number, and the correct statement was the feeding trough, but he wouldn't say it so clearly; In that case, it's time for the tunnel to adjust its direction.

Stepping on the stone foam on the ground, he walked up to Cui Hongyuan and them, Xiao Ye frowned, "Old Cui, there is really less air,"

"Yes, Baihu, there should be a ventilation hole," Cui Hongyuan held the wind lamp, shone the pipe above Xiao Ye's head, and was about to speak, when he heard a loud sound above his head, and a stream of air poured down directly; He stood under the pipe, and the fresh air gushing down from the top of his head directly confused the old stonemason.

The obvious feeling of suffocation in the lungs gradually dissipated.

Xiao Ye didn't know what was going on, seeing that Lao Cui was stunned, he hurriedly took two steps forward, the voice became clearer, and the flow of air could be felt on the bun on the top of his head.

"Oh, that's it," Cui Hongyuan, who was stunned, took a few breaths vigorously, "Baihu, it seems that we don't need to dig any ventilation holes,"

"Yes, no need," Xiao Ye blinked his eyes a few times, as if he had an understanding, looked up at the shiny pipe, and grinned happily, "Okay, just widen it here, the direction of the tunnel, turn right, there is still a pipe there, if you find it, dig straight down the pipe, and you can dig to the side of the road,"

If there is no accident, the effect of the sapper shovel is good, and it will definitely be able to dig the Madao Stone Fort, Xiao Ye, who was overjoyed, told Lao Cui the excavation path, left two water bags, and left with a knife.

Although he didn't understand why Baihu understood the direction of this cave, Cui Hongyuan still looked at the compass and beckoned a few companions, and everyone took turns wielding the sapper shovel again, digging a square stone chamber in place, and digging due west.

At the same speed as a slow walk, the tunnel was rapidly extending westward.

Xiao Ye, who returned to the basement, after the picture in front of him appeared, he began to select materials, and asked for 10,000 rounds of fire/gun projectiles for rearloading, 1,000 rounds of thunder and grenades, and 30 shotguns for shotguns.

Fifty rifles and five hundred bullets were to be used to equip their own guards; As for the three hundred crossbows, six thousand short arrows, and the hunting knife, Xiao Ye took them out without blinking.

Next, there were not many bullets for the heavy machine gun, only 600 rounds, all of them were taken out, and 500 sets of field uniforms were asked for single clothes, leather boots and other bits and pieces, which made Xiao Ye very busy.

And those materials used to trade silver money, Xiao Ye only took out ten pocket watches, and did not look at the others, the threat he is facing now is not silver money and food, but the upcoming Tartars and the Ming army.

Xiao Ye sat there and seemed to be pensive, but after the wide platform fell, a bag of cigarettes was lifted with a few iron boxes in less time, but the knife was caught off guard.

The knife, who had experience in handling in the mill, knew that the hundred households took out the goods hidden by the Persians, and while sighing at the knives in the place where the Persians hid the goods, he rolled up his sleeves and began to work hard.

There was not a lot of space in the basement, and the knives dragged the iron boxes to the corners, and before they could catch their breath, the platform fell down again.

These iron boxes, after taking out the weapons and materials inside, were divided by the flag officers, which flag officers have iron boxes, they all want to put them in the flag team military house, and the things in them are not afraid of water and fire, so that they are very.

The only drawback is that the shiny outer layer of these iron boxes is easy to rust, and it is not easy to apply varnish.

In Xiao Ye's hundred households, there are also a few iron boxes, which are filled with some projectiles and earth-shaking thunder of the guards, I am afraid that those brocade guards will not be able to let go. Thinking about his loss in the two tunforts, Xiao Ye was on fire with a toothache.

When the sweaty knife dragged the last few large boxes off the platform, the sturdy body was so tired that he was about to lie down.

The busy knife didn't notice it at all, the stone wall under his feet and beside him trembled slightly, only Xiao Ye, who was staring, nodded secretly, it seems that Sun Xiaoming and they are already finishing.

In the basement, there are already piles of various materials and firearms, but fortunately, they are all in iron boxes, and they are not too messy to stack up.

"Knife, hard work," Xiao Ye closed the picture, got up and took out a towel and threw it to the knife, walked to a large iron box by himself, reached out and opened the lock, revealing several disassembled iron frames inside, and a small round pot placed vertically.

The small round pot covered with a thick layer of cloth Xiao Ye did not open it to check, and the sun cooker that was taken out for the first time still went to Madao Stone Fort to see the whole picture.

From the iron box next to him, he took out a few boxes of canned meat, put them in his backpack and filled them, Xiao Ye picked up the box and handed it to the knife, and he also took one and pried one open with a hunting knife, and ate it with a fork of meat.

The two of them ate the canned food, put the empty box aside, took the backpack with the knife, took the lead with the wind lantern, and walked to the depths of the cave.

Since the pipe could provide air, Xiao Yeke decided to dig north along the pipe, so that not only would he not have to risk a leak, but he would also have a clear and correct direction.