Chapter 21: The Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven and the Golden Armor Appears
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Zhou Chuang is a bastard, a well-known ruffian in ten miles and eight towns, idle all day long, and has a group of little minions who are also scoundrels under his hands, wandering around the market all day long, doing some bastards who steal chickens and dogs. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
A few days ago, there was a captain in the village who rode a horse and carried a Beilai knife, followed by a group of soldiers wearing iron armor, the captain stood at the entrance of the village, without the intention of getting off the horse, only to see the officials who were good and domineering on weekdays running one by one, and kneeling down regardless of the appearance of etiquette and righteousness.
As soon as the riding lieutenant left, a notice was posted on the board outside the yamen that the ink had not yet dried up.
Zhou Chuang had the courage to go over and take a look, and he only looked at the general meaning because he didn't know much about it.
The Grand Canal was dug in Beilai!
"His grandmother's, what the hell is this?"
After reading it, Zhou Chuang turned around angrily, followed by a group of little brothers who were tall, short, fat and thin.
"The general is also bold, and he wants to open a grand canal from Beilai to the capital. ”
After Zhou Chuang finished speaking, a group of gasping voices around him were too shocking, and it was even more generous than the construction of the nine-story Star Picking Tower back then, and it was more than enough to work the people and lose money.
The old man on the side, who had been snotty, twitched the white marks that were about to flow to his mouth and asked, "What does it have to do with us?"
Zhou Chuang glared at him, and then said: "This notice says that everyone in each county who has a criminal record will dig the Grand Canal in a unified manner, which is why he is fucking angry." ”
As soon as the words fell, the little minions around him looked at each other, which of the people standing here was not the master who had a criminal record and had been in prison? Zhou Chuang only came out of the prison two days ago, and he thought that he would be able to live a good life for a few days, but now he is going to suffer again, digging a canal, that is not a human life, which kind of project is not piled up by human lives? That kind of work is still done by people?
The angry Zhou Chuang stretched out his hand to remove the notice that the ink had not yet dried up, but he was randomly stopped, and it was a big crime to squat in prison to reveal the notice privately.
Zhou Chuang didn't know that it was a big crime to uncover the notice privately, but who would be willing to leave his hometown to go out to work, Lao Tzu didn't enjoy the blessings at home but went out to suffer, what kind of bird is this?
"Brother Chuang, what do I think of the above that it says that one hundred and fifty yuan will be given every day, and you can go to the Qinglou to drink flower wine for free after working for a month, and those with outstanding achievements will be promoted to join the army. ”
"What? And such a good thing?"
"I said the general wouldn't do that. ”
Zhou Chuang is embarrassed, he has been learning half a tone since he was a child, and now he doesn't recognize all the words, and now he has made such a scene, he is really embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I only serve the general in this life, and the general said to dig the canal, then let's go." ”
"Go! There is no reason why such a good thing should not go!"
After a group of people discussed, they went home to pack their luggage, and there was a section of the Grand Canal that had to pass through a neighboring county, so the next day Zhou Chuang and his party drove to a neighboring county.
Since Jiang Loan returned from the capital with the holy decree of digging the canal, the staff in the Beilai Mansion formed two completely different views, one is the conservative group of the elderly, advocating not to build the Grand Canal, not to mention the loss of life and money, but also criticized and laughed at by the people of the world, now Beilai has gradually begun to grow after more than 20 years of development, and some deserted corners have gradually appeared populated, which completely depends on the fact that there has been no war and major projects in the past 20 years, many old people who rely on Jiang Loan to fight the world together have advised that the Grand Canal must not be dug and morally compelled; and the other part is the young Zhuang staff composed of young soldiersAt the same time, they ridiculed the older generation for being conservative and did not know how to advance or retreat, but also raised the digging of the Grand Canal to the level of protecting the country and society for the people in Beilai, saying that the Grand Canal could send troops to the king in the shortest time after the war, and keep the Jiangshan Sheji of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was the last retreat of the Son of Heaven in Beilai.
Jiang Loan turned a blind eye to this, he was very happy to see this kind of scene of literati fighting, he was used to seeing a thousand cattle slaughtering people with a knife all his life, and it was also a pleasing thing to see a group of powerless literati using their mouths as knives, looking at a group of old men and young people You stab me and I stab you Funny scene, Jiang Loan couldn't help but want to laugh, this literati's mouth is like a thousand cow knives of Qianniuwei, and it will rust if you don't kill people for a long time.
