Chapter 122
Marius is an apprentice of a blacksmith.
It mainly provides iron tools for the Wangjia Weaving Floor in Nanhai County and forging textiles.
Since he entered the Wang Family Weaving Floor at the age of thirteen, and now at the age of seventeen, Maluo has not yet started his master. It is not because Maluo is stupid, but because his master refuses to let him go.
In fact, the iron tools needed for the weaving workshop are not complicated, and they mainly rely on the weaving girl's craftsmanship. He himself also knew that he had already made all the iron tools needed for the Wang family weaving workshop. Wang Yuanwai refused to let him go to the army because the salary gap between the master and the apprentice was very large.
He wanted to transfer to other blacksmith houses several times, but the cost of being in charge of the sect was too high, which would have a devastating blow to his reputation in Nanhai County.
I didn't dare to work outside the county, so this matter was put on hold.
Fortunately, although the apprentice gives little money, he can still be able to afford food and clothing.
A few days ago, Wang Yuanwai summoned everyone from the weaving workshop and said that he wanted to visit Foshan Fort as a reward for the efforts of all the long-time workers to the Wang family over the years.
But who would have thought that when you arrive at Foshan Fort, you will not get any chance of traveling, but you will not have any freedom.
The female workers were arranged to cook and wash clothes for those who came to Foshan Fort to assemble, while the male workers were arranged to pick up spears and swords and began to practice the way to kill the enemy.
This practice lasted for three days, and the terrifying days never ended.
Finally, on September 10th, an army came outside the fort. Mallor, who had just learned to stab a gun, was driven to the city wall by his servants.
The servants repeatedly promised: "If you let you go up, you will be able to increase the number of people and make a strong voice. You won't fight, so don't be afraid."
But Mallor didn't think so. He knew the army outside the city, which was the army holding the Chen flag, and had captured many wealthy families from the town a few days ago.
After all, the Mallor family has also received the benefits of this army. The family rented land from Wang Junwai for many years, and this year only received 30% of the land rent.
Brothers and sisters finally don’t have to go hungry this year.
Standing on the wall of the village and looking at the neat appearance of the Chen family army outside the wall, busy and orderly preparing for the siege, Maluo realized that whether this battle could be fought was not up to the servants, nor the outsiders in the fort had the final say.
The atmosphere outside the city became more and more tense, but many of the "colleagues" next to me were still chatting.
"This is like scrambling water from our neighboring villages. Whoever has no water in the rice fields will have no harvest. The people from the two villages are swaying together. Seeing that the formation is large, the fight may actually be very small. In the end, it will be decided by the village masters."
"Yes, the military government wants to eat, and the Chen family army also needs money to pay military salaries. No outsiders pay taxes, so they can drink the northwest wind."
"But I heard that this Chen family army is very evil. Chenjiazhuang also does sea business and is very rich."
"I also heard that I had a cousin's niece who married Chenjiazhuang. I heard that Chenjiazhuang's families are all green brick courtyards and are very rich."
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All kinds of hearsays and speculations came to Mallor from time to time, but did not arouse his interest, but instead made him a little bored.
"Only pursue the evil, no matter others."
"The siege begins, and deaths and injuries are inevitable."
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Outside the fort wall, there were several tall horses. The horses were stronger than all the horses Mallor had seen in his life. The horse army's voice was very loud, and it was bigger than everyone Mallor had seen in his life.
The local dialect in Guangzhou is very clear.
Although Mallor has no wife, he also deeply agrees with the content of the call below.
Even the few colleagues chatting next to him stopped talking.
Seeing the horse army below shouting vigorously, Maluo was puzzled: "This kind of words applies to both the enemy and the enemy. They are not afraid of death in battle. Are there anyone sleeping in their wives and beating their children?"
"Maybe they don't have wives or children?"
"Or what can Chen Family Army do to prevent this from happening?"
"Double-edged sword!"
While thinking about it, the knights outside the castle wall changed wave after wave, and finally retreated.
