Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 117 Sudden Escape
My goodness! Liu Mang really found it outrageous. He thought it was already a big deal that Lu Jiu ordered Da Huang to break into the door directly, but he found out that this was a daily routine. When Da Huang was not there, Lu Jiu even blew up the door with explosives obtained from somewhere. In the past three years, the door of their house has never survived for more than a month!
Looking at the petite and cute blonde Lu Jiu in a blue dress, Liu Mang really didn't expect her to be such a naughty child. It's not easy for your brother to make money to support the family, and you're making things worse for him. You should really thank the system for its mercy for not inserting the memory of your brother abandoning you and running away.

It's just building a door. It's a piece of cake for Liu Mang at the moment. After eating the monster tiger, his strength has increased to 1010kg as expected. Combined with his superb martial arts skills and control, his strength is not much worse than when he just came out of the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer. In addition, with the many engineering knowledge he learned through plug-ins in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer, he has no problem building a villa alone.

Holding an axe and a machete, Liu Mang went out. He was going to the woods to look for suitable wood to make various furniture. It was too conservative to just sell doors, so he planned to arrange everything from the floor to the ceiling.

Lu Jiu's strength has also increased greatly recently, and her strength has reached 1100kg, which is stronger than Liu Mang, but she has no strength amplitude and is a noob in actual combat. But it is not dangerous to take her out for a walk.

Liu Mang took the lead, while Da Huang chased behind with Lu Jiu on his back. The three of them moved at an astonishing speed and entered the forest to start working in less than a minute.

As a professional, Liu Mang's skills are obviously beyond Lu Jiu's impression of her brother, but she doesn't care.

The crazy brother now was very different from before, more real. Her young mind couldn't understand why her brother had changed like this, but it was okay as long as it wasn't a bad thing.

In one morning, Liu Mang used his unrivaled carpentry skills to create three sets of solid wood furniture. They were all mortise and tenon structures, without using a single nail. They included tables, chairs, benches, beds, and wardrobes, which earned him exclamations and applause from Lu Jiu.

The two men and the dog moved the things to the entrance of the village to sell them, and the exquisite furniture soon attracted many villagers to watch.

"Hey, Arthur, your skills are improving. Even my old man can't compare to you."

"Not bad, Arthur, you know how to expand your business. Do you think selling doors has no future?"

"You rascal! Are you trying to steal my food--!"

Before he could finish his words, an old man was dragged away by another old woman who covered her mouth with a smile.

The response seems to be good, and Liu Mang has already seen a lot of money pouring into him.

"How are you selling it, Arthur?"

"Yes, you name a price, and I'll buy a table if it's suitable. Wow, this texture, this fragrance, this sturdiness, it's really a good thing!"

Liu Mang was stunned. Bid? Yes, I have to bid, but I don’t know what currency this world uses or how prices are. How should I bid?

Pulling Lu Jiu aside, he quietly asked, "Lu Jiu, how much did my door sell for before?"

"I don't know." Lu Jiu shook her head, indicating that I am just a 7-year-old girl and I really don't know much about money.

"Then what is the currency used here?" At least, he needs to figure out what the currency is, otherwise how can he quote a price, 1000 yuan?
Lu Jiu knew this. She reached into her skirt pocket, took out a metal lump and put it in Liu Mang's hand.

This color, this density, this hardness, gold?

After some verification, Liu Mang confirmed that this was a small piece of gold, weighing about 30g.

I scratched my head. It doesn't matter if gold is used as currency, but how to determine the value of gold is still a problem. But considering that Lu Jiu can directly take out 30g of gold as pocket money, it is probably not worth much.

Forget it, just give me a random price.

"This table costs 100g of gold?" Liu Mang slapped the table and tentatively revealed the price.

There was silence at the scene for a moment, and everyone looked at Liu Mang as if he were a madman.

