Chapter 710 Sudden Conquest Achievement (2)

Chapter 710 [Brothers, the outbreak has begun! ! ! Ha ha! 】

"This is?"

"What does Wushang want to do?"

Everyone was astonished. This battle was no small matter, which made people feel a little uneasy. Could it be that he wanted to stop them and not let them leave?

Only Wang Chong smiled and said nothing.

"Sure enough, it's still here!"

Wang Chong looked indifferent, as if he had foreseen this scene.

"Patriarch, be polite."

Wang Chong's heart moved, and he didn't wait for Wushang Village Chief to come over. He led the crowd, turned around, and took the initiative to meet him.

"Master Hou, I'm sorry, the old man was late. Last night, Lord Hou ignored the previous suspicions and came to the rescue. The kindness and virtue that Jing and the villagers will remember in their hearts will never be forgotten."

The white-haired old man said with a straight face.

"Patriarch, please be polite, it's just a little effort."

Wang Chong waved his hand and said indifferently. Those medicines were meant for them.

"Big brother, thank you for saving my grandpa.

From the side, there was a waxy voice, and the little girl Fang Xiaoyan also raised her head and said sincerely.

Seeing the sincerity on this girl's face, and thinking of her savage, capricious, and unreasonable appearance twenty-five years later, Wang Chongxin almost burst out laughing.

"You're welcome, it's just a small matter."

Wang Chong patted her head and said.

With the little girl's intervention, the atmosphere on both sides suddenly eased a lot.

"Master Hou, thank you for your kindness. We were the ones who were rude yesterday. Anyway, please stay in Wushang Village for a few more days, so that we can express our gratitude to you as a landlord. .”

The white-haired old man said.

Many things can only be discovered after a long time. Last night, despite Wang Chong's help, eight villagers in Wushang Village had seizures ahead of time. They did not wait for Wang Chong's "antidote".

Died on the night of the eclipse.

Their symptoms before death were exactly the same as those of others.

And just think about how four or five thousand clansmen had an attack on the night of the lunar eclipse last night, and everyone was terrified. If it weren't for Wang Chong, last night would have been unimaginable.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Wang Chong is the great benefactor of Wushang Village. No matter how much this kindness is repaid, it is far from enough.

Thinking about the indifference, harshness, and inhumanity with which everyone treated Wang Chong and Li Siye during the day, even the head of Wushang Village couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"Hehe, we understand the patriarch's wishes, there is no need to hang around, we still have some things to do, so we will leave for now."

Unexpectedly, Wang Chong waved his hand and refused.

This answer was obviously beyond the expectations of the village head of Wushang Village and the elders, and everyone froze, speechless.

"This..., Master Hou, to be honest, this old man is actually asking for something. The elixir that Master Hou gave us last night is very important to us. I wonder if there is any there? In addition, Master Hou mentioned it yesterday. Rock salt, what do you mean?"

The head of Wushang Village looked embarrassed. Although he was a little embarrassed, he still spoke out.

"To be honest, I only have a hundred of that kind of elixir, and I used up all of them last night. As for the rock salt..."

Wang Chong laughed as he spoke, and looked at the elders of Wushang Village opposite, with deep meaning in his eyes:

"Wushang Village is separated from the outside world, and there is neither trade nor communication. Although other things can be cultivated by themselves, and food can be replaced by kudzu vines, but no matter how they are replaced, three meals a day cannot be separated from salt. I don't know about this. , How did Wushang Village solve the problem?"

"this……"

The head of Wushang Village suddenly hesitated and was speechless.

This young Hou of the Tang Empire was much more perceptive than he imagined. This kind of mountainous area is full of rocks, which is not suitable for growing food at all.

Therefore, people in Wushang Village eat things like kudzu vines and sealwort, which also makes them naturally strong, and their physical fitness is stronger than ordinary people.

But there was only one thing that they couldn't solve with ordinary methods, and that was the salt that Wang Chong said.

Therefore, the salt eaten by people in Wushang Village is different from that of ordinary people. It is not sea salt, but rock salt. Simply put, it is salt from land and cliffs.

The rock salt in that place was discovered by the ancestors of Wushang people. Generation after generation, people in Wushang Village eat the salt there.

"Hehe, the patriarch doesn't want to say it, because he is afraid that the imperial court will find out that it is public property and control it?"

Wang Chong smiled casually, seeing through the scruples of the head of Wushang Village.

Throughout the dynasties, salt and iron have always been under the control of the imperial court. Iron does not refer to ordinary "iron", but to mint coins. No dynasty will allow the people to mint money at will.

Because that would lead to monetary confusion.

As for salt, as Wang Chong himself said, no one can do without three meals a day. The imperial court did this at the beginning, just to prevent people from profiting, which caused the price of salt to rise sharply, and the people could not afford salt, which led to civil riots.

This sort of thing has happened before.

Of course, it was later discovered that selling salt contained huge profits.