This group of staff members who can only eat dry rice are not good at playing tricks, and they are not as good as Gongsun Ignorance's murder method of killing millions of Confucian students with one word.
The Grand Canal project is huge, affecting hundreds of counties in Qilu Prefecture, and people who have been in prison throughout the state in Qilu Prefecture will be called to work on the state and county roads through which the Grand Canal must pass at the same time, hundreds of thousands of laborers gathered together, 50,000 stubborn Beilai generals supervised the work, and in just a few days, more than 200,000 laborers poured in.
The digging of the Grand Canal was not done in vain, Jiang had given an order, and the soldiers and civilians beat up the laborers for no reason, which was a capital crime! Those who deducted food and wages were a capital crime! Moreover, those who dug the canal could be paid 150 wen a day, and the 500,000 laborers were divided into two batches, each of which worked for a month and went home to rest and recuperate, and the work was carried out in turns.
Although it is claimed that 500,000 soldiers and armor are called 500,000 soldiers, after all, there are no years of war, and there are many fewer casualties, so the number of people recruited by the army every year is very limited, except for some old and retired soldiers, it is difficult to leave a climbing position for these young people with strong heads, so being able to join the Beilai army is a good thing that cannot be asked for by burning high incense.
As soon as they heard that the Grand Canal could enter the North Lai Army, those unscrupulous people who were used to being lazy cheered up.
Soon after, the Grand Canal began!
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As the dragon drew the water away, the wind and rain lessened a lot, the waves also carried meekness, and the sky in the distance gradually peeled away the heavy dark clouds, and there was a trace of clarity to tear the clouds through the darkness.
Jiang Yangsheng lay on his stomach in the transparent lookout hole made of resin and looked out, the sea in the distance was a mess, the broken wooden planks were scattered around, the huge keel of the ship was also torn into three sections and floated on the sea, and the side of the flagship he was on was implicated because of the chain and half of the hull that had not been completely damaged, but there was no life on it.
Rushing to the deck against the reduced wind and rain, what catches your eye is a messy corner, there are stumps and broken bodies, everyone is in a relationship, the death of the Beilai soldiers is simply too wretched, the horse leather shroud died in battle, this is the final destination of the Beilai soldiers, the world is rumored that Jiang loan slaves have a way, in order to buy people's hearts and minds by unscrupulous means, many Beilai people will laugh when they hear it, and those who are a little more violent will scold and fight, who said that the general will use unscrupulous means to sinister intentions? Look at the Beilai soldiers and civilians do not smoke him to death! The prestige of the general has been accumulated again and again, and it has been accumulated for the benefit of the people of North Lai.
"Clean up the body, the deceased will be treated according to the highest level of martyrdom, and the family will give 100 gold. ”
Jiang Loan looked at the dragon water that disappeared into the sky in the distance, the sea gradually returned to calm, this unexpected storm was really a bit hurried, unpredictable. At this time, the black clouds on the other side of the sky dome broke through the golden light and emerged, as if the Buddha had descended, it seemed sacred and solemn, a ray of golden light passed through the darkness, and the wisps shot into the depths of the blue sea, where the fish that had not seen the sun for a long time jumped out of the vast sea, splashing a slight wave, a kind of peace spontaneously appeared.
"General!"
A captain with a knife at the bow of the ship shouted, pointing his finger at the endless sea in the distance, speechless.
Everyone looked in the direction of his fingers, and for a while, their hearts were shocked.
I saw that the sea surface in the distance was refracted with the sunlight and speckled spots, the sea breeze blew sparkling, spectacular like a thousand brocade scales floating out of the water, and in that sparkling place, a hazy gas rose suddenly, the gas rose higher and higher, gradually day after day, the higher the more hazy, the higher the scorching sun was scattered into the halo into dots of colorful colors.
The fog swirled, the clouds were steaming, there was no fixed shape of its own, and a lot of time was constantly rising and rotating, and the soldiers on the ship were all stunned to look at the shocking scene in the distance, which could not be added.
Soon, when that little bit of hazy chaos rose to the height of the sky, it slowly changed into some shapes.
Everyone stared blankly at this strange and shocking scene, and the sky dome began to show ghostly figures like a ghost market, but the figures were blurry and blurred.
