Chapter 10 / Taking a Risk

Mr. Zhou said on the side: "Don't worry about this, these days, we have discovered a vein and drawn a map. It's just that the mountains are deep and the forests are dense, and there are herds of wild boars, and we are sparse and cannot get close. ”

Ouyang Hai said: "Don't look at us who have lived here for generations, but no one has ever entered that piece of forest. If you go deeper, it will be success or failure, and it is not easy to jump to conclusions. ”

In this way, I seem to have some agreement.

Manager Zhou said: "We have already explored the deep mountain veins and drawn sketches. According to the map, several masters can naturally find the mining area and draw all the drawings. ”

Ouyang Hai lowered his head and pondered, and said: "It is not difficult to overcome thorns and thorns, patrol the mountains and explore the way, avoid wild beasts, and go deep into the mining area." The difficulty lies in the difficulty of drawing maps, but it is not what I am good at. What's more, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Compass watchpiece, rules and standards, ink fountains, etc., are also difficult to collect in a hurry. ”

Boss Lu echoed and said, "When it comes to tools, we have them here. Just find a way to find a master who is good at distinguishing the star positions and drawing maps. ”

Ouyang Hai said: "Speaking of this, I think of a person. ”

Li Dahua blurted out: "What Dahaizi said is a Taoist Cha? ”

Ouyang Hai said: "It is to find out the Zhi. ”

Boss Lu looked happy and said, "Oh? Is there really such a master? If you see this, you can see it in the whole leopard. After seeing the skills of the two masters, this one's kung fu can be known without asking. ”

At this time, the fifth brother of the nocturnal immortal You couldn't bear it. Ouyang Hai, Li Dahua and Boss Lu answered one-on-one, as if they didn't have him. At that moment, the duck's legs were twisted, the broken gong and his throat were pulled, and he smiled and said: "Who am I talking about, isn't it that wandering Taoist priest, what is it to push Tai Chi to find out the Zhi?" The agreement between our village and Boss Lu makes it clear that we want to hire helpers in our village and nearby villages, so which village is the Taoist priest from? ”

Fifth Brother You said this, Ouyang Hai and Li Dahua really had nothing to say. Cha Cha Zhi is just a Taoist priest who travels in the mountains and wilderness, and there is no way to know where it is.

Fifth Brother You's duck legs were twisted like twists, he coughed heavily, cleared his throat, and said: "The spring breeze sends warmth to learn to recognize the stars, and the Beidou high hanging handle points to the east." The two stars of Doukou point to the North Pole, and the direction of the North Pole is clear. The magpie flies down the Milky Way, and the Cowherd and Weaver Girl come to the green. Antares red heart shines on Nandou, and the starry sky on a summer night is remembered. ”

A set of formulas memorized the people present in a daze, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Fifth Brother You's gourd, so they listened to him and said: "It's not difficult to say astrology, three walls and twenty-eight nights." Among them, the most commonly used are the Seven Houses of the East, which are Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, and Kei. Including 46 constellations and more than 300 stars, the image of the composition is like a dragon. The horn is the head of the dragon, that is, the horn of the dragon. Therefore, Kangsu is the neck of the dragon. It is also known as Tiangen, which is the chest of the dragon. Fangsu is the belly of the dragon, because the dragon is a heavenly horse, so the house is also called Tiansi or Matsu. Antares is the Great Mars. Ojuku is the tail of the dragon. The stars in the sky correspond to the area on the earth, the so-called celestial cone, the sun and the sundial, determine the position of the stars, and determine the direction. ”

Fifth Brother You talked endlessly, spitting everywhere, and it really stunned the people present, and they were silent for a while. In fact, as a villager in the mountains and seas, when he went out to sea to fish, his ancestors passed down the mantra of identifying the stars, and the eight-year-old naughty boy also memorized a set of them. And Fifth Brother You eats the bowl of rice of the husband, and when he discerns the direction of the night, he naturally has some basic common sense. The strange thing is that the people here know nothing about the astrological knowledge, and all their pretty eyes are thrown to the blind.

Li Dahua asked: "But Kanyu mapping, but it is a special craft, even if we find the ore vein, how to draw the map?" ”

Fifth Brother You said: "What's so difficult about this? Our village builds houses and land, no need for rules, as long as the east, west, north and south, the number of steps can be miniature according to the scale. Although we don't know how to make a map, why don't we know how to walk and count? ”

There is nothing to answer to this statement. What Fifth Brother You said is not unreasonable, if you find a mine, as long as you measure the number of steps according to the eight positions in the four directions, then it is indeed easy to shrink into a map.

Boss Lu and Manager Zhou nodded together and said, "What Master You said is very true, as long as the ore vein is roughly measured, Manager Zhou will draw a map." ”

At this point, it was as if the deal between the two sides had been settled.

Ouyang Hai said: "Since Boss Lu and Fifth Brother You said that the problem is not big, then we have nothing to say. Let me wait until I go back and discuss it, and reply tomorrow, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Boss Lu was overjoyed, and said: "The three of them are very grateful. ”

He also asked the two girls in blue to wrap snacks, fruits and tea, and asked the three of them to bring them back, and they were polite, and said goodbye.

In the evening, Ouyang Hai didn't go home for a long time, and the silver-topped Arhat Li Dahua, and the fifth brother of the nocturnal immortal You didn't go to the outer wing to gamble and play chess. The three of them sat in Ouyang Hai's room, hiding the excitement in their hearts, and washed the tea sent by Boss Lu in a large teapot, and poured tea "slippery". Ouyang Hai stuffed his head, "Let's click, let's smoke". Li Dahua held the moldy cake-like chess pieces in his hand and knocked them around. You Wu held the hammer in his hand, and absentmindedly kept knocking his knees and heads.

As the saying goes, when the owner falls, the west is full. Boss Lu's caravan is in trouble, Ouyang Hai, Li Dahua, and Fifth Brother You's opportunity has indeed come. Boss Lu's employment conditions are not very difficult. In the eyes of Ouyang Hai and Li Dahua, it is no different from hunting wild boars in the mountains. What's more, this time it's not hunting, it's just avoiding fierce birds and beasts. As long as you avoid the wild boar herds that are all over the mountains, go deep into the mining area, and draw a map, everything will be fine. It's really easier than hunting wild boars, and there's no danger in the slightest. Besides, horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, and people have no foreign wealth and no wealth, so they take two pieces of money in vain, one in the village and one outside the village, why not?

After thinking about it, I discussed and discussed, until the second half of the night, and I felt that I couldn't find a reason to refuse. In the end, the three of them stared at each other and held their breath. Eat the carrots one by one, peel them one by one, and go to the Luoyun Canyon tomorrow to talk about it.

The next day, just after the light was released, Ouyang Hai and the three of them met at the head of the village. I first went to the house of the village chief Haidilao Liu Guang, first, to say hello, and then to borrow hook lock hemp rope, machete, leather bag and other tools from the two brothers Liu Qi and Liu Lin, who were patrolling the sea and flying shuttle. He also asked for some bezoar wormwood and other things to dispel the miasma and dispel the plague and prevent the bite of mosquitoes such as locusts. When the Liu brothers heard that they were going to enter the mountain again, they also wanted to go together, and Ouyang Hai and the three explained the reason, this time it was not to hunt wild boars, but to explore the ore veins, and the two brothers gave up.

Boss Lu also equipped Ouyang Hai with two helpers and two capable middle-aged men. One surnamed Chen and the other surnamed Leng. At the agreed time and place, the two men and Ouyang Hai met each other, met each other, and with a few polite words, the five of them began to embark on a mountain patrol journey.

To be continued/