In an instant, these dozens of mountain people, armed with shovels and sticks, surrounded Liu Ming and the others in a menacing manner.

One of them, a burly man with a dark face, raised his eyebrows and asked coldly, "Officials, what is this going to do?" ”

On Liu Ming's side, an official replied angrily: "Open the mountain and build the road!" When you dodge, don't get in the way of official business. ”

"Build roads?" The big man glanced at each other left and right, shook the tendons and flesh on his body, and said, "Official, this road can't be repaired!" ”

"If you can't fix it, you have the final say?" The official frowned.

The big man was not afraid at all, and sneered: "Official, we are all cheap, and now we have suffered another disaster, and the government will not give food relief." We people in the mountains rely on the livelihood of this road. If you build the road, we will have no food to eat, and we will still starve to death. I hope you will give everyone a way to live......"

At this time, all the mountain people behind him raised their sticks in their hands.

The official didn't expect the mountain people to be so tough, and he was scared.

"Iron Bull...... Iron Bull, why bother? Wang Yicheng stepped forward and said with a smile, "This is the Iron Bull, the leader of the mountain people, and he has some prestige. Tractor...... We build roads for the sake of the residents of Wu County. For so many years, the roads have been impassable, and it has been inconvenient for ordinary people to come and go. This road has been repaired and benefited the people, as for the disaster relief food on your mountain, I will tell the magistrate about it. ”

"Lord Yicheng......" Tie Niu sneered, "It's not been a year or two for us to deal with each other. What kind of urine sex is in this Qingzhou government, I Tie Niu already knows. We mountain people are inferior pariahs, and we have no benefit, and the levy tax is added to the first class. This road is the last livelihood of our mountain people, pushing the handle for the passing convoy, leading the way, and trying to have food and clothing. If you don't even let us go...... We can only fight! ”

Seeing that these mountain people were not allowed to continue surveying and building roads, Liu Ming was also a little worried. He had heard that the mountain people around Wu County were fierce and barbaric, and they had become a small society by themselves, but he didn't take the government too seriously.

Wang Yicheng turned his head and shrugged his shoulders to look at Liu Ming: "I said, virtuous nephew, what is your magic method?" ”

Liu Ming swallowed his saliva and felt a little dry in his throat. As a person in the government, this Wang Yicheng is not easy to speak, and he is a common person, what power does he have to say?

Having said that, he still consciously stood a few steps forward, and was still thinking about countermeasures in his heart, when he heard the iron bull on the opposite side sweeping him with a strange gaze.

Not only Tie Niu was like this, but several other mountain people also exchanged their heads and ears to each other, as if they were very familiar with Liu Ming.

"Are you ......" Tie Niu scratched his scalp, as if he was recalling carefully, and suddenly realized, and said to Liu Ming: "You are the filial son who protects Daddy's coffin, right?" You forgot? We met on that official road......"

"Yes, yes, yes." Another mountain man also remembered, "Just a few days ago, he was a dutiful son who cried to protect his father's coffin, and we were all deeply impressed." At that time, so many people surrounded your car, and you were not afraid at all, which touched us......"

Liu Ming couldn't cry or laugh, these mountain people were the hungry people he met on the official road a few days ago. On that day, he had to come up with a way to cry for his dead father and save the medicinal materials. Unexpectedly, these mountain people really believed it.

Seeing that Liu Ming was faceless, Tie Niu walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said with concern: "Brother...... Your father, who has willow disease, is all buried. ”

Liu Ming said with a sincere face: "Brother Tieniu, how troubled and worried, my father was buried, and my uncle dug the soil with his own hands." He turned his head, looked at his father, squeezed his eyes at him, and said, "You say, right, uncle?" ”

Liu Yuanzhi sniffed and reluctantly said, "Brother, don't worry." That Yuanzhi has been buried. I'm going to give him the first seven in a few days. ”

Tie Niu sighed: "What a filial son." I said, Brother Liu Ming, are you also involved in this road construction? ”

Wang Yicheng looked at Liu Ming like a flying immortal outside the sky, it was the first time in so many years that he had seen this group of rude mountain people treat a foreigner so politely. He has gone through ups and downs, and knows that Liu Ming's father and son's conversation between the donkey and the horse's mouth must be wrong, there must be some reasons, and naturally he will not wear it, just wait and see.

Seeing that Tie Niu's tone had become a lot more relaxed, Liu Ming thought to himself, he still had to seize the opportunity to reconcile this contradiction.

He sighed, returned to the actor mode, and said with a sad face: "Brother Tieniu, I won't tell you, my father fell in the dark because of this poor mountain road, and went home to lie down for more than half a month. ”

Liu Ming clenched his fists, his eyes were full of tears: "My father held my hands before he died, and at that time, I swore that this road must be repaired, so that my father will not be at peace in the spirit of the sky." ”

Since it's a plot designed by himself, he has to finish it with tears in his eyes.

After saying this, many people in the mountain people were quite moved, thinking that this Liu Ming was really a filial son.

Tie Niu was even more moved, patted his chest and said: "Brother, I haven't read a book, but I also know that filial piety comes first." All of our people in the mountains are filial sons. Now, the world is declining, and it is rare to see a filial son like you, not much else, come to our mountain to have a cup of rice bar. ”

Seeing that the situation had eased somewhat, Wang Yicheng immediately said, "Brother Tieniu, this relationship is good. I'm a king, but I've long wanted to taste the rice wine brewed in your village on the mountain. But you always don't invite me......"

