Zhao Rui suddenly thought that the discovery of copper ore here was definitely not accidental, and it was very likely that other mineral deposits would be found in this area, but the matter of exploring ore veins would have to be done by professional people.

So Zhao Rui wrote a letter to Zhang Zhennan, asking him to send all the blacksmiths to Wanya Prefecture, and in the future, Zhao Rui would customize it as a smelting center.

On this day, Wanya Prefecture was breached, almost all the people of the city thought that the catastrophe was coming, thinking that these Song people were going to burn and plunder, and many people were sleepless that night, but the next day, they found that there was a peaceful scene in the city of Wanya Prefecture, and the gates everywhere were open, as if the war had never happened.

A soldier was inexplicably looked at by the local people, and said angrily: "Why do you a peasant who doesn't go to farming, and always stares at me? ”

The soldier's words made the people of Jiaozhi suddenly realize: "Oh? Can we still go farming? ”

"Nonsense, if you don't go farming, I'll arrest you and mine!"

"Good, good!"

The cochin man smiled and watched as the hoe went to the fields outside the city.

There is the first and there is the second, and it has gradually become a chain reaction, and more and more Jiaozhi people are busy making a living, after all, whether they fight or not, people always have to eat!

After about three days, the smelting team was late, and after asking, it turned out that two of them had miasma and were vomiting and diarrhea.

Fortunately, Zhao Rui had medicine here, and after feeding the medicine, the two of them got better and found a place for them to rest.

The others were not idle, and were immediately taken by Zhao Rui to the area of the future smelting center.

This place is located downwind, basically all year round, there are more southeast winds, which can completely discharge polluting gases to the northwest, and it is very close to the location of the copper mine, which is an excellent location for the site.

Wei Lu looked at the terrain, took a comprehensive look, and also felt that the place chosen by the prince was good, and immediately began the preparatory work for the construction of the factory.

There are special masons in the city, and at this time, they were summoned by Zhao Rui, stood on the side, and recorded all Wei Lu's requirements, so that they would not make mistakes when they went back to construction.

Then Zhao Rui led them to look at the excavated copper ore, and saw a pile of rubble piled up in a small hill at random from a distance. Everyone stepped forward to find that the appearance of the ore had turned a faint green, and it was undoubtedly copper-rich ore.

Taking advantage of the fact that the smelting center had not yet been built, Zhao Rui gave Wei Lu and them an exploration task, and at the same time allowed them to accept Jiaozhi as apprentices, and they only needed to report the number of people.

Wei Lu was very grateful to Zhao Rui for the convenience, and even more grateful for Zhao Rui's trust, and several people patted their chests on the spot to express their intentions, and they must do their best for Zhao Rui's foundry career.

After arranging all this, Zhao Rui was worried about the problem of the displaced people, so he returned to Yongping Village early.

Before leaving, Zhao Rui ordered Su Tuo to be the temporary city guard of Wanya Prefecture and Hulang City, and wait until Zhang Zhennan arranged civil officials to manage it in the future, and then Zhao Rui would definitely not be as heavy as the Song Dynasty, but let Su Tuo just be the military reserve of the two places, in order to deal with various emergencies.

Then Zhao Rui took Zhao Gong and Aruna more than 6,000 soldiers from Wanya Prefecture to Wenzhou, and after seeing that the cultivation was proceeding in an orderly manner, he returned to Yongping Village.

Now Zhao Rui's forces can draw a small diamond shape on the map, although the territory is not very large, but the distance between the various cities is relatively close, and they are related to each other, especially the steep terrain of Wanya Prefecture, in general, it can temporarily develop steadily for a period of time.

Zhao Rui's prediction was not wrong, and the day after he arrived in Yongping Village, another 20,000 displaced people poured in.

These homeless people are eating porridge in tatters in the open space next to the porridge shed, looking at this place called Yongping Village, peaceful and peaceful, everyone is busy with their own things, it is a scene of Antai, and I can't help but be very happy.

Zhao Rui came to inspect as usual, and when he heard that they had escaped from Zhenyuanzhou, which was not far to the north, Zhao Rui's face immediately changed.

Unexpectedly, the Yuan army actually went south, this distance is too close, in case the Yuan army is defeated, with nearly 6,000 people, it can't be defeated!

After so many years and so many generations of aggression, the strength of the Yuan army is not only the Mongols, they have both the Song people who surrendered, and the Dali army led by the west, with Zhao Rui's musket, they cannot be wiped out, and it is very likely to provoke their fierce revenge.

At this time, there are more than 4,000 recruits in Langlang, they have to be trained, they have to defend the city, and they must not move, and the 3,000 soldiers on the side of Wanya Prefecture, Su Tuo will manage the two cities at the same time, and they will also help with farming and mining, and they will not be able to move.

Fortunately, Dabaocheng is located in the center, and it does not cost any troops, and only 500 people can be safe.

Just finished finishing the food, Zhao Rui was worried about the soldiers again.

Although there are soldiers if there is food, this sentence is true, but two groups of displaced people in succession are yellow-faced and thin-skinned, even if they are recruited into the army, it will take a long time for them to enhance their physique, although the future is promising, but it is by no means now to accept them as soldiers.

