Chapter 843: It's Started!
The next day, inside the Leopard's Mouth Gold Mine!
Located at the foot of a large mountain, the Leopard Mouth Gold Mine is divided into two large areas, the inner and the outer areas, surrounded by a fence made of wooden piles about two meters and a half high.
The outer area is divided into left and right sides, on the left side are the accommodation and canteens of workers and the mine protection team, and on the right side is a wide but shallow river, where some workers usually beneficiate and wash ore.
The inner area is the source of this small river, which extends into the cave...... No one knows what's going on inside, and few people even know how deep it is. It can be said that the secrecy measures are very strict. Of course, there are certainly many more gold mines in this area than there outside, and it is a key area. From time to time, I even heard the sound of explosions inside, and some corpses and the like, which made the people outside feel terrible inside, so that few people were willing to work inside. Even for eating, the workers in the inner and outer districts are separated, which makes it even more conjectural.
Here, there was originally a 300-person mine protection team, and because the leopard regarded this place as the biggest source of wealth, he attached great importance to it, so this 300-person mine protection team was also the elite and confidence of the armed forces under the leopard, and this place naturally became his lair.
However, because the leopard needs to deal with the old mayor Zhou Baichuan, he needs to stay in the county for a long time, and he needs the protection and execution of the armed forces himself, so half of the armed forces are transferred from here. In addition, this place is not far from Dajin Town, once something happens, it can definitely arrive within two hours, and there are no big armed forces around except for the little devils and two or three armed forces such as Matou Town - this place is now occupied by the little devils, as long as the little devils do not fall, then, without the approval of the little devils, other armed forces that can pose a threat to the Leopard Mouth Gold Mine will not dare to move, otherwise they will look for death. On the other hand, once the little devil approves of other people's attack on the leopard's mouth gold mine, then, no matter whether the leopard concentrates all his forces here, it makes no difference, it is just a 'death' word, and his little man will definitely not be able to kill the little devil. So, under normal circumstances, even if there are only one hundred and fifty people here, it is enough to resist the attack of others. No matter how bad it is, they only need to stay for two hours before they can get reinforcements. Therefore, the leopard is still very relieved here, otherwise he would not boldly directly withdraw half of the armed forces...... Of course, this is only under normal circumstances.
"Master Hu, Ming'er is the sixtieth birthday of Old Man Peng (Liu Hu's father-in-law), the brothers haven't drunk a big bowl of wine for a long time, and they have eaten a lot of meat, can you reward the brothers with a delicious meal?"
Since Liu Hu became one of the leaders and expanded his strength in this area, his father-in-law's family began to flourish and slowly emerged, and Liu Hu's status in his father-in-law's family has also increased.
A few days ago, the old man also sent someone to greet him, asking him to help when he was free, preferably a day or two in advance. Tomorrow is the father-in-law's birthday, he passed today, not only to show his identity, but also to show help, this point, he stepped on it very accurately, so, yesterday he sent his wife over, and arranged everything, today at noon, he planned to take a specially selected fifty subordinates, ready to go to the father-in-law's house to help...... said to be helping, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts, it's just to sit and sit with the guests, chat and gamble with the guests, etc., you can't ask him to move the table and wipe the chairs, that's a slap in the face. To put it bluntly, it is just that the father-in-law's family wants to use his identity and armed forces to show the prestige of the Peng family.
In this regard, he is also willing - the rich do not return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes at night. It's the same when you go to your father-in-law's house to show off.
No, as soon as the fifty people were combined, he was walking over, but he saw a group of foremen standing next to him standing aside and laughing, and one of them was a young man about twenty years old, so he directly asked for a reward.
This young man is not an ordinary person, and the reason why he dares to ask for such a reward directly is because he is Zhou Yi, the nephew of Zhou Kaijun, the third master.
Zhou Kaijun has two daughters, but no son, Zhou Yi happened to have both parents dead, and he followed his uncle as a bandit a long time ago.
With the help of Zhou Kaijun, Zhou Yichao was naturally very good, and soon became a small leader.
However, as Zhou Kaijun did not fight Liu Hu, Zhou Yi's status plummeted. And the biggest reason why Zhou Yi did not go to Dajin Town with Zhou Kaijun is that Zhou Yi is equivalent to a hostage, whether it is for Liu Hu or for the leopard.
Therefore, Zhou Yi's status in Leopard's Mouth is somewhat special: although everyone understands that he is a hostage, as long as his uncle Zhou Kaijun is not finished, and he himself does not cause trouble, even if he is in the Leopard's Mouth Gold Mine, he is a character who is not easy to offend. Of course, nominally, he has also changed from a small boss to a foreman now, supervising the lives of the laborers every day. It's just that he fished for three days and dried his nets for two days, and others didn't talk about him, and Liu Hu didn't see it because he didn't want to force Zhou Kaijun too much. Therefore, in this leopard's mouth gold mine, Zhou Yi's life is the most nourishing, and he has made a group of fox friends and dog friends, and he spends his money all day long.
Zhou Yi is definitely uncomfortable in his heart, but he has been mixing in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he is naturally very eye-catching, usually he is absent from work, playing cards and the like, and belongs to the kind of character who does not make big mistakes and keeps making small mistakes. Moreover, because he understands his identity and is not born with the full strength to choose to stand in line, he will definitely not dangle in front of Liu Hu without anything, let alone think about currying favor with Liu Hu. Liu Hu is also the principle that out of sight is pure, as long as this guy doesn't guard against big mistakes and doesn't run away, he will be left to him.
