Li Feibai and these people have never been to Kejing Township, let alone know where the coal cellar and iron smelting station are. However, no one is worried that they will not be able to find these two places, after all, there is a mouth under the nose, and in addition to eating, you can also ask for directions. If it weren't for Li Feibai thinking that this matter was a private matter rather than a public matter, it would have been easier to kill the lieutenant chief directly and let the lieutenant chief personally lead the way.

When he arrived at the boundary of Kejing Township, he saw someone working in the fields from afar, and Wang Yaojian went to inquire. After a while, Wang Yaojian came back with a confused face, and still did not seem to understand where the coal cellar and iron smelting were.

Li Feibai asked: "Why, those people don't know where the coal cellar and iron smelting are?" ”

Wang Yaojian replied, "They said that if you go along this road, you will come to a crossroads after going over a hill and a short distance. At this time, you can't go any further, and if you go any further, it will be a dead end, and you have to turn back. Don't go east, go west. More than ten miles to the west, you will reach the coal cellar, and there is a path next to the coal cellar that leads directly into the mountain, and if you continue to walk along the path, you will arrive at the iron smelting station. ”

Li Feibai said: "Gone? ”

Wang Yaojian said: "It's gone! ”

Tang Zilan was dissatisfied: "What kind of road is this asking?" Ten miles to the west, eleven miles is also a dozen miles, nineteen miles is also a dozen miles, how many miles should be asked! ”

Wang Yaojian said: "I asked! But no one of them can explain it, some say a few miles, some say a dozen miles, and some say dozens of miles. ”

Tang Zilan was even more dissatisfied and said, "It's over!" This time the range of choices is wider, even if it is dark, you can't touch where the coal cellar is! It's no wonder she said that, Kejing Township is close to the Taihang Mountains, and the foot of the mountain is full of jungles, and it is impossible to find a village hidden in it, let alone a small coal cellar.

Li Feibai said: "Let's go first, I'll ask later!" ”

The group climbed over a small dirt hill and walked five miles until they reached the intersection that the farmer said. They turned left and walked west, about eleven or twelve miles, and saw a small mountain peak in the distance, which was different from the Taihang peak in the distance, this small mountain peak was black all over, and there was no grass or trees on the mountain.

Tang Zilan sighed and said, "No wonder those people would say that they would arrive at the coal cellar more than ten miles to the west." You see, isn't that hill made of a pile of coal? It must be a coal cellar. ”

The people walked forward again, and the ground was completely blackened by coal water, and at this time it was only two miles away from the coal mountain, and it was vaguely seen that there was an earthen wall outside the coal mountain.

Li Feibai kept estimating how much coal was in that coal mountain as he walked, and in his opinion, it must be several times more than what Ma Kun told him. If this is the case, I am afraid that just selling the existing coal can be sold for 150,000 taels of silver, and if it is simply processed, it will not be a problem to double it by one or two times.

This is still the output in the situation where the wages are not paid, the workers have no intention of working, and the people are floating in the situation. If the workers' arrears of wages are cleared and the wages are raised, I am afraid that the annual coal output will be so much.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart, but his face still showed the joy of being rich, and led everyone to the door of the coal cellar. There was silence in the coal cellar, and only an old man watching the gate stood inside the door and watched them vigilantly.

Wang Yaojian took a step forward and said, "Old man, hurry up and open the door?" ”

The old man said, "Who are you?" ”

Wang Yaojian pointed to Li Feibai behind him and said: "This is Lord Li, a friend of the county order, who has bought the coal cellar and iron smelting from the county order, and from now on he will be the shopkeeper of the coal cellar, so don't let the shopkeeper go in quickly!" ”

The old man at the doorman spat on the ground, pointed at Li Feibai and scolded, "Who else is it?" It turned out to be you, the guy who didn't have a son to give birth to! You want me to open the door, no door, unless you cut me down, don't want me to open the door! ”

Wang Yaojian's face changed, and he shouted: "You old thing, how can you talk? Dare to insult an adult like this, don't you want to die? ”

The old man said: "Sooner or later is a death, what is the difference between dying early and dying later?" Get out of here, or I'm going to let the dog bite you." ”

The old man was chained to seven or eight big yellow dogs like calves, and he was already barking non-stop, but now he barked even more fiercely.

Qin Meng rolled up his two sleeves and said, "Brother, let me slam the door open, beat all the dogs to death with one punch, and then settle accounts with this old man." ”

Li Feibai shook his head and said, "No." His eyes stepped over to the old man at the gatekeeper and looked at the rows of low houses in the distance. It is said that there is such a big movement at the door, and the workers inside should stick their heads out to see the excitement before moving. But there was a dead silence in the coal cellar, and no one came out to see the excitement.

Tang Zilan lowered her voice and said, "Something is wrong with the situation!" ”

Li Feibai let out an "oh" and motioned for her to continue.

Tang Zilan said: "You bought the coal cellar and the iron smelting station, this matter is already full of wind and rain, and it is impossible for the people of the coal cellar and iron smelting station not to know." You came today to pay them the wages they owe, which is equivalent to their savior, and they should be grateful to you, but when they see you, they are like seeing an enemy. It can be seen that they have been deceived by some people, thinking that you are not here to save them but to harm them, and that is why they react in this way. ”

Li Feibai nodded, this was also what he thought. It's just that Tang Zilan doesn't know who the bewitched person is, but he knows that the bewitched person is Cao Zhiyuan. He said, "You say, where have all the workers in the coal cellars gone?" ”

Tang Zilan knew that the workers mentioned by Li Feibai were collectively referred to as craftsmen, people's husbands, military husbands, and miscellaneous workers who worked in the coal cellars. Said: "After the bewitched people are bewitched here, they will definitely go to the iron smelting station to bewitch again, and the people here will either go to the iron smelting station to see the excitement, or go to the iron smelting station to discuss countermeasures with the workers there, no matter what, they must be in the iron smelting station at this time." ”

Li Feibai said: "Let's go, let's go to the iron smelting institute and have a look." ”

The group followed the path next to the coal cellar in the direction of Taihang Mountain. Not long after they left, Yang Zhen led more than 200 craftsmen to rush here, and stepped forward to ask the old man: "Has Shopkeeper Li ever been here?" ”

The old man saw the group of people dressed as craftsmen behind him, his eyes were on fire, and he didn't say anything, he directly let go of the dog chain, and went to open the door with a gesture, and said in his mouth: "Above, bite this group of turtle bastards." ”

Frightened, Yang Zhen hurriedly led people along the path to the north and went to the iron smelting station to find Li Feibai and his party. Not far from them, he followed a group of people and took a clear look at the situation here.

Guo Xun asked: "Didn't we hear that Doctor Li bought a coal cellar and an iron smelting station before we left the city, and came today to distribute silver to the craftsmen and people?" This is a good thing, the craftsmen and the people should be happy, why are they so vicious, could it be that Doctor Li has deducted too much, causing them to be dissatisfied? ”

Wang Shouren frowned slightly. He pursued conscience all his life, and he hated the person who acted with his conscience the most, and made up his mind that if this was the case, he would have to take care of it, even if that Doctor Li could cure his illness, he would not let him be cured, and said, "Let's go to the iron smelting institute to have a look." ”