Although Wang Chong didn't know when the people from Wushang Village escaped into this valley, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, salt and iron were nationalized and controlled by the imperial court.

No matter how little communication the people in Wushang Village have with the outside world, they should understand this. Obviously, they are also afraid that the rock salt mine they control will be discovered and controlled by the imperial court.

"Hehe, blessings come in misfortunes, and misfortunes depend on them, and misfortunes lie in blessings. I wonder if the patriarch has heard this sentence? Wushang Village has been suffering from unmentionable diseases for generations, starting from a three-year-old child. And the pain is unbearable. The older you get, the more frequent the attacks and the more severe the pain, I don’t know if the elders have thought about it, what is the reason for all this?”

The breeze was blowing, and Wang Chong's robes were gently fluttering in the morning sun. Looking at the Wushang Village patriarch and all the elders opposite, Wang Chong smiled but was not a smile, if there was a deep meaning.

Others don't know the secret of Wushang Village, but as the commander of Wushang Iron Cavalry, Wang Chong knows it clearly. Wushang people are accompanied by severe pain all their lives, with black and blue skin, convulsions all over the body, and the pain is unbearable.

And whenever the turbid air is at its peak, especially on the night of a lunar eclipse, it will seriously attack. Even after Wang Chong recruited them, this point has not changed at all.

Later, it was Wang Chong who recruited all the most outstanding pharmacists and martial arts experts in the world, including famous doctors from Uzang, Mengshezhao, Turkic, Goguryeo and other foreign countries. It took eight years and repeated adjustments before finally developing it. A kind of elixir was formulated to solve the pain that accompanied Wushang's life.

——It was also the kind of pill that Wang Chong gave them to swallow!

This is also the real reason why Wang Chong came to Wushang Village this time with full confidence to subdue them.

But the only problem is that this kind of elixir is very difficult to refine. In a hurry, Wang Chong also refined about 100 pills, all of which were used in this lunar eclipse night crisis.

The head of Wushang Village's heart skipped a beat, and that weird feeling came up again. The boy in front of him was at most sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was also his grandson.

But for some reason, he couldn't see through this boy at all. For the first time, in the body of a young man, the head of Wushang Village felt an unfathomable taste.

And the most incomprehensible thing for him is how on earth did he know about rock salt?

This boy's body seemed to be shrouded in layers of misty clouds, making it impossible to see through.

"What does Lord Hou mean...?"

The head of Wushang Village frowned, his face thoughtful.

"Hehe, patriarch, some salt can be eaten, and some salt can't be eaten. Not all the salt in the world can be eaten casually. At least, it can't be like Wushang Village."

Wang Chong said calmly.

Rock salt is actually poisonous, and it contains many ingredients, most of which contain some toxic substances, which must be specially treated and filtered.

Not just rock salt, but also sea salt, all of which require special treatment. And if you eat industrial salt, it will even directly lead to death.

——For Wang Chong, who has the memory of another world, all this is common sense. But for the people in Wushang Village, they obviously don't know it yet.

Wushang people have eaten that kind of poisonous rock salt since they were young, and the poisonous substance has accumulated over time and entered their body continuously, so when they were three years old, this kind of toxicity began to appear.

Most notably, the three-year-old began to twitch and feel pain. Later, the toxicity continued to increase, penetrating into the flesh, hair, skin, bones and even the marrow. Therefore, although there are many experts in Wushang Village, there are not many people who have lived past the age of fifty.

And fewer people live to the age of seventy or eighty. The entire Wushang Village has a population of 50,000 to 60,000, but there are only 20 to 30 old people.

And if you are unfortunate enough to encounter a lunar eclipse night, like last night, people in Wushang will suffer heavy casualties.

——This is Wushangren's Achilles' heel, and it is also the price behind Wushangren's great power!

"You mean, Lord Hou, all this is caused by our consumption of rock salt?"

The head of Wushang Village said.

"Hehe, don't eat the rock salt in the village anymore. This is my advice to the patriarch and the elders. It is for the sake of Wushang Village and all the villagers. Of course, whether you believe it or not is a matter for the patriarch and the elders."

Wang Chong said.

His face was calm and calm. Some things go too far, if it is too obvious, it will make the other party disgusted.

Therefore, although Wang Chong wanted to help Wushang Village and the villagers, this was the only way he could do it. After that, it would only be superfluous.

"Buzz!"

As soon as Wang Chong finished speaking, the head of Wushang Village and all the elders looked at each other in blank dismay. There have been many previous theories as to why people in the village got that disease, including curse, heredity, environmental factors, and so on.

But no one expected that Wang Chong would actually say that all this was related to the most inconspicuous and common rock salt they ate daily.

This is like saying that a person bleeds because he took an extra breath of air.

But on the other hand, Wang Chong didn't have any reason to deceive them, it was meaningless, and in the capacity of the other party's prince, it would be too unseemly to do so.