Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 129 Chapter 133

After Shen Ding left, Zuo Ming and others started to clean up the crocodiles around.

Although the crocodile on the shore is still fierce, once it is caught in a fishing net, it is difficult to break free.

After catching those crocodiles, he tied the smaller ones with ropes and threw them into the cage. For the bigger ones, he had someone dig a big hole and throw them in.And let a special person stand by.

The reason why he wanted to catch so many live crocodiles was actually Zuo Ming's plan.

As early as a long time ago, he wanted to have a zoo.

People in the Tang Dynasty all pay attention to taking root in the ground, and few people are willing to wander around, seeing the majesty of mountains and rivers, and seeing the magic of all things.

That being the case, he thought it would be better to build some zoos in various places, and let those Tang people see all the rare and exotic objects in the world.

Of course, the most important thing is that today's Tang people are too rich, and the entertainment facilities are a bit monotonous, so he wants to come up with this one thing.

In addition to the zoo, amusement parks are also within his consideration, but so far, he has only thought of making windy and merry-go-round horses. For things like pirate ships and roller coasters, he is still working on them for the time being. not come out.And even if it is made out, it may not be safe.

Five days later, Zuo Ming and the others got a total of 56 crocodiles, of which 1.5 were under 36 meters, and the remaining [-] were all large crocodiles over [-] meters.

With these crocodiles, Zuo Ming naturally thought about letting Li Zhi and Li Yin go back to Chang'an first.But these two boys desperately begged Zuo Ming not to drive them away, they had to watch Jiao Wang and Dragon God be ambushed with their own eyes.

In desperation, Zuo Ming had no choice but to keep them on the condition that they were not allowed to ride those crocodiles with their mouths tied up.

On the first day, they were honest enough not to ride those crocodiles, but on the second day, they couldn't bear it anymore, and together they rode a giant crocodile with a length of about three meters!

That giant crocodile has some backbone, being ridden by two humans, it suddenly went mad, opened its mouth trying to break free from the chains, and then killed the two nasty boys, it immediately scared them out of their shit, even He ran away scrambling.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Ming and the others burst out laughing until they both blushed.

After this incident, Li Zhi and Li Yin finally became more honest. They never touched any crocodile over three meters, but those under two meters suffered from their poisoning.

They even got two newborn baby crocodiles the size of their arms recently.They wanted to raise crocodiles, so Zuo Ming naturally had to stop them.

This thing is not familiar with it, and when it grows up, it may have to swallow the two of them.

This time, Li Zhi and Li Yin didn't disagree with him very much, they just said that they were just keeping it for fun, and they would put it in the circle of beasts when it was built.

The Hundred Beasts Circle here is naturally the zoo that Zuo Ming wants to build.

Zuo Ming had already planned this garden to be built on the south side of Gewu College, next to the mountain, and he would dig the foundation of the entire Hundred Beasts Circle very deep to prevent these beasts from escaping.

Hearing that they would only keep them for a few days for fun, Zuo Ming was relieved a lot, but he had already made up his mind that people must keep an eye on them, and he must not get away from those two little crocodiles.

When Zuo ordered them to catch the [-]th crocodile, the fishing nets of the Red River Department and Jinping Department finally ran out, but at this moment, Shen Ding brought a hundred soldiers from the Tang Dynasty to the Red River Water Village.

Along with them, there are two hundred ox carts, more than 100 iron chains and more than [-] iron cages!

Afterwards, Shen Ding even told Zuo Ming that these were only the first batch of cages, which were originally used to hold wild animals such as tigers and leopards, so they were relatively small. Ship it!
In addition, Shen Ding also told him that these were obtained by borrowing money from the governor of Jiaozhou and belonged to his private property. Hou Ye said that he didn't want the real things in double return, and hoped that Zuo Ming could exchange them for silver or gold coins for him.

"This guy is a clever ghost! But if he borrowed so many cattle from the people of Jiaozhou and exchanged them all for coins, what will happen to the fields in Jiaozhou?"

Smiling softly, Zuo Ming asked.

"Hehe! That guy is a good businessman! While borrowing cattle, he has already started buying farm cattle from our chamber of commerce! Because he bought a lot, according to the usual practice, we will give him a [-]% discount! Speaking of which, You made a lot of money again!"

Shen Ding smiled strangely.

"Damn! Take my money and earn my money? Isn't this guy afraid of offending me?"

Zuo Ming was stunned. The governor of Jiaozhou was really talented, and he actually took advantage of his loophole.

"Hehe! If he knew how to write fearful characters, he wouldn't look so ugly! This is because your credit is too good. He has mortgaged his ancestral land to collect these things for you this time! Tell me! You may not believe it, but the firm that he mortgaged the land is also our Zuo's firm!"

Shaking his head, Shen Ding also said with a speechless smile, "And he said that [-]% of the money he got will be used to fill Jiaozhou's treasury. I think this should be his biggest reliance."

