The needle of the snail pointed in the direction of the well, hovered for a moment, and then trembled again, but not by a large margin.

Ying Zheng felt that something was wrong, and bent down to look at the Xuantie Conch carefully.

Li Si explained on the side: "The king doesn't need to be nervous, the alloy is buried deep in the ground, and it is normal for the snail to react like this." ”

Only then did Ying Zheng put his mind at ease, restored the dark iron snail to its form, and put it back in the compass.

Sima Hong then asked what had happened.

Jing Fan explained the vision in the well cave, and the few people who had just arrived knew what Ying Zheng was anxious about.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and asked: "Now it has been determined, what is buried in the ground and blocking the way is the alloy that the Yellow Emperor smelted 'my weapon' and left, what should we do now, what do you have any suggestions?" ”

Li Si smiled and said: "If this is the case, Weichen should congratulate the king, aren't these alloys exactly what we dream of." ”

"Not bad." Sima Hong said on the side, "As the saying goes, there is nowhere to find the iron shoes, we are busy looking for minerals outside, but unexpectedly, this finished product is buried under our feet." ”

"That's great." As soon as Meng Yi heard that the alloy seemed to be buried underneath, his heart blossomed, probably thinking that he would not go to dig the grave again in the future.

Meng Tian was also smiling from ear to ear, not knowing whether he was happy to find the alloy or happy for Meng Yi.

Jing Fan was not very optimistic and said: "Having said that, this alloy is several times harder than steel, and it is still a whole similar to a rock formation, which must be much more difficult than ore mining." ”

Meng Tian and Meng Yi's smiles froze on their faces.

"Let's go and see for ourselves." Li Si walked to the edge of the well and said, "Since we can quench it into a liquid state and make it into a 'self-instrument', then we can try it in the same way." ”

With that, Lees sat briskly on the wooden frame and ordered the sergeant to put him into the hole.

Ying Zheng also wanted to go down to see what was going on, so he sat on another wooden frame.

Meng Tian was not at ease, and followed Ying Zheng into the well.

In this way, everyone present entered the well one after another.

The underground space has been excavated into a hall structure, supported by wooden beams in the middle and at the four corners.

At the end of the underground hall, there is a corridor that spirals downward, and at the bottom of the corridor there are excavated stairs.

The crowd followed Li Si and walked down the stairs until they reached another smaller hall.

Torches burned around the room, but the air inside was slightly foul.

I saw several sergeants carrying clods of earth up in a hole.

The crowd gathered around.

Jing Fan jumped into the pit and wiped the dust at the bottom of the pit with his hands, only to see that a layer of gray-white hard objects was exposed on the ground, which did look like rock formations.

Jing Fan gestured for a moment and said: "The bottom of this pit excavated downward is all this kind of rock formation-like thing, and now it is not how big the scope and thickness are, if it is really the alloy we are talking about, then it will take more effort to dig it all out." ”

Lees asked the other sergeants to come up, make some room, and jump in.

Touching the hard stone with his hand, the corners of Li Si's mouth lifted slightly, and said, "That's right, this is the alloy." ”

"Does that gentleman have a way to carry it?" Ying Zheng asked urgently.

If it is not possible to ship such a large alloy, not to mention that I want to use it to make "my device", even the previous pattern will have to be changed, so it may not be delayed for a long time.

Lees stood up

lean, patted the dust on his hands, and said: "I can only rely on the quenching skills in the secret book, but all the instruments and solutions are stored in Jingyao." ”

Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go up and discuss it again." ”

Everyone responded, and then dragged Li Si up and followed Yingzheng back to the ground.

Because of the importance of the matter, and there were some things that were inconvenient for the other sergeants to know, the monarch and the ministers returned to the secret room.

"Your Majesty, it looks like we need to re-plan." Jing Fan took the lead in saying.

Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Indeed, in the event of such an unexpected thing, you should really re-plan, what do you have opinions, let's talk about it." ”

Sima Hong arched his hand and said, "We have just arrived here today, and we don't know the key points of this, so let's listen to the opinions of Lord Tingwei and Master Jing." ”

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and said, "Sir, let's talk about it first, what kind of decision should I make now?" ”

Li Si seemed to have made a plan, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, there are only two choices now. The first is to find out the extent and thickness of the alloy, and then ignore it, and then choose another entrance, but to re-survey the ground in order to draw a new pattern. ”

Li Si's meaning is very simple, that is, to bypass the range of alloys and find another way.

Ying Zheng was obviously not satisfied with this plan, and asked in a deep voice: "What about the second method?" ”

"This second option is to move the Jingjia class here as a whole." Li Si said calmly, "Then it took some time and effort to take out all the alloys here, if so, there will be raw materials for forging 'my tool', but the defect of this plan is that the construction period is unknown, perhaps, it will be extended by a few years." ”

After listening to Li Si's analysis, there was silence in the secret room.

Everyone thinks that the second plan is good and can kill two birds with one stone, but no one can estimate how much of the underground alloy there is, and naturally they don't know when they will be able to take it out.

