Chapter 462: Setting up a trap
Regardless of whether his guess was correct or not, Jiang Tangtang first sent a few yamen runners to secretly keep an eye on them.
On the other side, Mu Yuchong quickly received news from his subordinates.
After reading the contents of the letter, Mu Yuchong chuckled, "This woman is really perceptive."
It was beyond his expectation that she found the right direction so quickly.
Even if it were him, he couldn't guarantee that he could find the right direction so quickly.
How long has she been gone?
In such a short time, the truth behind the spontaneous combustion was almost discovered.
It’s really excellent!
No wonder she was able to establish a great nation and ascend the throne as an emperor as a woman.
Shang Changwei was a little confused. Their plan was about to be seen through by the empress, so why was Her Majesty not angry but smiling?
He asked cautiously, "Master, what should we do now?"
Mu Yuchong said, "Send the message and tell the people over there to hold their troops until we get there."
While instructing the people over there to keep their troops still, Mu Yuchong also sped up his journey.
On another dark night, while traveling, the groom sighed again, "The roads in Daming are so good! I don't know what the road surface is made of, but it's so easy to walk on. It would be great if we in Dayao could build roads like this all over the country."
These roads are paved with asphalt and gravel.
Last year, the oil mill, which had experienced failure, was restarted after several debugging sessions.
This time the oil workshop was running very smoothly and was able to separate gasoline, kerosene, diesel and other things.
Sludge is the residue left over from oil refining.
At that time, Jiang Tangtang had just conquered Xirong and was staying there to handle affairs. After receiving the good news from the oil workshop, he gave the oil workshop some suggestions based on his past life experience.
What she didn't expect was that from then on, mud, the residue from petroleum processing products, surpassed gasoline and kerosene and became people's favorite.
People not only like to use asphalt to pave roads, but also like to make huge bricks from mud and sand to build houses.
Now most of the main official roads in Damin have been widened and expanded.
The official road built with asphalt is very smooth, and you don’t have to worry about falling into a pothole even when walking at night.
Looking at the wide and smooth road in front of him, Mu Yuchong's heart was once again filled with the desire to conquer.
No matter whether it is the vast land of Damin or the legendary powerful empress, he will not let any of them go.
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After Jiang Tangtang ordered the yamen runners to keep an eye on the villagers who were bitten by insects, he kept an eye on the conditions of these villagers.
But what she didn't expect was that the bodies of several villagers showed no changes, which made her suspect that there was something wrong with her direction.
Just as she was wondering whether to withdraw her people, a yamen runner stumbled in, "Your Majesty, it's on fire! Someone is on fire."
It was unknown whether the yamen runner was too shocked to see the immigrants spontaneously combusting, or because of Jiang Tangtang's ingenuity, he actually forgot that Jiang Tangtang had equipped them with pigeon whistles, which could be used to summon pigeons to convey messages to Jiang Tangtang, so he didn't have to run back in person.
Jiang Tangtang stood up in shock and walked out, "Did anything unusual happen before that person caught fire?"
"I didn't see anything unusual. It just caught fire suddenly this evening. After seeing the man spontaneously combust, I hurried here to report it." The bailiff was sweating profusely, with fear in his eyes.
The scene was really scary.
The immigrant was still talking to someone a moment ago, but suddenly his eyes widened, a painful expression appeared on his face, and then smoke came out of his mouth and then caught fire.
He was a strong man in his thirties, who was twisted by the flames and rolled on the ground wailing.
The miserable wailing made him feel cold all over.
That scene was so cruel and horrifying.
Jiang Tangtang asked, "What about the others with bite wounds? How are they doing?"
These immigrants had already been allocated land and settled in the countryside.
But because of the spontaneous combustion incident, people are now in a state of panic. Immigrants are worried that God will punish them and are afraid to stay in the area.
Many immigrants have considered returning to their countries of origin.
But most of them are from poor families.
In order to migrate to Damin, we had already sold our few possessions. Most of them had been spent on the journey. If we returned to our country now, we would have nothing.
If I go back, I may face revenge from the local gentry.
Many immigrants hoped that the Great Zhou government would compensate them for their losses.
Recently, people have often gathered outside the government office, demanding an explanation. In fact, in addition to the families of the victims, another group of people are mainly immigrants who hope to get compensation from the government.
The places where these immigrants were settled were all refugee shelters built in the suburbs of the city. The yamen runners were also aware of the situation of the other people. "When I came back to report the news, the other people were fine. I just don't know how the other two villagers are doing."
The other two villagers who were found to have special wounds on their bodies were locals. They did not live in a refugee shelter like the immigrants. Instead, yamen runners were sent to monitor the nearby villages.
Jiang Tangtang said, "Hurry up and check on the other two."
After saying that, she summoned Gugu and flew towards the refugee camp on the outskirts of the city.
The moment Gugugu left the space, the beads on Master Qiu's body shone brightly again.
Several people were originally hiding in the woods outside the city, but the golden light instantly illuminated the surroundings as bright as day.
Mu Yuchong was excited as he watched the bright light from the beads, but he couldn't help but worry, "Master, this light... might alert the empress."
Just like last time, Imperial Master Qiu sat in the center of a mat painted with the Bagua diagram. He slowly opened his eyes and said, "That's all! Your Majesty has your men make the necessary preparations."
The light here was so bright that it quickly attracted people's attention.
"What's going on over there? Is there someone on fire over there too?" Outside the city, a woman held her child in one hand and pulled her husband's arm in panic with the other.
Their family had fled from the Rouran and had come to Damin. They had originally been servants in a wealthy family, and she didn't want her child to grow up to be like them, a slave.
I heard that Damin has a new policy that allows for the acceptance of people from other countries.
Not only could these people get land in Damin, but their children could also take the imperial examinations and serve as officials in the court just like the local people of Damin.
They came to Damin with full of expectations, but never expected to encounter such a thing in Damin.
At this moment, she was both frightened and regretful.
If she had known this, she would not have dragged her husband to move to Damin. At least if they stayed in Rouran, their children would have no future and their lives would be a little harder, but they would not lose their lives.
"That doesn't look like a fire." The woman's husband was a dark-skinned, burly man.
The big man held his wife and children in his arms and comforted them, "Don't be afraid!"
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