peasant girl allure

Chapter 618
The search and counting of Qishan Iron Mine was handed over to the soldiers brought by Di Shaowei.

As for the soldiers in the original mining area, under the supervision of the tiger, they were reduced to miners and did the work of saving lives.

"These iron ores need to be smelted when they are mined. When the iron ores are pulled out, some will fall on the road. Let's look for the nearby roads to see where the iron ores are pulled. Already!" Xiao'er said.

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

Xiao'er nodded, if she was too far away and too much iron ore fell on the official road, the iron ore should have been exposed long ago.

Now many official roads have been built into concrete roads, with toll points, and there are soldiers and toll collectors at each toll point. It is not easy to transport these private mines, so they can only be smelted and made in the vicinity. The iron products were then shipped out.

Di Shaowei assigned half of the soldiers to stay in the mining area to deal with the aftermath, and half to go to the iron smelting place.

Shangguan Xuanyi didn't speak, but held Xiao'er's hand.

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

In fact, there are only two roads near the mining area. They circled the mining area and saw it after turning a corner.

Several ruts were clearly visible on the other road. Looking at the deep ruts, Xiao'er could imagine the scenes of ox carts and horse-drawn carts full of pig iron passing busily on these roads.

They walked down this road, and at intervals along the road, some iron ore could be seen falling.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, I saw the end of the road. The end of the road was the entrance of a ravine. The three of them looked at each other: it should be here!
Di Shaowei asked 150 soldiers to guard the entrance of the ravine, and another [-] soldiers followed up the mountain to check the situation.

Shangguan Xuanyi held Xiao'er's hand tightly, and coordinated with Xiao'er's strength, the two performed lightness kung fu and flew up together.

One purple and one white figure flew up the yellow and green mountain, like a flying fairy, making the soldiers below stare straight at them.

This picture is so beautiful that I can't bear to blink.

Is this the fairy couple in my heart?Someone thought.

Seeing that the two of them ignored him, Di Shaowei ran away first, not daring to call out, and cursed in a low voice that there is no humanity in the opposite sex, and then hurriedly chased after them.

The three of them came to the top of the mountain quietly, and looked down under the cover of trees:

Even though it was late autumn and there was a slight chill in the air, many of the workers below were bare-chested, with dark skin exposed, busy with work in full swing.

Xiao'er counted and found that there are 16 iron-making furnaces, 1 melting furnace, 1 forging furnace, 8 iron pits, 1 ore pit, 1 batching pool, and various ironware and casting molds, etc. , although she saw this ancient iron smelting base for the first time, she can guarantee that the scale of this iron smelting production is already very large.

As the saying goes, if you want to see a thousand miles, you will go to a higher level.Standing on the top of the mountain, there are many things to see.

Xiaoer also discovered a living area covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters at a place more than [-] meters away from the iron-smelting furnace. There were women washing clothes there, picking vegetables and children playing in the open space.

On the living area, there is another road leading to the outside world. The road surface is paved with concrete, but the road surface has been cracked and potholed. It is conceivable how many iron products were transported from that road, and the hard The pavement is crushed.

"Send someone to block the other exit, then we can catch the turtle!" Xiao'er said.

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

Xiao'er and Shangguan Xuanyi stayed on the top of the mountain to watch the situation below.

It was the first time Xiao'er saw the scene of iron smelting in ancient times, and she enjoyed watching it with gusto.

Seeing the intense interest in her eyes, Shangguan Xuanyi explained the following operation process one by one.

"Actually, the iron-smelting technology is already backward. The iron-smelting technology and blast furnace design drawings you provided have greatly increased the production 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 rammed with soil 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 with stones, which is more resistant to high temperatures. Its shape is similar to the upper part of a beer bottle, with a thin neck and a big belly. It is more conducive to the slag going down.

The volume of the iron-making furnaces below is too large. In fact, this cannot dissipate heat well. On the contrary, it is easy to cause excessive pressure in the furnace and explode.

The two were discussing the backwardness of the iron-making technology below and how it should be improved, when suddenly there was the sound of "da da" horseshoes in the distance.

The two looked over and saw that the leader had a sleeve that was empty and was blowing with the wind.

"It was Li Mingjun who brought people here." Xiao'er said with certainty.

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

"This is just right, to catch the thief and take the stolen goods! Now the stolen goods have been stolen! Let's see how he can quibble!"

"Come on, let's go down and make arrangements. Li Mingjun is a very vigilant person, don't let him run away! We must catch him this time."

Xiao'er and the others stood tall and saw far away. 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 Xiao'er rushed down the mountain quickly, and then asked the soldiers down the mountain to hide on the mountain.

After ordering the soldiers, the two quickly ran to the mining area.

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Li Mingjun rushed into the mining area first: "Woo!"

As soon as he pulled the rein, the horse's two front legs were raised high, and then it stopped.

The people behind Li Mingjun also dismounted.

Li Mingjun saw that only soldiers were digging to save people at the scene, and there were a few corpses lying on the ground, and there were no other miners. He had a great premonition in his heart: "Those miners are all buried below?"

How can this be!There are always some people on it!
One soldier lowered his head, looked like he was cowering, and his voice was a little trembling: "Master, yes. When it collapsed, it was almost dawn, and I was rushing to work recently, and it rained again in the past two days , The mine was flooded by water, which delayed a lot of time. My lord saw that the rain stopped last night, so I got the miners up early this morning, and they all rushed down! Even we have to help transport the mines!"

"Bastard thing! Knowing that the rain stone pillar has been washed by the rain, the stone pillar may become loose, why didn't you know to check it!" Now those miners are dead!This made him go somewhere to find some men to mine for a while!
It is not a pity for those miners to die, but delaying his weapon manufacturing will spoil the big things!
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