Shui Jin was already belligerent, but with his high position and power, there were fewer and fewer people who dared to fight him.

The old man among the child soldiers is not a few years younger than Shui Jin, and everyone used to fight around the school field when they were in Black Python Mountain before.

Right now, Shui Jin is obviously itching his hands.

Zhu Gang was moved on his face, but he watched Huo Bao take the idea.

Waiting for Huo Bao to nod, he went to the school field with Shui Jin.

Huo Bao found it interesting and took An Changsheng with him.

Shui Jin still uses a gun, and Zhu Gang is a long knife.

Before, Zhu Gang didn't dare to use a knife to face Shui Jin's gun, but now that he has changed to a heavy knife, he has a bit of a hard posture.

Zhu Gang was originally a defeated general under Shui Jin, and this time was no exception.

It's just that unlike the past few moves that failed, this time I insisted on more than a dozen moves.

Zhu Gang lifted the heavy knife, and his expression was a little gloomy.

Shui Jin patted him on the shoulder: "Good boy, yes, it's better than last year!" ”

Zhu Gang smiled bitterly: "It's still far worse than Master Shui......"

"Hahaha! How do you compare it with me? ”

Shui Jin laughed heartily: "Just be better than others......"

Zhu Gang glanced at Huo Bao: "But I am the captain of Bao Ye's personal guard, I can't stop it in case of trouble, and I want Bao Ye to protect ......."

“……”

Shui Jin was proud, and his expression was scornful.

His strength is not comparable to Huo Bao, and he has occasionally won small victories before, all by skill.

When Huo Bao learned all the "Nine Styles" and made up for the shortcomings of one-handed strokes, Shui Jin never won again.

Zhu Gang knew this, so he was full of interest and tried to compete with Shui Jin, wanting to see how much he had improved.

As a result, he was still defeated by Shui Jin, which was even more incomparable to Huo Bao.

Huo Bao comforted: "You've only been practicing for more than half a year, what are you anxious about?" If you continue to practice like this, every year will be stronger than the next! ”

Zhu Gang's mind is very simple, and when he heard Huo Bao say this, he felt that it was like this: "Then I will continue to practice, getting stronger and stronger year by year, even if I can't compare to Bao Ye, I can protect Bao Ye for a while longer......"

Huo Bao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to protect me......"

Zhu Gang nodded hurriedly, with a bit of perseverance on his face, as if he was not casually agreeing to anything, but solemnly promised.

An Changsheng and Li Yu stood behind Huo Bao, the two of them glanced at each other, and they both valued Zhu Gang a little.

Speaking of which, the two of them still saw Zhu Gang for the first time, but they did hear of his name for a long time.

The old man among the child soldiers, Zhu Qiang's brother, Huo Bao's personal guard captain and the captain of the child soldier law enforcement team.

Even if there is a task transfer, Zhu Gang's position is retained.

Before, they privately mentioned this "Captain Zhu" who only heard his name, and they were also curious in their hearts, guessing what they were doing.

When they arrived in Lingshui County this time, they saw Zhu Gang, and the curiosity in their hearts was still there.

What's different about Lingshui County?

Why did Huo Bao arrange for Zhu Gang to come over?

Could it be that because it is close to Bozhou and Chuzhou, they are privately guarding against the Bozhou army?

It's just that Huo Bao didn't give them an answer to their doubts.

Even Du Laoba, Song Lin, Zhiran monk and others did not know about the Lingshui gold mine.

Only the water enters, and I came to Lingshui with Huo Bao last year to know the reason.

Du Laoba is lazy and doesn't like to use his brain.

Song Lin and Zhiran both sensed that something was wrong, but they didn't say anything.

It's just that when assessing the officialdom of Lingshui, both of them were a little more careful.

This Lingshui Zhixian was born in a reckless manner, and he is a subordinate of the owner of the horse village, and he is careful and careful, but he has no obvious talents, but he is better than being willing to use people and will use people, but there are no obvious mistakes, but there are no merits.

Like Binjiang Zhixian to open a canal to water to fight drought, no.

Like Quyang Zhixian to resettle displaced people, fill the population, and resume production, no.

Lingshui Zhixian seems to be mediocre.

But if you really want to be mediocre, you won't be placed here.

You must know that Lingshui County borders Bozhou and Chuzhou, and it was still the territory of the Bozhou Army before.

It's just that both of them are smart people, and they see that there is something strange in them, but they don't study it in detail.

However, Lingshui Zhixian and Zhu Gang privately asked Huo Bao to report the gold mining incident.

