When everyone heard this, they were startled, and hurriedly said, "If this is the case, Lord Baihu will kill me and wait." In the future, wherever the Lord of the Hundred Households is useful to us, we will do our best to help. After hearing this, Duan Xing stopped being polite, and led everyone out of the door. At this time, Xing pointed to the young man just now and said, "Who is this little brother?" The old miner just now hurriedly stood up, pointed at the young man and introduced to Duan Xing: "The old man's surname is Zhou, the name is Shan, this is my nephew Zhou Ren." "Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zhou, the kid is disrespectful!" Zhou Shan hurriedly said to Duan Xing: "How dare the old man let the hundred households be like this!" The adult is a court official at a young age, but he can be a virtuous corporal, and his achievements are immeasurable! Duan Xing was overjoyed after hearing this, but he was silent on the surface, and hurriedly said modestly: "Where is it, the kid is just inheriting the shadow of his ancestors, and he is just a hundred households." When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel respect.

Seeing Duan Xing's expression that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, all the miners present were a little nervous, for fear that Duan Xing would be angry, Duan Xing saw this, hurriedly took two steps forward, and said to everyone: "Don't be afraid, this is my test of the ranks, to see if you sincerely participate in this matter." If you really don't want to participate, don't force it, but keep this secret and don't divulge it to anyone outside the scene, even if it's a close relative! If you violate it, I will kill it! Duan Xing's face tightened, and he raised his head and said loudly. The scene fell silent for a while.

Zhang Yi on the side saw it, and hurriedly walked forward to play a round and said: "Rank, what my family said just now, don't take it seriously. After hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, Duan Xing carefully inquired about the location of the saltpeter mine, learned that it was not far from here, and made a promise to the miners, so everyone left one after another.

After everyone left, Zhang Yi looked blank and asked Duan Xing: "Lord Baihu, how can you conclude that these miners will definitely help us?" Duan Xing said lightly: "Do you still need to ask?" The miners were originally born hard, powerless and powerless, and they have been beaten and bullied by mine supervisors and thugs for a long time (note: referring to the institutions and personnel set up by the Ming Dynasty in important mineral deposits owned by the state or the royal family, such as gold and silver mines, saltpeter mines, etc., which are mostly controlled by eunuchs), and they will definitely not sell us, and after all, the identity of our official government is obvious. Zhang Yi wanted to ask again after hearing this, but was stopped by Duan Xing waving his hand, and just as Zhang Yi was about to turn around and leave, Duan Xing suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Come back!" ”

Zhang Yigang turned around, turned back when he heard the words, and asked, "What else is going on with Lord Baihu?" Duan Xing smiled slightly, walked up to Zhang Yi, patted his back with one hand and said, "Come here with your ear." The two discussed like this for a long time, and finally came up with a solution and decided to give it a try.

Early the next morning, Duan Xing pretended to be a businessman, instructed Zhang Yi to select a few elite soldiers to pretend to be his companions, and found an old miner to accompany him.

After about half an hour, Duan Xing and the others came to a mountain pass, and at this time, they only heard a loud shout: "Someone is coming, stop the carriage and horses!" The mine is heavy, and vehicles and horses are not allowed to enter! After hearing this, Duan Xing instructed the soldiers driving the car to park near the mountain pass, and he and the rest of the people got out of the car and walked.

Duan Xing and his entourage followed the sound to the mountain pass, and were about to open their mouths to ask the guard, when the old miner who followed quietly pulled Duan Xing's sleeve and said softly: "My lord, the old man has some friendship with the guards of this mine, and let the old man speak." After speaking, without waiting for Duan Xing to stop him, he shouted to the guards of the mine: "Old Ge! You don't recognize me? The guard looked up and exclaimed, "Old Yu! Why are you here? It's been a long time. The old miner said: "Old man, the business has come to the door, first go to report to your family Lord Huang, and say that it is the Dali businessman Jia Duan who asks to see him." When the matter is done, let's talk about the old days. The caretaker named Lao Ge heard this, and felt that the matter was important, so he walked up to everyone and took a closer look, and saw that Duan Xing, the leader, was dressed as a rich businessman, and then looked at the people who followed him, dressed as men and guards, and didn't see anything. He walked up to Duan Xing and hugged his fists and said, "I don't know what Duan Daguan is doing here?" Duan Xing looked at him and said, "Annoying Lao Ge reported to the mine supervisor, and he will be grateful when the matter is over." With that, he took out a small piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it to Lao Ge without paying attention.

After Lao Ge took the silver, he hurriedly ran to inform the mine supervisor, and after a while, Lao Ge led a petty official dressed in black and his face full of meat. Duan Xing guessed that he was the mine supervisor. He took the initiative to bow and salute, and said, "Grass people Duan Xing, I have seen the mine supervisor. The yellow mine listened, looked up, and saw Duan Xing dressed as a wealthy businessman, his mind couldn't help but come alive, and he was thinking about blackmailing the "fat sheep" sent to the door for a while. But with a smile on his face, he pretended to greet Duan Xing cordially: "I don't know why Duan Xing came here?" When Duan Xing heard this, he didn't answer first, but said, "Why do you ask?" They came to this mine for saltpeter and brimstone. ”

Oh, when the yellow mine supervisor heard this, he was secretly surprised in his heart, and asked again: "I don't know what Duan Yuan is doing outside the department?" What is the use of saltpeter and brimstone? At this time, Shi Xing took a step forward and bowed down: "Lord Huang, the grass people are firecracker merchants, and of course they buy these for the purpose of making firecrackers." After listening to the yellow mine, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and he was about to brush his sleeves away, but as soon as he thought about it, he said to Duan Xingnunu: "Saltpeter and sulfur are not trivial, they have a lot to do with it, and the official is also a little embarrassed, you see" Before he finished speaking, Duan Xing hurriedly smiled and said: "My lord, it's a little interesting, please smile." As he spoke, he handed over a small money bag.

The yellow mine supervisor took the money bag, checked it with his hand, felt quite heavy, secretly opened it to see, only to see that there were twenty taels of silver in it, the yellow mine supervisor was overjoyed, and said to Duan Xing and his party: "I don't know how much Duan Xing needs to be? ”

"Six hundred pounds of saltpeter and four hundred and eighty pounds of sulfur, what do you think?" Duan Xing tried to ask.

At this time, I only heard the yellow mine supervisor say: "The amount of saltpeter and sulfur is huge, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to collect them for a while." Please wait a few days for someone to pick it up after paying for it. After Duan Xing listened, although he was displeased, he agreed after thinking about it. So he took his leave and left.

After Duan Xing and the others left the mining area, they came to a nearby town to find an inn, asked for a few dishes to eat with Wang Li, and were eating happily, just when Wang Li was about to call someone to serve wine, Duan Xing said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten the military regulations?" Don't drink alcohol when you're out on business, and be careful if you miss a big thing. Wang Li had no choice but to swallow his words back. ”

Just as Duan Xing was about to finish the meal and settle the bill, he suddenly heard a woman's cry in his ears.

ps: The chapter that was updated just now, Chapter 9 was just accidentally updated by mistake, and MEmu will correct and update it as soon as possible.