Jinda had nothing to say, so he led them out of the bamboo house, and when he got outside, he saw people coming and going, and it seemed that everything was back to normal. But the gate was still closed. They began to walk north, lined with bamboo huts, where women sat in the doorways weaving bamboo, and children laughed and jumped around. It seems that only children are the happiest here.

Gradually, I saw a lot of sturdy men carrying flat poles, and the things they were transporting were glowing in the bamboo baskets.

"Slow!"

Pang Tong, who stretched out a hand to stop the stunned man, lowered his body, picked up a stone, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't this iron ore?" You guys have such a thing? ”

The man didn't mind a stone being taken away by Pang Tong, because they had a lot of that stuff here. He left. Jinda came over and looked at the ordinary stone in his eyes and said, "We and the people in the city call him Shi Tie, and the Han people need this kind of thing the most." ”

"You're a terrible thing." After handing the stone to the curious Xue Yue, Pang Tong continued to follow Jinda.

They reached the hill wall that had been carved twenty feet away, and the shining iron ore burst into the sunlight. Pang Tong, who looked up, let out a deep sigh and said, "It's amazing, this is completely a mine." You ought to be rich. ”

Jinda said disapprerovingly: "Because we are afraid of other tribes attacking, we all quietly start to transport stone and iron to the city at night, and when the city gate is opened after the fifth watch, we will go in and sell it, and then buy some meat and clothes we need to come back." Facing the mine, with a disgusted expression on his face, he added: "It's because of this ghost thing that we have become the main target of the Mueller tribe, and this is what they want." And we are so reluctant to give up that we have not moved for a long time, which is really hateful! ”

"I want to see the patriarch."

Pang Tong said: "Yes, call the patriarch over." ”

"Although we are a weak tribe, you can't do that." Jinda, who couldn't bear it a little, felt uncomfortable with Pang Tong's performance, and said, "After all, he is our patriarch, aren't you Han people the most polite?" ”

Pang Tong, who was smiling, said to him: "Please ask the patriarch to come over, I have something important to tell him about this Shi Tie." ”

Puzzled, Jinda didn't ask any more questions, he could see that Pang Tong was serious and had no malicious intent. Soon, Jinda called the patriarch Jin Bei over. Jin Bei walked slowly, and he didn't know what this outsider wanted to do. Jin Bei stood beside Pang Tong, whose gaze was always on the slippery backs of the men who had chiseled through the Iron Mountain, and on the shiny stones.

Jin Bei's aged eyelids were full of wrinkles, and he looked up and asked, "Is there anything else?" Could it be that there is something wrong with that medicine? You can't make such a joke, it's a desperate thing for the children of the clan to go up the mountain. ”

Pang Tong squinted at him unhurriedly and said, "Respected Patriarch, I want to say that the clan you lead is a little too weak. Is it really good to go on like this? ”

Jin Bei didn't have any fighting spirit, just sighed and said: "You saw that scene yesterday, and I have nothing to say." But you didn't come to ridicule our rights, so let's leave when the matter is settled. ”

"There's a lot more to work out for me." Pang Tong said in a deep voice to him: "I am from the powerful Renguo in the north, and I have a way to make you strong and defeat the Mule tribe. ”

As if hearing something terrible, even the man who walked by and carried the heavy burden stopped, and sweat slid down his neck. Jin Bei grinned and said with a wry smile: "We still have self-knowledge. ”

Xue Yue immediately pointed to Jin Beidao, who was the same height as herself: "Do you know who he is?" He is a man who led tens of thousands of people to defeat hundreds of thousands of troops! ”

Jin Bei showed a stunned expression and sighed: "Hundreds of thousands? ”

A war of this magnitude seemed impossible in his eyes. This kind of number is more than the combined population of several of their tribes, and the scale of such a war is too terrible for him, and it takes tens of thousands of people to defeat hundreds of thousands? This little girl is joking, Jin Bei judged so. But he found that Pang Tong's expression was serious, and there didn't seem to be any hypocrisy in it.

