The bearded merchant put away the bronze mirror for peeping, gritted his teeth and said: "That Guo Dalu is so powerful, he actually killed all my brothers with a single thunder, and I have to avenge this sea of blood!"

The mercenary captain said coldly: "How can I report it? My subordinates are all dead, and Yu Dazhong was captured alive, and it is not easy for the two of us to escape with one life." I just want to get out of here with my commission right now. The Great Li Dynasty is really terrifying, the prestige of their cultivators has long spread throughout the countries of Europa, and even in this poor ravine, a half-grown teenager can attract such a terrifying heavenly thunder. You see, even the cross that I had been blessed by the archbishop was destroyed. As he spoke, he took out a necklace from his chest, and sure enough, the crucifixion statue on the necklace was covered with thin cracks, and there was no trace of mana.

The bearded merchant said angrily: "You still have the face to ask for any commission, and you have not completed the task given to you by my master, why should you ask for a commission?"

The mercenary captain roared, "Could it be that my companions are all dead in vain?!"

The bearded merchant sneered: "You mercenaries originally lived a life of licking blood with a knife, and died on the battlefield, that is a lack of skill, and you deserve to die." ”

The mercenary captain pulled out his knife: "Do you want to repay the debt?"

The bearded merchant also drew his sword, and the two men were looking at each other angrily, and a bloody fight was about to take place, when suddenly there was a burst of laughter from the bottom of the hillside, but it was a few children from Houlong Village who drove a few cows down the mountain.

The bearded merchant and the mercenary captain hurriedly lay down in the grass, and the two of them also calmed down, and the bearded merchant said: "Guo Dalu is the common enemy of the two of us, and this revenge must be avenged! If you want money, follow me back to the grassland, all the gold and silver I carry with me are in the inn of the county seat, which must have been looted by the officials a long time ago. ”

The mercenary captain thought for a while: "I originally followed the instructions of the Great Wu Zhu, okay, I will go back to the grassland with you, and then return to Lucia, ask the archbishop to give me more powerful spells, come back to kill all the people in Houlong Village, and avenge my brothers." ”

The bearded merchant and the mercenary captain lurked on the back mountain until the night, then quietly got up, went all the way to Sanjiangkou, and got on a sea boat that had been prepared long ago - this sea boat was originally intended to carry the craftsmen of Houlong Village, so it was hidden very secretly, although Guo Dalu immediately contacted Huang Xueheng after the incident, and asked him to copy the inn where the foreign merchants stayed, but he didn't know that there was also this boat - sailing north.

The next day, Guo Dalu was in the workshop, discussing with Li Dayan, Zhou Carpenter, Zhao Kang and others about building a new house for the villagers of Houlong Village.

Guo Dalu patiently explained: "My new house is actually similar in appearance to the current house, except that the green bricks are replaced with red bricks, the rice and water soil are replaced with cement, and the beams and columns made of wood are all replaced with steel bars. ”

Zhao Kang has burned red bricks and cement under the guidance of Guo Daguo some time ago, and tried it, and has long found the beauty of cement, as long as the cement is mixed with water, stirred with sand and stone, it can be fixed into any shape, and it is extremely solid after drying, like a rock, but it is much better than the original glutinous rice juice Sanhe soil.

Zhao Kang said: "Using this cement to build a house is really very easy to use, and the speed is also fast, and the villagers who have destroyed the house by the thieves will soon be able to live in a new house." ”

Guo Dalu said with a smile on the side: "This new house is not only for the villagers who have destroyed the houses, I want all the villagers, including Zhao Kang and your potters, to live in the new houses, and completely build Houlong Village into a new rural model housing community in the Great Li Dynasty." ”

Guo Dalu had mentioned to Zhao Kang a long time ago that he wanted to build a new house for the potters, and although Zhao Kang was very gracious, he didn't believe it in private--there was a master so kind that he would build a new house for a craftsman like a slave, and it would be good to have a thatched hut to live in. All over the world, the farmer does not have enough to eat, the weaver wears rags, the masons live in straw sheds, and the poor are poor.

The potters have been living in the villagers' homes for a while and already feel very comfortable, but they didn't expect Guo Dalu to bring up this stubble again, and it can really become a reality, so he thanked him excitedly: "That, that's really thank you Brother Guo." ”

Zhao Kang suddenly thought of something, his face changed drastically, he hurriedly stood up, and bowed cautiously to Guo Dalu: "The villain is confused, sometimes there are some messy ideas, but in the future, I will never dare, and I ask Brother Guo for forgiveness." ”

Guo Dalu was stunned, what kind of trouble was Zhao Kang doing? Suddenly I realized that Brother Hao had told him in private that when the thieves surrounded the warehouse, Zhao Kang was so frightened that his legs were weak and he actually wanted to surrender. Now, Zhao Kang is acting as a surrender faction for the soft bones at that time, and he is apologizing to himself!

Guo Dalu has always been modest, but this time, he did not help Zhao Kang, who was bending down to salute with his fists clenched, and said lightly: "Uncle Zhao, I know that you were shouting to surrender at that time, thinking that it is better to die than to live." However, if you think about it carefully, you have been kneeling and being a human being before, can you really have a way to live?"

Although Guo Dalu's words were light, they were like a thunderbolt in Zhao Kang's ears. He remembered that in the past, his group of craftsmen were forced to work for those rich and noble families, and those old men had a sky-high value, but for these craftsmen, they were very stingy and never refused to give them full wages. If the thing you make is slightly unsatisfactory, you will have to compensate yourself at a high price.

Several craftsmen under him have been forced to sell their sons and daughters, and they have worked hard for a year, and they have to accompany the master's money upside down!

Thinking of the miserable place, Zhao Kang burst into tears, raised his hand and slapped himself heavily: "Confused, confused! I have lived for most of my life, and I can't see it clearly as Brother Hao'er and Sanniu." These old men are jackals, eating people and not spitting out bones! Sanniu was right that day, if we don't resist, the enemy will kill us, and they will call us slaves!"

Guo Dalu knows that educating the grassroots people and changing their ideological concepts is not an overnight thing, because they have been oppressed for a long time and their hearts have long been numb, that is, the villagers of Houlong Village have been soldiers in the past, and through their long-term night school training, they have subtly taught them a lot of things, so they have the courage to resist.

A certain great man once said that educating peasants is a big problem, and until the 21st century, some peasants still retain their inferior roots, and they have received compulsory education, so he does not expect that his words can make people at the bottom like Zhao Kang turn over and become masters. (To be continued.) )