Chapter 121: Digging the Passage
After discussing the general matters, Wang Yong and the others returned to the ground, and sent someone to notify the high-level and relevant personnel to go to the hall for a meeting, and several people rode to the meeting hall first.
By the time everyone arrived, an hour had passed, and the number of people present was the largest ever.
In addition to Wang Yong, Regan, and Kevin, there were also Amy and Hal Butlers who attended the meeting, Ryan, Cara, Musen, Vani, Big Blow, Carl, Sledgehammer, the three dwarves, and Niu Da and their eight Minotaurs, which was not a very large living room to be packed.
After everyone sat down, Wang Yong first told Danny about it, and then everyone discussed and finally decided: Wang Yong, Kevin, Vanny, Cara, and Danny set off the morning after tomorrow, and Ryan and Mu Sen stayed behind.
Da Chui and Carl, as well as the minotaurs and dwarves, also shouted to go with them, but Wang Yong refused, this time to secretly save people, not to cut people, it is useless to bring more people, and it is easy to leak.
After Danny's matter was decided, Wang Yong cleared his throat and explained the results of today's test and the distribution plan he had just studied.
Except for a few people who already knew, the others were almost all stupid after hearing this, Amy grabbed Wang Yong's hand excitedly, and kept looking at Wang Yong, her eyes were full of disbelief, as if asking if this was true, after Wang Yong nodded to confirm, Amy's face was flushed with excitement. In fact, Amy has always dreamed that she can become a magician, but her talent is limited, so she can only give up.
When Mu Sen and Carl heard that they also had a share, they were all very happy, and they chattered about who to bully first after cultivating their fighting spirit.
Wang Yong said to the minotaur and the dwarf: "There are so many pills now, and they can only be distributed like this, you still have to decide who will take it yourself, but no matter what, don't hurt your feelings, this is the bottom line." ”
After listening to the eight minotaurs, they walked out of the hall together without saying a word, Wang Yong was still wondering, and Sledgehammer explained: "Don't worry about them, the rules of the minotaurs, whoever wins the battle will listen to whom." ”
Wang Yong nodded with relief, and seeing that the three dwarves didn't move, he asked curiously, "Why didn't you react?"
Sledgehammer patted his chest proudly and said, "We dwarves listen to the elderly, and I'm older than all of them, so I don't have to choose, hehe." ”
At this time, Steward Hal said to Wang Yong: "Young Master Ivan, my elixir should be used by young people, and it is useless for me, an old man, to eat it." ”
Wang Yong and Amy helped Butler Hal to sit down, and said softly: "Grandpa Howl, this is our juniors who honor you, and you have helped us for so long, so you don't have to postpone it." Besides, when you become a magician, your energy will be much better than it is now, and I count on you to help me for another twenty years. ”
Amy glanced at Wang Yong, took Hal's butler's hand and said, "Grandpa Hal, you have always taken care of me and my brother when you were in the village before, and this opportunity can be regarded as a reward for you." And oh, even if you become a magician in the future, you must have a good rest, don't listen to Ivan, and I will be your granddaughter in the future, and I will honor you in your old age. ”
Butler Hal's eyes were moist, and he patted Amy's little hand with a look of relief and said, "Okay, okay, I also have a granddaughter, haha!"
After a few more minutes, the eight minotaurs came back with blue noses and swollen faces one by one, and seeing Niu Da's chin about to rise to the sky, he knew who had won.
Wang Yong pressed his hand to make everyone quiet, and then said solemnly: "After taking the pill, the medicinal power lasts for almost thirty minutes, this time will be very painful, I hope you can hold on, as long as you can get through, your future will be bright in the future." Now, the chosen ones go back to arrange their own affairs, pack up their things, and for a period of time in the future, you will all have to cultivate in the cave mansion. Now that there are fewer people, you can still spend more time cultivating, and when there are more people in the future, you won't be able to go to the Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate, so everyone must seize this good opportunity. If there is nothing to do, we will dismiss the meeting and meet at the entrance of the underground river at noon tomorrow, but we must pay attention to secrecy, after all, if this matter spreads, many people will worry about us. After everyone expressed their understanding, they went back to prepare.
Wang Yong grabbed Mu Sen and said, "Brother Mu Sen, you can send someone to pick up your son on a fast horse now, if you are in a hurry, you should be able to arrive before noon tomorrow." But even if it's late, it's nothing, at most, it's a period of less cultivation than others. ”
Mu Sen nodded, knocked heavily on his heart with his right hand and said, "I won't say anything, everything is here." ”
After everyone left, Wang Yong took Amy's hand and strolled all the way to find the dwarf patriarch Robert. Since Robert learned about the werewolf's allegiance, his attitude towards Wang Yong has improved a lot.
