At night, Lizhai is full of laughter and laughter, giving people the feeling that this is not the Ming Dynasty, but which tourist resort is holding a bonfire party. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The child has a fever in the evening and is feeling hungry and asks for food. Everyone was finally relieved. The old lord was relieved that this only grandson had finally been pulled back from the ghost gate. The traversers were relieved that the child was finally fine, and if the child couldn't survive, the ghost knew if they would get out of this village alive.

The Li people in the village were singing and dancing around the bonfire, and the traversers were invited to the side of the old lord to continue pouring glutinous rice wine. Now their status is overseas merchants. Through Liu Jun's translation, Sun Tianhao even talked with the old lord about exchanging grain. Since Sun Tianhao fired the first shot, the northbound team has carte blanche to deal with the matter of grain exchange.

"Brother Sun." After listening to the old master's offer, Liu Jun turned back to Sun Tianhao and said, "They only need iron, salt, lighters and cigarettes, other cups, mirrors or anything, and they still want our 95 bayonets, do you want them?" ”

"Give." Sun Tianhao looked like a villain, "I decided, as long as I can exchange food, I will give everything except guns." ”

"But the old lord said that they don't have much food, but they can exchange it for something else."

"You tell him that we don't want anything but food and crossbows." Because they didn't know if Luan Xu's simple bow and arrow had been made, the northbound team decided to change a few crossbows first.

After some bargaining, in the end, all the iron tools brought by the traverser included 6 95 bayonets, 20 packs of cigarettes and 20 large bags of salt, 4 disposable lighters for 10 cattle, 20 crossbows and 2,000 catties of grain.

"It's a little little." Liang Chengdong said to Sun Tianhao, "There are more than 300 people over there, and this little thing is enough to eat for a few days." ”

"I know." Sun Tianhao's eyes rolled, and he turned around and took out 2 small white pills from his pocket, "Liu Jun, you tell him that his grandson's illness is not completely cured, and if he wants to be completely fine, he must still eat this elixir, a piece of 1,000 catties of grain." ”

"Anti-inflammatory drugs can't be changed, we have to keep them for ourselves." Gu Yunkun reminded Xu Lang on the side.

"Profiteers, absolute profiteers." Xu Lang pointed at Sun Tianhao and said, "That's not an anti-inflammatory drug, it's a calcium tablet he brought himself." ”

Another bargain, the grandson's life is more important than food after all. 2 calcium tablets were exchanged for 1,500 catties of grain, and in addition, at Sun Tianhao's request, some people in the village will be sent out to hunt tomorrow, no matter how much prey there is, all of them will be owned by the traverser.

The next day, Xu Lang, Zhang Hai, Liu Jun, Sun Tianhao and Gu Yunkun, accompanied by Kun, left the village and went to Huangniling in the northwest to look for iron ore. Liang Chengdong and Cheng Yiyi stayed in the village, and Liang Chengdong wanted to investigate what level of agriculture in Sanya was now. And the humid and dirty environment made Cheng Yiyi basically sleepless all night, so she could only stay in the village with Liang Chengdong.

According to Gu Yunkun's memory, Hainan's iron ore in later generations includes Shilu Iron Ore and Tiandu Iron Ore, which belong to sedimentary metamorphic iron ore deposits and hematite types, and are iron ore production bases with earlier development, larger scale and higher raw ore grade in China. Tiandu Iron Mine is located in the northwest foothills of Tiandu Huangniling in Sanya City, with a total reserve of 5 million tons, and was mined in 1960. Shilu Iron Mine is located in Shilu Town, Changjiang County, Hainan Province, and is one of the large-scale open-pit mines in China. Shilu iron ore reserves account for about 71% of the country's iron-rich ore reserves, ranking first in the country. It is not only rich in iron, cobalt and copper resources, but also nickel, sulfur, silver, gold and other mineral resources. As a well-known large-scale iron-rich deposit in China, Shilu Iron Ore has a total proven reserve of 466 million tons and an average grade of 48.81% iron. In addition, there is a large-scale cobalt-rich deposit with a cumulative proven cobalt metal amount of 13,000 tons, and a medium-sized copper-rich deposit with a proven copper metal deposit of 75,000 tons. It is known as "Asia's No. 1 Iron-rich Mine".

Therefore, relatively speaking, the development and utilization value of Shilu Iron Mine is greater, but now the tentacles of the traverser can't reach there at all, anyway, the iron ore will not run on its own long legs, so let's go to Tiandu Iron Mine to take a look.

When Xu Lang and his party came back with heavy stones on their backs, it was already dark. At the gate of the village there was a pile of prey that had been brought back, mostly hares and pheasants, in addition to a wild boar and a monkey.

