Yang Lin saw that Dai Li finally agreed to all his requests, although it took a lot of words, but it was also in his expectations, after all, the situation is stronger than people, and people are under the low eaves.

Then, his tone changed, and he suddenly asked, "By the way, Mr. Dai, how did you get locked up in a cave by the mountain eagle?" It's different on the outside, you can build a bead for him, why do you have to be in a black cave? ”

Dai Li received some feelings of loss, and for a while he was worried that the manuscript of his ancestor was no longer unique. Hearing Yang Lin's question, although he was not in a high mood, he still talked about it.

"Young master, the mountain eagle has closed us in the cave for two reasons."

"One is to separate us from our families and prevent the five of us from having contact with the outside world. In this way, not only can we be prevented from escaping, but also his actions will not be known to outsiders, and a lot of trouble can be avoided. ”

Yang Lin nodded approvingly, yes, Lianzhu Gong is a big deal, if a little news is leaked, it will definitely lead to encirclement and suppression.

"The second is that in the deepest part of the cave, there is a lot of iron ore, if we"

After only hearing the first half of the sentence, Yang Lin became inexplicably excited, and the whole person was in a state of excitement, immediately interrupting Dai Li's words, and asked in disbelief: "What?" Iron ore? Are you sure? That cave is an iron mine? ”

A series of questions made Dai Li, who originally wanted to talk slowly, caught off guard and was blindsided for a while, what happened? The young master was fine just now, why was he so excited when he heard about the iron mine?

Thinking about it, Yang Lin's burning gaze made Dai Li react quickly. Seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, it is indeed an iron ore inside. Listen to Shanying said, the storage is still very large! ”

The storage capacity is very large, which deeply stimulates Yang Lin's nerves. Since the bird gun was improved, Yang Lin has always wanted to make bird guns in large quantities, and gunpowder and the like are still very easy to do. However, iron tools have always belonged to the strict control of the imperial court, and it is difficult for Yang Lin to obtain them in large quantities.

Therefore, iron has always restricted the mass production of Yang Lin's bird guns, making some of Yang Lin's ideas difficult to implement. After purchasing along the way, Yang Lin made a bird gun, barely enough to equip the hundreds of followers inside, fully armed, and basically all of them are now on this Kongtong Mountain.

If there is an abundant supply of iron, Yang Lin can make bird guns in large quantities, so as to arm more people, and then let these armed men entrench themselves in the mountains near the provinces along the line, and once they start an incident, they will lead the crowd to respond and quickly occupy the nearby state capitals. In that case, Yang Lin's plan would be completed ahead of schedule, and the destruction of the Qing court would be just around the corner.

At this moment, an iron mine was discovered, how could Yang Lin not be excited? How can you not be excited? inadvertently obtained the drawings and production methods of Lianzhugong, and discovered the existence of Dai Zi's descendants, for Yang Lin, it was like a tiger with wings, raising his armed forces to a higher level out of thin air.

A rooster crow sounded, waking up Yang Lin, who was intoxicated, the sky outside was already cloudy, strong stimulation and extreme excitement in his heart, Yang Lin was completely sleepy at this time, and he was full of energy.

Yang Lin stood up suddenly, couldn't suppress his excitement, and urged.

"Mr. Dai, now that it's dawn, take me into the cave and let me see if the iron ore is really as you said."

Dai Li showed a wry smile, he hadn't slept all night, he was now with a heavy head, heavy, without a little energy, he wanted to sleep, but he was under the eaves, and he still begged for help. So Dai Li stood up.

"Young master, you see, there are only two of us, is there too few people? Do you want to call two people again? ”

Afterwards, Yang Lin asked Dai Li to wait at the entrance of the cave first, and found a gap for himself, and got Thomas out of the followers, so that he could identify the quality and scale of the iron ore.

Soon, Yang Lin came to the entrance of the cave with more than 20 people and stood at the entrance of the cave with Thomas and Dai Li.

Just a short pause, Yang Lin looked at the perimeter of the cave entrance, with a look of excitement on his face, and waved his hand.

"Let's go, go into the hole!"

This time the re-exploration of the cave was much smoother and faster than the previous one, and the mood was different. Without that vigilance against the darkness, without caution about the unknown, he went straight into the depths of the cave with a torch, looking for the existence of iron ore.

