my wonderful zoo

Chapter 122
Marius was an apprentice blacksmith.

Mainly used for grinding needles and forging iron tools needed for weaving in Wangjia Weaving Mill in Nanhai County.

From the time he entered the Wang family's weaving workshop at the age of 13, to the age of 17, Marius had not even started training yet.It was not because Marius was stupid, but because the master refused to let him go.

In fact, the ironware required by the weaving workshop is not complicated, and it mainly relies on the craftsmanship of the Weaver Girl.He himself also knew that he was already able to make all the iron tools needed by the Wang family's weaving workshop. The reason why Wang Yuanwai did not allow him to become a apprentice was because of the huge salary gap between the master and the apprentice.

Several times he wanted to transfer to another blacksmith workshop, but the price of betraying his master was too high, and it would have a devastating blow to his reputation in Nanhai County.

I didn't dare to work outside the county, so the matter was put on hold.

Fortunately, although the apprentices were given less money, they were still able to have enough food and clothing.

A few days ago, Wang Yuanwai called all the people in the weaving workshop, saying that he was going to visit Foshan Fort, as a reward for the long-term workers for the Wang family over the years.

But who would have thought that when I arrived at Foshan Fort, I would not be able to have fun, but my freedom would be gone.

The female workers were assigned to cook and wash clothes for the people who came to gather at Foshan Fort, while the male workers were assigned to pick up spears and knives and start practicing how to kill the enemy.

This training lasted for three days, and there was no end to the terrifying days.

Finally, on September [-]th, an army came outside the fort. Marius, who had just learned how to stab a spear, was driven to the city wall by his servants.

The servants repeatedly promised: "I let you go up just to increase the number of people. You will have a strong momentum. There won't be a fight. Don't be afraid."

But Marius didn't think so. He knew the army outside the city. It was the army holding the "Chen" flag. They had kidnapped many wealthy households from the town in the past few days.

After all, the Marius family has benefited from this army. The family has been renting the land outside the king's family all year round, and this year only [-]% of the land rent was charged.

My younger brothers and sisters finally don’t have to go hungry this year.

Standing on the wall of the village, looking at the orderly appearance of the Chen family's army outside the wall, busy and orderly making preparations for the siege, Marius realized that whether the battle could be fought or not was not decided by the servants, nor by the servants. It is not up to the outsiders in the fort to have the final say.

The atmosphere outside the city was getting more and more tense, but many of his "colleagues" next to him were still chatting.

"This is just like us competing for water with neighboring villages. Whoever's rice field has no water will lose the proceeds. People from the two villages moved together. It looked like the battle was huge. In fact, the fighting might be very small. In the end, it was still It will be decided through discussion by the village leaders.”

"Yes, the military government needs to eat, and the Chen family army also needs money to pay military salaries. If there are no outsiders to pay taxes, they can just drink the northwest wind."

"However, I heard that the Chen family's army is very evil, and the Chen family's village is also engaged in maritime business, and is very rich."

"I've also heard that one of my cousin's nieces is married to Chenjiazhuang. I heard that every family in Chenjiazhuang has a blue-brick compound and is very rich."

...

Various hearsay and conjectures reached Marius's ears from time to time, which did not arouse his interest, but made him a little annoyed.

"Only pursue the culprit, and ignore others."

"When the siege begins, casualties are inevitable."

...

Several tall horses came outside the castle wall. Those horses were stronger and taller than any horses Marius had ever seen in his life. The cavalry on the horses had a very loud voice, louder than anyone Marius had ever seen in his life.

The local dialect of Guangzhou is spoken very clearly.

Although Marius did not have a wife, he deeply agreed with the content of the following slogan.

Even some colleagues chatting next to him stopped talking.

Seeing the cavalry soldiers below shouting vigorously, Marius wondered: "This kind of words applies to both the enemy and ourselves. Aren't they afraid that they will die in battle? Are some people sleeping with their wives or beating their children?"

"Maybe they don't have wives or children?"

"Or is there any way Chen Jiajun can prevent this from happening?"

"A double-edged sword!"

While thinking wildly, the knights outside the castle wall changed one after another, and finally retreated.

