Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 59 Engineering Vehicles
"Shi Hu, Shi Hu, is as timid as a mouse~"

"Change your name to Stone Rat~"

"I have a robe, rouge and blue stone~"

"Women's clothing for you, dance gracefully~"

Hundreds and thousands of beggar soldiers shouted in unison on the top of the city wall, and the sound was heard for miles.

The men shouted again and again, accompanied by laughter and joy.

Shi Zhao Camp.

Listening to the ballad coming from afar, everyone lowered their heads in silence.

Shi Hu, sitting on the golden imperial carriage, held up the wine jar with a normal expression.

The wine that was once sweet now tastes sour, astringent, and bitter, making it difficult to swallow.

The face of the Great Zhao King was trampled into the mud by the beggar army!
At this time, Shi Hu wanted to kill all the people in the city.

Not just humans, but anything alive will be killed without a trace, even the egg yolks will be shaken apart.

All the earthworms in the soil must be dug out and split in half vertically!

Only in this way can I relieve the hatred in my heart.

But he couldn't do it, and he couldn't do it.

Outside the city of Xiangguo, a Jingguan was built, which was made of thousands of human heads.

Shock the army's morale!

Before that, the Qihuo Army went out of the city to invite a fight.

More than ten thousand elite Jie people and their powerful guards launched a frontal attack.

As a result, they were trapped in the barbed wire and unable to struggle. They were defeated and fled, and nearly five thousand people were killed.

The Xiongnu cavalry attacked from the side to rescue, but were also trapped in the barbed wire.

The armored soldiers of the Qihuo Army cooperated with the defenders on the city walls to strangle the cavalry, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses as they fled in a panic.

It looked like only a few thousand people were lost.

Compared with the huge number of Shi Zhao’s troops, it is not worth mentioning.

But people are different.

Gaoli's guards and the Xiongnu cavalry were the core combat forces under Shi Hu, and they were all regular soldiers.

In the late Ming Dynasty, they were elite servants.

Li Chengliang, who was almost a separatist, had only 8,000 servants.

When Emperor Wu of Han lost 70,000 soldiers in a battle, he had to issue a self-criticism edict and shed tears, and the country was in turmoil.

Fu Hong, a member of the Shi Zhao army, lost more than a thousand Di warriors in a sneak attack on the tunnel. He fainted from crying and was sent back to Yecheng to recuperate.

In one battle, Shi Hu lost nearly 7,000 soldiers and vomited blood on the spot.

These soldiers were Shi Hu's ultimate strength in intimidating other tribes.

If the losses are too great, each department will inevitably become unstable.

Just like the Former Qin Dynasty in history.

Although its million-strong army was said to have been defeated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in fact, it was more likely to have collapsed due to the ambitious internal factions.

Shi Hu had no choice but to retreat.

The morale of the Qihuo Army was greatly boosted, and they went out of the city every day to challenge Shi Hu for battle, but Shi Hu seemed to be oblivious.

He had already made up his mind, unless the Qihuo army left the city walls and was in the wilderness.

At the same time, he didn't have those strange long, thin iron scrolls around him, otherwise he would never charge into the battle formation.

Shi Hu was furious that the Qihuo Army would compile such disgusting songs to slander him.

"Just wait, one day, I will kill all of you!"

The Qihuo Army could not hear the distant howling of Shi Hu, a defeated dog, and they could not hear it even more from the forest road far away in the modern world.

'The flight to Johannesburg has begun checking in. Passengers, please proceed to~~~'

Lin Dao stood up, took Su Tongtong with him, and walked towards the boarding gate to check in.

After a transfer and nearly twenty hours, we finally set foot on African soil.

Take a taxi to the booked hotel, eat, shower, sleep and adjust to the jet lag.

Lin Dao also took the time to check in at Yonghe Time and Space.

The next morning, the local gold mining company that had been contacted earlier sent a car to the hotel to pick up Lin Dao and his team and headed straight to the mining area.

The road conditions are okay in the urban area, but after leaving the urban area, the road conditions gradually deteriorate.

After taking a car ride for most of the day to reach the destination, Lin Dao's legs were numb from the shaking.

"Welcome~~~"

People from the mining area came forward to greet us, and we changed into the mining area's car and headed straight to the agreed abandoned gold mine.

After another bumpy ride, we finally arrived at an unknown abandoned mining area.

"Although the main vein here has been mined, if we carefully search and increase investment, we can still extract a lot of gold~~~"

The people in the mining area are very enthusiastic.

After all, the abandoned mining area can be sold to make money. Who can refuse such a business?

As for those unlucky people who buy abandoned mining areas hoping to find a bargain, no one cares whether they will lose all their fortunes.

Do you really think that capitalists who open mines are fools?

All the gold that could be dug has long been dug out, and using the remaining scraps to attract suckers is also a way to turn waste into treasure.

"Okay, okay~~~"

Lin Dao responded casually, looking around to assess the environment.

The mining area is very desolate. The most conspicuous things are several abandoned engineering vehicles, which are covered with rust and their thick tires have long been deflated.

"Lin Dao."

Su Tongtong stepped forward, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. "This place has been abandoned for a long time."

“If we want to restart work, investment is a bottomless pit!”

Apply for mining procedures, recruit workers and experts, purchase mining machinery, etc.

After all the busy work, the investment is huge.

Moreover, this is a foreign country, and the locals are watching closely, and any small tricks can make your investment go to waste.

"I know."

Lin Dao held her shoulders and comforted her gently, "Believe me."

Under normal circumstances, it is indeed a waste of money.

