The twilight was already deep, and the red clouds in the distance outlined the silhouette of the school. Luo Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the school in sight. She was dressed very smartly at this time, her hair was tied in a bun at the back of her head, she was carrying a travel bag, holding a cane, and walking on the mountain road.

"Mr. Luo, our team is winning this time. Who knew we could find three different minerals along the way. And it's not far from the school. Ji Yijun happily walked beside Luo Ling, throwing an off-white stone in his hand.

Luo Ling smiled slightly, "Thanks to Teacher Qin's carefulness and knowledge, otherwise we would have missed the opportunity to discover quartz stones." ”

"Where, thanks to everyone. Qin Mu is an associate professor of the school's environmental major, and he is in his early thirties, he is of medium stature, but his lines are toned, and his gestures appear to be quite powerful. The long, straight eyebrows give a sense of decisiveness, and people don't notice his slightly smaller but divine eyes. He was also dressed as a hiker and was at the front of the line, holding a rifle in his hand. However, what caught the eye was the small roe deer he was carrying on his shoulder.

There were only five people in this team, nearly half less than Xiao Chen. In addition to the three of them, there was a guide and a warrior.

"Teacher Qin, I'm usually unconvinced. But I'm convinced to come out with you this time. Not only did the task be overfulfilled, but there was also extra money!" Ji Yijun glanced at the roe deer and said.

At this time, the guide also said something, and Luo Ling translated: "Our guide said that Master Qin is a good hunter, and if he is willing to go into the mountains to hunt, he can teach him all the craft." ”

"The little skill of carving insects is not worth mentioning. Qin Mu carried the roe deer on his shoulders again, and said to Luo Ling with a smile: "I think the top priority is to pass the language, and when the time comes, I will have to ask Teacher Luo for advice." ”

"My Spanish is from a wild background, and I'm afraid I'll teach you crookedly. Don't worry, the school will have a special language class soon. Luo Ling replied with a smile.

"I'm afraid we still have to go over the mountains and mountains, and we don't have time to go to class seriously for the time being, and besides, I don't have any language talent, so I have to fly first with a stupid bird, so Mr. Luo will take advantage of the rest on the road to open a small stove for a few of us." Qin Mu looked very sincere, "Don't worry, I will pay the tuition, how about one game at a time?"

"How many of us, I'm going to learn it too?" Ji Yijun asked with a frown.

"Of course!" Qin Mu put his hand on Ji Yijun's shoulder and whispered, "In the past few days, you have been staring at the indigenous girls, right?

Ji Yijun sneered: "Teacher Qin, you insult my vision, these little girls in the local area, they haven't taken care of them since they were children, how many of them are good-looking? ”

"It seems that our Xiao Ji has a high enough vision. ”

"It's not as good as Teacher Qin. Ji Yijun said with a smile, but when he saw Luo Ling's eyes glancing at him, he hurriedly said, "Teacher Qin, you said that there is coal and iron, shouldn't we start building furnaces to make steel and build weapons?"

Qin Mu was stunned for a moment and said: "It's not that simple, steelmaking alone involves many steps such as exploration, mining, transportation, coking, sintering, ironmaking, etc., and each step involves various equipment and details, and there are many difficulties in the middle." Those of us who have only some book knowledge, and who has really done that? So now the school leaders are not in agreement. If it weren't for President Guo's insistence, we wouldn't have come out as an expedition. ”

"I see, it must be those small traders and peddlers who are tossing and turning. Ji Yijun smashed his fist in the palm of his hand and said a little depressedly.

"Some committee members think that solving the problem of food is the most important thing first, and they have all kinds of ideas, and even some people want to open restaurants and restaurants, and they also say that the Chinese have opened restaurants all over the world, so why can't they open them to other worlds? Hey, you're going to get a big hit. Qin Mu nodded the quartz stone in his hand.

"Do you want to make glass?" Ji Yijun looked at the rough ore in his hand.

"Actually, it's not a matter of what to do, it's a matter of determining what we are based on, guns have the power of guns, and coins have the convenience of coins, but between guns and coins, I believe there are more guns. Qin Mu patted his gun and looked at Luo Ling.

Luo Ling smiled, noncommittal.

By this time they had walked out of the mountains and forests towards the main road leading to the school gate, and there was a convoy in front of them from the town of Floro, four horse-drawn flatbed trucks, with low piles of grain. The people in the car saw Luo Ling and his party coming, and waved their hands here to say hello, and the people here also waved their canes and weapons. The leader of the convoy saw his own expedition coming down from the woods, probably wanting to give them a ride, and hurriedly asked the team to stop.

When she got closer, Luo Ling saw an acquaintance in the last car, so she shouted, "Li Jia, aren't you supposed to be in charge of housekeeping and logistics at school? Why did you follow the trading team to trade?"

