Guangyuan Prefecture is in the southwest of Yongzhou, is the birthplace of the Yujiang River, where the mountains are steep, the terrain is steep and dangerous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIts scope extends to Xingzhou in the east, Qiyuan Prefecture in the south, Silang Prefecture in the west, and Temo Road in the north.

Although Guangyuan Prefecture is a state, its status in the Great Song Road is almost the same, and it is a large state that has become the ruler of various small states under its jurisdiction, and its area is really not small, almost one-third of the size of Guangnan West Road.

Guangyuan Prefecture has many lofty mountains and mountains, and many mountains produce red gold, which has always been coveted by the Jiaozhi country. Fortunately, the terrain of the karst cave here caused the gold vein to be erratic, which was very difficult to fathom, and the Jiaozhi people were not familiar with this gold vein, so it was difficult to have too much output if they mined it themselves, so they did not forcibly occupy this Guangyuan Prefecture, but drove the Nong people and other indigenous people in Guangyuan Prefecture to mine gold for them.

The mountains of Guangyuan Prefecture are continuous, there are many mountains, there must be valleys if there are mountains, there are many mountains, and there are naturally many valleys and valleys.

In fact, what the people of Jiaozhi don't know is that in addition to being rich in gold, this Guangyuan Prefecture area also produces a very valuable thing, that is, dansha.

Dansha, also known as cinnabar, cinnabar, is a mercury-containing sulfide mineral, which is the main mineral raw material for refining mercury, that is, mercury.

The dansha produced in Guangyuan Prefecture has a diamond luster, which is vermilion, and is the most high-grade dansha, which is deeply loved by the alchemists of the Great Song Dynasty.

Among the many names of dansha, the reason why dansha is the most famous is because it is an indispensable thing in alchemy.

Alchemy, also known as Wai Dan Huang Bai Ju, or Jin Dan Shu, is referred to as "Wai Dan" to distinguish it from those who practice "Nei Dan" channeling.

Alchemy began in the middle of the Warring States period, became popular after the Qin and Han dynasties, and made great progress in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Alchemy is a method used by the ancients to refine elixir in pursuit of "longevity". Dan refers to Dansha, because it is red, Tao Hongjing is called "Dansha is cinnabar." Unlike plants and trees, dansha not only burns but does not ember, but "the longer it is burned, the more wonderful the changes become." "The mercury produced by mercury sand is a metallic substance, but it is in a liquid state, with a metallic luster and different from that of hardware (gold, silver, copper, iron, tin). ”。

Due to the pharmacological effect and physicochemical properties of dansha, ancient alchemists used it as the main material for alchemy. Its shape is round and flowing, easy to volatilize, the ancients felt very magical, and then chose other gold and stone drugs to liquid mercury (mercury), according to a certain formula mixed with each other for smelting, and repeatedly carried out the experiment of reduction and smelting, in order to refine the "Nine Turns to the Dan" or "Nine to the Golden Pill".

In ancient times, it was believed to be an elixir of immortality with miraculous properties. Written in the Qin and Han dynasties, the most ancient book of "Materia Medica" work "Shennong's Materia Medica", the hardware, three yellow, ping stone and other more than 40 drugs are listed as upper, middle and lower three products, pointing out that the standard of its classification is: "the medicine makes the body safe, life is extended, ascending to heaven, and the immortals are ,......", among which Dansha is listed as the first of the top grades of alchemy, and it is the earliest important medicinal material selected for ancient alchemy. Jin Ge Hong's "Hug Puzi? Jin Dan said: "Where the grass and trees are burned, they are embers, and the dansha is refined into mercury, and the accumulation changes into dansha, and the plants and trees are far away, so they can make people live forever." ”

It is precisely because of the important role of dansha in the Taoist alchemy sect that this dansha is not produced much, so this dansha has become an extremely expensive thing, and those alchemists in the Great Song Dynasty have a great demand for these dansha.

Most of the dansha produced in Guangyuan Prefecture are concentrated in the territory of the Nong people, as for other places, although there are also some valleys that produce dansha, but the quality is poor, far less than the Dansha produced on the territory of the Nong people, which is extremely pure and has very few impurities!

Because the quality of the Dansha produced on the territory of the Nong people is very good, so the selling price is naturally very good, although most of the profits from the sale to the Great Song Dynasty are earned by those big merchants who come to Guangyuan Prefecture to buy Dansha, but the Nong people who mine Dansha are still very profitable.

