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Qi Ming didn't want to write, Liu Zhibang called a soldier to come in and beat Qi Ming violently, a soldier ripped off Qi Ming's underwear, cut his fingers again, and forced Qi Ming to write a letter with the blood on his fingers.

Liu Zhibang picked up the letter and looked at the text on it carefully, the font written by Qi Ming was a bit like the seal style of early human beings, and after careful identification, Liu Zhibang also roughly understood the content on it, and there was no obvious intelligence information. Liu Zhibang took Qi Ming's blood book and Aya and withdrew.

Liu Zhibang called two soldiers, handed them Qi Ming's blood letter, and explained a few words, and the two soldiers were ordered to ride out of the village on fire horses.

Aya saw Liu Zhibang coming back from his errands, and greeted him and said, "Abang, do you think the Qi family will pay to ransom Qi Ming?" ”

Liu Zhibang said noncommittally: "Whether the Qi family is willing to pay the ransom or not, Qi Ming and I will not let him go back alive, I want them to know that the Fire Dance Clan cannot be bullied!" Aya, from tomorrow, we will start smelting bronze, and at the same time, we must speed up the construction of defenses, you arrange for people to work in turns, to ensure that the moat and city walls are built in the shortest possible time, I estimate that in a few days, the Montenegrin clan will send troops to invade, you must be ready for war......"

"Okay, I'll arrange ......" Aya nodded and left.

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"Take a break...... Amu ...... Ben-sama is dying of exhaustion! ”

Qi Kun sat on the ground with his butt, panting, his face was pale, the light here was extremely dim, the moonlight struggled through the dense jungle, sprinkling a little light on Amu and Qi Kun's bodies, Amu looked behind him for a while and sat on the ground.

Qi Kun rested for a while, felt much more comfortable, and said, "No one is chasing after you, right?" Amu, thanks to you, I will definitely reward you when I return to Xia Yuan City! ”

Amu approached Qi Kun's side and checked Qi Kun's severed arm, where the bandaged place was no longer bleeding, and Amu lay down with peace of mind. Looking at the sky, Amu thought for a while and said, "Lord Qi, I haven't been to Xia Yuan City, how far is it from Xia Yuan City?" ”

Hearing Amu's words, Qi Kun looked bitter and replied: "If the direction is good, at our speed, I'm afraid it will take more than ten days......"

When Amu heard this, he jumped up from the ground, suddenly sighed, touched his buttocks and said, "Lord Qi, you won't be mistaken, we still have to go for more than ten days?" ”

Qi Kun nodded silently and said: "There is no fire horse, it will take at least eleven days just by walking, then damn Liu Zhibang has detained all my things, if I have a fire horse, I can rush back in only three days, but now ......"

Amu became even more anxious when he heard this, and said, "Lord Qi, aren't you kidding, can we get there in ten days?" Besides, if we encounter a fierce beast, how can we deal with the two of us, that Liu Zhibang found out that we had escaped, and he would definitely send someone to hunt us down, how could we get there. ”

Qi Kun nodded when he heard this, and said: "That kid Liu Zhibang will definitely send someone to hunt us down, and there will be people waiting to intercept us on the way to Xia Yuancheng, no, that road is impassable, it seems that the only way to go is to the Black Mountain Clan......"

"Montenerins? They are the mortal enemies of the Fire Dance Clan, and the Black Mountain people are willing to help you if you are like this? Amu asked.

Qi Kun smiled coldly and said, "The relationship between the Black Mountain Clan and the Lord of Xia Yuan City is not bad!" Lady Helu is very favored! It's not far from here to the Black Mountain Clan, as long as two or three days can be reached, I will go there and ask Heixiong to send troops to fight against the Fire Dance Clan, Heixiong will definitely send troops, if you can't take back that batch of goods, you can't pay back to Xia Yuan City, Amu, didn't you say that you were born in the Black Mountain Clan? If you take me to the Black Mountain Clan, you will definitely be indispensable! ”

Amu was overjoyed, but suddenly a little gloomy, and said: "I was kicked out of the Black Mountain Clan when I was a child, and I have lived in the Fire Dance Clan for more than ten years, will they still take me in?" ”

Qi Kun patted Amu's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there is me!" Weren't you almost crippled by that kid surnamed Liu? The enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention that you are originally a member of the Montenegrin clan, no problem, you just have to lead the way, I will tell Heixiong, you go back to the Montenegrin clan for a trivial matter. ”

When Amu heard this, he knelt in front of Qi Kun, kowtowed a few times, and said: "Amu has thanked Lord Qi first, and in the future, as long as Lord Qi says a word, I, Amu, will go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and I won't frown......

Seeing Amu's sincere attitude, Qi Kun touched his mustache with satisfaction and laughed a few times.

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"Put those broken stones in the crucible, don't forget to add more charcoal, and start to light the fire over there, Aya, have the other brick kilns been lit?" Liu Zhibang's face was dusty, and he kept directing everyone to send crushed ore into the kiln.

Aya was no better than him, and there were some black marks on her white and beautiful face, and Aya wiped the sweat on her forehead with her hand again, leaving another dark mark. happily replied: "Commander, the ten brick kilns over there have already been ignited, just take turns to add firewood, how is it on your side?" ”

Liu Zhibang told a few more words to a person in charge, before he turned back and smiled at Aya: "I also started here, according to my estimate, I can produce two tons of bronze today, but it may take another day to further purify...... Did you send people from the Wood Dragon Clan and the Luohe Clan to set off? ”

Aya nodded and said, "It's already early in the morning, and they will be back in four days at the latest, but I don't know how many people the Wood Dragon Clan and the Luohe Clan will send to help in the battle." ”

Liu Zhibang smiled and said: "It's a favor for them to help us, it's our duty not to help us, don't think about it, let's go and see how the moat and city wall are built!" ”

The two walked back to the village from the kiln construction site, the old women and children in the village were all rushing to build fortifications, the moat had been dug up, the width was ten meters wide, and it was nearly four meters deep, and the ditch wall was simply made of some wooden piles and wooden strips because of the relationship between time and materials, because the bricks had not yet been burned, and the city wall was just some wooden piles and the soil used to dig the moat, and there was simply a three-meter-high earthen wall around the village. On the four corners of the quadrangular city wall, there is a twenty-meter-high arrow tower, a watchtower that can also be used as a guard in normal times, and several soldiers are watching vigilantly into the distance. The cistern in the city has also been dug and a lot of water has been stored.

Liu Zhibang and Aya made a round, commanding and issuing new instructions from time to time, constantly improving every detail. After inspecting the fortifications, Liu Zhibang and Aya went to the storehouse again, which was full of all kinds of arrows that were not loaded with arrows, but only loaded with some tail feathers, and walked to another warehouse, which was neatly placed with javelin barrels and no spear heads. Liu Zhibang was a little anxious, and walked to the next warehouse, where hundreds of large and small turtle shells were placed.

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