Chapter 129: Hematite
Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.
The tiger is as docile as a big cat in front of Garboer, and the wild wolf is as pleasing as the rhubarb in the village.
Who would have believed it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?
This time, everyone's hearts finally fell to the ground.
Looking at the wild wolves and tigers that were still majestic around him, that fear disappeared magically.
They climbed onto the backs of their favorite beasts, led by the golden tiger and the wolf, and ran deep into the valley.
The trees on both sides of the road retreated one after another, the wind swished through his ears, and Chen Hao shouted excitedly.
Oh my God, riding a tiger is much more exciting than riding a horse, and when you go out and blow it to others, they will say that he is crazy.
Excited people, excited beasts.
All the way unimpeded.
Garborer commanded, the tiger was the head, invincible.
Finally, they came to the so-called golden place.
When I was on the periphery, I couldn't see it really, but when I really got to the front, everyone was disappointed.
In front of me is a bare mountain, the color of the rocks and the soil underneath is red, the mountain is not high, and in the middle of the mountain, there are many wild beasts along the way, so it has not been known to outsiders.
"This is the treasure land you are talking about?"
Chen Hao jumped down from the tiger's back and couldn't help muttering.
The others had the same expressions, and the disappointment in their eyes was unmistakable as they looked around.
I thought I would also experience the excitement of finding a jade mine, especially when Garboer said that the golden light here was more shining than the golden light of the jade mine.
Anyway, it has to be a gold mine.
As it turned out, it was they who overthought it.
Even Garbel herself was a little confused.
Hurriedly raised his head to look at the sky.
That's right, the golden light is still there, and it is indeed brighter than the golden light on the other side of the jade mine.
She is a little fairy in the heavenly realm, not to mention that her eyes are compared to mortals, even some old immortals in the fairy world are willing to bow down.
How could she be wrong?
At the beginning, Taishang Laojun's elixir could be found by her no matter where it was hidden?
Just because she could see that there was a faint red halo where the elixir was hidden.
There is also Erlang God's secret crush on Chang'e, also because she can see through her clothes that Erlang God has hidden the handkerchief that Chang'e has been looking for a long time in her sleeve pocket, and then she said it.
She was so angry that Erlang God couldn't wait to let the Howling Sky Dog bite her.
However, the whistling dog couldn't beat her, and she turned her into a Dalmatian.
With such powerful eyes, it is absolutely impossible for her to see the golden light wrong.
There are definitely treasures here.
"The golden light comes from these low mountains," the golden tiger lay on his stomach, and Garboer sat on its belly, comfortably nesting directly into it, "Absolutely, I don't believe you can go and see it." ”
Let's see if it's something that can be used in the mortal world.
Garboer didn't care about these words, her task was to bring people over, so as not to take a detour. The rest is someone else's business, and her business is to talk to the tiger and the wolf.
Cui Zhifan stood in front of the hillside and picked up a fallen stone to take a closer look.
The stones here are different from those on other mountains, the color here is red, and it is still heavy in your hand, and when you smell it, it has a rust-like smell.
Chen Dayou came over thoughtfully, also holding a stone in his hand.
"Big brother, this thing is not like a stone, the stone is not so heavy, this one smells, it smells like rusty iron, but it is not as strong as iron."
As he spoke, he stretched out the stone in his hand in front of Cui Zhifan, and knocked the two stones hard in front of him, and broke them into several pieces.
The inside is still red, no different from the surface.
Cui Zhifan narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered something.
I once heard my grandfather say that the mountainous areas in the north of Daqi are quite rich in mineral resources.
When the brothers of the four major families followed Master to practice, they used to accompany Master here, and Master said that there were countless treasures and minerals in this mountain, but unfortunately no one could find them, and if they found them, they couldn't get out of them.
Because there are many wild beasts in the mountains, the trees are lush in summer, all kinds of poisonous snakes, insects and ants cannot be prevented, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow in winter, and manpower does not dare to go deep at all.
This mountain and river belonged to Daqi back then, and the other side of the mountain was Beidi, but Beidi was greedy and warlike, burning and killing and plundering every year, and with the gradual encroachment, half of this mountain and river has become the land of Beidi.
After the emperor ascended the throne, he once convened the cabinet to discuss countermeasures, but because of the continuous war with Beidi, the treasury was a little empty, and the mountains were high and the roads were far away and cold and barren, so the ministers did not recommend recovery.
At least now is not the time to regain it, and slowly, this will become a place where even the government doesn't bother to ask.
If General Lan hadn't captured the prince of Beidi this time, the people in the imperial court would probably have forgotten this history.
Looking at the red stone in front of him, Cui Zhifan remembered what his grandfather had said.
Mineral?
Treasure?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the stone in my hand was very similar to the hematite recorded in the book.
Cui Zhifan suddenly became excited.
And if it's true?
It's hematite.
Oh my God, this big piece in front of me, what's that concept?
Daqi's technology for smelting iron ore is more mature than other countries, but iron ore is scarce in the world, so even if you know that iron weapons are better than copper, because they can't be mass-produced, you can only sigh.
If this mountain is full of hematite, the soldiers of Daqi can use the weapons made of smelting iron, and compared with the bulky copper weapons, the combat power of Daqi will be improved like never before.
Cui Zhifan's excited heart was pounding, and he didn't know what words to use to describe it.
Immediately, Chen Dayou and the village chief shouted to his side and said, "I have gunpowder here, I'll blow some stones down in a while, let's find a way to bring them back." Don't mention these things to anyone after you go out of here, if I'm not mistaken, it's about the country. If a word is leaked, it may cause the disaster of extermination. ”
The village chief and Chen Dayou nodded again and again.
Cui Zhifan took out the gunpowder from the baggage, which was given by the emperor before leaving the capital, and gave three copies for him to bring to General Lan, and after he greeted General Lan, he kept a little bit for himself, thinking about taking his sister back to Beijing on the way in case a mountain bandit jumped out, and he could also have something to defend himself in his hand.
Now it is used to fry hematite, but it can be regarded as being used in the place where it should be used.
Chen Dayou arranged the location and lead of the explosives, calculated the distance of the impact, and after all this was done, the village chief hugged Jia Bao'er, Jia Bao'er called the beast, and all of them retreated to a safe distance.
The fire core was lit by Chen Hao, he ran fast, the lead hadn't run far, he had already fled to the distance and hid it.
There was a loud bang.
A hole was blown open in the rocks of the mountain
Large and small stones collapsed into the sky and then fell, gradually piling up at the foot of the mountain, and soon a big steamed bun was piled up.
When everything was quiet, everyone went up to see that all the stones were maroon red from the inside out.
Cui Zhifan must be sure in his heart that this is hematite.
Unexpectedly, this trip to Northern Xinjiang not only completed the business trip, but also found the sister who had been lost for many years, and helped the emperor find a big surprise.
And this surprise came from the little milk baby who was nesting in the arms of the tiger and smashing the jerky to eat, Garboer.