Zou Xianling used his right hand to cover his white beard from top to bottom, calmly walked to the edge of the road, looked down, and said, "Sulfur and saltpeter are mainly sold to other countries to make fireworks, but as the raw materials in Laiyuan County are getting less and less, the previous employers have chosen to find other counties to buy."

As he spoke, Zou Xianling's calm face became calm, and gradually became solemn, and his right hand stopped stroking his beard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Feeling that Zou Xianling's words were not finished, Ye Cheng also walked to the edge, and saw that the children below were still walking on the edge of the road, and his heart was shocked again, his heart was beating rapidly, and he could even hear the sound of his heartbeat.

But now is not the time to take care of this, now is the time to figure out the situation, get the raw materials in hand as soon as possible, and then transport them to Dongzhong County.

Ye Cheng said anxiously, "If you lose a few employers, it shouldn't be enough to make Laiyuan County a robber, right?" Is there another reason? ”

At the foot of the mountain, the man with the shovel told them about the current situation in Laiyuan County.

Laiyuan County has no place to farm, so they can only buy food from other counties, but Laiyuan County has been without income for a long time, which means that they have no way to get food.

The county pooled food and distributed it, with each person eating a little less. In addition, some retail investors came to buy saltpeter and sulfur, so that they had a little income to buy food, and they barely survived for two months.

During this period, the county order sent people to Tianyun to find the emperor, wanting to get the emperor's help. But at that time, it was still the unorthodox royal family in power. The emperor asked them to send twenty carts of sulfur and saltpeter so that they could get help.

But when the sulfur and saltpeter were delivered, the emperor repented and drove the people of Laiyuan County out of Tianyun, regardless of life and death.

After the Zou county order learned about this, seeing that the people could no longer continue to live, the county order had to order people to go down the mountain and rob.

Fortunately, they robbed some black-hearted rich and corrupt officials. In this way, they have survived until now.

But the shovel man was reluctant to say more details, and asked them to ask Zou County Ling in person.

Now Zou County has pointed out some of these reasons, but it seems that there are more serious problems.

Zou Xianling said with a solemn face: "Actually, what really makes Laiyuan County unable to survive is those troops on the border. A month ago, a large number of troops from other countries had been gathered outside the southwestern and north-south borders, causing those merchants to think that the Tiangu Kingdom was about to fight, so they didn't dare to enter the Tiangu Kingdom again......"

Zou Xian ordered to stop and did not continue.

Ye Cheng knew what was going on, and took it and said, "So Laiyuan County has really lost its source of income since then, so you can't survive and give up digging saltpeter and sulfur."

Zou Xianling nodded, indicating that Ye Cheng's analysis was correct.

It turns out that things are not complicated, and it is still a matter of customers. If no one comes to buy saltpeter and sulfur, naturally no one will dig anymore, and if they don't dig, Laiyuan County will have no income, which is fatal for a county that only relies on buying food from the outside world.

And on the battlefield, such a county town is extremely easy to attack. As long as a small part of the team is used to block the entrance and exit of the county seat, it will naturally be broken in ten days and half a month.

Ye Cheng sighed sadly, looking at the children below who were happily playing, it was great that those children could grow up so happily in such a difficult situation.

And it doesn't have to be like other counties, where the poor and the children of the poor play together, and the children of the rich and the rich play together.

Zou Xianling found out, turned his head and asked, "Child, why are you sighing?" ”

When asked like this, Ye Cheng couldn't answer why he sighed, but when he saw this situation, the suppressed emotions in his heart were released at once.

Ye Cheng shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Lord County Commander, we are here to solve the problem for you, but you have to prepare a lot of sulfur and saltpeter for us."

"What do you mean?" Zou Xianling was a little surprised and a little puzzled.

At this time, Lai Zhongjin was behind Zou County Commander and said respectfully, "Zou County Order, I have prepared ten boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, which I have come to exchange for saltpeter and sulfur with you." I think the money that the poor will not be able to use up for ten lifetimes should be able to exchange all the saltpeter and brimstone in your county."

"Did the general really bring so much gold and exchange it for brimstone and saltpeter?" Zou Xianling suddenly asked in surprise.

"Now that Xiao Luan has gathered 100,000 troops on the southwest border, and it will come in at any time, I don't have the time to lie to you," Lai Zhongjin said solemnly. Now he really shows the spirit of a general to Zou County, but under this spirit, there is still a trace of respect.

"But the old man doesn't know what is the use of brimstone and saltpeter in war?" Zou Xianling looked puzzled, in his opinion, sulfur and saltpeter could only be used to make fireworks, and how could fireworks be used to fight.

"You just need to prepare sulfur and saltpeter for me," Lai Zhongjin looked serious and didn't say more than half a word.

Zou Xianling faced Lai Zhongjin, who became serious, and there was no angry look on his expression, but he smiled amiably, looked at Lai Zhongjin, and said meaningfully, "It seems that General Lai is back"

Lai Zhongjin still looked at Zou County Ling with a smile on his face.

After the two stared at each other with a serious smile for a while, Zou Xianling turned around first, looked down at the big pit below, and shouted, "Have you rested enough, it's time to start."

Zou County, who was sixty or seventy years old, could still shout such a bold voice, which made Ye Cheng, Concubine Zhao, the big boss and Anxin look surprised and looked at Zou County.

Only Lai Zhongjin still looked serious, as if he had known Zou Xianling's physical condition early on.

Zou Xianling's shouts were amplified several times in this rugby-shaped pit, and the sound was extremely loud and slightly deafening.

After the shouting died down, men began to emerge from the caves below, filling the road outside the entrance. The men all had digging tools in their hands and looked up.

If you can start work, you will be paid, so the men below are laughing happily.

Zou Xianling looked at the bottom of the big pit and said, "Listen, now that the army of Xiaoluan has been assembled on the southwest border, General Lai needs sulfur and saltpeter to fight them back, so we have to dig out the sulfur and saltpeter as soon as possible and hand them over to General Lai." You don't have to worry about food, General Lai has already helped us solve it."

Taking a deep breath, Zou County ordered the excavation to be excavated, "Everyone listens to the order." This prefectural decree commands you to dig up all the sulphur and saltpeter from the mountain."

"Yes," a large number of men shouted in unison below.

The sound is chaotic, lasts for a long time, and is amplified several times under the action of the large crater, resulting in a very loud and loud shouting.

His ears were buzzing with the sound of shouting, and Ye Cheng had to cover his ears. But he was very glad in his heart, if this continued, the raw materials could be transported to Dongzhong County as soon as possible.