Lin Xi pouted secretly, I really doubt how this fucking world managed to brainwash the Indian slave into this, ordinary government soldiers can beat and scold those mechanics at will, and now they are all geological engineering bosses with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands, you just whip them so casually? The salary of modern smelting technicians is indeed not high, but in ancient times, it was a proper technician, and they were still scolded like ordinary Indian slaves, and it is no wonder that most Indian slaves are not enterprising.

Anyway, pouring night incense and cooking for the lord are the same treatment, no children and no daughters, and there is no hope for life, so you have to get by.

The whole team was about forty people.

Lin Xi grinned, and Sang Nuo really only sent a small number of people to investigate the situation first.

More than 20 of these people are fully armed, probably having learned the lesson of the last time, and this time the team has also sent a few scouts, and the equipment seems to be much better than the previous batch of escorts.

As the team gradually went deeper into the mountain pass, no matter how good Lin Xi's eyesight was, he couldn't see what those people were doing now.

Anyway, there is only one way in and out of this barren mountain pass, and they just need to keep an eye on it.

Soon, smoke rose from the side of the col, and it was obvious that he was burying the pot to make rice.

Lin Xi They must not make a fire, now this plane is probably comparable to the Shang and Zhou dynasties in China, of course, many things do not completely coincide, the land is sparsely populated, and the degree of low productivity is still almost the same.

There are only shrubs and wild grass near this col, and many places are barren land, and this vast area is deserted, and if there is fire and cooking smoke, it is easy for people to find their traces.

Luckily, the place where they were hiding was far enough away from the col that a few scouts had only checked the next day to see if there were anyone else around, and they never showed up again.

On the fourth day, when Lin Xi and the meat they brought were basically finished, and the water could only go to the nearby creek to fetch it, and when they had begun to only eat coarse dough cakes and cold water to satisfy their hunger, the three scouts finally appeared.

Everyone couldn't help but be excited.

Their lord really knew what was going on, and it must have been that a mineral deposit had been discovered in the col, and a few scouts had hurried back to deliver the news.

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Sanno personally met with the three scouts.

After listening to the report of the three people, Sanno couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Although gold was not discovered as the two Indian slaves said, brass is also a good thing!

This is the first time that a mine has been discovered in the territory of Sangrou, and the analysis of the innu of the exploration shows that it is not impossible for gold to appear.

Old Sonno rubbed his hands together excitedly, and hurriedly gathered his three sons and a few loyal subordinates to discuss how many men and tools they needed, and also to collect a large number of Indian slaves and commoners who were good at mining and proficient in silver laundering.

Sonno's dizzy old eyes were shining at the moment, and the whole person was like being beaten with chicken blood.

Not to mention finding gold, even if he mined a large amount of copper ore, he could create a blade and never have to fear the old ghost of Wen Chi in the snake land again.

Over the years, he has relied on the snake land people to be good at fighting, and has repeatedly bullied people at the annual big exchange meeting, not to mention shoddy, and always exchanged his high-quality silk with herbs below the market price.

Sang Nuo has always swallowed his anger, never thought that in his twilight years, he would be able to get copper mines to build weapons in his territory, even if his combat power is slightly inferior to that of Snake Land, with these copper mines, he can buy a large number of war horses with the Qishan territory.

If the witch god had mercy on him, if he got a gold mine, it would not be impossible to level his snake land.

After years of patience, Sanno was so eager that he could smelt a large amount of bronze, iron, and gold at once, and when the time came, he had already begun to imagine that after annexing the snake land, his children and grandchildren would not even have to submit to Jinglan like himself, and pay tribute year after year, and claim to be vassals.

Shaoling, the shrewdest youngest son of Sang Nuo, suddenly said: "Father, the top priority is to keep everyone's mouths under control, and not to leak a single piece of news!" ”

His finger swiped on the map: "Look, Father, this is where the 'Red Clay Col' is located, and less than five miles to the west is the Dali River, a branch of Roushui. This Dali Creek and a few miles to the west were originally my Sangrou territory, but it was born by the snake land, and under the pretext that the river is a branch of the soft water, it has become a boundary river, if the news leaks out......"

Sang Nuo looked in the direction pointed by Shaoling, and it seemed on the map that the mineral deposits were too close to the snake land at this moment, and if the snake land got the news and mined copper ore on their side, they would have no position to stop them.

The aboveground part of them is divided by the Dali River, but the underground mountains are one, so it makes no sense that they found mineral deposits here, but there is nothing there.

Zano suddenly realized the gravity of the situation.

"Pass the order, this time the matter of the vein is forbidden to be spread, and those who violate the order will be punished by the men of the three clans, and all the women will be sealed as slaves!"

Two days later, in the evening, the group quietly left the city under the leadership of the previous three scouts.

This time, it was not only the soldiers and craftsmen who were dispatched, but also 50 cavalry, 300 infantry, plus about 500 craftsmen, and a full seven carts of baggage.

The most important thing is that this operation was led by Gongzi Shaoling, and there were six or seven experienced subordinate officers who accompanied him.

And the people who lived in the main city of Sangrou Territory suddenly found that from this day on, the four gates of the entire main city were guarded by a large number of government soldiers. Whether entering or leaving the city, it is necessary to check at all levels, especially when going out of the city, the investigation is more careful, and there is no necessary reason, and it has been forbidden for idle people to go out of the city at will.

Civilians and Indian slaves who needed to go out of the city to collect a large number of mulberry leaves on weekdays had to hold a pass issued by the lord's palace before they were allowed to leave the city, and everyone was warned that if they did not return that day, they would be convicted of defection.

For a while, the people in the main city were panicked, and many civilians privately discussed, is it finally going to war with the snake land?

The people are the most reluctant to go to war.

It is always the ruling class that benefits from above, and it is always the ordinary people and the Indian slaves who shed their blood.

Sleeping in the open all the way, marching overnight, under the urging of Gongzi Shaoling, the three-day journey was shortened to two and a half days.

This is not easy for a team of seven baggage trucks on foot.

At about three o'clock in the morning, the scouts finally saw the "red clay pass" in the distance.

The soldiers are fast, not only Gongzi Shaoling knows that time waits for no one, but those subordinate officials also understand that the matter of mineral deposits cannot be blocked for a long time, and such a big battle will be known by the snake land sooner or later.

They only hoped that when they learned the news in the Serpent Lands, the metal they mined and smelted would be exchanged for enough horses and weapons for them to wage war.

Sanno has an order, once their side is almost ready, they will immediately launch a territorial war, and they must not give Wen Chi a chance to get the ore vein.

When they swallow the snake land, and the entire mine belongs to the mulberry land, they will have the confidence to get out of the turmoil.

Most of the time, the so-called love of peace is simply because the conditions for waging war are not enough.

The scouts arrived at the mine first, shouting loudly, telling the Indian slaves in the station to quickly get up and boil water and cook for everyone.

The government soldier in charge of the general sundries hung his head and obediently took the order, I don't know why, this scout always felt that the government soldier seemed to be ......

Got a little shorter......