Chapter 310: It's clear at a glance that he's not a human
The huge valley, which covers an area of several hundred acres, is surrounded by three mountains. The exit becomes narrower as you get closer to the valley entrance. Apart from the beautiful scenery inside the valley among the continuous mountains, this area is inconspicuous from the outside.
If you don't come here directly, it is easy for most people to overlook the existence of Wang's house. But today, after Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang accidentally entered here, they were shocked by the beautiful scenery in the valley. The impact of the modern three-story villa was even more captivating.
Ren Yingying was in a trance for a minute or two, then she grabbed the whip tied around her waist and said, "Lan Fenghuang, when did a loft like this appear here? Is there anyone living here?"
Lan Fenghuang blinked stupidly, "I don't know. Aren't we here to look for the group of believers who disappeared last month?"
During this stage of the Sun Moon Sect, Ren Woxing was still the sole leader, Dongfang Bubai was the deputy leader, and the main business of the sect leader Ren Yingying was salt smuggling. The profits from smuggling salt were huge, so it was not surprising that something went wrong, especially since the Miao ethnic group gathering area was not particularly far from Guiyang and Yang Yinglong of Bozhou.
Guizhou is covered with mountains and dense river networks, and deep mountains and old forests with no human habitation occupy 80 to 90 percent of its area... This is not an exaggeration. According to population statistics during the Wanli period, Guizhou, which covers an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers and is not much smaller than Henan Province, has a registered population of only 500,000 to 600,000.
Is it outrageous? Not outrageous. This was an era when various gentry and wealthy families hid their populations and registered many heads as private property of their servants to evade the head tax.
Not to mention the chieftains of Bozhou, Miao area, etc., it is impossible to count all the people so clearly.
But even if we include the hidden population in Guizhou, the population is at most three or four million.
With the Ming Dynasty's advantageous transportation and geographical location, three or four million people were spread over tens of thousands of square kilometers. There were too many uninhabited areas, and too many things that could be hidden among the mountains.
There are millions of hills in Guizhou! Eight mountains, one river, and one field!
Divide it equally between two or three, or three or four people to occupy a hilltop...
Ren Yingying almost wanted to hold her forehead with her hand after hearing Lan Fenghuang's silly words, but she took a deep breath, walked onto the artificial road in the valley, and headed straight to the main villa. She spoke only when she reached the door of the villa, "Is anyone home? I'm Ren Yingying from the Sun Moon Sect. I'm here to check on the missing members of the sect last month and I'm here to pay my respects to you."
Lan Fenghuang stood behind her like a maid.
A few seconds later, Wang Chengguang opened the door and walked out. Standing on the steps, he smiled and held out his hand. "It's Miss Ren. Please come in. This isn't a great place, but it's okay for you two to stop by and have a cup of tea."
Ren Yingying was in a trance for a moment, and was almost dazzled by the tall and handsome appearance of Wang Chengguang. As for Lan Fenghuang, it was even worse...
Ten seconds later, Ren Yingying bowed and said, "Thank you very much. What is your name? Are you Chinese?"
Wang Chengguang smiled and said, "I am a Han Chinese, my last name is Wang, but there is no deep hatred between the Han and Miao people, right?"
Ren Yingying thought about it and said no more. She climbed up the stairs after a few polite words. Then she looked at the floor tiles that were so clean and beautiful that they could blurry reflect her shadow... She felt a little embarrassed to step on them.
Especially when she took a few steps, leaving behind footprints stained with mud and dirt, and then looked at the cleanliness and beauty on both sides, Ren Yingying blushed for a rare moment.
Lan Fenghuang stopped being obsessed and complained about the footprints she left behind, "My dear Han Chinese man, your house is too clean. We are embarrassed to walk here."
Wang Chengguang walked to the shoe cabinet at the door and took out two pairs of slippers. "You can wear these. Of course, you don't have to change them. Just clean up these footprints."
The 21st century women's slippers were furry. Before Ren Yingying could say anything, Lan Fenghuang ran to change her shoes. As she changed, she asked curiously, "Sir, your house is really beautiful, but the rules are a bit strict. Guests have to change their shoes when they come in...Won't these shoes get dirty if we wear them?"
Ren Yingying quietly changed her shoes as an unknown person. As a second-generation member of the cult, she felt like her mentality was broken at this moment.
When the two girls, one lively and the other silent, walked into the living room, they saw various modern decorations. The large living room was not only clean, bright and airy, but also furnished with modern sofas, a reception area, a dining area, and a hanging extra-large LCD TV.
This TV has no signal channel and is usually connected to a computer to play scientific and technological information downloaded by Wang Chengguang, etc., for Xue Qianxun to pass the time, such as cooking, medicine, agronomy, etc. watched on the big screen, including short videos. The video teaching materials are all cartoon animation tutorials produced by Xinghuo 4.0.
