Chapter 139: Harvest
Ma Shanhao suddenly realized!
Zhuang Zhou was also a little strange, how could he get these conspiracies and tricks and the like?
Zhuang Zhou didn't know that although he had never been to the world, and he had blurred many things in that dream world, everything in it had been imprinted in his mind silently.
This point, even he himself did not realize, this is the effect of a dream world constructed by a dream hunter on the dreamer. Just like Ma Tianhu, although he has escaped from Liu Canglong's mental cage, the residual aura is still eating away at his essence!
In this way, the three of them left Qixia Village with 200 people, and under the guidance of Ma Shanhao, they crossed the mountains and went to the village to visit the households. Fortunately, the distance between the villages is not very far, some are separated by a mountain, some are separated by a wide river, and they only stop for a while in each village, find the village chief, ask about the situation, and go to the home of the fallen disciples this time to comfort them, and announce that they will be exempted from life taxes, and there are children who can be sent up the mountain to cultivate...... By dusk, most of the villages had been visited.
The first tour of the new patriarch was a great success. The village chiefs had been anxious since they descended the mountain, for fear that the new patriarch would investigate their following crimes, and when they heard that the patriarch was coming, they felt that they were about to part with their families. Unexpectedly, everywhere Zhuang Zhou went, he was comforted by kind words, and every word made those white-bearded old village chiefs firmly believe: The new patriarch will definitely not settle accounts after the autumn, rest assured! Everyone naturally recalled the face of the former patriarch Liu Canglong in their minds: domineering, vicious and vicious, compared with the current patriarch, one is miserable and miserable, and the other is like a spring breeze! It seems that the support of the situation in Yunmengshan is really crooked!
The families of those fallen disciples were even more grateful. Although the children of the family died in a daze, in the mouth of the patriarch, it was for Yunmeng Mountain to sacrifice for the Dream Hunting Clan. In addition, the condition of the bereavement pension is that the lifelong rent is exempted, and the other children can also go up the mountain to cultivate, listen to the will of the patriarch, as if they want to make some kind of iron plate to hang on the door, with this iron plate, they can have many privileges in the future! This favor is really unprecedented.
To everyone's special surprise, it was naturally the two hundred or so slaves who followed behind. Although everyone did not dare to ask more. But there was inevitably a lot of discussion: these people were naturally not cultivators on the mountain, so who were they? Finally, someone recognized them by the way they were dressed: they were the slaves of Li Qiaosheng's family in Qixia Village!
The patriarch took the slaves of Li Qiaosheng's family from this village to that village, what did he do all the way?
All the village chiefs knew that Li Qiaosheng was the first person who supported the new patriarch this time, and he should have been a big celebrity of the patriarch, but the new patriarch's words seemed to reveal his dissatisfaction with Li Qiaosheng. It's elusive......
A few bold village chiefs thought to themselves: All the slaves of Li Qiaosheng's family were taken away by the patriarch, so wouldn't his family become an empty house......
Sunset. The patriarch returned to Yunmeng Mountain with a full stomach full of harvest and more than two hundred people.
This inspection. Zhou Long and Ma Shanhao were even more secretly frightened by Zhuang Zhou! Usually they only felt that Zhuang Zhou was concentrating on cultivation and didn't ask about everything, but this time he was driven out of the duck and became the patriarch, and he didn't know how to end up. Unexpectedly, when the matter came, Zhuang Zhou was able to convince all the village chiefs with just one mouth. There are still many strange ideas in his mind, such as making an iron plaque to hang at the door of the door of the fallen disciple's house as a commendation, and he can enjoy many privileges with the iron plaque, I really don't know how he came up with it!
The procession marched along the twilight mountain road. Zhuang Zhou suddenly said to the two, "Do you know where that vein is?"
Zhou Long was stunned for a moment and said, "I know, but that vein was exhausted many years ago...... At that time, it was also mined by labor from various villages. Thinking that Yunmeng Mountain once had such a precious vein but was "given" to Feimeng Mountain by Liu Canglong, he sighed in his heart.
Zhuang Zhou groaned and said, "I still want to go and see ...... Senior Brother Ma was not lightly injured, and he had to think of ways to find the materials to refine the Gu Nian Dan. ”
Ma Shanhao heard that he never forgot to heal Ma Tianhu, and his heart was moved, and he said: "That ore vein is in the col not far from here, but you can take a look...... However, it has been abandoned for many years, and the patriarch doesn't have to worry too much, Hu'er Ji people have their own natural ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't help choking.
Zhuang Zhou said: "Go and have a look!"
Zhou Long had to lead the way, and in less than half an hour, he saw a big pit in the place of the mountain col, bottomless, surrounded by gravel and messy, and there was a long row of low houses next to it, which was the residence of the coolies when they were mining.
Standing on the edge of the big pit, you can imagine the excitement and hardship of mining ore back then. At this time, it was getting dark, and he really couldn't see anything, but Zhuang Zhou's original intention did not seem to be to check whether the ore veins were available, but became interested in the row of houses, stared at the old man for a long time, and suddenly said to the more than two hundred slaves behind him: "This place is very good, enough for you to live ......"
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that the patriarch wanted to settle himself here. The slaves lived a hard life, and they didn't care about living in such an environment, but the patriarch took them out and didn't do anything, so he threw them here for no reason?
