The five largest open-pit iron ore deposits marked on the "Wuwei Map" are located in Hutou Mountain, downstream, Jiangshi Village in the upper reaches, and Daban Mountain in the north and southwest next to Xiaobai Town. Among them, the three mining sites in the downstream, upstream and north are designated as targets for Zhan Xiaobai. These three locations correspond to three completely different opponents. How to deal with these three opponents has become the key to seizing iron ore resources.

After discussing with Qiushui, Zhan Xiaobai decided to start with the easiest downstream open-pit iron mine, where Xiaobai Town has a village that has signed a "friendly trade" agreement, Zongheng Village, which will help seize control of this iron mine. Of course, the other two must not be left unattended, and the necessary measures must be taken to prevent the expansion of competitors.

The three armies did not move, and diplomacy took precedence. This time the stakes were very high, and Zhan Xiaobai decided to visit in person.

Early the next morning, Zhan Xiaobai, Ah Fei, Chofeng, Ling Yue and other cavalry escort cavalry set off downstream, passed Wutong Village, and the fast horse arrived at a hill more than 60 miles downstream.

It was a gentle hilly area that stretched for miles, only five miles from the creek. The whole hill is a large mineral deposit, with more than a dozen exposed iron ore deposits, large and small, which are easy to mine. With such a large open-pit mining area, it is difficult for a single village to monopolize it.

Within five or six miles of this hill, there are three large villages and three middle villages. There are also some small villages. Both claim to have the right to the hilly iron mines. When Zhan Xiaobai and the others arrived at the bottom of the hills, they could see hundreds of NPC miners from several mining sites working on the hills.

Zhan Xiaobai knew very little about this place, and he reined in his horses. Looking up at the hills, Ah Fei asked behind him, "What kind of mountain is this?" ”

Ah Fei said: "Big brother, this mountain has no name, but the nearby villages call it Hantie Mountain. ”

Zhan Xiaobai was surprised: "Oh, could it be that high-quality cold iron ore is produced here?" This thing is worth ten times more than high-grade iron ore. ”

Ah Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know, even if there is." The yield should be low, too. Big brother, we have already made an appointment with the head of a nearby league village, let's go over immediately, don't let them wait. ”

"Don't worry, let him wait. He is in a hurry, which is beneficial to us. ”

Zhan Xiaobai rode a horse and walked around the entire Hantie Mountain. He had seen as many as fifteen large and small mining farms, as well as numerous warrior players from different villages leveling up near the mining farms - but not so much as leveling up. It's better to be guarding the mines, idle and bored, and killing low-level monsters on the hills.

These warrior players are wary of anyone who approaches the mine, and it is forbidden for idle people to approach.

On the surface, the various villages around the hill seem to be peaceful. There is no conflict for the time being.

Zhan Xiaobai, Ah Fei and the others rode around the hills for half an hour, and then ran towards Zongheng Village not far away.

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Zongheng Village. One of the three large villages around the Hantie Mountain. Speaking of which, the strength of this village is quite good.

There are several ways for the iron ore needed by Xiaobai Town, and some of them are imported from this village. The two sides had signed a mine in mid-1843 to exchange weapons for the village of Xiaobai.

In mid-March, it was the first month of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Prior to this, there was no formal interaction between Xiaobai Village and Zongheng Village, and even if there was trade, it was a small business between player merchants.

Zongheng Village has always maintained its self-sufficiency, it is able to produce the weapons it needs by itself, and it does not need the weapons of Xiaobai Village at all.

However, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the world was in chaos, and fierce fighting broke out between various villages. In order to compete for the iron ore deposits on the mountain, the various large and small villages around the Cold Iron Mountain are desperately attacking each other and snatching them from each other's mouths.

This kind of frequent fighting cannot be solved in one or two hits, but it is also a test of logistics, and the consumption of weapons, equipment, and medicine is very serious. After only a month of fighting with various villages, the workshops in Zongheng Village have started production at full capacity, but the production capacity is still obviously insufficient, and weapons, equipment, and blood medicine are in a state of shortage. Mining farms built in the mountains are lost one after another. The army commanders in the village have urgently asked for the urgent allocation of armaments to them, otherwise they will not be able to hold the mining field on the mountain.

But Zongheng can't come up with so many armaments.

What to do?

Buy?

Now that all weapons, equipment, and medicines on the market are in urgent short supply, and prices are skyrocketing, who wants to sell them to you?!

The boss of Zongheng Village, anxiously thought of Xiaobai Village, which was dozens of miles away. At this time, I am afraid that only Xiaobai Village in the entire Wuwei County has the strong strength to provide so many surplus weapons and equipment to the outside world.

After thinking of Xiaobai Village, he urgently sent an envoy to visit Xiaobai

Swap iron ore for weapons.

The two sides signed a trade agreement "iron ore for weapons": Zongheng Village exchanged the cheapest iron ore for armaments at a higher price in Xiaobai Village.

Zongheng didn't have time to negotiate with the sword tyrant, so he agreed directly. After all, if all the mining farms in his hands were lost, the iron ore would no longer belong to him, and he would not be able to get even the cheapest iron ore in Zongheng Village.

At the most critical time in Zongheng Village, they received the much-needed armaments provided by Xiaobai Village, and saved the situation of losing and retreating on the battlefield.

Little White Village is not only a weapon supplier to Zongheng Village, but also a weapon supplier to many player villages. Even the weapons of the opponents of Zongheng Village flowed out of Xiaobai Village.

The weapons of Xiaobai Village, in the midst of the raging war, are still being transported by crazy merchant players at the risk of robbery of goods, and are continuously transported to various battlefields where weapons are in urgent need, and various resources are transported back from various battlefields.