"Iron ore" Thinking of this, Lin Bei was a little worried.

There used to be two small iron mines in the two counties of Rinan and Jiuzhen, but they had already been mined, and now there is no iron ore, so they need to be transported from the Central Plains, but that was when the government was there, and now that Lin Bei occupies these two places, the imperial court will naturally not transport them again.

Lin Bei knew that there were many iron ores in the sea, and each of these iron ore veins was enough to make Wanghai City use it for hundreds of years, but could Lin Bei mine it? The answer is no, of course, because before there is a sufficient level of technology, the rich minerals in the sea can only be seen but not touched.

If you can't do it in the sea, then there is only one direction left, and that is behind the Changshan mountain range.

Behind this is the future of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, there must be iron ore, and no one will develop it now, what Wanghai City has to do seems to be very simple, find someone to explore the ore vein, and then mine the ore out, simple, it is really simple to say, but it is really not easy to do.

Behind the Changshan Mountain Range are dense forests, there are countless beasts, snakes and insects, it is obviously not easy to enter the exploration of ore veins, if Lin Bei has this talent, it is good to say, he regards the forest as nothing anyway, but unfortunately Lin Bei does not know anything about this aspect, he can not see where there is iron ore storage.

So the problem is that the only way to do this is to go into the mountains and find the veins, but there are endless dangers in the forest, and if you are not careful, those people will have to die in the dense forest, and they will never come back.

"Why don't I go with those craftsmen and protect them?" Lin Bei said a way, only if he goes with him is the safest, the craftsman is not worried about his life.

Hearing this, Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi both shook their heads, even though they knew that Lin Bei was powerful in the forest, they didn't want Lin Bei to go. Why, because the country cannot be left without an owner for a day, Lin Bei is a symbol of the spirit of Wanghai City, how can he leave Wanghai City casually, besides, there are many things in the city that need Lin Bei's ideas. As soon as Lin Bei leaves, these things may be put on hold, and finding ore veins is not something that can be done in a day or two, and sometimes it even takes years of hard work to let Lin Bei leave for a few years? How is this possible.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?" Lin Bei was a little annoyed.

"My lord, this matter has to be considered in the long run, this search for the veins has lasted for a long time, and my lord must not leave. How about sending some sergeants to escort you? ”

"The forests in Changshan are dense, and there are so many beasts, snakes and insects that the sergeants themselves can't protect, let alone protect those craftsmen."

"Why don't you send a few proboscis beasts to follow the sergeants, the proboscis beasts are huge, and they are themselves jungle beasts, and after being tamed, they can now be used by me."

Lin Bei thought about it. Barely able to accept this mentions, tamed elephants can understand simple language. They themselves are not afraid of tigers and leopards, and walking in the dense forest is also the best policy, of course, it must be much worse than Lin Bei himself.

"Okay, so be it. Loyalty, you immediately send your elite sergeants, ready to go, and then let them set off on a certain day. ”

An Zhongzhi nodded in understanding.

Then Bian Ji said, "My lord." Although the proboscis beast is used here is a bit overkill, but it really doesn't lose a way, didn't the adults mention it, and they are going to open up the passage between the body and the poison? Horses and cattle are not feasible in the dense forest, only the proboscis beast can be competent, is it not to organize some soldiers to capture the proboscis beast? It should be domesticated, so that it will not be hated when it is used. ”

Lin Bei nodded, Bian Ji's idea is good, elephants are definitely not as good as camels in arid places, but in the forest, elephants throw camels for dozens of streets, and now the three countries of Burma, Thailand and Vietnam are dense forests, and the proboscis beast is indeed very useful, catch some and tame them to be prepared.

"Then I have to go into the mountains this time." North Lim Road.

If you want to find an elephant, Lin Bei is obviously the most suitable, and Lin Bei moves fast by himself, Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi can only nod in the end, but Bian Ji still told Lin Bei: "My lord, now that my city is becoming more and more prosperous, adults must not stay in the forest for a long time, let's go back in one day." ”

"One day? , where can you find it in a day. ”

"That's three days at most, and the craftsmen outside the city seem to have made some progress on the principle of steam, so you have to go back quickly."