"Hey, monkey, hey." As soon as Sun Tianhao entered the gate, he shouted, "Go back, I'll get monkey brains for you to eat." Lao Liang, Yiyi, we are back. ”

"I can't eat even if you get dipteroscope." Xu Lang took off his backpack from his shoulders and sat on the big bluestone at the gate of the village, "I said you're not tired?" ”

"You're back." Cheng Yiyi ran over from the village, her face was full of excitement, and she looked like she wanted to speak and stopped.

"What's wrong?" Xu Lang asked, "What's so happy, happier than Sun Tianhao's monkey brain?" ”

"Just his brain, it's worth a few dollars." Cheng Yiyi glanced at Sun Tianhao, "Brother Liang and I exchanged 500 catties of grain again." ”

Liang Chengdong walked around the village for a long time during the day, and he didn't know whether it was because of habit or being a good teacher, so he gave great instructions to the Li people's cultivation and cattle raising, but unfortunately no one understood. Later, I couldn't help it, so I actually took it personally, and even took the Li people who didn't go hunting to build a simple cattle pen according to modern standards. This shocked all the people in the village, because the cattle pen built in the east of Liangcheng sits in the north and faces south, and the lower part is surrounded by a wall to prevent water vapor from penetrating into the wall and improve the firmness and heat preservation of the wall. The roof is a double-pitched roof, ventilated and insulated. Passages and fecal ditches were also designed. The whole cattle pen is clean and tidy, which can greatly reduce the disease rate of cattle. Liang Chengdong also promised that the next time he came to Lizhai, he would teach them how to cultivate paddy fields, and repeatedly assured that the yield could be greatly increased. The old lord was excited and gave them another 500 catties of grain.

Early the next morning, the traversers bid farewell to the old lord who was graciously retained and returned with a full load. The northbound group has been out for 3 days, and according to the original plan, they must return to Yulin Bay within 5 days, and they may have to go back for a day or two, so they can't be delayed any longer. 4,000 catties of grain and all the game, and the baggage were all carried on the body of 10 cows, and each person only carried his own guns and ammunition, which was much easier than when he came.

The only thing that is not easy is Liang Chengdong. This large grain farmer has now turned into a cowherd, holding a long whip and leading 10 cows to the front. There is no way, he is the only one in the group who knows how to drive cattle.

The team walked on a path, and Xu Lang and Zhang Hai walked last. Zhang Hai glanced at the slow herd of cattle in front of him, and said to Xu Lang: "It's too slow, it takes less than 5 miles to walk out in half a day." We can't go back for 2 days. Why don't you send someone back first? ”

"Forget it." Xu Lang replied, "It's better to slow down and not have problems." I don't worry about who to send back now, and if I go back alone, it will be troublesome if I get lost again. Let's try to find some places to walk, and we would rather take a detour than climb the mountain, and I'm afraid it won't work to drive the ox up the mountain. ”

The two were talking as they walked, when suddenly Liang Chengdong's panicked shout came from the front: "Xu Lang, Zhang Hai!" ”

"What's wrong?" The two glanced at each other and ran wildly at the same time. Zhang Hai untied the rifle from his back as he ran.

Seven traversers gathered together and stood in front of the herd. More than 40 meters away from the opposite side stood more than 20 Ming Dynasty people, holding iron rulers, steel knives and other weapons in their hands, looking this way. There were several wheelbarrows and some burdens parked on the ground. Both the wheelbarrow and the burden were covered with a thick cotton cloth, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

"Damn, robber." Zhang Hai opened the insurance with a bang.

"Not really." Xu Lang stretched out his hand and pressed the rifle raised by Zhang Hai, "Brother Liang, what's the matter?" ”

"I don't know." Liang Chengdong was about to cry, "As soon as I turned the corner, I saw them coming. What can I do, what can I do。。。。。。 ”

"I don't think it's like a bandit, a bandit who doesn't have a cart to carry the burden." Sun Tianhao said, "You see that their expressions seem to be more nervous than us, and they should also be merchants in a hurry." ”

"Whoosh". A sharp arrow suddenly pierced the sky.

"Hidden!" Zhang Hai subconsciously shouted. According to the arrangement before departure, in the event of an emergency or battle, the command of the northbound group will automatically be transferred to Zhang Hai, because Xu Lang will not fight at all.

With Zhang Hai's shout, Liu Jun and Zhang Hai himself quickly hid behind the tree one after the other, and raised their rifles at the same time.

Xu Lang and Sun Tianhao didn't say a word, and fell to the ground with a plop. While Xu Lang was lying down, he dragged Cheng Yiyi, who was staying aside, to the ground and pressed him tightly under him. Liang Chengdong slipped under the belly of the cow. Only Gu Yunkun was still standing in place stupidly, at a loss.

