Chapter Ninety-Eight: Building the City
It was late at night, and Mo Heng and Mo Di came together to find Mo Da and Mo Han. The two children were covered in sweat, and the sound of the ink flute arrived before they arrived
"You're too sticky, aren't you? It's going to be the middle of the night, and I haven't gone back to rest, but everyone is tired for a day. Tomorrow we will go to Helan Mountain, and after Helan Mountain, we will reach the border of Loufu Country, and we are busy. Why don't you two go to bed soon? ”
Mo Dazhi said that Mo Heng's mouth was dark, for fear that he would say something indifferent to Mo Han, so he pulled Mo Han up and followed the two children back to the camp.
After a night of silence, the next day after breakfast, seven people set off to the foot of Helan Mountain. This Helan Mountain looks like thousands of galloping horses from afar, the morning sun shines through the gaps in the distant mountains, and the glow spreads all over the grassland in front of the mountain. A large river meanders from the mountains to the feet of the seven people, which makes people feel majestic and magnificent!
If there are still important things to do, everyone really wants to carefully appreciate the magnificence of Helan Mountain. It's a pity that with the mission of Da Danyu, Mo Da and the others urged the horse to step into the Helan Mountain.
The group walked along the river bank until they reached the mountain pass. There is a camp on each side of the pass, which seems to be a border checkpoint. If you want to reach Loufu through Helan Mountain, you must cross this mountain pass. Moda reminded everyone not to reveal their identities and pretend to be merchants from the Huns. They plan to pass the level according to the identity of the prepared Lu in advance.
Although there were battles on the grassland, there was constant trade and travel between the countries, so it did not arouse much suspicion. It's just that when he was passing the level, Mo Heng saw a notice. He thought it was quite interesting, and said that Mo was different.
"I said that Mo is different, but the king of Loufu is recruiting skilled craftsmen to prepare to build a city. The salary is still a lot, and he will be given ten gold a month, which is generous enough. Why don't you try it? ”
Mo is different and doesn't care about any reward at all, how can a skilled craftsman compare to him in his eyes? So he pouted and said disdainfully
"What kind of skilled craftsman are you looking for? This building is annoying, if you can ask me to ink differently, I promise it will be impregnable! ”
As soon as the words fell, they attracted the attention of the garrison of Lou Fu. Immediately, more than a dozen cavalrymen came over to surround Mo Yi, and the leader asked politely
"This brother just now, I wonder if you are interested in helping us build the capital? Listening to your tone, it must be a lot of origin. ”
When Mo Wei heard this, he didn't look at the leader.
"Back then, in Shouyang Mountain, people who asked me to make things could line up at the bottom of the mountain, and now it's nothing to build a city."
The leader was very kind and asked
"Then you must be a well-known craftsman?"
"Nonsense! What craftsmen?! Lao Tzu's ancestors were the originators of craftsmen. ”
Mo Heng is also energetic
"This is the senior brother of our KitKat, how can we be called craftsmen. Calling a master doesn't explain his ability. ”
Meda wanted to stop them, but the words had already been spoken. When the leader heard this, he greeted him with a smile
"Really? That's right, let's ask the master to come with us! ”
Before the words fell, the leader immediately changed his face again. More than a dozen Lou Fu cavalry used their sabers to force Mo Wei's throat, and it was too late for Mo Da to save people. In a hurry, Moda hurried over to relieve the siege
"Ladies and gentlemen, why bother. My eldest brother is a straightforward speaker, but he is a good craftsman. What are you doing here? ”
"What?! What my king wants is this great craftsman to build Skull City! All the craftsmen who passed by the building were seized and used to build the capital! Acquaintances hide aside, or you two will be arrested together. ”
Moda hurriedly used her body to protect Mo Yi
"Don't don't, it's easy to say, isn't it just building a city? We build, we are together, and it is not okay to go. It's just that our younger siblings are still young, so don't be embarrassed for them. Anyway, if you build the city, won't there be nothing to do when it's finished? ”
After Mo Da finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and Mo Han hurriedly pulled Mo Di, Mo Heng, and Chun Yuyi aside. The leader laughed insolently after hearing this
"Come back? It's up to you to see if you have the life to come back. Take the two of them away! ”
After speaking, the four Lou Fu soldiers escorted the two into a grass hut next to them. There were already more than a dozen people crowded into this thatched hut, and it seemed that they were all craftsmen. Murda leaned over and asked
"This big brother. Why is it annoying to let us craftsmen build the city, what's going on? Why are you still worried about your life? ”
The person who was asked looked sad and sighed
"It's not annoying to look at the two of you. Today's King Loufu even wants to build a solid capital, and the name has been chosen, called Skull City. There are many powerful countries around the building, so he has to take a defensive position, so the king wants to build the city. The first craftsmen have already built a section of the wall. The king used an iron cone to test the fortification of the city walls. If you can use an iron cone to cone an inch, the craftsmen who built this section of the wall will be built into the wall alive. More than a thousand people have died in a row, and they have all been built into the city walls alive. The people in our house are all in the seventh wave, and I don't know how many people will be left alive. ”
Moda and Mo were both surprised, there are still such cruel methods in the world. I thought that these craftsmen were really pitiful, but at the moment they were most worried about what they would do. Before they could think about it, a team of annoying soldiers rushed in from the hut and took them away.
