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." ”

This one said, "How can we get the old patriarch to pay us?" ”

The one said, "A piece of ocean is enough to buy a 'sandwich' salt!" What kind of gold sand, you have to pay so much wages for a few trips? ”

Others said: "I used to secretly go down the mountain to carry gold sand for the Xie family, and I only earned two cents a day!" ”

Some people also said: "Instead of carrying gold sand for the old patriarch's house, how can he invite us to dinner and pay for our work?" What if the gold sand that comes back can't produce so much sand gold? ”

Lee Jae-ho listened to everyone's discussions, looked up at the Big Dipper rising in the sky, it was already tilting westward, and he didn't want to delay time.

He waved his hand at everyone, and then said: "I can't tell what kind of sand gold is in this gold pit. Anyway, it will be clear when everyone comes back from the mountain tonight. If the gold sand is good, after digging out enough money to buy guns and cannons, we will divide it equally. If the gold sand is not good, it doesn't matter if there is not so much sand gold, even if I, Li Laohan, send you some New Year's money! ”

When everyone heard Lee Jae-ho say this, they not only admired him even more, but also were eager to try.

When everyone heard Lee Jae-ho say this, they were eager to try.

Just when Li Hu was giving everyone money, someone was already yelling to go down the mountain. There was a young man who was in a hurry, and Li Chongpin took out a few large bundles of torches from the warehouse of the ancestral hall; There are also those who are quick with their hands and feet, and they have already lit the torch and raised it in their hands, and suddenly, the Li family ancestral hall is brightly lit. This kind of torch in the ancestral hall of the Li family was specially tied by Li Zhong to prevent accidents. It is used to dry the bark of cypress, wrapped in rosin, and then wrapped tightly with rattan and tied into a torch, not only the flame is strung high, the lighting is good, not afraid of the wind blowing, and it is resistant to combustion, and a torch can not be burned all night.

Li Zaihao saw someone lighting a torch, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "You guys quickly put away the torch." ”

"Why? On such a dark day, how can you walk without lighting a torch? Someone asked, puzzled.

Li Zaihao saw that some people didn't understand his intentions, so he patiently explained to them: "So many of us went down the mountain to carry gold sand, what we wanted was to move quickly, so that the Xie family could not find out." Think about it, if the people of the Xie family see so many of us coming down the mountain with torches, they will definitely attract their attention, if they find out that we are going down the mountain to carry gold sand, won't they come out to stop it? ”

There was a young man, who was the leader of Li Jiashan's soldiers, and he was strong-blooded, and he shouted loudly: "What if they find out? We're not afraid! At that time, their ancestors colluded with the government, and the government was not beaten to the ground by our ancestors. Do we need to be afraid of them now? ”

"I'm afraid I'm not afraid of them, but if they find out, our gold sand will definitely not be able to carry it." Someone persuaded worriedly.

Some people said: "During the New Year's holiday, when the two families fight, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, and it is better to have more than one thing than one less, if you can not fight, it is better not to fight." ”

So someone calmed down and said, "Yes! It's better not to light torches, so as not to be seen by the Xie family under the mountain. ”

"It's so dark, how can you walk without a torch?" Someone else asked worriedly.

Li Zaihao confidently asked them: "What method did our ancestor General Li Zhong use when he led the people on the mountain to attack the Xie family's compound?" ”

"I know!" Someone replied in a loud voice, "It is a large group of men who only light a torch by the one leading the way, and those behind lead each other, one after the other, down the mountain." ”

"That's right!" Lee Jae-ho said approvingly: "We used this method again tonight for safety!" Don't you all have a 'pestle' in your hands? Everyone led each other to the 'pestle' and walked down the mountain! ”

"That's right! Right! According to the old patriarch's idea, no torches will be lit! Li Dequan also persuaded everyone.

Those who had already lit the torches, hearing their reasoning, quickly extinguished the torches in their hands.

Lee Jae-ho looked at everyone with satisfaction and happily told everyone to hurry up to his wife to get the silver dollar. Taking advantage of this time, he quietly said to Li Chongpin: "You go and choose five of the people in your soldiers who are more stable to stay, I have something to say." ”

Li Chongpin knew that if his grandfather asked him to choose soldiers to stay, he must have something important to explain, so he hurriedly beckoned someone to go.

After the men of Lijiashan received the silver dollar, they felt that if they didn't go down the mountain tonight to carry the gold sand back, they would be sorry for the old patriarch.

In the ancestral hall, only Li Zaihao, Li Dequan, Li Chongpin and the five soldiers who stayed behind were left. Li Zaihao asked Li Chongpin to take out eight brand-new "open fire guns" from the warehouse of the ancestral hall, as well as gunpowder, fire ropes, and iron sand, and distribute them to everyone one by one.

Lee Jae-ho held the "open flame gun" in his hand and said to everyone: "I left a few of you and issued the gun to you to prevent accidents. "You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must not have the heart of guarding against others", and you must not shoot first until you have to. As long as everyone carries the gold sand up the mountain safely, it is better than anything else. Tonight, the safety of dozens of people is in our hands, everyone must be cautious, obey my orders at all times, and if there is an accident, shoot immediately after hearing me shoot. No one is allowed to shoot without my orders, and violators will be punished according to clan rules, and no personal feelings will be spoken. ”

When several people heard this, they nodded again and again, and they also put on their backs, carried their guns, and quietly walked down the mountain with the large group of people. When they were about to reach the "21st River", Li Zaihao saw his son Li Degui and his two grandchildren walking up the mountain with gold sand on their backs. Li Daihao told them to stop, he grabbed a handful of gravel from Li Degui's back, and carefully looked at the color of the sand gold with a torch, while listening to Li Degui tell what he saw in the dam. After Li Zaihao learned that the Xie family had sent someone to Jinkeng, he immediately felt that the situation was serious, and he immediately asked Li Degui and his two grandchildren to quickly put down the "clamp back" on the spot and go down the mountain with the team.

The north wind was blowing, blowing the footsteps of dozens of people in Lijiashan without a trace, and the people of Lijiashan who were familiar with the weather changes knew that the "sow wind" was coming.