But here in Lindao, the situation is not normal.

Essentially, this is just a cover.

A cover for time and space trade.

Su Tongtong's eyes were bright. After looking at each other for a moment, she opened her cherry lips and said, "I'm just worried about you. It's not easy to make money."

Lin Dao deeply agrees with this.

It’s really not easy, even the legendary killer assassin has been encountered.

How could ordinary people have ever experienced such a thrilling experience? "I understand."

That night, they checked into a hotel in the mining area's living quarters.

Maybe it's because of the unfamiliar climate and environment.

Not long after dinner, Lin Dao returned to his room and felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

He got up and went to the bathroom, lifted the toilet lid, and reached to take off his pants.

The next moment, the hand stopped.

A colorful long snake was coiled in the toilet!
Lin Dao was completely stunned.

He had never imagined that he would encounter such a situation.

As if disturbed, the long snake leaped up its upper body and pounced towards the forest path.

He subconsciously reached out and grabbed the snake's neck.

The sticky feeling made his scalp tingle.

Seeing that the snake head was still struggling and spitting out its tongue, Lin Dao's figure suddenly disappeared.

Yonghe Time and Space.

Lin Dao loosened his grip, and the dead snake fell motionless to the ground.

If you bring a living thing across, you will die.

Lin Dao supported his legs with both hands, slowly backed away, and finally sat on the couch.

His eyes were fixed on the motionless dead snake, his face flushed and his heart was beating wildly.

He had never been frightened when he hit the Jiehu with a hammer before.

But today I was really scared by this long worm.

After a pause, Lin Dao called out, "Liu Hu!"

Heavy footsteps were heard and the burly Liu Hu rushed in.

"Lord~~~"

Pointing at the dead snake on the ground, Lin Dao instructed, "Take it away and chop it up to feed the dog, then drag the dog to the dry toilet and kill it."

Liu Hu's eyes widened. How could there be a snake in the master's bedroom?!
Realgar was clearly sprinkled outside, and the hall was also fumigated with mugwort.

"There's no need to make this public." Lin Dao waved his hand. "No one is allowed to come in without my summons."

Liu Hu saluted, walked forward, grabbed the snake and left.

After taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Lin Dao returned to the modern world.

After walking out of the bathroom, under Su Tongtong's puzzled gaze, he picked up the phone and called the front desk.

"I fuck you guys~~~"

"There's a snake in your hotel room?!"

The staff rushed to the room.

Although Lin Dao said that the snake had already crawled into the toilet and ran away.

The staff still believed his words completely because this was not the first time such a thing had happened.

They apologized profusely, changed rooms, and placed mothballs and other snake repellents.

By the time I finished all this, it was already late at night.

"I was scared to death~~~"

Su Tongtong hugged him tightly, her body trembling slightly.

"I'm so scared I can't hold it anymore. Go to the toilet with me. I don't dare to go~"

Lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, I always felt like something was wandering around the room. How could I have the mood to work hard?

"Lin Dao." The next morning, Su Tongtong, with dark circles under her eyes, yawned, "Let's go back."

She didn't see the snake, but she was more scared than if she had seen it.

"Let's finish this as soon as possible and go back."

Since it’s a rare opportunity to come here, Lin Dao has to do as much as possible.

In the next few days, they completed the procedures as quickly as possible and bought an abandoned gold mine.

"These cars." Lin Dao pointed at several scrapped construction vehicles and asked, "Whose are they?"

The people in the mining area said with smiles on their faces, "Please do with it as you please."

Lin Dao walked forward and looked around at several rusty construction vehicles.

Heavy-duty transport vehicle for transporting ore and waste.

Excavator for site leveling and waste removal.

Drilling vehicles for mine excavation, etc.

Especially the heavy-duty transport vehicles and large excavators used in mines, which are really huge, like steel behemoths.

If you buy a new one, there is no need to worry about the procedures.

The price alone is enough to make people grimace.

As for those scrapped ones, Lin Dao observed carefully and found that the main parts were actually still there and could be repaired.

Of course, after repair, it cannot be used in the mining area, as that would be disrespectful to the lives of the miners.

Lin Dao had no intention of digging any abandoned mines at all.

He was going to take all these vehicles to Yonghe Spacetime to fight.

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period was the peak era of armored cavalry.

These iron cans on the battlefield have terrifying impact power.

The suppression power was too strong for the Han army which was mainly composed of infantry.

Even if you are wearing heavy armor, you will end up with broken bones and ruptured tendons if you are hit.

As for forming a battle formation, it is to use long weapons to resist the enemy.

The Hu people are brutal, but not stupid.

Cavalrymen are basically equipped with bows and arrows, and some even carry strong bows with armor-piercing arrows.

Relying on the advantage of mobility, they dragged the infantry to death.

Lin Dao couldn't bring horses to Yonghe time and space, so he used steel behemoths to deal with the Hu people's armored cavalry.

The image that emerged in my mind was a heavy truck crashing into and crushing the Hu people's armored cavalry.

The scene where an excavator swings its bucket and knocks the Hu people's armored cavalry into the sky.

Lin Dao also raised the corners of his mouth and laughed out loud.

"Are you planning on taking these scrapped vehicles?"

Su Tongtong came over and reminded, "Even if it can be repaired, it can't be used."

"The labor unions here will sue you into bankruptcy."

Lin Dao nodded. "I understand. They don't just distribute labor protection supplies."

He put his arm around the girl and said, "We're almost done. I'll play with you for two days and then we'll go back."

(End of this chapter)