Outside the city, young men wielded hatchets and chopped down one tree after another.
As the sun rises, the temperature gradually rises. The young people are already sweating, and some are taking a rest secretly.
"Hurry up and finish your work and return to the city to rest early!"
Following Zhang Zhiqi's shouting, the lazy people could only continue to work, and they naturally cursed in their hearts.
After Zhang Zhiqi left, these people began to secretly catch their breath again. Anyway, everyone was doing this work together, as long as someone was doing it.
"Hey... we have already chopped down everything in the city. I think it will not be long before the outside of the city is chopped down... we will have no more work from now on!" A scornful young man said.
Another young man squatting with him said: "It's not a good idea to have no more work. We can still rest for a few more days!"
"You know nothing, what can we do if there is no work? Then we won't have anything to eat!" the ruffian young man sneered.
Facts have proved that Zhang Zhiqi is not the only one who is worried about food issues.
"Will the palace ignore us?" Another person sneaked over and swallowed it.
"Why does the palace care about us? When did those high-ranking officials care about our lowly lives?" the ruffian young man sneered.
These words indeed speak to the hearts of many people. They were oppressed and oppressed by the powerful in the "peaceful and prosperous times" before. Could it be better in today's cruel and troubled times?
Of course, not everyone doubts the palace, after all, Zhao Yanxun is also committed to self-packaging.
For example, those whose families have been drafted into the army, or those who have relatives and friends who work with the palace, have great confidence in the palace.
According to the propaganda from relatives and friends, they knew that King Yong Chengtianying was sent from heaven to save the world and would never give up on the people in the city.
After hearing that the ruffian young man was still "talking nonsense", someone finally retorted: Wu San, don't talk nonsense..."
The ruffian young man was Wu San. At this moment, when he looked at the person who refuted him, he saw that he was only a boy of fifteen or sixteen.
"Oh, the three boys of the Li family... are so courageous, they dare to talk back to me!" the ruffian young man said with an evil look on his face.
The third boy of the Li family, the boy who refuted Wu San, was named Li Sanqiu.
There were two older brothers in front of him, named Li Yichun and Li Erxia respectively.
His family was poor, but his eldest brother fell into the water and died on a dock outside the city two years ago. Instead of receiving compensation, the family was compensated for the loss of the employer's goods.
Because of this incident, the Li family, who was originally doing well, found their life difficult and even owed a foreign debt.
As for this ruffian young man Wu San, he also went to Li's house to collect debts, so he recognized Li Sanqiu.
Wu San walked up to Li Sanqiu with a sly smile and said, "Boy, I beat you half to death the year before last. Are you itchy today?"
"The Zhang family's money, as poor as you and your brother, I'm afraid it will take you eight lifetimes to repay it!"
It has to be said that Li Sanqiu still has a shadow of Wu San in his heart, so his body is trembling at this moment.
At this time, someone reminded: "Third brother, his second brother has already gone to the army!"
Hearing this, Wu Sancai felt a little scrupulous. After all, soldiers these days are all elders.
Wu San also went to Dusi Yamen to apply for the job before, but because of his poor reputation, he was rejected by Dusi Yamen.
Although the soldier is an uncle, Wu San is not without backers. For example, he has a distant relative who is now the general banner of the army.
So at this moment, he only had some concerns about Li Sanqiu.
Just when Wu San was about to turn around and leave, he heard Li Sanqiu bite the bullet and say: "Wu San, don't speak ill of the prince again!"
His voice was trembling, and it was obvious that Li Sanqiu was suppressing his fear and said what he thought he should say to Wu San.
Why does he want to speak for Zhao Yanxun?
Because it was Zhao Yanxun who killed Zhang Mingde's family and relieved his Li family of the debt they had not been able to pay for eight lifetimes.
It was also because of Zhao Yanxun that he allowed his second brother to join the army, which provided the Li family with a stable income, allowing the family to barely survive.
It was because of Zhao Yanxun that he, Li Sanqiu, could also get a job and earn a share of food rations for his family.
It can be said that without Prince Yong's Mansion, Li Sanqiu and his family would have died.
So even though he was afraid of Wu San, Li Sanqiu still mustered up the courage and warned him "severely".
Wu San is not stupid, and of course he will not continue to speak ill of Zhao Yanxun, but he dares to deal with the "little brat" Li Sanqiu.
Wu San turned away, clenched his fists and said, "Boy, are you threatening me?"
Seeing Wu San approaching, Li Sanqiu couldn't help but step back. He was instinctively afraid.
At this moment, someone behind Li Sanqiu said: "Wu, what do you want?"
Then someone else said, "That's right, what do you want? Do you want to fight?"
Wu San looked back and saw that several men nearby were looking at this side with hatchets in hand.
"What, you guys want to meddle in other people's business?" Wu San sneered.
Maybe he can't defeat these people head-on, but he is the best at playing dirty tricks and is absolutely hard to guard against.
But these people are not nosy, they just simply can't stand Wu San's behavior.
Now that the apocalypse is still approaching, the social relationships Wu San relied on before have collapsed. People who dislike him can express their displeasure as long as they have a little strength.
The man who spoke first was scolded: "Don't be crazy, kid. If you report the crime of slandering the prince, I will make sure you are killed!"
These words are a serious threat. Although Wu San is grumbling in private, he knows the interests best.
At this moment, he couldn't help but regret that he had indeed spoken too much today.
"Hehe... Big brother, please don't slander a good person. I don't dare to slander the prince!"
"I have a family that respects and respects the prince. Everyone is grateful for the kindness of the prince. The prince is a living Bodhisattva!"
Only people like Wu San can change their appearance so quickly and turn into Zhao Yanxun's licking dog in an instant.
At this moment, Zhang Zhiqi's voice came from not far away: "What are you bastards doing here? Why don't you get to work quickly?"
With this scolding, the confrontation at the scene ended, and everyone began to perform their duties.
But what made Li Sanqiu feel uneasy was that Wu San looked at him several times, with obvious evil in his eyes.
Unknowingly, Wu San approached Li Sanqiu and lowered his voice and said, "Boy, let's wait and see!"
Before Li Sanqiu could think of how to react, he heard an exclaim from the distance: "Look...the monsters outside are all crazy!"
Everyone looked around and saw thousands of zombies running in all directions on the open ground outside the moat, like willows swinging in the wind.
"The monster is coming!"
I don't know who yelled like this, which quickly brought great panic to the scene. Everyone dropped their work and ran towards the city gate.
"Hurry...those monsters are coming, run for your life!" Wu San shouted excitedly.
Anyway, there are so many people and chaos now, no one will find out that he did it.
