Chapter Eighty-Seven: Breaking the Ground and Destroying the Grave
Back in the Jade Huang Mountain, Qi Dezhong folded the bamboo as a cane, and a few bamboo leaves at the top were verdant and green, and the vitality was condensed and turned into no obstacle in an instant. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Cultivation has never been blindly pure cultivation and hard practice, especially when Qi Dezhong is cultivating now, he always feels that the pass in front of him is hazy and unpredictable, obviously because of insufficient experience and lack of knowledge.
The land south of the Yangtze River is vast, and there are many cultivators coming and going now, it is a good opportunity to seek immortals and visit the Tao, Qi Dezhong left Yuhuang Mountain, planning to go to the nearby cultivation blessed land to explore.
However, the cultivators hadn't seen it yet, and in Yuewang Township, not far from Yuhuang Mountain, a dispute had attracted Qi Dezhong's attention.
It is rumored that Yue Wang Township is the place where the Yue King raised troops in ancient times, and now of course it is just an ordinary countryside, the people are resting at sunrise, occupying a good piece of fertile paddy field, and they can also have food and clothing all year round.
The people of the countryside have lived here for many years, multiplying from generation to generation, and most of the clan mounds are distributed in the deserted suburbs in the northwest outside the township.
It is said that this kind of thing has never interfered with people from other lands, but in the current situation, there are occasional contradictions.
In addition to seeking to join forces to fight the enemy, the national teacher Feng Huanan also brought a number of new technologies, including railway trains.
In the past, due to the war, the railway train was only built a short distance connecting Beijing and Tianjin, and it was too late to lay it in a large area. Now that this technology has been taught to Jiangnan, the four members of the business alliance naturally do their best, after all, the improvement of transportation capacity is extremely important to the logistics of the war.
At this juncture, the laying of rails is naturally as fast and convenient as possible, cutting and straightening, which will inevitably come into contact with the places where ordinary people live. This time, the railroad track passed through Yuewang Township, and it happened to pass through the deserted suburbs where the villagers' graves were dense.
Breaking the ground and destroying the grave, this kind of thing is undoubtedly the biggest taboo in the eyes of the villagers who have been simple and respectful of their ancestors since ancient times, if ordinary tomb robbers are discovered by the villagers, it is common to be dragged directly into the township and killed, and even the emperor of the Qiandi Dynasty can not control the private law and punishment of the Jiangnan clan.
It's just that this time it was not the tomb robbers who were facing it, but the officers and soldiers who were anxious to lay the railroad tracks.
When Qi Dezhong arrived, he saw such a scene, and in front of the villagers, there was an officer kneeling in front of the old man, bowing his head but not convinced at all.
"Liang Tao, you are a bad descendant, do you even have to move your ancestor's grave?" The old man in front of the officer, who was over seventy years old, stretched out his thin fingers and asked sharply with the support of his family.
The officer who was called Liang Tao's chest rose and fell, gritted his teeth and did not say a word, the old man was even more annoyed when he saw this, and raised his voice and said: "I, I will go to Liang Zhu today, I don't believe it, our Liang family can't cure you!"
At this time, Liang Tao finally couldn't help but reply: "Grandfather! It is not only the head of the family who has the final say in laying the railroad tracks, you don't see the smoke of war in Yuewang Township, and the brothers on the front line are all looking forward to the train sending them supplies.
"You, you—" The old man wrinkled his face and twisted his face, pointing at Liang Tao and unable to say a complete word, and finally rolled his eyes and fainted.
Seeing this, the nearby villagers were even more sensational, and someone immediately picked up bricks and smashed them at Liang Tao.
In this way, of course, the soldiers behind Liang Tao could not allow it, so they hurriedly grabbed their muskets, pressed their bayonets, and stepped forward one after another to force the villagers back, and the situation was about to erupt.
Qi Dezhong, who was watching from afar, also roughly understood at this time. The four masters of the Jiangnan Business Alliance, Song Qi Liang Chen, are all big families with lush branches and leaves, in addition to the head of the long house handling large and small affairs in Huhai City, there are also a large number of branch side houses living in various parts of the Jiangnan. And there is a branch of the Liang family in Yuewang Township, and the old man who fainted in the past may be higher than the current head of the family, Liang Zhu.
And the person in charge of laying and guarding this section of the track happened to be the old man's grandson Liang Tao. As a child of the Liang family, joining the army naturally does not have to go to the front line, and being responsible for this kind of logistics project in the rear must also have plenty of oil and water.
It's just that this Liang Tao seems to be quite loyal, on the one hand, he is thinking about how to complete the project as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he does not forget to think about the fierce fighting on the front line, so he directly argues with his grandfather.
"It's a pity that loyalty has been used in the wrong place. Qi Dezhong looked Liang Tao up and down, his qualifications are also good, he doesn't care about Liang Tao's background, but now the Qianchao is unable to help, and the longer the war stalemates now, the more tragic it will be when the future falls.
Seeing that there were bad young villagers carrying hoes and nail rakes forward, these soldiers could not stand the humiliation, even if Liang Tao repeatedly dissuaded them, there were still some soldiers who took off their bayonets and charged their muskets.
The violent aura continued to grow, and the hammer slammed down, sparking sparks at the flint, igniting the gunpowder, and then the muzzle fireworks erupted, and the projectiles sped out at a speed indiscernible to the naked eye!
As soon as the guns rang out, the villagers who rushed to the front fell to the ground and trembled in fright, these people dared to act bravely because of the vigor of the blood and the tide, and when they really faced the irresistible force, they would become more timid than rabbits.
However, after the gunshot, no one was shot or injured, and the scene was dead silent, only a few with good eyesight saw a jet-black projectile in mid-air, dripping and spinning, strange and inexplicable.
"Everyone, don't be impatient. Qi Dezhong stepped forward with a pestle stick, came between the two sides, reached out and held the projectile, the smell of nitrate, the burning touch, and the vaguely restraining the sense of terror, the war and war in the world also have their physical properties.
When everyone heard this, they saw a person with extraordinary bearing, dressed in a snow-green crane, holding a green bamboo cane, and a celadon gourd tied around his waist, floating to collect the projectiles, and then a cool breeze wandered among the people, as if washing the mood and removing the anger.
The first to react was of course Liang Tao, he immediately knew that the person who came was a Taoist cultivator, and his mana was quite high, so he hurriedly pushed away the soldiers in front of him, stepped forward and saluted: "Liang Tao, commander of the Engineering Department of the Jiangnan Army and the Seventh Battalion of the Railway, meet the immortal commander." ”
"Jade Fence Mountain Qi Er. Qi Dezhong reported the history: "I just happened to pass by here, I never thought I would see such a situation." ”
Liang Tao smiled bitterly: "Let the immortal see a smile...... Since the immortal chief is here, can you help me persuade the villagers here, after all, laying railroad tracks and helping the front line is to protect the territory and the people......"
"I understand what you're saying. Qi Dezhong intercepted Liang Tao's words and stretched out his hand to point at the villagers: "But they don't understand and haven't seen the momentum of the Chu army...... Well, it's your grandfather after all, so let's go and see how he's doing. ”
Liang Tao still wanted to speak, but he heard Qi Dezhong's voice coming softly: "You and I will drag the villagers, step up construction here, don't talk about anything else." ”