Chapter 107 "Dream Mine"
"Is it enough?"
"not enough."
"Zhu Ming, I don't think you can let a dragon like me be so tired. You should also contribute some effort."
"Ah, yes, yes."
Above Shou Mountain, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the red flames of Li Long were burning pieces of Shou Mountain's copper.
It takes several hours to melt a drop of molten copper, and the ground has been carved out into pieces of bronze mirror molds.
Li Yanwu looked to the left and saw Zhulong lying on the ground basking in the sun.
Not long after, take another look.
After taking another look, she finally couldn't help it!
"Candlelight!"
She yelled at Long Xiao: "You were the one who asked me to do something, why are you still lying there lazily?"
"It's not like I can't help."
Chen Zhu spread his paws, pointed at his chest and said, "I don't know how to use fire."
"伱......"
Li Yanwu was panting, and the red flame grew a little bigger, turning the copper from Shoushan into two drops of liquid copper.
"Don't drip it into a mold, it's a waste!"
Chen Zhu shouted hurriedly, one drop of copper liquid makes one mold, so that it can be polished easily and the specifications are almost the same.
Li Yanwu glared at him hatefully and said nothing. Li Longhongyan grew even bigger.
"Yeah, hold on!"
Zhulong encouraged him: "Since I saved us, you can't hit me."
Li Yanwu was so angry that his teeth were itching. The red flame continued to grow. It turned out that only encouragement can bring motivation.
Not far away, Taohou was using stone to print a mold on the ground, working silently and without complaint.
The idea was proposed by Zhu Jiuyin, and he and Li Yanwu implemented it.
What an exploitation.
"We are making a contribution to the entire tribe!"
Chen Zhu began to talk seriously about racial sentiments:
"Once my sunglasses domain is made, it will be able to melt the copper of Shoushan endlessly."
"By then, we will be only a set of armor and a weapon away from the dragon tribe, the horned dragon tribe, and the dragon hand. Which tribe can defeat us?"
He firmly placed himself on the moral high ground and urged Taotie and Lilong not to be lazy. If anyone died during this period, it would be their fault for being slow in production.
Li Yanwu narrowed her eyes slightly. Chen Zhu was lying on the top of the mountain. The refracted sunlight made it difficult for her to see clearly and her eyes were dazzled.
"Taohou, aren't you just one dragon scale fragment away from completing the collection?"
Chen Zhu shouted to the Tao that was slowing down beside him: "As long as this mission is completed..."
Taohou's eyes widened slightly: "I have completed the identity of a horned dragon?"
"Of course not. This last piece of horned dragon fragment needs dragon energy in exchange. You can get 5 dragon energy, which is half of the whole dragon energy!"
Taohou: ...
He felt that it was too difficult to qualify to join the Ceratopsian clan.
However, there are only 5 dragon auras left. There is hope, so he has to keep working hard!
Taohou's hands moved at a noticeably faster speed.
At the end of the day, Chen Zhu stepped into the light holding a few copper cakes and landed at the foot of a distant hill, on which were the tribes of slaves he had newly found.
These ethnic groups are still unaware that Shoushan has changed hands and are still mining.
But in recent days, their jobs have changed.
"This is today's mission. If you don't complete it, I will kill one of your tribesmen if I miss a piece."
Chen Zhu, wearing heavy armor, roared viciously. He put down the copper cake and took away the copper cake that had been polished today.
The enslaved people were speechless; they had long been accustomed to this day-to-day work.
"Cuck!"
After Chen Zhu left, a frog grabbed the copper cake, jumped into the air and called out:
"When can we get out of here?"
He called out "Quack".
Named because he likes to shout "Gua", of course he can also be called Chu Gua, they are the same name.
He was not a frog conceived by the interaction of innate qi, but a frog born from the intercourse of two innate grass frogs. Compared with other grass frogs, he was obviously much weaker.
When other frogs are five hundred years old, they are already able to move the copper soil of Shoushan, but it needs to wait until it is a thousand years old.
Innately speaking, quacks are much weaker than other frogs.
"Gua, don't always think about leaving. We were born to mine for the Shoushan Dragon Clan."
The big frog taught him:
"Don't think too much. You have to remember that if we fail to complete the mission, we will die. Have you forgotten how your parents died?"
After hearing this, Chu Gua did not answer, but jumped to the entrance of the cave and looked at the Taiyin hanging high outside.
