Chapter 110: Debt Reduction
Liu Liang and Yun Tianxiao continuously output, killing all the fire ants around the cave, he walked up quickly to clean up the battlefield, in addition to gaining a lot of experience, he also got more than forty fire ant powder, enough for him to make three flamethrowers.
Yun Tianxiao stood still at the entrance of the cave, this ant cave was bigger than the wolf den they usually saw, and it was dark and bottomless when viewed from above.
An ant with a red body was just about to climb up, and when he saw someone at the entrance of the cave, he hurriedly retreated.
Yun Tianxiao pressed the hilt of the sword and pointed to the cave and said: "There are still remnants of fire ants in this cave, and there are even queen ants. ”
"No, no, no." Liu Liang waved his hand again and again and said: "This is killing chickens and taking eggs, I can't help it, there are not many fire ant nests in here, and when the queen ant inside grows into many soldier ants, it is not too late for us to clean it up." ”
Yun Tianxiao wondered in his heart, what is this, is it to raise the self-respect, or to raise a tiger for trouble, or maybe to use this place as a source of alchemy and medicine.
Further on, there is a barrier formed by the southern forest, the canopy of trees is like a green canopy to block the time, and the trunks of the trees are closely arranged into walls, and in some places black holes are exposed, and all kinds of strange cries are heard from them.
As we all know, the lower the brightness, the higher the spawn rate, just say that the dark valley near the dark castle, he didn't dare to walk in alone with a lamp until now, this southern forest is dark and dark, it must be more dangerous than the dark valley, you have to go back and prepare well before you can come to open up the wasteland.
Liu Liang just walked to the entrance of the cave and glanced inside, before turning around and saying to his subordinates: "Today's preparation is insufficient, wait for another day to build and improve the forward base, and then challenge again." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, Qiu Batian and the others covered their hearts, thinking that they could finally delay it for a few days, and their lives gained a few more days of respite.
Since the Five Evils entered the secret realm, every minute of every day has been very fulfilling. In the past, when life in Kyushu martial arts was boring, they always needed to do some evil and kill some people to find the joy of life.
But now that life has become a luxury, their lives have meaning, and then they begin to practice martial arts diligently to polish their internal skills, trying to please the immortals, in order to obtain some life-saving immortal weapons, and then they can survive the battle as much as possible.
Just as the immortal Liu Liang said: "What is transformation? This is called transformation, only by letting you rub left and right on the edge of death, repeatedly jumping sideways, bearing the great horror and catastrophe at any time, and bearing the evil consequences of death without a corpse at any time, will you cherish life, will you not show cruelty and ruthlessness to the death of others, and get the sublimation of spirit and soul. Even if one day you do die, your souls will be able to emerge from here and ascend to Western Elysium without falling into hell. ”
If other enlightened monks and good people in the world told them this, the black demon would probably swing his sword and chop him up and spit a few mouthfuls of spit, but this is an immortal after all, do you dare to believe the words of the immortal? They weren't sure that the immortals could let them go to heaven, but if they let them go to hell, the immortals would definitely be able to do it.
Liu Liang led them back to the steam barracks, and as soon as he closed the gate, he heard the sound of Suosuo in the grass in the courtyard. They looked nervous and surrounded left and right, and finally found the creature that made the sound in the bushes, which was actually a nine-foot-long centipede.
Giant centipede
Health: 2300
Attack: 660
If this thing is placed in any place of aura in the martial arts of Kyushu, it will be used as a big monster to send children and men to feed and sacrifice, but in this secret realm, it is not even a minion.
Liu Liang deliberately tested the individual combat ability of several people, and said with his hands behind his back: "This immortal is going to refine a magic weapon that can breathe fire twenty zhang, and if any of you can kill this fang alone, I will give this magic weapon to one of you." ”
Several people were eager to try, and the black demon had already stepped forward and said, "I'm coming!" ”
He walked up to the giant centipede and stood still, and the centipede immediately stood up and flew halfway upright, spitting out a wisp of black gas from its mouth. The black demon flew over and jumped down and stomped on the centipede's back, and the tower-like body did not trample the centipede, but let its head and tail curl and continue to spit black gas.
Heisha turned over and jumped up again and cut the giant centipede into two pieces, but the head and tail two sections could still crawl and attack him, and Heisha hurriedly chopped the centipede twice with both swords, chopping the centipede to death.
Several people who saw the battle regretted it and didn't stand up earlier, this centipede didn't seem to have any special skills except for its huge body and terrifying appearance, and it was killed by a few swords cut by the black evil.
Liu Liang nodded approvingly, turned around and said to a few people: "It's a pity that you didn't take the initiative to fight, it doesn't matter, there are many such centipedes in that southern forest, there are countless of them, you all have to have such courage, I will let you kill enough." ”
Hearing this, the first image that appeared in their minds was hundreds of centipedes crawling through the dead grass of the dark forest, twisting their bodies to attack and bite them, how could such a scene not send chills down their spines and creeps.
