Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

The eldest brother Zhu Cunshu frowned and spoke first.

"Brothers, the situation is not good. Why have all the soldiers in our Qin Palace been picked out?"

"This matter is very strange, we must not take it lightly, everyone should stay vigilant at all times!"

The fourth brother Zhu Cunxu patted his shoulder when he heard this.

"Brother, you are worrying too much. Didn't the general say that they would select strong and capable people? Looking around the resettlement area, our people are the strongest. I don't think it was intentional."

The second brother Zhu Cunji laughed and said, "The fourth brother is right. Big brother, you are afraid of nothing. Look at that guy. How can he be called a general? He is just a half-grown child."

"I guess he's some noble family kid who paid for the position and is leading troops for fun."

"I'll just let him use both hands and one foot, and I can kick him to death with just one foot!"

"Look again, how many people has he brought with him?"

Zhu Cunji held up two fingers and emphasized, "Brother, two hundred! Just two hundred people!"

"Brother, we have 8,000 people, what are you afraid of?"

"Eight thousand versus two hundred. The advantage is on my side!"

The fifth brother Zhu Cunqi said happily: "What the second brother said makes sense, and we were all scattered before. If we really want to take action, our strength will not be concentrated."

"Now, look what's going on. They've found reasons for us to come together. God is really helping me, Qin!"

The other brothers echoed and strongly supported what the few people said.

When Zhu Cunshu heard what his brothers said, his frown relaxed a little, but he was not completely relieved. He always felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

"No matter what, everyone should be careful!"

After he said that, he couldn't help but look up at Li Dingguo who was riding a tall horse not far away, with disbelief in his eyes.

Li Dingguo was a head shorter than Ma Mengqi. When the two of them walked side by side, people who didn't know the situation would think that Ma Mengqi was the leader.

After marching for half an hour, the team finally arrived at a dry ditch more than ten miles north of Taiyuan City, and then they ordered to stop.

The upper edge of the ditch here is about eight meters wide and nearly ten meters deep, while the riverbed is only three or four meters wide.

This was an excellent place that Li Dingguo discovered during his time of hiding.

"Today's mission is to widen the riverbed on the left bank by three meters, with a construction length of five hundred meters. Work will begin now!"

Following his order, eight princes led eight thousand Qin soldiers and slid down the ditch and began to dig the riverbed on the left bank.

There was indeed a tinkling sound, because this riverbed was different from other places. There were many rocks, and it was quite difficult to dig.

This caused a headache for Qin Wangjun, who was performing hard.

Li Dingguo did not go down to the bottom of the ditch, but took his men to the right bank and supervised the work step by step.

Zhu Cunji and others also worked very hard, and their hoes caused sparks to fly everywhere.

After an hour, more than 8,000 people were exhausted and out of breath, but the progress was very slow.

Except for Zhu Cunji, who was fierce and worked very hard, no one else could dig even one zhang deep.

Seeing this, Ma Mengqi rushed down and started whipping him with the whip.

"What are you dawdling for! Hurry up! The doubling of wages and rations is just for you to slack off!"

"You are all the strongest commoners, how come you have no strength at all now! Ah!"

Zhu Cunshu was not paying attention and was hit by the whip. A line of blood instantly appeared on his handsome face.

Zhu Cunji looked back and his eyes immediately turned red.

"Big brother!"

He shouted and rushed over dragging his hoe.

Chapter 427 What do you want to do? Rebellion?

When Zhu Cunshu saw the second brother coming up with a hoe to hoe someone, he became very anxious and quickly grabbed his arm.

At this moment, the anger in his heart was no less than that of the second brother, but he could not act impulsively.

If there really was a conflict with government troops here and someone was killed, it would definitely be investigated.

A little lack of patience will ruin a great plan, so you must never ruin the plan.

They, the Qin King's lineage, have already given it their all, and cannot let this go to waste.

Zhu Cunshu held Zhu Cunji's hand tightly, stared into his eyes, and shook his head firmly.

"Second brother, no!"

The other princes also gathered around and glared at Ma Mengqi.

The surrounding Qin soldiers turned their heads to look upon hearing the sound.

When they discovered that the eldest prince's face was broken, all the Qin soldiers could not help but become furious and clenched the tools in their hands even tighter.

As soon as the eldest prince gave the order, he chopped the dog official in front of him into meat paste.

At this moment the air suddenly became quiet. Only the Qin soldiers who were far away did not notice the situation here. They were still digging with a clanging sound, and there was also the sound of gravel falling from the shore.

Ma Mengqi did not fear the situation, but pointed the whip at the princes and shouted angrily.

"One by one, you don't go to work. What do you want to do? Are you going to rebel?"

When Zhu Cunji heard this, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and he was on the verge of going berserk.

He directly sent a request for battle to Zhu Cunshu.

"Brother! We can't bear this humiliation anymore!"

The other princes also looked at him and pleaded, "Brother!"

They are all masters who are used to being served. It is already very condescending for them to come here to do hard labor. But they were slapped in the face by a small official. This is really unbearable!

Just wait for the big brother to give the order, fuck him!

