Although Yu Xuan was just a man similar to a woman, his little cherry mouth was no less powerful than any woman with a long tongue in this world—at least that's what Fat Lu thought.

Why did Fat Lu come to this conclusion? Because although Lu Fatzi had repeatedly told Yu Xuan that there was no need to mobilize the people, let alone rush to Phoenix Mountain to explore with him personally, when he set off the next day, Lu Fatzi was dumbfounded-outside the west gate of Nanning, 1,500 heavily armed soldiers of the Nanning garrison were fully armed, carrying grain carts and tents, and lined up on the official road. In addition, not only did Yu Xuan himself come, but several important generals under the command of Lian Guoan, Li Ruchun, Hutong Chun and Quan Jie also came, and Han Zhang, the prefect of Nanning, led the local officials of Tongzhi, Experience, and Tongju also came, and the official road was densely crowded.

"General Liusan, this is too exaggerated, isn't it?" Lu Fat wiped his sweat and cried and said to Yu Xuan: "Lu Yifeng just wants to borrow twenty or thirty people, how can you get me one or two thousand people?" The current situation of your Nanning garrison is not good, and with so many troops, who will pay for the money and food? ”

"Master Lu, you haven't been to Phoenix Mountain, you don't know how big that area is, twenty or thirty people enter there, it's like sprinkling a handful of salt into the sea, it won't work at all." Yu Xuan explained very seriously: "So Yu Xuan thought, since you want to go to the mine you said, why don't you just bring more people to find it, so that you have a bigger hope." Anyway, the army is idle, and they are taken to Phoenix Mountain to look for mines, and by the way, they can also be trained to march in the mountains. ”

"That's right, that's right." Hutongchun, who was straightforward, also couldn't wait to say: "Lord Lu, please rest assured, Phoenix Mountain is not far from Nanning City, and the transportation of grain and grass is also convenient, the army has to eat in the barracks, and it is also eaten on Phoenix Mountain, so you don't need to waste that bit of food in distress, as long as you can find the big mine you said." ”

"Lord Lu, although the lower official is not good at mineral exploration, the lower official has brought you a helper." Han Zhang also squeezed up, pointed to the group of people behind him and said, "After Xia Guan received the news last night, he immediately organized all the blacksmiths, coppersmiths and craftsmen in the city and asked them to follow us to Phoenix Mountain to prospect for mines. They all said that as long as they can find the big mine you mentioned, they can not pay the wages of the prospectors, as long as they are allowed to participate in the mining in the future. ”

The sweat on Lu Fatzi's fat forehead rolled down, and gradually formed a pouring trend, and he said tremblingly: "General Liusan, Han Futai, General Hu, and all the generals, your kindness Lu Yifeng understands, according to Lu Yifeng's research, Nanning should have a big mine, but whether it is in Phoenix Mountain, Lu Yifeng is really uncertain!" If you can't find it, so many people have worked hard to run in vain and delay time, how can Lu Yifeng feel at ease? ”

"Lord Lu, you are too modest." Hu Tongchun hurriedly said: "Who in the world doesn't know, Lord Lu, you are the living God of Wealth?" Yunnan and Guizhou used to be poorer than us, you just casually made a Eight Banners Fushou ointment, and turned Yunnan and Guizhou into as rich as Jiangnan, and now you are kind enough to come to Nanning to help us solve the problem of food and salary, can we believe it? ”

After that, Hu Tongchun didn't give Lu Fatzi a chance to defend himself, so he turned around directly and yelled at the Nanning soldiers who were waiting in line: "Brothers, Lord Lu said that if we find the mineral vein in Phoenix Mountain, we don't have to worry about not being able to pay military salaries!" The military salaries that were owed to you before can also be repaid in full for a penny, and everyone will have a reward and reward! Brothers, Lord Lu helped us so much, why don't you thank Lord Lu for doing this?! ”

"Thank you, Lord Lu!" Countless Nanning soldiers shouted in unison, all of them were full of energy, high spirits, and their faces were full of longing and excitement, as if they had seen that the arrears of military salaries had been paid to their hands. Seeing this scene, Lu Fatman's legs were inevitably a little weak, and he couldn't help but glared at Yu Xuan, who was neither male nor female, viciously, and Yu Xuan spit out Xiangling's little tongue like a woman, and quickly twisted his head away, not daring to look at Lu Fatman's fierce eyes again.