The soldiers escorted these dozen people all the way through Helan Mountain, and as soon as they came out of the mountain pass, an unfinished city appeared in front of everyone.
The foundation of the city is almost complete, and it looks like the outline of a skull in shape. Mo Wei whispered to Mo Da
"The person who designed this city must be a Han person, and the whole city is very similar to the appearance of the Julu City of the Qin Kingdom."
Moda couldn't see the way at all, and reminded Mo Wei not to speak anymore, so as not to cause death. They were taken to the foundations of a city wall, where hundreds of craftsmen were already waiting. Seeing that the dozen or so men had arrived, the overseer swung his whip to the ground, making a piercing whip.
"That's it! Now you're on the seventh team! I'll say it again. Whatever you do, build me the three-mile-long wall. If the king could drill an inch into the wall with an iron cone, you would all be buried alive in the wall!" All right! No more nonsense! Start! ”
After shouting, the man slammed the whip on a thin craftsman, immediately pulling out a half-meter-long blood channel. The rest of the craftsmen were terrified. The overseer shouted to the group with a smile
"You people may not know what it's like to be built into the walls. Come! Pull over the more than 100 craftsmen from yesterday! ”
The soldiers dragged more than a hundred ragged craftsmen, and the overseer pointed to these frightened craftsmen
"None of the cities built yesterday by these things that don't know whether they are alive or dead are qualified. Now I have to follow the rules! Do it! ”
The soldiers were instructed to immediately push the craftsmen into a square clay jar. The clay in this vat is diluted with water, and when one falls into it, it sinks. The more you struggle, the faster you sink, and in a short time the whole person will be drowned in the mud.
Even more horrific happened, and many craftsmen were forced to add sand and dirt to the mud jars full of dead bodies. Stir while adding until you can't stir anymore. Murda looked closely and realized that these clay jars were actually huge molds. More than a dozen craftsmen turned the clay jar upside down, and a huge square mud brick appeared inside. And inside each square mud brick, there is a person who has just been buried alive.
At this time, all the craftsmen who had just arrived were so frightened that they did not say a word, and the overseer was very proud, and cursed
"If I don't show you something, you're not honest. Now you get it! If you don't work hard, that's what happens! Start! ”
As the head of the world's craftsmen, Mo Wei not only has excellent skills, but also cares very much about the status and dignity of craftsmen. Seeing that the overseer was so brutal and cruel, he immediately wanted to come forward and talk about it. Mo Da knew Mo Dao Mo's different temper and quickly grabbed him
"It's different, if you want to save everyone, think of a way to strengthen the city wall, otherwise everyone will die."
Mo Wei gritted his teeth, spat a bit, and began to observe the foundations of the city walls and the materials used to build the city. After just a cursory glance, he shouted
"Alright! Let's stop working! It's fucking going to kill everyone! Don't do it! Just this material, let alone an iron awl drilling, can be used to smash a gap with a stone. Are you fucking determined to kill all the craftsmen in the world! ”
Everyone made Mo Wei stunned, and Qi brushed and looked at this angry big man. The overseer also came with a whip, and scolded as he trotted
"I don't want to live anymore, do I! That's so bold! Dare to stop work! Who?! ”
Mo Wei was already very annoyed by this overseer, and he didn't care about his own safety, so he opened his mouth and said
"You and me!"
The overseer's prestige was challenged, and he refused to give up, whipping it at Mo Bi. Mo did not like to wear sleeveless clothes, and the whip left a bloody mark on his deltoid muscle. He grabbed the whip of the overseer and pulled it into his arms hard, and the overseer was not as energetic as the long-term labor, and he was suddenly dragged over. Seeing this, the soldiers patrolling on the side rushed over with their waist knives and prepared to chop the ink to death. Moda was also anxious, picking up the hoe beside him and dancing like a fly in front of Mo Wei. Mo Wei also picked up a shovel and prepared it according to the overseer's neck, and killed him. Murda drank him
"Wait! It's never too late to get the word out and do it! ”
Mo Wei listened to his hand, stepped on the overseer's neck, and said loudly
"In addition to sand and clay, this building material is not even good for making bricks. The sand, clay, and water walls of the city will collapse in less than two years, let alone experiments with iron awls. Didn't you build a city with bricks? ”
The overseer is also a master who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and when he was trampled under Mo Wei's feet, he immediately softened, and squeezed out a few words from his throat
"Uncle Gaojian. But how can there be any city bricks in this grassland, and the only city bricks bought from Daqin are only enough to lay the foundation. ”
"Then there is a rule for testing with an awl?! Didn't you mean to let everyone die? ”
The Overseer pushed Mo's feet with both hands and struggled to say a few words
"I don't want to, but the king is urging him to do it, and this rule is also set by his old man. Everyone can't think of a way, after the time of building the city, my whole family will have to die. ”
Mo Wei let go of his foot, took the overseer in his hand, and shouted
"Then you king is a bullshit thing, too! If Lao Tzu had a way to build him a city, and the iron cone couldn't get into it, could he spare all the craftsmen? ”
The overseer has completely lost his commanding posture
"That's nature, then you can save us all. But we don't have granite or white marble, only yellow sand and clay all over the ground. ”
"Do you have lime in your area?"
The overseer nodded and said it was inexhaustible. Mo is not the same, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed
"Looks like you're a two-hundred-and-five, too. Lao Tzu will use this yellow sand and clay to conjure up a solid city for you! ”