After greeting each other, Wang Yong directly explained his intentions and said politely: "Patriarch Robert, I want to find a few dwarves who are proficient in digging tunnels to help, and I don't need them to do manual work, just be a guide." ”
Robert smiled and said, "Of course this is no problem, so be it, I'm just too idle, I'll go with you." Of course, Wang Yong will not refuse.
Robert found two more dwarves who looked to be in their forties, saying that they were experts in this area, and then followed Wang Yong to the entrance of the underground river. When they arrived at the women's residence, Amy went back to pack her things first, and Wang Yong found twenty bandit slaves to work as coolies, and then killed them together to the underground river.
There are now ten cavalry guards at the entrance of the underground river, Wang Yong didn't explain anything, and the dwarf didn't ask, Wang Yong just said that he would dig a connecting channel here to the bank of the underground river.
The dwarves first checked the soil on the ground, then went to the underground river to observe for a long time, and finally the three old dwarves decided on a plan for excavation.
They decided to start digging upstream of the cave gate, digging up the mountain in a large spiral, and then turning to the women's house, a journey of about 2,000 meters and about three days.
Wang Yong was not very satisfied, and felt that there was no need to make it so fancy, so he directly suggested: "Can you dig up directly diagonally on the other side?"
The dwarven patriarch said, "Yes, but if you come down to enter that gate, if you dig a passage on the other side, how can people cross this underground river when they come down?"
Wang Yong thought for a while, pointed to a place upstream of the underground river and said: "The river is the narrowest there, about eight meters wide, we can build a wooden bridge there first, and then change to a stronger bridge when we have time later." ”
The dwarven patriarch nodded and said, "Since you want speed, then do as you say, but you have to find someone else to build bridges, and we dwarves are not good at this." ”
Wang Yong nodded and said, "Okay, tell me what else you need, and I'll bring it when I go up." The dwarf said a lot of tools and materials, that is, Wang Yong's current consciousness and spiritual power are very high to remember clearly, if someone else comes, it would be good to be able to remember half of it.
Wang Yong prepared tools and materials on it, and grabbed Kevin and Cara, who had nothing to do, to make strong men. The three of them reached the underground river and dug diagonally upwards at an angle of about forty degrees on the wall of the mountain drawn by the dwarves.
Twenty bandit slaves came into battle, but they had only dug into the mountain wall for less than five meters, and the rock began to become extremely hard, and the progress repeatedly declined.
Wang Yong, Kevin and Cara studied the construction of wooden bridges on both sides of the underground river, and finally dug two stone troughs directly on both sides of the river according to Wang Yong's intentions, and directly erected the logs.
Wang Yong took out six half-meter-diameter, twelve-meter-long logs from the Naxu Ring, which had been stained with asphalt in the asphalt lake, and let Kevin and Carat stimulate their fighting spirit, and put the heavy logs on both sides of the underground river. After measuring the position and size, dig a groove on each side and get all six logs stuck in the groove. The grooves are very successful, and the length and depth are just enough to accommodate these logs, so that they do not move from side to side, which increases the stability of this simple wooden bridge.
Then, Wang Yong and the three of them fixed the logs side by side with iron bars, tied them with animal tendons, and finally laid a thick layer of wood on them, and the simple wooden bridge was completed. The three of them went back and forth several times on the fruits of their labor, and they all felt very satisfied and had a sense of accomplishment. With the sturdiness of this wooden bridge, let alone just leaving, it is estimated that even if you cross the carriage, it will be no problem.
At this point, Kevin suggested a name for the wooden bridge, and the three of them began to walk up and down the bridge, frowning and pondering, vowing to come up with a great name that would overwhelm the other two.
Kevin felt that the logs were built on both sides of the river with fighting spirit, so he proposed that the bridge be called the 'Fighting Qi Bridge'. Wang Yong pouted and said, "Fighting spirit, who are you fighting with? 'Fighting' is better than your name." ”
Carat pretended to be elegantly proposed: "I think it might as well be called Qing 'Wooden Bridge', it sounds a little elegant." ”
Kevin said sarcastically, "Look at those black woods, which one of them is cyan? ”
Wang Yong proposed: "Since this bridge leads to Dongfu, I think it will be called 'Dongqiao'." After hearing this, Kevin and Kra made a vomiting motion together.
The three of them fought back and forth to no avail, and finally decided to wait until the new bridge was built in the future.
After the three of them were busy building the bridge, they went to see the progress of the excavation of the passage together. However, the progress of the passage was not ideal, and it took them more than an hour to build the bridge, and in such a long time, the passage was dug less than 10 meters, which was only one percent of the estimated length of the entire passage.
Wang Yong asked Robert and learned that the rock layer being dug now is hard granite, and if this progress is followed, it will take about a day to dig through.
And those bandit slaves, at this time, each of them was already out of breath, according to their physical strength, it is estimated that they may not be able to complete it in two days.