Chapter 124 Pretending to be Smart
Ao Bai pulled out the fire gun, feeling a little excited, a little confused and a little scared, but after tightening the fire gun in his hand, only determination remained. He kept telling himself: the master thinks so highly of him and wants to train him, so that he can
If you, like Feng Shuo and Li Hongji, lead two groups to go out for gold alone, then you have to live up to your expectations!
Liu Yifeng's goal of building the city has been told to the 30 people who followed him. These people are either Jurchens or Koreans. They are called Jianzhou slaves and Dongyi slaves by the Han people. Now they have the opportunity to become masters.
Everyone was excited by Liu Yifeng's superb speech.
Of course, Liu Yifeng didn't think his speech was very good, it was just an ordinary painting.
"Nigdo, Jorge, Jin Quanzhi, call everyone to assemble!"
After loading the ammunition, Obai kicked open the door of his room, rushed out, and shouted to his three deputies, two Jurchens and one Korean.
The three people ran over and looked at Obai, who was holding a fire gun and had a serious face. They all realized that something must have happened. Without any hesitation, they took out the whistle hanging around their necks and blew it.
While blowing back, he ran towards the gate of the camp and loudly asked everyone passing by to gather and ask the person guarding the camp gate to close the gate.
This move made the camp abuzz, and they didn't know what was going on. According to the usual practice, after everyone washed up, they could move around for about a quarter of an hour, and then they would gather for dinner.
But now that they were gathering, there was no steaming and fragrant food. Instead, they were shouted at by a hideous-looking man who asked them to line up.
After everyone gathered in the open space in the middle of the camp, they looked at Obai who had a murderous look on his face and was holding a firecracker, Nigdo, Haorg and Jin Quanzhi who had already closed the camp door and also pulled out a firecracker, as well as the remaining five
Liu Yifeng's early team and current management were all armed with weapons and surrounded them from all directions, and they all began to be afraid.
Among them, Li Qi and Wang Ergou, who had ulterior motives, looked at Zhao Laowu who was standing behind Obai, and immediately understood that they must have been exposed. The two looked at each other and whispered in a tacit understanding that the shopkeeper wanted to silence him.
, the whole team immediately started to make a fuss.
"Quiet! Quiet!" Obai and others shouted loudly, but unfortunately the effect was not very good.
In the camp, there was always a not-so-harmonious voice saying that Liu Yifeng was mining gold mines privately. The Maritime Safety Administration would definitely behead them if they found out, and they, the civilians, would definitely be silenced by Liu Yifeng in the end.
This rumor is very popular, and it is impossible to find out who spread it.
In fact, there were similar rumors not only in Liu Yifeng's place, but also in the mining areas developed by trading companies in the early days. The basic contents were almost the same: the trading companies were mining privately, and the Maritime Safety Administration would behead them if they found out, so anyone who knew about it would eventually be silenced.
Under the fear of death, coupled with the instigation of Li Qi and Wang Ergou, these civilians had begun to get excited. Seeing that the situation was running out of control, Ao Bai decisively raised the fire blunderbuss in his hand and shot into the sky.
Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty knew more about fire guns than other countries at the same time in history.
The establishment of the Southern Army was based on the Qi Family Army. The firecrackers had been familiar to the coastal people for a long time when the Qi Family Army dealt with the Japanese pirates. The Southern Army established the Annan Protectorate, the Northern Army's Northern Expedition, and the Korean Peninsula destroyed Fusang. These major battles
It also made everyone in the world know how terrifying the fire gun was.
Even though they knew that it would take at least a minute for Obai to reload after shooting, they were still extremely afraid of the unloaded firecracker.
"From now on, if anyone speaks again without my permission, I will make him walk around in pain!"
Seeing that the situation was under control, Obai asked Jorge and Jin Quanzhi to go directly to Zhao Laowu's barracks to rummage through the boxes and cabinets. The layout of the room was very simple, and nothing was gained.
When all the people saw the two people walking out of the room empty-handed, they already guessed what happened. Like Zhao Laowu, they also thought of the incident of the same nature a month ago, when the six people knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
One of the people who were crying and waiting for Liu Yifeng to shoot their heads off from behind was at the scene, right among them, and was the leader of another group.
He looked at Obai with shock on his face, and Obai understood what he meant and said, "Chen Jun, I believe you, come here to help."
Chen Jun immediately walked out and looked at the remaining members of Zhao Laowu's group with an angry face. It was obvious that he had seen that someone in Zhao Laowu's group had hidden gold.
"Li Qi, Wang Ergou, come out!"
The two of them were a little nervous, but they didn't look like they wanted to find out who was hiding the gold. This made everyone wonder if Obai had made a mistake. After all, nothing was found in the room.
"search."
Nothing was found. Ao Bai searched the bodies of other members of Zhao Lao Wu's team, but still found nothing. Now everyone looked at Ao Bai and Zhao Lao Wu with strange eyes.
Oboi didn't care, Zhao Laowu's face turned red with anger, and he grabbed Saheka directly: "Say! You said you saw Li Qi and Wang Ergou hiding gold!"
Saheka really wanted to cry now. If he had known that this situation would happen, he would have killed him without even saying a word.
"Master Xiao Liu, I just saw them sneaking around. I thought..."
"What do you think you think!" Li Qi suddenly shouted loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about as a Jianzhou slave! If you dare to doubt the Han people, you are seeking death!"
The expressions of Obai and the other Jurchens suddenly became ferocious, but they held back, even though they guessed that Li Qi was criticizing Sang and Huai.
"Master Xiao Liu, I think this is just nonsense from this Jianzhou slave. Just punish him." Wang Ergou also said with a bit of yin and yang in his tone: "Everyone is hungry too, hurry up and start eating.
After dinner, we have to dig for gold."
Saheka knelt down, became servile and kept kowtowing to Aobai, muttering, "This slave deserves to die, this slave is wrong, please forgive me, master."
Zhao Laowu, Li Qi, and Wang Ergou looked at each other angrily. Everyone else looked at Obai expressionlessly, waiting for him to speak.
Ao Bai didn't know what to do, and now he regretted that he easily believed Zhao Ergou's words without investigating clearly. At this time, Chen Jun came over and whispered: "Master Xiao Liu, let us form a team to fight with them
Let’s exchange places for gold mining.”
When he said this, Obai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he somewhat understood what Chen Jun meant. He suppressed the depression in his heart and announced the disbandment and prepared to eat. He did not punish Saheka and Zhao Laowu, nor did he stop Li Qi and Wang Er.
The dog and the few people around them jeered neither loudly nor quietly. They just told their companions to keep an eye on the people surrounding Li Qi and Wang Ergou.
After breakfast and getting ready to work, Obai once again asked everyone to gather together, and then announced: "Today, the three groups of you will change places with each other."
The expressions on the faces of Li Qi and Wang Ergou changed significantly. Although they quickly adjusted their expressions, they were still seen by Obai, and his mood finally improved a lot.
In the evening, Ao Bai summoned Chen Jun. Chen Jun shook his head and said that he had indeed not found the possible gold hiding place of Li Qi and Wang Ergou, but that area was definitely not without gold. They had found gold in 4 piles of river sand today.
According to this frequency, it is impossible that Zhao Laowu's team did not find any gold in the past few days.
Ao Bai discussed with Chen Jun for a while and asked Chen Jun to go back.
Chapter completed!