Xue Qianxun is very diligent in learning various skills. In the future, she will use cartoon videos to promote new agriculture and movie screens to teach ordinary people, and the effect should be good.
Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang were even more surprised and restrained!
Wang Chengguang made tea with a smile, invited the two to drink tea, and served some cakes, fruits and vegetables. During the whole process, Lan Fenghuang couldn't stop once she started. She was like Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, shouting that she had never eaten such delicious food in her life.
Ren Yingying glared at Lan Fenghuang again, but it didn't work. She managed to maintain her dignity and elegance and smiled, "Sir, you live here alone? It's like a paradise, but don't you have some servants? It's not easy to take care of such a big paradise on a daily basis."
Wang Chengguang smiled and said, "There are people who help clean and tidy up. Those are just small things. But I have never seen any missing believers of your religion."
Ren Yingying grabbed a pastry and took a bite. She originally wanted to say that since you haven’t seen it, then forget it. She also believed it... but she couldn’t stop talking after she started.
After she and Lan Fenghuang finished two plates of pastries, she blushed and laughed awkwardly again, "Is there a cooking god in the young master's house? I think I have some experience and have been around the world..."
Wang Chengguang laughed, "My wife and I both like to cook."
Ren Yingying was in a daze again, but Lan Fenghuang was still yelling, "Young Master, you are married? What a pity... That's not right, as long as your sister-in-law is not a tigress, you can continue to marry her, right, Master?"
Ren Yingying slapped Lan Fenghuang with a dark face, and then smiled awkwardly again, "Lan Fenghuang and I came here so abruptly this time, and we were too rude. We in the Divine Sect are not ignorant of etiquette. Thank you for your hospitality, young master. Next time we will definitely bring gifts when we visit."
This is certainly not a matter of love at first sight. It's just that when she visited today, everything she saw was like entering another new world that she had never imagined before...
A 16th century Ming Dynasty woman mistakenly entered the 21st century!
She was so shocked that she couldn't stop feeling shocked. She felt that she had embarrassed herself in front of Wang Chengguang too often, and the idiot Lan Fenghuang was holding her back!
It's quite embarrassing to keep losing face in front of such a handsome man.
Wang Chengguang smiled again, "Miss Ren, please do as you please. My wife and I live in seclusion here, and we don't have many friends on a daily basis. If you want to come over, just come and sit down. There will be plenty of tea and fruits. But I also hope that Miss Ren can keep it a secret for me and don't let too many people know our address."
Ren Yingying thanked him again. As the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Lan Fenghuang said, "Sir, I want to go to the toilet. I drank too much tea just now."
Ren Yingying was so embarrassed that her scalp felt numb.
Wang Chengguang's smile was still easygoing, "I'll go wake up my wife and ask her to take you there."
Now it was Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang's turn to be confused. Wang Chengguang didn't say much, and he used his Qinggong to go up to the second floor. Lan Fenghuang saw him flash so far away and exclaimed again, "This young man is a master!" Ren Yingying stared at her and gritted her teeth, "Just wait, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
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After a while, when Lan Fenghuang had solved her physiological problem and walked out of the bathroom, she yelled at Ren Yingying again, "Master, go and have a look. I'll take you to have a look. You will never imagine how high-end the toilet in Prince Wang's house is..."
Ren Yingying said to Wang Chengguang awkwardly, "Master Wang, next time, I will definitely bring a generous gift to visit you, thank you for your hospitality."
After saying that, she went out and walked a few dozen meters on the artificially paved stone road before she came back with her head down to change her shoes!
Lan Fenghuang was not polite at all. She ate and took away a bag of fruits. It was early April, and Wang Chengguang had all kinds of seasonal fruits, including many varieties she had never seen before. They were all delicious.
Wang Chengguang and Xue Qianxun told them to do as they pleased, so she did!
After the two young masters of the Sun Moon Sect left, Xue Qianxun said with a smile, "It's not that they are ignorant, it's just that... we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, are exposed to this for the first time and it's impossible for us to get used to the technological life you mentioned."
"This is all so shocking. Brother Guang, do you think there will be a chance that the Ming Dynasty will be so technologically advanced in the future? If there are more people in the future, you should ask Xiaohuo to make some videos teaching how to use bathroom and cleaning products."
She had a deeper understanding of how huge the difference was between her living environment and that of ordinary Ming people.
Wang Chengguang smiled and nodded, "Yes, it may even develop better. Don't make a fuss about it. I plan to build some high-tech factories nearby, such as coal-fired power plants and steel manufacturing plants."
Xue Qianxun said in surprise, "Okay, it's super fun and interesting to watch you and Xiaohuo do things."
