Chapter 496: The Ancient Ouyang Crane
So far, Tianchu they really know everything about Ouyang He, even Baiyue and they were shocked by Ouyang He's story, it seems that although they came earlier than Tianchu, they don't know more than Tianchu. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ouyang Heqi person, Tianchu saw him like this when he was a child, although he never mentioned how old he was, Tianchu guessed that he might be like those who had attained the Tao, it was a big deal to live for hundreds of years, and if he was longer, he would have been a human being a long time ago, and he would have become an immortal a long time ago.
But who would have thought that Ouyang He would be more than a thousand years old!
More than a thousand years old! What is this concept? Even the ghost king and demon desolation who can harm the common people are only a thousand years old, Ouyang He has neither an immortal body nor a spirit, how could he live for so long as a mortal?
A Thousand Years ...... Ouyang He has seen all the vicissitudes of life, has gone through the changes of the times, his long and boring life, he lives only for two things, one is to find Caixing, and the other is to rescue Duoling.
Ouyang He is a real ancient, when he was still a normal person, he was still an official in the court, because a holy decree of the emperor changed the trajectory of his life.
In the twenty-eighth year of Emperor Xin, Dongyi rebelled, and the years of war greatly consumed the national strength, resulting in the emptiness of the army, and even the slaves were captured as soldiers and sent to the battlefield, but the supply of weapons was far less than fifty percent of the actual demand, resulting in soldiers fighting the enemy with their bare hands on the battlefield, and suffered heavy casualties.
In fact, there was no problem with the manufacturing capacity at that time, but the ore raw materials for casting weapons could not be supplied, so the Shang Emperor Xin Qianli ordered Ouyang He, who had killed the enemy on the battlefield, to recall him, and ordered him to lead the elite soldiers to find the ore veins in order to reverse the situation.
Ouyang He was twenty-two years old at the time, both civil and military, not only talented, but also the first warrior of Chaoge, brave and good at fighting, and made countless meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and won the trust of the king of Shang.
At that time, the ministers in the court had their own thoughts, and the matter of finding the ore vein was related to the lifeblood of the country, so the Shang Emperor Xin thought about it, and thought of Ouyang He, so he ordered Ouyang He to lead a team of elite soldiers and hundreds of laborers to find the ore vein.
Ouyang He was knowledgeable and knowledgeable about minerals and geology, and he lived up to expectations, discovering mineral deposits in what is now Maple Bay in less than half a month.
At that time, the Devil's Forest was not a Devil's Forest, and there was no Maple Bay and Catfish Back, so it was here that Ouyang He sent back the first batch of ores to the imperial court, and it was the weapons made of these ores that made Di Xin fight a great victory.
Emperor Xin of Longyan Dayue wants to reward Ouyang He, Ouyang He is a kind person and a visionary person, if he wants soldiers and miners to produce more ore, just by giving orders and persecution is not the best policy, so what is the best policy?
Ouyang He's reward to Emperor Xin of Shang was to move all the families of soldiers and miners to the mines, so that they could reunite with their families after work, and also save their families from the pain of war and separation.
It turned out that Ouyang He's move was extremely clever, and in order to thank Ouyang He for his kindness, everyone worked harder, and the ore output doubled that month.
Due to the abundant ore production, the king of Shang simply established an arsenal directly next to the mine, and the mining, smelting and refining were fully managed by Ouyang He, although Ouyang He was a small official at that time, he held the lifeblood of the Shang Dynasty at that time.
Ouyang He established a village on the spot in the huge mine hole that was dug up, and the villagers were all family members of workers and soldiers, and it was autumn, and the mountain was full of red leaves, and the scenery was charming, so Ouyang He named the village Maple Bay.
The Maple Bay Mine continued to supply weapons to the battlefield, and the good news on the battlefield continued, good news came back from the front line, and the territory of the Shang Dynasty was gradually expanding, which really made the Shang King happy.
What made Shang Wang even happier was that a year later, Ouyang He discovered a gem mine near the ore vein, and it was this gem mine that pushed Ouyang He into the bottomless abyss, and the world was turned upside down.
At that time, Ouyang He did not know that this so-called gem was actually a poisonous stone, nor did he know that it was harmful to the human body, only saw it emitting a yellow-green glow, and thought it was a legendary luminous gem, Ouyang He divided a part of the miners to mine gem mines, and processed them into night pearls to the imperial court.
The gem factory began to run normally for a period of time, bringing a lot of income to the imperial court, and Ouyang He was also promoted to the fourth rank of lieutenant, everything seemed to be so smooth and natural, but just when Ouyang He was proud, he found a little problem.
The workers who excavated and processed gem mines began to have different degrees of illness, fatigue, dizziness, sometimes bleeding from the mouth and nose, and there were not a few bones deformed, Ouyang He didn't take it too seriously at the time, but thought that they were too hard and tired, and didn't think much about it.
In order not to delay the progress of mining, Ouyang He arranged for all the miners to replace the work of the gem miners on a regular basis, and later the miners' illnesses became worse and worse, and the number of illnesses became more and more, not only the gem mining was not enough, but the ore output used to make weapons was also seriously reduced.
Ouyang He realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and wanted to report the matter to the imperial court, but at this time he received even greater bad news, because the night pearl he offered caused people to fall ill one after another in the imperial court, and he was already in chaos, just in time for King Wen of Zhou to lead his troops to attack, and the court was worried about internal and external troubles, and he had no time to take care of Ouyang He's affairs, so he could only let him fend for himself, and finally simply gave up the arsenal.
Ouyang He, who was isolated and helpless, in order not to expand his illness, could only isolate all the people who had been in contact with the gem mine from Maple Bay, he himself was infected with this vicious disease, hundreds of officers and soldiers endured the torture of strange diseases, and some people died violently every day, Ouyang He fell into despair, and the military doctors were helpless in the face of this strange disease, and Ouyang He could only watch the condition of the craftsmen deteriorate day by day.
In addition to a small number of people who fell ill and died violently, those who were half-dead had even more terrifying changes.
There is a man nicknamed Big Man who is the first to have a condition, at first he was just red and swollen, gradually ulcerated and suppurated, the inflammation caused by the infection on his body made him have a high fever every day, the military doctor used all methods, and the fever just couldn't go away.
The big man finally burned out his brain under the constant high fever, became delirious, and aggressive, he was burly, powerful, and wanted to bite people all day long with red eyes and grinning teeth, at first he could control himself, and then he became a monster who was completely unconscious and could only attack.
The wounds of several people who were unfortunately bitten by him also began to fester, and within a day they became as high fever and delirium as he did, and then developed into as aggressive as the big men, and many people in the village were bitten by them, and soon the situation became out of control and made people panic.