Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 I have to endure my lack of strength
Four briquettes can be burned for an hour and a half with the damper open, and all night with the damper closed.This briquette can burn itself for such a long time without anyone having to watch the fire or add coal midway. This is so convenient.

Especially for heating in winter, you can put a few briquettes into the stove, close the air vent, and you don't have to leave the warm bed all night to add coal and charcoal. This is very worry-free.

With such practicality, its market demand can be imagined. Moreover, Lu Bing also weighed the briquettes just now. Each one is only about a kilogram. According to the ratio of coal powder and mud powder of four to one, which one The maximum amount of pulverized coal used in briquettes is 12 taels. Including labor costs, the cost of one briquette is only about one penny.

The cost is one penny, so selling three pieces for one penny is very reasonable!After all, four briquettes can heat a room for one night, which is much more economical and worry-free than burning firewood or charcoal.

Thinking of the bright market prospects of this briquette, Lu Bing looked at the black balls of briquettes as if he were looking at piles of small coins. He felt so beautiful!
He was happy in his heart, but Lu Bing was a spy and had a delicate mind.So even though his heart was filled with the desire for money, he still made a cautious decision to try it himself before reporting to his "boyfriend".

He made up his mind to proceed cautiously, so Lu Bing said to Wang Daoqiu: "Xie Yuanlang, you have been busy all morning, and now it is almost lunch time. Today we will use your briquettes, here." How about cooking a meal?"

"Okay, then let's use this already lit briquettes stove to cook. Commander, please get someone else, light a new briquettes stove, block the air door at the bottom, and see how long the four briquettes can burn." Guess. Seeing Lu Bing's intention, Wang Daoqiu suggested.

Wang Daoqiu took the initiative to suggest trying this briquette, and he was very confident.This made Lu Bing more confident about earning the money from briquettes.

So Lu Bing did not directly reply to Wang Daoqiu's words, but turned his head to the two people standing behind him, and ordered: "Xuanwu, Tengshe, you two should send someone to take care of this blacksmith shop immediately. Without the order of the governor, the blacksmith People in the shop are not allowed to leave, and no one else is allowed to approach here. In addition, all those who knew the ratio of coal powder and mud powder just now were taken away and sent to this blacksmith shop to be controlled."

"promise"

"promise"

Lu Bing gave the order, and the two guards named "Xuanwu" and "Teng She" left as promised.

After Lu Bing finished giving instructions, he said kindly to the manager of the coal yard: "Go and bring some clean pots, pans, vegetables, meat and eggs."

"Yes"

Lu Bing asked for cooking utensils and ingredients. The manager of the coal yard hurriedly agreed and turned around to get them. At this time, two of Lu Bing's followers followed behind him.

Seeing that Lu Bing was so careful about this matter, Wang Daoqiu couldn't comment on whether it was right or wrong, so he changed the topic and said: "Master Lu, look at these guards. Why do I feel that they all have evil spirits on them, and they have an aura that makes people feel uncomfortable?" I feel afraid to look directly." "Hahahahaha, Jie Yuanlang, I don't know whether I should tell you about these guards of this governor. Uh, Jie Yuanlang, don't misunderstand this matter. It’s not that I want to hide anything from Jie Yuanlang, but I’m afraid that telling him will scare Jie Yuanlang.”

According to Lu Bing's words, there are really secrets about the origins of his guards.So Wang Daoqiu suddenly became curious and interested, he said: "The governor, but it's okay, Wang still has some guts."

"Hahahahahaha, Xie Yuanlang is joking. Since Xie Yuanlang wants to hear it, then Lu will tell the truth frankly. I wonder, Xie Yuanlang, have you heard of the stories about the folk breeding of mastiff dogs?"

"I have heard a little bit that the nine puppies are locked in a hole for some time, so that they will not be thirsty. If they want to live, they can only kill their companions, eat their flesh, and drink their blood. In this way, they survive in the end. Only the puppy is qualified to be trained as a mastiff. Is this the so-called nine dogs and one mastiff!"

After Wang Daoqiu finished replying to Lu Bing, he stared at Lu Bing, waiting for Lu Bing's next words.And Lu Bing heard that Wang Daoqiu knew how the folks train mastiffs, so he continued: "Yes, Xie Yuanlang has a wide range of knowledge. Don't hide it from Jie Yuanlang. My guards are also selected in this way. Don't hide from Jie Yuanlang , We have a special training camp in Jinyiwei. Once every three years, we select children with strong bodies and flexible minds from orphans across the country, and send them to the training camp for cruel training. After these children enter the training camp, they will undergo all kinds of training. Skill training to improve their abilities; they will also be subjected to various tortures from time to time to hone their will and endurance."

"And after they enter the training camp, they kill one person every month for the first five years, and they kill prisoners. After five years, at the end of each year, they will draw lots with their peers in the same period, and the two people drawn together will be imprisoned in a In the iron cage. After the cage door is locked, the instructor will stand in front of the iron cage and count hundreds at a constant speed. After counting hundreds, only one person can be alive in the iron cage. If both of them are still breathing, even if If they are just dying, then these two people will be killed immediately. To put it bluntly, after entering the iron cage, if you still want to come out alive, you must be ruthless and not show mercy. Therefore, after being eliminated in this ten-year training camp, among every hundred of them, at most there are only The three of them can walk out of the training camp alive and work as servants in Jinyiwei."

Damn it, out of every hundred people, only three at most can complete this kind of training alive. Isn't this too cruel?
To be honest, what Lu Bing said about Jin Yiwei's training method really frightened Wang Daoqiu. He automatically imagined those cruel scenes and was stunned for a while, feeling a bit in a trance.

At this time, Lu Bing saw Wang Daoqiu standing there dumbly, obviously frightened by what he had just said.So Lu Bing burst into laughter with a sense of accomplishment, "Hahaha", and then he patted Wang Daoqiu on the shoulder and said: "Xie Yuanlang, don't think about that, you will have the opportunity to witness it with your own eyes in the future. And Lu is willing to bet that there will be such guards around Jie Yuanlang in the future."

"There will be one around me. Why are there such guards around me?" Wang Daoqiu said with a trembling voice as he thought that such a person who kills people without blinking an eye would be with him in the future.

Seeing that Wang Daoqiu was so frightened, Lu Bing burst out laughing again and said: "Xie Yuanlang, Lu bets that after the palace examination next year, you will definitely join our Jinyi Guards. And with Xie Yuanlang's greatness Talent, as long as Lu is in charge of this Jin Yiwei, Lu will guarantee that within five years, you will only be below Lu and I among my Jin Yiwei. Then you will be qualified, Jie Yuanlang, to select you in the training camp. My own men. Hahahaha!"

After speaking, Lu Bing looked up to the sky and laughed presumptuously again.To be honest, Lu Bing looked a little arrogant now, as if he was sure to take over Wang Daoqiu. This made Wang Daoqiu feel a little unhappy, and he had the urge to go up and step on Lu Bing's face.

However, reason made Wang Daoqiu give up this unrealistic idea. After all, Lu Bing was a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty. He also fought with the Mongols on the Great Wall for three or four years, and he had the ruthlessness to kill people with his own hands.Moreover, there are two men standing behind him who are more ferocious than mastiffs and have no human protection.

Look at Lu Bing and the two guards behind him. They have such powerful and murderous aura radiating from their bodies.Wang Daoqiu looked at his small body, it was not big enough for someone to fill his teeth!Hey, with a sigh, I resigned myself to that terrible reality.

(End of this chapter)