She had personally witnessed Wang Chengguang and Xiaohuo building this large villa from scratch by hand, making cement equipment and rolling steel bars for half a year.
It feels quite interesting!
Wang Chengguang coughed, “Xiaohuo, get to work.”
Spark Spirit 4.0 flew out directly from a certain direction, controlling three sets of Iron Man 2 machines at a time, communicating via the local area network... From the pool under a waterfall in the valley, a group of black and gold steel skeletons quickly crawled out.
The 100 metal skeletons were all over meters tall, emitting a cold metallic luster in the sun. Xue Qianxun was so scared that she shrank into his arms, looking at him with horror, "This... this..."
Wang Chengguang explained with a smile, "They are not ghosts, but various metal-made machines for handling, forging, welding and other hard labor. I can do it myself, but it is too time-consuming. So I built a batch of metal machines, implanted process chips, and wirelessly commanded them to do the tedious hard labor."
"It is also powered by electricity. As long as there is electricity, it can run 24 hours a day."
Explanations aside, Wang Chengguang was still a little confused.
There is already a hot air balloon satellite that is about to be launched. After the steel plant is built, a batch of materials will be produced and a signal base station will be built on the surface, which means that there will be a huge communication system in the future.
Plus Xiaohuo's three empty shell mechas, 3000 drones carrying 191-type rifles to control the air, and hundreds of metal skeletons on the ground acting as 996...
The difficulty of manufacturing this thing is several dimensions lower than that of Iron Man. After all, it only has intelligent control of walking, sitting and lying down, and requires some benchwork and welding to command the chip. Some combat command chips have also been written but have not been installed yet.
But if he broke into this modern factory base developed among the millions of mountains in Guizhou without knowing it, he would only suspect that he had accidentally entered hell!
Do you think it is possible to make a batch of outerwear for the metal skeletons? For example, the outerwear of a lifelike doll? Yes! It is very simple. With Wang Chengguang's level of material science, it is too simple for him to attack that field. He can make it more advanced and realistic than all the factories in the 21st century.
The problem is that if that's the case, we might as well just use metal skeletons.
When other Ming people came into contact with these, they saw that they were almost like living people, working machines, and they were calm at first, but as they came into contact with them, they found that they were all fake? That kind of shocking impact is really not as good as the skeletons, at least you can see at a glance that they are not human!
This group of metal skeleton men, under the remote control of Xiaohuo's three mechas, carried a variety of tools and walked out of the valley to start mining in nearby coal mines and metal mines.
As for where there are mines? You take all the information from the 21st century and go back to the 16th century to start mining... it's more than easy.
Seeing that all the metal skeletons had left the valley, Xue Qianxun trembled and said, "I have been prepared for your impact for so long. At first sight, I still felt a sense of shock as if I had accidentally entered the netherworld. Fortunately, you did not order Xiaohuo to do anything when Miss Ren and the others came to visit."
"It shouldn't be difficult to put some ordinary armor on them, right?"
Wang Chengguang smiled and said, "It's easy to wear a full body armor similar to Iron Man. It's not difficult to wear the infantry armor of the Song Dynasty. Let's talk about it after the steel plant is built."
"Come on, I'll take you to learn new martial arts."
Xue Qianxun rolled her eyes helplessly, feeling like she was about to be pierced again. She felt that except for this one thing about her husband that made her feel powerless to resist, everything else about him was a perfect couple made for God.
She needs to think of more ways to give herself a vacation!
To be honest, Miss Ren just now was quite pretty and generous.
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Along the Qingshui River, several figures trekked through the mountains and rivers with brisk steps. After climbing over a small hill again, the middle-aged man who led the team started to curse, "Wang, that bastard, is really good at hiding. Why did he choose such a mountain area with millions of square meters?"
There are millions of hills in Guizhou, worthy of the name of a million mountains. Even if there is a dense network of rivers, it would be very difficult to find you if you hide in the countless mountains south of Guiyang.
These were the people that the civil and military officials of the Ming court had sent out in pursuit of the profits from the Tianji Lantern. As the middle-aged leader was cursing, a young man not far away suddenly seemed to have heard something. He used his power to lie on the ground and listen for a while, then stood up and said, "There's movement on the mountain road ahead..."
The crowd was overjoyed and quickly gathered to see what was going on.
After a while, the two sides met in a canyon. On one side, there were several men in tight clothes holding knives and swords, and on the other side... three Iron Men flying at low altitude. At first glance, there were hundreds of tall metal skeletons carrying various metal hammers, sledgehammers, pickaxes, etc.
There are also cameras embedded in hundreds of empty metal eye sockets!
The two sides stared at each other in the canyon for a few seconds, and a young man knelt on the ground with weak legs, "Master Gu, I am not talented enough, I will run first!"
(End of this chapter)