Chapter 475 Luo Chong is an actor (two chapters in one, please vote and subscribe)

On the other side of the rubble that fell in the valley, on the cracked riverbed, there was a large piece of shining things. It was afternoon at this time, and under the clear sky, the riverbed downstream was like a beach covered with spider webs.

"Youye, Dali, each of you take 20 people to go over and take a look. I think there is something on the riverbed below." Luo Chong stood on a boulder as big as a house and said to the fleet on the other side.

"Yes." Youye and Dali responded in unison.

The two led their own crews, packed up their things and began to climb over the barrier that blocked the water flow.

The collapsed part of the barrier lake was found, right at Luo Chong's feet. These were huge rocks that fell from the high rock walls on both sides, plus the driftwood and a large amount of mud and sand that were washed down from the upstream by the flood. In the end, with the huge rocks as the skeleton and the driftwood and mud and sand filling the gaps, a dam was naturally formed here, blocking the river flowing to the southeast.

Well, it can be considered a river. After all, even the upstream Liuyang County basin has a water surface width of 180 meters. Some wide places can reach 100 to 200 meters. Even the Yangtze River in the previous life, the narrowest part of the river is only 180 meters.

This naturally formed dam is very high. At present, the water level inside the dam is about two meters away from the top. On the other side of the dam, the top of the dam is more than ten meters away from the cracked riverbed. It can be called a cliff.

However, it is not so troublesome to go down from here. Ropes are not needed. When the mountain collapsed, the boulders only formed the skeleton of the dam. Later, a large amount of silt rushed out from the cracks. There are a lot of silts that rushed out of the cracks. Now they are all piled up on the other side of the dam, forming a natural gentle slope, which has become the last barrier to block the water flow.

Dali and Youye climbed up the dam, and then walked to the riverbed along the gentle slope of silt accumulation.

The riverbed here looks dry and full of cracks, but in fact, it is still very soft because it is close to the water source. Every step they take, their feet sink half a foot.

However, when they walked down the gentle slope and saw the reflective objects on the riverbed, their hearts trembled. The riverbed without water was actually covered with large and small metal particles.

Under the afternoon sun, it looked yellow and orange, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

Dali and Youye knew these yellow metals. In the early days of the Han tribe, they smelted brass a lot. Now this thing looks exactly like brass, and it is very heavy. You can't be wrong no matter how you look at it.

This is copper. It is not easy to smelt copper. First, you have to go up the mountain to chop wood, then carry it on a shoulder pole, or carry it down the mountain with cattle and horses. After the wood is dried, it has to be put into the kiln to burn into black charcoal. The ore you have collected must also be smashed and ground into fine powder. Finally, you have to make enough preparations before you can smelt a furnace of brass.

But now, on the empty riverbed beneath their feet, brass was scattered on the ground, large as corn kernels, small as sand, but they would never mistake the heavy, golden color.

So a group of people dispersed, like planting rice in the field in spring, bending over and searching on the ground, not only on the riverbed, but also in the cracks, and even in the soft river mud. If you dig out a piece with your hands and rub it, you can feel that there are a lot of granular hard objects in it.

If you dig out all this mud and put it in the water to wash it, you can wash out a lot of clean copper! The more than 40 people sent by Luo Chong thought of it.

Everyone was busy below, but Luo Chong didn't have time to wait here. It was already past half of the afternoon. They had rowed for most of the day. Now it was a problem whether to go back or find a place to camp. There was no time for them to dawdle below, so Luo Chong made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted to the people below.

"Don't look for it anymore. Come back. We have found this place. There is no need to dawdle any longer."

Hearing the shout, the people below reluctantly grabbed a handful of gold from the riverbed. Many people even brought back some mud from the river.

When they climbed up the gentle slope again, they immediately shouted, "Chief, there is copper down there. There is a lot of copper."

Then, everyone showed their harvests in front of Luo Chong like offering treasures.

Those dirty hands that had just been stretched out of the mud were filled with golden metal particles. If Luo Chong in his previous life saw this, he would definitely be extremely excited. But now he was also very excited, but he didn't show it.

When he saw the riverbed for the first time, Luo Chong felt that there might be gold sand there, but he was not sure. However, after his subordinates confirmed it, he became more certain of his guess.

As for why, it is because only the chemical properties of gold are so stable. In nature, it can maintain gold alone and will not react with other things. If the brass grains were soaked in water, they would have rusted and turned green. Gold is always gold and will shine wherever it is, while brass will rust if it is buried.

