The scorching sun in July is like fire, the earth is painted, under the dust, the heat wave is rolling, Liu Buyi finished herding the cow, sitting under the eaves of his yard and fanning the fan, the fan is slowly pulling, but there is no coolness, the young man's face is hanging with beads of sweat, staring at the vegetable garden that is scorched by the sun.

In the vegetable garden, the green vegetable leaves are a little listless, obviously even the plants that need sunlight are still a little unbearable in the face of this sunny weather.

Not far away, a figure walked over.

Blacksmith Yang Tianzhen stood at the door of Liu Buyi's house with a hat, he glanced at Liu Buyi, who was sitting under the eaves, "It's not easy cub, are you interested in following me into the mountain?"

Speaking of entering the mountain, Liu Buyi was originally a little sluggish, but he was instantly interested.

Qingshui Village is close to Yunmeng Mountain, but Yunmeng Mountain is not the only mountain around Qingshui Village, behind Yunmeng Mountain, there are actually many big mountains, for these mountains, many adults in the village are familiar with them, but most of the children in the village have only heard the name, so they have not been there.

And Liu Buyi is one of the well-informed children, as an orphan, he has followed Yang Tianzhen and entered the mountain many times.

Liu Buyi, who cleaned up, closed the door and followed Yang Tianzhen towards the mountain.

This time, they went to Tianshan Mountain, twenty miles west of the village, on Tianshan Mountain, the trees are not dense, and the vegetation is also a little sparse, Liu Buyi heard Yang Tianzhen say, this is because there are too many stones in Tianshan Mountain, which makes it not easy for plants to grow, so compared to the vitality of Yunmeng Mountain, Tianshan is like a bald old man, looking strange and rocky.

Coming to the foot of the mountain, the two took a break.

As a blacksmith in the village, Yang Tianzhen often went into the mountains to mine, and at the beginning, Yang Tianzhen usually entered the mountains by himself, and after more than ten years, this ironsmith knew all about the mountains around Qingshui Village.

Sitting on the big stone under the shade of the mountain, Yang Tianzhen took a sip of old wine, and he looked at Liu Buyi next to him, "It's not easy to be a cub, you haven't been in the mountain with me for half a year, right?"

Liu Buyi nodded, "Brother Yang, have you not been doing well recently?"

When Yang Tianzhen heard this, he had a smile on his face, but he scolded with a smile in his mouth: "You little cub, you can't expect me to do well, you really don't worry that my business is not good, you have one less job?"

Although Liu Buyi was scolded, there was still a smile on his face, "Brother Yang's craftsmanship, I know it!"

"You know, you know a hair!" Yang Tianzhen waved his hand, and then looked back at the Tianshan Mountain, there were a lot of thoughts in his heart, there have been a lot of outsiders in the village recently, and he can take advantage of this time to buy more things, and he should be able to sell them for a good price at that time!

Thinking of this, Yang Tianzhen suddenly thought of the upcoming Cangqing Sect, and thought of his daughter who he hadn't seen for many years, and the heart of this man was full of turbulence.

"It's not easy to cub, do you remember the terrain of the mountain within a radius of ten miles on this day?" Yang Tianzhen said.

"Remember!" Liu Buyi nodded, "Tianshan Mountain is in the west of Yunmeng Mountain, the mountain is 1,300 zhang high, and there are Wuti Hill, Bailing Valley, and Mingyue Mountain within a radius of ten miles, respectively, in front of Wuti Hill, the Cangjiang River diverges, part of it flows to the south, part of it flows to the north, and the Qingshui River, Changyang River, and Sandu River that flow to the north pass through Yunmeng Mountain, and the main vein of the Cangjiang River flows to the south!"

Listening to Liu Buyi's slow words, Yang Tianzhen was quite happy, this kid's memory is not bad.

"I'll tell you about it today!" Yang Tianzhen stared at Tianshan Mountain, then turned his head to Liu Buyi and said: "One hundred miles outside Qingshui Village, there are three rivers, six rivers, and nine mountains scattered and scattered! Yunmeng Mountain in the east is closest to the village, and then Tianshan Mountain in the west, Bailong Mountain in the south, and Wuxuan Mountain in the north are located in the four directions of the east, west, north and south of the village in an encircling attitude. ”

"The Cangjiang River is thirty miles away from the village, and it is diverted in front of the Wuti Hill, of which the three rivers zigzag northward, leaving the Cangjiang River to continue to flow south, and in the north of the village, there is the Nu River and the Shicha River!"