If it is delayed for decades because of this, I am afraid that the soldiers who dig the earth will not even be able to hold the shovel.

After thinking about it for a long time, Ying Zheng asked, "Sir, is there any way to detect the reserves of this alloy, for example, the dark iron snail?" ”

Lees shook his head.

"That'...... Is there a legend about the Yellow Emperor back then, and how many divine soldiers did he make? Ying Zheng asked again.

Li Si hesitated slightly, but still shook his head.

Ying Zheng felt that Li Si seemed to have something that he couldn't say in public, so he looked at Jing Fan and said, "According to what Mr. said, how difficult is it to redraw the pattern?" ”

Jing Fan frowned and said, "If it comes to drawing patterns, in the entire Jing family's class, Liu An's skills are the best, but it's a pity...... Moreover, if you redraw the pattern, the first thing to consider is how to fit with the ancient cheats, and if you don't enter the forbidden area for on-the-spot investigation, it would be too childish to modify it only based on the pattern left by Liu An. ”

Book of Hundred Leagues

Jing Fan's analysis is very thorough, and the actual situation is indeed the case.

"Then move the Jingjia class here as a whole and refine the alloy here little by little, do you have confidence?" Ying Zheng asked again.

"This confidence is naturally there, if there are too many alloys, it is better to use the equipment and solutions for quenching earlier, and there are still 50,000 soldiers behind us, even if we dig out all the large alloys, it is not impossible." Jing Fan said righteously.

Hearing this, Meng Tian grinned.

These 50,000 troops are the foundation of the Meng family!

You can't bear to use it like that?

Yingzheng

But he was amused by Jing Fan's words: "I don't know how big and heavy this huge alloy is, if you want to carry it as a whole, it is not human, it seems that it is more appropriate to use the method of quenching." ”

Everyone nodded, thinking that Yingzheng's analysis was good.

"Then, starting tomorrow, the hole will be widened, and all the ground above the alloy will be excavated, and no matter which method is used, work directly on the giant alloy, so that it will be easy to find out the extent and depth covered by the alloy." Ying Zheng made the final decision, "Send back a group of sergeants to Xianyang to bring all the things that Jingjiaban uses to make 'my device', whether they can be used or not, as a backup." ”

"Obey your orders!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Let's all get ready." Ying Zheng said, "We'll discuss it again tomorrow in the big tent." ”

Everyone gave up and went back to prepare.

Ying Zheng left Li Si behind and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what do you keep?" ”

Li Si nodded with a smile and said, "Didn't the king mention the legend about the Yellow Emperor just now, Wei Chen thought, after all, the legend is not as true as what he saw with his own eyes?" ”

"What do you mean?" Ying Zheng was a little confused.

Li Si said with a smile: "Think about it again, who has seen the Yellow Emperor with his own eyes? ”

Ying Zheng thought about it, and then slapped his head, how could he forget this.

Look!

This is Jair's territory.

Back then, the Yellow Emperor also destroyed "my weapon" here and buried it deep underground.

Even if Jairus didn't witness it with his own eyes, he must have known what happened.

Ying Zhengxi said: "In this way, if you ask Jair, you should be able to know the approximate amount of this alloy." ”

Li Si smiled and nodded.

Ying Zheng returned to the big tent and called Sima Hong and Meng Yi again.

Sima Hong told them in detail about the things they were looking for and mining these days, and Ying Zheng listened to it with relish, and asked a few words from time to time.

After listening to Sima Hong's narration, Ying Zheng said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the idea of the widow is that the prospecting cannot be stopped. Regardless of whether this alloy can be used by us in the end, it is a limited resource, and the truly unlimited amount is the minerals in the mine. ”

Sima Hong nodded in agreement.

"However, there should be some adjustments." Ying Zheng seemed to be thinking about something.

"Your Majesty, please make it clear." Sima Hong said.

"It's the end of summer now, and the widow is thinking about the growth of those original grains." Ying Zheng said calmly, "So, I also bothered Lord Sima to inspect again and arrange the order of the harvest." ”

Sima Hong smiled and said: "The king really thought of going with Weichen, this time he came to Lishan, and Weichen also wanted to mention this matter, after all, this season cannot be delayed." ”

"Well, that's good." Ying Zheng said, "This prospecting matter will be completely handed over to Meng Yi, you will tell Meng Yi the address of all minerals, and then go to do the matter of the original grain planting." ”

"Wechen takes orders." Sima Hong said.

Ying Zheng turned his head to look at Meng Yi again, and said: "Meng Yi, you still hold this conch, but the location of the mining snail has to be changed, it is better to be within a hundred miles of Lishan, it is best to be closer to the widow, maybe when, the widow is like today, and needs the help of the snail." ”

"Wechen understands." Meng Yi arched his hand and said.

"Good!" Ying Zheng said happily, "Let's go, drink and go, the widow will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." ”

That night, there was a large wine banquet in the camp, although there was less meat of cattle and sheep to drink, but it did not delay the soldiers to drink.