The reaction was wrong, and Liu Mang's heart sank. It was not just that the price was high, there were other unknown factors that led to this situation.

He laughed awkwardly twice, then changed the topic and asked tentatively, "How about 10g of gold?"

The crowd remained silent and tended to gradually disperse.

"Hey, everyone, don't go. What's a reasonable price? Give me a price! This is the first time I sell these, and I don't understand them!"

Liu Mang tried to stop them, but the villagers avoided him as if he were the plague god.

Not good!

Something was obviously not right. Liu Mang's face became completely serious. Recalling what had happened just now, it was obviously not a problem with the price being too high. Then the problem could only be with gold itself!

After Lu Jiu took out the gold, he naturally thought that gold was the common currency here, but it seemed that it was not the case. It seemed that using gold for transactions here was a taboo. The villagers who were originally familiar with him now regarded him as a plague god.

"Lu Jiu, are you sure this is money?" Liu Mang squatted down, picked up the gold and asked Lu Jiu.

She tilted her head and thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "When you gave it to me before, you said that this could buy a house, so it should be money, right?"

Well, Lu Jiu is still too young and doesn’t understand anything. He made a mistake this time.

"Brother, are we leaving again?" Lu Jiu asked weakly, feeling a little reluctant.

"Leave?" Liu Mang was puzzled. He just felt that the villagers disliked him, so he wouldn't just run away, right? "Why do you ask?"

"Before, when I was four years old." Lu Jiu twisted her fingers and recalled, with a look of disappointment on her face, "That time, many adults looked at us like that, and then you took me and Da Huang away that night, without even having time to say goodbye to our friends. Are you not leaving this time?"

Liu Mang was shocked. Is it so serious?
Just when he was hesitating whether to take Lu Jiu and run away, the old man who was dragged away by the old lady just now came back. He whispered to Liu Mang anxiously: "Hurry up and take little Lu Jiu away and leave this island. Why are you suddenly crazy about collecting gold? Vika has strictly ordered that the trading of gold should not be stopped! You must have been reported for collecting gold in public. The soldiers of Jinsha Town will come to arrest you within a few hours. Run!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Jiu, with a look of pain on his face: "The worst thing is that Vika likes to play with little girls. Little Lu Jiu is beautiful. Once seen by the soldiers, she will inevitably be captured and given to Vika. My granddaughter was once captured like that. Anyway, let's go quickly. Vika's lackeys have guns and you can't beat them. There is a sunken hole on the bund to the left. There is a small boat in it. It was originally used to take my granddaughter away, but in the end it was too late. I'll give it to you! At least, keep little Lu Jiu!"

"Grandpa Rand?" Seeing the old man shedding tears, Lu Jiu called him sadly.

"Let's go! We must leave this island. This is Vika's world and no one can resist him." Old man Rand turned and left, his back full of desolation.

"Then what will you do? Will Vika make things difficult for you?" Liu Mang shouted at him.

"Don't worry." Rand turned around and looked at Liu Mang, his mouth grinning from ear to ear. "After you leave, I will be the only carpenter in the village. Without me, their lives will be in trouble. Nothing will happen!"

Liu Mang was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your reminder, and thank you for your ship. No matter what, please don't give up hope. Justice will judge Vika's crimes!"

After saying that, Liu Mang picked up Lu Jiu and ran. Da Huang quickly followed and headed non-stop towards the place Rand said.

Jinsha Village was not far from the Bund, and Liu Mang only took ten minutes to find the boat.

The boat was indeed small, only about 4 meters long and a little over 1 meter wide. The wooden hull looked quite old, and it was obvious that it had been built for some time.

It seems that Rand's granddaughter is in great danger. After so many years, the ship that was built but never used has become like this. If she is still alive, I wonder how she has been tortured.

We have a boat, but no food or water. Going out to sea like this is obviously a dead end. We must bring enough drinking water and food, as well as basic navigation tools. "We have them at home." Lu Jiu pulled Liu Mang's sleeve and reminded him.