Lin Bei could only nod, he was paying attention to this matter every day, so he also knew the progress of the craftsmen, the enthusiasm of these craftsmen has not retreated, and they have even made more than a dozen small carriages, which can run with steam, but the carriages carrying people have not yet been made, after all, the craftsmen also want to make it perfect, and they don't want the carriage to be too big in the end.

repeatedly promised that he would come back in three days at most, Bian Ji then let go, Lin Bei no longer stayed, and went out of the city lord's mansion directly, leaving Bian Ji and An Zhong to look at Lin Bei's cheerful back and be speechless for a long time: "My lord's temperament is really a little out of my mind."

If Lin Bei heard this comment, he would definitely laugh off his big teeth, and his temperament would still jump? It's just that he has been bored in the city for several days, Lin Bei has long been annoyed, and now he can finally come out for a walk, it's no wonder that he is unhappy, this is happy, not jumping out.

Lin Bei went straight to Changshan, passing by the logging place, Lin Bei first startled the snakes and insects around him again, and finally went up the mountain.

"Ah, this kind of air smells so pleasant" Lin Bei sighed deeply, although the city is full of fruit trees, but it is always different from the primeval forest, plus Lin Bei needs to deal with things every day, Lin Bei is so busy that he is dizzy, where is there any leisure to enjoy the scenery.

The two or three thousand meters of Changshan Mountain Range was similar to a small ditch for Lin Bei, and soon climbed to the top, Lin Bei found a big tree to climb up and looked at that side.

The terrain here in the Changshan Mountains is quite high, Lin Bei looked over there, only to see the lush trees like a field, slowly going down, extending forward, there is no end in sight, occasionally the trees are sparse, Lin Bei can see the reflection of water, presumably it is a lake or river formed, dotted in the meantime, the green is infinite, full of vitality.

Lin Bei was in a happy mood, slid down the big tree, and walked towards a reflective place in the distance, after all, the more water sources, the more animals there can be, Lin Bei already knew this.

The apes and birds are frightened, the snakes and insects are fleeing, the tigers and leopards are low, and the north of the forest is like the king of the forest. No fierce beast dared to shoot its edge wherever it passed, and it had already avoided it far away, and along the way, Lin Bei was unimpeded, and soon came to the reflective place, which was a river.

The river is very wide. It was about three zhang wide, with a hairy scale, and a group of deer were drinking water on the opposite bank, and the arrival of Lin Bei made the deer group commotion, but they did not run away, but they were more careful.

Lin Bei was about to sigh that he was in a good mood, but suddenly, Lin Bei heard a huge cry, which was a bit like a cow. But it was much higher pitched than the cow's voice, Lin Bei turned his head in accordance with the sound, and saw a big guy rushing out of the reeds by the river and crashing towards Lin Bei.

Lin Bei's eyes shrank, and when he saw this big guy, he had already recognized what kind of beast this was, it was a rhinoceros.

In modern times, Lin Bei has never seen a rhinoceros with his own eyes. But it does not prevent him from knowing, and presumably there is no modern person who does not know rhinoceros. This rhinoceros should be more than five meters long and two and a half meters high, and at this time it rushed towards Lin Bei, and the single horn on the top was as bright as it was shining, this momentum was like the charge of a tank, which made Lin Bei a little frightened.

"Are rhinos so violent now?" Lin Bei said secretly in his heart. Hurriedly swinging his body and quickly avoiding it, as he avoided it, Lin Bei found that there was actually a rhinoceros in the reeds, but this rhinoceros did not have a single horn. Instead, he had a bulging belly, he should be pregnant, and Lin Bei suddenly felt stunned.

Obviously, it was a male rhinoceros that attacked Lin Bei, and it was not violent by nature, the reason why it took the initiative to attack was because it felt threatened by Lin Bei, and in order to protect his wife and unborn child, the rhinoceros father had to take the initiative to challenge.

For this situation, Lin Bei's tolerance was quite high, so he immediately forgave the rhinoceros father's attack, and then began to retreat, using actions to show that he had no malicious intent.

Seeing Lin Bei retreating, the male rhinoceros did not attack again, but still shouted, his voice was high-pitched, and his thick nose was roaring and panting, in this way to show his strength and deter Lin Bei.