But at this time, seeing everyone holding gold in their hands and competing to offer it to him, Luo Chong's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down. It's just gold, it's nothing. In this world, all the rules are set by me. I don't regard gold as money, so the gold all over the ground is worthless.

"Okay, find a bag to pack it up first, and we'll talk about it when we go back. Let's leave here first. This is not a place to talk."

Luo Chong looked up at the "slit in the sky" above. You must know that these stones under your feet fell from above. Don't be unlucky and let another stone fall and kill you.

After hearing the leader's words, everyone who was just excited about digging up metals now admired the leader even more. Look at our leader. We were so excited when we picked up brass. Look at the leader again. He was so calm, as if he had expected everything, or he didn't care about the brass at all. People couldn't help but admire him. This was the difference between us and the leader.

Everyone began to board the boat again, and Nian Mao, who was riding in the same boat with Luo Chong, looked at the dam in front of him and became excited.

Yesterday, in the sand table demonstration given to him by Luo Chong, he just slapped the obstacles that blocked the water flow away with a light slap. But today, after seeing the real thing in person, he couldn't help but sigh and shake his head. The dam in front of him was nearly 80 meters long and almost two meters high. It was unknown how deep it was underwater.

The fallen boulders were as big as millstones and rollers, as big as old cows and elephants, and as big as houses. Such large stones filled the entire river. Could the 400 people brought by Luo Chong really reopen the river? Even if all the people in his tribe were brought in, it might not be enough.

Since it couldn't be solved, it was better to find a way to leave. Thinking of this, Nian Mao immediately put on a smile and looked at Luo Chong, the only one who could decide this matter.

"Leader of the Han tribe, the rocks here are too big. Even if there are more people, you definitely can't move them. So what are you going to do next?"

Nian Mao's words seemed to be asking Luo Chong, but in fact, they were a trap for Luo Chong. As long as Luo Chong said that he had no choice but to go back, he could ask Luo Chong to help take them away and send them to other places to make a living for a little price.

But in fact, Luo Chong must have a way. Even if he couldn't destroy the entire dam, it would be no problem to make a hole to release the flood downstream. However, Luo Chong would not say that. After several contacts with Nian Mao, how could he not see what Nian Mao was thinking? He just wanted to borrow his boat to leave, but Luo Chong thought the same way.

This is a tribe of a thousand people, with nearly 300 adult men. Now they are all trapped on an isolated island. They can't leave, so they can only wait to die. But who is Luo Chong? Even if Nian Mao himself doesn't ask to leave, he will find a way to trick these people away. It would be a shame if he doesn't eat the people he picked up for free.

So even if Luo Chong has a way to solve the flood, it can't be solved immediately. If the water level drops in a few days and the river channel is restored, it is not certain whether the Nian tribe will be willing to leave.

Now that this guy has taken the initiative to bring it up, Luo Chong can take advantage of the situation. Why not do it?

"No, there must be a way, there must be a way, we can definitely get this place open." Luo Chong said excitedly and gestured.

Zhanmao was laughing in his heart. If you have the ability to open it, then go ahead. Alas, you are dressed very luxuriously and have many soldiers under you. You can't do anything about this kind of thing. You are still too young. But as a leader, you have to save face after all. You are unwilling to admit your incompetence in front of outsiders. I can understand that.

This is Luo Chong's plan. At the beginning, he vowed to open the blocked part of the river. Now that he is in front of it, if he directly says that he wants to give up, it will be too fake. Now he has to pretend to be in line with his physical age, so that Zhanmao will not be suspicious and fall into his hands after being paralyzed by himself.

Sure enough, after understanding Luo Chong's unwilling words, coupled with Luo Chong's unwilling and somewhat angry expression, isn't it the performance of young people acting on impulse? Zhanmao happily understood Luo Chong's thoughts in his heart, but he didn't know that Luo Chong was the real hunter, and his own wisdom was just to be a fox.

However, Luo Chong's temper was his own business, and Nian Mao still had to say what he had to say. He didn't want to accompany Luo Chong here to risk death.

"Then Han leader, you can think of a way here, but it will take some time to get this place open. Why don't you let your people use a boat to send my people upstream in the next few days, so that we can find a new place to settle down.

Your tribe is so big, you will definitely not refuse such a small thing. Of course, if Han leader wants us to exchange some things, that's no problem. As long as our Nian tribe can take it out, we will definitely not keep it for ourselves."

Nian Mao said this to Luo Chong very 'sincerely', while flattering Luo Chong and making conditions for himself. In his opinion, a young leader like Luo Chong, who has some power, must like others to compliment him.

