Chapter 21: Ma Si's Revenge
In the next three days, Meng Jiucheng was very busy, and spent almost all of his time on manufacturing stone throwing machines.
On the first day, I fought at night, and after several transformations, I finally built a prototype of the stone thrower. Because it is not a strictly selected material, the elasticity is not enough, and the results of the test shot are naturally unsatisfactory.
Although there is still a bit of a gap with his estimate, time waits for no one, and he also has a condescending advantage in the mountains. Therefore, Meng Jiucheng still fixed the size of each part with the craftsmen, and ordered the carpenters to make it day and night.
In order to speed up the progress, Meng Jiucheng divided the work in detail and recruited more people. Clumsy tasks such as cutting trees, sawing wood, and gathering stones are left to the hands of the young, while the delicate processing is done by professional craftsmen.
In this way, they worked in shifts, day and night, and finally built four stone throwers after three days, and there were three large piles of stone bullets.
Mu Yi's military training has also been effective, although it is still far from being strong and elite, it is no longer the same as before.
In the small clearing in front of the mountain gate, Meng Jiucheng slowly practiced riding under the guidance of Mu Yi, and said impatiently: "Ma Si shouldn't be coming, right?" Prevent thieves every day, you can't do a lot of things, and you can't do it! โ
Mu Yi smiled, before the stone thrower was built, he was desperately rushing to work, for fear that Ma Si would come suddenly; Now, I feel that I am almost ready, but I don't think Ma Si will come.
Seeing that Mu Yi smiled and didn't answer, Meng Jiucheng also smiled to himself and concentrated on controlling the horse. It's a really interesting exercise, it's better than riding in a car, it's less strenuous than walking, and it's not too cold now.
God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was empty and chaotic, and the abyss was dark, and the Spirit of God moved over the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
The weather is cold, Meng Jiucheng said: have gloves......
Invention is sometimes not deliberate, especially for people who travel through time, they will always unconsciously transform the things around them, or make something that they have been accustomed to using in their previous lives. Most of the time, I don't think much about it, it's just for convenience.
And these two pieces of cloth were cut out of their hands, slit at the edges, and then stuffed some hinged fur into them, and they made small things, but Mu Yi and others felt admiration. Especially in winter, holding guns, knives or tools, standing guard or working outside, it is even more warm and convenient.
"When Sanming comes back from inquiring about the news, we will know what Ma Si has moved." Mu Yi turned over and dismounted, moved his legs and feet, and said: "He is not the boss of Lingyang Town, he wants to find out the trouble of his family, but the surname Liu may not agree." โ
"That's what Brother Mu said." Meng Jiucheng nodded and grabbed the reins. At that time, people were still very superstitious, and there were very few things about destroying temples and temples. Mu Yi said this, it is not unreasonable.
Just as he was about to get off the horse, Meng Jiucheng saw two people hurrying from the mountain, one seemed to be a big ugly, but the other didn't know him.
The clown led a middle-aged man to come in a hurry, and before he got close, he hurriedly said: "Brother Cheng, our village has been robbed, and my uncle has come to report the news......"
How can a mountain village with less than 100 households be visited by robbers? Meng Jiucheng was puzzled at first, but after listening to the big ugly's story, he understood what was going on.
Wulong Mountain Front Village is Ma Si's birthplace, and it stands to reason that more attention should be taken care of, but Ma Si has painful memories here.
This grudge was formed in seven or eight years, when Ma Si was just a little prank, idle and did a lot of things in the village to steal chickens and dogs. One night, he climbed over the wall and entered the house of the king in the village, wanting to steal something in exchange for money to gamble. I had already stolen some items, but I saw a basin of hot water in a basin around the Wang family, and it turned out that Miss Wang was about to bathe.
Ma Si had the courage of thieves and lust, so he was not in a hurry to escape, but sneaked under the window and stabbed the window paper to peep. It was also his bad luck that a nursing home estimated that he had the same mind as him, and he also came quietly. As a result, one of the batons was discovered, and the other became a thief hero.
Both stealing and peeping at the young lady's bath, Wang Dahu was furious and ordered the nursing home to hang Ma Si up and beat him for a while.
Ma Si was beaten enough that one of his arms was discounted, but he also begged Wang Dahu not to sue the official, and let him go privately, which has his own reward.
But Wang Dahu was willing to spare him, slapped him hard, kicked a few times, hung Ma Si for half a night, and sent him to the official the next day. Ma Si was asked about a match and stayed away from his hometown. As for how he later became a domestic slave of the Jurchens, and returned to Lingyang Town with the head of the family as Meng'an Mouke, it is no longer important.
Anyway, now Ma Si has returned to his hometown to take revenge, taking revenge on Wang Dahu for discounting his arm and sending him to the official for punishment.
In Meng Jiucheng's opinion, the big Wang family is not a good thing, and the fields in the village in front of Wulong Mountain belong to his family, and he is very tight on the tenants. Besides, he is still the chief of the security guard, and he spares no effort to collect taxes for the Jin State, so he can be regarded as a little traitor.
It's just that Ma Si not only took revenge on Wang Dahu, but also forced every family in the village to send a man to join his motley red jacket army. If anyone does not come out, they will kill people and burn down their houses. This is related to the family of Da Chou and Sanming, and it is related to ......
You force, I willing; You treat people harshly, but I treat them kindly. Meng Jiucheng felt that he could use this to expand his power, and he couldn't stay in this Taoist temple. Besides, this is also an opportunity to kill Ma Si, so you don't have to be on guard in the future.
Of course, there are drawbacks to this. After all, Ma Si is not a separate group of thieves, he hangs the brand of the Red Jacket Army, and he is still a subordinate of Liu Wenzheng in Lingyang Town. Attacking Ma Si and his gang, Liu Wenzheng couldn't help but react, either fighting, or coming up with some reason to deal with the past perfunctorily.
Back in the view, Meng Jiucheng had already made up his mind, so he put his thoughts together and discussed them with Mu Yi and others.
"Thirty or forty scoundrels, even if they have knives and guns, they are nothing." Mu Yi's worries were similar to Meng Jiucheng's, "You can beat the dog to see the master, and follow the vine, how can Liu Wenzheng in Lingyang Town take a break?" โ
Meng Jiucheng scratched his head and threw other people's stone lions into the pit, is this considered a grudge?
"This, this Liu Wenzhengโ" Meng Jiucheng shook his head, put this matter aside for the time being, and tried to analyze it objectively: "It's not that he is a vicious person. Businessmen, befriending the government, being exquisite, stingy and greedy, is not a big problem. The key is that his son, who knows how to answer the courtesy, is still quite measured. โ
After the stone lion incident, Liu Wenzheng still did not give up, and it was his son who came out to play a round to end the trouble. Therefore, Meng Jiucheng has a very good impression of Liu Gongzi. Take a folding fan, have a white face, and speak in a crepe, a weak scholar, it should be easy to deal with, right? Powerful ass plump and charming body! WeChat public: meinvmeng22 (long press for three seconds to copy) You know, I understand!
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