"Luqiao Town has just discovered a good ochre mine, and there is also Gaojiazhuang in Qingzhou Prefecture, which is backed by Qingshuibo, and there are large and small tributaries such as Yangshui, Qinghe, and Nushui around it, so it seems that it should be a good place to build a salt farm."

Hearing Guan Qingtian's words, Li Yan nodded and said:

"Yes, there is also a good green wood forest outside the city of Changqing in Jinan, the wood is hard, and some of it can be cut off to make equipment or sold at a high price."

Li Yan said as he walked:

"Originally, when the New Year was approaching, the town ordered the salt works in various places to be suspended for a while, so that everyone could go home for the New Year and reunite and rest, but now it seems that these places still can't be stopped, and the sooner they are built, the better."

Guan Qingtian suddenly became nervous, pulled Li Yan and walked in a few steps, and after seeing that there was no one around, this was the whisper:

"Li Junyi, a few days ago, there was news from Rizhao that a silver mine was found under Liu Zeqing's old house."

"What, silver mines!?"

Hearing this, Li Yan was also a little surprised, glanced around vigilantly, took a few steps forward, and asked:

"Is the news true?"

"The news is very definite, this thing came suddenly, and I have been worrying about this matter recently."

"No wonder..."

Li Yan muttered, and also remembered that Guan Qingtian had been restless in recent days, and it turned out that he was worried about this matter.

The Ming Dynasty has always had a strict order, gold and silver mines need to be notified to the imperial court to wait for the imperial order, the punishment for private mining can not be said to be harsh, last year a city in Shanxi was found to be mining silver ore with local Haoqiang.

Not to mention that this fellow was later dismissed from office by the imperial court, and was even punished with extremely severe punishments such as raiding his house and destroying his family and confiscating his property.

But Rizhao is not an ordinary place, and the people in the Dengzhou camp are secretive about it on weekdays.

It was last year that the family of Liu Zeqing, the former general soldier of Shandong, was killed in Rizhao for no reason, and none of them survived, and the local government was perfunctory, that is, they were afraid of the force of the Dengzhou battalion.

After Wang Zheng was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Shandong, the imperial court came to Rizhao to take people and couldn't find any news at all, plus he received some benefits, and finally echoed the local government's statement.

Originally, after such a long time, everyone had forgotten about this matter a little, but now the sudden discovery of silver ore in Rizhao suddenly reminded Li Yan and Guan Qingtian.

Li Yan pondered for a long time, and then asked:

"What about the silver ore reserves in Rizhao, if it is too low, it is better not to bother the main town if you look down."

What Li Yan said is also the best solution at the moment, there is no need to revisit the old things for a small mine, but Guan Qingtian seems to have this idea for a long time, and 1510 told all the news he heard.

The vein found in Rizhao by Dengzhou Camp is actually not a pure silver mine, but a silver-zinc mine, and the largest pure silver mine in Shandong is near Zhaoyuan in Laizhou Prefecture, but it will be difficult to find it for a while and a half with the current technical means.

Wang Zheng also can't remember everything, and he doesn't know the specific location and composition of the ore veins in Shandong, which need to be reported by local craftsmen after being discovered.

Silver-zinc ore is relatively common, is rich in metal elements zinc and silver minerals, very versatile, in fact, in addition to silver and zinc, the general silver-zinc ore also has a sufficient amount of lead.

Natural silver appears in the form of associated silver in silver-zinc mines, and the output of associated silver in general silver-zinc mines is only thirty percent, and some good ones can have four or five percent, but according to the craftsmen, the silver and zinc reserves under Liu Zeqing's old house in Rizhao City have reached sixty percent, which is simply too rare.

Not only that, the silver-zinc ore reserves in Rizhao are extremely rich, and the preliminary estimate is more than 1,000 tons, which is a large level of minerals even in modern times.

After taking a few copies of the text from Guan Qingtian's hand, the more Li Yan looked at it, the more he frowned, he thought that the content was not too big and gave up, but now it seems that he can't give up easily, this kind of decision is really a dilemma.