"Young master, no." Xiao Erlang was also taken aback by this meeting, and couldn't help but whisper to Fat Lu in fear: "It's good if you find that tin mine in Phoenix Mountain, if you can't find it, these Qiu Ba won't pick up our skin?" Fat Lu frowned and felt the same way.

Things have come to this point, no matter how sad the face is, it is useless, in desperation, Lu Fatzi had to secretly pray that he was not mistaken, and prayed that the legendary big mine was in Phoenix Mountain, led by Han Zhang, the prefect of Nanning, and led the 1,500 troops of Yu Xuan, and slaughtered to Phoenix Mountain - looking for minerals.

Taking this opportunity, by the way, let's talk about the situation of the mite ban on mines, the mite ban prevailed forty-two years after Kang Mazi, and then the three mite Qing chiefs of Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing had the strictest control over the mine ban - if Lu Fatzi proposed to open a mine in these times, Yu Xuan and Han Zhang and others would probably not dare to agree even if they starved to death. In the current era, although the Qing Dynasty also issued a ban on mining in the ninth year of Shunzhi, it was only for some of the mines that had been proven, and the mines that had not been banned were mined correctly.

At the same time, the ban in the ninth year of Shunzhi was a piece of waste paper in Yunnan, Guangdong, and Fujian, and there were countless mines and mining areas directly controlled by vassal kings such as Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jimao, none of which were able to prohibit mining by the Qing Dynasty - Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, who mainly made a fortune by sea salt, were better, and Wu Sangui, whose territory was full of poor mountains and bad waters, simply regarded mining as the main source of finance, and even directly mined copper to cast Western money, and the Qing Dynasty court was still helpless to take him.

On the side of Guangxi, Guangxi originally had a real nameless Dingnan Wangfu Dingfan, and the mining ban of the Qing Dynasty was no different from farting in this area. It is precisely because of this that after Lu Fatzi proposed to mine the minerals of Phoenix Mountain, the poor and crazy Lu Yuxuan and Han Zhangcai not only did not object, but did their best to support and mobilize the people to help - but this inevitably made Lu Fatzi tremble and tremble, afraid that he could not find the mine and could not explain to Yu Xuan, Han Zhang and the Nanning garrison.

Phoenix Mountain is not too far from Nanning City, the straight-line distance is less than thirty miles, Lu Fatzi's target is closer to Nanning City, so although there is no avenue to pass, you can only overcome obstacles and build bridges all the way, but it only took most of the day, Lu Fatzi and others still arrived at their destination smoothly. After setting up camp next to a small river, Lu Fatzi quickly explained again, and asked everyone to look around for stones with white metal in the middle of the fault or metal particles in the pores, but after this order was forwarded by Yu Xuan, it quickly changed its taste.

"Explain it, and a thousand people will scatter to find the kind of ore that Lord Lu wants." Yu Xuan instructed: "Another 500 people bring tools, widen and strengthen the incoming road, and build bridges over the streams, so as to prepare for transporting ore out of the mountain." ”

"General Liusan, there's no need to be so exaggerated." Lu Fatzi's sweat came down again, and he hurriedly said: "There is no need to repair the road, because I am really not sure, I want to find out whether the mine is in this area." ”

"Master Lu, I believe in you, and I also believe that the mine must be in this area." Yu Xuanyan smiled and said, "Besides, repairing the road is also conducive to the transfer of grain and grass, right?" 16,700 people, the amount of grain and grass consumed in a day is not a small amount. ”

Seeing Yu Xuan's sincere face, Fat Lu almost had an urge to break his head, and said in his heart, you dead shemale has made such a big noise, what should I do if the mine can't find it when the time comes? At the same time, it is rare for Lu Fatzi to regret his intestines once - why can't he control it so much, the matter of the mine has not been brushed up, why did he tell this matter to this dead shemale who is more long-tongued than a long-tongued woman? It's futile in the end, how can you end up with such a stirring up of teachers?