"Quack, it would be great if I could jump onto Taiyin. It should be very beautiful there, right?"
"The Shoushan Dragon Clan can't catch me either."
Unlike other frogs, Chu Gua found that he particularly liked to think, while the other members of the tribe seemed to be unable to think and were muddle-headed every day, just like always.
"Don't look at it, come and grind it."
An old hag frog came over, his skin was shiny and his muscles were as clear as steel bars.
The chief of the frog tribe is the leader of the entire frog race.
He didn't like Chu Gua. Weak members of the tribe could only hold back the tribe. People like Chu Gua, if they failed to complete their mission, would be the first to be killed by others.
Many frogs don't like Chugua and try to bully him.
"Tonight's mission is more than yesterday's. Hurry up, everyone. If we don't finish it, we will lose a member of our tribe."
He raised his head and gave commands to the surroundings, and immediately there was a sound of friction.
Their task is to polish the copper cake into a mirror.
In addition to the copper from Shoushan, there are also various kinds of stones in the mine, some rough and some smooth, which are used for polishing just right.
Chu Gua also took turns to rub against other members of the tribe.
Suddenly, he discovered that during friction, some wet stones could be polished faster than dry stones.
"water?"
Chu Gua's mind suddenly moved, and he shouted, "I found a faster way!"
He went to the mine's water source and found some water, then sprinkled it on the polished stone:
“It will be much faster this way!”
The frogs were skeptical.
But they soon discovered that it really worked.
It’s true that the polishing speed is faster after applying some water.
But this caused dissatisfaction among some frogs, who could not bear to see the frogs in the limelight.
There was a pair of eyes secretly watching Chu Gua, and secretly hid a copper cake while he was polishing.
"Today it's actually an hour earlier."
The frogs all praised Chu Gua, "We used to think you were useless, but now it seems that you are still useful."
Even the clan leader nodded to Chu Gua in affirmation.
"Quack! Quack!"
Chu Gua was jumping excitedly at the entrance of the cave. He was very happy to be able to help the tribe!
It feels so good to finally get a compliment.
He didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes with a sneer.
The next day, Chen Zhu came to collect the bronze mirrors as usual and gave them today's tasks.
It’s true that these frogs are really useful. The polished bronze mirror they made is clear and bright.
"One piece, two pieces..."
He was counting the bronze mirrors that had been transformed from bronze cakes, and suddenly his hand paused.
"There's a piece missing."
Zhulong's eyes suddenly turned stern, and he looked around fiercely, "Who is hiding?"
He counted them again and again every day to make sure that there was no mistake in the number of each piece.
"No way?"
The frog leader's pupils twitched: "Could it be a mistake?"
"Are you questioning me?" Chen Zhu's voice was cold, and he raised his halberd and shouted:
"There's still one piece left, give it over!"
"Don't dare!"
The chief of the Chuwa tribe hurriedly called on the tribe to look for him, and finally found him at the place where Chugua was sleeping.
"it's here!"
A frog held up the copper cake and said, "It was hidden by the frog!"
"No, no! How could I hide!"
Chu Gua exclaimed and said loudly that it was not him.
But no frog believed him. Everyone looked at him coldly. The frog that found the copper cake was laughing.
"You framed me!"
Chu Gua suddenly remembered something and shouted to the frog who was holding up the copper cake:
"You just don't like me staying in the tribe!"
The primitive race always harbors great malice towards those members who hold them back.
It would be better to give birth to a strong tribe member to raise than to give resources to these weak tribe members.
Chu Gua obviously knew that he was being targeted.
"According to the rules, I have to kill one of your people."
Chen Zhu looked at the frog leader and said, "You can choose for yourself."
Although he was speaking to the chief of the Chuwa tribe, Chu Gua was shocked because he knew what the chief would choose.
The patriarch looked at him.
"No, Patriarch, I found a way to polish faster yesterday!"
Chugua tried to gain sympathy and pity with his own achievements, but the chief of the Chuwa tribe shook his head:
"Chugua, the things were found in your sleeping place, you have to admit your guilt."
Chu Gua suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he didn't know how he was handed over to Chen Zhu.
dying.
The dragon guard held him up in his claws and led him away from the cave. He watched the mine getting farther and farther away from him, as if his life was also getting farther and farther away.
"Snapped!"
Chen Zhu threw Chu Gua on the ground, and in front of him was another mine.