It's just that I never expected that today, Zhou Yi actually took the initiative to ask for a reward.
Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Liu Hu didn't think much about it, and thought that Zhou Yi wanted to borrow his own things to sell everyone's favors.
Naturally, I won't be fooled by this.
smiled at the moment: "The brothers have worked hard enough this year, originally I wanted to find an opportunity to improve the food for everyone, and fight tooth sacrifices, but now, it happens that my father-in-law will celebrate his sixtieth birthday tomorrow, so he will simply do it all at once......" Speaking of this, he pondered, instead of only selling favors to these people, it is better to take the opportunity to sell favors to everyone, anyway, it won't cost a few dollars. So he looked up at everyone and shouted, "Rest assured, everyone, tomorrow, not only the brothers will improve their food, but also all the workers here, one of them will be counted as one, and all of them will improve their food." I don't dare to say anything else, but I promise that at least one bowl of meat and one bowl of wine per person is still okay. I just hope that everyone will work hard in the future and make a fortune together!"
"Xie Huye!"
Suddenly, everyone happily thanked Liu Hu.
Liu Hu nodded with a smile and was about to continue walking, but unexpectedly, Zhou Yi smiled again and said: "Thank you Lord Tiger for the generous reward, but since the wine and meat are guaranteed, can you give everyone here a big holiday? ”
Then, Zhou Yi shouted to the surroundings: "Do you say yes?"
No one answered, and even a few fox friends around Zhou Yi looked at Liu Hu with a smile, but none of them spoke. However, all the workers straightened up and looked at Liu Hu with anticipation.
Liu Hu turned around and looked at Zhou Yi with a cold light in his eyes.
Zhou Yi shrugged his shoulders with a smile and didn't speak, but looked at Liu Hu.
Not to mention that Zhou Yi's request is getting more and more excessive: I promised you the last request, but you were not satisfied, and I want to mention more, you have to understand who is in charge here? Not to mention that Zhou Yi is suspected of inciting everyone, not to mention that if he really wants to magnify the fake, who will be responsible for the loss? Every year, you can have a holiday during the New Year, usually unless you die, otherwise, you are not allowed to take prescriptions, and now you have to take a holiday, then, not to mention the decrease in your income every month, the key is that you can't complete the specified task, the little devil and the leopard blame it, Liu Hu doesn't want to take this responsibility - he is not arrogant enough not to put the little devil and the leopard in his eyes.
Just said that Zhou Yi dared to look at himself so unscrupulously, which offended Liu Hu: You little hostage, if Lao Tzu didn't have the strength to swallow your uncle in one bite, otherwise, how could you have the qualifications to jump in front of Lao Tzu? However, since you provoked first, then, Lao Tzu will educate you and teach you a lesson, and others will have nothing to say.
Liu Hu, like Zhou Kaijun, does not have a lot of energy, and people who don't have a lot of energy are easy to get angry. And once people get angry, it is easy to ignore many things, for example: Zhou Yi, who was either respectful in front of himself in the past, or would rather take a detour than meet him, why did he suddenly take such an abnormal initiative to 'tactfully' provoke himself today?
"Zhou Yi, what do you mean by this?"
"It's not interesting, I just think that the brothers are busy with things in the gold mine all year round, and they don't have time to rest, and tomorrow is the 60th birthday of Mr. Peng...... Celebrate the whole world!"
"Tongqing all over the world, you're sarcasm, I'm not capable, my strength is weak, right?"
After speaking, without waiting for Zhou Yi to speak, he directly snorted coldly: "Come on! Zhou Yi disobeyed the discipline, provoked me, and hung him at the gate for a day, so that he could remember for a long time and figure out his identity, so as not to know who is in charge here now." ”
"You dare to hang me?" Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, and then shouted angrily.
"Hang him for three days!"
Liu Hu shouted angrily. Immediately, some of his men rushed over to tie up people...... People were hung for three days, not to mention anything else, just the mosquitoes in this mountain can bite people to death.
At this time, the two people beside Liu Hu stepped forward, and the person on the left whispered: "Second master, this week Yi Hao is the third master's nephew...... We don't have the ability to swallow the strength of the third master in one bite now, so we have to endure it first, and then ...... when the strength arrives."
The rest of the words were not spoken, but everyone understood the meaning. And the man on the right also whispered: "Yes, Second Master, if you want to achieve great things, you must first learn to endure, this is what you usually teach us." Let's bear with it for the time being, just teach him a lesson, you can't do it for this little thing, forcing the third master to desperately fight with you. Kill a thousand enemies, self-damage eight hundred, when the time comes, even if we can defeat the third master, our strength will inevitably be greatly damaged, but there is an uncle watching from above, it is estimated that ...... Besides, tomorrow is your father-in-law's birthday, and at this time, it is better not to see blood, so as not to be unlucky. ”
Liu Hu thought for a while and said, "For the sake of someone interceding for you, I will spare you this time from death, but you will not escape the crime." Come, put him in a water cell, shut up for a day, and not allowed to eat or drink. ”
After speaking, Liu Hu coldly glanced at Zhou Yi, who was still struggling, snorted heavily, turned around and left.
And among the workers not far away, there are seven or eight men who are watching all this, and there are three words floating in their hearts - start!
They were all members of the assault company, and they were sent in early this morning through connections to prepare for tomorrow......