Regret is obviously useless, at the moment, under the personal command of Yu Xuan, the Nanning army not only scattered around to find the ore that Lu Fatzi needed, but also dispatched a large number of sappers to build roads and bridges, bury pots and build stoves, and prepare to stay here for a long time.

After a busy afternoon, the ore was not found, but in the early morning of the next day, the governor of Guangxi, Ma Xiongzhen, and the governor of Guangxi, Ma Xiong, came to the top forbidden head camp together, these two Guangxi officials of course came to invite Lu Fatzi out of the mountain, but after hearing that Lu Fatzi was planning to find a big ore vein in this area, Ma Xiong Town, which has a very similar name, and Ma Xiong, who had very similar names, did not rush to invite Lu Fatzi to leave Nanning, but also temporarily stayed in the top forbidden head camp, wanting to take this opportunity to see with their own eyes whether Lu Fatzi was as magical as the legend. Fat Lu knew this, but he was helpless.

Another day of no harvest passed, Lu Fatzi in the case of several Nanning craftsmen who had been miners under the suggestion, decided to expand the scope of prospecting, at the same time to use the vertical prospecting technique to find ore veins - that is, in several low-lying places with obvious soil stratification, digging underground to find ore veins, although this method is the most stupid, but also the most effective, basically as long as there is a layer of ore underground, it will be able to find. But just when the soldiers of the Nanning garrison began to dig, Jin Guangzu, the governor of Liangguang, and the envoy Huang Zhangsi of Shang Kexi, and Shang Zhijie, the messenger of Shangzhi, also arrived at the scene together.

"Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time, the last time you went to Guangzhou, we met, but I don't know if my aunt remembers." Huang Zhangsi said affectionately to Lu Fatzi: "The prince sent the little one here, to persuade you to take Xiao Gege and the prince's grandson back to Guangzhou, the prince said, as long as you and Xiao Gege return to Guangzhou, no one in the world dares to touch you a single hair, and the prince will go to the court, please let the Zongren Mansion renew the genealogy for Xiao Gege." This is a handwritten letter from the prince to you, please take a look. ”

"Brother-in-law, I'm your sixth brother." Shang Zhijie grabbed Lu Fatzi more affectionately and said: "Last time you went to Guangzhou, I happened to be in Lianzhou, and I couldn't meet you, but I'm the same as our eldest brother, but I've always recognized you as a brother-in-law, this is a handwritten letter from our eldest brother to you, please take a look." Oh, by the way, our eldest brother said, you have to go to Guangzhou this time, and you have to go if you don't go, I just tied you with a rope, and I want to tie you back to Guangzhou. Ha, brother-in-law, I don't think you want me to do that, do you? ”

Legend has it that the big tin mine has not shown up until now, and the appearance of the Yellow Palm Silk Monk's Festival undoubtedly gave Lu Fatzi a chance to get out of the embarrassing situation, but at this time, Li Ruchun, Hu Tongchun, and Quan Jie, who hurried over after hearing the news, were not happy. The outspoken Hu Tongchun was the first to shout: "No, Lord Lu can't go, at least not now!" We have dispatched so many troops and spent so many manpower and material resources, just hoping to find the mine that Lord Lu said, if Lord Lu leaves now, what will we do? ”

"That's right." Quan Jie also said angrily: "Master Lu is gone now, won't our hard work be wasted?" ”

