Quan Erlang laughed with him, and bowed his hand to the brother again and again: "This Brother Yang, the ancestral iron smelting expert, the family heirloom, knows the mineral veins in the ground." If the yamen unveils the list, if you can find iron ore, you will have a reward, you can be an official, and there will be infinite benefits. I wanted to go into the mountains with Brother Yang to look for mines, and the brothers helped me to get some money and food, and we brought them into the mountains. In the future, I will not forget my brothers! ”

A big man said: "Erlang, don't think about these things all day long, daydreaming, and want to make a fortune all at once." Or do things as steadily as we do, and wait until a few days when the ploughing cattle and farming tools arrive, and open the fields and farm. I heard that the idle land opened is tax-free for three years, so it is a long-term plan to do it for a few years, save some money, build a house, and marry a family. ”

Quan Erlang said: "In this way, isn't it the same as those farming men?" What's the point of a day like this? Don't take advantage of your young age, try your best to fight, and when you are old, you will regret it in vain! ”

Another human: "Erlang, our current grain and rice are all counted once every few days, and no one has much surplus grain, how can I lend it to you?" ”

Quan Erlang said: "With the grace of the imperial court, the grain and rice given are enough to make ends meet." If you have women and children in your family, you can always save some. ”

Several brothers felt that Quan Erlang was unreliable and refused to lend him money and grain. I'm afraid that it would be a trivial matter for him to take money and food out and get nothing, so according to the character of this guy, he used up all the money and food, and the soles of his feet were greased all over the world, and his brothers didn't have to do it.

Seeing that no one was helping him, Quan Erlang gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "On the edge of the Bianhe River, we worked together to pull fibers, lived and died together, how many hardships have we gone through!" As soon as you arrived at the place, you behaved so badly that you refused to lend me even a few catties of rice! If one day, I come out of the way, don't regret it! Without your money and rice, I can't enter the mountain? ”

Tan Qingcheng, the eldest, sighed and said, "Erlang, it's not as good as before." In the past, we pulled fiber, in addition to the money, it was a daily reward. How much is a month, at a glance you can see decades later. It's different now, not to mention the quality of farming, when a new home is built, people who have savings in their hands have a lot of use. The more you do, the more money you make. ”

After speaking, he said to everyone: "That's it, after all, it's a brother, it's not good not to help." In this way, a few of us, two hundred yuan per person, ten catties of rice, will lend it to Erlang. Whether or not the mine can be found is his own creation. ”

Tan Qingcheng was highly respected, and after listening to his words, everyone stopped saying anything, and together they pooled money and food for Quan Erlang. Everyone understands in their hearts that Quan Erlang has really done this, and everyone must be benefited. Although this guy is unreliable, he is light on wealth and heavy on righteousness, and if he really makes a fortune, he will inevitably return to his brothers to show off, and it is not a problem to spend money with a large hand. But if things don't work out, according to his old nature, I'm afraid he won't come back. He won't come back to see anyone until he can't get along outside anymore and everyone forgets about the money he borrowed.

Quan Erlang was wrong about Qian Mi, and said to Yang Dalang happily: "Brother, although there is not much Qian Mi, it is enough for us to go to the mountains for a month or two." When the time comes, we will share the reward. can really be an official, and the two of us share weal and woe. ”

Yang Dalang felt in his heart that Quan Erlang was not very reliable, and the reward was divided equally, if he was really an official, he should naturally be a skilled person, even if Quan Erlang had an official body, what could Quan Erlang do? This kind of official is different from ordinary officials, and is usually arranged in the field affairs, which is somewhat similar to the technical personnel of later generations. Without technology, will the government let you be an overseer?

However, Yang Dalang does have this ability, and if he wants to make this money, he has to partner with Quan Erlang. A few years ago, his father fell ill and tossed away his already little family wealth, so he could only rely on others.

A group of brothers sent Quan Erlang to the intersection and repeatedly admonished him. But seeing Quan Erlang's happy appearance, I'm afraid that he won't listen.

Bidding farewell to Quan Erlang, everyone returned, and as soon as they arrived at the residence, they saw an errand officer standing there. When he saw the people returning, he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the yamen has an order to move you out of this place and settle down by the river ten miles to the northeast. Look at the spring planting, can't delay, hurry up! ”

Tan Qingcheng said: "We have just become familiar with the geography of this neighborhood, why do we have to relocate?" There are a lot of idle fields in this vicinity, and the terrain is flat, and there are no homes, so it is best to open up wasteland. And there are many wild things in the surrounding mountains, and there is meat to eat when you are free. ”

The officer said, "You are all strangers, you know what! There are mountains around here, and when the rain is heavy, the flood will come down, and whatever you have, you will not receive anything. Why is there no one in the city? It's all because of the flood, and they moved to other places! The yamen is thinking about your future, and if not, who cares about you! ”

Tan Qingcheng looked at the surrounding mountains and was a little unconvinced, "How much rain is it in this area?" It doesn't look like it. ”

The officer was impatient: "I am a person who has lived in the neighborhood for decades, how can I not know? There has always been a lot of rain in the mountains of this area, otherwise where did you come from with so many rivers? The Ru River originates from this mountain, and the flood can flood all the way to Chenzhou! ”

When the people heard this, they whispered for a while, and they could only listen to the yamen, preparing to move.

Tan Qingcheng muttered a little in his heart, it's good now, Quan Erlang spent all the money and grain he borrowed, and he could use the excuse that he couldn't find a few of himself and didn't pay it back.

Although the mountains here are not high, they are the watershed between the Huai River and the Han River, and there is a lot of rain in the summer. In addition to flood prevention reasons, these people were relocated because the camp was recently adjusting its planning and reorganizing the population.

But it was said that Quan Erlang and Yang Dalang got on the road and walked to the mountains for a long time, but they didn't see a village.

Hungry, Quan Erlang said: "Brother, there are no people here, and you can't drink a sip of water, how can you make it?" Looking for a place with spring water in front of us, we stopped to drink saliva and boil some rice to eat. ”

Yang Dalang looked at the sky and said, "That's it." There are few people here, and it is difficult to see people in the mountains. ”

The two of them walked for a while, and when they saw a small stream beside them, the water was very clear, so they wanted to stop by the stream. Quan Erlang set up the pot he brought, lit a fire to boil water, and Yang Dalang went to the stream to wash rice. Wait until the hot water is drunk and the rice is cooked, and the two eat.

Quan Erlang said: "Brother, if you get lost in the mountains like this, how can you find a vein?" ”

Yang Dalang said: "Looking for a mine, you can't turn around like a headless fly." The ancestors used to smelt iron in the mountains, but although the people are no longer there, there are relics of iron-smelting furnaces and other things. We can only be sure if we find this kind of place, along the veins where our predecessors mined iron. ”

Hearing this, Quan Erlang said happily: "In this way, it is easy. ”

Yang Erlang said: "How easy is it? There are two kinds of iron smelting in the mountains, one is to pan for ore from the river, and the iron ore in the river does not know where it is washed down, and it is the most difficult to find it along the river. Another is to mine nearby, and it is much better to find this kind of place. Even if I found the mine, I don't know if it's big or small. If it's a small mine, maybe it will be mined, and it will be useless to us. ”

Quan Erlang heard this, and said angrily: "The people who came to the mountains to smelt iron in the past are really bad people's jobs, and the mines that are easy to find must have been dug up by them, but they don't leave some for our descendants!" Aren't these people stupid, coming to the mountains to smelt iron! ”

Yang Dalang shook his head and ignored Quan Erlang. The previous people were stupid, you are not even more stupid, and you ran to the mountains again.