Suddenly, a magnificent to the boundless Tianmen stands on the top of the sky, the golden light of the Tianmen is clear, and soon occupies half of the Tianyu after forming, towering like a mountain, standing tall, the Tianmen covers the Tianyu, itself exudes an immeasurable golden light, there are vague figures shuttling in it, three warships are directly below the Golden Gate, everyone looks up to be able to see every detail clearly.
Jiang Yangsheng looked up at the gate of heaven, he could clearly see the ancient seals of flowers, insects, birds and beasts engraved on the gate of heaven, but the figures coming and going could not be seen clearly, Ah Shi's pretty face turned pale when he saw the heavenly people above his head, just like seeing a ghost, Jiang Yangsheng blocked Ah Shi's sight sideways and didn't want this girl to look at it again, after all, following himself these days, a weak girl has experienced a lot, not to mention those bandits and robbers, that is, the white-clothed scholar ploughed the river with a sword, Kong Daode overturned the river with a sword, and there were sea wonders and waterspouts, even if some men see it with their own eyes, they will swing their legs.
Jiang Yangsheng turned to look at Lao Kong, only to see that Lao Kong's dim eyes for many years bloomed with a striking color, his shabby clothes bulged up like pockets filled with wind, and the Qingque Sword behind his back let out a soft groan, which seemed to be very happy.
As soon as Lao Kong stretched out his hand, the dilapidated backpack behind him exploded, and the ancient long sword Qingque flew into his hand, and he looked at the heavenly gate above his head without squinting, his eyes were fiery and resolute.
Lao Kong limped to the bow of the ship with the Qingque Sword in his hand, his gray hair flew like autumn leaves, stood on the bow of the ship and looked up at the scorching and dazzling gate of heaven again, and said calmly: "Beilai waste man Kong Daode requests a sword!"
The vicissitudes of words seem to have used up a body of spirit.
Jiang Loan looked at Kong Daodao, whose aura was soaring at the moment, and his sword intent was full of intent, and said in a deep voice: "Quasi!"
After a 'quasi' word, the Qingque long sword suddenly flipped over, and suddenly the sword intent flowed in all directions like a tide, and the people on the ship were implicated by the sword qi and were forced to retreat to the cabin.
After a long time, Lao Kong flew up with his sword, the bow of the ship swayed violently, and the surrounding sea water suddenly exploded and splashed, and then a huge wave hit into the distance.
Jiang Yangsheng ran to the deck and looked up at Tianyu, at this time, Lao Kong Yujian walked, wanting to rush to the Heavenly Gate.
Just when Lao Kong entered the gate of heaven, a golden light swept in the gate of heaven, the golden light was only the thickness of the thumb, but the light was dazzling, the old Kong held the sword and slashed out, suddenly like turning over the river and the sea, the momentum was magnificent, the Qingque sword easily cut open the golden light, the old Kong passed through the golden light, and stepped on the golden gate.
With a sword in one hand and a slight lameness, Kong Daode slowly stepped into the gate of heaven with a look of anger, and looked at the immortal handwriting, but how difficult it was to enter the fairy gate, as the old Kong approached step by step, a scorching golden light shot out from the gate of heaven, and hit straight at the ancient sword of the green sparrow in front of the old Kong, with a flick of his fingers, the green finch groaned, like a phoenix, and the flying long sword vibrated out wisps of sword qi, and was stunned to defeat all the golden light around him, Kong Daode approached and vowed to step into the fairy gate and become an immortal!
"Qiang—"
Behind the Golden Gate, a figure swept out, covered in golden, exuding an immortal light, his appearance was blurred, and he could faintly see the outline of his facial features, holding a halberd that opened the sky, standing far away outside the gate of heaven, the halberd was golden and bright, blocking Kong Daodao's way.
Immortal enemy!
Lao Kong stopped, looked at the golden light halberd from afar, and could see the composition of this golden man from his point of view, he was not a human at all, without the breath of life, but a puppet golden man composed of those golden lights before, but even if it was a puppet, the power he possessed should not be underestimated.
Finally, Lao Kong moved, since he came here, there must be no reason to be afraid to retreat, he gently threw out the Qingque Sword in his hand, the Qingque Ancient Sword was like a Luan phoenix flying around him, occasionally groaning, it was also as loud and crisp as a phoenix.
The halberd warrior did not move, but only held a halberd pestle outside the immortal gate, and outsiders were not allowed to set foot on it.
Lao Kong took one step at a time, and finally approached the gate of heaven, and the halberd warrior who had been quiet for a long time finally picked up the golden halberd in his hand and rushed over to kill the intruder in front of him.