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In the deep mountains and dense forests, the snow was almost waist deep.

Under the howling and biting north wind, a bright red team of about four to five hundred people was trudging along with some difficulty.

Shu Luohuan was wearing a fur coat and a deerskin hat, with several layers of thick fox velvet scarves repeatedly wrapped around his neck. Only his two eyes were exposed. He was panting heavily and followed closely in front of the team.

I was afraid of falling behind the pace of the tall figure in front of me.

He really couldn't understand. It was such a cold day that it would freeze a dog to death. Why didn't Li Yuanqing just stay in the camp and insist on going into the deep mountains and old forests to explore the terrain?

You said you were here to investigate, so just investigate, but you still insisted on dragging him along with Shu Luohuan...

I really can't understand it.

Li Yuanqing was a wise man, but how could he go to such great lengths to fight for just a few rumors, and really come to this old forest where no bird even poops to seek punishment?

Can you believe the rumors about those untouchables?

The key is that with Shu Luohuan's size, it would be very difficult to ride a horse on a daily basis, let alone in such extremely harsh conditions.

But Li Yuanqing had spoken, how could he, Shu Luohuan, dare to refute? He could only grit his teeth, bite the bullet and hold on.

Although the snow in this dense forest has been cleared by the men in front, the leaf litter under your feet is thick and uneven. If you walk on it, it will be deep and shallow. If you are not careful, you will sprain your feet. You must lift twelve

Come in spirit.

Having walked in this environment for more than ten days, Shu Luohuan was almost on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, the team's follow-up supplies are quite abundant. Shu Luohuan eats and drinks well, but he can only hold on with his energy.

At this time, the terrain ahead suddenly became higher and became uphill again.

Shu Luohuan just wanted to scold her.

An ordinary person would be exhausted from climbing this kind of hillside, let alone someone with Shu Luohuan's body type.

However, Wang Damao and the others in front were all closely following Li Yuanqing's footsteps. Naturally, he, Shu Luohuan, could not fall behind them. He gritted his teeth and held on to the end.

This hillside was much steeper than the previous ones. After walking for more than half an hour, it was already noon, but there was still no intention of climbing over it.

Shu Luohuan raised his head and glanced, he was less than halfway up... Fortunately~, it was almost time for dinner, so Li Yuanqing had to let his sons have a meal first no matter what.

At this time, the engineers exploring the road ahead suddenly heard a burst of cheers.

Someone rushed over here in a hurry, shouting excitedly: "Commander, Commander, we found the treasure! We found the treasure!"

At this time, although it was not snowing, the wind was very strong. Even at such a close distance, dozens of steps away, if you wanted to hear the conversation clearly, you still had to use a loudspeaker.

The soldier who ran over seemed to be holding something dark in his hand.

Li Yuanqing was immediately overjoyed and rushed forward quickly.

Shu Luohuan was also shocked, "Baby? Have you really found the baby?"

He didn't care that he was exhausted, and hurriedly twisted his fat butt, and hurriedly chased him forward.

At this time, Li Yuanqing had already rushed to the front. When he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly shouted: "Come on, guys, dig on both sides to see how big the iron ore is."

Although the soldiers were tired from the journey, they were extremely excited when they finally found the treasure. They took the shovels in their hands and started shoveling snow along the surface where the iron ore was found, and continued to expand the scale.

Li Yuanqing quickly climbed up to a height of more than ten steps, looking down from a high position and scanning the surrounding scene from left to right.

This is the backlit side of the hillside. The dense forest ends here. Looking up and to the left and right, you can see the hillside covered in white snow. On the other side, the sunny side of the hillside is covered with lush and rolling hills.

Dense forest.

Even though Li Yuanqing didn't have a thorough understanding of geology, he could basically get a general idea.

If there is iron ore on the surface of the earth, as the local people say, then the scale of this iron mine is by no means small.

At this time, the excited soldiers had shoveled more than a dozen steps to both sides, and more and more dark iron ore was exposed in front of them.

Xu Liang, who was accompanying him, was so excited that he couldn't find the north.

Regardless of the cold weather, he took off his gloves and stroked the iron ore intimately, as if it were the skin of his most beloved woman, carefully checking the quality of the iron ore.

After a moment, he excitedly ran to Li Yuanqing: "Commander, I'm so happy, so happy! The composition of this iron ore is much better than the iron ore we bought from other places! If the content in it could be like this

In general, even if our arms shop can produce a musket with a range of 120 or even 130 steps, it is no longer a dream!"

Li Yuanqing was also overjoyed, "Old Xu, this is a great thing! However, let's not just be happy first. Let the boys find a flat place and set up camp first. Let's take our time! In such weather, I'm afraid it can really

The dogs are freezing to death! It’s not pretty if something goes wrong!”

Xu Liang also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and even more clearly understood the love in Li Yuanqing's words. He nodded hurriedly and said happily: "Commander, please rest for a while. I will go find a place to camp now!"

Xu Liang called a few soldiers to go to work quickly. At this time, Shu Luohuan ran to Li Yuanqing's side panting. Looking at the scenery in front of him, he said with disbelief: "Commander, this, this legendary thing

,Really, did we find it?"

