Chapter 164 Four boxes
Although the things in the two large wooden barrels were not valuable, they still lifted them up.
The barrel and the things contained in it are not valuable, but the chains hanging are not cheap. This structure is obviously not made in a hurry, which shows that the wooden barrel and the things contained in it are attached great importance to it, so after putting it forward, Zhu Da studied it carefully.
Based on his and Zhou Qingyun's experience, if the wooden barrel has a sandwich or a lattice, it is easy to find that there will be gaps between the sandwich and the lattice, and the amounts of different materials will vary. Zhu Da had thought that the wooden barrel and a lattice were made of precious metal, but unfortunately everything was normal.
"If the arrangements here can be hidden from me, then the Zheng family shouldn't have gathered in the Zheng family." Zhu Da muttered.
There was no strangeness at all. Zhu Da entered the well again, stepped on the stone beam and used a torch to explore, and then threw a few stones down. There was indeed well water in the well, and it was not shallow. He used a rope to hang the torch down, and until the water surface, the flames of the torch were not blown to somewhere because of the airflow, but it was extinguished very quickly.
"Can there be ghosts?" Li He, who looked down, said.
"What the hell is it? It's because it's closed for too long and there's no vitality below. Wait for a stick of incense before setting a torch. If it's not extinguished, it's fine." Zhu Da said angrily.
After discovering that there was water underground, Zhu Da began to wonder if there was a secret passage in the well. In his more than 20 years of life, he learned to dig a secret chamber in the underground chamber. Later, he was discovered that the flame was tilted towards the secret passage because he hung a candle with a rope. However, after testing with a torch, he denied this speculation.
As for the torch that is quickly extinguished, in the past ten years of life, parents and elders have reminded me that if the cellar is not opened for a long time, it will accumulate dead energy and it will be vacant for a period of time before entering. Otherwise, it will easily faint or even suffocate to death. This is nothing more than the high carbon dioxide content.
Zhu Da went down and stood on the stone beam, asking them to bring a wind light from the car, so that they could observe closer to the water surface. Before they could put the wind light down, they heard the sound of bowstrings outside, and Zhou Qingyun opened his bow and shot arrows. In the well, they could also hear the commotion of the hired workers outside, but they soon became quiet.
"What's up?"
"It seems that someone doesn't know if he shot it."
After hearing Zhou Qingyun's deep answer, Zhu Da looked at the water again. The interruption just now made him react. Zhu Da laughed, stepped on the stone beam and crawled out, but stood directly at the wellhead and took off his clothes. This made the hired workers and the handlebars stunned, thinking that this master was crazy, and he made a lot of money this time, so why bother to be naked if he couldn't dig something? Zhou Qingyun glanced at him and continued to be wary of the outside world.
After Zhu Da took off his bare body, he called someone to put the well wheel back on the wellhead. The big wooden barrel had a special support for wheels, which could be easily built. After it was set up, he tied the rope around his waist and said to the people around him: "Slowly shake me down, and then pull it up after getting the news."
Then he prepared a rope and threw it down directly. Zhu Da carried two torches in his hand and first came to the stone beam, and then began to go down. Two people at the wellhead controlled the well wheel and slowly put Zhu Da down. Another person sent another rope down.
When it was about three feet away from the water surface, Zhu Da swung the rope, inserted the torch into the gaps in the well walls on both sides, and then shouted to continue.
Of course the well water in this weather is very cold. Zhu Da didn't care about this and slowly fell asleep in the water as the momentum. The water was very cold and deep. If he hadn't done warm-up activities on it, he would have cramps and stiffness now. The well water was almost as good as an adult.
Zhu Da took a deep breath and then entered the water. He had practiced water quality over the years, and this depth was nothing. After entering the water, he fumbled in the water for a few times. With the torch, he could easily touch foreign objects. There were four iron-inserted wooden boxes at the bottom of the well.
As expected, when Zhu Da came to the surface to breathe, he couldn't help but smile. He thought the arrangement was complicated. In fact, it was very simple. This well was the preparation of the Zheng family in a critical moment. The wealthy families had such arrangements to give their families a chance to stay again. Even if they were not good, they would have to let the family survived the death live a life of food and clothing. This well looked normal and was probably easy to smooth. The bluestone slabs and the candlesticks containing rubble and weeds were prepared in advance, and they could be arranged quickly once needed.
Two layers are built on it to prevent people from being excavated. First of all, it is difficult for people who are not familiar with the Zheng family to know that there is a well here. Normal people's wells will not be in this position. The ground here is disguised from other places. Even if you are lucky enough to find the first stone slab, you will give up after opening it and see the rubble and weeds on the second layer, and think that the well has been filled to death.
