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Li Mengxi summoned three Feng Shui masters and a tomb-maker. Together with himself and Jian Yong, a six-person tomb robbing gang was secretly established.

In order to avoid leaking the news, Li Mengxi secretly called everyone together. He set up an altar, killed a rooster, poured blood and wine, and swore an oath to heaven and earth.

"Today, we swear an oath to keep the secret until death. Anyone who dares to leak the secret will be killed by both heaven and man!"

"Anyone who dares to leak the secret will be killed by both heaven and man!"

Three Feng Shui masters, the tomb builder, and Jian Yong all swore an oath together.

Li Mengxi didn't believe in any oaths or retribution. He knew that others would believe it, so he deliberately used this method to restrain everyone.

After drinking the blood wine, he threw the wine bowl with a bang. Li Mengxi secretly observed everyone's reaction, and he saw that everyone's faces were as serious as cold iron.

Li Mengxi officially issued the first order to this small group of tomb robbers. He asked the Feng Shui masters to find a large tomb. He ordered the tomb builders to write down all the tomb-making methods they knew. Jian Yong was responsible for assisting him in recording.

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After everyone dispersed and went back, acquaintances came up and asked what they were doing with the military advisor. Everyone looked serious and kept silent.

Li Mengxi sent people to build the Luoyang shovel.

To put it simply, the shape of the Luoyang shovel is a thin bamboo tube that is cracked open. The thin, long and rolled structure allows it to trap soil in the shovel and pull it up. Tomb robbers can use the Luoyang shovel to dig into the ground more than ten feet deep.

deep soil.

Luoyang shovels are simple in shape, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the crafts camp. It didn't take long to build several Luoyang shovels. After testing, the Luoyang shovels can be used like a drill, turning and drilling at a certain point on the ground.

Then he put the shovel back up, and the soil from the ground was brought out bit by bit. In this way, the hole extended downward bit by bit, and the hole became deeper and deeper.

A few days later, a Feng Shui master came to Li Mengxi and said that he suspected that he had found a tomb.

Looking for an opportunity, Li Mengxi led his team of tomb robbers and took Luoyang to the destination.

The tomb is located behind a forest. There is a hill behind the forest and a stream in front of the hill. At first glance, the hill looks deserted and there are no tombs. However, Feng Shui masters say that this place is sheltered from the wind and water, and faces north and south for good feng shui. Moreover, the high hill is

Above, there are hidden convex and concave terrains, which seem to contain large tombs that have existed for many years.

Li Mengxi heard what the Feng Shui master said, and when he looked closer, he found that there was indeed an abrupt and slightly higher spot on the high hill.

When the Luoyang shovel was sent to everyone, Li Mengxi also carried a shovel and took the lead up to the post.

In the inaccessible high hillock, weeds were growing all over the hillock. After finding a place, Li Mengxi shoveled the grass on the ground randomly, and then he showed everyone how to use the Luoyang shovel.

The Luoyang shovel is used like a drill, just rotate the slender shovel head and drill it down.

After teaching everyone, Li Mengxi let everyone do their own work while he stood aside and watched.

Luoyang's shovel digs out the soil very quickly. The shovel drills down little by little, and the soil is brought out little by little. The hole does not get bigger, but it keeps getting deeper.

It didn't take long for everyone to take out a pile of dirt.

Half an hour later, the depth of the hole reached half a shovel depth, and another half hour later, the hole was too deep to reach.

At this time, the extra thin bamboo poles brought came in handy.

Tie the thin bamboo pole to the Luoyang shovel and continue drilling holes.

Time passed, and after a day's work, the bamboo pole was connected three times, and the hole was drilled to a depth of less than three feet.

Finally, Li Mengxi discovered that the soil he dug up seemed different.

He quickly called everyone to take a closer look.

The craftsman who knew how to build tombs took the new soil dug out of the ground and twisted it in his hand, looked at it carefully, smelled it, and even licked it.

"...It seems like lime and sand." The craftsman replied.

Li Mengxi hurriedly asked, "Will it be Feng Tu?"

"Like," the craftsman twisted the soil to explain to everyone, "you see, ordinary soil will be moist and sticky, and it will not behave like this."

Li Mengxi was happy when he found the tomb when he went out to rob it for the first time.

It was getting dark, and Li Mengxi was afraid that something weird would happen if he stayed in the cemetery at night. He didn't dare to stay any longer, so he quickly led everyone back.

In the next few days, whenever he had free time, Li Mengxi took his people to dig holes.

Gradually, the hole could no longer be dug, no matter how hard it was dug.

Pulling out the shovel and looking at it, it was connected to the five-section Luoyang shovel, which penetrated into the ground as deep as five feet.

Li Mengxi suspected that he had either hit a stone or a tomb chamber.

Going down, what should we do? Li Mengxi looked at the small earth hole as thick as his arm, thoughtfully.

When a tomb robber robs a tomb, he will dig a hole one by one. Then dig a hole, a hole that people can climb out of.