"Teacher Gu, get down!" Sun Tianhao jumped up from the ground and threw Gu Yunkun to the ground at once.

Behind the trees and in the grass on both sides, a group of black-pressed people suddenly came out, surrounding the more than twenty merchants. Everyone had weapons in their hands, and a few with bows and arrows, and many of them looked at the traverser. One of the leaders was in his thirties, dressed in black and with two mustaches.

"Li Shuang, Li Shuang. I've been waiting for you for 2 days, and you're finally here. Bazihu walked up to these merchants, stroked his beard and said, "Don't say anything, leave the burden and let you live." ”

"He Lao Liu! Planted in your hands today, I Li Shuang admit it, but you want to take this salt unless you step on me. The man known as Li Shuang took a step forward, raised the steel knife in his hand, and said viciously.

"Toast, don't eat, eat and drink." He Laoliu glanced at Li Shuang contemptuously, and suddenly waved his hand, "Cut them." ”

The two groups of people hugged each other and fought together.

"Sixth master, sixth master, there are still some people over there, and there are cows, and there are a lot of goods." A person beside He Laoliu pointed in the direction of the traverser and said flatteringly.

"Hehe, this is really a rabbit beating grass." He Lao Liu smiled, "Brothers, even they cleaned up together." ”

"Did you even hear what they were saying?" Zhang Hai asked Liu Jun eagerly. The traversers had already risen from the ground, each with their guns in hand, looking for a place to hide.

"It's too far away to hear clearly." Liu Jun replied, but did not turn his head, and kept aiming at the front with his gun.

"Lao Liang, be optimistic about the herd and protect Yiyi. Others listened to my orders and prepared for battle. Try to beat hands and feet, don't kill people, just disperse them. Be careful, only one shot is fired, saving bullets. Seeing He Lao Liu walking to a place less than 30 meters away with people, Zhang Hai suddenly shouted; Fire! "Five rifle pistols rang out almost simultaneously.

He Lao Liu hummed a small song and swaggered to the first one, and suddenly several tiny fires flashed in front of him, and a crisp and loud sound shook his eardrums, and the two people around him fell to the ground with a plop. Before he could figure out what was going on, he felt a numbness in his right hand, and the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and then, a piercing pain spread from his palm to his whole body. He Lao Liu looked down, most of the palm of his right hand was missing, and blood arrows spurted out along the broken palm.

The traversers fired a total of 9 bullets, except for Zhang Hai and Liu Jun who only fired one shot, Xu Lang and Sun Tianhao unconsciously fired 2 shots in a row, and Gu Yunkun fired 3 shots in a row.

He Lao Liu held his severed palm and let out a pig-killing howl, and all the Ming Dynasty people stopped fighting and stood in place, because no one understood what was going on. After just a few loud bangs, I saw two people fall to the ground, and He Laoliu, who was still showing off his martial arts just now, lost half of his palm.

Zhang Hai habitually licked his lips, this time he didn't shout to fire, but pulled the trigger again.

There was another crisp loud bang. The farthest man behind He Lao Liu fell to the ground.

"Fire Rule! It's the fire system! Finally someone shouted.

Almost all of them scattered in an instant, and He Lao Liu, with the support of his two subordinates, also turned his head and ran into the distance.

Xu Lang let out a long breath, but saw Gu Yunkun beside him standing stupidly in place again, and kept muttering: "I killed, I killed, I killed." ”

"Old Gu!" Xu Lang grabbed Gu Yunkun's shoulders and shouted loudly. But Gu Yunkun didn't react, still muttering constantly; "I killed, I killed."

"Gu Yun Kun!" Zhang Hai walked over without saying a word, stretched out his hand and slapped two big mouths and slapped over, "If you don't kill him, he will kill you, understand?" ”

Suddenly, Gu Yunkun sat on the ground with his buttocks, grinned and cried: "I really killed someone, I really killed someone." ”

"Is that okay?" Xu Lang asked worriedly.

"Alright, just cry out. The first time I see blood, it's usually like this, and it's good to get used to it. Zhang Hai looked at Xu Lang, "You're not bad, it's not like the first time, you've experienced it before?" ”

"I, I, I want to throw up." Xu Lang suddenly covered his mouth, ran to the side and held on to a tree, and vomited.

