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Chapter 1487 Conquering the Empire (33)

Looking at the captains and support staff who were out of proportion to the number of slaves, not only did they not have any worried expressions on their faces, but they were happy. Zhou Xiang knew that the other party must have something to rely on, otherwise how could he be so relaxed? , I was already trembling with fear.

While thinking wildly, under the leadership of the team leader, they received a dry ration, a water bag, and a pair of earth-digging tools from the logistics staff. There were also two wheelbarrows with a combined capacity of about one cubic meter per team.

Bringing these things to a plain area, I found countless slave soldiers, densely packed and divided into five huge queues gathered here according to the formation of the brigade.

The captain happily shouted to the slave soldiers surrounded in front of him: "Listen, Lord Overseer personally ordered to dig five trenches here, five meters wide, seven meters deep, and twenty kilometers long!

The task our brigade received was to extend the length of 500 meters in the second trench, and each team was responsible for three meters.The place where I stand is the center point of our brigade. "

Zhou Xiang and the others all opened their mouths. Five people dug three meters, which sounds like a small amount, but don't forget, this is just the length, while the width is five meters, and the depth is seven meters!

Although I don't know how much soil was dug out, it is certain that this is a huge workload!It is impossible for people like myself to complete the task even if they dig half to death!
When these people wanted to make an uproar, the captain waved his hand imposingly and shouted: "In order for you to work hard to complete the task, the warlord has specially promised rewards! As long as you complete the task within three days, each team will be rewarded with ten meritorious service!" "

Hearing this, Zhou Xiang's slave soldiers all had red eyes and salivation. This means that each of them has two meritorious deeds, and immediately broke away from the slave status and became a commoner!And according to the one-tenth rule, the corporal leader will automatically make an extra meritorious service!That is to say, after completing the task, you will immediately become a servant!
Seeing this hot scene, the captain deliberately poured cold water: "However, if it is completed within four days, there are only five meritorious deeds for each team, for five days, there is only one meritorious service for each team, and for six days, there is no meritorious service! Those who haven't finished...the whole team will be executed!"

The latter sentence was uttered by the captain with a gloomy face.

When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled. Everyone understood that this was a military order, and there was no room for bargaining.
Seeing that everyone's faces turned white, the captain smiled triumphantly, and said as if playing with them on purpose: "Of course, Lord Overseer is fair and strict, and believes that rewards and punishments should be fair, so the rewards completed in one day are doubled! Remember, double, That's [-] points of merit every five!"

The eyes of all the slaves turned red again!Especially those corporal leaders are so red that they turned green!

Zhou Xiang's eyes also turned green when he calculated that if he completed it within one day, besides the four points he would be rewarded by himself, he would also have two points and six points of meritorious deeds for officers, making him immediately become a Shangmin with just one more meritorious service. , high-ranking commoners?God!I can actually jump six steps to become a high-level commoner!As long as the task is completed in one day?Pie in the sky?
Originally, commoners have no class, but why do commoners need three meritorious service to become upper-class commoners, so naturally those who have just been promoted and have not yet achieved meritorious service are called lower-rank commoners, and those who have made one meritorious service are called middle-rank commoners. Those with two meritorious deeds are high-ranking civilians, as for those with three meritorious deeds?Come on, people are Shangmin.

Of course, this kind of appellation is not recognized by the government. The government thinks that civilians are civilians. The names of upper, middle and lower civilians are spontaneously formed by the people. However, considering the habits of the people, the officials just ignore it and let things take their course.

At first, Zhou Xiang's eyes were already fascinated by the flashing lights, but the skinny dog ​​muttered: "Oh my god, five meters wide, seven meters long and three meters long, that's fifteen square meters of soil! These two trucks have to go back and forth at least 200 times. , how can it be completed in one day! And if there is a big rock hidden in the mud below, the five of us alone can’t finish it even if it takes more than ten days! It’s a doom!”

Hearing these words, the excited Zhou Xiang felt like being poured over his head by a basin of icy water, and his whole body and mind became icy cold.

The team leader didn't bother to care about what the following people thought, and directly distributed the paragraphs to the corporal leaders, and then said: "I hope you will work hard!" and slipped away.The departure of the captain was the sound of the order, and no matter whether the slaves were willing or not, they all worked hard under the leadership of the captain.

As the dog boy said, there are so many slave teams present, none of them can complete the work of digging and transporting fifteen square meters of soil in one day, because no one can dig and transport soil without stopping.Knowing that there was no hope, the slave soldier finally stopped his desperate efforts and began to consciously save his energy.