The condescending Pang Tong said coldly: "You'd better listen to me seriously." Otherwise, you will regret it for life. ”

Jin Bei said blankly: "You say? ”

"I can't stand it anymore, a tribe that knows etiquette is being ravaged by a barbarian, so please lend me the right to rule in your hands for the time being. I will make this weak tribe the strongest tribe here. ”

Jin Bei smiled bitterly: "I think you seem to be serious, but this is not something that can be done by saying a few words." Can you prove that you have the ability? Can you? ”

Pang Tong took the stone from Xue Yue's hand and pointed, "Do you know that these things can smash the enemy to pieces?" ”

"Don't be kidding, okay, this is Shi Tie, of course it can smash people."

"I mean turn him into a weapon."

Jin Bei reluctantly raised his hand, took the stone from his hand and said, "This is a technique that only the Han people have mastered." ”

"I'm here to give you this power and make you believe in me."

Jin Bei's face showed a luster of hope for the first time, and an eager gaze shot out of his pupils, and said, "Then you can try it." Maybe I'll believe you. ”

Pang Tong, who seemed to have taken the first step towards success, smiled at him and said, "Call me all the people." ”

Soon, Jin Bei called all the men in the clan over, and there were many people standing around. Pang Tong first said in a loud voice: "I'll tell you." I'm going to call this thing iron ore, and then I'm going to turn it into pure iron, and only pure iron can make weapons. ”

Everyone looked at the other equally confused figures with confused eyes. It seems that Pang Tong has nothing to do with them, or maybe it is because he is beyond common sense and feels at a loss. However, Pang Tong appeared to be in high spirits, and he continued: "Separating the iron ore from the stone is the first step, first crushing, grinding, magnetic separation, and re-separation. Do you have magnets here? ”

The nearest few people, including the patriarch Jin Bei, shook their heads blankly.

Pang Tong used one hand to cater to the piece of iron ore and said, "It's the thing that sucks the iron together." The Han people called him a magnet. ”

"That's the kind of thing."

Jin Bei breathed a sigh of relief as he said and waved his hand towards the prime man. Soon a few people came over with a few loads of stones, and when Pang Tong saw that these were all sucked together, he knew that it was a magnet. He suddenly remembered that where iron ore is found, there are often magnetstones, which is also something that the ancestors of the pre-Qin period have long discovered.

Pang Tong was overjoyed and said: "This is much more convenient, first crush the iron ore, then grind it, and then use the magnet stone to suck out the iron inside, and then carefully select and crush the iron." Let's get started like this. ”

Although he thought it was easy to say, he still guided everyone throughout the process for the sake of smoothness. When he saw that a lot of broken iron was selected together more and more, Pang Tong's chest was overflowing with excitement. In the evening, the broken iron had been folded into a two-foot high knoll.

At this time, the men who had gone out to gather flowers and plants returned, their faces sweating profusely, their faces black and red, and they were panting. It looks like it's all running for its life and coming back. But in fact, they did not meet the enemy. They came back with baskets of flowers and plants. Pang Tong asked them to dump all these flowers and plants on the ground, and he squatted down and carefully picked them. At first, he was calm, but then his hands began to look a little haphazardly, and his brows furrowed.

Xue Yue, who was standing on the side, watched anxiously, while Jin Bei and the man picking flowers and plants were also nervous. It was probably a long time waiting for a stone to crack, and people's breathing was so clear and slow.

After picking up a flower with vertical petals, Pang Tong laughed and said, "It's this thing, I've seen a lot of flower encyclopedias." Yun Honghua, check out all this appearance for me, boil it into soup and let the three women drink it. ”

Jin Bei exhaled heavily, and immediately ordered someone to pick up flowers.

Pang Tong, who shook his head and loosened his muscles, said to Jin Bei: "Okay, that's all for today." I'll tell you more tomorrow. ”