Chapter VII: Hard Labor
Zhao Lin had already guessed the result from his words, but he still asked, "What happened later?" ”
"Later?"
Zhou Pao laughed self-deprecatingly twice, "This bear has infinite strength, and after years of arching in the pine forest, the pine resin seeps into the fur, as if wearing a suit of armor, the knife can't be cut, and the gun can't be poked." ”
"I've led people to besiege it twice, and only added two small scars to it, but it damaged several people."
"Twenty years...... This beast is alive and well! ”
The last sentence was said through gritted teeth.
Zhao Lin was silent, he had a faint premonition that the other party wanted to say something.
"Brother Zhao."
Zhou Pao stared at Zhao Lin, "Brother Pao, I want to kill this bear, I hope my brother can help me." ”
"Me?"
Zhao Lin showed a surprised expression on his face, "Brother Pao thinks too highly of the junior brother, I don't know martial arts, and I haven't hunted, how can I help?" ”
Zhou Paotou shook his head and said: "Brother is modest, your strength is like a cow, who on the dock doesn't know?" The stone pier that two people can't move, you can carry it away without much effort, and the warriors I've seen may not be as good as you. ”
"I have an ancestral iron spear at home, and my brother will definitely be able to pierce the armor of that bear!"
Charging into battle and fighting the bears?
Zhao Lin's face changed slightly.
Zhou Paotou stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder, and his tone was sincere, "Brother, you came to the dock at a young age to carry your bag, and your family must be short of money." You must also know that if you work so tirelessly, you can't earn a few dollars a year, and many people are exhausted in less than three years! ”
"There are three treasures on the bear, bear bile, bear skin, and bear paws, all of which are valuable goods, not to mention that they can be sold for dozens of taels! As long as you kill this bear, you can make more money than carrying a bag for three years. ”
"How? Have a ticket with my brother, don't open for three years, open for three years! ”
Zhao Lin didn't have any waves in his heart, and said calmly: "Brother Pao, let me say it directly, I'm afraid of death." ”
Lack of money is lack of money, no matter how big the business is, you have to have a life to spend it, and you have a spirit beast map, and you slowly accumulate strength, and you can't fight the beast.
Zhou Paotou still persuaded: "Brother, you don't know, I have thought of a way to kill Xiong Zhen, which is absolutely foolproof." ”
Zhao Lin sneered in his heart, if he really wants to be foolproof, why bother to find himself?
"Brother Pao, thank you for your care in the past few days, I also understand your feelings of revenge, but I really can't help this matter!"
"You can go to Sanjia Village to inquire, I have a sick father and mother, my brother was arrested for hard labor, and the whole family pointed to me alone. I can't take this risk! ”
After speaking, he stood up, clasped his hands into fists, and strode out of the restaurant.
……
In the next two days, Zhou Paotou kept dangling in front of Zhao Lin, intentionally or unintentionally, and Zhao Lin pretended not to see it.
He will definitely not be involved in the matter of giving his life.
However, he was somewhat interested in Xiong Zhen.
The bear is an outlier among bears, fierce and aggressive, and can walk upright...... There is a saying that there are three bears.
The legendary beasts of the previous life really exist in this world.
There is such a piece of information about the memory of the spirit beast diagram: the higher the level of the beast, the greater the benefit of the body after absorbing the spirit soul!
Xiong Zhen is an enhanced version of the black bear, and the level is definitely not low.
However, Xiong Zhen's talent is also strength, which is the same as the old scalper he absorbed, and it is not suitable for absorbing it again.
After all, there are only nine grids in the Spirit Beast Diagram, and each one is precious.
When you have strength in the future, you can consider absorbing the spirits of other alien beasts.
……
After a hard day's work, Zhao Lin came home and saw his mother weeping in front of the hall, and his father squatting on the threshold, smoking cigarette pouches one after another.
"Dad, mother, what's wrong?"
Zhao Lin realized that something was wrong at home, and his intuition might be related to his brother's matter.
Sure enough, Father Zhao said gloomily: "There is news about your brother's matter, Qian Sanming said that the county government refused to release people, don't think about it for three or five months." ”
"So long!"
Zhao Lin was surprised: "Wasn't it two months at most in previous years?" ”
Zhao's father sighed and said: "The original county order confiscated enough autumn grain and was dismissed, and the new county order took office with three fires, and the dam should be repaired in Fengtang to prevent another drought next year." ”
"There is a shortage of manpower to build the dam, and the strong men captured this time will not be released until the completion is completed, nor will they be allowed to visit, and even the prisoners in the prison will be dragged to dig for the earth."
Mother Zhao sobbed: "With the prisoner, is there still a life?" ”
Zhao Lin's heart sank, and his brows were twisted together.
Damming is a big deal.
Fengtang is located in the west of Qinghe County, a mountain basin near the upper reaches of the Qingxi River in Baitou Mountain.
He judged that the new county commander probably wanted to dig a river channel to bring in water from the Qingxi River.
This is equivalent to building Fengtang into a reservoir, and if there is a drought next year, the water from the reservoir will be used to irrigate the surrounding fields.
The policy is good, but the means are ruthless.
Yang Guangxiu Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal tired millions of laborers, this reservoir to dig a long section of the river, although the two engineering volume can not be compared, but how many people in the county?
Hard labor in this era is not humane at all, as long as it is not used to death, it is used to death.
Even the first half of the sentence can be omitted, and it is not a big deal to use it dead.
Sure enough, it is a broken county order, and the history of destroying the door and assassinating the door!
Zhao Lin stabilized his mind and asked, "Dad, have you asked if there is a way to catch people?" ”
Father Zhao hurriedly said: "I asked, I asked with several others, and Qian Sanming said that there was really no way." ”
Zhao Lin thought for a while and said, "Daddy, don't worry, I know someone at the dock who has a way to go home, I will ask him tomorrow, maybe it will be done." ”
"Really?" The two elders said in unison.
"Hmm." Zhao Lin nodded.
In order to appease his parents, he could only stabilize them with words first.
The second elder believed that it was true, his face was better, and he advised: "Then don't be empty-handed when you look for someone tomorrow, bring some courtesy." ”
Zhao Lin nodded in response, thinking that he would go to Qian Sanming tomorrow to ask.
There are many things in the yamen that cannot be said clearly, and my father is an honest farmer, so he may not be able to hear the voices of others.
The next day, Zhao Lin got up early and went out as usual, and not far from the village, turned to Lisha Town.
There are seven towns in Qinghe County, and Lisha Town is the smallest one, near the southern foot of Baitou Mountain, not far from Sanjia Village.
When Zhao Lin came to Lisha Town, he didn't go directly to Qian Sanming's house, but waited for the sun to rise and took a turn in the market.
"Qian Sanming is notoriously afraid of his wife, so if you give him something, it's better to give it to his wife."
Zhao Lin gritted his teeth and spent forty yuan to buy two pieces of flower cloth in a cloth house.
Qian Sanming's family lives in the south of the town, with a vermilion lacquer gate, and a pair of stone drums of the town house in front of the door.
This person was originally from a poor background, and he lived a good life.
The year before last, I somehow climbed into a relative with the county master, and it was only three or nine days before that I wore a single shirt - I trembled.
Zhao Lin knocked on the door a few times, and someone in the courtyard answered: "So early, who?" ”
"Brother Qian, it's me, Zhao Lin from Sanjia Village, and my father is Zhao Baotian."
The courtyard door opened, and a man in his thirties with a mustache poked his head out of the crack in the door.
"Are you Zhao Shan's brother?"
"Yes, Brother Qian remembered." Zhao Lin opened his mouth and smiled.