There are no ghosts, only two people who are smeared with black ghosts, and they have been tied up by the guards at the entrance of the cave at this moment.

"My lord, there is no one down there, and there is no danger!" Lao Liu shouted loudly with a torch in the cave.

Madu went down the ladder to the hole, and as soon as he entered the hole, Madu felt a feeling of suffocation.

"Lao Liu, five or six torches have been extinguished and replaced with candles!" He also said that there was no danger, the oxygen in it was very thin, and I didn't know how the two people above stayed there.

By the dim light of the candle, Madu surveyed the vast cavern, a cuboid-shaped space, carved out on the top, bottom, and four sides, almost the size of two houses.

The key position in the cave is supported by a thick beam with a bowl mouth, which looks very solid, and there should be no danger of landslide, and it is done very carefully, Ma Du dare not imagine that this can be done by two people.

There were two piles of ore on the ground, one looked black under the candlelight, and the other was yellow, and Chang Mao didn't know when he had gone down to the cave.

Picking up a piece of yellow ore and laughing, "I knew there was gold here, and we sent so much gold!" He wanted to pounce on it and roll on it.

Bullshit gold mines, Madu has never heard of gold in Ma'anshan, if it is not bad, this may be pyrite. The large pieces of pyrite are very good, and Huang Cancan is indeed attractive, but Ma Du knows that it is because of the excessive sulfur content.

It's just that an uninformed hairy boy like Chang Mao will be regarded as a gold mine, and of course there are even more stupid ones, Zhang Wuliu's arms are bulging, and I don't know how much is stuffed in them, and his clothes can't be worn, and his waist can't bend down.

Pulled out the horizontal knife on Lao Liu's waist and put it on the pile of black ore, only to hear a snapping sound, a slight force sucked the knife over, and when he picked it up, the knife was stained with a lot of black powder.

Very good, it is magnetite with a high iron content, theoretically containing 70% iron ore, in fact, it is good to be able to smelt 30% pig iron. It seems that this is a magnetite deposit, associated with pyrite, which is a rich mine.

Digging pits and exploring everywhere, Ma Du didn't expect that the place where he camped was a mineral deposit, and these two people were too secretive, and this matter made him feel very puzzled.

When Lao Liu told himself that there was no iron ore in Taiping Province, Ma Du remembered that the iron ore mine in Ma'anshan was discovered in the early 20th century, and the city of Ma'anshan was only developed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

But now it has been discovered in advance, and the discoverer is not himself, a prophetic traveler. Was it discovered in the first place in this era, and for other reasons this mine was lost to time? Or was it some kind of historical accident that allowed this deposit to be discovered in advance?

Madu crawled out of the cave and looked at the two men who were pressed to the ground, both of them in pitch black, one of whom was supposed to be an adult man, and the other of whom was supposed to be a minor, and ordered, "Untie them and take them to the tent." ”

Seeing that Zhang Wuliu was still bulging in his arms, he said: "Hurry up and throw it away, this is not gold, and I am not too tired to panic." ”

"Don't lie to me, my lord, it's gold."

"What am I lying to you about, this is pyrite, it's worse than that pile of black stones."

The blackened child suddenly spoke, "This is iron ore, it stinks so much from refining qi, I don't need to ...... my father" Everyone looked at him, and quickly shut up and lowered their heads.

Chang Mao took the pyrite in his hand and said, "What, this is not a gold mine?" It's iron ore! Brother Du, the treasure you are looking for will not be these iron ores. ”

Madu nodded, "That's right, it's these iron ores!" Why don't you hurry home and bring the gold, and buy all the land around you. "It's all barren land here, and the price of land should be very cheap, and it's hard to say whether there is an owner or not.

It is very likely that such a deposit will reach more than 100 million tons of reserves, even if it is a small and medium-sized deposit, it must be tens of millions of tons, Ma Du is already very content, he does not dare to be too greedy.

There are many people who are not greedy enough, Chang Mao shouted: "I don't want it if it's not a gold mine!" If you lack money, I can give it to you!"