Although Yu Xuan and Li Ruchun did not speak, their expressions were extremely firm, and they were determined not to let Lu Fatzi leave now, which would lead to the abandonment of their efforts in prospecting. And Lu Fatzi didn't want to offend the army of the Lianjia family, and he didn't want to go to Guangzhou to defect to his father-in-law, who didn't want to sell pants, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Lord Huang, sixth brother, I understand your kindness, but now I have promised to help General Lian San find the mine, and I must help them find it, so I'm sorry, I can't go with you now." ”

"Prospecting? Looking for what mine? Shang Zhijie became interested and asked, "Brother-in-law, do you know that there are mines here?" ”

"According to my research, there must be a huge mine in Nanning Province, and it is possible that it is here." Fat Lu replied stubbornly.

"Then I'll just wait a few days." Shang Zhijie rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that brother-in-law, you are a scholar of heaven and man, and you know everything about astronomy, geography, medicine, and astrology, but I have never had the opportunity to witness it with my own eyes, and since I have encountered such a good opportunity this time, of course I have to see it with my own eyes." ”

"Is this Fat Lu really as big as the legend? This is a good opportunity, and I should take a good look at it, and if he is bragging, or if the rumors are false, I will not be guilty of wasting my strength and offending the eldest prince. Huang Zhangsi, a confidant of Shang Lao Han Jian, also pondered in his heart, and said with a smile: "My aunt is really a believer, and he will do what he says, so okay, since my aunt and my aunt have promised the three generals of the line, the little one will wait here for a few more days, and wait for the aunt to find the mine for the three generals." ”

So, under the personal supervision of the two envoys of the Pingnan Palace, Jin Guangzu, the governor of Liangguang, Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, and Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, and other dignitaries, an action to verify the true gold of Lu Fatzi, the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty, was launched, and the Nanning garrison and the nearby people were all mobilized, drilling mountains and digging holes to find veins and ore seedlings, but the more so, Lu Fatzi inevitably became even more panicked, if he really couldn't find the legendary big tin mine, then Lu Fatzi's face would be too big.

On the sixth day, the eight shafts had been dug to a depth of nearly ten zhang, and the prospecting area had been expanded to the main peak of Phoenix Mountain, but the legendary big tin mine was still nowhere to be seen. As a result, Lu Fatzi inevitably became more and more flustered and embarrassed, and the soldiers of the Nanning army and the people of Nanning naturally began to cast questioning glances at Lu Fatzi - this white fat man, shouldn't he be bragging? And Han Zhang and other local officials in Nanning couldn't hold their breath and began to discuss the time to return to Nanning City to work.

In the afternoon of the same day, it was raining lightly, and Lu Fatzi, who had personally crossed the mountains and mountains but returned empty-handed, returned to the shaft at the foot of the top forbidden head mountain, and asked Yu Xuan, who was supervising the digging there, about the drilling effect, and Yu Xuan replied helplessly: "It's eleven zhang deep, and I still haven't found the kind of ore you said." ”

"Am I really mistaken? Is the vein really not here? Fat Lu scratched his head, thinking about how to persuade Yu Xuan to stop work, stop wasting manpower and material resources, and think about how to persuade so as not to offend the father and son of the Lian family.

"Master Lu, don't be in a hurry, I have also inquired, you can't be in a hurry when looking for minerals, what you need is patience and carefulness." Yu Xuan comforted in turn: "Maybe if you dig a few more zhang, you can find that kind of ore." ”

"What General Lian San said is that the open-pit mine is better, and the deep-buried mine is indeed the most difficult to find." Fat Lu pretended to agree, but he was worried in his heart - where did I remember wrong? Remember the legendary big tin mine, which seems to be an open-pit mine?

