Yang Zhi in front of him is not a hundred-legged insect, and it is a hundred-legged insect that has not died, Wang Laozhi patted Yang Zhi's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "In these few days, I will make an appointment." ”

After Wang Laozhi finished speaking, he left, Yang Zhi sent it to the door and saw Ye Mengde and Shen Chong coming together, Wang Laozhi smiled at Ye Mengde and left, Yang Zhi stepped forward and saluted each other and asked, "What's wrong?"

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty have long developed the habit of asking for leave, if there is nothing to do, Yang Zhi believes that the two will not be in a hurry to come, but no matter how urgent the matter in the officialdom is, they don't care about a day and a half, not to mention that Qinzhou is still in peacetime, Yang Zhi ordered the people below to immediately put on a table of simple wine and food, sauce meat, salted fish, scrambled eggs, braised duck legs, plus two plates of fruit, two snacks. Ye Mengde and the two were not half-immortals like Wang Laozhi, they were two pure laymen, and they didn't put on a posture of leaving after speaking, and happily sat down.

Shen Chong asked with a smile: "At present, there is no legend of any gold mines, I am afraid it will take a month to wait for the snow to melt after spring, before it can be fully developed; Yang Shuai, do you have any clues?"

Yang Zhi thought for a while and said, "Taibai River, Fengxiang Mansion Xuyu County." ”

The only thing Yang Zhi remembers is the Taibai River Gold Mine, which is privately estimated to be in Fengxiang Mansion Xuanjiao County through the map, but fortunately, Yang Zhi knows that he is in a high position, and in any word, the people below will also go to see what is going on. Although Shen Chong didn't know Yang Zhi's source, he knew that Yang Zhi would not talk nonsense on this, so he immediately said: "I will arrange for the personnel to set off after the ice and snow melt in the spring, and now start preparing materials and clues, in addition, you have to tell Shi Mojie and Liu Qi that you should pay attention to the gold diggers in the jurisdiction, the gold diggers are a strange group, outsiders can't intervene at all, and the only thing that can put pressure is those pawnshops that collect gold." ”

Gold has been a precious item since ancient times, and gold diggers have been banned since the Qin and Han dynasties, no matter what era it is, once they hear rumors of gold mines, there will be large groups of gold prospectors. However, gold is mostly in places with harsh climate and geographical environment, in addition to the efforts of the gold diggers themselves, it also has a lot to do with luck; many areas where human beings cannot survive for a long time, not to mention the Song Dynasty, that is, the era that Yang Zhi crossed over, there are no suitable mining tools, and it cannot be done by manpower.

The gold diggers in the northwest are more complicated, the Han people, the Tangut people, the Tubo people, and even the Khitans, the Uighurs, etc., these people have no concept of national territory at all, they are only busy for gold, no matter who the trading object is; because the dumping location is still dominated by the Great Song Dynasty, after all, there is no shortage of gold in the Western Regions, and the Western Xia people will leave the word credit behind at any time, only the Great Song Dynasty, pawnshops, gold shops, and commercial houses all buy gold, as long as they are not concerned about the price, they don't have to worry about finding a buyer at all.

It's just that because of the relationship left by Shen Kuo, Shen Chong still found the contact information of many gold diggers, the key is that there is too little news; Yang Zhi's chopsticks stopped on the mutton, and said with a smile: "You and I don't need to worry, anyway, it's a matter of nothing, it's best to find gold, otherwise you can find copper ore and iron ore." ”

Shen Chong laughed, looking down at the wine in the glass, Yang Zhi's attitude was to unburden himself, but Ye Mengde was afraid that he had already reported to Runzhou, how to explain to King Yun later; Ye Mengde almost wanted to slap himself, knowing that Yang Zhi might be another Cai Jing, but he wanted to confront Yang Zhi, and a fake show became a real game. Yang Zhi and Shen Chong were silent, they knew that Ye Mengde didn't really want to do anything with Yang Zhi, but the Great Song Dynasty had developed a habit for more than a hundred years, and almost every civil official took it as his duty to suppress the martial arts.

But Ye Mengde and many people forgot that Yang Zhi was born as a scholar and was a person with both civil and military skills, and in a sense, Yang Zhi had the potential to be a civil official. Just like the gold mine in front of him, Yang Zhi did not rush to report to Taiyuan, but focused on exploration, but Yang Zhi did not blame Ye Mengde's small actions, but turned the whole game into a dead knot. Euro eBook

Shen Chong understands that Yang Zhi has given himself the power to untie the knot, at this point, Yang Zhi has done a very clever job, just prompting, and does not participate in specific matters, Shen Chong believes that Yang Zhi's prompt is effective, but Yang Zhi has never been to these places, so Yang Zhi should have a book like "Mengxi Writings" written by his father, otherwise it will not be explained.

Shen Chong smiled and raised his wine glass: "Yang Shuai, I'm curious, how did you know about this?"

Shen Chong's approach is very clever, he will not leave a problem for each of them when he says it in front of his two bosses, and he will not be used as a handle for anything in the future. Yang Zhi and Ye Mengde looked at each other and smiled, Yang Zhi waved his hand and said: "It's not a secret, it was left by one of my elders, he has been living in Shaanxi, and there are some things that he wrote down casually, I don't know if it's true or not, so I need to investigate." ”

With a light word, Yang Zhi pushed the responsibility far away, and Ye Mengde smiled and said: "Yang Shuai, can you take out these manuscripts and let everyone look at them." ”

Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "That year, I was framed by Gao Yu, and I burned it all when I escaped from Bianliang, so I only remember part of it." ”

Shen Chong raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, lest he would be stunned, Yang Zhi's maturity in this regard helped Yang Zhi easily resolve Ye Mengde's questioning, and also avoided the embarrassment of the three people. In Shen Chong's impression, another wise master he has seen is Du Wanche, who is comfortable in front of Song Huizong and others.

Yang Zhi saluted the two of them with a glass of wine and said: "I understand, everyone sits in their own seat and must be responsible for their own tasks and solve problems for the upper and lower levels. Lord Ye has Lord Ye's difficulties, and I have my difficulties, but our purpose is the same, for the people of Shaanxi, and for the future of the Northern Army. ”

Ye Mengde smiled and said: "Yang Shuai can experience decay like this, that's really good, you don't know, I have always been criticized, it was originally Cai Xiang, Cai Xiang has had several ups and downs, and I have also been displaced with him." Now in Shaanxi, I rely on Yang Shuai to do things smoothly. ”

Yang Zhi poured Ye Mengde full of wine and said: "Lord Ye said that he laughed, when his teacher was alive, he kept saying that you can do it, and if I have doubts in the future, I will ask for more advice." ”

Ye Mengde picked up his wine glass and laughed: "Don't disgust me anymore, Jincheng, Puzhou, Bianliang, Qinzhou, who else do you need to ask for advice, to be honest, I look at you, just like Cai Xiang is in the world, but Cai Xiang is full of martial arts, but he doesn't dare to be as flamboyant as you." ”