"Really? There's 10,000,000 pounds of iron here! ”

Chang Mao's math is definitely not very good, and his eyes are confused when he hears it, but it is his guard who mutters in his ear for a while, and then he laughs and says, "Okay, I want it." I'm going to let people get the money. ”

He immediately ordered two guards to rush back to the sky overnight, and there were no horses, so he had to use the two mules on the mule cart to travel on his behalf.

Madu felt that he should talk to the other two as well. No one has asked him about it, and Wang Dazhui is nervous and about to die, for fear that the other party will cut himself without saying a word.

He was not blind or deaf, there were twenty guards wrapped in red turbans and wearing armor on the other side, and some people called the young man, who was obviously an official. If the people don't fight with the officials, this iron mine will definitely not be saved, and the key is whether the life can be saved.

As soon as he heard that the other party was asking him to question, Wang Dazhui was simply embarrassed, and immediately kowtowed, saying that he didn't want this iron mine, and just begged to spare the lives of their father and son.

Ma Du was so black-hearted, so he asked the father and son to help them up, and then asked them where they came from.

"The villain Wang Dahammer was originally a blacksmith in the city, and this is the villain's son Wang Xiaohammer."

Wang Sledgehammer? It's a good name, so if he doesn't appear here, maybe he is really going to the pinnacle of his life.

"And how did you find this iron mine?"

Wang Dazhui immediately told how he was deceived by profiteers and how he found iron ore one by one, and Ma Du was dumbfounded for a while, not knowing whether to say that he was unlucky or lucky.

Ma Du groaned and said: "You are an understanding person, you know that someone has discovered that there is an iron ore here, and you can't keep it with your own ability, but I can." ”

"I don't want this ten acres of land, I just ask the adults to spare my father and son's lives." As he spoke, he had to kneel down for Madu.

Ma Du had no choice but to ask someone to pull him up again, "I don't have to ask you for ten acres of land, this mineral deposit is very large, your ten acres of land can only be regarded as a corner, I can dig elsewhere." Of course, it won't be as sneaky as you, the movement will be very large, it will affect your excavation, and it may even cause a landslide on your side. “

"I don't intend to take advantage of it, you can use your ten acres of land as a shareholder, run the mine with me, and I will give you a share, although it is not much, but at the current iron price, it should be okay to get ten thousand taels of silver a year."

Originally, the ten acres of land with Wang Dafei's sledgehammer accounted for less than one-tenth of a deposit, but after all, he found it, and Madu still needed someone to smelt iron for him.

Wang Dazhu's eyes widened, and he asked incredulously: "Does the adult really give me a component?" No, I don't, not at all. "He is an expert, of course, he knows how much profit can be made if it is a large-scale excavation, and with the current market, it is really no longer a problem to get more than 100,000 taels a year. But can there really be such a good thing? The people in the government have always had a face, they eat people and don't spit out bones, don't deliberately test him.

Of course, Ma Du guessed what Wang Da Hammer meant, and only said: "That Yicheng will give it to you whether you want it or not, I usually am in Yingtian, I don't come here often, I need someone to help me take care of it here, you are an expert in this area, so ......"

Wang Dazhui's heart suddenly brightened, no wonder he wanted to give himself a component, it turned out that he wanted to use himself, and he knelt down again in a hurry, "The little one is willing to work for the adult, although the matter of mining and smelting is handed over to the villain, the adult only needs to send two account offices over." ”

"Get up, you'll be your own person from now on. You said that if this mine is opened, it will probably cost a lot of money, so I can go and prepare it. ”

Wang Dazhui's expression was obviously a lot more relaxed, "Lord Hui actually doesn't need much silver, and the villain did it from scratch." If you want to see a lot of profits as soon as possible, you only need to hire more people, plus build a stove to buy charcoal, a few hundred taels of silver is enough, and you can see the profits in ten days, and you don't need to continue to invest. Since the villain is a shareholder, he can't just let the adult pay the money alone, and the villain is also willing to pay 200 taels of silver to buy shares together. ”

Chang Mao sighed: "Oh, look at your ragged clothes, you are quite rich." ”

Wang Dazhui wiped his sweat and said: "Not much, there is only so much in total." ”

"Chang Mao, don't scare people, a few pieces of silver are also exchanged for their lives."