Li Yan paced back and forth, thinking about it, the ceremony was about to begin, and he had to quickly think of a way to come out.

"You're right, this matter came too suddenly, and it would be of great benefit to mine the silver mines in Rizhao County, but if you and I brought this matter out, you have violated the taboo of the general town——"

In the end, Li Yan already sighed deeply.

"It makes sense, this matter can't be said, it can't be said..."

These words simply went up to Guan Qingtian's heart, and now he is like an ant on a hot pot, and suddenly he has a feeling of being a companion like a tiger.

He also knew that if this silver mine was mined, it would be very beneficial to the Dengzhou camp, but the blame place was too daunting, where was this silver mine bad, and if it was not good, it would be found under the old mansion of Liufu, which was too difficult.

What happened in Liu's house in Rizhao City is also a secret that is not told in the Dengzhou camp, although everyone knows the cause of death of Liu Zeqing's family, but they are secretive, and Wang Zheng himself never mentions this matter.

Guan Qingtian was still as steady as ever, thought about it, stepped forward and held Li Yan's hand tightly, and said:

"Li Junyi, in my opinion, we should still press down this line, there is no shortage of silver-zinc ore in Dengzhou, and there will be nothing less than this, and some raw materials can also be sent to spend more silver to buy from other places, the general town..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yan shook his head, thinking that the Dengzhou camp now needs money everywhere, this silver mine is of such a high quality and rich in reserves, if it is mined, it can ensure the needs of at least two years, so it is a pity to leave it like this.

Moreover, in his impression, although Wang Zheng is ruthless, he has never been such a small-bellied person, otherwise he would not be worthy of his assistance.

In the end, Li Yan still put these documents in his arms and said categorically:

"Guan Junyi, you and I will never mention this matter in the hall, and when the ceremony is over, we will go to the general town to explain it at the next meeting."

"Li Junyi, Li Buzheng——, why are you doing this?"

Guan Qingtian and Li Yan have different temperaments, one is mainly safe, and the other is sharp, he can't figure out Li Yan's thoughts, so he just dissuades him repeatedly, seeing that Li Yan has already decided, he sighed a few times and didn't say more.

"Someone came out."

Someone shouted at the top of their voices, and everyone looked over, and sure enough, they saw Xiao Cui, the maid who had been fighting for many years in costumes, turned out first, and everyone naturally understood who was next, and hurriedly lined up the order on both sides, and constantly sorted out their appearance.

Li Yan and Guan Qingtian stood at the head of the group of scribes in the Military Division, and they also tidied up their shirts slightly, felt the heavy text in their arms, and took a deep breath as if they had made up their minds.

Heavy footsteps came from the main hall of the main town mansion, and Wang Zheng put on his helmet and armor, followed by several soldiers with solemn expressions, and walked out of the main town mansion first under the attention of everyone.

On the main street of the city, Wang Zheng rode a horse and walked slowly in the center, followed by the civil and military generals of the Dengzhou battalion who had just followed out of the main town mansion.

"Welcome General Wang out of the city!"

Many soldiers and civilians spontaneously knelt on both sides of the road, shouting "Welcome to General Wang's troops out of the city." Some unreasonable people bowed their heads and were not idle at the same time, asking around what was going to happen.

"You don't know yet, it's too lonely and unheard!"

"Yes, all the dignified characters in the Dengzhou camp are here, and Li Buzheng, the big housekeeper and other old men of the Military Department are also over there!"

The person who asked at first was even more confused, and asked very curiously:

"After all that, you still haven't told me what is going to happen."

"Listen to me......"

It turned out that on this morning, Licheng was very different from the past, Wang Zheng first sent people to clean the school field outside the city, and increased the number of troops to patrol and guard.

At the same time, the people inside and outside the city could hear the sound of the iron armor leaves all day long, and the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion were on duty on the street almost all the time.

There were constantly horsemen galloping out of the city from the specially built horse road with military orders, shouting:

"The head town has an order, the head town has an order..."