Yes, since they have fled here, they must be prepared to escape again, and there should be supplies packed up at home.

After returning home, under Lu Jiu's instructions, he pulled out a large wooden box from under the bed. Inside was a large water tank that took up half of the box, containing about 100 liters of drinking water, and the other half was filled with dry bread, dried vegetables and fruits, and there were also two compasses.

I picked it up and smelled it. The dry food was still in good condition and had not gone bad at all, but the water was a little turbid and obviously not drinkable.

Fortunately, there is a well right at the doorstep, and the water can be changed in just a few minutes.

Although he didn't know how the freshwater well was dug on the island, even if it existed, there was nothing he could do about it.

Ten minutes later, Liu Mang packed all the supplies and luggage, dragged two large boxes and ran towards the boat.

But God always likes to play jokes on Liu Mang. After pushing the boat into the water, he discovered that the compartment at the bottom of the boat was leaking. Without the right tools, it was obviously impossible to repair it.

A careful inspection revealed that the manufacturing technology of the boat was visibly poor, and it was fixed entirely with nails and wires. It was obviously a DIY product cobbled together by an amateur, and its safety was not guaranteed.

Given the current situation, it would be better to rebuild one himself. With his technology, it would be much safer than Rand's ship.

Although he felt bad for disappointing Rand's kindness, Liu Mang couldn't possibly take his sister on such a dangerous ship, so building the ship was inevitable.

Jinsha Town should be the relatively neat human settlement that he saw when he passed through the forest last time. At his speed, it would take nearly two hours to cross the forest. If Vika's lackeys chose to cross the forest, it would take at least three hours. This was the confidence of the Grand Master.

If you don't cross the forest, you will have to take a detour. Unless you drive, it won't be faster than crossing the forest, but it's obviously not like there are cars in this era.

So, he has at least 3 hours!

Since there is plenty of time, why not build a bigger and safer ship? The bigger the ship, the more advantages it has in dealing with the wind and waves at sea. This is also a way to improve safety.

Liu Mang did what he said. He climbed up the cliff outside the cave and chopped down hundreds of trees in a few minutes. Even the big trees with a diameter of 50 to 60 centimeters were chopped one by one.

After spending another ten minutes using force to split the wood into boards, Liu Mang officially began his shipbuilding business.

The precise mortise and tenon structure can replace all rivet structures. Combined with Liu Mang's high-precision processing skills, a medium-sized sailboat with a length of 12 meters and a width of 4.5 meters gradually took shape. With Liu Mang's full effort, in less than 3 hours, this medium-sized sailboat capable of carrying more than a dozen crew members was completely completed.

The ship has an isolated watertight compartment structure, an extremely thick hull, and a keel made of the strongest wood, which is visibly strong.

There are three rooms on the boat, one for Lu Jiu, one for Liu Mang, and another for storing supplies. As for Da Huang, it is needed in the power room, so he just sleeps there.

Modern mechanical technology has created a power system that is independent of the sails. The transmission devices in various places can meet the requirements of one person driving this ship weighing hundreds of tons. If the sails are not raised or there is no wind, Liu Mang can also drive the ship through human power or dog power, and only one bone is consumed for a hundred kilometers.

Seeing that the lackeys had not arrived yet and the boat had been built, we simply hunted some prey for our power core, Da Huang, and moved all the usable things in the house away, leaving even the bed. It only took half an hour.

It doesn't matter if we can't find suitable materials for the sails. The big yellow boat is powerful enough and a big tiger weighing dozens of tons can be easily prepared. Driving a boat is like a piece of cake. So we don't need sails at all.

All preparations have been completed, but the lackeys still haven't arrived. With such efficiency, Liu Mang even doubts whether there is any need to escape. If his men are all good-for-nothings, the chances of him directly killing Vika are very high.