And there are not a few unlucky teams who encounter big rocks not long after excavation, but fortunately Zhao Hujun is not unreasonable, and quickly dispatched a large number of strong men to remove these big rocks. It's a reward, you're lucky if you didn't cut off their heads according to the military order.

Working in the army is good. After a hard day, the slave soldiers like Zhou Xiang enjoyed meat dishes that they hadn't seen for many years.A big bowl of rich potato goulash makes all the slaves want to swallow their tongues.

With the hard work of tens of thousands of slaves, in just one day, five ditches with a length of [-] kilometers and a basic depth and width appeared on this piece of land.And on the third day, which was the last day within the period of ten meritorious rewards, all the slaves broke out with the most violent motivation. It can be said that whether to eat porridge or eat meat depends on the workload of the day!

Just as Zhou Xiang led the four of them to work hard, the captain who could only be seen while eating suddenly appeared, grabbed Zhou Xiang's tools and got busy.

Zhou Xiang's team and the surrounding teams were stunned. Has his team leader changed his character?They didn't think it was right for the captain to work the same as themselves. The slaves like them were moved by the captain eating with them. How could they dare to ask the captain to participate in the work? It's just that today the captain personally Do it?Is the sun coming out in the west?

The team leader didn't bother to pay attention to Zhou Xiang and the others, and quickly filled up the truck. Of course, he broke out in sweat immediately. He pushed him away without even wiping off his sweat. Zhou Xiang was not a wince person , immediately came to help, but was kicked by the ungrateful captain.

Zhou Xiang, who didn't know what was going on, had no choice but to take Gou Wa and push another truck to follow closely beside the team leader.Originally, the team leader gave Zhou Xiang a hard look, but after seeing Zhou Xiang smiled apologetically, he still followed, ignored him, and concentrated on pushing the cart.

After following the team leader for a long time, Zhou Xiang immediately realized that he was not going in the direction where the soil was poured, and what was weird was that there were more than a dozen other team leaders who were also pushing the cart in this direction one after another. team leader!It's just that none of them followed their subordinates, and they were all alone.

"Captain, what's going on here? Why are all the captains working in person?" Gouwa was puzzled for a while.

Zhou Xiang smiled lowly and said, "Hey, we two brothers are lucky today, they are just putting on a show for the big shots! Work harder, maybe the opportunity to reach the sky is just around the corner!"

Gouwa is not an idiot either, he can see through a little bit, and immediately trembled with nervousness, just when Zhou Xiang was about to cheer him up, a team leader with a mean mouth shouted at Zhou Xiang's team leader: "I said, how do you put yourself Your subordinates also brought it? Aren't you afraid of bumping into your lord?"

As soon as these words fell into the ears of Zhou Xiang and Gouwa, their hearts immediately went cold, and their minds also came to their senses. He was just a slave, and he actually wanted to see the faces of these adults who the captain would do to attract by acting?
Isn't this looking for death?

Just when the captain of Zhou Xiang glared at Zhou Xiang and the two of them with an angry face and was about to speak, a voice from the side shouted: "Shut up! The inner guard cavalry is here!"

Following these words, the crowd also heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes, and the dozens of captains who were about to watch the excitement immediately lowered their heads and pushed the cart forward quickly. Zhou Xiang, who had escaped, stretched his neck to watch, Hundreds of cavalry are galloping towards this side.

Zhou Xiang and Gou Wa glanced at each other, and found that the other party was also puzzled. I believe he didn't know what happened to the inner guard cavalry.

"Captain, should we still follow?" Gouwa was a little nervous.

"Of course keep up, the captain and the others don't dare to do anything in front of the big shots, wealth and wealth are in danger! Think about what kind of status a person can be called the cavalry guard of the inner guard!" Zhou Xiang said with his eyes shining. .

That dog boy might not be able to stand such a temptation, he gritted his teeth and nodded after thinking about it, and cooperated with Zhou Xiang to push the cart to catch up with the captain.

The captain frowned, probably because he was concerned about the approaching cavalry, and instead of driving Zhou Xiang away, he just warned in a low voice: "Wait, no matter what you see or hear, don't make a fuss, let alone speak indiscriminately! Otherwise, before I die, I will definitely eat you two."

The captain's tone was very flat, and his eyes were not sharp, but it was these light words and that light glance that made Zhou Xiang and Gou Wa's hairs stand on end, and they both nodded in fright. .

They didn't know what was going on, anyway, they believed that if they disobeyed the captain's orders, the captain would definitely fulfill his words.

(End of this chapter)