Although Duan Yan is the uncle of Duan Lingyu and Duan Yaoying, how could he, who is ambitious, always be subservient;

On the condition of marrying Duan Yaoying, the first beauty of Dali Kingdom, to the prince of Annan, he colluded with Annan to eliminate the loyal ministers and good generals who supported Duan Lingyu and replace the Duan family's descendants!

It's just that Duan Yaoying knew that Wu Dingji, the prince of Annan, was not only not good-looking, but also had a bad reputation, so she tried her best to escape from Dali City with her maid Ya'er.

As soon as I went to Dafeng Capital, I didn't know when I would be able to see the old emperor He Yu borrowing to rescue the soldiers, so I couldn't help but say with a sad face.

"Princess, don't worry, the spirit of the emperor in the sky will definitely bless your ......"

With the current situation in Dali, if there is no reinforcement from Dafeng, don't say that the two of them are weak women, even if they are Wang Shangduan Lingyu, they are powerless to return to the sky, Ya'er said this, just to comfort her heart.

At this point, lest the wall have ears, Duan Yaoying and her no longer spoke, but looked at the southwest with a worried face.

"Official, this is it."

Three or four miles away from Limahe Town, there is a rolling mountain, and after traveling in the mountain road for more than half an hour, it can no longer move forward because of the steep mountain;

Fortunately, everyone got off their horses and climbed dozens of meters to the side, and Duan Chahu, a big man in leather skirts, pointed to the pit in front of him and said.

This pit with a radius of hundreds of ten meters obviously shows traces of being excavated, and with the weathering degree of the surface rock, I am afraid that it is at least a few hundred years old.

"Yes, this is nickel ore," Liu Huayun nodded with satisfaction as he stepped forward and checked the yellow and black, but not rocky crystals.

This area should be the town of Limahe and the place where nickel sulfide ore is more abundant.

According to the information of his previous life, Liu Huayun knew that the Lima River nickel mine had a trend of seventy or eighty miles.

Presumably, as long as the mountain range is chiseled and the rocks are removed, scattered raw ore can be found, even if it is not sulfided, as long as it can be refined into ferronickel;

In this way, this vein is rich enough for craftsmen to mine for a hundred years, and there are rich coal resources in Yanbian County, dozens of miles away, so it is not difficult to smelt here.

However, if you want to continuously transport ferronickel to Jinling and the capital, the area of the Lima River must have a large number of officers and craftsmen stationed there.

"Brother Duan, I don't know if you are willing to do things for the imperial court, you can rest assured, not only will you have a good salary, but you can also enjoy the privileges of an eight-rank official......"

Duan Chahu, who knew how to refine ferronickel, was undoubtedly the best candidate for the leader of the craftsmen in Liu Huayun's heart, so he turned around and asked with a faint smile.

"Thank you for your appreciation, the villain is willing."

Although the eight-rank official is not included in the establishment of the Dafeng Imperial Court, and he does not have any real power, but listening to the statement of the master in front of him, there will be a large number of officials, soldiers and craftsmen in Limahe Town in the future;

Being able to become a craftsman supervisor on an equal footing with the commander of the garrison here is also quite a face-saving thing, but it is much stronger than him striking iron all day, Duan Chahu hurriedly agreed.

"Okay, Brother Gao, Little Brother Yunlong, let's go back, it's not too late to come back tomorrow morning to mine."

Glancing at the sunset sky in the distance, Liu Huayun looked at the empty people in his hands again, and then opened his mouth to command.

Since he had found nickel ore, he would not return empty-handed, so he decided to mine some tomorrow first, let Duan Chahu refine it into ferronickel, and bring it back directly when Xu Yunlong returned to Rongcheng;

Then let Xu Liang send someone to send it to Gezhuang Village in Jinan and hand it over to Liu Quankui and others, so that after he passed from Henan, he would start to try to smelt stainless steel.

"Yes, Brother Liu," Xu Yunlong responded, and everyone went down the mountain and got on their war horses, and quickly headed towards the town.

Just taking advantage of the fact that he had just entered the town in the dark, Liu Huayun's brows couldn't help frowning.

At this moment, the night covers the earth, and in the southwest of Limahe Town, I don't know when a team of hundreds of Dali soldiers and horses appeared, and no less than 100 soldiers with knives and guns in their hands are surrounding the Yunhe Inn;

More than 30 people from the Yang family's army, as well as dozens of people who rushed from the Lima Inn after hearing the news, were at a critical moment of tension with the other party.

"Get out of the way, this general Shi Buhuan is on the orders of my king to arrest the female thief who is on the run, if you stop it again, don't blame us for being polite......"

"Bah~~~, I don't care if you are Shi Buhuan or Shi Bugou, dare to be arrogant on my Dafeng's territory, and turn against you."

Listening to the angry rebuke of his subordinate leader Li Hai, Xu Yunlong's face suddenly became gloomy;

When the Yang family army conquered the northwest, the Mongolian iron cavalry they faced were much more fierce than these people, and when did they coax them, but there were Liu Huayun and Gao Cheng here, even if he was strong, he didn't dare to give orders without permission.

"My lord, the young general, you came back just in time, this group of guys said that they wanted to arrest some female assassin, and they couldn't help but say that they were going to break into the inn and search ......"

Not long ago, many Dali soldiers suddenly broke into Limahe Town, and the people led by them wanted to search the entire inn.

He confronted him outside the inn, and now after seeing Liu Huayun and Xu Yunlong who had returned, he hurriedly reported with a happy face.

"Your Excellency is their leader? Dare to ask your name? ”

Shi Buhuan, who was verbally abused by Li Hai in front of everyone, wanted to be angry, but after Liu Huayun and others came on horseback, he temporarily endured it, hugged his fists and asked with a smile.

On the orders of Duan Yan, he chased Duan Yaoying all the way, and saw that he had entered the territory of Dafeng for dozens of miles, even if he went too far today, he would capture the woman who was hiding in the Yunhe Inn in the informant;

Otherwise, after she enters the hinterland of Dafeng tomorrow, it will be a pipe dream to capture it again, which is why this guy has such a tough attitude.

"Yes, in Xia Liu Huayun, your name is Shi Buhuan, not to mention bringing someone to break into my Dafeng, and you still want to do it with my Yang family's military son, this is the attitude that your Dali should have as a vassal state?"

For the sake of a so-called female assassin, she dared to cross the border with soldiers and horses to arrest her at all costs, Liu Huayun didn't believe this far-fetched reason at all;

If you want to say that the very handsome woman is the princess of Dali, it is still a little credible.

It's just that if she is a princess, even if she runs away from marriage, these people will not chase here, and they will not have this kind of attitude, presumably there must be an ulterior hidden motive in it.

Liu Huayun was not a good person, but the situation in Dali was related to the stability of the southwest border and the major matter of his own smelting of stainless steel, he would definitely not watch Duan Yaoying being arrested, so his face sank, and he asked rhetorically full of questions.

"Don't dare, Lord Liu, please calm your anger, we have no intention of offending; It's just that the female assassin was so bold that she broke into the palace and stabbed His Majesty, and stole the priceless treasure of my Dali, so she didn't take the emperor's life with her, and she ...... in a hurry."

When he lowered his head, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, but when he looked at Liu Huayun to explain, Shi Buhuan still had a humble smile on his face.