Even though Liu Mang's current twelfth-level explosive force is only over 12 tons, he does not need to be stronger or faster than the opponent to kill someone. As long as he can break the defense, with his assassination skills, it is no problem for him to deal with some miscellaneous soldiers with only high attributes.

Another half an hour later, the soldiers from Jinsha Town finally arrived. A captain came with hundreds of people in a swaggering manner. Liu Mang, who was hiding in the woods, planned to test their quality.

It takes a large force to capture a civilian, which makes it difficult to give people the impression that you are an expert.

But in fact, the team leader was really an expert. Before Liu Mang could take action, the captain moved his ears and turned to look over here.

Liu Mang lowered his head instantly, and a bullet had penetrated the tree and grazed his scalp.

"Captain Peake has spotted the enemy, open fire!"

Fierce gunfire rang out one after another. Liu Mang was suppressed and couldn't raise his head. Occasionally, he would fly out but his position would be quickly found and blocked by fire, leaving him no chance to get close.

Damn it, I can’t win, retreat!
Liu Mang made a prompt decision to retreat, concealing his presence and moving quickly away towards the ship parked on the Bund.

It was clearly a single-shot flintlock rifle, but these one hundred men made it feel like a machine gun through cross-fire. The captain in the lead had a big belly and a weak step, but his perception and sniping power were terrifying, and he was a master.

Liu Mang is a newcomer and is not yet fully developed. He needs more time to accumulate strength before he can defeat this pair of people.

Liu Mang was extremely fast. In less than half a minute, he left the woods and arrived at the Bund. He was no less than a thousand meters away from the battle site, and the ship was already in sight.

Just as Liu Mang climbed onto the boat, a lead bullet traveled over a distance of thousands of meters and hit his thigh accurately, silently and with incredible power.

Blood splattered as the muscular thigh was completely pierced by the bullet. The bullet even went through the mast and disappeared!
"Sail!!! Take cover!!!"

Liu Mang roared while gritting his teeth. Upon hearing the sound, Da Huang in the power room immediately transformed. The giant wolf, which was more than two meters tall, put its limbs into the iron rings and pulled the chain violently. The propeller behind the ship rotated at high speed from slow to fast to displace a large amount of seawater. The powerful power caused the hull to shake, and it shot out like an arrow from a bow!

In less than 20 seconds, the boat had been several hundred meters away from the shore. At this time, another bullet penetrated the edge of the boat and shot out from beside Liu Mang. The 30-centimeter-thick wooden board was completely unable to withstand the attack of a mere lead bullet. The wood chips exploded and scratched his cheek. He could only grit his teeth, hold Lu Jiu tightly in his arms, and lower his body to reduce his own area of ​​attack.

Bang, bang, bang! The sound of penetration sounded every ten seconds, but the accuracy was getting worse and worse.

A minute later, when the wooden boat had sailed nearly two kilometers, the terrible sniping stopped. In just one minute, three more holes appeared on the boat!
After waiting for another two minutes, Liu Mang raised his head and looked towards the shore. The captain and his men were there, furious and helpless. They were obviously out of his sniping range.

"Huh!" Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief. It was so fucking thrilling. The sniping ability was too terrifying. If the flintlock rifle had not been loaded too slowly, the entire ship would have been shot into a sieve!

I don't know if it was a problem with the gun or the person's strength, but such a silent and powerful sniper attack was actually delivered with just a flintlock rifle. It's really amazing.

He let go of Lujiu, the little girl covered her ears with her hands and closed her eyes, curling up in his arms, but she was not hurt.

Covering his injured right thigh, Liu Mang stood up, made an international gesture towards the shore, and returned to the cabin without looking back to bandage the wound.

Just wait, you bastard. I, Liu Mang, will remember you. I have never suffered such a loss in my life.

Pique, right? When I become a powerful warrior, I will be the first to attack you!

I have something to do recently, so I can't add more content. I can only add some words.

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