Song Fengyi learned that Zhao Rui was back, and took time out of his busy schedule to report on his work.

He is a showman, and he can still calculate the division of time, but Song Fengyi seems to be too interested, and tells Zhao Rui in detail about his careful arrangements.

But Zhao Rui listened to it for less than five minutes, and he was already dizzy, not because he didn't understand, but because the location of some of the plots he said was made up by himself, Zhao Rui didn't know which one was which one.

"Fengyi, you don't have to tell me if it's too specific, since I handed over the farming to you, I must think that you can solve problems for me, since you already have a plan in mind, go all out to do it, I will definitely support it with all my might!"

Zhao Rui spoke well, which made Song Fengyi feel a great sense of satisfaction in his heart, and felt that this time was really not in vain, not only the crops were harvested, but also the praise of the prince.

Then the two drank tea, and Zhao Rui told Song Fengyi about his worries.

The invasion of the Yuan army is a problem that cannot be avoided, and there will definitely be a day when the Yuan army will hit the door, which is a well-known thing, but after this period of conquest and development, the formation of such a central city as Dabaocheng is still extremely dominant, and it is currently facing the harvest, and it is completely possible to concentrate all the grain in Dabaocheng for storage, so that even if the Yuan army breaks through Yongping Village, Zhao Rui's army is guarding Dabaocheng, and it still has the capital of confrontation.

Speaking of the issue of soldiers, Song Fengyi suddenly remembered what he had heard recently, so he told Zhao Rui in detail.

"Bandits?"

Zhao Rui was surprised and said: "There are poor mountains and bad rivers around here, who are the thieves robbing, and they have to starve to death?" Be a bandit around here, don't you have a heart? ”

Zhao Rui was disgusted, obviously vetoing Song Fengyi's plan to let him rein in the bandits.

"Hey, you don't know anything, lord!"

Song Fengyi saw that Zhao Rui had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "The bandit gang I am talking about is between Longzhou and Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi, where there are not many mountains, and it is also the main trading place between the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi, Guangyuan Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture and Qiyuan Prefecture are all towns with rivers running through them, whether it is agriculture or commerce, they are incomparable to us here!" ”

"So there is such a good place!"

Zhao Rui secretly admired himself, he always thought that the Red River Delta was the target, but now it seems that before his wings are full, it is still more reliable to gradually encroach on some important towns around him.

Zhao Rui became interested in the bandits, and asked Song Fengyi to talk about it in detail.

The bandits are the force on Longyan Mountain, and Longyan Mountain is the only way to get close to Guangyuan Prefecture and Longzhou, so whenever there are merchants here to sell goods, they will loot them on a large scale.

In recent years, his fame has become more and more famous, whether it is the local county soldiers in Longzhou or the soldiers on the Jiaozhi side, they can't shake his roots, so on this trade road, the bandits have become the emperor of the soil, and what they say is what they say.

Some caravans were so disturbed that they took the initiative to go up the mountain to find them and pay monthly tribute, so as to avoid their robbery, and at the same time, they also insured the goods, which were counted as operating costs.

Zhao Rui gasped when he heard this.

Talent!

No matter who the owner of this bandit den is, Zhao Rui must prepare to meet him.

Collecting tolls and then selling monthly cards, and making money lying down without working, is obviously a modern practice, but in this era, some people have been able to come up with it and use it successfully.

Zhao Rui now even suspects that this bandit leader is afraid that he is a character like a sleeping dragon and phoenix, Zhao Rui has always been yearning for the allusion of the thatched house, do you want to try it too?

After a day's rest, Zhao Rui informed Zhao Gong and Arjuna of the matter, and made detailed arrangements.

Both of them looked surprised.

Zhao Rui asked puzzledly: "I'm going to find a master to come back to help me, why are you doing this expression?" ”

Arjuna said bluntly: "What's so great about the bandits, let's just knock down his cottage, why bother to buy gifts to visit?" That's not your usual style! ”

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Zhao Rui defended as a matter of course: "I have always persuaded people with virtue, please go out of the mountain, naturally you have to look like you!" ”

Zhao Gongman said with an unacceptable expression: "Since this is the case, why do you want me to lead troops to ambush and wait for your signal?" ”

"Well...... this"

Zhao Rui pretended to be meaningful and said: "Such a person, if he is not used by me, then there is no need to stay in the world!" ”

Domineering words, magnificent!

Zhao Gong and Arjuna were all shocked, they couldn't imagine that Zhao Rui's thoughts had reached this point, he was the line of hegemony!

"Yes, understood!"

Knowing Zhao Rui's plan, the two didn't dare to laugh anymore, and immediately went out to arrange the arrangements.

For gifts, Zhao Rui is very good at it, since he arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, he has made a fortune by gifts.

The hairpin still left some of it, as well as a few lighters, it was enough to bring one, and it was packed in a plastic bag, which became the most precious gift combination in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gong and Arjuna didn't make much effort, each took a thousand people, rode horses, and set off as soon as possible while it was still morning.

The speed of the horses was very fast, passing through the lower and upper Shixi Prefecture, to Longzhou, and from Longzhou all the way to the west, to the destination Longyan Mountain.