Chapter 729: The Time Has Come (High Energy in this Chapter)

Yu Yu Yunqiu stood on the tower, silently watching the commoners walking toward the Imperial City.

These commoners would soon be sent to the factories, to Tie Tie Baisheng's hands.

Many of these commoners came from Yu Yu Yunqiu's family. Although he couldn't name them, Yu Yu Yunqiu recognized the locks on them.

"These ungrateful beasts, I have always been generous to them. The whole Xiaodu knows that my Yu family treats commoners with both kindness and severity, and with great care, yet I get this result."

Ao Ao Shuangqian sighed: "Commoners are born with this bloodline. They only know that a whip hitting their body will hurt; how could they understand knowing kindness and repaying it."

"Tie Tie Baisheng, this spineless person, in order to earn a little bit of leftovers from Li Qi's mouth, has thrown away the face of his ancestors!" Yu Yu Yunqiu hammered his fist on the desk. This desk was made with such good industrial methods that it didn't break.

Ao Ao Shuangqian advised: "Brother Yu, the more critical the moment, the more you must remain calm. I have already prepared.

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Yu Yu Yunqiu nodded: "Brother, you have gone to great trouble."

"What are you saying? Our two families advance and retreat together, sharing honor and disgrace. This is all my duty."

Yu Yu Yunqiu's eye corners trembled slightly: "The Yu family has raised big fish for so many years, it's time to sharpen their teeth."

Li Li Banfeng was busy allocating commoners. For the first few days, they were all sent to Tie Tie Baisheng's, but now Ban Hai Chi Ling and five other high-ranking officials had burned the deeds of sale and given the commoners their freedom, and they all wanted to ask Li Li Banfeng for workers. At this time, he had to allocate them cautiously.

Those who came first definitely got more, but those who came later couldn't be treated too lightly. Ba Ba Suan carefully pondered the optimal solution and calculated the best number of people for each household.

Tie Tie Baisheng's family alone got more than 5,000 commoners. He asked Li Li Banfeng for a piece of land to build a new factory.

Tie Tie Baisheng made a big profit, and others were jealous. The next morning, two scholars came to the Imperial City to ask Li Li Banfeng for people. Li Li Banfeng had just allocated the manpower when six men came to the gate of the Imperial City, seeking an audience with Prince Prince Pingyuan.

These six people looked similar, with high nose bridges, pointed lips, round heads, bright eyes, and very crisp voices. Their attire was exactly the same: black cloaks, black pants, and a white shirt on the upper body, looking like six swallows.

"We are messengers from Chaoge, sent to deliver an urgent report to His Highness the Prince."

The leader of the swallow-people presented a letter to Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng took apart the letter tube, opened the letter, and took a look. It was written by Lan Qiao Yi.

After reading it from beginning to end, Li Li Banfeng's face sank.

"This was written by Lan Qiao Yi himself?"

The swallow leader shook his head: "Your Highness, we are only responsible for delivering the letter, we dare not ask about anything else."

Li Li Banfeng held the letter tube, silent for a long time.

The swallow leader was a little scared and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, do you have a reply?"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "There is a reply, but no need to write it. You go and give Lan Qiao Yi a message, tell them I will go to Chaoge to see him immediately."

The six swallow-people left immediately. When there was no one else in the palace, the phonograph opened his mouth: "Precious Husband, what happened? Why are you so angry?"

Li Li Banfeng suddenly stopped being angry. He handed the letter to the phonograph: "Precious Lady, you take a look first."

The phonograph read the letter and was also shocked.

The general content of the letter was that Puluo Continent had provoked them several times, and the Shang Kingdom could no longer tolerate it, preparing to send troops to crusade against Puluo Continent within three days.

"This was written by Lan Qiao Yi himself?"

Li Li Banfeng took out the contract signed by Lan Qiao Yi: "The handwriting is correct, but this letter is not right."

The phonograph thought for a moment and asked Li Li Banfeng: "What does Husband think?"

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "Ask Lady what she thinks first?"

