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Chapter 36 Founding of the Foundation
As night fell, in a simple but spacious work shed, the frowning Zhang San's family met the same frowning Cheng Daniu.

After looking at each other for a while, Zhang San said,
"Brother-in-law, I'm going to be hurt by you this time."

"Zhang San, where do you start with this? Isn't it the customer you introduced to me?" Cheng Daniu was also full of complaints. He was living his life in Xujia Village, but now he was kidnapped by a group of bandits. Who is he to reason with.

"Alas!" Zhang San sighed, thinking that it is better not to tell the truth, so as not to frighten his honest brother-in-law, because that Li Cunsi, in all likelihood, is a gangster, just think about how he actually helped them create a second With ten heavy crossbows, he spoke bitterly, as if he saw a picture of a whole family being dragged to the guillotine.

"Hey!" Cheng Daniu also sighed, looked at his brother-in-law's family of more than a dozen people, and felt that it was better not to tell the truth, so as not to frighten his brother-in-law, who looks clever but is actually a clever little brother-in-law, ignorant and ignorant Time is also very happy.

"Then Boss Li paid me a monthly salary for hardware, and he took care of food and housing."

"Oh, then Boss Li just made a deal with me, so he will have nothing to worry about in his next life."

"I heard that there was a military disaster in the north?"

"The ones who suffered were Huangzhuangji and Wangzhuang Town, and Xishan Town was lucky to escape. But the world will probably be chaotic."

After a long silence, the two preoccupied men walked away, leaving only a few children from the two families running wildly, very happy.

That night, the hundreds of people who fled to Zhulu Pass with Li Si were tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night, Ma De, we just had a hard time escaping, why did it seem like we were fleeing into a den of thieves?
Some people even tried to escape at night, but they were sincerely dissuaded by the sharp-eyed and dark-handed Catcher Xing.

"It's over, we really fell into a den of thieves."

In the dark night, there are a few women who are fair or not, crying in low voices, worrying about their tragic and unpredictable fate tomorrow.

The men's eyes were red, sharpening their hatchets carefully, and they would fight if the worst happened.

Uneasy emotions fermented in such a night.

In the early morning, when the sky was still dark, the sound of firewood beeping in the flames sounded one after another. The man poked his head out from the work shed and saw ten cauldrons lined up. The red flames were like the eyes of demons. , breathtaking.

No way!
A bad feeling pervades the whole body, and the tragic and terrifying stories that I heard when I was a child seem to be presented before my eyes.

How to do?
Suffering is like torture, every second is so long.

Fight, fight!
The man thought tremblingly.

"What's going on outside?" The mother-in-law asked worriedly, holding her baby in her arms.

"It's nothing, just sleep for a while, don't wake up the baby." The man suddenly became quiet at this moment, but he held the hatchet in his hand even tighter.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint light of the sky finally lit up, and the sound of heavy footsteps came,

"Get up and eat. Each person has a wooden bowl and a plate. Take it and go to the queue over there. The elderly and children get a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, and adults get a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns."

"How many people do you have here?"

Hearing these words suddenly, the man woke up like a dream, and then by the faint skylight, he saw three burly men standing at the door, holding a stack of wooden plates and bowls in their hands, with impatience in their eyes. After sweeping over the hatchet tightly held in the man's hand, the corner of his mouth revealed a bit of disdain, and asked repeatedly:
"how many people?"

"I—we're not hungry." The man's courage, which he had endured all night, was knocked to pieces in that somewhat disdainful expression, and the only thing he remembered was his dignity.

"Stop the fucking nonsense, and gossip even when you have food!"

Zhao Xiaoer casually dropped three sets of wooden trays and wooden bowls, and went straight to the next work shed, leaving only the man standing there with a complicated expression, a little exhausted.

Today's breakfast is actually very rich.

White rice porridge, steamed buns, and two kinds of pickles, even Li Si ate deliciously and sweetly. While eating, he also arranged today's tasks for the eunuch Sun Jin and Gong'e Zhouyue.