Li Jia sat in a daze, holding the shell chain in his hand, and the meeting of the two teams in front of him did not cheer him up. He seemed to be startled by Luo Ling's sudden appearance, and defended a little nervously: "Trading team...... The trading team has not been doing as well as it used to be in recent days. I...... I'm just looking at how it goes on behalf of the logistics group. ”

"Yo, Li Jia, you've been following us for a few days, what have you seen?" a girl sitting in a car in front of her said with a mocking tone, "It's not that you're all running around the town in a daze, what else are you doing?" I don't understand, what are you doing? It can't be that you secretly fancy some local girl and go there every day, right?"

When Li Jia heard this, her face turned red, but she didn't refute it. The girl stabbed him a few times in quick succession, causing a burst of laughter in the convoy, and several people followed the girl's words. The captain who led in front of him couldn't stand it anymore, he turned around and said: "Xiao Li, you and Li Jia are still from our own family, maybe you can climb to an ancestor, so let's accumulate some virtue." Luo Ling looked at it, she also knew that person, wasn't it Chen Hansheng, who had made a contribution to doing business with the natives before.

The girl surnamed Li still didn't let go of Li Jia: "Captain, don't mess with my relatives." Who doesn't know that our business team is taking a big risk when dealing with these indigenous people. If you don't come over and don't help, forget it, and run around to make a mess, the ghost knows when you will be affected by this kind of person. The logistics team is really sitting facing south, only a few days, and it has raised a lazy uncle, and the good times are taken to be in a daze, no wonder we are out of stock. ”

Li Jia's face was red and white in embarrassment, and she lowered her head and clenched her fists tightly. gritted his teeth and held back for a long time, and burst out with a sentence: "Lao Tzu is gone." He rolled over and jumped out of the car and sped all the way to the school.

Seeing this scene, Qin Mu sighed: "Many students now, they are still not practical enough to do things, and they can't stand it. Small things can be tossed into big things. He glanced at Luo Ling and asked, "It seems that you know him, don't you stop him and persuade him?"

Luo Ling shook her head: "It's useless to rely on others to persuade you to do some things. ”

Chen Hansheng in front also saw Luo Ling clearly, and also saw Qin Mu coming in front of her, and said in surprise: "Teacher Luo, you also participated in the expedition? Why didn't Xiao Xiao stay with you this time? He's a little unqualified as a flower protector?"

Luo Ling smiled and said, "With his body, it is more reliable for me to be a grass protector." ”

"Come and sit in my car, it's definitely been hard along the way, and you can tell me about any interesting things. Chen Hansheng patted the gap in the grain bag behind him with a horsewhip.

Luo Ling nodded, stepped into Chen Hansheng's car, and Qin Mu also followed, but heard Chen Hansheng say to the girl surnamed Li before: "Xiao Li, hurry up and make some space in each car, so that everyone can rest." You see this teacher is carrying a gun and carrying a prey on his back, let him get into the last empty car, comfortable. ”

Qin Mu couldn't say anything when he saw this, so he had to walk back, Chen Hansheng winked at Luo Ling, causing her to laugh again.

The convoy walked up again, Luo Ling's backpack rested, untied her tied hair, took off her shoes again, lay on the car quite unimaged, rubbed her legs and asked Chen Hansheng: "Old Chen, has business not been good recently?"

"Alas, after all, there are still fewer people in the surrounding villages, and the yield of crops here is not good. In addition, earlier, the lord here also levied grain once. In this way, we will have less food to buy. In the days we've started trading, food prices have gone up two or three percent. ”

"We're collecting grain here, aren't there any merchants from the surrounding area?"

"Yes, there is, but this place belongs to a remote area where birds don't, and the surrounding area is either deep mountains or forests, and there are no decent big businessmen in the first place. So relying on businessmen to come over spontaneously, it will definitely be no fun. ”

"Looks like it's time to get out?"

"yes. I would like to organize a team to go to the nearest city in a few days. A place called Suero. Ciro told me that it was the largest trading city in the area, and that many small merchants in the towns and cities brought their goods there to trade. If we can connect with the big businesses there, we won't have to worry about eating for the time being. And the raw materials that several other groups want can also be purchased from there. ”

"I trust your judgment. ”

Chen Hansheng grinned and said, "There is one more thing I want to ask you, I want to invite you and Xiao Chen to go with me when the time comes." ”

"You can trust us. Luo Ling was not surprised, and looked at Chen Hansheng who turned around with a smile.

"I'm a rough man, but I also know that if you want to do something dangerous, you have to find someone reliable. Of all the people I've known since I came here, you've both been here. Chen Hansheng gave a thumbs up and drove the carriage on.