Kunlun one millet

Chapter 106 Where to Find Your Livelihood

In the distance, there was the sound of rushing water, and nearby, there was the pounding of a big hammer.

Zhao Mi looked at the remodeled waterwheel workshop, left and right were the hands of the Jinding Division and the Craftsman Workshop, and Zhao Mi personally put the armor stuffed with cotton wool under the hammer, watching it like a villain kowtowing, for a moment The fluffy cotton is gradually compacted by tamping and tapping continuously.

"That's good, that's good. In this way, a lot of manpower can be saved." Zhao Mi looked around with his hands on his hips, and there were four similar big hammers in the workshop, which kept beating with the rotation of the water wheel.

The little official in the nearby craftsman's workshop couldn't help flattering him: "The Marquis of Zhenming thinks ingeniously, but if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to think of such an exquisite instrument."

"Your craftsman's workshop is not bad, and you made things out in two days." Zhao Mi smiled and said, "No matter how delicate the graphics are, they have to be applied to real utensils to be useful. This time, it is thanks to you."

The little official bowed and nodded repeatedly. Their craftsman workshop is a group of humble craftsmen, and they are naturally happy to get the approval of the upstarts.

"What do you think?" Zhao Mi asked Shi Huoguang beside him.

"This waterwheel is really good, but tamping cotton is just the easiest step in making rune armor." Shi Huoguang said: "Before that, we need to process the collected tendon hemp, especially the dan water soaked in hemp skin. , I heard that it will acidify the flesh?"

Zhao Mi said helplessly: "Xujinma is a natural treasure after all. I asked fellow Taoists from Yuyi Pavilion to refine it, but it took a few days to make such a mess."

After saying that, Zhao Mi took out a ball of extremely tough and slender gold thread, which he used to bind Qing Luoyi's hands, feet and limbs back then.If the air distribution machine goes up on the silk line, even a stone ball can be strangled in two, even a sharp knife.

This method can certainly refine the numbness of the tendons to make it very tough, but if you count on this method to make rune armor, it will be good if you can make one after half a year.

"If you want to loosen and peel off the continuation tendons, you can only use extra prepared Danshui." Zhao Shu said: "For this purpose, a pond must be dug specially, and the bottom and inner wall of the pond must be sealed with Liuyi mud to prevent the Dan water seeps down and damages the surrounding land.”

"No wonder you ordered several jars of Chishi Zhizhi and Shipi Soup, which turned out to be used to make Guji Shenni." Shi Huoguang said.

"I remember that the Retting Pond is not far to the east. I'll take you to have a look." Zhao Mi waved his hand and led a group of Jindingsi monks away from the waterwheel workshop.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and before they walked far along the official road, they saw hundreds of people approaching in front of them. They all looked like poor people, and most of them were doing rough and heavy work, and some of them were holding sticks in their hands.

He Dangguan brought a few Sizhong Yiwei, and was about to go forward, when the leading healthy woman saw Zhao Mi, she knelt down immediately, and a large group of people behind her knelt down.

"My lord, please save the little people!" The healthy woman howled, and the people behind her also shouted for help.

Zhao Mi froze on the spot, looking around, the other Jinding Division monks didn't understand why.On the contrary, He Dangguan approached and whispered: "Deacon, maybe they are the people who came to Dongshengdu to avenge their grievances. The situation is unclear, so you'd better not agree immediately."

"This place is not far from the city gate, you send someone to call the guards in the capital." Zhao Mi said.

"Yes." He Dangguan immediately went to arrange staff.

Looking at the ordinary people kneeling on the ground in front of him, Zhao Shu didn't know what to say. He saw that their clothes were worn out, many of them had swollen fingers, bruises, yellow and dry faces, and thin cheeks.

"Get up first, our Jinding Division is only writing alchemy symbols for the imperial court. If you have any grievances, I'm afraid you have found the wrong person." Zhao Mi said beforehand.

"No! We didn't make a mistake!" The leading healthy woman raised her head and said.

Before Zhao Mi could reply, dozens of people rushed towards him from a distance, one of them was a man in a cloth robe and a blue scarf, followed by Zhuang Ding carrying a stick.

"Wow! You gang of slaves, I just walked away for a while, and you dare to rebel?!" The man in the green scarf kicked the leading healthy woman down, and shouted: "Hit me!"

With the sound of drinking, the gang of Zhuang Ding swung their sticks and beat the kneeling people repeatedly, blood spattered everywhere and screamed in pain.Several people tried to resist, but were quickly suppressed.

This place is an official road in the countryside, and most of the roads are merchants and travelers going to Dongshengdu.Seeing this scene, many people stopped to watch.

"Help the Immortal! Help the Immortal!"

Zhao Mi originally remembered Anyang Hou's warning that he should be cautious when walking in the capital, and he didn't want to get involved in these things.

But countless wailing and wailing filled his ears, and the scene of torture was all in front of his eyes, no matter how unbearable it was for Zhao Mi.

"stop!"