Li Shuang didn't run. Since He Lao Liu ran away, he didn't have to run. How to say that the person on the other side also helped himself, and he owes others a favor. Li Shuang beckoned his subordinates to drive back the frightened cows, strode in front of Xu Lang and Zhang Hai, and clasped his fists with both hands: "Thank you for the grace of Engong for saving your life, dare to ask Engong's surname, and he should repay it one day." ”

After listening to Liu Jun's approximate translation, Xu Lang also replied with his hands in fists: "It's just a trivial matter, it's not enough to worry about it, and we are just protecting ourselves." ”

After Liu Jun finished translating, he pouted directly: "Member Xu, let's just speak vernacular, I can't translate Chinese." ”

Li Shuang looked Xu Lang's strange outfit up and down, and continued to ask: "Look, your engongs are not my Ming people, dare to ask where you are?" How can I understand my language? ”

Liu Jun finished translating, touched his head, and asked Xu Lang, "Honorable?" What does it mean? ”

Xu Lang ignored Liu Jun, and hugged his fist at Li Shuangyi again: "We are indeed not Ming people, but overseas Song Dynasty relics after Yashan, and they are also my descendants of China." Due to a sudden storm, he drifted here. This strong man, this is not a place to stay for a long time, can you take a step to speak? ”

Li Shuang's people had already dealt with the scene of the fight at this time, except for the one who didn't know which traverser's character broke out just now and killed 2 of He Laoliu's subordinates, the rest of the people were only slightly injured at most, and they were not worried about their lives. The two corpses have been dug and buried, and it seems that Li Shuang's subordinates often do this, and they are caught. The travelers also picked up the bullet casings scattered on the ground, and now they can't leave a trace of modernity. The two sides left the path and found a hidden place to talk.

Li Shuang is a native of Yazhou, he likes to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and he has read books for a few years, but he has failed many times, and he has a bold personality, he will help when he is in trouble, and he also has some prestige in the local area. At present, the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and even the taxes of the imperial court cannot be paid by farming alone, and bankrupt farmers are one after another. Li Shuang gathered a group of people to start the business of selling smuggled salt, and the hard work was just mixed with food and clothing.

He Lao Liu, who was beaten off half of his palm by Zhang Hai just now, is called He Xiang, because he ranks sixth at home, so he is called He Lao Liu. His brother He Laosan is the inspector of the Yazhou Inspection Department, who is in charge of checking and prohibiting illegal salt. The inspection department of the Ming Dynasty said that it was to ban illegal salt, but in fact, they sold more illegal salt themselves than anyone else, after all, the salt industry was a profiteering industry in this era. He Laoliu relied on his brother's power to network a group of people and monopolize the illegal salt trafficking in Yazhou. But Li Shuang is also somewhat famous in Yazhou, and he has always been unaccustomed to what the He brothers did, so the two sides have been in constant conflict. This time, he was ambushed by He Laoliu, if it weren't for the help of the traversers, I am afraid that I would suffer a lot of losses.

The two sides were talking to each other, and Sun Tianhao walked over from the side, still holding a paper bag in his hand.

The traversers didn't know what to call this kind of Ming Dynasty people who had read books but had no fame, so they asked Xu Lang, Xu Lang, a half-bottle history fan, didn't understand it after thinking about it for a long time, so they decided to simply call it Gongzi, anyway, there was no big problem.

"Li Gongzi." Sun Tianhao handed over the paper bag, "Look what this is." ”

Li Shuang took the paper bag and opened it to look at it, and with some doubts, he reached out and dipped it, put it in his mouth and licked it. After a series of actions, Li Shuang exclaimed: "This is salt?!"

"Of course it's salt." Sun Tianhao said proudly, "I don't know if Gongzi Li wants this kind of salt?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the salt industry, except for Zhejiang and Fujian, began to dry salt, and the rest of the coastal areas were still dominated by boiled salt. That is, boiling the seawater dry to get salt. This method not only consumes labor and materials, but also obtains coarse salt mixed with sand grains, bitter and yellow, which cannot be sold for a few dollars, and the price can be several times worse than that of refined salt. Li Shuang and the others are selling this kind of coarse salt, but even refined salt is not the same as the modern salt that Sun Tianhao gave to Li Shuang.

Li Shuang looked at the white and fine salt in front of him with a little disbelief and asked, "Do you have this kind of salt?" I want as much as I want, and the price is easy to say. ”

"We have as much as you want." Sun Tianhao began to brag again proudly.

"Brother Sun, don't blow it yet, I can't translate it." Liu Jun said with a sad face.

In the end, the two sides agreed that after 10 days, they would meet here again, and the traversers would bring samples of refined salt, and Li Shuang also promised to bring a batch of food and tools, and take the traversers to Yazhou once. This request was made by Xu Lang, and Xu Lang felt that he must understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, especially the attitude of the government towards them, because Xu Lang thought that the government of the Ming Dynasty should know about the arrival of the two iron ships.

Regarding Li Shuang's repeated requests to watch the fire system of the traverser, Zhang Hai directly refused. However, Li Shuang also understands that the sharp weapon of the country cannot be easily shown.

After everything was negotiated, Li Shuang stood up and hugged his fists: "The green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, and after ten days, Li is here to wait for you." ”