At this point, Li Mengxi found that there were not enough tools. The long-handled shovel could not be brought underground for use, and a small delicate shovel was needed.

When he returned to Julu City, Li Mengxi ordered the craftsmen to build a compact and sharp small shovel. The shovel of the shovel was only as big as a hand, and the handle was not as long as an arm. The blade of the shovel was triangular and ground very sharp, and the digging speed was slow.

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During the period when Li Mengxi was robbing the tomb mysteriously, it was inevitable that others would be surprised.

One day, Li Mengxi came back with a Luoyang shovel and was caught by Guan Yu on the spot.

Guan Yu was extremely curious about the strange-shaped shovel in Li Mengxi's hand. He asked what the shovel was used for.

"Guess what." Li Mengxi excused himself with a smile.

Guan Yu wanted to take away a Luoyang shovel and use it to explore.

A few days later, Li Mengxi and his team of tomb robbers dug a hole as wide as a bucket straight up and down in the tomb. Halfway through, Li Mengxi felt something was wrong.

Digging straight up and down, the excavated soil cannot be moved away.

Therefore, it seems that digging a robbery hole should be like a staircase, slowly digging diagonally downward from the ground, folding it diagonally, and gradually approaching downwards.

Li Mengxi stopped digging straight up and down, and was going to try another method.

That day, when it was dark and he returned to the city, Guan Yu found Li Mengxi and said that he had found how to use the shovel.

"Oh?" Li Mengxi was surprised, "What does General Guan think the shovel is used for?"

"Exploring the water." Guan Yu replied.

"...Exploring the water?" Li Mengxi looked confused.

Guan Yu then explained to Li Mengxi how to use a shovel to detect water. Li Mengxi's shovel was shaped like a bamboo joint. When the shovel was twisted down little by little, and then pulled out, the soil could be brought up.

"Using this shovel, you can explore more than two feet of soil in half a day, which is very fast.

When marching and setting up camp, if you want to know whether there is a source of water underground somewhere or how deep you have to dig a well to find water, you might as well dig it out with a shovel."

(WTF?) Li Mengxi was shocked. He looked at Guan Yu in disbelief. Can this Luoyang shovel still find water? The Luoyang shovel can actually detect geology and find water!

It's really possible...

When marching, it may not be necessary to dig a well, but it is necessary to detect water. Every time we set up camp, the soldiers use Luoyang shovels to dig into the soil. In one night, they drill two feet deep. If there is water under two feet, the shovel will be wet.

From this it can be seen that in the place where you camp, the water is two feet away. If you camp here, you will not be afraid of the enemy cutting off the water. The water is two feet away from the ground. If you dig a well anywhere, you will have water.

Guan Yu pointed to the shovel and asked Li Mengxi, "Xi'er, does this shovel have a name?"

Li Mengxi smiled and replied, "The name is, [Luoyang Shovel]."

Guan Yu was surprised, "... Luoyang shovel?"

Li Mengxi nodded, "Yes, Luoyang Shovel!"

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The Luoyang shovel was soon known to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei only knew that the Luoyang shovel was a powerful tool for detecting water, but they did not know that the Luoyang shovel was used for digging graves.

Li Mengxi knew very well that if he wanted to dig tombs efficiently and recruit talents, only three or five people were simply not enough, so he had to set up a special tomb robbing force like Cao Cao did.

As for the name of the tomb robbers, is it called Faqiu Zhonglang? It's called Mojin Xiaowei? It can't be called that.

Given such a name, Liu Bei asked, "Faqiu? Qiu means grave. Whose grave should I dig? Touch gold and get wealth. Whose wealth can I take? Then it was exposed immediately."

Li Mengxi planned to name one of his tomb-robbing troops "Moshan" and the other "Mouling".

When Li Mengxi established the names of two battalions and began to recruit men from all over, Liu Bei came to ask. He asked what the meaning of moving mountains and mountains was.

"When craftsmanship reaches its peak, it is possible to move mountains and unload ridges. These two camps are called craftsman camps." This is Li Mengxi's answer.

This explanation is very reasonable. Liu Bei thinks that moving mountains and unloading ridges is very suitable for the craftsman camp. He thinks the name is well chosen.

Since then, Li Mengxi secretly recruited elite craftsmen into the two camps of Banshan and Xiling in the name of the Craftsman Camp. On the surface, they are craftsmen. In fact, they often go out for ten and a half days without seeing anyone. They are not going out to work.

Went, actually went to rob tombs.

The tomb robbers were present openly under the cover of the craftsman camp.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao appointed General Qiu Zhonglang and Mojin Xiaowei.

Cao Cao's tomb robbing business has not yet begun, but Li Mengxi's tomb robbing business has already begun.

On July 16, the ninth day of digging the tomb, [Mountain Leader] and the tomb builder, Ren Ba, were inexperienced when digging the tomb passage diagonally. The tomb passage collapsed and he was almost buried alive. It was [Mouling Mountain].

The leader] Feng Shui Master Guo Pu hurriedly dug out Ren Ba.
Chapter completed!