As it gets late, the mountaineers light torches and form a column, winding up the mountain like a dragon to lead the road.

The village households on the mountain, the blue brick cloth shed, and the houses are also very simple.

Everyone sat down in the courtyard of Tie Niu's house, set up more than a dozen square stools and a few round tables, and brought pheasants and wild vegetables and other wild game in the mountains.

The fire in the courtyard was blazing, and the light of the fire reflected the face of Tie Niu Rough Mine, and after a few bowls of wine, he put his arm on Liu Ming's shoulder: "Brother...... You are filial piety, Tie Niu admires it very much. But Tie Niu still advises you to mistakenly participate in this road construction. Tractor...... I don't want to lose such a friend......"

"Drink, drink." Wang Yicheng is still playing a round.

"No, Uncle Wang, this problem of road construction is unavoidable." Liu Ming put down the rice wine in the bowl, stood up, and said with sincerity: "Folks, I, Liu Ming, was invited by everyone to go up the mountain as a guest, and I was so moved. ”

"Folks......" Liu Ming arched his hand, "Since I went up the mountain, I have seen that the house where you live is a little simple, and the clothes you wear are mainly coarse cloth. Do you want to do this for the rest of your life? ”

At this time, the sound of fist-drawing and drinking orders in the courtyard stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at the young man. The question raised by Liu Ming is the knot in the hearts of these mountain people.

Seeing that it attracted everyone's attention, Liu Ming continued: "If the mountain road is really opened, it will not only benefit the people of Wu County, but also benefit you." There are patches of walnuts and all kinds of fruit trees on this mountain, and you can only carry them down the mountain with bamboo baskets on weekdays, even if it is a day, you can't make a few round-trips. If you can rely on the newly built road and transport it down the mountain by cart and horse, the profit will be completely different. At that time, every family will be able to make a fortune from the mountains, and even move down the mountain to live. ”

At this time, some mountain people were listening carefully to Liu Ming's words on their faces.

A little girl of seven or eight years old, tugging on Tie Niu's arm, said in a childish voice: "Uncle Tie Niu...... I've wanted to go down the mountain for a long time. If we make a fortune, can we move down the mountain? ”

Tie Niu had a complicated expression on his face, he stood up and said loudly, "Brother Liu Ming, what you said is right. However, there is a problem at the moment. This livelihood is the means by which we are satisfied. Every household has a few days of surplus food in the tank, and every day they count on the money they get from the road to buy rice and noodles. You said that if we waited until the road was repaired, we would all starve to death. ”

Iron Bull's words caused another wave of echo.

"Yes, we mountain people have little knowledge, and the most important thing is to fill the rice jar every day. Liu Gongzi, we can't see or think of the road to wealth in the future you said. ”

Several officials next to him, seeing that Liu Ming was about to persuade the mountain people, saw that the wind direction had changed back, and they all looked at Liu Ming with anxious eyes, hoping that he could suppress the mountain people.

Liu Ming was angry and funny in his heart, shouldn't this work of persuading the mountain people be done by the government? Now it's itself as the vanguard.

The bonfire in the courtyard crackled, and the molten fire reflected Yoo Myung Jun-hee's side face. He bowed his head slightly and said, "Brother Tie Niu, you are right. It is difficult for a hero to bend his waist for five buckets of rice. Since the road is built for the benefit of everyone's livelihood in the future, the road has not been repaired, so naturally everyone cannot starve to death. How's that going, you see? ”

He looked at Wang Yicheng and said, "Uncle Wang, didn't you say that the hundreds of people who built the road have not yet landed?" ”

"yes. Could it be ......" Wang Yicheng raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what Liu Ming meant, thinking that this descendant was really too smart, and he was able to adapt measures to local conditions and solve all the difficulties.

"That's right!" Liu Ming raised his head and looked at Tie Niu sincerely: "Brother Tie Niu, we still lack some people's strength in this expansion and repair of the road. Originally, it was necessary to go to various townships and counties to recruit and mobilize people's strength. Now that I think about it, there is no better place to open up mountains and build roads than you. You are already familiar with this mountain, and if you build a road, you will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. Of course...... The subsidy for daily road repair will not be less. ”

Wang Yicheng coughed and stood up: "Liu Gongzi is right. Each person who repairs the road can receive 30 yuan per day per day, plus a small bag of chestnut rice. Although it is less than the money you led the way, this money is secure. There are ...... every day I can't hide it, everyone, this time the road was built, but this Liu Gongzi contributed money and efforts, and our government also made wedding clothes for others. ”

Liu Ming immediately put the icing on the cake and said: "Everyone, this road, it is estimated that it will take a month to repair it." During this period, everyone reliably earned money for road repairs every day. When the road is repaired, our Liu family also needs to transport medicinal materials into Wu County by hand, if you are willing, you can also help, and the money will not be disadvantaged to everyone. At the same time, wouldn't it be nice for you to keep this way, make some walnut fruits on the mountain to make a living, and bloom more? ”

Liu Ming's words were concise and transparent, and pointed out the future livelihood of the mountain people.

Tie Niu beat his chest and sighed: "Young Master Liu, he is really knowledgeable, people from big families are different from us mountain people. Your word is right! Brother, I listened! Let's support road construction! ”