With this shout, Xiaoli, Liu Yi, and Yuan Shi ran towards the mouth of Qingsong Valley. Fan Xin and Zhong Gui didn't follow, they slowed down and took care of their families.

Zhang Song, Song Pei, and Li Shan quickened their pace and caught up with Fan Xin and Zhong Gui.

Fan Xin and Zhong Gui's parents kept looking at the surrounding environment, especially Fan Xin's father, in addition to observing the surrounding environment, he also squatted down, dug up the soil on the ground with his hands, and twisted it carefully. At this time, when he saw Zhang Song coming, he said: "Zhang Jun, this is a good place, the land is fertile!" ”

"Indeed, this is only outside the valley, and the fields in the valley are better, uncle, please take a closer look after entering the valley. If my uncle doesn't dislike it, I'll settle down here from now on. Zhang Song was tempted as if it were true or false.

"Is that true?" Fan Xin's father's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Shall we settle down here, and give us land?" Zhong Gui's father also came over and asked at this time.

"I don't dare let you stay if I don't have any land to give you." Zhang Song said with a smile.

"Old Zhongtou, you go to the side, what kind of fun, didn't you let Zhong Gui come to Qingsong Valley? What's the matter, it's a change of character? Fan Xin's father unceremoniously uncovered Zhong Gui's father's scars.

Zhong Gui's father was not annoyed, but just grinned and said, "I just don't want him to be out alone, worried that he will suffer." ”

"Now, aren't you worried?"

"Isn't this Zhang Jun here, I'm relieved, Zhang Jun is not an ordinary person."

"Cut, who believes you?"

Zhang Song's heart moved, and he asked, "Two uncles, since we left last time, have the Li family and the Wang family ever troubled you?" ”

Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father glanced at each other, their smiles faded, and Fan Xin's father spoke: "How could it not be, in fact, not long after Zhang Jun was kidnapped by flying thieves, the Li family and the Wang family asked us to educate our children not to talk nonsense. After Fan Xin and Zhong Gui left with you last time, the fields of our two families were taken back by the Wang family and the Li family. ”

"Also, two days ago, I planned to go to the government to buy a hoe, but the government didn't want to sell it to me." Zhong Gui's father looked helpless when he talked about it.

"Then what's the matter, let's reason with him next time, I'll go with you." When Fan Xin's father heard this, he was very angry.

"Where else can I go to reason? The government was originally a place to be reasonable, but now he is unreasonable, where can you go? ”

When Fan Xin's father heard this, he was speechless.

"Uncle don't be angry, be careful of getting angry." Zhang Song comforted, "I still say the same thing, if you don't dislike it, you can settle your home in Qingsong Valley." ”

"Then I'll have to think about it." Zhong Gui's father did not agree immediately.

"What's there to think about, aren't you just worried about your acre of land? Let Zhang Jun give you two acres of better land. Fan Xin's father blindly wanted Zhong Gui's father to stay together.

"Don't worry about the fields, oh yes, I've also made two new farm tools, and the use of these new farm tools has more than tripled the efficiency of farm work."

"Oh? Then hurry into the valley, show us, and open our eyes. When Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father heard that there were new farm tools, they immediately became interested and urged everyone to speed up.

When they were about to reach the mouth of the valley, Xiaoli, Liu Yi, Yuan Shi and others were still there, and they did not enter the valley. The guards at the mouth of the valley were several more and heavily armed. Zhang Song, Song Pei, and Li Shan glanced at each other in surprise and stepped forward quickly.

"Zhang Jun is back." Shen You, dressed in military uniform, stepped forward to salute Zhang Song.

"Shen Jun, what's the matter with you? Did something happen in the valley? Song Pei asked in surprise.

Shen You walked up to Zhang Song and Song Pei, and said in a low voice: "Zhou Mingshu ran away with Ding Sanshan and Wu Hong!" ”

Zhang Song was taken aback and asked with concern, "When did this happen?" ”

"This matter is also complicated, after you left this morning, Madame sent someone to invite Zhou Mingshu to discuss the matter, only to find out that Zhou Mingshu did not return to Qingsong Valley yesterday at all."

"Could it be that he has something to do temporarily and is delayed outside?" Zhang Song asked.

"Originally, Mrs. thought the same, but she was afraid that he would have any other accidents in the valley, so she sent people to look everywhere in the valley, who knew that such a search, not to find Zhou Mingshu, but to Ding Sanshan and Wu Hong frightened, Ding Sanshan and Wu Hong at noon, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, put a fire in the barn, and then took advantage of the chaos to escape from Qingsong Valley."

"What about Li Mo?" Zhang Song remembered that Zhou Mingshu still had a cronie.

"He didn't leave, he was still in the valley."

"Do you know where Zhou Mingshu and they fled to?"

"It's not clear now, Madame just ordered us to strictly guard the valley for the past few days, and not a single stranger should be allowed in, unless there is a warrant from her." Shen You shook his head and said.

"Well, it looks like I'll have to go to Madame for a warrant." Zhang Song looked at Zhong Gui and Fan Xin's family members who were standing on the side, "Please wait a moment for the two uncles." ”

"What is this?" Shen Yu asked Zhang Song.

