Chapter 41 What nonsense, kill!

Liu Xie didn't know that these guys had already assigned themselves the official positions and titles, and at this time, under the leadership of Xu Huang and others, they found the location of the mine.

Below the mine there were two rows of simple thatched huts, a flat ground with red ore piled up, and people loading ore to trucks, and the overseer-like man supervised the work of the workers with soft whips, and from time to time uttered a few foul and invulnerable words.

Perhaps it was because they saw Liu Xie and the others coming up the mountain, and dozens of private soldiers guarding the mine were holding weapons to block their way into the mine.

One of the leaders said, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" If it's okay, just leave, and don't get in the way of our mining. ”

Seeing that Liu Xie and the others were gorgeously dressed and had soldiers, this leader didn't dare to be too arrogant, but he was also vigilant.

"Blind your dog's eyes, we are also the ones you dare to stop, we all flash aside, we want to go in and see the ore here." The captain of the guard, Hong Nanhu, shouted with a fake tiger.

As soon as they heard that they really wanted to enter the mine, these Liu family private soldiers immediately stretched out their weapons, as if they were going to fight, and the leader said sharply: "Don't come here, we're not welcome to come, this is our Liu family's territory, if you offend our Liu family in Xie County, you won't have a good life in Hedong."

This son gives face, what's there to see in the mine, let's go down the mountain as soon as possible, this is not a place where a son like you should come, the place of wind and moon in the city is a fun place for the child. ”

When the leader spoke, more of the Liu family's private soldiers came down from the mine to strengthen their momentum, perhaps because Liu Xie and others were more murderous and majestic, and these private soldiers also ordered the miners to take up arms and force them to be strong.

"Tell you the Liu family, just say that all the minerals in the world are owned by the imperial court, and your Liu family is not allowed to mine here in the future, get out! If you don't roll, you will kill it and destroy it," Liu Xie waved his hand and was too lazy to talk nonsense with the little mine leader.

Xu Huang and the others listened to the order, pulled out their weapons, and the team stepped forward step by step neatly, with a terrifying momentum.

The private soldiers of the Liu family were a little frightened, swallowed their throats, and the leader took two steps back and asked: "I don't know which adult's son in the county is the son, our Liu family and the county are all familiar, there is no need to see knives and guns, you must know that my Liu family is not easy to bully, and I am afraid that the county will not be able to keep the son if it really makes trouble." ”

"That's a lot of nonsense, kill!" Xu Huang roared, carried the axe and slashed over, where were these private soldiers of the Liu family who were the opponents of Xu Huang and others, they fell to the ground in three strokes and two blows, and those miners threw away their weapons and squatted down and surrendered.

This is the Liu family's business, it has nothing to do with them, so they won't sell their lives.

After cleaning up the private soldiers of the Liu family, Liu Xie walked in, picked up a piece of iron ore and looked at it and said: "The color is reddish-brown, the shape, density and luster, this is hematite, it is a good ore for ironmaking and steelmaking, and it can also be used as a painting pigment." ”

Jia Xu and others didn't know what hematite was, but when they picked up a piece, they knew that this was Yunzi mine, also called ochre.

"That's not right! Hematite will also mix with magnetite, magnet is a good thing, make a compass can not only march and fight, but also sail far sea, but also the development of science and technology to carry out experimental research is an indispensable thing. Liu Xie muttered, then put down the mine and let the miners lead the way to the mine to have a look.

The cave is not deep, but it is relatively wide, and the traces of mining began very early, and there are hematite of different colors, as well as other types of iron ore and a small amount of chalcopyrite.

Knowing the situation here, Liu Xie plans to develop and utilize it well in the future and increase production efficiency.

Soon everyone went down the mountain, and they didn't stay long, and they didn't let all the Liu family's private soldiers go.

The private soldiers of the Liu family immediately ran back to Xie County and showed the situation to the head of the Liu family.

Descending the mountain, Liu Xie said to Yang Feng and the four: "There are abundant iron ore and chalcopyrite on the mountain, and it is very important to cast weapons in the future, and it must be held in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"What? Your Majesty, you want us to take care of the iron and copper mines here, and take charge of the iron prison. ”

The four of them were overjoyed, and some couldn't believe it, such a good fat, the Son of Heaven wanted to give it to them.

With iron ore and copper ore, you can refine more weapons, equip more troops, and improve the overall strength of your team.

Liu Xie nodded himself, and then said very generously: "You can discuss and decide this matter, and I won't interfere." ”

Patting the dust in his hands, Liu Xie left.

In order to get the minerals here, the four of them naturally have to fight for each other, which will definitely deepen the suspicion, these Liu Xie doesn't care, anyway, the Liu family will not be willing, and will fight with the four of them at that time, he just needs to quietly watch these hungry wolves bite, and finally make a move.

After resting for half a day, the next day continued to travel eastward, although the place passed was a little desolate, but the land was flat and the geology was fertile, Liu Xie couldn't help but wonder and asked: "This kind of terrain is also a rare good land in the whole Hedong, why there are no people on this road, why no one is cultivating land in some places, and there is no tree city to build a pond." ”

Xu Huang said: "Your Majesty's minister knows that there are no big rivers in this area, it is difficult to divert water for irrigation, there is not much vegetation on the mountains, there is no stream flowing down the mountains, and it is difficult to drink water. ”

"Oh! It's no wonder that's the case, but drinking water irrigation can open ditches and dig ditches, presumably there is still a way to solve it, and then this thousands of miles of land will be fertile land, and the people's lives will not be so hard, and they can also increase taxes and grain for the imperial court. Liu Xie's first thought was to dig a ditch, so as to ensure the development of this place.

In his previous life, he had been to various military regions to perform cross-regional, flew over most of the northern regions, knew the geography of Yuncheng in Shanxi, and remembered that there was a river, which seemed to be a canal dug later.

Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty! In fact, this place used to be fertile land, with a thriving population and countless villages. ”

"Hmmm! Why is it the way it is? Liu Xie asked, thinking that Jia Xu still had something to say.

"Your Majesty! Hedong is the old capital of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and the Xia Dynasty, and it is also full of vitality when it used to go around Shun, a paradise on earth, people gathered in this piece to thrive, and there was my China.

Later, it should have been a large population, indiscriminate logging, slash-and-burn farming, and wars and changes in this area, so thousands of years have passed and become what it is now. ”

"In this way, it is not enough to open canals, but also to plant more trees on the mountains, forbid forests, and let them contain water and soil is the perfect solution." Liu Xie suddenly realized, it turned out to be a good thing done by our ancestors, who have been playing here for thousands of eight hundred years, and have spoiled the land here, and now it is up to the younger generations to pay off the debt.

Chatting slowly, the army moved forward slowly, arrived at the salt prison before dark, the army was stationed overnight, and Liu Xie took people to solve the pool.