You can hear rhythmic tinkling sounds inside, as if the creatures mining are doing it voluntarily.
"Quaa?"
"Quack, quack, can you talk?"
Chen Zhu looked at the frog and asked, "Do you know why I didn't kill you?" "I don't know."
The frog shook his head, it seemed that he didn't have to die?
Chen Zhu approached him, slapped the frog with his dragon claws, and suddenly retracted his bad attitude, and spoke earnestly:
"What did you think when they pushed you out?"
Hearing this, Chuwa's eyes turned red: "I have always cared about my tribe, but in the end they sent me to die."
"Besides, I really didn't hide the copper cake. I was framed!"
Chu Gua spoke so excitedly that he quacked and trembled uncontrollably.
"So I won't kill you. I can see that you were wrongly accused. Why would they push you out?"
Chen Zhu said solemnly: "Now, I will transfer you to another mine and give you a chance!"
"As long as you help me polish 10,000 mirrors, I will set you free. Then, you can go back as a free man and vent your anger!"
free……
Chu Gua didn't expect this opportunity to come so suddenly. He stood up suddenly, trembling all over:
"You didn't lie to me?"
"Do I need to lie to you?"
Chen Zhu escorted him to the mine and pointed down and said, "Look at them. They were all excluded and sent to die just like you. This proves that the tribe doesn't like you at all and has never thought of protecting you."
There were at least thousands of slaves of other races in the mine. None of them complained of being tired, and none of them were lazy.
They are all fighting for freedom!
"You all have a mission. Once you complete it, I will set you free!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Gua didn't have time to wait and jumped down to grab the copper cake to polish it.
After a while, the sound of rapid and rhythmic grinding was heard.
"Hmm~"
Chen Zhu nodded with satisfaction. What had appeared in those mines before were all fake.
How much can a tribe of tens of thousands of slaves produce in a day?
They were all slacking off. After he discovered this problem, he decisively changed his strategy. As the saying goes, quality is more important than quantity. This is the truth.
He has found more than a dozen mines now, but all of them combined are not as good as this production base which he named "Dream Mine".
"Brother Zhu Jiuyin, are you sure Father Pangu won't beat you if you do this?"
Even Taohou couldn't bear to watch it anymore. How long would it take to polish a bronze mirror worth ten thousand yuan?
Too black-hearted.
Not to mention them, even the raw materials may not be up to par.
"What's the big deal? It's all because everyone didn't work hard enough."
Chen Zhu thought for a moment and said, "I have a solution for the raw material problem. Come with me and we will put on a show tonight."
……
……
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard on Shou Mountain, which undoubtedly alarmed the two tribes.
One by one, the horned dragons quickly rose into the air and looked towards the source of the noise.
Then you see pieces of divine light flowing, and from time to time they fall on Shoushan Mountain, creating a huge impact.
There were even huge rocks falling from the sky, causing both tribes to tremble.
"Brother, how long are we going to fight?"
Taohou opened his mouth wide, and Chen Zhu was throwing stones inside.
Li Yanwu looked up at the sky. The flames were burning the copper of Shou Mountain. There was not much noise. With the two clan leaders present, there shouldn't be any big problem.
"When the Lilong clan leader arrives, we'll leave."
Chen Zhu looked around and listened carefully, and finally saw Ao Feng approaching this side. He immediately let out a roar and fled.
"What about people?"
Ao Feng looked around but did not find the person who started it.
Just throwing some rocks?
Whose little kid is playing around?
On the second day, nothing happened between the two tribes. Everyone was just briefly panicked.
Then do whatever you want.
Li Yanwu continued to forge the copper from Shoushan, but she found that Chen Zhu and Taohou did not look very happy today.
Even when she complained a few times and scolded Zhu Ming for not working hard, the other party did not react at all.
"what happens?"
She asked Chen Zhu: "Were you bullied?"
"nothing."
Chen Zhu "forced himself to suppress his discomfort" and forced a smile:
"Just focus on melting the copper of Shoushan. This is a big task to protect our people. It's not a big deal."
"What happened? Is it related to the vibration last night?"
Zhu Ming didn't say anything, so Li Yanwu waited for him to deliver the copper cake, and then found Tao Hou and asked:
"Taohou, you must know, tell me the truth."
"nothing……"
Taohou stuttered, in his heart he was completely impressed by Zhu Jiuyin's acting skills.
