The men of Li Jiashan quietly listened to the old patriarch continue.

"I was worried that the night would be long, and I had told my two sons and two grandsons to shovel up the gold sand around the toon tree and carry it back to the weir pond on our mountain. I thought about it for a while, and the strength of the four of them alone was limited, so I was going to ask you to go down the mountain too, and carry the gold sand from the gold pit to the mountain with them, and you could carry as much as you could. The weir pond of our Li family ancestral hall is next to the two passes on the south slope, and the distance from Jinxi Dam is nearly half less than going up the mountain. ”

Lee Jae-ho said this, and when he saw that everyone was listening carefully, he continued to talk about it.

"In the past, our people in Lijiashan did not dare to go down the mountain to dig a gold pit because of the precepts of our ancestors, that is, if someone secretly went down the mountain to dig a gold pit, at most they only sold it to the Xie family to earn a few oceans. The ancestors told us not to associate with the people of the Xie family, not to climb with the people of the Ma family, and did not say that they did not want us to dig the gold pit, let alone let us give the gold pit we dug to the Xie family to pan for gold. My son and my grandson are the descendants of the Li family, and the gold pit they dug with their labor should belong to our Li family ancestral hall. Why were we poor in the mountains in the past? It's not that I'm used to being bullied by the Xie family. I don't believe in this evil today, I just want to ask you to go down the mountain and carry the gold sand, and we will pan for the sand gold by ourselves. If there is a lot of sand gold in that gold pit, and there are enough gold bars to dig up, we will take it and buy dozens of fast guns and a few cannons. I would like to place the artillery on the three passes below our ancestral hall and at several intersections on the back mountain. As long as there is artillery, our people in Li Jiashan no longer have to be afraid of the people of the Xie family and the Ma family coming to encircle and suppress us. You say, "Want?" Or not? ”

"Yes! Fine! What a must! Li Chongpin's blood was strong, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he roared loudly.

The north wind was blowing, and the people of Li Jiashan secretly admired Li Zaihao's far-reaching thinking.

The weir pond under the southern slope of the mountain mentioned by Li Dequan is just outside the Qianshan Pass, and although it is located between Lijiaji and the "21 rivers are not dry", the location is relatively hidden, and outsiders generally do not dare to come there. Li Zaihao asked everyone to go there with the gold sand dug up from the Jinxi Dam, which was not far back and forth, and the sand gold panning had water and was safe. If this time is successful, the people of Lijiashan will be able to go to Jinxiba to dig gold pits in the future.

The men of Li Jiashan stood in the courtyard of the ancestral hall, thinking of the future of Li Jiashan, as if they saw Huang Chengcheng's sand gold in front of them, Li Dequan stood next to him and listened excitedly, he couldn't help but take Li Zaihao's words, and said to everyone: "I think my father's proposition is right!" In the past few hundred years, their Xie family and Ma family have bullied us enough, and often collude with the government to encircle and suppress us under the pretext of asking for the half of the 'treasure map' left by the leader Luo. As long as we have fast guns and artillery in the future, we will no longer have to fear them! ”

"Dequan is right! However, let's not talk about the 'treasure map' thing! It's something left by our ancestors, and none of us can sell it! He wants the Xie family and the Ma family, but there is no door! Li Zaihao stared at Li Dequan with satisfaction, and then said: "Folks, I have been to a lot of places in the past few years. I have been to Hanzhong in the north, Dazhou in the east, Baoning in the south, and Mianzhou in the west. I see that the people in those places are much more civilized and much richer than us. Why is that? It's not that they have the strength yet. I think back then, why our ancestors were not afraid of the government, and they were not afraid that the Xie family would collude with the traitor Ma Yong, it was not because they had knives and guns in their hands! Now, the fast guns and artillery used by those people in the field are very powerful! A single bullet from their fast guns can pierce a boar or bear through a hole. If we have dozens of fast guns and a few artillery pieces on the mountain, are we still afraid of the people of his Xie family and Ma family? Tell me, what do you want me to do? Or not? ”

Li Zaihao's impassioned words were filled with excitement when he heard the men of Li Jiashan. Everyone shouted with the sound of the wind: "You want it!" Fine! Why not? ”

Seeing this, Lee Jae-ho waved his hand happily, and continued: "Since everyone agrees with my idea, I have to listen to me." I ask you to go down the mountain and carry the gold sand, it is a risky thing, you can go if you are willing to go, and you are not reluctant to go if you don't want to go. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped and looked at everyone again, the people in the courtyard had already heard it excitedly just now, where did anyone say that they could not go? Everyone said.

"Why don't you want to go?"

"I've wanted to go for a long time, but I just don't dare to open this mouth."

"There is a patriarch taking us today, we are desperate, what are we afraid of danger?"

Some people also said regretfully: "It's good to come back from the mountain with gold sand." You just can't have the best of both worlds, and it's a shame to leave 'ebony' down the mountain. That's the old patriarch's son and grandson's 'Shoumu' who honors the two old men! ”

After listening to this, Li Zaihao explained to everyone: "It is good to have 'ebony' to make coffins, but compared to us buying guns and guns, in order not to be bullied by the Xie family and the Ma family in the future, it is nothing." Think about it, when people get old, they will die. After death, what's the use of protecting that stinky skin? It is better to leave some family business for your children and grandchildren, so that they will not be bullied by outsiders in the future. You say, right? ”

"That's right! Right! Right! Everyone listened to Lee Jae-ho's agitation and replied in unison.

A few young people were eager to try and were about to go down the mountain. When Li Zaihao saw it, he hurriedly drank them: "Don't be busy, I still have something to say!" ”

He said to everyone: "Although today's matter is beneficial to all of us, it is also a very dangerous thing, I hope you will not be in a hurry, and everything will be arranged by me." ”

The young men listened to him and fell silent. Lee Jae-ho returned to the topic just now and continued: "Since everyone is willing to go down the mountain to carry the gold sand, I am very grateful to everyone, and I will never treat you badly. Today, I decided to follow the rules of our mountain: 'Go up to the mountain to hunt and see people'. Whoever goes down the mountain to carry the gold sand will give you a little wages, and after we have collected enough money to buy quick guns and artillery, we will divide the rest of the money equally among everyone. In addition, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, I invite everyone to go down the mountain, there is nothing to entertain, drink porridge, eat a bun of cereals to cushion the stomach. Everyone in my family knows very well that I can't come up with anything good, thank you. My two sons and I scraped together a little silver dollar, and whoever went down the mountain today went to my old woman to get a piece of the ocean, which was not only to give everyone a little advance wages, but also to celebrate the New Year. Please don't be too little. ”

As soon as Lee Jae-ho's words came out, it was like "sprinkling a handful of salt in a hot oil pan: it exploded." ”