Luo Chong naturally did not disappoint Nian Mao, and acted as if he was as awesome as you said.

"You're right. Isn't it just sending your tribe's people upstream? This little thing is nothing to me. As for the reward, what can you get? You don't have what we have, and we don't even look down on what you have."

Luo Chong immediately climbed up the pole and continued to perform according to the script. He even anticipated what Nian Mao would say next. It must be another boast about himself. Sure enough, Nian Mao did not disappoint Luo Chong. This old fox could not escape the trap he dug for him.

"Hahahaha, Chief Han is really amazing. You are so young, but you have such a powerful tribe. Our Nian tribe really can't compare. Thank you for sending us upstream this time. But as for the reward, I hope Chief Han must accept it. Although our Nian tribe is not as good as the Han tribe in every way, as long as we have it, Chief Han will naturally fulfill his promise with a word." Nian Mao looked like he would not let you help him in vain. Look how sincere I am to you!

Luo Chong also cooperated by looking at him with his nose, like a local tyrant looking at a country bumpkin, meaning, with your tribe being so poor that they can't even afford to eat, what else can I be interested in? However, this time Luo Chong did not refuse directly.

"Alas, there is really nothing you have in your tribe that I am interested in, but since you want to give it to me so much, let me think about it first. Anyway, it will take more than a day or two to send you all away. I'll talk to you when I remember it." Luo Chong waved his hand 'indifferently', showing his generosity.

He liked the feeling of pretending to be cool the most.

When Nian Mao heard Luo Chong agreed, he was very happy and complimented the young leader who was a dozen years younger than him. He thought it was like coaxing a child. Children love to show off and brag. Isn't this normal? Hahahaha,

one of them praised and the other pretended to be stupid. They communicated with each other with gestures and language. Unknowingly, the fleet had been out for several hours. Fortunately, spring was approaching and the daytime began to get longer. Moreover, since the route was explored during the day, the return journey was faster. When the sunset completely sank into the lake and the two crescent moons rose in the sky, the ten ships that went out for reconnaissance today returned to the camp on the island.

Nian Mao still had dinner in the camp on the Han tribe side, mainly to discuss with Luo Chong how to transport the Nian tribe away.

Nian Mao did not understand shipping and did not know the situation upstream, so he could only listen to Luo Chong's arrangements.

Luo Chong suggested that 300 people should be transported each time, because the fleet can only transport 400 people at a time, but the people of the Nian tribe cannot row, so the fleet needs 100 people from the Han tribe to row and lead the way. The entire Nian tribe will be transported in four or five times, and it will take four days to go back and forth. We will try to send them all away at the beginning of next month.

As for the destination of this trip, Luo Chong will send them to the residence of the Han tribe. It is said that it is very safe there, there are no enemies around, and there are large areas to accommodate the tribesmen of the Nian tribe. They can gather there and finally find a new home together.

Luo Chong's plan is generally fine, and he said that the residence of the Han tribe is very safe and there are no enemies. Nian Mao really has no doubt about this. After all, the Han tribe has a large population, sharp weapons, and the warriors can form a battle formation. How could there be enemies around such a powerful tribe?

But it is precisely because of this that Nian Mao is even more worried. Your Han tribe has no enemies, but isn't your Han tribe our biggest threat?

We said we would send hundreds of people to your tribe at a time. Haha, maybe you would arrest them as soon as they arrive. Then it would become true that they "arrived at your tribe".

Nian Mao was very worried, so he also tactfully raised his concerns.

"Han leader, our people going to your tribe will not affect you, right? Can you really guarantee their safety?"

"What are you talking about? You still don't believe in the strength of our Han tribe? Since you don't believe it, let's do this. We will send a batch first, and then you appoint one of your tribesmen to follow the empty fleet and come back here to report the situation over there. That should be fine." Luo Chong said angrily, saying that Nian Mao's doubt on the strength of his tribe was an insult to him, and he was very unhappy.

Nian Mao's eyes lit up when he heard Luo Chong's proposal. This is a good idea. Every time he sends someone away, he will call back one person and let him report what he saw and heard at the terminal. In this way, he will not be afraid that the Han tribe will swallow his people and not return them.

But just when Zhan Mao was happy, the local tyrant Luo Chong said something that made him feel very stingy, but he really had no reason to refuse.

"It's okay to help your tribe send people, but I have to say this first. You have to take care of your food and clothing on the way, and during the time you stay in the Han tribe, you have to take care of your own food and clothing. I only send people, but I won't care if they starve to death or freeze to death when they get there."

(End of this chapter)