Although Meng Hai is insidious and cunning, he knows the truth that good birds choose trees to rest, and there is only one way to keep him, that is, to become stronger and stronger, so that he will stay for his own interests and work hard for Taohuazhai.

"Salt is not a problem." Zhang Hongsheng said: "When my grandfather was still the village chief, I knew a salt merchant who sold salt in Youzhou, this person came from Yangzhou, and the Huaiyang salt merchant was the most famous, and it was not a problem to buy salt through him. ”

Meng Hai glanced at Zhang Hongsheng, and stopped talking, Su Yi waved his hand when he saw this and said, "If you have anything to say, you can say it." ”

"Actually, I want to say that salt is not a big problem, although the environment in the vertical and horizontal mountains is harsh, but after all, the territory is vast, and some of the resources have not been noticed by the bandits, a hundred miles away from our cottage, there is a salt pond, where the salt reserves are abundant, but we do not have the technology to refine salt, and can only extract some coarse salt from the salt pond, which is far from the refined salt purchased by the salt merchants." Meng Hai hurriedly said.

Su Yi nodded and said, "That's true, but you should pay more attention to this salt pond, and leave the salt problem to Hongsheng for the time being." ”

Meng Hai said again: "Then there is only one problem left now. ”

Zhang Hongsheng said disapprerovantly: "There are a lot of pig iron reserves in Taohuazhai, although we have Qin Yu, a blacksmith, and he has also trained a lot of apprentices for Taohuazhai, but the number of our blacksmiths is too small after all, and when they make a horse chopping knife, I don't know how to make the monkey year, and now Taohuazhai is recruiting troops and buying horses, there are more and more people, and it is not realistic to rely on them to make weapons, so I don't think there is any need to care about pig iron." ”

Meng Hai knew that Zhang Hongsheng was Su Yi's confidant, and he couldn't offend him, so he just said to himself: "The stirrups and horseshoes made by the lord have a great effect, and a large number of war horses are equipped, and the power of our cavalry will be increased by several grades." If you want to do this, you have to have a lot of pig iron, when the lord first started to make stirrups and horseshoes, I was also worried that these two things would leak out and be obtained by other forces, and later I learned that whether it is the Hu people or the various cottages in the vertical and horizontal mountains, even if it is the official army, there are not many pig iron reserves, not to mention that the folk blacksmiths are requisitioned by the imperial court, even if the drawings of the horseshoe are obtained by other forces, they do not have so many blacksmiths and pig iron to make them, and we have Qin Yu this blacksmith in Taohuazhai, If the problem of pig iron is solved, ....... ”

Su Yi's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Since you raised this question, there must be a solution?" ”

Meng Hai said with a smile: "There is no fertile land in this vertical and horizontal mountain range, but there are many mountains, I have already sent someone to explore, Mangdang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, there is a section of Chifeng Ridge in the middle, rich in iron ore and copper ore, the quality is excellent, and the village of Ji Fu is near Chifeng Ridge." ”

Su Yi asked, "This Ji Fu is near Chifeng Ridge, so she didn't have the idea of fighting the mines there?" ”

Meng Haidao: "This mother-in-law is quite cunning, this news is still tortured by me from a small leader under her, not long ago I led people to ambush one of her transport teams, only to learn that the news of this mine Ji Fu did not even inform the White Tiger Village, and this news was learned by Ji Fu from Shi Qingyun, and other cottages in Mangdang Mountain did not know this news." ”

Su Yi frowned and pondered, and Meng Hai said slowly: "Lord, if you want to get this mine, you must take the Dumu Village." ”

"But Ji Fu has already taken refuge in Baihu Village, and Baihu Village supports her, if we move her, Baihu Village will definitely take action." Zhang Hongsheng said worriedly.

Scar said: "That's not necessarily, after all, the White Tiger Village is too far away from Mangdang Mountain, let's take the Dumu Village first, kill Ji Fu's mother-in-law, the White Tiger Village knows the news and it's too late to rescue the Dumu Village, is it possible that the White Tiger Village will travel a long way to attack the Peach Blossom Village?" ”

Su Yi sighed and said: "It's hard to say, as one of the several overlords of the Vertical and Horizontal Mountain Range, in order to maintain their face and status, as long as someone makes a move on Ji Fu, they will definitely take this opportunity to stand up." ”

"I have a solution." Zhang Hongsheng laughed, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he suddenly said triumphantly: "We revealed the matter of Chifeng Ridge to Baihu Village, and when Baihu Village learned that Ji Fu had been hiding the matter of their mine, he would definitely attack Dumu Village in a fit of anger, or no longer support Ji Fu, that White Tiger Village is so far away from Mangdang Mountain, even if Chifeng Ridge is a mine, Baihu Village is beyond reach, and there are other cottages in Mangdang Mountain, we might as well use the hand of Baihu Village to get rid of them, as long as we solve Ji Fu and other cottages in Mangdang Mountain, Won't this mine end up in our hands? ”

Meng Haihao didn't sneer, Zhang Hongsheng's strategy seems vicious, but in fact it is full of loopholes, if the news of Chifengling is revealed to Baihu Village, once Baihu Village attacks Dumu Village, then the matter of the mine will be known to everyone, and the mine will become a sweet spot in the eyes of everyone.

If you want to gnaw this fragrant and gluttonous cottage, there is not only one White Tiger Village, and the opponents that Peach Blossom Village will face are far more than White Tiger Village. The suggestion has already been put forward, as for how to do it, it depends on Su Yi's decision.

Meng Hai secretly looked at Su Yi, he hoped that Su Yi would not disappoint him, if Su Yi didn't even have this bit of courage, then Peach Blossom Village was not worthy of his loyalty, the reason why he followed Su Yi was to see that Su Yi was different from other village owners, Su Yi dared to pretend to be an official soldier, dared to swallow Qingyun Village in the dark, and snatched Chen Hu's war horse, with this courage, he knew that Su Yi would definitely make a difference.

Meng Hai may not have been careful about replacing Su Yi in the future, but everything will have to wait until the Peach Blossom Village is strong enough, and then he Meng Hai will occupy the dove's nest again, which is far more than what he wants to get by opposing Su Yi now.

"Since the White Tiger Village wants to support her, then we will destroy the White Tiger Village." Su Yi said lightly: "We already have a grudge against the White Tiger Village, and the incident outside the gate will sooner or later be found out to us, since this is the case, it is better for us to strike first and destroy him White Tiger Village." ”

Meng Hai looked at Su Yi in surprise and nodded slightly.

Scar, Liu Shisan, and Zhang Hongsheng stood up in fright, especially Zhang Hongsheng, and hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, I know that you are dissatisfied with the White Tiger Village, but the strength of the White Tiger Village is far from being comparable to the Peach Blossom Village. ”

Su Yi glanced at Zhang Hongsheng lightly and said, "How strong was Qingyun Village compared to Peach Blossom Village?" ”

Zhang Hongsheng was stunned, speechless.