Nineteen The Great Liar
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The mountains and trees are lush around Chiyang Pass. Woodmen and hunters travel through it all year round to find a way out for themselves and their families.
Although it was already autumn, the power of the autumn tiger should not be underestimated at all. Four or five hunters from Liang Kingdom who chopped wood together were sweating profusely, so they gathered under a pine tree to enjoy the cool air and take a nap.
Zhang Liao and a soldier named Ma Pi were wearing coarse cloth clothes of a tenant, carrying hoes and shovels, each carrying a digging pit of "Hey, Hey, Hey" not far away. After a short while, they were sweating profusely and wet their clothes.
But the two of them were busy, and the shovel quickly pried the rocks, and the dust was flying, without any intention of stopping to rest.
"These two farmers ran to the mountains to farm? The people of Yu didn't look very smart!"
Zhang Liao and Ma Pi's behavior quickly attracted three woodcutters from Liang Kingdom, and they immediately became polite and had a sense of superiority in their words.
How great can the people have for a country that has been beaten for many years and has been rubbed on the ground by Jin State for decades?
Zhang Liao and Ma Pi looked at several woodcutters in Liang Kingdom, and their movements became cautious.
"These two guys are sneaky, are they digging gold?" Several woodcutters became even more interested, and decided to surround them to see what happened because they were too many people.
Seeing the woodcutters surrounding him, Zhang Liao and Ma Pi stopped busy and hurriedly filled the digging rocks back.
"Hey... you two are hiding your head, what are you busy with?" The woodcutter in the lead tightly held his axe, with a sense of intimidation on his face.
Zhang Liao gave a look at Ma Pi, and the two of them carried the shovel heads and left without looking back. "It's nothing, just collecting herbs!"
Looking at the two of them leaving behind, the woodcutter waved his hand and signaled his companion to continue digging down: "What do these two mud legs recognize as medicinal materials? I think there must be something strange about it. Let's dig for a while to see what medicine is sold in the gourd?"
Several woodcutters agreed, and they were both axe and a hand-drawn. Soon after, they dug out the rocks that the two of them filled in. They tried to chisel down a few times, and suddenly found a golden light shining under the scorching sun.
"Is there really gold?"
The woodcutter in the lead had a quick eye and quick hand. He grabbed it in his hand. He tried to bite it with his teeth a few times, and immediately cheered, "Grandpa Mountain God, is there really gold on this Wangwu Mountain?"
Several other woodcutters were a little red-eyed and muttered: "There is a share in the meeting!"
The woodcutter in the lead relied on his burly and strong strength to hold the gold tightly in his palm, "Whoever grabs it will be his own, you can dig it a few more times!"
Several woodcutters continued to wield their axes and chisel with their tentative minds. Soon, a tall and thin woodcutter bent down like lightning and grabbed a handful of gravel, turned his head and ran down the mountain, not even a firewood load, "Haha... whoever grabs it will belong to whom?"
The remaining three woodcutters were in vain, both envious and jealous. They were thinking about how to get a piece of the pie when they suddenly found that the two "farmers" of Yu were busy on the opposite hill again.
"Go and go over and take a look!"
Except for the tall and thin woodcutter left without saying goodbye, the other four woodcutters came up with their axes.
Relying on the large number of people and doing the same thing, he drove away the two farmers in Yu Country again. After a while, he found a few pieces of broken gold.
"It's amazing. There's gold everywhere in Wangwu Mountain. We have to go back and call people!"
Each of the four woodcutters held the gold they had snatched tightly in their hands, abandoned the firewood and shoulder poles, and went down Wangwu Mountain in a breeze, returned to Daliang County to call their friends, and went up the mountain overnight to dig gold.
The people of this era were originally ignorant. Many people didn't know a lot about their words and didn't understand the difference between gold and gold mines. Anyway, many people dug gold on the mountain, and spread it to ten or ten to hundreds. People from all over the world who came to hear the news flocked to them, and more and more people from all over the world.
In just three or five days, the Wangwu Mountain, which belongs to the Zhongtiao Mountains, was already crowded. There were no less than 100,000 people coming to dig out gold, including many elderly, weak, women and children. It can be said that the whole family will join forces.
Most of the people who came to excavate were from Liang, then Guo, Jin, even Zhao, Qin, and Wei.
People from all over the world carried hoes, shovels, wheelbarrows, and shoulder poles, and rushed towards Wangwu Mountain from all directions, searching for treasures among thousands of troops.
But what is disappointing is that except for the group of people who first gained something, most of them got nothing and worked in vain.
Not to mention gold, I didn't even see a golden mousse, and grinned. The square stones were dug all over the mountains, piles after piles.
At this time, Fang Li appeared and took a hundred followers out of Chiyang Pass and climbed Wangwu Mountain. The ancient road said kindly: "Dear people, no matter which country you come from, the reason why you came to Wangwu Mountain is to dig gold and support your family."
The busy people were blind and listened to Fang Li's speech in extreme disappointment. No matter which country he was, he was at least a general!
"Some of you get what you want, but most of you are disappointed, and you have worked hard in vain and you have nothing to do.
I can't bear to see you sweat for nothing, so I decided to buy the rocks you dug out. Anyone who is transported to the lockdown by a shoulder pole or a wheelbarrow will be given one copper coin for every five stones, three copper coins for ten stones, and so on.
As long as the stone is delivered to the closure, you will pay the bill immediately, and you will never be owed credit, and you will never be deceived."
The gold was not dug, and the stones mined would not be rewarded in vain. The people suddenly became restless and rushed to transport the stones all over the mountains to Wangwu Mountain and sent them to Chiyang Pass.
However, in two days, the stones in Chiyang Pass suddenly piled up like mountains, which made the deputy general Zhou Ti stunned and kept stuttering: "It seems that General Fang is still a little capable!"
Fang Li stood up again and said enthusiastically: "Dear people, although you transported the stones to the end in exchange for a little reward, it is far from enough than the sweat you have paid. If everyone is willing to help me build the city wall, each person will have one copper coin a day."
The people thought about it carefully and what Fang Li said was that many people had been busy for seven or eight days and earned five or six copper coins in total, which was barely enough for the meals of these days. Since they came, they would be at peace. It would be better to give General Fang a few days of work to earn some hard work, so that they would not make the sweat of these days in vain!
With this mentality, nearly 100,000 people were busy helping Fang Li to build the city wall, which soon increased the north wall of Chiyang Pass by more than half a foot, and continued to rise every day.
Taking advantage of the busyness of the people of various countries, Fang Li sent Zhang Liao and Qu Yi to lead nearly a hundred scouts to sneak into various countries to spread rumors, saying that whoever and who...XXX... have surrendered to Yu State, and are now building a city wall for Yu State's lower general Fang Li!
It's not bad now. After receiving the news, local officials from Liang, Guo and Jin immediately dispatched personnel to investigate. As expected, nearly 100,000 people from all over the country were busy in Chiyang Pass.
Although these officials finally figured out the whole story and knew that most of these people were deceived into Chiyang Pass, they were all under their own rule, and they all went to Chiyang Pass to help Yu State build the city. Not to mention that the black gauze on their heads was not guaranteed, they were afraid that the head would not be left!
In desperation, these officials had to make up their minds and issued an order: "These unlucky people treasoned the country and surrendered to Yu, and were ungrateful, so they confiscated all their homes! Anyone who still has relatives in the family will be put in prison and will be severely punished!"
ps: Finally corrected a character in the previous chapter. The swordsman mistakenly wrote Zhang Yi as Su Qin. He has modified it back. I will correct it here!
Chapter completed!