allonlinenovel Chapter 221 Getting Gunpowder
Chapter 221 Getting Gunpowder
They practiced until late at night before going back to rest.
The next morning, Lu Qingqing woke up feeling exhausted. She was still moving gold before she woke up from her dream.
In her dream, she unlocked the cellar and vault of He Baotou, and the boxes of gold made her very happy.
After that, she had to move boxes of gold, which took the whole night and made her very tired.
Seeing that she had woken up, Zhuzi's wife beside her smiled and said:
"Daya, you were up all night last night, are you growing taller?"
The village head's wife, who was getting dressed nearby, also said:
"It's true. We were together all day and I didn't notice it. But when I looked closely, Daya has grown a lot taller. I remember she was a skinny little girl during last year's autumn harvest. Now she's not only taller, but also prettier!"
Lu Qingqing listened to the aunts' conversation with a smile, and looked at her trouser legs. When she sat down, her ankles were exposed, as if she had grown taller.
After escaping from this golden ditch, she will definitely make a few more sets of clothes to celebrate.
As the group was talking, the topic turned to the issue of making shields.
The materials that can be used in this Jingou are very limited, except for iron pots, wooden boards and rattan mats.
The women discussed for a while, and when they saw people starting to walk by the door, they all changed the subject.
When starting work, Wang Defa came over quietly to inform him of the progress.
Yesterday he contacted several people who were familiar to the boss's subordinates, and the replies he received this morning totaled to about three to four hundred people.
These are the trustworthy people they have found, and those whose background they don’t know are kept secret.
After learning the number of people, Lu Tianming felt a little relieved.
Wang Defa is a steady person and is very efficient in his work.
Before lunch, Lu Qingqing also learned the news and secretly practiced lock picking whenever she had free time.
When it was lunchtime, the women quickly finished their meal and then took the time to make shields.
Seeing Lu Qingqing still fiddling with the lock in her hand, Zhuzi's wife couldn't help but worry for her:
"Daya, you need to prepare that thing quickly. If you're late, you might run out of ingredients!"
Lu Qingqing climbed onto the kang, took out a rattan mat, and pointed to the iron pot in the corner.
"That's all I'll use. I'll stuff the rattan mat into the iron pot when the time comes. I hope it works."
After hearing this, Zhuzi's wife also looked at her own iron pot.
Although it is a pity that the iron pot was broken, life is always more important.
For a moment, I felt a little sorry that I only had one iron pot at home.
After thinking about it, I decided to ask the boss to cut a harder piece of wood in the evening.
Time soon turned to night, and Wang Defa sneaked into the room where Lu Tianming was under the cover of darkness.
With two short knocks on the door, the door of Lu Tianming's room opened and Wang Defa walked in quickly.
Lu Tianming stuck his head out to look outside, but didn't see anyone. He then closed the door and said,
"Brother Defa, please sit down."
Wang Defa rubbed his frozen hands and said with a smile:
"I just ran around and saw over 600 miners from Jingou all agreed to flee together!"
When Lu Tianming heard this, he was overjoyed.
The other men in the room also had happy expressions on their faces, but they only whispered to each other for fear of waking others.
"Great! Great!"
Lu Tianming said with some excitement:
"That's great! This will greatly increase our chances of escaping!"
In the night, Wang Defa's face was also full of joy.
He had put so much effort into escaping, and now he finally saw hope!
Thinking about it, he continued:
"Now that the miners have decided, we must act quickly. You see, when is the right time for us to act!"
Lu Tianming also calmed down:
"Without further delay, we will take action at the beginning of the first hour tomorrow night!
But with so many people here now, we still have to decide in advance how to proceed.
First, the escape route will still follow the two routes agreed upon before.
All the miners were divided into two groups, one group escaped from the southern path, and the other group escaped from the northern path.
In addition, most of the officials were concentrated at the town entrance and warehouses.
Before escaping, we need to arrange for someone to create some chaos in the police compound.
At the very least, we must hold back some of the officers to avoid casualties to the greatest extent possible!"
Wang Defa nodded when he heard this and asked:
"How many people does the official compound need?"
Master Yan beside him took the initiative to speak:
"We don't need too many people in the compound. I estimate that twenty people will be enough. However, these twenty people must be able to ride horses. After creating chaos, they must ride away immediately!"
Wang Defa was a little embarrassed:
"Most of the people who come to Jingou to mine are ordinary farmers. I'm afraid very few of them can ride horses!"
Master Yan listened and sighed:
"That yard is not small. There must be at least a dozen people there. If there are fewer, it won't work."
Lu Tianming thought about it silently and said:
"We can only send out eight people at most. Go ask around and find out that out of the six hundred people, at least eight people are needed! After all, escaping is a joint endeavor for everyone!"
Wang Defa listened and nodded solemnly:
"I'll go back and discuss it later. We'll definitely get enough people!"
In the room, everyone discussed some details before Wang Defa left.
The others didn't go to sleep either. Lu Tianming looked at everyone and said:
"Tomorrow, everyone, please sign up to go outside the official's compound. I'll start first. I'll go tomorrow night!"
After hearing this, Lu Shuhe said anxiously:
"Dad, I'll go tomorrow night, you take mom and the others with you!"
"Just stay out of it. I'll go tomorrow night!"
Lu Tianming said this without letting anyone refuse, and continued to say to everyone:
"Everyone, please sign up!"
Before County Magistrate Yao could speak, Yao Bowu spoke first:
"I'll go tomorrow night!"
Master Yan also spoke:
"Tomorrow night I..."
Before he could finish, Li Rui, Qu Hong and others interrupted him and said in unison:
"Master, I'll go!"
After they finished speaking, Master Yan wanted to say something but was interrupted by Li Rui:
"Master, my mistress still depends on you for protection! Besides, we've learned martial arts from you for so many years, and have been fed and drunk for free. It's time we repay you!"
Qu Hong, Tu Rong and others responded "yes" one after another.
Master Yan wanted to say something, but Lu Tianming took the initiative to speak:
"This is everyone's business. We can't rely on you all. Let's wait and see after the other companies have signed up!"
The few people finally quieted down, and soon a few more people signed up.
Qin Lang also signed up for himself and Lu Qingqing, but Lu Tianming and Master Yan didn't want him to go.
But Qin Lang knew Lu Qingqing's plan, so he insisted on going.
In desperation, Li Rui and others took the initiative to say that they would take good care of Qin Lang and Lu Qingqing, and the matter was finally settled.
Finally, eight people were decided here.
Seeing that it was already midnight, Tu Rong went out with a cloth bag after discussing with everyone.
There were many people around during the day, so he had to get the gunpowder out at night.
In another room, Lu Qingqing didn't know that Senior Brother Tu had already left for He Baotou's house.
She also planned to go to He Baotou's house tonight.
Because she had something on her mind, she didn't sleep well.