Half an hour later, Yang Lin and his party stood still, and Thomas was rummaging the stones in front of him, using instruments to test the density of iron ore and estimate the quality of iron ore. Then, Thomas put down the stone and came to Yang Lin's side.

"Young master, this iron ore is of good quality, very high. However, to know the scale and storage of iron ore, I still have to go out and look around and explore it before I can roughly determine it. ”

At this time, after such a long period of precipitation, Yang Lin's temperament has calmed down, and he does not have the excited look at the beginning, but he still exudes that unconcealable happiness, and when he heard Thomas's preliminary report, he said: "Okay, then let's go out first, and then send a few people to look around with you, and at the same time be responsible for your safety." ”

Yang Lin didn't stop, so he walked towards the exit and led everyone. Dai Li on the side was shocked, he didn't expect that Yang Lin actually had Westerner missionaries under him. If you are an ordinary person, you may not know much about Western missionaries, but his ancestor Dai Li, Dai Zi has a lot of contact with foreigners, and he knows Westerners very well.

Therefore, with the shadow of his ancestors, Dai Li will see accounts of Westerners from time to time from some of the diaries and manuscripts of his ancestor Dai Zi.

In some of Dai Zi's manuscripts, Westerners are not only good at making firearms and oil paintings, but also very sensitive to measuring and exploring iron ore. Moreover, some of the territorial surveys and river control projects of the Qing Dynasty were basically completed by foreigners during the Kangxi period.

While Dai Li recalled and sighed, he was still full of disgust and hostility towards Westerners, which was the unique disgust and antipathy of Westerners. Even with Yang Lin's explanation of what happened to his ancestor Dai Zi, Dai Li still couldn't get rid of the inherent prejudice in his heart.

At noon, Dai Li had already gone to supplement his sleep, but Yang Lin's eyes were bloodshot, his two eye circles began to appear gray, and the whole person sat in the justice hall without saying a word.

Zhao Min and Yang Xiao went to Kongtong Mountain yesterday afternoon and entered the stockade. At this time, the two of them were also sitting in the Juyi Hall, looking at Yang Lin worriedly, puzzled what happened to their eldest brother and young master? He didn't eat, he didn't sleep, he just sat there alone, and no one paid attention.

The sun is slanting in the west, and in the afternoon, Yang Lin has not entered the water and rice for a day, no matter how Zhao Min persuades, Yang Lin is still waiting, without the slightest intention of eating, the bloodshot in his eyes is getting more and more, more and more dense, it looks so scary, Zhao Min is worried about the quiet, losing the playful smile unique to the little girl.

Just when Zhao Min and Yang Xiao were anxious, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and before the two had time to react, Yang Lin had already followed the reputation.

I saw that it was Thomas who appeared, holding a booklet in his hand, and walked to Yang Lin's side, "Young master, it has been roughly determined, the storage capacity is very rich, probably in the appearance of hundreds of tons." ”

In an instant, Yang Lin smiled happily, his face full of excitement. After that, he asked, "Thomas, how long will it take to finish mining?" ”

"En~~ Young master, I can't be sure yet, after all, I've just explored it, and I haven't seen the others yet." Without ten days and half a month, it is simply impossible to make a plan for mining. ”

Yang Lin calmed down, and sighed in his heart, he was still too anxious and lost his due size.

Yang Lin thought about it, since the amount of iron ore reserves had been determined, it was enough to equip an army of tens of thousands of people, not only as simple as a bird's gun, but also a red-coated cannon and all kinds of improvised grenades.

Thinking of this, there are still more than three years before Qianlong's death, and Yang Lin's time is still a little rich, so he is not in a hurry.

At this time, Yang Xiao on the side broke the silence.

"Young master, when are we going to go to Guangzhou to take up our duties?"

Yang Lin was taken aback, and then he thought that he had less than half a month to go to work, and he couldn't stay in Kongtong Mountain anymore, and said: "Tomorrow, I'll leave tomorrow, I can't delay any longer." ”

"Ah~, I'm sleepy, Amin, Yang Xiao, you go play first, I'll go to sleep, make up for sleep, I'm too sleepy."

Yang Lin didn't sleep all night, the whole person relaxed, and suddenly felt sleepy, no more, went straight to his room, and went to sleep.

At this moment, Zhao Min only had time to open his mouth and mutter, raising his little hand slightly, and Yang Lin's figure disappeared, and a trace of disappointment flashed in the corner of his eye.