Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Ditch

Sam stood by the ditch with a pale face. ()

Some farmers walked around curiously. At first the peasants ran around without having time to get dressed, and after a while, when they saw a large crowd gathering by the river, they couldn't help but come over to see what was going on.

The men soon became as surprised as Sam when they saw that the ditch, which had been intact at night, was now torn, and a deep crooked gully lay across the earth to the pool. All the wooden stakes on the ground had flown away, and Sam's hard-pressed planks had been swept out of the ditch.

There was dirt all around, and a farmer curiously squatted down and grabbed one with his hands, and then said to the people around him in shock: "Ho is still hot, the same as horse manure"

When the people around heard this, their eyes widened, and they cautiously reached out to touch the clods of earth, and then excitedly held them in their hands and looked at them repeatedly, as if they looked not like mud but gold.

The pond had also been blown out of a large crater, and was now steaming hot.

The father, with dark circles under his eyes, got up hastily in his shirt and walked through the crowd under the guidance of a soldier. When the people saw the lord coming, they all consciously moved out of the way.

"You, what the hell are you doing in the middle of the night, people say you're doing magic?" Father's eyes widened, "This" and this." ”

My father saw that most of the work he had expected to be completed in two months had been completed, and although the ravine seemed crooked, it did not prevent the ditch from being cut deep--- that is, the most laborious work had been completed. Now all you need to do is dig up the blasted soil and then use a shovel and a sledgehammer to level and tamp it.

This efficiency surprised his father, and You stood aside, dressed in the clothes he had made the stupid maid pulp wash. The breeze blew, and he stood in the crowd like a prophet, and he spread his hands, "Although I have not done well, I have done my best." ”

The peasants, who had never seen the world, were amazed, and they looked at Yu in the moonlight as if they were looking at the angels they worshipped.

You closed his eyes and accepted the gaze of everyone.

The father coughed lightly and interrupted the surrounding farmers, "Go back, or others won't know what you're doing when they see you gathered."

The farmers and craftsmen shook their heads and walked away, looking back as they went, hoping for another miracle. By the window of the house, several maids timidly poked their heads out of the doorway, cautiously inquiring about what was happening on the edge of the riverbank. The men said in unison that You summoned the thunder of the gods and blew a big hole in the ground.

All kinds of rumors make people believe that they are especially the prophets of the Kugit people in the steppe, or they are their shamans, otherwise how could they suddenly open the canal with a loud bang.

By the river, after everyone had dispersed, my father walked to You's side: "Everyone is gone*, you don't need to close your eyes." ”

You blushed, "It's just doing my best for adults, as for being in the limelight or something, it's not my main concern." ”

"Alright," the father shrugged his shoulders, and then revealed the curiosity he had been hiding all along, "This thing is so powerful, is this the kind of powder called gunpowder that you use to set off fireworks?" ”

"Uh, yes, it's that powder."

"I didn't know it had so much power. I remember hearing about this kind of thing when I was in Rhodok, and the pharmacists in the school had made it available, but what I saw was that they only burned violently, and if they were about to explode, I really hadn't seen them. ”

"That's a different formula, and how to apply the medicine is also particular, if it is sprinkled on the ground, it will not have any effect. But if it is specially compacted, digging a pit and stuffing it into the soil is different. ”

"Just like the Salanders' weapons? I think they used this powder as well."

"Well, yes, it's all the same. I've been working on this recipe since I was in Suno, otherwise why would I want to fix the house away from everyone. Although the old man Bianwen framed me like this in order to hook up with the girl in the valley and not be discovered, I am really thinking about everyone's safety.'''"

The father jumped into the ditch, looked around at the traces left by this medicinal powder, and when he heard You say this, he couldn't help but look back at You, with an expression on his face that was 'Really?' ’。

Yu coughed and jumped off as well. At this time, Sam was still standing aside, and looked at him with a smile, "Sam? Why is the face so bad? ”

Sam didn't speak, and staggered away.

"By the way," the father suddenly asked, pressing the wall of earth in the ditch, "this powder is going to be exploded in a small barrel." I saw that you had been tinkering with those kegs, and the cook said you had taken her kegs of cereal. ”

"Yes, yes. Packed in a barrel, buried in the ground, blended into a special recipe, ignited. It's as simple as that. ”

"Is this powder easy to make?"

"Uh" '''If there are many people, it will be built quickly, but it is easy to get into trouble; If I do it myself, it's very safe, but I can only make a few dozen catties a month, and I have to make all kinds of materials sufficiently. The point is that it is too dangerous to make too many of this kind of things, when I was in Saland, once a workshop caught fire, and several of my people did not escape, and then the workshop was blown up into the sky, and I don't even know where they flew. ”

"Oh, that's easy to say. If this thing is used to blow up the city wall, no matter how hard the stone is, it won't be able to stop it, right? ”

When he said this, the atmosphere suddenly became heavy, and You seemed to fall into a kind of hesitation.