The next step took a sharp turn, dispelling all the distracting thoughts in Mallor's mind.
The Chen family army outside the fort pushed up five large iron lumps. After some operation, the five large iron lumps made a huge roar, and then several violent explosions occurred on the fort wall.
An explosion was very close to Mallor, allowing him to feel the dirt falling from the sky.
A colleague who was far away from him lost half his head, and a white brain splashed out and fell into the mouth of a colleague next to him.
vomit!!
A violent sound of vomiting sounded.
All of this was clearly and abnormally presented to Mallor, and the passage of time seemed to have slowed down.
These clear images made Mallor's abdomen feel a burst of nausea, and he could hardly help but vomit.
He forced himself to turn his head and looked outside the city. The Chen family army was operating the big iron lump again.
soon!
"boom!"
With four loud noises, explosions occurred on the fort wall again. For a moment, the crying and crying for my mother resounded across the entire fort wall.
Maliu didn't dare to look left and right. He wanted to run, ran down the wall, and ran home.
But his legs were out of control, as if he had lost consciousness, and the violent urge to urinate in his lower abdomen came.
The Chen family army outside seemed to be running away?
"boom!"
With a huge roar, the Chen family army's position also exploded outside the city.
"This thing is still blowing up your own people?" The curious heart temporarily suppressed the fear in his heart, and Mallor's rationality came back a little.
"Prepare for the fight!!"
"Come on, get ready for the fight!!"
"No running is allowed, whoever runs will kill anyone!"
The city wall was in a mess, and the craftsmen who were temporarily arrested began to flee in all directions.
The staff members shouted and ordered, and the staff members of each staff waving their weapons to drive the strong men back. Some of them ran fast, but were caught up by the staff and quickly chopped over to the ground.
Ma Liu was a little grateful that he didn't run away just now.
"They have replaced the bigger cannon!" someone suddenly shouted.
When Malu looked out of the fort, the Chen family army really pushed down ten even larger iron lumps in front of the formation. After the man shouted, Maluo realized that this weapon was called "cannon".
"Even Guangzhou City can't be defended, and Foshan Fort can't be defended!" someone shouted again.
"The Chen family army said that they will only kill the evil ones!"
"Everyone fights with them! Open the fort gate and we can live." Maluo clearly saw that the caller was not talking about the Chen family army outside the fort, but the official outside gate hiding behind the servants.
The servants also discovered this guy who disrupted the morale of the army and wanted to surround him and stop him from continuing to shout, but the strong men around the caller unconsciously formed a circle and kept him in the circle.
"Don't be afraid, we have too many people. As long as we open the fort door, we will win."
"Yes! The Chen family army outside the city is very powerful. If they are asked to attack Foshan Fort, we will all die." Another person began to shout.
Ma Lu suddenly realized that these two people were very different from the craftsmen he usually met. The craftsmen did not have such good eloquence, nor did they have such courage and clear ideas.
"Chen Jiajun wants to collect taxes from merchants, not us. We don't have to fight hard for the rich."
"Only by surviving is real. If we die, will those wealthy families take care of our families?"
The two of them cooperated very well.
"Huh? Why did I say cooperation?" Mallor suddenly realized something was wrong.
"We all follow me and fight with the wealthy lackeys. As long as we open the city gate, we can live."
"And me!"
"And I'm there!"...
For a moment, dozens of people gathered.
Marriott found that his legs could move. He admired the courage of the two of them, and felt that what they said made sense, and unconsciously wanted to follow him and take a look.
More and more people followed the team with the same idea as Mario.
Anyone who dares to block the road will be cut down bravely by the two.
If you face more enemies, you will always be unable to prevent being cut a few times, your outer cloak will be cut, and the inner armor of the lock below will be leaked.
However, at this time, no one noticed this point.
Because soon, the fort gate was opened by these two people, and the Chen family's horse army outside the city rushed in quickly along the suspension bridge that they had been put down.
Chapter completed!