If someone can see the stone slabs below carefully when they can break through the second floor, then the hidden and arrangement have actually failed. As for the wooden barrels hanging on the stone beams, the wheels and ropes contained in them, this is not a suspicion at all. It is just a tool to get the wooden box into the water, and anyone will need it.
These arrangements cannot be said to be intricate, and various situations were considered. However, I did not expect that the disaster would come too suddenly. The Mongolian horse team broke the Zheng family so quickly. I am afraid that the Zheng family was busy laying the well, and the Zheng family's courtyard was almost broken and could not even run away.
Zhu Da didn't think too long in the well. He quickly tied a wooden box with a second rope, about two feet long, one foot wide and one foot high, and there was also an iron ring that was convenient for rope binding. Zhu Da quickly tied it up and floated out of the water and shouted twice.
"Master, are you the master? Why don't you move?" The rope was tight but not lifted up, and someone shouted at the wellhead.
Zhu Da was stunned and then went into the water again. He felt his body was a little numb and too cold. He touched the wooden box tied by a rope, and there was water all around him. Is there something hanging below? Zhu Da held his breath and moved the wooden box. The first time he didn't move it. While he was planning to ask for a short knife on it, he moved it with greater strength and immediately understood the reason.
"Call me again and use more strength!" Zhu Da shouted. He reached out and grabbed the rope, then shouted that the wheel of the well was shaking upwards. He could hear the shouting at the wellhead, and the wooden box was lifted up little by little. It was not that something was stuck, but that the wooden box was too heavy.
This is too heavy, not how heavy it is exaggerated. It is because everyone doesn’t think there will be any heavy things in the well, and the strength is limited. After adding manpower, there is not much difficulty. Zhu Da and the wooden box appeared at the wellhead. After Zhu Da jumped out, he first opened his teeth and claws at the wellhead. He jumped and said, "The water in the well is too cold and it will be frozen. Who would have brought the wine with you? I would have known that the jar of wine from the Wei family would have brought."
A handlebar brought a gourd over and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, there is no medicine here."
The wooden box weighed about 200 kilograms. Two people simply went down the well and stepped on the stone beam. They dragged the wooden box out of the well, and two more people came to pick it up.
After drinking a sip of wine, although it was a bad wine that was spicy and burned, it made the cold body warm. Zhu Da sipped again and continued to run. A hired worker next to him quickly said, "Master, the young man can also drink water."
Zhu Da glanced at him, shook his head and smiled, "You are not strong enough and can't hold it down below, and you will only drown when the time comes."
He and Zhou Qingyun have not lacked food and fish these years. They have been working hard all day long and have a good foundation. They can withstand it in cold water. These poor days, employees who have owed their bodies are different. When the cold air enters the body, they will soon cramp and stiffen. They cannot move in the water. The drowning may be very large. Moreover, once a person enters the water, the ropes on it cannot be controlled too carefully, and they cannot take care of it at all. It will be too late to find out.
The hired worker was a little embarrassed and said with a dry smile: "Master, when will the young body be as strong as the master?"
It was a sentence that was speechless, but Zhu Da replied seriously: "From the future, follow me well, you can have enough food and fish every day, and you will be strong in a few years!"
Zhu Da made adjustments when he went down the well. The rope of the well wheel naturally hangs into the well. He also put two long ropes along the edge of the well, one tied the waist, and the other as a means to support the climber. After entering the water, he directly tied the wooden box with the rope hanging from the wheel. This time it was much easier to lift it up. The Zheng family considered it very comprehensively. The well wheel was to lift these heavy wooden boxes up from the well water.
When the third wooden box was mentioned, Zhu Da heard Zhou Qingyun's bow and archery movements, and also heard his shouting and ordering, "Everyone should keep the direction of their own homes, don't move around, and throw the wooden gun out when you see someone in front of you!"
Their team stayed in the Zheng family's house for a long time, and many people wandering at night were attracted by their attention, but they didn't dare to approach the fire, so Zhou Qingyun's bow and arrow made people even more afraid.
"Please carry the wooden box into the car, put the two boxes in one car." Zhu Da's face turned blue at this time, and he urged while moving.
The hired workers quickly carried it onto the car, and each box was nearly 200 kilograms. The wooden box was specially treated, and it was made of good wood and cleaned oil several times. It was filled with blisters and the edges were reinforced with copper and iron. After the iron chain was wrapped, a lock was placed.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were not in a hurry to unbox the box, but when the transport was carried, the hired workers and the handlebars all looked excited. The weight was not light, and there must be valuable goods inside. After the wooden boxes were loaded into the car, Zhu Da and a few people threw the bluestone slabs and straw bats back into the well, sealed the wellhead with the stone slabs and covered it with floating soil, and then set off.
"This is something that has no master, and those who see it have a share!" someone shouted in the darkness, thanks to him being able to see it.
Chapter completed!