Lin Bei retreated, retreated for several hundred meters, and the rhinoceros regained its calm and returned to the reeds, but Lin Bei could see that it was still on guard around it, without the slightest relaxation, and if it felt that there was an enemy threatening its safety, the tank would rush out again.

"There's a rhinoceros here?" Lin Bei had time to be surprised, he knew the rhinoceros but didn't know the origin of the rhinoceros, it seems that it should be Africa, but since the rhinoceros does exist, it means that there are really rhinos here, and they are not adulterated at all.

The confrontation between the rhinoceros and Lin Bei just now did not affect the deer group drinking water at all, these deer seemed very calm, but Lin Bei noticed that their legs were tense, and it was estimated that as long as there was something wrong, these deer would run away.

"I'm afraid a few of these deer are going to die." Lin Bei said suddenly, because he saw a few pieces of dead wood moving in the river, very slight but very fast, Lin Bei could see the long body under the water through the water, this was a school of crocodiles, at least five crocodiles.

Seeing a new species, Lin Bei was not surprised, because there is indeed a crocodile near the Mekong River, known as the Thai crocodile, which was hunted and killed in the eighties/nineties of the modern era, and was later thought to be extinct, but in this era, it is obvious that crocodiles are much more ferocious than people, and people may only be reduced to their food, the key is to see how they feel.

These five crocodiles are quite long, there is a leader in the crocodile group, the largest and most ferocious is the leader, the largest and longest crocodile in this body length has reached eight meters, and the other body length is also six meters above, it is quite terrifying and ferocious A group of beasts, there is almost no sound in the water, and the deer group can't feel it at all.

Just when Lin Bei thought that the deer herd was about to be murdered, several birds flew out of the reeds of the rhinoceros just now, chirping and calling.

And the male rhinoceros also came out of the reeds and began to roar into the water, making a posture of charging at any time, Lin Bei saw the five crocodiles sink to the water, the shadow retreated, but left here.

"The crocodile was actually scared off by the rhinoceros?" Lin Bei was really stunned, with the size of a crocodile, he should not be afraid of rhinoceros, the biggest possibility should be that the crocodile knows the power of the rhinoceros, and understands that if it fights, both sides may lose, and the rhinoceros is a land animal, although the crocodile is amphibious, but it is obviously much clumsier on land, so he wisely retreated, there is more food by the river, and there is no need to pick hard bones to gnaw.

The river was quiet again, and Lin Bei saw that the birds flew back to the reeds, as if they had landed on the rhinoceros, and Lin Bei remembered a kind of bird, they should be rhinoceros birds.

This bird feeds exclusively on the parasites on the rhinoceros and will hardly fly away, if there is an enemy, the rhino bird will fly and scream, reminding the rhinoceros that it is equivalent to a few more sentinels, this symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationship is similar in the ocean, some small fish tend to attach to the body of the big fish, let the big fish take them to other seas and then get rid of the foraging.

Later, a herd of bison also came to the river, compared with the herd of deer, this herd of bison is much wilder, they unscrupulously jumped into the water, stirring the river to the extreme, the male rhinoceros did not hear it, let them toss, they all have a cow word, so each other is very tolerant.

Lin Bei saw the five crocodiles again, but then retreated directly, because these bison are also extremely strong, and they also belong to the type of hard bones, unless the crocodile is hungry and the water here is enough to drown the bison, otherwise the crocodile will not fight the bison.

The bison tossed here, for a while and a half will not be other creatures dare to come, Lin Bei went downstream, chasing the whereabouts of the five crocodiles, and by the way went into the water to see, the water of this river is amazingly shallow, the width is more than three zhang and the depth of the water is only one zhang, of course, there must be deep places and shallower places, but this section of the river is indeed quite suitable for crocodiles to feed.

"It is estimated that the river will lead to the Mekong." Thinking of this possibility, Lin Bei temporarily stopped, looked towards the Changshan Mountain Range, estimated the distance between them, there should be forty miles, and then the road can be paved here, and then change the car to a boat, and then enter the Mekong River, and when you reach the Mekong River, you can go to other countries through the big river Guò, but the depth of the river is a problem, a zhang deep, and the boats carrying more goods have to run aground. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: The third update is here, it's really difficult to write when you catch a cold.