Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 511 I escorted the members of the Canal Gang back to their hometown~
"Brother Zihou, is your meditation over?"

When the cabin door opened and Lin Dao came out, Jia Lian almost burst into tears.

They're finally out!

He is really afraid.

If those gangs outside really board the ship, not only will they be in trouble, but Miss Lin will also be implicated.

In that case, even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would be too ashamed to face anyone when they went back.

Just when I was getting really anxious, the person in question finally appeared.

"It's nothing serious." Seeing his expression, Lin Dao raised his voice slightly. "With me here, the sky won't fall!"

It's no exaggeration!
Even if gods or Buddhas came, Lin Dao could simply fall asleep; he had powerful backers!

He had already rested in the Jingkang era.

But I just can't fall asleep.

After much fuss, the princess finally decided to come and take a look.

Something definitely happened!
His intuition was truly honed through experience.

"Outside~"

Lin Dao raised his hand to stop Jia Lian from speaking. "I'll handle the things outside."

"Brother Jia, don't be alarmed. Just go back to your cabin and rest."

"Yes~"

"listen to me!"

Jia Lian was slightly taken aback.

That simple sentence gave him an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Okay~"

He dared not say more and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"No need to worry." Lin Dao stood there, as steady as a mountain. "Go back and get some sleep, and we'll set off as usual tomorrow."

"By the way, lad, can I borrow you for a moment?"

Xing'er, who was called out, was first taken aback and then became shy.

In ancient times, servants served multiple purposes.

When Lin Dao, a burly and charismatic man with an air of authority, said these words, Jia Lian immediately misunderstood.

Fortunately, Lin Dao reacted quickly: "Have him go to the dock and deliver a message for me."

On the dock, the leader of the secret branch of the Canal Gang sat imposingly in a grand chair.

Bend one leg and place it on the chair.

He rested one hand on the armrest of the chair and held a teapot in the other, drinking tea.

Around him were about a hundred burly men carrying torches, dressed in short clothes, with their black chest hair exposed.

Each of them had a ferocious expression, their eyes seeming to want to devour someone.

Xing'er, surrounded by these people, was experiencing leg cramps.

He relayed Lin Dao's message in a trembling voice.

"The grudges and feuds of the martial world are settled within the martial world itself."

"Don't involve innocent people!"

"The nobles and officials of the imperial court are not to be trifled with."

"A life-or-death struggle unfolds in the fields outside town!"

"Ha~"

"Hahahaha~"

The patriarch, nearing fifty and still sporting a full beard, burst into loud laughter.

"Interesting, really interesting."

"Trying to play these old tricks on me? Are you trying to escape in the chaos?"

Xing'er, who was delivering the message, was in excruciating pain in his calves.

But the message still needs to be delivered effectively.

"Young Master Lin said~"

He said, "You are nothing but petty scoundrels and good-natured ruffians who only dare to bully the innocent."

"To challenge you all is already a loss of face, something I dare not reveal to anyone."

"To allow you scoundrels to find your own burial place is already a rare act of kindness."

"Who do you think you are, to presume to let my lies escape?"

After saying that, Xing'er waved her hand with trembling hands, "These are all things that Young Master Lin said, not things that I said."

The members of the canal gang were all furious.

Shouts and curses filled the air, creating a cacophony like a bustling marketplace.

"it is good!"

"Okay!"

The leader of the Dark Hall laughed in extreme anger.

"In all my years, this is the first time I've ever seen such an arrogant person!"

"Okay, very good!"

"In that case, go back to the ship and tell this damned Young Master Lin."

"I'll be waiting for him at the mass grave three miles southeast of the town!"

"If you don't come, your ship won't be able to leave!"

Enraged, the members of the canal gang left, carrying knives and axes.

The hall master ordered all the most powerful weapons to be brought out.

If that arrogant and contemptuous Young Master Lin dares to go, he will surely be torn to pieces!
In fact, Lin Dao was not lying.

He traversed the heavens, fighting in national-level wars and facing powerful armies that would be remembered in history.

Canal gangs?

In his eyes, such vibrant social groups were no different from street thugs.

An hour later, at the mass grave.

Hundreds of elite members of the Grand Canal Gang, armed with various weapons and torches, darted back and forth through the mass grave.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare come here at night, but they weren't afraid.

After all, many of the corpses that were hastily buried here were the work of their own hands.

They killed us while we were alive, so there's nothing to fear about the dead.

However, these elite members of the canal gang were merely bait.

In the sparse woods surrounding the mass grave, a large number of soldiers were lying in ambush.

Armed with crossbows or even muskets, they carefully concealed themselves, waiting for Lin Dao to walk right into their trap.

The leader of the Dark Hall and his entourage even wore chainmail under their clothes.

Without a doubt, these items all originated from the military.

Possessing even one of these items is punishable by death!

This shows that the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had been established for less than a hundred years, had already deteriorated to such an extent.

Since the incident involving the Prince of Loyalty and Righteousness, the retired emperor had become disheartened and abdicated.

Although the emperor worked diligently to govern the country, very few people actually respected him.

The result was widespread chaos throughout the land. Military nobles, who largely supported the loyal and righteous Prince Qian Sui, naturally faced suppression.

