The sky is full of stars, and the village has gradually returned to tranquility. Taking advantage of the light of the surrounding fires, Qin Bai and Li Dang chatted while walking: "Dare, are you all settled?" ”

Li Dang was still immersed in excitement: "It's all arranged, there are beds, and everyone has hot soup cakes." Second Brother Bai, I was prepared before I lost. You're so powerful that you can bring more than 180. ”

Qin Bai smiled, the situation was even better than expected, and in the end, all those people decided to join. In addition to the more than 180 people brought from Laizhou City, there are also more than 30 people of the second type here, adding up to more than 200 people.

Qin Bai ordered: "Tomorrow, take out all our extra weapons and tools, many of them have not yet taken advantage of them." Also, don't let those who don't go into battle be idle. Let them cook and boil water. Also, make more stretchers, prepare some clean white cloths, and save the injured as soon as possible. ”

"Huh." Li Dang nodded, suddenly feeling surprised, "Second Brother Bai, will we start fighting tomorrow?" Are you sure? I've heard that there are more people in Shanglin Village than us? "Li Dang has stayed in the village for a long time, and he has communicated with the original Niu Sanye's subordinates, so he knows the strength of Shanglin Village better.

"Now there are more of us than others." Qin Bai smiled slightly, "What I want is not blocking at all, I am going to completely pull out the flag of Shanglin Village!" ”

"Huh?" Li Dang was stunned for a moment, and saw that Qin Bai didn't stop at all, so he hurriedly chased after him.

Feeling Li Kang's footsteps behind him, Qin Bai shook his head, still too naïve. Once the affairs of the rivers and lakes reach the point of life and death, there is no such thing as taking a step back. You can compromise today, you can be weak, and maybe you will indeed get through the difficulties in front of you. But in the end, it's nothing more than euthanasia, and you will find that the enemy will become stronger and stronger, and even attract other scavenging vultures, and eventually there will be no bones left.

It's better to fight desperately and seek a complete solution. In other words, if the big dog tooth can be solved, won't the problem of Shanglin Village not exist? Even if you take another 10,000 steps back, losing both sides is a hundred times better than passive defense.

"Second Brother Bai, are you really sure?" Li Dang still couldn't help but ask, his voice trembling. Blocking and pulling the flag are completely different concepts, the difficulty is also very different, and the same risk has become completely different.

"I'll arrange it tomorrow." smiled at Li Dang and expressed comfort. Qin Bai didn't want to say much here, so he changed the topic, "Are you okay these days?" You're hiding in the stockade and you're not idle, are you? ”

"Not really, it's pretty stable." Li dared to laugh, "I saw that they were all idle, so I let them smash the ore." You see, it's all piled up there, and it's all packed up. This side is the selected ore, and here is the selected waste stone. ”

In fact, the excavated iron ore still needs to be further processed, first to crush them, and pick out the ore with a relatively high iron content, and the finer the ore particles left, the better. This should be easy to understand, the higher the quality of the ore, the higher the amount of iron produced. It also saves fuel and smelting time. The cost will be much lower.

Since there were no shredders in this era, they were generally smashed and sorted by hand.

"Hmm." Anyway, there was nothing to do, Qin Bai went to the ore pile first to take a look, and immediately saw that something was wrong, "Dare, why does each of these ores still look like big stones?" Also, these pieces should be waste stones, right? Why did you get in again? ”

Li Kang smiled and disagreed: "Second Brother Bai, you don't understand this, as long as it is like this, the He Mansion will accept it, and if it is too much, it will not work." They all have experience, and this is absolutely just right. We save our own effort, and the people who collect it can't say what's wrong. ”

Qin Bai understood what Li Kang meant. He Fu could not control such a large particle and a small amount of waste residue mixed with it, so it could only set a minimum quality standard and press a very low purchase price.

However, Qin Bai immediately had a new idea: "Dare, we can't do this in the future, the particles must be small, go and buy a few sieves, the ore will be smaller than the mesh of the sieve." Waste stones should not be mixed in. ”

"Huh?" Li Dare was surprised, how much work does this have to add?

Qin Bai smiled and explained: "Dare, I don't believe that He Mansion doesn't want high-quality ores. If you think about it, they are willing to pay half a penny more for every 100 catties, and we will have an extra 100 taels a month. What if it was an extra penny? That's two hundred taels. All this money was given to the brothers, and I don't believe they wouldn't give them a few more hammers. Anyway, I'll negotiate the price, and you can do it with peace of mind! ”

There were still some words that Qin Bai didn't say. Due to the improvement of mining efficiency, there will definitely be more idle time, and it is better to increase the income of the mining farm in disguise. Also, what if the Greaves need more ore? If the quality here is top-notch, it will definitely be their first choice in the future.

And does it really increase the workload? Not really. If a waterwheel can be built in the future, it may be easier to smash it every day with water power. The only pity is that the terrain of the village is not good, and the flow of water in the nearby stream is too small for the waterwheel to be built. But don't worry, you can use your brains and hire some craftsmen to see if you can build a windmill.

Li Dang nodded and accepted Qin Bai's explanation. In fact, he has always had a kind of blind trust in Qin Bai, since his second brother Bai said it, there should be no problem.

After walking a few steps, Qin Bai passed by a pile of waste stones. He glanced at it casually, then suddenly his eyes changed and stopped.

"Second Brother Bai, ...... you?" Li Dang is really strange, what is there to look at these waste stones?

What made Li Dan even more strange was that Qin Bai actually had a smile on his face, and quickly approached the pile of waste stones. Picking up a piece from it, Qin Bai looked at it repeatedly, and he finally couldn't help it, and laughed.

"This ......, you ......" Li Dang was already shocked and couldn't say the whole thing.

Qin Bai handed the waste stone to Li Kang with a smug expression: "Haha, Yuan Fang, what do you think?" Hahaha! ”

"What...... What Yuanfang? Li Dang was startled, thinking that Qin Bai had lost his mind.

Qin Bai's laughter paused for a while, and finally explained: "Hahaha, dare, this thing is good." You know? This piece is phosphate rock. God really helped us too! Hahaha——! ”

"Phosphorus...... What stone? Li Kang was completely confused, and laughed a few times, "Second Brother Bai, what's the use of this thing?" ”

"What's the use?" Qin Bai put it away with a smile, and looked for it in the pile of waste stones, and found a lot of them, so he immediately ordered, "Don't worry about anything else first, let all the people who won't go into battle tomorrow get up." That ruined stove should still burn, right? Let's use it first, maybe we can use it tomorrow! ”

“…… Oh! ”