"Actually, I've been thinking about this all the time, but you see, it's definitely not a matter to blow up the ditch and blow the city wall. I'm curious why you haven't thought about it all along. Do you know? Mark. The first time Cesar saw me set off fireworks, he asked me the same question as you. ”

"Oh, I think the fireworks are beautiful" ''I'm sorry, I thought it was the same thing as the alchemist's oil trick, so I never thought that this kind of thing could change the appearance of war. Even when the Salander weapons appeared, I didn't think they were so powerful, and even though my father-in-law had told me that the future would change, I still didn't think it was a big deal. I think that kind of powerful weapon, like the most fashionable ballista, will always be surpassed. I've never felt as powerful as I do today. ”

"Yes," You leaned out and looked at the moon in the sky, "I've heard that your ancestors had a legend that a box contained a monster that no one could control, and once it was released, it could change the whole world. I can't say what will happen to this powder, really, I can't say it either. Among my people, the people who invented this kind of thing probably don't know. The time I saw the whole workshop blown up, I kept thinking, what the hell is this going to do in the world? ”

Father and Yu fell silent at the same time.

At this time, Sam jumped out, "Wow, I saw a vole just now, it's actually cooked, can this kind of thing be roasted?" ”

Father: "''

Especially: "'''Really can'''

As soon as the next morning dawned, the farmers and craftsmen eagerly walked out of their huts. That morning, both the cook and the stupid maid, the soldier and the carpenter, consciously or unconsciously, would go to the cottage in the oak forest to express their friendship. The general concern of these people was that they were afraid that they would suddenly summon a flame and scorch them.

The peasants expressed their reverence, and one of the peasants stuck out his tongue and exhaled, "The stones from last night must have flown into the city of Dehrim and knocked a few of the people in the city unconscious."

Another farmer, who usually spoke with a lot of weight, expressed his disdain, "Sure enough, the countrymen don't know anything, and I'm afraid that so many stones will fly from the palace of Paravon last night," and after saying that, the very knowledgeable farmer glanced at You, and then said, "I have always said that Emperor Fiedrei is good." That's why people like You have come to assist Emperor Fiderick. By the way, my lord, if you see the emperor that day, just say that our villagers here love him very much."

After saying that, the group of farmers began to pat You's ass, You was very happy to talk to these people about the heroic stories of the past and the present, these farmers said that when they first saw You, they were surprised that You and the legendary heroes were a little similar. In the end, the men left a lot of wheat cakes, ham, and eggs, and patted their butts and left.

One group of people, and another group of people, each group of guests came to be close to Youtao: the old groom gave You a horsehair brush; His wife made You a hot pumpkin pie; A maid told Yu that she didn't have to be on duty tonight to take care of the master.

You suddenly became the brightest star in the manor, even more shocking than the loud bang last night.

At this time, Sam's face was gloomy, but he was happy to see that most of You's work had been completed. Under his father's command, Sam and a group of soldiers set up a stove and began to burn bricks. To repair the ditch, it takes a lot of effort to do it, and the hard work of getting things done once is better than the trouble of having to rebuild it every once in a while.

As You's fame spread, the ditch seal by the river was finally dug up, and the water poured into the ditch to the newly dug pond. The peasants cheered, and jumped into the ditch and sprinkled water with each other, and the women went down into the water with their skirts, and the little shepherd took off his trousers and tossed twice in the water, and when he came ashore he found that his trousers had been hidden, and no one gave them back.

As the water around the levee is diverted, it becomes easy to rebuild the levee. The people in the manor used several branches and bags of sand and gravel to block the water, and stood waist-deep in the water to press down the large stones one by one, and then stacked them layer by layer. Soon after, the levee was closed again, and the more than 100 acres of submerged fields became a wide pond.

People waited for a few days, and you built a water wheel to pump the water out. However, in some places, the waterwheel cannot be used, so people can only go down to dig it themselves.

When the pottery was dry, You began to throw mud at the people around him, which is a tradition in You's hometown: digging up the mud in the rice fields and throwing people into the mud to play, this is a good way to loosen the land and make it easier to plant. Soon all the people became clay figurines, and as my father's estate gradually expanded, the people's interest grew. When the lowest puddle was also washed dry, the peasants swarmed up and threw my father high.

Father laughed in the air.

Suddenly, he turned sideways and saw a group of cavalrymen dressed in black walking into the manor. My father saw the men's outfits as he flew up several times in quick succession--- black-clad cavalrymen with white cloth wrapped around their heads.

It was the Emperor's Guard.