The phonograph said: "Little Slave thinks, if you can't afford clothes, don't think about hats; if you can't afford pants, don't think about socks. Husband, what do you say?"

Li Li Banfeng hugged the phonograph: "Good Lady, I knew you thought the same as your husband."

At noon, Li Li Banfeng went to Tie Tie Baisheng's shipyard: "Old Tie, prepare a ship for me, I want to go to Chaoge."

Prince Prince Pingyuan wanting to go to Chaoge was a big deal. Tie Tie Baisheng didn't dare to be sloppy: "What kind of ship does Your Highness want?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I want the easiest ship to sail."

"Easiest to sail?"

Tie Tie Baisheng was in a dilemma. This concept was not easy to understand.

But he was a smart person after all, and soon had an idea. The Prince wanted the easiest ship to sail, probably because he didn't want others to sail the ship, and he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts.

He took Li Li Banfeng to the dock, where there was a passenger ship, more than twenty meters long, with three decks of cabins.

"This ship is a bit small and doesn't match Your Highness's status, but this ship is easy to sail. Your Highness only needs to mark the destination on the map, and this ship can sail there by itself."

Tie Tie Baisheng took Li Li Banfeng to the cockpit. There was no steering wheel or instrument panel in the cockpit, only a glass map and a special marker pen.

"Your Highness, I will mark Chaoge for you now. If I mark it wrong, you can wipe it and rewrite it." Tie Tie Baisheng wrote the mark and pointed to the grandfather clock beside it.

"You choose a time to sail on the grandfather clock. When the time comes, this ship will depart immediately."

Li Li Banfeng touched the map and asked: "Is this ship safe?"

"This ship can avoid wind and waves and dodge reefs. You can rest assured."

"Okay, you drag the ship to the port. I will set off at eleven tonight. This matter must not be known to anyone else."

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Tie Tie Baisheng bowed and said yes.

At night, Tie Tie Baisheng sent Li Li Banfeng to the ship alone.

To tell the truth, Tie Tie Baisheng was a little worried. From boarding the ship to weighing anchor, Li Qi didn't say a word.

Did something big happen in Chaoge?

Is it possible that Li Qi will never return?

If he doesn't come back, Tie Tie Baisheng will be in trouble. He took a big advantage in business, and Yu Yu Yunqiu and Ao Ao Shuangqian will definitely not let him off.

Fortunately, the trip tonight was quite secret. The Yu family and the Ao family shouldn't know that Li Qi had left Xiaodu. As long as Li Qi goes and returns early, these two families shouldn't take action.

But it's better to be safe than sorry. Tie Tie Baisheng quickly returned to the factory and gathered his subordinates to strengthen their guard.

Li Li Banfeng sat on the passenger ship. Not long after leaving the port, two sharks quietly followed.

Yu Yu Yunqiu stood on the shore, listening to the echo of the sea tide, and smiled slightly: "That guy has been found. He really is secret."

Ao Ao Shuangqian praised: "No matter how secret, he can't escape Brother Yu's eyes and ears. It's just that little brother heard that traveling cultivators have the technique of riding the wind and clouds. I'm afraid if he flies..."

Yu Yu Yunqiu said: "Brother Ao, don't worry. My family's big fish can fly. It's just that Tie Tie Baisheng's ship is a bit hard, and I'm afraid the big fish won't be able to flip it."

Ao Ao Shuangqian laughed: "Since Brother Yu is going all out, how can Ao dare to be half-hearted? The Ao family's strongest combat power

is already waiting for orders in the sea."

Li Li Banfeng sat on the deck, his expression solemn, not saying a word.

According to what Tie Tie Baisheng said, this passenger ship was very fast, not worse than Tianyi City, and could reach Chaoge in less than half a day. After walking for more than two hours, wind and waves suddenly rose on the sea, and the ship bumped up and down.

In the cockpit, the glass map rustled, and the old grandfather clock rang, reporting the time.