Zhao Mi raised his feet and stomped his feet, bursting with genuine energy, the ground trembled slightly in an instant, and the sound of shouting was like thunder in mid-air, everyone was shocked, and those Zhuang Ding who were holding sticks stopped their movements.

The man in the blue scarf turned around and was about to speak when he caught sight of the black and yellow ribbon on Zhao Shu's waist. His face was slightly startled at first, then he pretended to be calm and bowed his hands:
"Immortal Chief, this villain is teaching the farm servants a lesson. If they have offended them before, and I am here to make amends, I will drive them back to the manor and punish them severely."

"Don't be in a hurry." Zhao Mi called the man in the green scarf who was about to turn around: "I think they seem to have a grievance to avenge, so you might as well wait for the people from the government to come and explain what happened."

"Immortal Elder, I'm afraid this move will annoy my master." The man in the green scarf had a humble attitude, but there was a bit of arrogance hidden in his words.

"Your master?" Zhao Mi suddenly wanted to test his status as an upstart in the court, and sneered: "I want to know, what is your master's status? Why don't you tell me?"

"Immortal Chief, don't regret it." The man in the green scarf raised his hands on his hips, arrogantly: "My master is Zhenminghou, who is very famous in the court today! He is the most popular man in front of the king! This is his family's Zhuangzhuang. Guest slave servant, does the elder still care about it?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience on the official road was silent, even the people who were beaten and screamed did not dare to call out, only the crowd on both sides of the official road whispered:
"Marquis Zhenming? Is it Marquis Zhenming who brought down the Zheng family of Jiujiang?"

"When did it turn out that he brought down the Jiujiang Zheng family?"

"Hi! Your news is too ill-informed. Now it is rumored that it is the Marquis of Zhenming who set up a trick to deceive the Zheng family of Jiujiang, so that the lord of the country has an excuse to convict the Zheng family. Now the Marquis of Zhenming is in the limelight in Dongsheng. Jin, it is said that Zheng’s men even gave their wives and concubines to Marquis Zhenming in order to survive!”

"Tsk tsk tsk, this fairy elder has provoked Zhenminghou, but there is a good show to watch!"

The words of passers-by passed into Zhao Mi's ears, his face became more and more gloomy, and the left and right Jindingsi monks did not dare to speak.Seeing the change in Zhao Mi's expression, Shi Huoguang wanted to take the initiative to defend him, but his speech was clumsy, and when he stood in front of everyone, his teeth were chattering again.

It was He Dangguan who was the first to react, stepped forward, and slapped the man in the green scarf on the face, making him turn around three times.

"You, you—" The man in the green scarf had swollen cheeks and blood from the corners of his mouth, and he didn't know how many teeth were broken by He Dangguan's palm.

The man with the green scarf was about to go into a fit, and those Zhuang Ding came forward with sticks. He Dangguan pointed at Zhao Mi and shouted, "You are blind! He is Zhenminghou!"

As soon as these words came out, the blood on the man's face disappeared instantly, and he fell to his knees with a plop.The other Zhuang Ding looked at each other, and He Dangguan shouted again:
"A bunch of blind slaves, why don't you kneel down?!"

Zhuang Ding didn't dare to hesitate, threw down their sticks quickly, and knelt down on the ground.

"Okay, that's great." Zhao Mi laughed angrily, "I don't even know when I have such a group of dealers under my name, and you are such a capable general."

The man in the blue scarf kowtowed repeatedly, and said vaguely: "Master Hou, please forgive me, Lord Hou, please forgive me, the villain doesn't know the true face of Lord Hou, so he offended him!"

Zhao Mi suppressed his anger, ignored the man with the green scarf, and walked up to the healthy woman. She was the first to bear the brunt of being clubbed several times, her forehead was ruptured and bleeding. Although she didn't faint, she was also in a daze.

Zhao Shu tapped the other party's vital points with his true energy, and at the same time took out Fengchuang Yupao to smear the wound. Seeing this, Shi Huoguang stepped forward: "I'll help."

"En." Zhao Mi handed the things to the other party, just as the healthy woman came to her senses, and quickly knelt down again:
"Immortal Elder, help!"

"Who are you?" Zhao Mi asked, "Why did that person say that you are the farmer of Marquis Zhenming?"

"I, we are the farmer of Marquis Zhenming." The healthy woman was a little at a loss.

Zhao Mi frowned and said, "I am the Marquis of Zhenming."

Hearing this, the healthy woman widened her eyes in disbelief, then quickly bowed her head and kowtowed.Zhao Mi held back her impatience and helped her up: "I'm asking you something, so don't engage in such profanities."

"Yes, yes." The healthy woman trembled.

Zhao Mi looked around and saw people blocking the official road. He first asked He Dangguan to lead the group of farmers to the side of the road, and then simply sat on the ground and asked, "Are you tenants of the nearby farm?"

"Yes, the farm is just six or seven miles away." The healthy woman knelt and said.

