When they came to the back mountain, they saw that the warehouse here was similar to a cellar, that is, a cave was dug in the mountain, and an iron gate was placed outside, and ten soldiers were guarding the door.

When these soldiers saw Pei Yuanshao coming, they stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen the second master, I've seen Wang Xianxian!" They saw that Wang Qing was also coming, and like everyone else, they all looked at him with admiration. Because Wang Qing served as a pioneer in this expedition, everyone in the cottage was used to calling him a pioneer.

Pei Yuanshao asked them if they had opened this warehouse and knew what was inside. Several people shook their heads and said: "We don't know, the door is locked, and we didn't open it without the consent of the second master."

Pei Yuanshao guessed that this might be a vault at this time, because he only saw grain and weapons in the front warehouse, but he didn't see a penny, and there was a chance that it was here, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered: "Pick the lock for me." ”

After receiving Pei Yuanshao's order, several soldiers immediately started to pry the stone slabs.

With the soldiers' moves, the lock on the door was quickly picked open. Then I heard a "bang" and the iron door was opened.

There was no light inside, and it was dark at a cursory glance, so Pei Yuanshao hurriedly asked people to find torches. Soon a soldier came with torches, and everyone walked behind the soldier to the warehouse.

"Be careful." Wang Qing saw that this place was deliberately locked, and he was worried about what mechanism was inside, so he opened his mouth to remind.

Everyone heard Wang Qing's voice, and their steps became vigilant. The cave is deep, and the entrance is so narrow that it can only accommodate about three people side by side. They walked for more than ten minutes, and the two sides suddenly became spacious.

They saw wooden boxes on the ground, and some soldiers stepped forward to open the boxes, only to see that they were full of money, pearls, and jade, and under the light of the torches, they shone with a crystal light, which made everyone's breath rush together.

At this time, everyone suddenly found that the warehouse suddenly lit up, and it turned out that there were oil lamps on the inner wall of the warehouse, and some soldiers lit the oil lamps. There are almost 20 boxes on the ground between the people, and the boxes have been opened at this time, and there are more than 10 boxes full of five baht coins, and the others are some gold, pearls, jade and other valuables.

After receiving the surrendered people and horses of Jinniu Village, there are nearly 3,000 people and horses in Woniu Cottage, with this money, you can buy enough people in the cottage to eat for almost five months, plus the food seized before, if the cottage does not expand, you can eat and drink this year.

Pei Yuanshao's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to the soldiers in front: "I will move these things to my house later, and when we go back to Woniu Cottage, we will transport them back together, and you will all have merit, and you will be rewarded when the time comes." ”

As soon as Chen Chu's words fell, all the soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and transported out the big boxes full of money and jade one after another. Looking at these treasures, whether it is Pei Yuanshao, Wang Qing, or Gude and others, their mood can be described in one word, that is-cool!

But it wasn't over yet, as the soldiers were carrying it, they saw a large pile of red rocks next to the box. Wang Qing showed a strange expression and said, "What are these stones, how can they be placed in the vault?" ”

Pei Yuanshao did not answer Wang Qing immediately, but continued to pick up a piece, checked it with his hand, and said to the soldiers behind him: "You go and bring a few people from Jinniuzhai to my residence, I have something to ask them." ”

"Ziwu, it's normal that you don't know these, if I hadn't seen them before, I wouldn't have known them, these may be iron ore, but I'm not sure yet, I need to ask the people from the original Jinniu Village." Pei Yuanshao threw the stone on the ground and said to Wang Qing.

Wang Qing and Gude showed a slightly surprised look, and Gude said: "Second master, you said that these are iron ore, doesn't that mean that there is iron ore in Jinniu Mountain." ”

"That's right, so I asked people to find a few people from Taurus Village!" Pei Yuanshao's tone seemed a little urgent, because he was now desperate to know something. What is in this warehouse is iron ore, so whether there is iron ore in Jinniu Mountain, where the mine is, someone in Jinniu Village must know.

Pei Yuanshao asked the Shiren team under his previous care to stay here, and he himself and Wang Qing and them, and the soldiers who originally followed them carried those boxes and walked to Pei Yuanshao's residence.

When they arrived at the residence, the soldiers had already brought three people from the Taurus Village and were waiting for them outside the house. Pei Yuanshao asked the soldiers to move the boxes into their rooms. Then he asked the people in Jinniu Village: "Is there an iron mine here in Jinniu Mountain?" ”

"My lord, there is a mine here, and all the iron ore produced in it is there." The people from the Taurus Village hurriedly returned to the road.

"Oh, where is the mine, not far from here?"

One of them replied: "The mine is in the back mountain of Jinniu Mountain, very close to the camp on the top of the mountain, and it can be reached in half a day." ”

"Yes, not only there are, but the reserves are large and easy to mine. Usually, when we were fine, Lu Meng let us go over to mine. Another person stepped forward and added.