"The gold ore is all smelted, and now there is only some copper ore left to be smelted...... In addition to the one sent back to Jinling before, there were 6,168 catties of gold, more than 20,000 catties of brass and more than 60,000 catties of pig iron......"

Lingshui Zhixian took the account book of the gold mine and told Huo Bao.

The mine is a gold mine, accompanied by a lot of copper and iron ore, so it is smelted on the side.

In order to prevent the news of the gold mine from leaking, from October last year to the present, the gold has been transported back to Jinling twice.

Once when it was the wax moon, it was transported back with 4,000 catties of gold.

One time was in early March, and 6,000 catties of gold were shipped back.

The iron ore and copper ore mined together with the gold were also refined on the Lingshui side, but they were not transported to Jinling.

Otherwise, there are too many convoys, and it will be too conspicuous.

Huo Bao took the account book, and couldn't help but smack his tongue in his heart.

The gold sent before plus the storage in Lingshui County adds up to 16,168 catties, which is 258,688 taels.

According to the one-to-ten comparison of gold and silver, it is more than 2.5 million taels of silver.

According to the records in the script, less than 20% of the Lingshui gold mine was mined before, and more than 80% of the remaining was mined after the Chuzhou army took over.

Doesn't that mean that Marshal Liu and General Han had only mined more than 4,000 catties of gold before?

You must know that the white shirts from Bozhou occupied Lingshui County in March last year, and left in September last year, and it was half a year before and after.

If Marshal Liu and General Han had no selfish intentions and mined out all this gold mine, would the Bozhou Army be a different situation?

Anyway, it's a cheap Chuzhou army now.

Now the Chuzhou army can be regarded as self-sufficient, but it is not much rich.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the monthly chewing is a big number.

And with the war of people from all walks of life, the logistics pension is also astronomical.

Money is not too much, and it is better to be prepared than to use it when you are not enough.

If the sales line in Liaodong continues, it can't always be exchanged for salt.

Liaodong is sparsely populated, and when salt is always saturated, the most convenient thing is gold and silver trading.

On the side of the Lingshui Gold Mine, in addition to the miners who were confiscated by the hard labor camp, there were also 1,000 defenders.

Five hundred are the child soldiers brought by Zhu Gang, and five hundred are the county soldiers who were transferred later.

Now that the gold mine is finished, the county soldiers have returned to the county soldier camp, and the child soldiers can also return to Jinling to resume their lives.

"There is too much iron and copper, so there is no need to cover it up, and it will be shipped back to Jinling directly...... Externally, it is said that the small iron ore found in Lingshui has been exhausted......"

Huo Bao closed the account book and instructed Zhu Gang.

Zhu Gang was in charge of grain transportation from Jinling to Binjiang County last year, and when he knew about animal transportation, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "Baoye, Lingshui is 180 miles away from Binjiang Wharf, and the carriage takes four days, and each car can hold 600 catties, and any more will hurt the animals......."

The copper, iron and gold in Lingshui County add up to nearly 90,000 gold, which has to be transported by more than 100 vehicles.

The county requisitioned more than 100 cars, but it was too disturbing to the people.

Calling from other counties, the time is long, and it is easy to make extraneous branches.

"Divide it into two batches, transport the gold and copper back first, and then let people transport the pig iron ......"

Huo Bao thought for a moment.

Zhu Gang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in response.

Lingshui Zhixian was beside him, and his face was also a little relaxed.

He and Zhu Gang were in charge of the Lingshui gold mine, Zhu Gang was in charge of the miners and guards, and Lingshui Zhixian was in charge of the account books.

Now that the gold and copper and iron have been carried away, the two of them have successfully completed their errand.

"Little Master Bao has returned to Jinling, but don't mention me before the sixth master...... At the beginning, there was really no one here, and the sixth master brought the little one over, and now it is time to call the little one back......"

Lingshui Zhixian pleaded with a shy face.

Huo Bao said unexpectedly: "Back to Jinling? By the side of the sixth uncle? ”

"Uh-huh!"

"But you can do chores around the sixth uncle, where can you compare to a local magistrate? Zhixian is a hundred miles of Hou, isn't it good to be the master of your own house? ”

"Not good, not good! I'm afraid that something is wrong and I will live up to the importance of the fifth and sixth masters, and I haven't slept well for half a year...... It's okay for the little one to stare at others and do their work, but it's not one who can take charge of it alone...... This Lingshui County is next to Bozhou and Chuzhou, and this year it means a big drought, who knows when the people in those two places will come down...... Brother Zhu brought people back again, and let the little one guard the tomb water when the time comes, isn't that a joke......"

Lingshui Zhixian is very self-aware.