"In my impression, I don't own this estate." Zhao Mi said blankly, "Are you making a mistake?"

The healthy woman faltered for a while, and Zhao Mi said, "If you have something to say, just say it."

"Our Zhuangzi didn't belong to you, Lord Hou." The healthy woman tugged at the hem of her clothes nervously: "But a few days ago, for some reason, the Zhuangtou said that the farmhouse and manor had changed owners. But everyone lives as usual, and they don't think there is anything wrong with it." thing."

Zhao Mi covered her mouth and thought for a moment, then asked: "Then why did you leave the farm? And you called for help when you saw me?"

"I, I..." the healthy woman summoned up her courage: "We couldn't make a living, but when we saw that Master Hou came from the waterwheel, we thought it was the fairy elder who worked for the Jinding Division."

"What work?" Zhao Mi asked.

"Master Hou doesn't know?" said the healthy woman, "It's just pounding sacks."

"Pounding sacks?" Zhao Mi suddenly woke up: "Is it pounding rune armor cotton wool? You guys did this?"

The healthy woman obviously couldn't understand the talisman, and fiddled with the shape with her hands: "The sack...it's that kind of jacket, it looks similar."

Zhao Mi was speechless, and then looked at the man with the blue scarf: "You, come here!"

The man in the green scarf was sweating through his heavy clothes, crawled up on his knees, and didn't dare to look up, when Zhao Mi asked, "Your farm is responsible for the Jinding Division's ramming of the talisman batting?"

"Yes." The man in the blue scarf beat the ground with his head.

Zhao Mi sighed secretly while holding his forehead. He had heard from Anyang Hou that the ramming of rune armor was left to the craftsman.

"Then why do you ask for help?" Zhao Mi asked the healthy woman.

"We used to pound rice for Zhuangzi, and later we pounded jackets for Lord Hou, and we can also beg for food." The healthy woman lowered her head and murmured: "But we heard that the fairy head of Jinding Division planned to replace it with a water truck. We are gone. The livelihood depends on the men to go to the fields to cultivate the fields, and they cannot afford the rent of Zhuangzi."

"This..." Zhao Mi was stunned for a while. He obviously used the waterwheel workshop to ram the talisman batting to save manpower. their livelihood.

The more Zhao Mi thought about it, the more worried he became. He obviously had good intentions and planned to save manpower, but how did he end up like this?

And in the end, it turned out that it was the tenant of the farm under his own name who rammed the talisman armor.What are you kidding?
At this time, a guard from the central capital rushed over from a distance, and saw a group of farm tenants gathered beside the official road, and was about to go forward to drive them away.Zhao Mi had no choice but to get up to show his identity, and he had to grit his teeth and admit that these people were tenants of his farm, and he could handle it himself.

Knowing that it was Zhenminghou, the group of guards didn't investigate further, and went back after asking a few words.

Zhao Mi looked at the group of farmers and tenants. Most of them looked numb. Occasionally, a few people looked at them, but most of them were fearful.

"For a long time, it turned out to be acting!"

At this time, strange words came from the other side of the official road. Zhao Shu turned his head and saw a man in sackcloth, with a messy beard and hair, unable to see his face clearly, with worn-out straw shoes on his feet, sitting carelessly on the side of the road. On Cheng Shi.

Not only did the man in sackcloth notice Zhao Mi's gaze, but instead of restraining himself, he patted his thigh and said to the passers-by: "Look! He said that he can be a Lord Marquis. Let Zhuangtou be a villain, and pretend to be fair, and call his subordinates." Buqu slapped Zhuangtou across the face, and immediately subdued the domestic slave who was going to make trouble."

He Dangguan heard it clearly, raised his hand to touch the hilt of his sword, and was about to teach this nonsense passerby a lesson.Zhao Mi stopped with a low drink: "Okay, don't make extra trouble."

As soon as Zhao Mi calmed down, the man in sackcloth continued, "Oh, you really deserve to be the Marquis of Zhenming, and you know how to tie dogs!"

Thinking of the arrest department's reminder, Zhao Mi ignored the unknown passer-by, turned to the man in the blue scarf and said, "You, take me to your farm, I want to see when my family has such a property. "

The man in the blue scarf stood up with difficulty as if he was carrying a mountain on his shoulders.Zhao Mi said to the healthy woman, "You guys also go back together. No matter what, I will give you an answer."

"Thank you, Lord Hou, thank you Lord Hou!" The healthy woman knelt down and kowtowed, and the tenants behind her also thanked her.

Zhao Mi turned to Shi Huoguang and several Jindingsi monks and said, "Go back to the government office first, and suspend the matter of the armor for a while, and I will deal with it after I figure it out. Also, go back and find Marquis Anyang, and tell the truth about the situation here. .”

"You..." Shi Huoguang was a little worried.

"Don't worry, He Dangguan will take someone with me." Zhao Mi let out a sigh of relief: "I just don't want to be used by others in a daze. I can handle this matter myself. Don't get involved."

(End of this chapter)