Liu Liang is thinking about installing a lever outside the gate to connect the steam engine, so that when he leaves the barracks in the future, he can control the gate in both directions, and he doesn't have to worry about monsters taking advantage of their absence in the camp to get in.
"Let's all board the car, let's go back to the main camp in Stack Town."
He drove the train all the way back to the mine station, and from the mine station through the fog pillar mouth station, and finally back to the stacktown station.
Wu Chenzi stood on the platform with a sword in his arms and waited, and when he saw Liu Liang get out of the car, he immediately stepped forward to make a report: "Qiqi Immortal Master, the Emperor Ze of Tianmen is here again, and he has been waiting for the master in the martial arts camp for two days. ”
It must be here to ask for a postponement of debt repayment, after all, Kyushu Wulin has just experienced war, the economy has not recovered so quickly, and 400 million ores cannot be paid off in a year or two.
Liu Liang waved his hand and said, "You asked him to come to the palace on the empty island to see me." ”
"Yes, Master."
Liu Liang returned to the empty island, and as soon as he went to the apse of the palace to classify and store the items in the inventory into the warehouse, he heard Di Ze pay homage outside: "Tianmen Elder Di Ze see the immortals." ”
He turned back from the apse and sang in a high voice in the tone of an immortal: "Since your Tianmen has restored order in the Central Plains, you should clean up the hearts of the people, make great efforts, and recuperate with the people." ”
Di Ze immediately gave up his hand: "What the Immortal Master said is extremely true, this time our army was able to recapture the Central Plains, thanks to the help of the Immortal Master with his divine power to create armor soldiers. However, it was written in the agreement between the two sides that this was not gratuitous aid, and that we would need to repay 252 million taels of gold, and that it would take 480 million pieces to convert it into ore. How can we afford such a huge debt, once the collection is intensified, it is the people who will suffer. I also hope that the immortal master will be sympathetic to the people of Kyushu and reduce some debts. ”
Look at what he said, if he doesn't agree to reduce it, he Liu Liang is not sympathetic to the people of Kyushu.
"There is some truth in what you said, I can reduce it appropriately, just remove the fraction, 400 million ores or equivalent heavenly and earthly treasures, and it must be paid off within ten years."
Di Ze asked with a blank eye, "Can't you reduce it a little more?" It's still hard for the people to bear it. ”
Liu Liang suddenly straightened his face and was unhappy: "This immortal doesn't want your taxes from Tianmen, nor does he want the gold in your treasury, let alone the food that affects the survival of the people." It's just that you want the refined iron ore stored in the martial arts in Kyushu, and it only wants some precious medicinal materials and underground treasures, you only need to send someone to dig it out and escort it to the secret realm, let alone hurt the people. ”
Di Ze retorted politely and politely: "Immortal Master's words are wrong, 400 million ores will be paid off in ten years, and 40 million ores will be excavated every year, how much manpower will be consumed every year for these alone?" It is also necessary to escort the people's oxen and horse-drawn carts along the way, and how much food and manpower will be lost to send these ores to the secret realm? ”
"Really?" Liu Liang knocked on his forehead and said: "Since it takes manpower to transport ore, it is better to build a railway extending from the secret realm to the Xuantie mine in Yongzhou, and the train and rails are provided by Ben Xian, you just lay them, how about it?" ”
Such a way to solve the problem made Di Ze unexpected, and he was in a trance for a long time before asking: "Do you have to borrow money again for these rails and trains?" ”
Liu Liang estimated in his heart that a section of rail requires six fine iron ingots, 6,000 yuan to lay one kilometer, 600,000 yuan to lay 100 kilometers, and only 60 million yuan to 10,000 kilometers.
He then clapped his head and said, "Why do you need to borrow any more debts, just use the debts I have forgiven you to repair." ”
At the bottom of his heart, Dize was not keen on building any railway, which meant that he would have to start a big project and add a lot of trouble.
He cautiously asked Liu Liang again: "My lord wants to raise troops to fight against Liaodong Yijianmen and Goryeo Heavenly Master, and he also needs to buy weapons from the immortal master to repay the debt, I don't know if the immortal master can read the situation of my heavenly gate to eliminate demons in the past, and appropriately reduce its price, otherwise we can't afford it." ”
Di Hao is going to war again? Does this martial arts supreme want to repay his debts with war? There is still a famous saying that is true, arms dealers will never lose their jobs, as long as human resources are unevenly distributed and desires are not satisfied, killing each other will always exist.
Liu Liang asked him rhetorically: "How much do you want me to reduce the price?" ”
"A set of armor, a sword, and a bow are worth a total of five hundred refined iron ore or dark iron ore."
Liu Liang stretched out his hand to shoot the case and startled Di Ze, thinking that he was going to go crazy.
"Yes, five hundred."
Good guy, Di Ze regrets it, he still doesn't cut the price hard enough, just cut half of this guy and still make money, how much profit did he take away from us?