"These two rivers are slightly smaller than the Cangjiang River, and the water flow is not particularly large, so they are less famous than the Cangjiang River. In addition to Qingshui River, Changyang River and Sandu River, there are Meihua River, Ningqing River and Santing River in the southwest direction of the village. ”

"This is the distribution of the fields within a hundred miles of Qingshui Village!" Yang Tianzhen said so much in one breath, he poured another sip of wine, and he looked at Liu Buyi with some playfulness.

Liu Buyi listened quietly, Liu Buyi also likes to listen to the knowledge that is not in these books, and keep it in his heart, maybe one day in the future, it may be able to come in handy, but it is really useless, and it can also be used as a conversation between himself and Yang Tianzhen and them after dinner, knowledge is something that really belongs to me in my heart.

"Little cub, have you rested?" Yang Tianzhen continued to take a sip of wine, then put away the wine gourd, and said to Liu Buyi: "Today, Brother Yang will take you to open your eyes!"

Liu Buyi got up to pack his things, and he was a little curious with the basket on his back.

"Brother Yang, have you found something good in the mountains again?" asked Liu Buyi.

"That's it, these mountains around our Qingshui Village are all treasured, it depends on whether you know the goods!" Yang Tianzhen said with a smile, "Not long ago, I found that there was a very special vein at the foot of the mountain that day, so in half a month, I have quietly come to explore many times, and it was not until the day before yesterday that I determined the real source of the vein!"

"Is that going to bring a lot of ore back today?" Liu Buyi said.

"That's nature, do you think I really asked you to come to the mountains and rivers?" Yang Tianzhen said with a smile.

Following Yang Tianzhen, the two walked in the mountain stream gravel pile, most of these stones in the Tianshan Mountain are that kind of shale, under the erosion of the years, these shales break off from the rock layer, and after landing, they become pieces of long fragments with rough surfaces, and the fracture is quite smooth, like a knife and axe.

Under the leadership of Yang Tianzhen, the two walked into the depths of the Tianshan Mountain, although it was still a hot summer outside, but after going deep into the mountain, the temperature dropped a lot, under the shadow of the mountain stream, there were nameless weeds in the cracks of the rocky pile, struggling to grow, small life, but also strong vitality.

Liu Buyi picked a small dark blue flower, sniffed it with his nose, and then whispered in his heart, you can pick it back for Li Nanyang.

Yang Tianzhen, who was watching Liu Buyi act like this not far away, smiled and did not speak.

After going around several valleys, Liu Buyi and Yang Tianzhen came to a valley with cliffs on three sides, and at the end of the valley, due north, you can see a piece of gravel that is one foot high, tied with some red lines.

"Here, here!" After Yang Tianzhen saw the red rope, he took off the basket on his back and took out a lot of things from it, including shovels and shovels for mining, ink fountains for measurement, rulers, and some incense wax rune paper.

For these, Liu Buyi knows.

When Yang Tianzhen took Liu Buyi into the mountain for the first time, he told Liu Buyi some taboos about mining, if it is to enter a mine that has been mined, there is no need for etiquette, but if it is a mine that has not been mined, before mining, a mountain opening ceremony is required.

This opening ceremony is regarded as a greeting from the miners to the gods of the mountains and rivers before opening the mine, in order to pray for the safe opening of the mine.

Of course, the size of the opening ceremony, is also very particular, generally speaking, ordinary mountain stone iron ore, only need red rope to do the line, open the way to the candle, three incense salute to this god, and if one of the rich veins, it is necessary to open the road with four candles, six incense on the respect, if you find a peerless mineral deposit, you need nine candles to open the road, eighteen incense to respect the world, in addition to these, but also to burn the yellow paper scriptures, eight bows, in order to repay the favor of the gods of heaven and earth.

Liu Buyi quietly looked at Yang Tianzhen, who was preparing to open the mountain, and he couldn't help with this, because Yang Tianzhen said that this kind of thing must be done by the mining people, otherwise it will be a blasphemy of the world, and there will be evil retribution in the dark.

After a while, Yang Tianzhen was ready, Liu Buyi watched it carefully, and this saw that he took a breath of cool air, because Yang Tianzhen's preparation ceremony for opening the mountain this time was exactly what Yang Tianzhen had told him before, unless he found peerless mineral deposits, he needed to prepare for the pomp.

In Liu Buyi's sight, nine big red candles with the thickness of arms and three feet long were arranged in eight directions, Yang Tianzhen held one in his hand, and the eighteen thumb thick, three-foot long agarwood was a group of three branches, inserted in six directions of the big stone bound by the red rope.

