Quan Erlang laughed and bowed to his brother repeatedly: "This elder brother Yang is a master of iron smelting, a secret master of family history, and recognizes the mineral veins in the fields. The yamen announced the list. If the iron ore can be found, there are rewards and officials, there will be endless benefits. I want to go to the mountain with Brother Yang to find the mines. The brothers will help you and raise some money and food, and we will bring them into the mountain. If I have the benefits in the future, I will definitely not forget my brothers!"

A big man said, "Erlang, don't think about these things all day long, daydreaming, and making a fortune all at once. Do your best to do things as steadily as us. After a few days, plow oxen and farm tools arrive, and open fields and farming. I heard that the idle fields that were opened for three years are tax-free, and work hard for a few years, accumulate some money, build a house, and marry a wife. The long-term solution is to do it."

Quan Erlang said: "Isn't this the same as those farmer? What's the point of life like this? Don't try your best to fight while you're young, and regret it when you're old!"

Another person said: "Erlang, our current grain and rice are distributed every few days, and no one family has much surplus grain, so how can I lend it to you?"

Quan Erlang said: "The court's grace is enough for the grain and rice. If you have women and children in your family, you can always save some."

Several brothers thought Quan Erlang was unreliable and refused to lend him money and grain. It was a trivial matter to bring money and grain out and gain nothing. According to this guy's temperament, he used up all the money and grain, and he smeared his feet all over, and he had no brothers to do it.

Seeing that no one helped him, Quan Erlang gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "On the Bian River, we work hard to pull together, live and die together, and how many hardships have we gone through! Why did we make such a mistake when we arrived at the place, and we refused to lend me a few kilograms of rice! If one day I make a fortune, don't regret it! Without your money and rice, can't I enter the mountain?"

The oldest Tan Qingcheng sighed and said, "Erlang, now it is not as good as before. In the past, we used to be able to get a daily reward in addition to salary. How much money is a month can be seen at a glance. It's different now. Not to mention the good or bad farming, a new home is built, and people with savings are of great use. You can make more money if you do more things."

After saying that, he said to everyone: "Forget it, it's a brother after all, so it's not good to help me. Let's do this, we lent to Erlang 200 cents and 10 kilograms of rice. Whether we can find the mine is his own fortune."

Tan Qingcheng was respectful. After hearing his words, everyone stopped saying anything and raised money and grain for Quan Erlang. Everyone knew in their hearts that if Quan Erlang was really done, everyone would definitely benefit. Although this guy was unreliable, he was negligent and righteous. If he really made a fortune, he would definitely return to his brothers to show off. Spending money with big hands is no problem. But if things fail, according to his former temperament, he would probably not come back. He had to wait until he couldn't make a fortune outside and everyone forgot about borrowing money to come back to meet people.

Quan Erlang was wrong with Qian Mi and said to Yang Dalang happily: "Brother, although there is not much money, it is enough for us to go to the mountains for a month or two. At that time, we will find the mine and share the rewards evenly. If we can really be an official, we will share the joys and sorrows."

Yang Dalang felt that Quan Erlang was not very reliable, so it would be fine to share the rewards evenly. If he was an official, he should naturally be a skilled person. Even if Quan Erlang had an official position, what could he do? This kind of official is different from ordinary officials. According to convention, he is arranged in the field, which is a bit similar to the technical personnel of later generations. Without technology, will the government ask you to be a supervisor?

However, Yang Dalang does have this ability and wants to make this money, so he has to work with Quan Erlang. His father was ill a few years ago and he has to mess up his already-devoted family fortunes and can only rely on others.

The brothers sent Quan Erlang to the intersection and repeatedly reminded him. However, seeing Quan Erlang's happy appearance, I was afraid that he would not listen.

When they bid farewell to Quan Erlang, everyone returned. As soon as they arrived at their residence, they saw a servant standing there. Seeing that everyone came back, the servant said, "Everyone, there is an order from the yamen to order you to move out of this place and settle down by the river ten miles northeast. Let's see if you need to plant spring, and you can't delay it, so you can quickly get off!"

Tan Qingcheng said: "We have just become familiar with the geography of this nearby, so why do we need to relocate? There are many idle fields nearby, and the terrain is flat and there is no one else's house, so it is best to open up land. Moreover, there are many wild animals in the surrounding mountains. When we are free, we can beat a deer and a rabbit and eat meat."

The servant said, "You are all foreigners, what do you know! There are mountains around here. When the rain is heavy, the flood will come down, no matter what you are from. Why are there no one in the city? It's because of the flood, and I moved to other places! The yamen is thinking about your future. If it weren't for this, who cares about you!"

Tan Qingcheng looked at the mountains that were not high around him and didn't believe it, "How rainy in this area? It doesn't look like it."

The servant was quite impatient: "I have lived nearby for decades, how could I not know? There is always a lot of rain in the mountains in this area, otherwise where did you come from those many rivers? The Ru River originated from this mountain, and the flood could flood all the way to Chenzhou!"

After hearing this, everyone whispered for a while, but could only listen to the yamen and prepare to move.

Tan Qingcheng muttered in his heart, now that Quan Erlang spent all the money and grain he borrowed, and he could use the excuse that he could not find a few of him and not pay it back.

Although the mountains here are not high, they are a watershed between the Huai River and the Han River. There is a lot of rain in summer. In addition to the flood prevention reasons, these people are also relocating the land business recently, and re-arrange the population.

But Quan Erlang and Yang Dalang got on the road and walked into the mountains for a long time, but there was no village.

After leaving hungry, Quan Erlang said, "Brother, there is no one here and I can't even drink a sip of water. How can I make it? I found a place with spring water in front, so we stopped to drink water and cook some rice."

Yang Dalang looked at the sky and said, "I have to do this. There are few people here and it is hard to see others in the mountains."

The two walked for a while and saw a stream next to them. The water was very clear, so they wanted to stop by the stream. Quan Erlang set up the pot he brought and lit the fire to boil the water. Yang Dalang went to the stream to wash rice. After drinking the hot water and the rice was cooked, the two ate it.

Quan Erlang said: "Brother, you will get lost in the mountains at any time. How can you find the ore veins?"

Yang Dalang said: "If you look for minerals, you can't be like a headless fly. My predecessors used to smelter iron in the mountains. Later, although people were gone, there were ruins of iron smelter furnaces and other objects. We found such a place and searched along the veins of my predecessors' iron smelter, and we were sure to find it."

After hearing this, Quan Erlang said happily: "It's easy to say this."

Yang Erlang said: "How is it easy? There are two types of iron smelting in the mountains. One is to wash ore sand from the river. I don't know where the iron ore in the river rushed down, and it is the most difficult to find along the river. Another is to mine nearby, and it is much better to find such a place. Even if the mine is found, it is not known whether it is big or small. If it is a small mine, it may be lighted and useless for us."

When Quan Erlang heard this, he said angrily: "The people who came to the mountains to smelter iron were really bad jobs. They must have dug up all the mines they found, but they would not leave any for our descendants! Aren't these people crazy? They came to the mountains to smelter iron!"
Chapter completed!