I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 73 Life is not easy, Zhu Yuanzhang sells his art
When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at Baimao Dike, hundreds of groups of soldiers had already gathered at the dike.

There are dozens of these groups, and hundreds of them.
They were all led by a bald monk and stationed on a relatively high plain.

When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived with a well-organized cavalry team, everyone picked up their wooden swords and looked over vigilantly.

Hiss!

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the reins, and the diamond horse armor sparkled in the sunlight.

Thousands of cavalrymen behind him were pinned to the spot in unison. The sound of their horses' uniform footsteps startled all the members of the Farmers' Assistance Association.

Along the way, they captured countless villages and towns.

Whenever they passed through a village or town, these members of the Farmers' Assistance Association, under the leadership of their president, would wipe out the tyrants and open the granaries to distribute grain.

Those who could walk from Huaixi to Caozhou were basically "veterans" who had seen blood.
Although they are not as good as those elite soldiers, they are no longer the trembling rookies who just entered the battlefield. If they are to be called in one word, they should be called "thugs".

At this time, this group of honest villagers were like wolves released into the wild. If they were not careful, they would suffer a terrible backlash.

But as Zhu Yuanzhang and his cavalry arrived, no one had the slightest thought of resisting.

A terrifying army that obeys orders! Just one encounter was enough to quell the wildness of these "veterans".

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the tens of thousands of farmers' association members below and there was no joy on his face.

Because he knew that at least 400 of his companions had died on the way to promote the Farmers' Assistance Association.

A loss of nearly 40 percent is not a very good result.

Even if they have the support of the "god" Tianyu from Taoyuan Township, they still cannot protect their lives 100%.

In troubled times, the dark side of human nature is magnified to the extreme, the moral bottom line is lowered again and again, and it is very common for everyone to repay kindness with enmity in order to survive.

Zhu Chongba shouted solemnly, "Colonels from all branches, assemble!"

The thousands of knights behind him roared in unison: "Colonels of all branches, assemble!"

The 'monks' in the crowd immediately stood out from the group and ran towards Zhu Chongba.

The members of the Farmers' Assistance Association widened their eyes.
No one could believe that the president who had used magical powers like a god from another world could actually be the younger brother of the person in front of them.

When the monks left the station,
The people buzzed and discussed in low voices.

"Who is that? The imperial cavalry?"

"What a joke! If they were from the imperial court, they would have come to kill us long ago."

"That set of armor is so dazzling to look at. It seems to be made of gems, right?"

"The group of cavalrymen behind me looked really scary. Everyone stood in a row without moving. I thought they were dummies."

"I heard that person call the president a colonel. What is a colonel?"

"Who knows, I don't know what we are here for this time."

"Fuck, are you stupid? Aren't we here to see a miracle?"

"You believe in this bullshit miracle? Look at how the Yellow River has overflowed. Can humans stop it? Even gods can't do anything about it!"

"Why do you care so much? Just have food to eat. We were almost starving when we came here. Thanks to the president."

A group of people were discussing Zhu Yuanzhang in low voices.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang came out again with his men.

At this time, he held a loudspeaker in his hand and shouted to tens of thousands of people:
"Family members, please be quiet!" Most people focused their attention on Zhu Yuanzhang with curiosity.

There was also a small group who ignored Zhu Yuanzhang's shouts with a defiant look on their faces and continued their discussion.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled crookedly and stretched out a hand towards an open space dozens of meters away.

"Thunder comes!"

There was a loud bang,
The whole earth was shaken violently.

The TNT blasted a ten-meter square hole, and the blast directly affected the 5 farmers' association members present.

Everyone looked at Zhu Chongba in shock.

There was no movement at the scene except the sound of water.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmly put the trumpet to his mouth again and said:

"Very good, I think everyone has calmed down. I have the honor to introduce myself here. I am Zhu Yuanzhang, an envoy of the Great God Tianyu. I have been ordered to save the world from suffering and let everyone live a prosperous life with enough food and clothing."

Everyone's eyelids twitched twice.
When they looked at the ten-meter-long pit, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

If it were struck by divine thunder, it would be chopped into pieces without leaving anything.

Everyone knelt on the ground and shouted:
"Greetings to the Messenger of God!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction and whispered to Tang He and Xu Da:

"It turns out that the method of the land god is the best. This method of winning people over with virtue will never be outdated."

Tang He and Xu Da's mouths twitched twice, and then their faces changed into flattering expressions and they quickly agreed:
"Ah, yes, yes, it is Brother Zhu who understands the words of the Lord God thoroughly. People like us who are stupid think that winning people over with virtue means reasoning with them."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said disdainfully:

"The scholar has been rebelling for three years but has failed. What's the use of talking about reason? The God of Land said that only those with big fists can talk about reason."

He said kindly to the people who were bowing their heads below:
"Okay, everyone just be quiet. My Tianshen Religion believes that all people are born equal. There is no distinction between high and low, only division of labor and cooperation."

"The gods are grateful for the suffering of the people and have come down from heaven to save them. The presidents of your village are all messengers sent by the gods. They are responsible for helping the people get through the difficult times."

"I am leading you here this time to witness the miracle of the God. The God is angry at Bao Yuan's inaction on the flood and has decided to help the people solve the flood and save the people who were captured by Bao Yuan and forced to serve."

The members of the farmers' association looked up and looked at each other.
Although they believed in the president's magical powers, they did not think that the presidents could solve the problem of the collapsed dam when faced with such a natural disaster-level flood.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others did not explain. He led the group of people directly to the breached dam, moved out several boxes and placed them in front of him.

Amid the discussions among the crowd,

The soldiers took out the prepared redstone powder, redstone comparators and redstone repeaters from the box to create a clock circuit.

Then they placed the piston on the edge of the redstone circuit and the river bank and pushed the piston towards the destroyed river bank.

All the people looked at the soldiers in bewilderment as they fiddled with the weapons.
They had no idea what the other party was doing, performing magic tricks or drawing magic arrays?
After the simple redstone circuit and piston are put in place,
Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the piston holding a wooden box.

"The sky and the earth are boundless! I am the messenger of the great god Tianyu. I am borrowing the magic of the land god to move mountains and fill the sea! Hurry up and obey the command! Sharp!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang roared, a soldier hurriedly pulled the lever on the edge of the redstone circuit.

For a moment, red light kept flashing on the ground, and the two pistons were pounding forward frantically as if they were twitching.

Zhu Yuanzhang took this opportunity to throw the overlapping stones in the box directly in front of the piston. As the piston moved, huge stones were pushed into the collapsed dam by the piston...

(End of this chapter)