"It's not bad to be able to spend [-]% of the money. Even though he can still make a lot of money, the food is not bad! You send an accompanying sergeant to tell him for me that this transaction is considered private! But report to His Majesty When the time comes, I will use the name of Jiaozhou government!"

He has given him face and done him such a big favor, and his appearance is not bad, so Zuo Ming is naturally happy to give him some more benefits.

After explaining, Zuo Ming walked to a bullock cart and looked at the wheels below.

His tire production can only support military use, so the wheels for civilian use are still made of wood. It may not be a big problem to transport crocodiles under two meters, but giant crocodiles over three meters are extremely difficult. Nothing can be delayed.

"These ox carts are not good, the wheels may not be able to bear such a great force! They should have bicycles there, you ask him to send someone to take my token to the Ministry of Industry in Chang'an, and send some military trailers. My token is His Majesty authorized it, and the Ministry of Industry does not need to report it!"

With that said, Zuo Ming handed over his gold medal to Shen Ding again.

"Are you really going to catch that White Flood Dragon King?"

After receiving the token, Shen Ding was slightly startled.

"The Six Edicts have surrendered one after another when they paid tribute back then. The Red River Water Village and Pingbian Department can be regarded as subjects of my Great Tang. Our Great Tang is not the so-called royal family. The people are poisoned and can turn a blind eye! So the Dragon God and Flood King must be removed! Firstly, this Marquis really wants to collect them into the Hundred Beasts Circle, and secondly, it can be regarded as showing the power of my Great Tang to these barbarian people!"

Zuo Ming explained with a flickering expression.

After hearing this, Shen Ding nodded immediately, and then retreated to look for the sergeants who were filling the cages with crocodiles.

In fact, for Shen Ding, it is bullshit to show the power of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, he just recognized one point, that is, Zuo Ming wants this dragon.

This reason is enough!

For the rest of the time, Zuo Ming and the others waited for the return of the White Flood Dragon King while catching the crocodiles around them.After all, even if all the crocodiles were caught, it would not be as good as a White Flood Dragon King.

Because the smaller crocodiles have been caught one after another, the rest are some giant crocodiles of three or four meters, so the fishing net has almost lost its effect, and since that day, there have been casualties in the crocodile hunting operation!
It was an afternoon seven days later, and because they successfully captured three four-meter giant crocodiles in the morning, everyone looked a little careless.

And at that time, because a member of the Jinping tribe did not hold the rope in his hand, a giant crocodile about [-] meters in length got rid of the already dilapidated fishing net at once, and then directly threw his A compatriot was bitten in two!

Afterwards, the man was severely beaten by the victim's family, but even so, the dead man never came back.

Because of the death, Zuo Ming borrowed a hundred silver coins from those sergeants as a relief.

Now Datang's military pay has been replaced by silver coins.

After getting so much money, the originally sad family has stabilized a lot.It was only then that everyone truly believed that Zuo Ming was indeed a man of his word, that those who died could indeed get money, and that they worked harder and harder now.

However, seeing them working so hard and not fearing life and death, Zuo Ming felt a little annoyed.

If possible, he would even be willing to spend a thousand silver coins or even 1 silver coins to buy that person not to die!Where can one life be bought with 100 taels?
Out of anger, Zuo Ming suspended the crocodile hunting operation, and added another transaction clause, "From today onwards, every time I catch a dragon, I will give you a reward of one hundred Tang silver coins! But if you die again , I will reduce the relative amount of rewards for you! If one person dies, I will reduce one hundred Tang silver coins, and if two people die, I will reduce two hundred! Until the reduction is exhausted!"

As soon as Zuo Ming said this, everyone was slightly stunned, and then, everyone knelt down to him in unison.

Even the head of the Honghe village and the chief of the Jinping tribe knelt down with expressions of emotion.

Before Zuo Ming said such words, they only thought it was a deal, but now it seems that the reason why this benevolent Marquis of the Tang Dynasty spared no effort to capture these dragons is probably the bigger reason. To help them.

Although they are simple, they are not stupid.

If he really just wanted to catch some dragons, there was no need for Zuo Ming to carry out such a large-scale mopping up, because the cost of doing so had far exceeded the original value of these dragons!
Zuo Ming was the most unaccustomed to this kind of scene, so he curled his lips and said, "Get up! It's useless for you to kneel! I've already decided that no more dead people are allowed! Otherwise, I'll deduct all your money Light! Let you give me free labor!"

After hearing this, everyone stood up and laughed lightly.

Looking at Zuo Ming's thin and frail figure, Xu Jin felt for the first time that this Lord Hou was actually not that hateful.

Putting aside those childish pranks, he can be regarded as a kind person.

As for Wu Dazhu, there was endless admiration in his eyes.Because he knew that his Marquis was still the same Marquis, he hadn't changed!

Not to mention Li Zhi and Li Yin, their gazes towards Zuo Ming were already filled with countless stars.

They were born in the royal family, only when they are with Zuo Ming, will they feel that the world is full of colors.They love it.

(End of this chapter)