"Yes, it would be nice if the mines here were like the tin mines in Nandan." Yu Xuan sighed: "I once saw tin mines there in Nandan, there are ores everywhere, just dig down." ”

"Nandan? Tin?! Fat Lu was struck by lightning, and couldn't help but sit on the wet and slippery ground, screaming like a pig in his heart, "Damn, I know what's wrong!" This is Nanning, not Nandan, I misremembered the name of the place! The best tin mine in China is in Nandan! Oh my God, I'm blindfolded by lard, how can I put such a big oolong?! ”

"Lord Lu, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Lu Fat Man sitting on the ground, Lu Yuxuan was startled, and hurriedly came over to help Lu Fat Man, but at this moment, someone suddenly shouted under the shaft: "Dig it!" Ore has been dug up! It's such a thick layer, almost half of the stone is mine! ”

"Lord Lu, we've found it! Got it! Yu Xuan couldn't help but shake Lu Fatzi's arm and shook it, and the surrounding Nanning soldiers were even more thunderous, "Dig it!" We've mined! ”

"Got it? Did you really dig it? Hearing this thunderous cheer, countless Nanning military and civilian officials rushed to this side like a tide, and Shang Zhijie and Huang Zhangsi, who had been hiding from the rain in the tent before, rushed to the front, shouting from afar: "Got it? Did you really dig it? What is the mine? Copper ore or iron ore?! ”

"We've dug it too!" When the new good news came, several Nanning soldiers covered in mud carrying several baskets of ore also rushed over and shouted: "Third general, Lord Lu, our shaft over there has also dug ore!" Lord Lu, please take a look, is this the kind of ore you said? ”

"Strange? The tin mine is in Nandan, how can there be it here in Nanning? Fat Lu was confused, and then quickly came to his senses again, "Bacheng is a small tin mine that is not famous, but it's okay, this time I can finally reluctantly explain." ”

Under the nervous gaze of countless Nanning soldiers and civilians, officials and soldiers, baskets of ores were sent to Lu Fatzi, and the blacksmiths, coppersmiths and craftsmen in Nanning City also hurriedly came to accompany Lu Fatzi to identify the ores. But after picking up a piece of ore and taking a closer look, Fat Lu's fat face turned white on the spot - the middle of this gray-brown stone is indeed mixed with silvery-white metal, but it is definitely not tin ore! Because tin ore is associated with granite, and this gray-brown stone is obviously not granite.

"My God————!"

Fat Lu's face turned pale here, but the experienced blacksmiths, coppersmiths, goldsmiths, and silversmiths over there were exclaiming, "How is it possible? How can it be? ”

"Impossible! No way! How could we have such a mine in Nanning? ”

"God, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

The last craftsman simply slapped himself, rubbed his eyes and looked at the ore carefully, and shouted out the truth of the matter, "God! We're rich! Make a fortune! Such a pure silver mine! It's the first time I've seen this big! ”

"Silver Mine!" Fat Lu's liver twitched suddenly, and a long-forgotten memory also churned out of his mind - Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine! China's second largest silver mine! The highest quality silver mine in China!

"Silver Mine! Silver! Fat Lu hugged the person next to him violently, hugged him and yelled, "I remembered, it turns out that this is a silver mine!" The best silver mine in the world! The silver mine here can mine more than 1,300 tons of silver! More than 42 million taels! ”

"Lord Lu, I heard you right, right?" The man in his arms suddenly exclaimed, "The silver here can be mined for more than 42 million taels?!" ”

"That's right! I remember that correctly! Fat Lu shouted, "If all the silver here is mined, it will be 42,656,000 taels (equivalent to 1,333 tons)!" ”

"Lord Lu, I ......." The person in his arms was so excited that he simply hugged Lu Fatzi and cried, crying silently. It was also at this moment that Lu Fatzi found that a faint fragrance rushed to his nostrils, and when he looked down carefully, Lu Fatzi was paralyzed with fright on the spot, and it turned out that he hugged each other like the person in the arms of a conjoined baby - he was the third son of Xuanyu Xuanlin, who had the good of Longyang at a glance.

