This mountain is mine

Chapter 94 The Dark Crisis

Yu Miaomiao squatted down, picked up the stones on the ground and smashed them down vigorously, took a small piece of gravel and twisted it, and immediately had a happy face.

It turned out that the bentonite mine that Zhao Man mentioned was bentonite.

In this abandoned bentonite mine, these earth and rocks were mined as detergents before, but the bentonite washing has been replaced by acacia and plant ash. This mine has long been abandoned, and the mine pit is full of weeds.

"Qilang, can this be bought? Or are we going to pick it up secretly? Anyway, no one will come to this wilderness... There are still many places to spend money." Yu Miaomiao asked Zhao Man, this open-air mine is very expensive. She is very tempted.

Bentonite can almost be called all-purpose clay. In modern society, it can be made into bleaching agent, adsorbent, and used in spinning, printing and dyeing slurry instead of starch. Bentonite is made into fertilizer, which can improve the structure of the soil and regulate the alternation of water.

It was just what she needed, and she couldn't have too much.

Zhao Man knew it would be useful just by looking at her, "I'll send someone to do it. Now go back first, I'll have someone find the earth and rocks in this area and show them to you. If it's useful, I'll get it back."

"That's good." Yu Miaomiao said, standing up and looking around, it's okay to be barren, even if it's emptied, no one will find it, so why spend money to buy it.

She threw the earth and rocks in her hands at random, and they were all over the place, and she didn't care about this small piece.The earth and stone entered the grass without making any sound.

Zhao Man glanced at the direction where the earth and rocks landed, then averted his gaze lightly.

He came to investigate on the spot, and he had already drawn up several places where he could hide and train soldiers, and his goal was achieved.

Yu Miaomiao nodded, took the handkerchief and wiped her hands clean, the smile on her face couldn't be stopped.

Today's harvest is quite fruitful. In addition to bentonite, we also found apatite and carnallite, which can be used as natural phosphate and potash fertilizers. With these things, Zhuxi County is really a treasure, at least she will use them There is no need to worry about the fertilizer.

It is absolutely possible to build a fertilizer processing plant in Zhuxi County and use local materials... Yu Miaomiao thought with a smile.

Zhao Man glanced at her, twitching the corners of his mouth, smiling so happily at a pile of stones and mud, as if he was looking at some treasure, "Stupid woman."

Seeing Yu Miaomiao looking over, he quickly stretched out his hand, suppressed his smile, and motioned to Yu Miaomiao to wipe it clean for him too, and after tidying up, he took her by the hand and said, "Go down the mountain."

"it is good."

When Zhao Man and Yu Miaomiao left the mine, two people came out from the bushes, looking at the direction they left, the young man in the lead had a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes shining brightly.

He was playing with the earth and stone that Yu Miaomiao threw just now, if he hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, the stone would have hit the top of his head.

"It's said that Zhao Man disappeared in Fangling, so he must have escaped long ago. It was rumored that he was hiding in Bozhou. I didn't expect that I ran into him as soon as I came here. It's really interesting."

"Unexpectedly, there is an extra woman beside Zhao Man. What is he playing? Getting married and starting a business, retreating to the mountains? This king doesn't believe it."

The people behind didn't answer, because he didn't know, so he had to keep silent.

Fortunately, this man didn't ask for answers from the people behind him. He chuckled a few times, "It's really hard to find anywhere, and it doesn't take much effort to get it."

As he said that, he looked at the earth and stone in his hand, but he couldn't see its value. Is this thing useful?Zhao Man is poor and crazy?Rely on this thing to do laundry?

The man couldn't see the use of the earth and stone, so he threw it aside casually, "Let's go. I will leave it to you to inquire about the gold mine. The king still has important things to do."

Now that he has found Zhao Man's trail, he will be sorry for this good opportunity if he doesn't do anything.As for finding out where the Murong family finally found the gold mine, in his opinion, it was not as important as dealing with Zhao Man.

The people behind him said respectfully: "Yes."

"My lord, do you want your subordinates to follow him?"

"No, you can't keep up with your ability, so as not to startle the snake, send someone here to watch over the past few days, if someone comes to follow the clues, they will naturally find it."

As the man said, he stopped suddenly, "Go and pick up that stone."

With so much attention from Zhao Man, the soil and rocks to be taken back should not be useless.After thinking for a while, the man added: "Empty all this kind of earth and rock." Zhao Man wanted to grab it first.

"My lord, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower."

The man snorted, "Can't you think of a way without manpower? You idiot, find a Han to cooperate and buy this piece, and it can also serve as a cover for exploring the gold mine."

The man in black hurriedly responded, "Yes."

The two left in the opposite direction to Zhao Man one after the other.

At this time, Zhao Man and Yu Miaomiao also came out from the weeds and rocks on the mountain hand in hand, and after walking for a while, they got into the carriage and left quickly.

On the second day, Zhao Man received the news that all the places inspected yesterday had been bought.