It was not the hour, nor the half-hour. The reason the old grandfather clock rang was because it triggered the wind and wave mechanism.

This ship would now actively avoid wind and waves. The glass map presented the weather conditions of the surrounding sea surface. Relying on the map's guidance, the ship was automatically looking for relatively safe waters.

The cabin door opened automatically, inviting Li Li Banfeng to return to the cabin to take shelter.

Li Li Banfeng sat on the deck, letting the sea waves hit him, his expression indifferent.

After sailing for a while, the wind and waves subsided slightly, and the ship slowed down, planning a new route.

Yu Yu Yunqiu, who was far away on the shore of Xiaodu, smiled: "Hooked."

Ao Ao Shuangqian said: "Brother, don't be anxious, let little brother come first."

Yu Yu Yunqiu nodded: "Brother Ao, be careful when taking action. You must win in one strike."

Ao Ao Shuangqian closed his eyes and slapped the sea with both hands, seemingly transmitting some kind of signal.

Li Li Banfeng's ship was sailing when a huge pincer suddenly stretched out from the sea surface, clamping the ship's hull at the waist.

The passenger ship opened full power, trying to break free, but there were serrations on the pincer, biting tightly and not letting go.

"This ship is indeed quite hard." Ao Ao Shuangqian's speed of slapping the sea became faster and faster, and the force of the giant pincer in the sea increased continuously.

The hull cracked, and the old grandfather clock rang continuously. This was the last warning to Li Li Banfeng; this ship was about to be unable to hold on.

Li Li Banfeng remained calm and composed, his face unchanged.

Crack!

With a loud noise, the ship broke, and Li Li Banfeng fell into the sea.

Ao Ao Shuangqian laughed: "Brother, the ship has been clamped off. Let little brother take the first credit and deal with this guy together."

Yu Yu Yunqiu frowned slightly: "Brother, don't be reckless."

Li Li Banfeng, who fell into the sea, saw a huge mantis shrimp in the waves.

He couldn't see the full picture of the mantis shrimp, and could only estimate the size of this shrimp through the shrimp pincers and antennae that appeared in front of him.

The estimated result was quite astonishing. The size of this shrimp exceeded Li Li Banfeng's ship, estimated to be two or three times the size of the hull.

This mantis shrimp didn't just have one pair of shrimp pincers. Below the big pincers, there were many small pincers, one of which clamped Li Li Banfeng's body.

The pincer tightened, Li Li Banfeng was covered in blood. The blood touched the mantis shrimp's antennae, and Ao Ao Shuangqian suddenly felt a burst of dizziness.

"Poison!" Ao Ao Shuangqian was shocked, "Not good, Brother, Li Qi has poison on him, the giant shrimp is poisoned."

"Brother, quickly let the giant shrimp retreat." Yu Yu Yunqiu looked very concerned on the surface, but secretly mocked in his heart.

Let you show off, don't look at what you are worth.

Ao Ao Shuangqian was still reminding Yu Yu Yunqiu: "Brother, be careful, this guy is very insidious. I don't know what means he used to hide the poison. This poison is so powerful, the giant shrimp can't hold on, don't touch his body—"

Before he finished speaking, a big fish rushed toward Li Li Banfeng and swallowed him in one bite.

Ao Ao Shuangqian perceived this scene through the giant shrimp's eyes. He didn't understand Yu Yu Yunqiu's approach: "Brother Yu,

little brother just said that Li Qi has highly toxic poison on him, why did you still let the big fish eat him?"

Yu Yu Yunqiu was too lazy to explain: "Let's see his fate."

He could perceive the big fish's pain, but he knew the big fish could withstand this pain.

Ao Ao Shuangqian was still reminding: "Brother, traveling cultivators still have many means of moving. Just relying on this move, I'm afraid we can't hold him."

Yu Yu Yunqiu said: "He has ten thousand means, and the Yu family's war fish has also been tempered ten thousand times. Let's see who can outlast whom." Ao Ao Shuangqian was panicked in his heart.