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly and glanced at Shu Luohuan meaningfully, "Brother Luo Huan, as long as you work hard, an iron rod can be ground into a needle!"

"this……"

Shu Luo Huan was speechless. He had never thought of it in his dreams.

Li Yuanqing just relied on the rumors among the people and without much actual research, he rashly entered the mountains.

What makes Shu Luohuan even more unbelievable is that Li Yuanqing actually found the location of the iron mine.

Especially looking at this, the scale of this iron mine is really not small.

This... Li Yuanqing's luck is a bit too good... This, this is really the case that even Changshengtian is on Li Yuanqing's side.

At this time, Li Yuanqing naturally understood Shu Luohuan's little thoughts.

However, how could this damn fat man know how much effort he and his sons had put into searching for this iron mine?

It took three days just to screen the rumors among the local people! Not to mention the hasty preparations.

Fortunately, hard work paid off! They finally found it.

This is God’s best reward for those who work hard!

Soon, Xu Liang and his soldiers found a flat land on the relatively gentle hillside on the east side. A large number of mules and horses were pulled behind the team, and the soldiers began to set up camp.

If it is a small team, it will be almost difficult to survive in such extremely harsh weather conditions. However, Li Yuanqing and his party were fully prepared when they arrived. Later, there were nearly 2,000 soldiers and auxiliary troops.

It won't be a big deal if you help.

The key is that this place is not far from Yemuhewei, just over a hundred miles northwest of Yemuhewei.

If it were further away, Li Yuanqing would have no choice but to wait until next spring before coming over to investigate.

As the blazing charcoal fire in the temporary camp was ignited, the orange flames began to spread warmth, and the fire soldiers also boiled snow in the big pot. People gathered around the campfire in small groups, and the coldness slowly dissipated.

At this time, after warming the fire for a while, Joseph, who had been frozen like a 'frozen vampire', finally recovered, approached Li Yuanqing, and said in disbelief: "Commander, I really can't believe this!

, these rumors from the common people turned out to be true. We actually found iron ore."

Li Yuanqing smiled, threw a cigar to Joseph, and said with a smile: "Although folk legends are exaggerated to a certain extent, they cannot spread if they are not backed by facts. Northland is a good place!"

The facts were before his eyes, and Joseph was unable to describe his inner feelings at this time.

The wise and powerful person in front of her, no matter whether it is scheming, means, or decisiveness, Jane really has no choice...

I'm afraid~~ only people like him can turn these illusory legends into real reality.

Taking a deep breath of the cigar, Joseph couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "Commander, if you go to Europe and open a salvage company, I think you will definitely make a lot of money!"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing: "Joseph, this is a good idea. Let's wait until later. When the world is peaceful and the country is peaceful and the people are safe, I will definitely consider your idea seriously."

The water was boiled, and everyone drank some pine needle tea to keep warm. The firemen began to add snow to the cauldron. After the snow melted and the water boiled, they immediately started cooking.

At this time, Li Yuanqing's big tent was also tidied up by the soldiers and Daisy. Li Yuanqing also came to the big tent, drank a cup of pine needle tea, and sorted out his thoughts.

During this period of time, due to the multiple pressures from Emperor Chongzhen, the imperial court, and Governor Yuan, Li Yuanqing was really angry.

Especially the offensive in the North is far from being like the one in the Ming Dynasty. Wherever you want to attack, you can reach it in only ten or twenty days at most. It is just a mule or a horse, just pull it out and run around.

At this time, in the Northland, if you want to attack these native tribes, you have to walk hundreds of miles despite such bad weather. It is all close and is extremely smooth...

According to the binding force of the Changsheng campers and Li Yuanqing's lofty prestige, not fighting or winning a war for a few months, half a year, or even a year is actually within the tolerable range.

Li Yuanqing fully has this capital and is holding on.

But that was an ordinary situation after all. At this time, under the overwhelming pressure within the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuanqing had to find a breakthrough to vent his anger! Boost the morale of his sons!

Therefore, he did not hesitate to resort to dangerous tactics, and only relied on the proverbs spread by the people along the river to go to the deep mountains and old forests to look for the 'treasure'.

Fortunately, God paid off and he really succeeded!

Iron ore, even if you are a fool, you still know what it means!

Even though~~ this iron mine is really not big and its output is not high, its boost to the morale of the entire military is immeasurable!

Especially with Li Yuanqing's methods.

After taking a deep breath of the cigar and exhaling a long breath, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "It's so happy! It's so happy!"

Seeing that her father was so relieved for the first time in these days, Daisy Fang could not help but feel happy. After her little hands were warmed up, she came to Li Yuanqing and gently kneaded them for Li Yuanqing.

Squeezing his shoulders.

Li Yuanqing was in a good mood and was about to tease Daisy a few words when he heard Yang Lei yelling to report: "Commander, great joy! Great joy! Chen Shuai's vanguard happened to encounter our left behind by the river! At least, tonight, Chen

Marshal, you can reach the riverside. Marshal, great victory, great victory!"

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Chapter completed!