The person who reported the news did not dare to speak out, so he said bravely: "The people who bought those places have also checked, and they are a side branch of the Lian family. They said that they recently got a recipe for making bath beans (used by the ancients for bathing) Bentonite is needed, and mining is used for the bath bean business. The shop is already being prepared, and there is no problem with the rhetoric.”

Is this just a coincidence?
Zhao Man didn't believe it, no matter whether he believed it or not, he could only deal with it according to his disbelief at this time.Since you don't believe it, you can assume that others are here for him.

That is, when I was in the mine yesterday, I was pegged.

After pondering for a moment, a cold light flashed in Zhao Man's eyes, and he ordered, "Don't go back for the time being, go to Li's Sifang in Shanghe County from time to time, and don't do anything."

The reporter suddenly shuddered, and seeing Zhao Man's expression, he immediately understood, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "Master, this subordinate..."

If the Lian family was not as clean as imagined, then when he checked the Lian family, he must have been watched by someone, maybe it was for them, and he came to report the news at this time, and it was very likely to cause trouble for the master.

Thinking of this, the reporter suddenly broke into a cold sweat and blamed himself endlessly, but at this time, self-blame was of no help. He calmed down quickly and understood Zhao Man's meaning.

After the Li family was taken care of by Li Pengju, his concubine younger brother has long been out of favor. Now the fourth house of the Li family is the biggest obstacle for Li Pengju to control the Li family, and this house is also very powerful in the Li family. .

It's not easy for Li Pengju to attack the clansman clearly, Zhao Man doesn't mind helping him.

Those who rob Zhao Man of what he wants will only be his enemies. If his enemies know that he has a powerful partner...

The fourth house of the Li family is about to be made into a partner for him to cooperate with. No matter who is staring at him, he has borrowed this power. The tricks are not new, as long as they are useful.

Moreover, Zhao Man can be sure that the person staring at him will definitely not be the Li family. The Li family is handed down from generation to generation. These "elegants" such as the wine used.

Bath beans are definitely not within the business scope of the Li family.

"Subordinates go now. Master, do you want to arrange human protection here?"

"No need. Send a few people to secretly protect the female family members of the Yu family."

There's no need to protect him, the other party didn't show up, and yesterday he was alone in the mine with Yu Miaomiao, if the other party attacked, he might not be able to escape.

But if the other party doesn't make a move, it means that to this person, Zhao Man's life is more valuable than his death.

A sarcasm flashed in Zhao Man's eyes, and he had already guessed about this person's identity.

The enemies in the Great Song Dynasty Hall all wanted him to die, and if they couldn't kill him, they wanted him to live a life worse than death, otherwise they wouldn't have given him the unbearable carousing Gu.

What's more, he is a deposed king now, they can just hit him up directly and brutally, without such trouble.

Those who can do this are probably foreigners. He has fought for so many years and has countless enemies in Xixia and Daliao. But no matter how many enemies there are, no one can run to Fangling and avoid his eyeliner. A few, after a little thought, Zhao Man guessed it.

Zhao Man didn't do anything, just waited for the opponent to make a move. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, so as not to expose his own hands. As long as the opponent moves and shows his whereabouts, he promises that if this person wants to run out of Fangling, he will have to escape if he doesn't die. Get rid of a layer of skin, no matter what this person wants to do, it is impossible to succeed.

When the subordinate left, Zhao Man came back, just in time to see the Yu family getting ready to go out.

Tomorrow is the fourth day of April, Manjusri Bodhisattva's birthday, and Yu Miaomiao's birthday. Of course, compared to the former, Yu Miaomiao's birthday seems insignificant.

Every year on the third day of April, Yu Miaomiao celebrates her birthday early. After Yu's family cooked her two eggs early in the morning, the whole family set off to the Dragon King Temple to pray for blessings, recite scriptures, and copy scriptures. They would not return until the fifth day of April.

Although she is married this year, she is celebrating her birthday at her mother's house, according to the previous practice.But this time, Yu Miaomiao didn't want to go to the Dragon King Temple. When she thought about that place, she still felt very uncomfortable.

Because she was married, Zhao Man didn't go, and Zhao Man wanted Yu Miaomiao to wait on her, and the Yu family didn't force her, the carriage they hired in advance also arrived, and after giving Li Miaomiao a few words, she left in a hurry.

As soon as the female family members of the Yu family left, the normally crowded room was suddenly empty, and Yu Miaomiao was unwilling to stare at Zhao Man in the room, seeing that Zhao Man didn't express it, and she sighed sadly at the thought of giving a gift. In one breath, he went out, and Zhao Man followed suit.

Now the gourds in the yard are growing. While the gourds are still small, put on a glass cover and restrain them. In the future, they will only grow along the Maitreya shape of the glass cover. It just so happens that the Maitreya Buddha is also made from a small top to a big bottom. Not particularly ugly.

After finishing these, I will cook two more meals and take care of the vegetable field. The time flies, and it will be dark in a flash.
(End of this chapter)