"It's just that we don't know about iron making, so the ore is useless, it's all piled up there. And Lu Meng and they were afraid that other forces would know that we had iron ore here, so they didn't sell those iron ores, we mined for a year, almost more than 200,000 catties, and planned to keep them to make weapons and armor when blacksmiths joined the cottage in the future. Among the several people in Jinniu Village, the last person who grew relatively tall and strong said.

You can dig up so much iron ore with just one dig! If you specialize in mining, how much more production will be! Pei Yuanshao and the others heard the report of the three of them, their eyes widened, and everyone was filled with great joy in an instant.

"Alright, you all go back first, this is a reward for the three of you." Pei Yuanshao gave each of them a gold ingot and told them to go back first.

The eyes of the three of them lit up suddenly, and they immediately took the gold with both hands, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Pei Yuanshao and said, "The little Xie Er is the reward!"

"Ziwu, Jinniu Mountain has discovered the mine, and it seems that it needs to be rearranged. Originally, I was going to take everything with me and go back to Woniu Mountain, but now I have to leave someone here to guard it. Pei Yuanshao waited for the three of them to leave, and said to Wang Qing.

"Yes, since there are mines here, we definitely can't give them to others." Wang Qing also nodded and said.

"Ziwu, I'll lead a group of people and horses to go back to report the situation to the eldest brother first. How about you lead a thousand men and stay here to guard it? "The Woniu Cottage is now empty, and they need someone to go back, one is to ensure that the headquarters arranges, and the other is that these things must also be told to Zhou Cang, let him call the shots.

"Lao Pei, if you want to guard here, I recommend someone, he is more suitable than me." Wang Qing replied.

"Who is it, is there a more suitable person here?" Pei Yuanshao asked Wang Qing curiously, he was just familiar with Wang Qing, and he was not clear about the abilities of others.

"Yes, it's the one next to me, Goodgub, in terms of defense, he is better than me." Wang Qing pointed to Gude and introduced to Pei Yuanshao.

"Uncle Bird, I know, I heard that he killed Lu Wei."

"That's right, although his martial arts are not as good as mine, he is not bad. Moreover, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is very insightful when it comes to defense. ”

"Uncle Bird, if I leave a thousand men and horses for you, you can defend this Golden Bull Mountain." Pei Yuanshao listened to Wang Qing's words and asked Gude.

"I don't dare to say anything else, but Jinniu Mountain, with a thousand people, I will be able to defend it, even if Huanglongzhai attacks, I will not let one person walk through Canglongling." Goode replied firmly, clenching his fists.

"Okay, then you stay here, and I'll keep a thousand people. However, there can only be five hundred people in the original cottage, and the other five hundred are from Taurus Village, do you have any problems. "After all, the people and horses here can't all be people from the original cottage, and now there are more people in Jinniuzhai than they brought, and he only keeps five hundred, and he is afraid that Gude will not be able to suppress it.

Goode lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "No problem, but I hope to leave Wu Qin and the three brothers behind, with them and the five hundred people of the original cottage, it will definitely be no problem to accept the five hundred people who have surrendered, so it is enough to stick to Jinniu Mountain." ”

Gude also thought that if the four of them were here, they would be able to subdue all these horses, and at that time, the combined power of all the people under their command would be almost on par with Zhou Cang, plus Wang Qing's prestige in the hearts of everyone in the cottage at this time, and he would be almost completely sure of helping Zeng Yu seize power. This is also what Gu De thought about after hearing Wang Qing's recommendation, originally he just wanted to find a reason to let Wu Qin and them stay together.

"Okay, let's do it. Ziwu, you pack up, let's leave today. When Pei Yuanshao heard Gude's request, he agreed, and at the same time said vigorously to Wang Qing.

"No problem, I'll arrange for those wounded soldiers, some of them are seriously injured and can only be recuperated here, I'll arrange with them. In addition, Dong Hong was also cut by Lu Zhong yesterday, and I think he also kept it here, so he could cooperate with Bo Yu to guard here. When Wang Qing heard Pei Yuanshao say that he would leave today, he also sighed that his Leili was popular, but yesterday he lost a lot of people in the 100-man team, and the others were all hanging lotteries, in order to prevent the injury from worsening, it was better to stay here. At the same time, in order to prevent Pei Yuanshao from thinking too much, he asked Dong Hong to stay, Dong Hong is a rectum, and he will definitely not affect Gude's plan.

"Okay, that's it, you guys go back and hand it over first. Someone came, and the people were notified, except for the soldiers who were seriously injured and could not move, all the other horses gathered in the school field in the middle of the camp after an hour, and called the people from the original Jinniu Village. Pei Yuanshao decided.

After Wang Qing and the others hugged their fists and said goodbye, they walked to their residence, and they really had something to discuss.