He is not so shameless and still stutters when he lies.
"Tell me, I promise not to tell anyone!"
Li Yanwu grabbed Taohou and saw that he was still hesitating. His expression became serious: "If you don't tell me, don't even think about eating cooked food in the future."
"do not!"
Taohou quickly shook his head, recalling Zhu Jiuyin's instructions, and performed according to the other party's tone and expression.
"Alas...Brother doesn't want to distract you, so he doesn't tell you the truth."
"Last night, we encountered a group of stone races on Shou Mountain, and a small-scale conflict broke out."
"Several dragons were crushed to death because they had no protection."
"what!"
Li Yanwu screamed in surprise, she didn’t even know about this?
"Where is the clan leader? I clearly heard the voice of clan leader Ao Feng!"
“When the clan leader came out, the other party had already flown away.”
Taohou stopped talking here.
"What else are you hiding from me?"
Li Yanwu frowned, "Don't hide it, I can tell at a glance that something is wrong with you."
"I told you, don't be angry."
Taohou secretly mourned for Li Yanwu in his heart. This time, he was going to be played a trick by Zhu Jiuyin.
"Qingying was seriously injured in the fight against the enemies last night. He even lost his last arm. His whole body was covered in blood. It was so tragic."
"Brother Zhu Jiuyin is in a bad mood today because of this."
"Qingying!"
Li Yanwu was stunned, and then the flames became chaotic.
Qingying was her best friend and they were considered close friends. It was a big blow to Li Yanwu to hear the news.
"I'm going to find her!"
She was about to stop Li Long Hongyan's output, but at the critical moment, Chen Zhu came back.
"Li Yanwu, don't you understand yet?"
There were tears on his face that made Taohou admire him so much that he almost believed it.
"What do I need to understand?" Li Yanwu glared at him:
"Your sister has been badly injured, and you still have the heart to stay here?"
"You think I want to stay here?"
Chen Zhu roared: "Why did my sister get hurt, why did Li Long die, don't you know yet!"
"Because they have no weapons, no armor!"
"If all the dragons had armor and weapons made of copper from Shoushan, would they still get hurt and die?"
He screamed at the top of his lungs, hammering the ground angrily:
"It's all my fault. I didn't make the equipment to refine Shoushan Copper earlier. I didn't work hard enough, so they died and Sister Qingying was seriously injured."
Zhulong cried and sobbed, bowed his head and prostrated himself on the ground, tears rolling down his cheeks.
He sobbed:
"I didn't tell you because I was afraid it would affect your progress in melting the copper from Shoushan. That's why I kept it a secret."
"If we can refine armor and weapons sooner, no one will have to die."
After the talk, the anger on Li Yanwu's face turned into tenderness.
She hugged Chen Zhu gently and comforted him:
"Why didn't you tell me? Don't carry it on your own. Trust me, I will definitely make the bronze mirrors sooner rather than later."
In her chest, the red flame of Li Long was burning and surging like never before!
In the evening, Chen Zhu and Tao Hou were about to leave to rest, but Li Yanwu said nothing, and the red flames burned more and more vigorously.
"Brother, if we lie to her like this, are you sure she won't beat us to death after she finds out?"
Taohou was a little worried: "I feel so cold in my heart now, is this a joke?"
"You know shit."
Chen Zhu's eyes were bright: "This will only stimulate her potential. Besides, we are also doing good things for the tribe, right?"
"She will understand us."
Taohou nodded with emotion and said, Brother, you are so sinister.
A smile appeared on Chen Zhu's face: "She will definitely understand us."
As he muttered to himself, he began to pack his luggage, and put all the ores, medicinal herbs, and resources into his gluttonous stomach.
All that's left is the willow tree, which I have to take with me when I run.
Well...put it in your stomach first.
He picked up the hollow willow tree, but to his surprise, there was a glutton curled up behind it.
"Brother, you are not kind."
Taohou said darkly: "I knew you wanted to run away as soon as you came back."
"Well, I'm just tidying up the tree."
Chen Zhu narrowed his eyes. This Taohou was getting smarter and smarter. He had actually figured out what he was thinking.
Well... this kid must not be kept.
Taohou was horrified and noticed that there was something wrong with Zhulong’s eyes. He quickly got up and pretended to be sleepwalking.
"Hey, why am I here?"
(End of this chapter)