"Register the names of the people who came yesterday, the old and the weak are not counted. The men are paid 150 renminbi a month, and they are in charge of food and housing. They all dig the soil and cut trees. The women are paid 100 renminbi to learn how to sew at the tailor. Clothes. Never mind what they think, that's what they're hired to do."

"If there are literate people here, I will serve as your followers, 300 wen a month, and those who are clever, will be sent to Zheng Shizhen as apprentices, starting with taking care of the wounded, and will be paid 200 wen a month."

"Your Highness, there is not much money in the account." The eunuch Sun Jin said in a difficult way.

"Can it last a month?"

"Return to Your Highness, reluctantly."

"That's fine, it's not a big problem."

Li Si wiped his mouth, got up and left the tent, he was too busy to touch the ground now, but he bumped into Huang Yu from the scout battalion trotting all the way back, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

"what happened?"

"Dian...Boss Li, almost [-] soldiers marched north this morning. They should have passed Huangzhuangji, which is the wave last night."

"4000 people? Is it Lucheng Lu's army?" Li Si was taken aback, how did it become 4000 people?But it's normal to think about it, because this time I didn't come out.

And the time is right, it's all today.

"It's indeed Lu's Legion, but it should be just the vanguard, because about thirty miles behind the four thousand Lu's Legion, there is a larger Lu's Legion. I reckon, at least [-]."

"Fifty thousand?" Li Si was shocked, and then his cold sweat broke out without money.

On the previous stage, if he hadn't been killed by the Taoist demon assassin, I'm afraid the consequences would be even more miserable.

At that time, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and the others were confidently trying to destroy the 3000 people, but they didn't know that there were [-] troops on the other side.

The background of the Lu family in Lucheng is really strong!

Fortunately, this time he chose to hibernate.

So, is it true that the Black Tooth King died suddenly after seven days?
Otherwise, how could the Lu family in Lucheng dispatch an army of [-] to go north to meet the black-toothed army head-on.

"Keep watching, but don't get too close, lest you get caught as a coolie."

After sending Huang Yu away, Li Si became more and more vigilant. The water in this world is too deep, and there are hidden Taoist gates of transgressive monsters. The sects with profound backgrounds, seemingly powerful, but about to become pawns, do not know what kind of bird this is. script?

But it's always right for him to grow up.

Thinking of this, Li Si walked into the deepest part of Hulu Valley, and there were four special workshops lined up under a steep cliff.

One is the carpenter's shed, which is about [-] square meters, and is specialized in the production of semi-finished magic arm crossbows.

The second is also a carpenter's workshop, about [-] square meters, used to make catapults.

The third is the temporary warehouse, which has about [-] square meters and stores a large amount of wood, iron, charcoal and so on.

The last one is the blacksmith workshop, which has about [-] square meters. The junior blacksmiths Li Si recruited two days ago have built smelting furnaces, forging tables, and various devices that blacksmiths can only use, and even most of Zhang San’s belongings. , all here.

At this time, Li Si saw the blacksmith Zhang San standing here with some fear at first sight, with his apprentices behind him.

This kid is very good.

"Master Zhang, did you sleep well last night?" Li Si stepped forward and greeted warmly.

"Big...big... Your Majesty, please forgive me, the little one is absolutely obedient." Zhang San fell to his knees with a puff. Fat son, hey, when you reach middle age, you can't help yourself.

Li Si wanted to appease Zhang San, but seeing him like this, there was no need to say anything.

"Everyone in this work shed is under your command and control. If you need anything, go to that man named Sun Jin. The monthly salary is the same as your brother-in-law Cheng Daniu, hardware, food and housing."

"There are not many tasks every day. We must guarantee [-] sets of that kind of fine steel components. The rest of the crossbow bolts, arrowheads, spearheads, and iron armor have a corresponding number. If you have any suggestions, just mention them."

Smiling and patted Zhang San on the shoulder, Li Si turned and left. Today he will focus on measuring the range and projection area of ​​the trebuchet.

(End of this chapter)