One of the slaves was smart, seeing that Zhuang Zhou cared about the ore vein, his eyes rolled and said: "Patriarch, the little one used to be a miner here, and he is quite familiar with this pit, if the patriarch assigns us to find a new ore vein here, it would be better......"
Zhuang Zhou was surprised and delighted, jumped off the horse, and asked, "Really, what's your name?"
The man was in his forties, and he was dressed as a serf of Li Qiaosheng's family, with a vicissitudes of life. Seeing that Zhuang Zhou was excited, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The little one is called Li Geng, who was originally a miner, because Village Chief Li was ...... back then" said with a look of hesitation in his eyes, and he didn't seem to dare to go on.
Zhuang Zhou frowned, feeling that there seemed to be something hidden in this, and said, "But it's okay to say it!"
Li Geng said boldly: "When I was mining here, Village Chief Li instructed me to hide some ore materials with him, but I refused, so he was reduced to a slave and lost his ......freedom."
Zhuang Zhou was taken aback, what? Li Qiaosheng actually used to hide ores privately? He was just a mortal who had never cultivated, what was the use of these ores? It seemed that this Li Qiaosheng was really not simple!
Li Gen continued: "The little one doesn't know what he wants these ores for...... The little one has been mining here for nearly ten years, and he is very familiar with the ore, and he was still a team leader here......"
Zhuang Zhou's heart was excited, he didn't expect that among the more than 200 people he took away, there was actually a person who was familiar with the ore vein, it was really an unexpected gain! He had already lost hope for this abandoned ore vein, but now he had aroused his thoughts.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou said: "Very good! Li Geng, listen, from this moment on, you are the captain of the Yunmeng Mountain prospecting team, more than 200 people are all at your disposal, as long as you can find the ore vein again, I will restore you, no, there are more than 200 people here who are free!"
Li was even more overjoyed, getting rid of the status of a slave and regaining his free body, this is the dream of every slave, but he did not expect that suddenly the opportunity was in front of him, how could he not make him cry! The more than 200 people were also all happy, you know, although it is very slim to find ore from a long-abandoned ore vein, but there is finally a glimmer of hope.
Hundreds of people fell to their knees with a roar, shouting: "Patriarch Xie!"
Zhou Long and Ma Shanhao glanced at each other, and they were also happy and surprised that things had changed so strangely. Ma Shanhao was even more excited, if this Li Geng really found a new ore again, then of course Ma Tianhu's hope of healing his injuries would be greatly improved!
Zhuang Zhou said: "Don't be busy thanking, the key is to find the ore! Tomorrow I will ask someone to send food and tools, and you will overcome it tonight......" Li Geng stood up and said happily: "Patriarch, don't worry, there are still many candles and straw left when the miners were evacuated here, and we don't have to worry about anything here tonight......
Here, Li took more than 200 people to clean up the dilapidated grass houses, and they were in full swing. Over there, Zhuang Zhou and the three people rode horses, left the ore vein, and walked in the direction of Yunmeng Mountain.
Along the way, the three of them were a little excited, thinking that if they really found a new ore, not only Ma Tianhu's injuries could be cured quickly, but also once the Gu Nian Pill was refined, Yunmeng Mountain's strength would inevitably increase greatly, and then they would be able to regain their strength and change the situation of being pressed by Feimeng Mountain for so many years......
It's just that a question is still lingering in the minds of the three of them, that is, Li Geng said that Li Qiaosheng was secretly collecting ores more than ten years ago, what ulterior motives are hidden in this?
After the sky was completely dark, the three of them finally returned to the plank road at the foot of Yunmeng Mountain. When I arrived at the place where I led the horses during the day, I saw several black shadows standing in the woods with torches, and when I got closer, it was Li Qiaosheng and those guards.
As soon as Zhuang got off the horse, Li Qiaosheng immediately greeted him, with a look of anxiety and anxiety on his face, and said: "Patriarch, you can come back! These dream immortals have to leave me here, saying that the patriarch has something important to do with me, and I have been waiting here for a day......
Zhou Long smiled: "What, the patriarch told you to wait, are you still impatient?"
Li Qiaosheng's face stiffened, and he said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" It's just that I'm just a small village chief, but the patriarch specially ordered me to wait here, first, I was flattered, and second, I thought that I could not be the patriarch's entrusted responsibility, and I felt guilty and uneasy...... "He went up the mountain this time, originally relying on his merits, and he was quite unscrupulous, but he hit a nail on the mountain in the morning, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore."
Zhuang Zhou interrupted him and said, "Originally, there was something to trouble Village Chief Li, but now that it's gone, you can go back!"
Li Qiaosheng stayed on the spot, telling himself to wait for a day, but there was nothing to do, what is this called? But he didn't dare to ask, so he had to ask: "This ...... That's ...... Can this go back? Is it really nothing?"
Zhuang Zhou's eyes shone with a special light under the firelight, staring at Li Qiaosheng with burning eyes, and said word by word: "It's really nothing...... Village Chief Li, if something happens, I'm sure I'll look for you again!"
Li Qiaosheng trembled, a cold current instantly flowed all over his body, he didn't dare to look at Zhuang Zhou's eyes, lowered his head, and said, "That Qiaosheng retires......"
Zhuang Zhou watched Li Qiaosheng go away, and said thoughtfully: "In his dream, I don't know what secret ...... is hidden" (to be continued......)