Yu Yu Yunqiu smiled: "When my Yu family followed our ancestors to fight in all directions, we used this kind of war method. Even if he has ten thousand fancy tricks, I will just kill the enemy in one strike. Don't say it's him, even if the peddler fell into this fish's belly, he wouldn't be able to drill out!"

He had a sure chance of winning, so Ao Ao Shuangqian didn't ask much: "Brother Yu, next we should find Tie Tie Baisheng."

Yu Yu Yunqiu first stated his attitude: "This matter relates to the honor and disgrace of Xiaodu, relates to the foundation of our ancestors, and even relates to your and my lives.

Commoners causing trouble is a danger that shakes the country. It has always been severely punished. Today's matter, I will make it clear to Brother Ao first. All commoners who escaped privately are guilty of heinous crimes and will be executed without exception. Tie Tie Baisheng and others will be stripped of their titles, their assets confiscated,

and demoted to commoners!

After the matter is handled, report it to Chaoge. No matter what the argument in Chaoge is, you and I must not be soft-hearted!

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Ao Ao Shuangqian said: "I will listen to Brother, but there is one thing to discuss with Brother. Tie Tie Baisheng has 5,000 commoners in his hands, which is not a small number. As the saying goes, the best strategy is to attack the strategy. When fighting against rebels, we should first appease them and then take action. How to handle it by then will naturally be decided by Brother."

Yu Yu Yunqiu nodded slightly and asked Ao Ao Shuangqian to gather the scholars as soon as possible.

Shun and Da Huan walked toward the shipyard together. When they reached the door, Shun said in a low voice: "Last night, you were really good..."

Da Huan shouted angrily: "You still dare to say it! If you say it out, don't think about having it again in the future!"

Shun lowered his head: "Then I won't say it. Today I want to work two more hours, save some money, and rent a better house."

Da Huan shook her head: "Don't work more, leave after work. The place we live in now is quite good."

Entering the shipyard, Shun went to the workshop to get busy. Although he was an unskilled worker, he often asked skilled workers to learn skills, and the skilled workers were willing to teach him. Some equipment gradually let him get started.

There were quite a few such situations, and Tie Tie Baisheng saw them all in his eyes. He called this type of worker a top worker, which was an unskilled worker who could handle things. Their income was much higher than ordinary unskilled workers, and there was a possibility of being promoted to a skilled worker.

At noon, Shun went to find Da Huan to go to the restaurant. When he reached the door, Shun suddenly shivered. He saw the flag he feared most.

On a black flag, a big fish with a giant mouth was drawn.

This was the flag of the Yu family, his former master.

Yu Yu Yunqiu stood under the flag, bringing more than a thousand scholars, and walked toward the shipyard.

Another black flag had a huge mantis shrimp drawn on it. Ao Ao Shuangqian walked beside Yu Yu Yunqiu, and the more than a thousand scholars under his command also came.

There were more than 10,000 scholars in Xiaodu. These scholars usually relied on various high-ranking officials, and when fighting, they were the most reliable combat power.

Shun was still stunned. Da Huan stepped forward and pulled him: "Run!"

The two immediately retreated back to the shipyard and closed the shipyard gate.

There were worms reporting to Tie Tie Baisheng. Tie Tie Baisheng climbed onto the wall and shouted: "Brother Yu, Brother Ao, what is the reason for this move?"

Yu Yu Yunqiu scolded angrily: "What are you, worthy of calling us brothers?"

Ao Ao Shuangqian sighed: "Old Tie, you are wrong at every step. For a little bit of petty profit, you really threw away the face and foundation of your ancestors!"

Tie Tie Baisheng was never afraid of arguing: "I abide by the laws set by the City Lord, what is wrong with that? If the two brothers feel that little brother has done something wrong, we can go to the City Lord to reason. Coming here with weapons drawn, this is probably..."

Bang!

A scholar under Yu Yu Yunqiu picked up a stone and hit Tie Tie Baisheng on the forehead.

