After several days of traveling, both by water and by land, the people from Taoyuan Town finally arrived at Yintuo.
Taoyuan County sent a total of twenty people on this trip. These twenty people were the earliest miners who participated in the development of asphalt mines and had rich experience in using gunpowder.
He is also strong and has excellent physical strength.
Although it was daytime in Yintuo at this time, the sky was extremely gloomy, it was raining heavily, and silver snakes were dancing wildly.
Everyone couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in their hearts. This was different from what they had agreed upon when they came here... Wasn't it supposed to be Xiaoyu?
This rain is not light rain at all.
Captain Ding Kai had a gloomy face and shouted to the team members: "Everyone check your equipment again! Use oil paper and sleeves to wrap the gunpowder and fuse. Don't let water get in! Otherwise, this trip will be in vain! The task assigned by the county magistrate must be completed successfully!"
\"After returning, each person will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver! \"
"good!!!"
The rest of the team members responded one after another.
Seeing that the morale was good, Ding Kai turned his head and looked behind him...The escort team of more than 200 people behind him were said to be the people hired by the merchants coming to Taoyuan County.
These people are not simple either. They all have straight figures and are full of energy and spirit, and are no less than the miners.
Fortunately, so many people came to move the gunpowder to the mountain... Otherwise, with the rain going on, I'm afraid we would be exhausted in one round trip.
The leader of the guard team was called Cheng Si, an internal guard arranged by Guo Tianyang with a letter from Emperor Jing. He changed into casual clothes to escort Ding Kai and others.
When Cheng Si first met these outsiders, he looked down on them, but after spending a few days on the boat, he found that these people were not simple!
When he takes off his clothes, he reveals a body of muscular body. When he is bored on the boat, he competes with his own people in strength and is not at all inferior. You have to know that these people are also top-notch fighters among the internal guards!
The fact that he could only match these people on equal terms in strength was enough to show that he was not simple. Later on, he stopped looking down on them.
Seeing that the rain was much heavier than expected, Cheng Si walked up to Ding Kai and said, "Old Ding! Can you continue?"
Ding Kai kept observing the surrounding mountains and nodded: "Okay, look at this mountain, it's high and straight. If we push it down, it will definitely block the river, but it will be hard to climb up!"
"Let's get started! Arrange your people to carry the things and follow me. The mountains on the north and south sides must be blown down. Tell your people to be careful not to tear the oil paper when they are carrying things, otherwise our treasures will be ruined!"
Cheng Si nodded seriously. Through the communication over the past few days, he already knew roughly what the miners from Taoyuan County were carrying. Although he had not seen the power of this thing with his own eyes, he did not dare to ignore it.
Then he turned around and shouted, "Brothers! Put on your weapons and follow Captain Ding!"
The large army responded and began to silently carry the explosive packs that had already been divided. A pack weighed from dozens of kilograms to over a hundred kilograms.
It might not be a big deal to carry it on a normal day, but now the road is slippery and climbing the mountain makes it particularly difficult.
Ding Kai took the map, looked at the points that had already been marked on it, found the right direction, and set off.
More than 200 people carried heavy loads and marched forward in the heavy rain and gloomy weather.
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Soon everyone entered the forest. The wind was howling wildly, making the trees rustle. Communication was basically done by shouting.
Ding Kai had the least stuff on his back and was at the front of the line. He not only had to find the way up the mountain, but also had to constantly search for a suitable location for blasting.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a scream from behind.
Ding Kai quickly turned around to look and shouted, "What's wrong? Who's in trouble?"
After a while, Cheng Si's voice came: "It's okay! Keep going! A brother sprained his ankle, it's okay!"
Hearing this, Ding Kai continued to walk upwards.
Cheng Si wiped the rain off his face and couldn't help cursing in his heart.
This damn weather is too abnormal! If my brothers were not all experienced warriors, I'm afraid it would be difficult to climb the mountain.
The physical fitness of the miners in Taoyuan County was so good! This was beyond his expectation again.
After some twists and turns, we finally reached the halfway point of the mountain without any danger.
Ding Kai looked down at his feet and said in surprise: "Damn it! It's really the blessing of the county magistrate! There is actually a mountain crack here, which saves a lot of effort! Brothers! Don't go any further, set up the trap here!"
The people around him were overjoyed when they heard this and quickly took off the heavy explosive packs on their bodies.
"Everyone gather your things together! Lao Cheng, take your brothers and retreat!"
Cheng Si didn't understand what he meant, but he still arranged for his brothers to pile all the explosives in front of Ding Kai, and then led his brothers down the mountain.
Ding Kai ordered his men to use ropes to connect the explosive packs together, then divide them into two waves and connect the fuses. They then used oil paper sleeves to protect the fuses and began to slowly lower them one by one.
As the explosives had almost run out, Ding Kai began to arrange for people to lead the fuses down the mountain, and to check whether the fuses had been flooded.
The two teams quickly joined Cheng Si's large force.
Cheng Si touched his head and asked in confusion: "Lao Ding! Why are you guys coming down again? How did this... mountain explode?"
Ding Kai chuckled and held the fuse with one hand: "Just wait and see! I guarantee you will be amazed! Come on, give me the tinder!"
Cheng Si stared at the fuse in Ding Kai's hand, and saw that the moment the fire touched the fuse, the fuse disappeared into the sleeve with a whoosh.
"Eh... this..."
"Get down! Everyone cover your ears!!!" Ding Kai shouted the moment the fuse disappeared.
The next second when the people on both sides covered their ears, the ground under their feet suddenly vibrated.
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