Qin Wang, who was in deep thought, happened to meet Yang Xuan, who walked into the courtyard head-on.

"Boss, I've finally found you, good news, good news!" Yang Xuan happily shouted at Qin Wang.

"What's the matter with Yang Xuan?" Qin Forget looked at the elated Yang Xuan, and looked forward to it slightly, it had been almost two years, and Qin Forget had never heard of a good opportunity.

"The first batch of things from the fat man arrived, 30,000 catties of iron, 30,000 catties of grain, 1,000 catties of salt, 1,000 sets of soldiers' equipment and 50,000 taels of silver. But this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that my brother came to report that he found iron ore in the mountains! The beads of sweat on Yang Xuan's excited face were glistening.

"What? Discover the Iron Ore! Qin Forget shouted, for a long time, grain and iron ore have been the two major factors restricting the development of Chicheng, and suddenly hearing this good news, Qin Forget was extremely excited.

But looking at the things sent by Huang Ling, Yang Xuan couldn't be happy, and he was gloomy and dripping water. Iron is the worst wool iron, five catties may not be able to refine a pound of fine iron that can fight weapons, salt is mixed with at least half of the sand, the grain is all the worst heavy grain, and it also exudes a strong musty smell, the knife in the equipment is rusty, most of them are missing, and the iron armor cannot be connected at all. These things don't come back to the furnace and want to use them? That's sending his soldiers to their deaths. Silver is more exaggerated, more than half of it is impurities, and it is not possible to talk about purity at all, it is more appropriate to say white lead than silver. This kind of thing, no one in the market is definitely willing to take over.

Yang Xuan looked at this large batch of rags in amazement, and was speechless in shock.

"My lord, everything is unloaded, here's the list, you can see." A petty official handed a piece of paper to Yang Xuan with a sneer, he regarded Yang Xuan as the leader, no wonder, Qin Forget looked too young.

"Fuck the fat yellow man, fool us?" Yang Xuan pulled the little official who sent the things over, and his eyes seemed to be able to spew flames. The knife in his hand was directly on the neck of the petty officer.

"Big 。。。。。。 The king, the villain is, he is an errand runner, the villain does not know, the villain does not know, the king spares his life, the king spares his life. My adults said that the number of these things is right! The little official was so frightened that he almost cried, and called Yang Xuan the king without hesitation, it seems that this kid really doesn't know much, just an errand runner, and thinks that Qin Forget is a bandit.

"Yang Xuan, let him go." Qin Forget laughed angrily, and sorted out the clothes for the junior official with a smile. "It's really hard for him to find such good things for us, and being able to run this errand shows that you are Huang Ling's confidant. You go back and tell him that the stuff, the quantity is correct, but I don't want the. He's playing stealing beams and changing pillars with me, right? Okay, I forgot to accept it. ”

The little official's face suddenly relaxed, "Thank you, Lord Qin, thank you, Lord Qin." He hurriedly thanked him again and again, and only now did he know that the person in front of him was called Qin Wang, and he was the main master.

"The owner!" Yang Xuan hurriedly shouted.

Qin Wangyi waved his hand and interrupted Yang Xuan's words, "However, in view of his unfriendly attitude, everything he owes us is added to twenty percent. Also, I have taken all your three hundred ox carts, three hundred lifu and two hundred soldiers. You emphasize to me that there will be a next time, it will not be so simple. Qin Wang's face suddenly turned cold, as cold as a piece of ice.

"You go and tell him, if you annoy me again, something will appear on the desk of the Golden Mountain of the Three Prefectures, and I want to see him then

How it ends. ”

Hearing Qin Wang's words, the junior official was so frightened that he trembled again, and knelt down with a "poof", "Big 。。。。。。 My lord, you stay in the ox cart, and I have to take the people away, otherwise the small ones really can't be explained. The junior official kowtowed again and again, and this time he really cried.

Qin Forget ignored him anymore, turned around and walked towards the courtyard, "Yang Xuan, what are you waiting for?" Take them all down for me, and if you dare to resist, you will be killed, and you will send me to the monkey's nest to open up the wasteland! ”

Under Yang Xuan's order, the thousand Chicheng soldiers next to him quickly approached those Lifu and Yunzhou soldiers, and a burst of Lifu begging for mercy soon sounded behind Qin Wang.

"Duan Jiu, arrange it, let's go to Qinjia Village!" Qin Forget didn't blink his eyes, and ordered Duan Jiudao loudly.

Monkey Nest, Qin Forget held a reddish-brown pimple in his hand and laughed.

"Yang Da, it's good, our Chicheng is finally no longer short of iron." Qin Wang's happiness is not without reason, there are not many iron mines in Dayan, and the imperial court has always been extremely strict in controlling iron tools, especially in this border place, because he is worried that a large amount of iron will flow into the Khitan Kingdom, which can show that not a pound of iron in the Central Plains on the surface does not want to flow over. Qin Forget used to want to equip every household with kitchen knives and iron pots, let alone weapons. Qin Forget still remembered that when he rescued Huang Chuchu, the few broken knives and broken guns that were captured were also transported back by two people. A beggar, suddenly there is a mountain of gold, do you say he is happy or not?