Don't underestimate this stone. This is the Flying Stone Technique, the famous stunt of this scholar. The stone was heavy and powerful,

accurate and ruthless.

Tie Tie Baisheng was covered in blood and fell from the wall to the ground, unconscious.

Yu Yu Yunqiu immediately ordered to attack the shipyard.

More than 2,000 scholars rushed up. The scholars in the front manipulated a huge siege vehicle and rammed the huge siege hammer into the factory gate.

Tie Tie Baisheng had scholars under his command, but not many, only two hundred.

These two hundred scholars drew their bows and set their arrows, waiting in full battle array, but not a single person moved.

They did rely on Tie Tie Baisheng on weekdays, and they should indeed fight for Tie Tie Baisheng.

But now Tie Tie Baisheng was lying on the ground, life or death unknown. Should this battle still be fought?

Just as they were hesitating, they heard a whistle on the iron gate, and high-temperature steam sprayed out from the iron gate.

This steam was at a very high temperature and high pressure, and even the Inner Continent people couldn't withstand it. The scholars in the front row retreated one after another,

and the siege vehicle also retreated.

Tie Tie Baisheng had long expected that this day would come. He knew that many high-ranking officials looked at him unpleasantly, so he put a lot of effort into defense.

This big iron gate was very sturdy. It was rammed several times by the siege vehicle, and there was only a dent, no serious damage, and the steam pipes around the iron gate were still continuously spraying steam.

Yu Yu Yunqiu still wanted to continue ordering the charge, but Ao Ao Shuangqian spoke: "Brother, it's not that we are afraid of his iron gate, little brother just feels that we shouldn't leave the lives of the scholars in this kind of place."

"What is Brother Ao's idea?"

"The last commoner to enter the door seems to be from Brother Yu's family. This person might still be of some use."

Yu Yu Yunqiu laughed: "A stupid commoner, what use could he have?"

Ao Ao Shuangqian said: "Precisely because he is stupid, he is very useful. Commoners are all piled up from sand. If one grain of sand moves, other grains will scatter."

Yu Yu Yunqiu nodded slightly, turned his head and asked the commoner Gong beside him: "Do you recognize the commoner just now?"

Gong lay on the ground and replied: "I recognize him, his name is Shun."

Yu Yu Yunqiu shouted toward the shipyard: "Shun, I know you have been wronged, I have come to take you home. The past is in the past.

Shun, you are a person of my Yu family, you are different from them. People of the Yu family are protected by me, I can carry any big matter.

Shun, open the door, I will take you home."

Everyone focused their attention on Shun.

Shun was at a loss.

Gong hid behind Yu Yu Yunqiu and shouted: "Shun, how well the Master treated us, without the Master, how could we have lived until today? You can't forget your roots! Listen to the Master, hurry up and open the door!"

There was no movement in the shipyard for a long time. The steam pressure in the steam pipes was insufficient, and the steam flow was much smaller. Some scholars indicated that they could withstand it.

Yu Yu Yunqiu waved his hand, signaling the siege vehicle to move forward.

The scholars drove the siege vehicle and slowly approached. Yu Yu Yunqiu continued to shout: "Prince Prince Pingyuan has gone to Chaoge to deal with the Puluo Continent matter. He is a Puluo Continent person, he will not return to Xiaodu, he doesn't care about your lives at all."

The siege vehicle came to the city again and began to ram the door.

Bang!

The big gate was trembling, and every hit hit everyone's heart.

Yu Yu Yunqiu said: "Shun, we were master and servant once, I haven't forgotten the friendship. If you open the door now, everyone inside will be forgiven.

This door won't last long. If you remain stubborn, when the gate is broken, not a single person in the factory will be left alive!"

This sentence made everyone in the factory tremble.

An old shipbuilder looked at Shun and said slowly: "Child, go open the door. Master Yu has been in charge of Xiaodu for many years, I trust him."

Several older commoners persuaded one after another:

"Open the door, Master Yu won't lie to you."

"The City Lord is gone, what are we doing here? If we don't open the door, we will all die here!"