"Silver Mine! We've found a silver mine! Just when Lu Fatzi was about to push away Lu Yuxuan, countless Nanning soldiers came like a tide, squeezing Lu Fatzi and Lu Yuxuan in the middle, hugging each other and crying and jumping, cheering like thunder - no way, under the joint oppression of Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling, the Nanning Gang Army has indeed been poor for too long, and now such a huge windfall has been smashed on the head, can these Gang soldiers calm down?

And even better, the main currency of this era was originally silver, which means that once this silver mine is mined, it will be like the future banknote printing factory - there is no need to arrange a sales department - at least, friends have not heard that the banknote printing factory also has a sales department, right?

Being squeezed in the middle by the soldiers and civilians of Nanning, standing next to each other with Lu Yuxuan, who looks like a beauty, Lu Fatzi's feeling is as bad as it gets, but the worse is still to come, Lu Yuxuan suddenly struggled to hammer in Lu Fatman's arms, and cried like a woman: "Liar! Swindler! You also lied to me that this is a tin mine, it turned out that you wanted to make me happy, big liar, I was miserably played by you! Crying, Yu Xuan suddenly hooked Fat Lu's neck again, took the initiative to send cherry lips, and stuck to Fat Lu's lips............

"O God! Help me! There was no way to avoid it, and the fat man Lu, who was so squeezed that he couldn't even touch the ground with his feet, screamed in despair.

The exciting carnival lasted for half an hour, and finally waited until the ecstatic Nanning military and civilian crowd gradually dispersed, and the first thing Lu Fatzi, who had been kissed by Yu Xuan many times, was of course to find water to gargle, but this wish obviously could not be succeeded - because Lu Fatzi had just let go of Yu Xuan, and was immediately pulled by a large group of two members such as Shang Zhijie, Huang Zhangsi, Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiong and Ma Xiongzhen, and was almost torn and chewed on the spot............

"Auntie, the matter in Nanning is over, you should go back to Guangzhou with us, right? The prince is in Guangzhou, but he wants to wear you! ”

"Brother-in-law, if you don't go with the sixth brother, I will really tie you up with a rope!"

"Lord Lu, in Liangguang, do you still want to go there? Ben Du goes with you, whatever you want, Ben Du can help you provide! ”

"Yifeng, you call me Uncle Ma, you went to Guangxi with grievances, why don't you go to Liuzhou to join your uncle, what are you doing in Nanning? Go, go back to Liuzhou with your uncle, if anyone dares to bully you, your uncle will fight with him! ”

"Lord Lu, although this official and you are meeting for the first time, it is like a familiar thing at first sight, this time you have arrived in Guangxi, and this official is the governor of Guangxi, so he has to ............."

"Damn, where is that puppy from Lu Yifeng?" The discordant voice came, and everyone looked up together, but saw a team of more than 20 cavalrymen rushing towards them with great force, and the first general roared loudly: "Who is Lu Yifeng?" Who is Lu Yifeng? Lao Tzu knows you're here, get out of the smart words! ”

"Who are you? What are you going to do? Countless Nanning soldiers and civilians stopped the cavalry and shouted to ask them where they came from.

"What? In order of Dai Liangchen, the commander of Guilin, and the general of Dai Du, he came to capture Lu Yifeng! The head of the general shouted: "Go and tell Yu Xuan, if you are smart, hurry up and hand over Lu Yifeng, who has offended Sigege!" Otherwise, all the consequences will be borne by him Yu Xuan alone! ”

The answer to this slave of Kong Sizhen's minions, of course, was the shouting and killing sound all over the mountains, as well as the stones and stones flying in the sky, and the fists and straw sandals that rained down. In addition, there were the roars of Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, and Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, "Bold! He Dai Liangchen, do you think that he doesn't want to be a general?! ”

"Damn, grab all these bastards and beat them hard! Fight to the death! Anyway, they are all Lao Tzu's subordinates, and they are responsible for killing Lao Tzu! ”

(To be continued)