Allure of a Country Maiden

The search and inventory of the Qishan Iron Mine were handed over to the soldiers brought by Dishaowei.

As for the original soldiers in the mining area, under Tiger's surveillance, they became miners and did the work of rescuing people.

"These iron ores always need to be hauled out for smelting. When hauling these iron ores out, some of them should fall on the road. Let's search the nearby roads to see where these iron ores are hauled. Already!" Xiaoer said.

"The smelting place should not be far from here." Di Shaowei guessed.

Xiaoer nodded. If he was too far away and too much iron ore fell on the official road, the iron ore would have been exposed long ago.

Now many official roads have been built into cement roads with toll points. Soldiers and toll collectors are stationed at each toll point. It is not easy to transport these private ores out. They can only be smelted and made nearby. The iron products are then shipped out.

Dishovi divided half of the soldiers to stay in the mining area to deal with the aftermath, and the other half went to find a place for iron smelting.

Shangguan Xuanyi didn't speak, but just held Xiaoer's hand.

The three of them walked out of the mining area and looked around.

In fact, there were only two roads near the mining area. They circled the mining area, turned a corner and saw it.

Several ruts were clearly visible on the other road. Looking at the deep ruts, Xiaoer could imagine the scenes of bullock carts and horse-drawn carriages loaded with pig iron moving bustling through these roads.

As they walked along this road, they could see some falling iron ore at regular intervals.

After walking for about two-quarters of an hour, they saw the end of the road. At the end of the road was the entrance to a ravine. The three of them looked at each other: This should be it!

Dishaowei asked 150 soldiers to guard the entrance of the ravine, and another 100 soldiers followed him up the mountain to check the situation.

Shangguan Xuanyi held Xiaoer's hand tightly, and in conjunction with Xiaoer's strength, the two of them used Qinggong to fly up.

The figure, one purple and one white, flew towards the yellow and green mountains, like a flying fairy, which made the soldiers below stare.

This picture is so beautiful that it makes people reluctant to blink.

Is this the fairy couple in Chuanxin? someone thought.

Seeing that the two of them didn't care about him, Di Shaowei ran away first, not daring to call out. He cursed in a low voice about being opposite-sex and inhumane, and then hurriedly chased after them.

The three of them quietly reached the top of the mountain and looked down under the cover of trees:

Even though it has entered late autumn and there is a hint of coolness in the air, many of the workers below are topless, exposing their dark skin, and are busy working in full swing.

Xiaoer counted and found that there were 16 iron-making furnaces, 1 furnace, 1 forge, 8 iron storage pits, 1 large ore pit, 1 ingredient pool, as well as various iron tools and casting molds, etc. , although it was her first time to see this ancient iron smelting base, she could guarantee that the scale of this iron smelting production was already very large.

As the saying goes, if you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see so much.

Xiaoer also discovered a living area covering thousands of square meters more than a hundred meters away from the iron-making furnace. There were women washing clothes, picking vegetables and children playing in the open space.

There is another road leading to the outside world from the living area. The road is paved with concrete, but the road has cracks and potholes. You can imagine how many iron products were transported out of that road, and the hard The road surface was crushed.

"Send someone to block the other exit, so we can catch the turtle in the jar!" Xiaoer said.

"Girl, your description is so apt, I'll make arrangements right now! Fortunately, I thought of it when I came here, and left three hundred soldiers and horses outside. Now just let them go around there and block the exit. "After Di Shaowei said this, he quickly went down the mountain to make arrangements.

Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuanyi stayed on the top of the mountain to watch the situation below.

Xiaoer saw the scene of ancient iron smelting for the first time, and she watched it with great interest.

Seeing the deep interest in her eyes, Shangguan Xuanyi explained the following operation procedures one by one.

"Actually, this iron smelting technology is already backward. The iron smelting technology and blast furnace design drawings you provided have greatly increased the output of iron, and the number of explosions has been reduced a lot."

Xiao'er nodded, that's for sure.

The iron-smelting furnace below is made of rammed earth and is in the shape of a steamed bun. This should be inherited from the Han Dynasty, but Xiaoer knows that the iron-smelting furnace is built of stone, which is more resistant to high temperatures. Its shape is similar to the top of a beer bottle, with a thin neck and a big belly. It is more conducive to the downward movement of refining slag.

The iron-making furnaces below are too large in volume. In fact, they cannot dissipate heat well. On the contrary, it can easily cause excessive pressure in the furnace and cause an explosion.

The two were discussing how backward the iron-making technology below was and how it should be improved, when suddenly the sound of horse hooves came from the distance again.

The two of them looked over and saw that the leader had one empty sleeve, floating in the wind.

"Li Mingjun brought people here." Xiaoer said with certainty.

"He should have known about the iron mine collapse and brought people to rescue him!"

"This is just right, catch the thief and get the stolen goods! Now it's both the person and the stolen goods! Let's see how he can still quibble!"

"Come on, let's go down and line up. Li Mingjun is a very vigilant person, don't let him escape! We must catch him this time and reveal himself."

Xiaoer and the others stood high and saw far. It would take a certain amount of time for Li Mingjun to reach the mining area, and this time was enough for Shangguan Xuanyi to make arrangements.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiaoer ran down the mountain quickly, and then told the soldiers at the foot of the mountain to hide up the mountain.

After the two ordered the soldiers, they quickly ran to the mining area.

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Li Mingjun took the lead and rushed into the mining area: "Hey!"

He pulled the reins, and the horse's front legs were raised high, and then it stopped.

The people behind Li Mingjun also dismounted.

Li Mingjun saw that only soldiers were digging and rescuing people at the scene. There were several corpses lying on the ground, and no other miners could be seen. He had a great premonition in his heart: "Are all those miners buried underneath?"

How can this be! There must be some people up there!

There was a soldier who lowered his head, looking timid, and his voice was trembling a little: "Return to the master, yes. When it collapsed, it was almost dawn. I was rushing to work recently, and it rained again in the past two days. , the water flooded the mine, which delayed a lot of time. Seeing that the rain stopped last night, the adults asked the miners to get up early this morning, and they all rushed down there! Even we have to help transport the ore! "

"What the hell! You know that it's raining and the stone pillars have been washed by the rain, and the stone pillars may become loose. Why don't you know to check it!" Now those miners are dead! This made him go find some men to come and mine for a while!

It was not a pity that the miners died, but delaying his weapon manufacturing would cause serious problems!

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It's raining here tonight and there's no moonlight.