Zhu Cunshu gritted his teeth and wiped the blood off his face.

He shouted at everyone, "What are you doing! What are you doing! Didn't you hear what the adults said? Go back to work!"

All the princes heard this and shouted, "Brother!"

Zhu Cunshu glared at them and shouted in a tone that brooked no objection, "Get to work!"

"Ugh!!!"

Zhu Cunji felt so helpless that he threw the hoe far away in anger.

The other princes also returned to their seats angrily.

Ma Mengqi decided to stop while he was ahead and did not pursue the matter. He snorted coldly and went to supervise the other Qin soldiers with his whip.

On the right bank, Li Dingguo had been watching the development of the situation. After seeing Zhu Cunshu's reaction, his eyes turned cold, but a smile of success appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After Ma Mengqi whipped Li Dingguo around with the whip, he climbed up the right bank and returned to Li Dingguo.

After seeing him leave, Zhu Cunshu walked up to Zhu Cunji and kicked him.

"What? Are you still mad at big brother?"

"Hmph!" Zhu Cunji turned his head to the other side angrily.

Zhu Cunshu pretended to dig a hole and said to him, "Okay, don't be angry. I promise you that I will let you twist off that guy's head with your own hands in a few days."

Zhu Cunji jumped up immediately when he heard this.

"Really?"

"When did Big Brother lie to you?"

"Okay! It's a deal, no one can try to steal the kill from me!"

After Zhu Cunji finished speaking, he felt very happy. He picked up his hoe and went back to work.

The work lasted until the afternoon, and the overall progress was less than two meters.

All the Qin soldiers were extremely tired and physically exhausted.

Zhu Cunshu became worried when he saw this situation.

In the past, they were scattered and lurking, and when they went out to do their work, there was no one to supervise them, so they often took a break. At the end of the day, they did not feel tired, but instead felt like it was a form of exercise.

But now, two hundred supervisors are watching them closely, and anyone who slacks off will be beaten and scolded. The constant high-intensity labor consumes a lot of physical energy.

He couldn't help but say to the brothers beside him:

"The soldiers are so exhausted and have consumed so much of their physical strength. When the time comes to start a rebellion, how can they be strong enough to fight?"

"Brother is right, what should we do?"

All the princes were worried about this.

At this moment, Zhu Cunji's eyes suddenly turned and he came forward.

"Brother, I have a way to save effort, but I'm afraid the leader won't allow it."

Zhu Cunshu was a little surprised that the second brother was willing to use his brain.

"Oh? Tell me what you mean."

Zhu Cunji said with a proud look on his face: "There are too many rocks in this riverbed. It is indeed too laborious to dig manually. Isn't there a precedent of using gunpowder to dig a canal?"

"We can give that kid a suggestion. If we use gunpowder to blow up the pit, it will be faster than using people to dig it. The mission can be completed earlier, and we can rest and maintain our combat effectiveness, right?"

The fifth brother Zhu Cunqi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Brother, this method is feasible!"

Zhu Cunshu looked at the exhausted soldiers on both sides and thought for a while.

"There seems to be no better way at the moment, this is the only way."

"I'll go talk to them and hope they can accept the proposal."

As he was about to leave, Zhu Cunji had already run out.

"Don't bother me, big brother. I'll go and tell him!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed to the right bank using his hands and feet at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Ma Mengqi was accompanying Li Dingguo on the shore, reining in their horses and watching.

Suddenly he saw a dark shadow rushing up from the ditch. He was startled and immediately drew his sword and jumped out to block Li Dingguo's horse.

"Lord be careful!"

But before he could stand firmly, he was pushed away by a strong hand.

Li Dingguo drew his sword and reined in his horse. He took a closer look and found that the person coming was none other than the big fellow who had revealed his true identity at the beginning, Zhu Cunji, the second son of the Qin Palace.

He already knew the identities of several people.

At this time, seeing that Zhu Cunji had no intention of killing, he did not retreat, but asked directly.

"What do you want, big guy?"

"Boy, I have something to tell you."

Ma Mengqi staggered after being pushed and was furious. Seeing Zhu Cunji's attitude, he pointed his knife at him again and cursed: "You unruly man! How dare you be so rude to me!"

Zhu Cunji was still brooding over the whip on his elder brother's face just now, and this guy actually came up to him.

He couldn't help but slap the back of Ma Mengqi's knife with his big hand.

There was a crisp sound, which made his hand holding the knife hurt and he was terrified.

"Shut up!" Zhu Cunji glared at him fiercely and said, "Believe it or not, I will tear your head off and use it as a chamber pot!"

Li Dingguo waved his hand towards Ma Mengqi and said, "You can leave first."

"Sir!" Ma Mengqi was quite worried, but still obeyed the order and retreated far away.

"Okay, tell me what's going on!"

Zhu Cunji stopped pestering and said with a smile: "Sir, this riverbed is full of rocks, it is very difficult to dig!"

"I have a method that can greatly increase the speed of canal digging. Would you like to know?"

"Oh! What method?" Li Dingguo was a little curious.