Therefore, it was only natural that a lot of military equipment was stolen and sold.

The members of the canal gang at the mass grave were already quite impatient.

"That damn Young Master Lin, could he be lying to us?"

"Why aren't you coming?"

"Not urgent."

"As long as that official ship is still there, he won't run away."

"Just wait a little longer~"

"By the way, why is there always a 'poof poof poof' sound? Can you hear it?"

"I heard that, could it be the guys outside farting?"

"Hahahaha~"

In fact, Lin Dao had been there for quite a while.

He was busy clearing out the canal gang members who were lying in ambush on the outskirts.

Lin Dao was wearing a thermal imaging camera and holding a sniper rifle equipped with a special silencer in both hands.

One by one, they cleared out the ambushers.

Those that were isolated have all been taken out; those that are huddled together will need to be dealt with by switching weapons.

Lin Dao stood up, lowered his gun, and removed the thermal imaging device.

His figure vanished instantly.

When it reappeared, it was already inside an armored vehicle.

This is an automatic anti-aircraft vehicle equipped with a quadruple 30mm chain anti-aircraft gun.

"Why would you use heavy firepower instead of playing with big blades?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

The engine starts, and all subsystems are powered on.

After warming up the engine, the armored vehicle proceeded towards the mass grave.

At the same time, the quadruple-mounted cannons began to slowly rotate their muzzles.

Lin Dao spent a lot of money to modify these important pieces of equipment.

Under the scanning of various in-vehicle devices, no one can hide.

Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of the canal gangs.

Some people even jogged over to check.

When these members of the Canal Gang, carrying torches, came within ten paces, they finally saw clearly what was in front of them: a gigantic creature that was moving on its own!
The four-barreled guns were already pointed at them.

Lin Dao, inside the car, raised his hand and pressed the fire button.

Before the electronic age, traditional mechanical foot-operated firing mechanisms were basically used.

Technological advancements have brought about changes, and the firing method has shifted to electronic firing.

'Dong dong dong dong~ dong dong dong~'

A 30mm high-explosive shell, if it hits someone directly in the body, would shred even an elephant or a blue whale!

When it hits a person, it truly tears them to pieces, creating all sorts of bizarre and grotesque fragments.

"what happened?!"

At the mass grave, the hall master, hearing the commotion, suddenly stood up.

He looked at the dark grove of trees not far away with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Flames raged over there, and deafening roars echoed like thunder in the clear sky.

Such a huge commotion is indeed quite frightening.

Then~
They chose to stay where they were.

In a short time, they cleared away all the forest roads where the ambush was located, drove armored vehicles over the few remaining trees, and approached the mass grave.

By the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of the trees in the core area of ​​the Central Plains, which had been continuously developed for thousands of years, had been cut down.

There is still a sparse grove of trees here because it surrounds a mass grave.

Otherwise, they would have been wiped out long ago.

As the armored vehicle with its bright headlights on approached, its tracks screeching as it crushed the earth, the leader of the Dark Hall subconsciously rose from his armchair.

His expression was one of fear and helplessness as he squinted at the monster.

Before their eyes, the muzzle flashes suddenly burst forth!
Once everything had calmed down, Lin Dao drove the armored vehicle back and forth several times, and used the thermal imager to scan the surroundings to make sure there were no survivors before driving to the dock.

On the canal, on several cargo ships that were blocking the official boats, the night watchmen yawned listlessly.

Then they heard a piercing metallic clang.

'Knock knock knock knock~'

Faced with a quadruple machine gun, the cost of several dilapidated wooden boats probably wouldn't even be as high as the cost of the shells used up!
These wrecked ships were completely destroyed.

Various fragments floated on the river surface, drifting with the current.

On the official boat, Jia Lian, who hadn't slept, was so frightened by the thunder that he covered his head and trembled.

Lin, who habitually stays up late, is embracing Zijuan.

"It's thundering?"

Is it going to rain?

"It doesn't sound like thunder."

"What a strange sound~"

"Girl, I'm going out to take a look."

"No!" Miss Lin hugged her tightly. "Don't go, I'm scared!"

Fortunately, the thunderous roar did not last long.

In no time at all, it vanished without a trace.

The people on the official boat didn't know what had happened, and no one dared to go out to check.

And so, I spent a sleepless night in a state of anxiety.

Lin Dao, however, slept soundly.

Such things were utterly insignificant to him.

Eliminating a group of bandits who harm the people will not make him feel uncomfortable at all; it will only make him sleep more soundly.

The next morning, the sky brightened.

The warm sunshine shines on the earth; it's another beautiful day.

With dark circles under his eyes, Jia Lian cautiously approached the deck with his entourage.

Looking around, the people and boats of the canal gang had vanished without a trace.

However, in the town next to the dock, quite a few people were running back and forth shouting, gathered together, and it was unclear what they were saying.

Lin Dao, carrying a toothbrush and mug, a washbasin, and a towel draped over his shoulder, walked onto the deck.

"So early?"

"Brother Lin." Jia Lian, looking slightly flustered, glanced around. "Where are the people from the Grand Canal Gang?"

"them?"

Lin Dao, who was busy washing up, smiled casually and said, "I sent them back to their hometown."

(End of this chapter)