"Shun, go open the door, don't harm everyone!"

Shun crawled and walked slowly toward the door.

On the wall, several scholars aimed their arrows at Shun, pretending to do so, while others were indifferent. They didn't want to risk their lives for this matter.

Shun came to the door. The wheel of the door was on the big gate. Turn it twice, and the big gate would open.

Open this big gate, and you can live, you can put on the lock and return to the shed, and live until the day you die.

Yu Yu Yunqiu shouted: "Shun, if you don't open the door, our friendship will be gone!"

Bang!

The big gate had already cracked.

Shun looked at Da Huan, but Da Huan lowered her head and didn't speak.

Behind Da Huan was the old shipbuilder. Shun had been learning skills from the old shipbuilder. The old shipbuilder told him that in another year, he would be able to become a skilled worker.

And Tie Tie Baisheng, who was lying on the ground, promised to raise Shun's wages. He would raise them this month. With the raise, Shun could rent a better house with Da Huan.

Click!

There was another crack on the big gate.

Just a few days, like a dream, so beautiful, so beautiful that it didn't look real, and it was about to shatter with this big gate.

Shun looked at the turning wheel of the big gate.

Gong shouted outside the door: "Shun, you ungrateful beast, why don't you open the door, what are you waiting for?"

Shun touched the turning wheel.

He let go again.

He turned around and pressed his back tightly against the big gate.

Bang!

Shun's body trembled.

He looked at Da Huan, looked at the shipyard, looked at the wages that fell from his pocket.

Bang!

His vision went black, and a thought echoed in his mind: Are these all real?

Bang!

It's real.

Hold on a little longer, and it will still be real.

Bang!

The big gate didn't shatter, so it's still real!

Bang!

Shun fell to the ground, he couldn't hold on anymore.

Da Huan rushed up and pressed against the gate with Shun.

More than a dozen young commoners rushed up together, desperately pressing against the big gate.

A group of commoners rushed up, people piled on people, pressing against the big gate together.

The old commoners were scared: "What is this for? What are you doing?"

Bang!

A group of commoners were knocked away, and more commoners rushed up.

There were more and more commoners in front of the gate. They didn't know how long they could persist, and they didn't know how long the big gate could persist.

But as long as the big gate didn't shatter, they would keep pressing against it.

If the gate shattered, they would press against it with their flesh and blood.

After waiting for a while, they found that the big gate didn't shatter, and the sound of ramming the gate disappeared.

Why didn't the siege vehicle ram the gate anymore?

Did the siege hammer break?

The commoners couldn't see, but the scholars on the wall could see clearly.

The siege hammer didn't break, the person driving the siege vehicle died.

Li Qi stood on the wall, lifted his hat brim, looked at the commoners, and smiled.

They understood, the time had come.

The commoners raised their necks and looked at Li Qi.

Is that the City Lord?

Didn't they say he went to Chaoge?

Didn't they say he wouldn't come back?

Li Qi turned around, looked outside the wall, put away his smile, lowered his hat brim, looked at Yu Yu Yunqiu and Ao Ao Shuangqian, and asked: "Gathering a crowd to commit violence, do you know your crime?"

Ao Ao Shuangqian looked at Yu Yu Yunqiu.

Yu Yu Yunqiu said Li Qi had already entered the fish's belly, so he dared to lead the scholars to send troops.

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "Harming the good and kind, do you know your crime?"

Yu Yu Yunqiu didn't know what the situation was, but he was certain that the big fish had swallowed Li Qi.

Li Qi stood on the wall and drew his Tang Dao: "Your sins are heinous, and you cannot be forgiven. What else do you have to say?"

Yu Yu Yunqiu and Ao Ao Shuangqian still had a lot to say, but Li Qi didn't give them a chance.

The Lady changed a record and played a loud battle song, the song resounding throughout Xiaodu.

A group of shadows wandered around, and wherever they passed, flesh and blood flew. ===== CHAPTER 730 =====