Of course, in fact, if the Nong people go to the Great Song Dynasty to sell those dansha by themselves, there may not be a way to sell them to those alchemists! Don't sell it to those big dealers, these dansha they dig up are just some waste. And these big merchants who came to Guangyuan Prefecture to purchase things all had a strong background in the Great Song Dynasty, and they could easily find many buyers, and the prices could be very high. People make money by relying on background and relationships, and it is understandable to earn more.

Another important reason why the Nong people do business with these big merchants instead of selling them themselves is that these big merchants promise to help them keep secrets.

Nong Zhigao sold Dansha to these big merchants, asking for a guarantee to keep the secret of Dansha produced in many valleys on the territory of the Nong people, and not to be known by the Jiaozhi people. Those big merchants were naturally happy with this, and it was easy for them and the Nong people to reach an agreement, and they would keep it absolutely secret in front of the Jiaozhi people.

After all, buying these dansha from these natives of Guangyuan Prefecture is a completely different concept from those greedy and shameless Jiaozhi people. These natives of Guangyuan Prefecture can be sent away with a little money, and those greedy Jiaozhi monkeys are afraid that they will not be so easy to dismiss.

As for the territory of other tribes, some valleys produce dansha, and the Jiaozhi people know it, but the quality of those dansha is poor, most of them are maroon-red, there are a lot of impurities, and the quality of the mercury extracted is not good, and it is not liked by those alchemists in the Great Song Dynasty, but it is just an expedient choice.

Because the dansha produced in the valleys on the territory of other tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture was not worth much, the Jiaozhi people didn't care too much about it.

As for the matter of the best dansha produced on the territory of the Nong people, because Nong Zhigao and those big merchants felt that it was in their interests to keep it secret, so since the production of the best dansha was discovered on the territory of Nong Zhigao for more than ten years, the Jiaozhi people still did not know anything about it.

There are several valleys in Nongzhigao's territory that produce dansha, and the valley with the best quality and the largest yield is Jinfeng Valley.

This is also the reason why the Nong people have always regarded Yufeng Mountain and Golden Wind Valley as their foundation.

Because of the fact that the gold produced in Yufeng Mountain has long been exposed to the Jiaozhi people, Nong Zhigao and his Nong people all claim that their foundation and nest are here in Yufeng Mountain, claiming that the gold here is their lifeblood.

But in fact, even if Yufeng Mountain is really occupied by the Jiaozhi people or other tribes, their Nong people can still rely on the dansha of the Golden Wind Valley to live a very nourishing life.

Nong Zhigao and his Nong people have always done a good job of keeping the Golden Wind Valley secret, which is related to the fate of their tribe, in place. This Golden Wind Valley has been operated by the Nong people for more than ten years, and no outsiders have ever known about it.

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After sending Huang Shimi away, Nong Zhigao and Huang Wei took the remaining more than 400 Nong soldiers to Jinfeng Valley.

The armor on the bodies of those Jiaozhi soldiers and the weapons in their hands were naturally worn on these Nong soldiers at this time, and they were held in the hands of these Nong soldiers.

Although there are not many of these Nong soldiers left, they now have armor on their bodies, weapons in their hands, plus short crossbows such as hand crossbows and swallow-winged crossbows on their backs, Nong Zhigao feels that although there are not many soldiers left, they are afraid that they are enough to defeat any other tribe in Guangyuan Prefecture now.

Therefore, Nong Zhigao's gloomy mood since the defeat of Kunlun Pass is now slowly optimistic, and the current situation is not so bad after all!

As soon as the soldiers of the Nong clan thought of going to the Golden Wind Valley, they would be able to meet their families immediately, and they all walked very happily.

Thinking about it, there is still a little excitement, this has not seen their mother-in-law for more than half a year, although in the past half a year, they have beaten others with their heads and rats, and they have also been beaten by others embarrassed, but no matter whether the scenery is beautiful or not, they feel that they can see the family of Golden Wind Valley, even if God treats them well, at least they can return to Golden Wind Valley, at least they can see their own family.

No matter who they are, a calm and warm home is the best place to heal their wounds, and these Nong warriors who have experienced wind and rain, cold and warmth, and have enjoyed the scenery, blood and fire in the past six months, have been eager to return to their homeland.

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Nong Zhigao had always thought that their Nong people had done a very good job of keeping this secret about the fate of their Nong people, and it was indeed very good before that.

However, he now forgot that many of his descendants, many of whom were captured by the Western army after the Battle of Nagui Nhon Pu at Kunlun Pass.

