At the foot of Zhongyang Mountain, Quan Erlang hugged his arms and was basking in the sun lazily with a few people. He always liked to roll up his sleeves and reveal his flower embroidery. Even if the spring is cold now, it is the case, as if he doesn't know it is cold.

Two officers came from a distance, arrived at the white wall on the side of the road, posted a list of articles, and left in a hurry.

Seeing the service gone, Quan Erlang said, "Let us come to reclaim the fields, but once we throw them at the foot of the mountain, we will no longer care about them. These dog officials do not do their jobs, and they will post a list of the quotations on the left and a list of the right. They don't know what the ghost said."

The person next to him said, "Erlang received his voice. When he was pulling the fibers in the Bian River, no one cared about us, whatever you said. Now it's different. We still have to open fields and farm. Someone will take care of you. If you are like this, you will cause a big disaster sooner or later!"

Quan Erlang curled his lips disdainfully: "What a disaster? My mouth is on my head, and I want to say whatever I want! I live like this without any meaning, and I dare not say anything. It's too boring to live."

Others ignored him, closed their eyes and basked in the sun lazily.

After a while, Quan Erlang couldn't help but ask the people around him, "Uncle Ding, what is it on the list?"

Uncle Ding didn't open his eyes and said weakly: "No one of us, who knows what we are saying, isn't reading or reading, who knows what we are saying?"

Quan Erlang said: "These dog officials know that we are illiterate, but they post the list texts everywhere, but they don't ask anyone to read them."

While several people were basking in the sun, a man carried a load and came from a distance, took a rest, bowed to the people, "Brothers, I'm tired of leaving, give me a sip of water."

Quan Erlang opened his eyes, glanced at the man, and said impatiently: "We are all from other countries, and we are here to open the fields. We have not been there for many days, and the well has not been fired yet. Where can I drink water for you? I am so thirsty, and there is water in the river over there!"

The man smiled and said, "What are you saying? If you drink the water in the river, don't you have a stomachache? Even if there is no well, you will definitely have hot soup at home. It won't be a big deal to give me a sip."

Quan Erlang said: "If you cook soup, you need firewood. Doesn't it take time to collect firewood?"

Uncle Ding stood up and said, "It's not easy for people to go out. Erlang said this, it's too much. Wait a moment, I'll bring you a bowl of water. The water was burned last night and it's already cool. Don't dislike it."

The man didn't even dare to stop the pick and wait there.

Quan Erlang couldn't help but say to the foreigner: "Well, who is the man, what kind of business do you do when you carry a burden?"

The man hated Quan Erlang and was about to answer. Seeing that he was wearing embroidery, it was not a good way to go, he had to say, "I will go around the streets and repair iron tools for others and make some money and make a living. Let's see, it's going to spring to go to Biyang County in the south to do business."

"So it's a blacksmith. - By the way, do you have any bows and arrows to sell? If you sell me a pair, go to the mountains to grab some deer and rabbits when you are free."

The man said, "The guest official is joking. I am a little blacksmith in the countryside, where can I sell bows and arrows? If the guest official buys bows, he has to go to the county town."

Quan Erlang said: "If I had money to enter the city, why would I still sit here? - If I don't have a bow, I can sell a good knife to me. There are no tigers and leopards in the mountains. I can always hunt some wild game when I bring a knife in."

"I'm not to be hiding the customer. I'm a dedicated person to repair farm tools for people, and I don't sell them. There is only some pig iron on the pick. If there is a bad farm tool, it can melt the spray mouth, and it will be like steel."

Quan Erlang said disdainfully: "This guy is talking nonsense! We are all in the army. If we use swords and swords, steel is steel, and iron is iron, two things. What kind of thing do you use pig iron to soak? What's the use? Your trick can only deceive the ignorant farmer in the countryside!"

The man was not in a hurry and said slowly: "The guest official doesn't know that this method was passed from Bozhou to the east, and it is very useful. Farm tools made of cooked iron, whether it is a sickle or a plow, as long as pig iron is poured on the edge, it will be hard and sharp."

How could Quan Erlang believe it? He just thought this person was a liar and was very despised.

The man also felt boring, so he turned around and looked at the list article posted on the white wall.

When Quan Erlang saw this, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you still recognize the words? What is the one written on the list?"

The man was too lazy to deal with Quan Erlang, but he had to be careful on his territory and said without looking back: "The article on the list says that iron has been produced since ancient times, and good swords were made in ancient times. It has declined over the years and recruited people to explore the mines in the mountains. If the iron ore can be found, the officials will be rewarded according to the iron production. If they can find large mines, they can still become officials."

Quan Erlang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is a way to make a fortune, much better than farming! What's your name for this man?"

The man turned around and replied, "In the lower Yang Bin, everyone calls me Yang Dalang."

Quan Erlang said: "You are a blacksmith, and you want to find iron ore. There are articles in the government here. You and I go to the mountains to find mines. If you can find a large mine, you will have to pay a few cents of money. Wouldn't it be good to drink and eat meat? It's like you carry a load and walk around the streets. If you have luck, you can be an official, that's even better! From then on, you will never have to worry about eating and drinking for your whole life!"

After hearing this, the person next to him couldn't help but say, "Erlang, you always scold the dog official, why do you want to do it yourself?"

Quan Erlang said: "I will naturally scold others as officials. They drink and eat meat, but they don't have my share. If I become an official myself, the money and food will be in my hands. Even if I am a dog official, what's wrong with doing it!"

Several people laughed together, scolding those who are officials every day, but it turned out that they were scolding themselves for not being officials.

Quan Erlang ignored them and said to Yang Dalang: "Since you are good at iron, you must be able to find iron ore. Let's go to the mountains to find mines together!"

Yang Dalang smiled and said, "If a chef is a good cook, he may not be able to raise sheep. We blacksmiths can make iron, but we may not even be able to smelter, let alone look for iron ore. But I am different from others. Blacksmiths are a family-born craft. Before I learned how to soak the pig iron, my family was really a smelter. Although I have never dug an iron ore, there are some tricks passed down at home. Maybe I can really find mineral seedlings."

Quan Erlang was overjoyed and jumped up from the ground: "What else do you say? Brother sent the burden to the village, let's go up the mountain together!"

Yang Dalang shook his head repeatedly: "What's the use of going up the mountain? The mine is not necessarily in the mountains. It's not easy for young people to find ore. Most of it depends on luck. You must first know where iron is produced. It's best to have mined mines that our predecessors have dug, and then search for it along the veins. This is located in the Central Plains. Since ancient times, many people have mined iron here. For thousands of years, the mines that are easy to dig have been dug. If you want to find a new mine, either dig deeper along the mine pits mined by our predecessors or go to remote places in the mountains. It's not easy. Even if you make up your mind to find it, it's not a day or two, and a few months are nothing. If you want to bring food, you have to walk many ways, and you can walk just by walking."
Chapter completed!