Then the situation took a turn for the worse, dispelling all the distracting thoughts in Marius' mind.

Chen Jiajun outside the fort pushed up five large iron lumps. After some operations, the five large iron lumps made a huge roar, followed by several violent explosions on the fort wall.

An explosion was so close to Marius that he could feel the dirt falling from the sky.

A colleague who was far away from him had a small part of his head lost, and the white brains splashed out and fell into the mouth of a colleague next to him.

vomit! !

There was a violent vomiting sound.

All of this was clearly displayed in front of Mario, and the passage of time seemed to slow down.

These clear pictures made Marius feel sick in his stomach, and he almost couldn't help but want to vomit.He resisted turning his head and looked outside the city. Those Chen Jiajun were operating the big iron lump again.

quickly!

"boom!"

There were four loud noises, and four more explosions occurred on the fort wall. For a while, the sound of crying iron and crying for mother resounded throughout the entire fort wall.

Marius did not dare to look to the left or right. He wanted to run, run down the wall, and run home.

But his legs didn't obey him, and he seemed to have lost consciousness. A strong urge to urinate came over him in his lower abdomen.

Chen Jiajun outside seems to be running away?

"boom!"

There was a huge roar, and there was an explosion on the Chen Jiajun position outside the city.

"Is this thing still blowing up my own people?" The curiosity in his heart temporarily suppressed the fear in his heart, and Mario's rationality came back a little.

"Ready to fight!!"

"Quick, get ready to fight!!"

"Don't run away, I'll kill anyone who runs away!"

There was a chaos on the city wall, and the craftsmen who were temporarily captured began to flee in all directions.

The servants shouted orders, and the servants of each household waved their weapons and drove these strong men back. Some of them ran fast, but they were caught up by the servants and were quickly chopped to the ground.

Marius was somewhat glad that he had not run away just now.

"They've changed to a bigger cannon!" someone suddenly shouted.

Marius looked outside the fort and saw that Chen Jiajun had indeed pushed ten even bigger iron lumps down in front of the formation.After the man shouted, Marius knew that this weapon was called "cannon".

"The city of Guangzhou cannot be defended, and it is even more impossible to defend Foshan Fort!" Someone else shouted.

"Chen Jiajun said, only the first culprit will be killed!"

"Fight with them, big guys! Open the fort gate and we can survive." Marius clearly saw that the person shouting was not talking about the Chen Jiajun outside the fort, but the Yuanwaimen hiding behind Jing Ding.

The servants also discovered this guy who disturbed the morale of the army and wanted to surround him to stop him from shouting. However, the strong men around the shouter unconsciously formed a circle and kept him in the circle.

"Don't be afraid, guys. There are many of us. As long as we open the fort gate, we will win."

"Yes! The Chen family's army outside the city is very powerful. If they are allowed to attack Foshan Fort, we will all die." Another person started shouting.

Marius suddenly discovered that these two people were very different from the craftsmen he usually saw. The craftsmen did not have such good eloquence, nor such courage and clear thinking.

"Chen Jiajun wants to collect taxes from merchants, not from us. We don't have to work hard for the rich."

"Only survival is real. If we die, will those rich families take care of our families?"

The two of you come and go, and they cooperate very tacitly.

"Huh? Why did I say cooperation?" Mario suddenly realized something was wrong.

"The big guys follow me and fight with the rich man's lackeys. As long as we open the city gate, we can survive."

"And I!"

"And I!!"…

At one time, dozens of people gathered.

Marius found that his legs could move. He admired the courage of the two men and felt that what they said made sense. He unconsciously wanted to follow them and have a look.

More and more people had the same idea as Marius and followed the two men.

Anyone who dared to stand in the way was cut down by the two bravely.

If you face too many enemies, you won't be able to prevent yourself from getting slashed a few times. Your coat will be torn, revealing the chain-linked inner armor underneath.

However, no one noticed this at this time.

Because soon, the fort gate was opened by these two people, and the Chen family's horse army outside the city also rushed in quickly along the lowered suspension bridge.

everything is over.

(End of this chapter)