The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

The Sanshui Military Command is not far from here, and it is well known that it houses 30,000 elite soldiers.

The people of Wolfhead Fortress never expected that they would provoke such a behemoth.

"Sergeant, what should I do? I don't want to die! If the imperial army comes, my whole family will die!" A blacksmith apprentice was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Yes, Sergeant, I have an old mother to take care of at home. If I get into such a big mess, I might as well quit being an apprentice."

To Li Tian's surprise, upon hearing that he had offended the Sanshui Military Academy, these apprentices were so frightened that they all turned against him, and many demanded to leave.

Ugh!

Li Tian sighed deeply. It was so difficult to build a team; without unity of purpose, it was hard to form an army.

However, Li Tian's team didn't want these people who were easily swayed by others.

Li Tian suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "Alright, since that's the case, Wolf Head Fortress won't force anyone. Those who want to stay, line up."

"Those who don't want to stay, line up. We'll give you your pay later."

The newly recruited apprentices looked at each other and quickly stood in two rows. Behind Li Tian stood several veterans, including Wu Laoliu.

Li Tian glanced at it and said to Wu Laoliu, "Laoliu, go and distribute the money to them. They've been working with us for two months now."

Wu Laoliu, carrying his money bag, went around handing out silver to everyone, muttering to himself, "Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work. Come back to us when you want to work as blacksmiths, once we've established ourselves properly."

Upon hearing these words, many young men immediately lowered their heads in shame, and as soon as they received the money, they quickly left with their luggage.

Chen Junshan lowered his voice and asked, "Squad leader, these people have been working for us for a while now. Aren't you worried they might tip us off to the Sanshui military headquarters?"

Li Tian chuckled, "Nobody knows where we're going. When the time comes, we'll seal the entrance to the ancient tomb, and the people inside will be working. Who will know?"

Chen Junshan nodded. "That makes sense."

Soon, most of the people from Wolf Head Fortress had left. Li Tian counted them and found that only thirty-six remained.

"Sixth Brother, go distribute the silver again, five taels each for the rest of the people," Li Tian said directly to Wu Laoliu.

"Squad Leader!" Wu Laoliu exclaimed anxiously, "We only have a little over three hundred taels of silver, and we don't have enough food either. We need to find a way to get food from other places."

"hair!"

Li Tian simply shouted, and Wu Laoliu quickly stepped forward and handed out silver to each person. Five taels of silver was exactly what these people earned for more than half a year.

The young man who received the money beamed from ear to ear and repeatedly thanked him.

Li Tian smiled gently, "Alright, now you have three hours to go back and give the money in your hands to your parents."

"We're going to a special place, and we might stay for three to five months before we come back."

"Look at what the sergeant is saying. These days, it's good enough to have a full meal." Someone immediately responded with a laugh.

The team was temporarily disbanded.

Li Tian and several veterans began loading the truck.

The dozens of earthen stoves and sealed boxes piled up behind the camp were the main focus; they were all dismantled into mud bricks and loaded onto horse-drawn carts.

Wolf Head Fort originally had no carriages, but after gathering a group of warhorses, and with Chen Jing's carpentry skills and Li Tian's blacksmithing skills, it now has seven carriages.

After the blacksmith's tools were packed, came the iron ore, cotton-padded clothes, and finally the pots and pans for the kitchen.

Two and a half hours later, the seven carriages were packed full, and wrapped in oilcloth paper.

Looking at the seven carriages, Li Tian smiled with satisfaction.

Back when he first arrived at Wolfhead Fortress, everything he had was built up bit by bit.

Two and a half hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The blacksmith apprentices who had just left returned to camp one after another, and not a single one was lost; there were exactly thirty-six of them.

"Set off"

Li Tian shouted loudly and led his troops away in a grand procession.

Their destination was Luoyingping, thirty miles away, which was also the place where Lu Zhaoan's troops used to be stationed.

The blacksmith apprentice stared blankly at the barren grassland.

"Squad Leader Li, what are you doing here?"

"There isn't even a tree here, how are we supposed to live?"

Li Tian didn't say anything. He took a few steps forward, pulled out a piece of wood, and then stomped hard on the ground with his foot. With a loud bang, the entrance to the dark cave was revealed.

"Come in with me, we'll be living in this tomb from now on."

Li Tian led his team into the tomb. Looking at the enormous tomb, the young people in his group marveled at it.

"Sergeant, how did you find this great place?"

"This place is secluded and has ventilation, making it perfect for us to live in."

Li Tian laughed heartily, "No matter how we found out, we're living here now."

"Wu Laoliu, you and Chen Jing nail the wooden bed together."

"Chen Junshan, take some men and fix our blacksmith's furnace. I need to see a spark before dawn."

Li Tian's team is a unique team; they make their home wherever they go.

Under Li Tian's orders, nearly fifty people got busy again.

Some assemble beds, others build furnaces.

Li Tian went to inspect the area outside the cemetery and found a large mountain about ten miles away. In addition to storing food, they could also go into the mountains to hunt for their brothers.

Besides, there is a small river about three to five miles away from this mountain. If you use the iron buckets that the army brought with them to carry water, it will be enough for more than forty people to use for a day.

After surveying the mountains, Li Tian returned to the tomb.

After wandering around for a while, with Hawkeye's help, they were surprised to find that there was an underground river here, which completely solved the arsenal's water problem.

"Sun Sheng, come here for a moment."

Li Tian called over Sun Sheng, the strongest man in the team.

Then he pulled an iron shovel from the carriage and drew a circle on the ground, saying, "Dig around this circle, about three meters."

Sun Sheng's temper was somewhat similar to Tie Niu's. Upon hearing this, he didn't say anything, but pulled out another iron hoe and started digging fiercely.

Then Li Tian called over Wu Tian, ​​"Wu Tian, ​​you take two men, lead the carriage, and follow this map to the river to fetch ten buckets of water for us."

As Li Tian spoke, he handed the pre-drawn deerskin map to Wu Tian.

Wu Tian nodded and led the carriage slowly toward the exit of the cemetery.

Soon, the water arrived.

There were exactly ten large barrels, barely enough to cover a few dozen brick and tile kilns in the arsenal.

At this moment, Li Tian and Sun Sheng had already dug more than a meter of soil from the ground.

bang bang bang!

The cemetery was filled with the sound of hammers striking nails.

In addition, dozens of people, led by Chen Jing, are building mud-brick stoves.