"Hey, yes, owner. This iron mine is in the mountain next to the monkey's nest, and the whole mountain is iron ore, and the quality is very good, enough for us to mine for decades. The blacksmith leader next to him, Wang Tiehammer, said happily.

The last time he put the grain, Wang Tiehammer brought life-saving food, so that his wife and children could be preserved, Wang Tiehammer was grateful, and Mao recommended himself to become a blacksmith under Qin Wang. Because of his superb skills, he quickly stood out and became the leader of the blacksmiths.

"King Iron Hammer? I remember you, I heard that you are a young man with good craft, how is it? Are you doing well here? Qin Forget looked at the young black and thin Wang Tiehammer in front of him and asked with a smile.

"Habit, it's good here. Do you recognize me? Hearing Qin Forget say that he knew himself, Wang Tiezhu looked very excited.

"Alright, Hammer, you should take the lead this time. Duan Jiu, the order went down, and each blacksmith was awarded thirty bronze coins. Hammer 100 times. Qin Forget was very happy, and the rewards would naturally not be less.

"Gotcha! Duan Jiu wrote it down. Seeing Qin Forget happy, Duan Jiu was naturally very excited.

"Thank you, thank you!" A group of blacksmiths went happily.

Qin Wang and Yang Xuan, under the protection of a group of guards, stood on the top of the mountain where the iron ore was discovered.

This iron mine is not high, only about 30 zhang, but it is extremely vast in a radius of dozens of miles. Surrounded by rolling mountains, it looks like a small monkey's nest. The mine looks extremely ugly, all iron-black and reddish-brown stones, and there is no grass, and from a distance it looks like a large scar that has not yet been healed in Taihang Mountain.

"The owner, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that there is such a treasure in this thousands of miles of Taihang Mountain, and we don't have to worry about iron ore anymore." Yang Xuan hadn't recovered from this huge surprise yet, and he was still very happy.

"You're right, this is indeed a great gift from God, but it's not ours yet." Qin Forget was unusually calm.

"Isn't this ours, owner?" Yang Xuan looked at Qin Forget in surprise.

Duan Jiu also looked at Qin Forget in wonder, what was the matter, wasn't he still excited and couldn't sleep yesterday?

As if sensing the confusion between the two, Qin Forget raised his hand and pointed to the distance of the mine, "Look, what is around the mine?" ”

"Around the mine? There are also mountains around the mine. Yang Xuan was still confused.

Duan Jiu also kept nodding.

"Yes, it's a mountain, and it's an impermeable mountain. The way we came here is the best way to come here, Yang Xuan, can these iron ores be transported out? ”

Listening to Qin Wang's words, Yang Xuan couldn't help but ponder, what was the road when he came? It's obviously a path that a beast has stepped on. Moreover, it is necessary to climb two high mountains of more than 300 zhang from the monkey's nest to reach, and there is no road at all in many places, and it is all up to people to climb the cliff that is three or five zhang low, and more than ten zhang high to pass.

Thinking of the difficulty of the journey, "The owner is saying that even if this iron ore is mined, we can't transport it?" ”

"Not bad." Qin Forget nodded, "You also know what the situation is of the way we came, let alone transporting such a heavy iron ore." Even ordinary people can't go there, so we can't use it. Qin Forget said this, and shook his head with a wry smile.

The three of them were silent all of a sudden, a piece of fat was in their mouths, but they couldn't eat it, and all three of them felt suffocated.

"Owner, why don't you find someone to explore again and see if there is any other way?" Yang Xuan was unwilling in the end, and asked tentatively.

"Okay, let's try it." Although Qin Forget knew that it was unlikely, he still nodded with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

If there were these high-quality iron ores, coupled with the knives and guns designed by Jin Xu, Qin Wang would have the capital to bargain with those three dragons, but it might be too late in time, which is really a pity.

"At present, the best way is to dig through the mountain, so that you can directly use a carriage to transport it out, but the amount of work is too large, not to mention that there are hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and it can not be carried out by many people, even if several heads are carried out together, each head of several groups of people keep chiseling black and white, I am afraid it will take more than ten years to succeed. That's not going to work. "Qin Forget is also at a loss, let alone Yang Xuan.

"Find the way, arrange someone to find the way as soon as possible." Qin Forget was ruthless.

On the way back, all three were silent and did not speak.

"Okay, Yang Xuan, this matter is in a hurry. Don't go back after you arrive in Qinjia Village, find a blacksmith to beat out the knife and the spear head I brought this time. This is the secret recipe for building, I asked Jin Xu for it. Be quick, I'm going to go on a long trip in two days. It's going to take about three months, and I'm going to take these things with me for urgent use. Qin Forget took out a piece of something from his hand and handed it to Yang Xuan next to him.

Yang Xuan took it and solemnly put it away, on the way to Qinjia Village, Qin Forget had already told him about the three dragons, he naturally knew what Qin Forget was going to do.

"Leaving so soon?" Yang Xuan frowned and asked.

"Yes, it is less than March, and in May, Golden Mountain will announce to the whole world the opening of the tea and horse market. At that time, everyone's eyes will be focused here, and they are all people we can't afford to mess with, if I can't come back, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with it alone. ”

"Good owner, I will keep the good house." Yang Xuan also had a solemn face.