With the ancient construction methods, whether it was to rebuild a city or repair the damaged city walls, it was purely manual work. The speed could not be compared to the mechanical work of the later generations.
Therefore, like Li Qin, it only took him two to three hours to build the four walls, not years. Even the labor force was only twenty or so people. Therefore, it was too terrifying and challenging. It was too unscientific and too strange. It was either a divine spell or a demonic spell.
Because of that, his city was called a ghost city by Class Leader Lin, and it was not an unjust thing.
" Phew…" A gust of cold wind blew in from outside the house.
At this moment, when everyone present had finished listening to Class Head Lin's explanation of the commotion over there, they suddenly felt a sinister chill spread throughout their bodies and hearts. Some of them were as timid as mice and their blood was weak. They were so scared that they almost fainted on the spot.
At this moment, even Steward Lu had goosebumps on his forehead. He was considering whether he should provoke the other party or not.
He felt that it was better for him to leave Yong Hua County as soon as possible. This place was too strange. Even if losing the goods would result in punishment from the king, it would still be better than dealing with those terrifying ghosts.
Of course, when faced with such a strange opponent like Li Qin, Steward Lu could run back to Changde Prefecture. However, the county magistrate, Song Ji, Nero Zhou, and the rich landlord, Ryan, could run away from the monk but not the temple. They were not willing to run away either.
After all, humans would always have the heroic spirit of dying for wealth and birds for food until a real knife came slashing at them.
Therefore, at this moment, the pale faces of the landowners and the rich showed a crazy expression. Everyone looked at each other and saw the decisiveness and ruthlessness in each other's eyes. Then, they nodded and one of them said to Song Ji,"Lord Song, we feel that it is possible to recruit young men to defend the county. I, Liu Zhen, am willing to invest five thousand taels and a hundred servants.”
"I, Lin Jingu, am also willing to invest 1,000 dans of grain and 200 servants.”
"My Ma tribe is also willing to invest 1000 dan of grain and 150 servants.”
" I'll pay five hundred taels…" Nero Zhou had just opened his mouth when he was met with the angry glares and disdain of the other gentry and tyrants. Everyone cursed in their hearts. This old fellow really couldn't change his ways. Why didn't he look at the situation now and still be so stingy?
At this moment, facing everyone's angry glares and disdain, he smiled and reported his data again."I offer five hundred taels, five hundred young men, and five hundred stones of grain.”
After saying that, Nero Zhou's face was cramping in pain. If he were to take out these supplies himself, it would really be cutting his flesh and letting his blood flow. It made his heart bleed.
However, Nero Zhou felt that he had paid a lot. However, at this moment, the others only glared at him coldly. The disdain and disdain on their faces were even more unbearable. Five hundred young men were just those bumpkins who put down their hoes. How could they be compared to their servants?
If they were only recruiting nobodies, they could easily recruit hundreds or even thousands of people.
One had to know that the servants mentioned by these gentry and despots were the norm at the end of the Ming Dynasty or since ancient times. They were those who raised some outlaws in the Jianghu or recruited some soldiers with poor military discipline to guard their homes. Moreover, sometimes, these people would do things that lacked Yin virtue, such as murder. It was common for them to harm the good.
Therefore, Nero Zhou's 500 young men were better off without them. They could only do some rough work.
Of course, they also knew that because Nero Zhou had always been stingy, his family really did not have many decent servants.
"Master Cai, it's more suitable for you to pay 2000 dan of grain. Let the 500 young men do some manual labor.”Liu Zhen said coldly.
" You..." Nero Zhou was furious. He looked around and saw that everyone had the same intention. In the end, he narrowed his eyes and nodded."Alright."
Speaking of which, they were also forced by Li Qin's invisible pressure and were frightened.
Therefore, they were frantically taking out resources to turn into strength to protect themselves. Therefore, it was precisely because of this that everyone supported Liu Zhen when he threatened Nero Zhou. In the end, Nero Zhou gritted his teeth and admitted it.
Otherwise, in the past, Nero Zhou would not have been so easy to talk to. No one would have offended such a petty person over such a small matter.
Although he was usually rich and heartless to the common people, there were many people who had their families destroyed by him. He was also extremely stingy to his own family. His character outside was even worse. No gentry or despotic liked to be with him. However, none of the people present were as strong as his background because his son, Cai Lin, was a fifth-grade member of the Nanjing General Administration Department's Left Senate.
"Everyone, we can actually bribe some of the surrounding bandits and let those outlaws help us distract the other party's attention. It will also buy us some time. I believe everyone here has a way.”Suddenly, Manager Lu, who had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth and said.
In an instant, as soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of these landlord old men lit up. A few of them even had a bright light in their eyes. They felt that this method was good.
There were more than twenty groups of bandits between Yong Hua County and Yi Yang County. Some of them were supported by the landlord tyrants and were doing dirty things for them.
Of course, they also wanted to preserve their reputation. In such an occasion, especially in the government. No matter who was supporting the bandits or who was in contact with the bandits, they would not admit it. However, after they left the county office and returned home, they immediately sent their confidants to contact those people and let them probe the situation in the forest.
At the same time, they were afraid that the bandits would be frightened by the strange forest, so they deliberately spread the news and fabricated some rumors that were not true but had huge benefits and affected people's hearts.
They didn't expect to fool all the bandits with these low-level rumors. They only needed to fool those pig-headed and greedy people. In this way, the people in the forest would temporarily look elsewhere and buy them some time to build an army.
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