Chapter 79: Encounter with an Assassin
The carriage drove to the coal mine, and the road was very smooth.
In the afternoon, they went to Beiliu Village and took Cui Chengcheng to see the coal mine.
The coal miners who are working are wearing masks.
This is what Li Xing redeemed from the system, after all, the time is short and the task is heavy, and the prestige value required to exchange masks is extremely low.
There is another reason, that is, the people of Daxia don't know what a mask is, so they can't make it if they want to.
However, Li Xing had already planned that when all the industries in Lingwu County were stable, he would exchange a batch of ancient textile machines with higher output and set up a textile factory.
The assembly line method is used to produce daily necessities, including masks, of course.
When Cui Chengcheng saw that there was an absenteeism who did not wear a mask and was being reprimanded by the small foreman in charge of supervision, she looked at Li Xing with some puzzlement.
He asked, "Why do they have to wrap a cloth in their mouths when they work?"
"That's not a cloth, it's called a mask, it's for protection from absenteeism."
Then Li Xing told Cui Tingcheng about the dangers of open-pit mining without wearing a mask.
After Cui Tingcheng listened, his eyes changed when he looked at Li Xing.
If she said before, she thought that Li Xing was for fame, but now she realized that she was superficial.
Master Li Xing, Master Li, all this is obviously developing in the direction of a saint.
After all, in this era, whether it is the imperial court or major families, who cares about absenteeism and life to make money from mining.
Not to mention wearing masks for their health, being able to pay wages on time, and not beating absenteeism, that would be considered mercy.
Just when Cui Qingcheng was thinking wildly, Li Xing continued: "In the future, when you mine coal mines, you must also use masks, otherwise you will be sick or die from absenteeism, and the mine will bear criminal responsibility."
"Master Li, it seems that there are no relevant provisions in the Great Xia Law?"
Cui Chengcheng is actually familiar with the laws of Daxia, but now that Li Xing says so, she is a little unsure.
Li Xing smiled: "Not now, there will be in the future, and the official is confident that His Majesty will agree."
Seeing Li Xing so confident, Cui Chengcheng became more and more curious: "My lord, why are you so confident? Don't forget, if you do this, it will harm the interests of the great family, and they will unite against it." Li Xing naturally knew about this.
However, Li Xing knows that the contradiction between the current emperor and the family has actually reached the point of irreconcilability.
He doesn't want to be a puppet, so he has only one choice, and that is to win the hearts and minds of the people.
And formulating favorable legal provisions for the people can not only silence the mouths of the civil and military moral gentlemen of the Manchu Dynasty, but also slowly weaken the influence of those families without radicalism.
So Li Xing just smiled and replied: "Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world."
"You...... You ......."
Cui Tingcheng is very smart, and his brain turns very fast.
Thinking that Li Xing wanted to win the hearts and minds of the people, he said this sentence again.
She subconsciously thought that Li Xing was preparing for a rebellion.
So later, she suddenly lowered her voice and whispered in Li Xing's ear: "Are you crazy, if there is no chaos today, there is only a dead end to rebellion, and my Cui family will not support you."
"Smack."
Li Xing slapped Cui Tingcheng's head angrily.
"Pretty smart girl, it's just a bit too much, I'm talking about Your Majesty."
Hearing Li Xing's explanation, Cui Qingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his beaten head and said, "That's good, I was almost scared to death by you."
Just as the two were talking in a whisper.
A cold light flashed Li Gou'er's eyes.
Out of instinct, Li Gou'er subconsciously glanced at Han Mang's position, and found that at a distance from them, there was an assassin dressed as an absentee, holding a dagger and stabbing at Cui Qingcheng.
"There are assassins, be careful."
Out of instinct, Li Gou'er shouted a reminder.
He had already guessed from the assassin's actions that it was no longer possible to stop the assassin at this time
That's it.
Immediately decided to knock down Cui Tingcheng, who the assassin was about to stab.
It's just that the moment he pounced on Cui Qingcheng, the joy in the assassin's eyes flashed.
In a strange posture, he turned around in the air and stabbed Cui Qingcheng's body, and turned into a straight stab in Li Xing's chest.
The whole process went smoothly and in one go, without the slightest pause.
It was clear that he had calculated before the assassination.
"Young Master."
Li Gou'er, who saved Cui Chengcheng, was about to turn around to deal with the assassin when he saw Li Xing fall to the ground, and his eyes were split.
One got up and kicked sideways, kicking the Assassin in the head.
When the assassin succeeded, he naturally did not stay, did not entangle with Li Gou'er at all, and quickly retreated.
"Master, you ......"
Li Gou'er was worried about Li Xing's safety and did not chase the assassin.
helped up Li Xing, who fell to the ground, and just wanted to ask Li Xing about the situation, but was pushed away by Li Xing: "Young master, I'm fine, go catch the assassin, don't let him run away."
"Less ......"
What else does Li Gouer want to say.
Li Xing pointed to his chest and said, "He didn't stab me at all, young master, I just fell to the ground instantly."
Li Gou'er glanced at Li Xing's chest, there was only one cut on his clothes, and no blood flowed out.
He was relieved and got up to chase the Assassin.
Li Gou'er shouted as she chased back, "Folks, catch that running assassin, he almost killed Master Li just now."
The people, who were still working, immediately exploded when they heard this.
Who is Master Lee?
That's their blue sky master.
That's the living bodhisattva in their hearts.
That's their reborn parents.
If it weren't for Master Li, they would have starved to death on the streets.
Now Master Li has not only given them jobs, but also given them a house, and their families and them no longer worry about making a living every day.
This person dared to assassinate Master Li.
This is simply going to cut off the way of life for these displaced people!
Therefore, the people were not afraid of life and death at all, and took the guy in their hands to surround the assassin.
Cui Qingcheng also got up from the ground at this time, just in time to see this scene.
She suddenly found that Li Xing's words that those who win the hearts of the people win the world are very right.
Assassins practiced dexterous kung fu, and they succeeded by surprise.
So under the siege of the coal miners and the pursuit of Li Gou'er.
The Assassin was quickly caught.
It's just that by the time he was caught, he had become a corpse.
"What's going on?"
Li Xing looked at the corpse that was carried over by Li Gou'er and asked.