"Oh, this is Fan Xin and Zhong Gui's family, they volunteered to come to Qingsong Valley to settle down, this is Liu Yi." Zhang Song introduced Shen Yu one by one.

"Since it is Zhang Jun, the person you brought, and the family members of Fan Xin and Zhong Gui, then there is no need for a warrant, please come in." Shen You said enthusiastically to Zhang Song and the others.

After entering the valley, it is already dusk, and the newly grown leaves of the plants in the valley reflect a strange light under the illumination of the setting sun, giving birth to infinite vitality, and the group walks in it as if walking in a painting.

Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father obviously also felt this image, and their eyes looked at the fields and mountains in the valley in a daze.

Zhang Song personally introduced Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father to the fields they had shared, the characters of Qingsong Valley, etc., and took the opportunity to lobby Zhong Gui's father again to settle down in Qingsong Valley. When he heard that the land rent paid for farming here was much lower than that of Yongping County, Zhong Gui's father did not refuse, and soon agreed to settle his home in Qingsong Valley.

Unconsciously, Zhang Song and his entourage arrived at home, and after Xiaolan saw it from afar, she prepared water for washing and brought it out for everyone to wash.

As soon as the washing was finished, Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father walked up to Zhang Song and asked, "Zhang Jun, what about the farm tools you mentioned just now?" Can you open our eyes? ”

"In such a hurry?"

"We, we can't hide things in our hearts, since you said it so well, we want to see and understand first, otherwise we won't be able to sleep tonight." Fan Xin's father was a little embarrassed on his face, but his desire to see the new farm tools soon was obvious. Although Zhong Gui's father didn't speak, the eagerness in his eyes was only a lot more than that of Fan Xin's father.

"Okay, I'll take you there. Xiaolan, you take care of Liu Yi. Zhang Song instructed Xiaolan.

Zhang Song explained a few words to Liu Yi, regardless of Liu Yi's surprise, after greeting Li Shan, he picked up one of Liu Yi's two stones, and took Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father to the blacksmith shed with Song Pei.

When he arrived at the blacksmith's shed, the blacksmith was about to call it a day.

"Blacksmith, come and see, I've brought you a treasure!" As soon as he saw the blacksmith, Zhang Song opened his mouth and shouted.

"What a baby, show it to me." When the blacksmith heard this, he hurriedly dropped the work in his hand, ran over, took the stone handed by Zhang Song, and looked at it carefully by the fire.

"It's iron ore!" The blacksmith soon exclaimed loudly, looking very excited.

Song Pei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then snatched the stone over and examined it carefully. Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father also leaned over to watch at this time.

For a while, the three of them didn't see anything famous, but their excited expressions were the same as those of blacksmiths.

"Where are you from? Tell me quickly. The blacksmith stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Song's arms.

Song Pei coughed at the right time, and the blacksmith immediately realized his faux pas, hurriedly let go of his hand, and apologized to Zhang Song.

"Well, the blacksmith doesn't have to be so formal. It's really iron ore, and there's a lot of it, the question is blacksmith, can you make iron out of iron ore?"

When the blacksmith heard this, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he said, "I've only heard of the general steps of ironmaking, but I've never done it, if ......"

"That's right......," Zhang Song muttered.

When the blacksmith heard Zhang Song say this, he thought that Zhang Song would not hand over the iron ore to him for smelting, and the smile on his face quickly dimmed.

"I'll leave the matter of iron smelting to you, but there are two things to pay attention to, one is to pay attention to secrecy, and the other is to follow my method." Zhang Songdao.

"Really?" The blacksmith couldn't believe his ears when he heard this.

"Really. Who else is you! Zhang Song said with a smile.

"Also, Zhang Jun, you can also make iron?" The blacksmith asked in a highly uncertain tone.

"Yes. The iron I make is better than the best iron in the world today. ”

"Can that ...... I'm sorry" As soon as the blacksmith opened his mouth, he felt that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly apologized.

"I'll tell you all the smelting methods, but not at this time." Of course, Zhang Song understood what the blacksmith meant, and he didn't intend to hide his secrets.

"Thank you, my lord!"

The blacksmith immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Zhang Song. Zhang Song hurriedly helped the blacksmith up.

"I'll talk to you about this later, and I still have some things to do with you." Zhang Song smiled and patted the blacksmith who was nodding his head busily, and continued, "Now take out the quyuan plough and iron rake you made, my two uncles want to see your craftsmanship." ”

The blacksmith almost ran into the blacksmith's shed, took out the newly made curved plough and iron rake, and placed them in front of Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father.

As soon as these two farm tools appeared, they attracted the attention of Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father, and they squatted on the ground and stroked the two new farm tools with their hands, studying the functions of these two farm tools.

The blacksmith proudly introduced the two farm tools to the side, from design to construction to trial, and explained in detail. Fan Xin's father and Zhong Gui's father found out that Zhang Song was not lying, so they sighed.

"Zhang Jun, Song Jun, it's good for you to be here. Madame, please go to the proceedings. Chen Jia came panting from the way from the shed and said hurriedly.