Since Nong Zhigao, the rebel chieftain, has fled, Di Qing naturally wants to let the soldiers of the Western Army interrogate these Nong soldiers and find out the secrets of Nong Zhigao and the Nong people in Guangyuan Prefecture, so as to be in case of unforeseen needs when chasing Nong Zhigao.

Although these Nong soldiers all know that these secrets are related to the fate of their Nong people, and they all want to tighten their teeth to keep these secrets, but where can the flesh and blood survive the punishment of Wumu? But under the torture of the soldiers of the Western Army, most of them confided the secrets of their own Nong tribe that they knew.

Although most of the interrogations of the soldiers of the Western Army are simple and rude, there are also many interrogation tricks of the soldiers of the Western Army who are constantly renovated, and they have researched and invented a lot of new torture methods, so most of the Nong soldiers did not resist and revealed all the secrets they knew about the Nong.

Of course, there are also a small number of Nong soldiers who are more able to resist, and these diehards are basically beaten by the interrogated Western soldiers to an inhuman shape before being released back into the prisoner camp. Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't confide, so many captured Nong soldiers, all the secrets of the Nong people have long been revealed, not inferior to them.

After the interrogation, the clerical staff of the army compiled the confessions of the prisoners into a book, compared them with each other, determined the authenticity, and compiled the final comparison into a statement that was true and useful, and handed it over to the commander.

Now all the things of Nong Zhigao have long been nothing secret to Di Qing and the Western Army.

Therefore, when Nong Zhigao was in a good mood and took his Nong soldiers to the Golden Wind Valley, he thought that he had done a good job of secrecy, and he thought that outsiders still didn't know anything about this Golden Wind Valley!

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The cavalry of the Western Army, under the leadership of Di Qing, came all the way from sweeping and extortion! By the time they arrived in Guangyuan Prefecture, the cavalry soldiers of the Western Army had all been hung up and carried on their bodies, and they had gained a lot of property.

However, for the large and small barbarian tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture, the cavalry of the Western Army still did not have any intention of letting go of the sweep.

The territory of Guangyuan Prefecture is mainly occupied by the Nong, Wei, Huang, and Zhou four major tribes, and the rest are very backward tribes. And the capable soldiers of the Nong, Wei, Huang, and the four major tribes were still consumed in the decisive battle in front of Kunlun Pass. Therefore, it is easier for Guangyuan Prefecture to sweep up.

The chassis of the Nong people is high in the northwest of Guangyuan Prefecture, bordering Silang Prefecture in the west, and next to Temo Road in the north, so the Western Army swept all the way from the west, and there was no need to bother at all.

For those small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture, the cavalry of the Western Army still used the old method, first saying that they harbored Nong Zhigao and ordered them to hand it over. This trick is more effective and convincing in Guangyuan Prefecture than those fetters along the way, after all, the tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture have dealt with the Nong people to some extent, and many of them are indirectly ruled and protected by the Nong people.

The cavalry of the Western Army demanded that these small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture hand over Nong Zhigao, and these small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture naturally could not hand over Nong Zhigao.

So the Western Army naturally said that it was very likely that they let Nong Zhigao go, and in order to prove their innocence, they needed to take out their property to the Western Army, and only in this way could their suspicions be eliminated.

Although those small tribes did not know how to prove the innocence of their tribe by taking out their possessions, they still obediently contributed their own tribe's belongings.

If you don't take it out, you can't help it, those cavalrymen of the Western Army are sharpening their knives and looking at them, if they don't take it out, I'm afraid that this small tribe of theirs will not exist in the future! These Western troops obviously have the ability to directly eliminate them and take away their property, but they still have to make up a reason and let them hand it over by themselves, which is already very face-saving.

People give face, and if these small tribes don't take it well, I'm afraid there will be no good fruit to eat!

In addition to asking these small tribes to hand over a certain amount of property to prove their innocence, the cavalry of the Western Army also asked them to help hunt down Nong Zhigao to prove their innocence.

After all, these small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture are indigenous, and they are naturally more familiar with Guangyuan Prefecture than the Western Army, so they need their help in the search for this Nong Zhigao.

As a result, these small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture were tied to their chariots by the cavalry of the Western Army, and they searched for Nong Zhigao all over the mountains.

Of course, their small tribes are not bad, for those people from the four major tribes of Nong, Huang, Wei, and Gao and those small tribes under their direct control, they were basically wiped out by the Western Army with their capable soldiers!

Who let them rebel with them, the Western Army eliminated them for sufficient reasons, and did not erase their clan, and it was already the mercy of the Western Army.