Yang Tianzhen lit the yellow paper scroll, his mouth was full of words, his eyes were quite respectful, after the yellow paper scroll was burned, Yang Tianzhen lit the last red candle in his hand, and bowed eight times to the big stone, each time, he did it very seriously.

For this, Liu Buyi knows that this trivial etiquette is like someone getting married in the village, although it is cumbersome, but it is not sloppy.

It wasn't until late in the evening when all the incense and candles had burned out that Yang Tianzhen began to really prepare for mining, and after spending a blank and boring time, the most exciting moment of the trip was coming.

"Brother Yang, I see that you are preparing today, this is not a little sesame, right?" Liu Buyi said on the side.

"That's!" Yang Tianzhen held the shovel, and then stared at the big stone bound by the red rope, his eyes were hot.

Under Liu Buyi's gaze, Yang Tianzhen took a shovel and shoveled it fiercely on this large stone that was one zhang high, and he could immediately see sparks shining.

"Good guy!" Yang Tianzhen's arm was numb, and he shook his wrist, staring at the stone that only peeled off a little bit of stone chips, with a frenzy in his eyes.

Yang Tianzhen stood in place and looked at it, then circled around the stones, he went back to put down the shovel and picked up the shovel.

"It's not easy to cub, you step back, this big guy is too hard, I need to increase my strength!" Yang Tianzhen said to Liu Buyi.

After hearing this, Liu Buyi immediately retreated to the edge of the valley, he found a stone that was half a zhang high and three zhang thick, and hid behind the stone very cleverly, leaving only half of his head outside, aiming at Yang Tianzhen who was a certain distance away.

Seeing Yang Tianzhen, who was not easy for Liu to hide, he was standing there quietly at the moment, his hand holding the shovel, green muscles appeared, and a terrifying aura was conceived in Yang Tianzhen's body.

Liu Buyi only felt that the breath of this valley was beginning to become very dull, and the clouds above the valley seemed to be about to sink down at this moment, Liu Buyi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and he also felt nervous at the moment.

And in front, Yang Tianzhen, who had closed his eyes, suddenly lifted his clothes all over his body, and a gust of wind came close to the ground, the shovel in Yang Tianzhen's hand was like a knife, and a black light and shadow left a residual line in the air, "Bang!" A violent roar sounded, and Liu Buyi only felt that the valley was shaking.

The smoke and dust in front of him suddenly rose, and a large number of debris debris was splashed in all directions, the power was comparable to that of a bullet, Liu Buyi quickly retracted his body at this moment, and leaned close to the big stone.

Right now, he can't care about the excitement.

For a long time, the world was clear, and Yang Tianzhen's voice sounded from behind the stones: "It's not easy to cub, come out and take a look!"

Liu Buyi patted the dust on his body, he was a little discouraged, and after probably cleaning up, he came to Yang Tianzhen's side, in front of Yang Tianzhen, the big stone that was one battle high, was already like a walnut, and was knocked open by Yang Tianzhen from above, one left and one right fell on both sides.

In the middle of the stone was an irregular mass of crimson that was three feet wide.

I couldn't see what the material was, Liu Buyi looked at the crimson lump on the ground, "Brother Yang, this is that baby?"

Yang Tianzhen nodded, with joy in his eyes.

"This thing is called the Dark Blood Mine, this dark blood mine, after refining, can refine a two-foot wide blood iron ingot, and these two feet of blood iron ingot can be used to make a lot of things!" Yang Tianzhen touched the dark blood ore on the ground and couldn't put it down.

Seeing Yang Tianzhen looking like such a baby, Liu Buyi was quite happy for him, "Then congratulations to Brother Yang for winning the peerless mine!"

Yang Tianzhen waved his hand, looking very useful, "I just like the sweet mouth of your cub!"

Yang Tianzhen hastily divided the dark blood mine, and then put the large pieces in his back basket, and the small pieces were unified in Liu Buyi's back basket.

Liu Buyi, who felt the heaviness on his back, roughly estimated that these small pieces together would weigh fifty or sixty pounds, and at this moment, his quilt was only half loaded, you can imagine how heavy the dark blood mine in Yang Tianzhen's big back basket must be!

At night, Yang Tianzhen and Liu Buyi walked in the mountain stream, although the footsteps of the two were deep and shallow, but the two of them were laughing and laughing along the way, starry, and the back of the young man was not easy, but every time he was about to fall, there was always a rough big hand on the side to support him.

Liu Buyi was very relieved, in the night walks in the mountains many times, this hand appeared in time, so he walked very confidently and boldly.