"Thank you, sir." Wang Dazhui hesitated for a moment and asked: "Since the adults are not permanently here, the villain in the mine should try his best to take care of it, but he just ran into others to make trouble, and he didn't know whose name to report?" "It seems that I want to get to the bottom of Madu.

Without waiting for Ma Du to reply, Chang Mao rushed to say: "Whoever dares to make trouble in the future, will report my name as Master Mao." "This kid really treats himself as a green onion, and his name is that he can be used near the Qinhuai River.

Ma Du felt the need to reassure Wang Da Hammer, after all, he was still counting on him to work hard in the future, "If someone has something in life, he will repay the name of Tianwu Palace!" ”

Zhu Thief Bald! Wang Dazhui took a sharp breath of cold air.

Chang Mao was very dissatisfied, "Why does Brother Du report the name of King Wu, isn't mine useful?" ”

~~~~~~~~~

The next afternoon, he didn't wait for Chang Mao's guards to come back, but he waited for Han Cheng, the head of Lao Zhu's guards. Han Cheng, this is a person who should have died on Poyang Lake a long time ago.

According to the original historical trajectory, when Lao Zhu was besieged by Chen Youliang's army, because he looked a little similar to Lao Zhu, he changed Lao Zhu's clothes and died for Lao Zhu.

I don't know where Ma Du's wings have flapped, he is still alive, and now he congratulates Ma Du with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to your Excellency!"

Just because on Poyang Lake, Han Cheng risked his life to save himself, Ma Du had a little more affection for Han Chengcheng, "What do you say about President Han?" Where does the joy come from? ”

"Wu Wangjun's decree, let Master Ma be reappointed as Zuo Shilang in Zhongshu Province."

"Oh?" Promotion is a good thing, Ma Du had a bad premonition, Han Cheng handed over an envelope sealed with fire paint, "This is a letter written by the prince to the adult." ”

Ma Du hurriedly tore it open, and there was only one sentence on it, "Brother, let your brother-in-law keep the iron mine for you!" ”

"I'll rub!" Madu couldn't help but scream, and the muscles in his face couldn't help but twitch.

Ma Du's performance seemed to be expected by Han Cheng, and he smiled and let out a person from behind him, a middle-aged Confucian student.

Han Cheng ignored Ma Du's sluggish expression, "This is the deputy assigned by the prince to the adult, who specializes in helping the adult mine and smelt iron." ”

The middle-aged Confucian took a step forward and saluted: "My subordinate Hu Weiyong has seen Lord Shangguan Ma. ”

"I'm rubbing! I rub! ”

Old Zhu is ugly, but he thinks very beautifully, the key is that the hand is still black, and the iron ore that Ma Du finally found became him in a blink of an eye. He seemed to feel that he was not very kind to do this, and was very concerned about Madu's reaction.

He twisted his beard and asked Han Cheng, "What did he say first after hearing the news?" “

Han Cheng replied: "Master Ma said, 'I'll wipe', and my subordinates don't know what it means." “

"This king doesn't understand either, it's probably not a good word!"

"After Master Ma saw Master Hu, he was very excited and said two 'I wipe'."

"Oh? Does he recognize Hu Weiyong? ”

"It should be the first time we met, but Master Ma attaches great importance to Master Hu and leaves the matter of mining and iron smelting to him."

Old Zhu frowned, "Then what is he doing?" ”

"He said that he had a head disease, and the pain was terrible, and he hid in the tent every day to sleep."

Lao Zhu laughed, "Where is he sick, he is making a petty temperament." Send him two doctors over and drink bitter water for two days. ”

Han Cheng took out a letter from his pocket and couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm afraid it's not necessary, Master Ma said that he was going to sue the old man to return to his hometown and beg to return the bones...... " He couldn't help but laugh out loud when he said it.

Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, he also laughed, looked at the envelope and said with a smile: "It's not that the emperor doesn't have this right, if he doesn't want to stay in Taiping, let him come back, and he should find a teacher, this ugly word, I really can't open my eyes." ”

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