Jing Beihan saw that Zuo Xingyan was already in the team, so he was relieved.

After a while, Zuo Xingyan came to his side, grabbed him and whispered: "The reserves of this coal are very considerable, let's get rich!" ”

The girl's face was full of pride and cunning, as if she had picked up some big treasure, and her appearance was very cute.

"The lady is right, we are rich." Jing Beihan looked at her dotingly.

"How about the general, we're right, the coal here is quite abundant, if it is mined, there will be no problem in making armor."

Zuo Xingyan patted Sun Feng's shoulder, like a good brother.

Sun Feng avoided a little unnaturally, and said, "You girl's family, why don't you know how to avoid danger, your husband is still here." ”

How could he, a dignified general, let her pat her on the shoulder casually?

Zuo Xingyan was not annoyed when he saw this, and only laughed twice.

The coal survey was almost complete, and the group went back, and in the past two days they had to make adequate preparations for the deployment of manpower to mine the coal, and the first batch of coal mined was used for armor.

With coal, the fire is more intense, the precision of the metal is purer, and the hardness is higher.

In order to develop the armor, Sun Feng deliberately temporarily exempted Zuo Xingyan from his labor, so that she could concentrate on the development.

also deliberately found a room to make a laboratory for Zuo Xingyan, but the time given was very short, Sun Feng's original words were: "Quanzhou never raises idlers, you hurry up." ”

Zuo Xingyan pursed her lips, but she had to agree, originally she thought that she could rest for two more days.

However, in exchange, Zuo Xingyan asked Jing Yannian to come over as an assistant.

The kid didn't recover after he fainted, and working as an assistant in the lab would allow him to rest here.

Jing Yannian was very grateful, and he followed Zuo Xingyan every day, and he did whatever Zuo Xingyan told him to do.

But somehow, Brother Han's eyes were always full of resentment when he looked at him in the past two days.

Jing Yannian thought to himself, I didn't do anything, Brother Han, what's wrong.

After three days of unremitting efforts, Zuo Xingyan finally made the armor with the right hardness, and on this day, Sun Feng led people to test it on the school field.

They took out the sharpest swords in the barracks and slashed and slashed at the armor, but they did not hurt the people in the armor in the slightest.

"Good, good, good." Sun Feng said three more in a row: "Make more armor immediately." ”

With these armors, if those pirates dared to attack, they would definitely be able to kill them without leaving a single piece of armor.

Seeing that Sun Feng was in a good mood, Zuo Xingyan hurriedly proposed: "General, you see that this coal mine has also been mined, and the armor has also been developed, can you fulfill the meat you promised four times a month before?" ”

The workload on the island is getting heavier, and if the slaves are not enough to eat and cannot work, their productivity will decrease.

Sun Feng happily agreed: "Don't worry, I've already let people do it, and yours is indispensable." ”

After saying that, he took his precious armor and left satisfied.

The next day, Zuo Xingyan really saw that the quality of everyone's food had improved, it was much cleaner and more hygienic than before, and the amount of meat was also a lot.

The sin slaves lined up to eat, and their faces were full of surprise when they looked at today's dishes, there was more food today than before, and there was meat.

Zuo Xingyan followed behind the cooking team, and saw the little girl who was already holding the meal happily said to her mother: "Mother, today's food is so delicious, hey?" What is a blood-colored thing? ”

She was pointing to the meat that was in the middle of the meal, but she had never seen anything like it.

When the girl's mother saw this, she was delighted and said, "This is meat!" There was meat in today's meal! ”

The woman's surprised voice also alarmed the people around her, and everyone noticed the change in the meal.

"This is General Sun's special reward for you, and you will eat meat four times a month in the future!" The servant who put the meal said loudly.

"I'll have a chance to eat meat in the future! Thank you, General Sun! ”

"Four times a month! General Sun is really a good man! ”

"Thank you, General Sun!"

The crowd erupted in cheers. Zuo Xingyan blended in the crowd and smiled proudly, hiding his merit and fame.

After this wave of operations, Sun Feng not only had a coal mine, but also gained the gratitude of the slaves.

Sun Feng also knew that Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan had contributed to all this, and they became more and more kind to the two of them, sometimes taking the initiative to exempt them from labor, and sometimes giving them some rare items on the island.

It can be said that his trust in these two people has become stronger.

The third day of the ninth month is the day when Quanzhou pays tribute to the imperial court, which is a big day for Sun Feng, because this is the only opportunity for him to get supplies for Quanzhou every year.

On this day, he took a group of men and horses to escort the jade tribute, left the island by boat, and handed over the tribute to the officers and soldiers who came to escort him.

To be on the safe side, he also brought Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan, these two are smart and active, and they may be able to help him.

This time the person who came was directly sent by the capital, Sun Feng had never seen it before, that person thought he was a Beijing official, he wanted to be superior everywhere, and he was very polite to Sun Feng.

"General Sun, the color of jade this year is not as good as in previous years."

This Beijing official's surname is Lin, just an official from the fourth grade, Sun Feng is in charge of Quanzhou, and he is a military general of the third grade, he is not only disrespectful to Sun Feng, the official, but also speaks in a weird way.

Sun Feng's face stiffened when he heard this, but it was not good to directly argue with this surnamed Lin, so he had to explain: "This year, the imperial court has paid a lot of tribute, and the best ones have been selected, and I hope Lord Lin will forgive me." ”

If it weren't for the fact that this surnamed Lin was asked to do something, how could Sun Feng be so groveling.

Zuo Xingyan stood next to Sun Feng, and couldn't help smacking his tongue, don't look at Sun Feng as a soil emperor in Quanzhou, and he still has to look at people's faces outside.

Lord Lin didn't intend to let Sun Feng go easily, he smiled contemptuously, and said: "General Sun, it's not that the official wants to embarrass you, it's just that this jade with bad quality, even if the official takes it back, the emperor will not let the official go, and I'm also embarrassed." ”

Although he said that he was embarrassed, the expression of this surnamed Lin was not like this, he obviously had something to say.

Sun Feng also turned cold when he saw this: "Lord Lin might as well have something to say, wouldn't it be boring to go around like this." ”

"Okay, General Sun is really a cheerful person." The man surnamed Lin saw that Sun Feng was still knowledgeable about current affairs, so he put forward his request.

"There is nothing else, the brothers were ordered to escort the tribute, the capital is 108,000 miles away from Quanzhou, the brothers come and go in the wind and rain, it is very hard, if you can earn a few hard-earned money for the old and young in the family, this trip is not in vain."

Zuo Xingyan almost laughed out loud after hearing this, this Lord Lin unabashedly asked people for hard work, no wonder Daliang was going to die.