A few days later, the people who visited Mount Elbolls in advance came back.

These people are all affiliated with Yu Cao, the Yu Heng Department of the Ministry of Works. Yu Heng Department was originally in charge of mountains, rivers, water and water, and they also had the animals, plants and minerals on the mountain.

At this time, people's exploration of minerals was far inferior to later generations. In the previous life of Daxia, Sun Xiurong had asked someone to compile the book "Daxia Mining and Metallurgy" based on the "Kun Yu Gezhi" compiled by German missionary John Choi-Wang (a complete book from Germany), combined with Song Yingxing's natural craftsmanship and some of his own superficial chemistry and mineral knowledge.

After coming to this life, he had long forgotten all the contents of the book, but he had a little impression of the main minerals, such as various iron ore, copper ore, manganese ore, and coal mines, but he remembered clearly how to smel.

Over the years, he wrote down what he had written down, combined with some of the superficial experiences of Yu Hengsi, the Ministry of Works of the Tang Dynasty (using the technique of yin and yang and the five elements to explore, he could only use a very small part, and the practicality was greatly improved after the late Ming Dynasty), allowing the people of the Ministry of Works to explore and continuously improve it.

Even so, the exploration technique of the Great Qin Kingdom is far ahead in this world.

"Dr., although minerals are everywhere on the northern foot of Mount Elbools, the concentrated area is only one place."

Yu Hengsi spread out a map.

"This is the Cialus County of New Mo Prefecture, and this is the Amorel County of New You Prefecture. The distance between the two is about two hundred miles. There is a mine belt with a width parallel to the two places on the Mount Elbools between the two places. Unfortunately, because this mine belt is close to the southern slope, it has been occupied by the great cannibals."

(Calus, Amorel, this name was also the same in later generations)

"Our people have quietly approached there. In addition to limonite ore, there are also copper ore and lead ore. There are also a large number of volcanic ash and sulfur ore on the hills near Calus. In general, the local iron ore near Amorel County is easier to mine and has the best quality, but there are at least 10,000 slaves there mining there."

"There are not many people who mine the mountains near the Cellus County, but because there are some gold and silver, there are hundreds of slaves there. The quality of the iron ore is worse than that of the east, but it is better than the mountainous areas near the northern plains, not to mention there are sulfur, volcanic ash, and lead ore there."

"There are river valleys to pass through in both places, but the passage on the north side of the valley near Amorel County has been blocked by the giant cannibals. The valley on the Chalus River to the west is wider, but there is a regiment of the Shallows army stationed there."

Xi Yuanjing nodded.

"How did you find out?"

"Report to the doctor, according to the my country's mining and smelting guidelines, 'All parts of the mountains are dense forests, and a barren land suddenly appears. Unless it is man-destroying, it will definitely be a place where minerals are hidden. The more barren the land is, the red the land is, it will mostly be iron ore.' In this mountain that is nearly two hundred miles long, it is indeed extremely barren, but the color of the surface is different. Obviously, in addition to hematite, there are pyroferite and limonite."

"The mountains near the county of Chalus should be limonite, and where there are gold and silver, there are mostly copper ores, plus sulfur, volcanic ash, and the wide Chalus Valley, the Ministry of Justice recommends taking it down there."

"But there are problems there. When the Chalus Valley approached the Caspian Sea, it was probably because it accumulated too much mud and sand. The river water was too shallow. If you want to build a port, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources. However, the east side is even worse, and it is almost impossible to build a port."

“How far is it from the Caspian Sea to the mine?”

"About fifty miles, according to the information we discovered, the locals called it "Mazanbad""

Xi Yuanjing naturally frowned.

After a while, he said, "Well, I'll check it out again."

......

One day later, he and some people arrived at Cellus. At this time, the name of Cellus was almost the same as that of later generations, indicating that the civilization here was higher than that of the Persian land.

At the pass of the Chalus River, a stone fort with a typical Persian style is built on the side of the relatively gentle mountain. The former deputy lieutenant of the Iron Tan Camp under Shi Chaoqing, the prince of Fanyang County, Youzhou. Now the lieutenant of the mountain camp under Yuanfeng is garrisoning here with a thousand people.

When he learned that Xuan Xi Yuanjing was going to explore the mine on the mountain, he said, "Doctor, I will accompany you. Last time I was with my people. Before you, my Yu Houjun couldn't help but explore the mine and went deep into the southern foot of the mountain to conduct investigations."

Xi Yuanjing naturally couldn't find it.

"Then I'll have a lieutenant."

Shang Ke took about fifty elite troops, including Yu Houjun, and followed Xi Yuanjing and his group to the depths of the mountains.

The straight line distance from Chalus to the mine is only more than twenty miles, but due to the winding mountains and winding roads, the actual road is almost fifty miles.

The forests in this area are lush even in winter. As we move, the roars of beasts are heard from time to time on the mountains on both sides of the shore.

Shang Kegu was twenty-four years old this year. He was originally a nobleman of the Yuwen family in the Muslim tribe. After his ancestors surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was given the surname Shang. Because Sun Xiurong was the governor of the Muslim tribe, he wanted to change his surname back to Yuwen, but was stopped by Sun Xiurong.

As a general who was born in Shi Chaoqing Iron-Bank and was also a deputy lieutenant, Shang Kegu had amazing martial arts skills. He usually used a horse spear, but after joining the Shattered Ye Army, he changed it to a tiger spear. Now he followed Yu Hengsi's people to the mountains, so he naturally was inconvenient to hold a long spear, so he only brought a strong bow with two stone power and a two-handed horizontal knife and set off.

The costumes of his personal soldiers were similar to those of Yu Houjun. Because they were crowded and powerful, they came from the north, so there was no need to dress up, so they just set off with a piece of light cotton armor.

"Doctor, I thought this Shidabasan was a place similar to that of the river, but I didn't expect it to be a place similar to that of Youzhou. Not only were the mountains and forests dense, but it was warmer and moister than that of Youzhou in winter. Only then did I believe what the king said was similar to the climate of the Tang Dynasty and Jianghuai."

"After I led my army to garrison here, I took people to hunt the mountains. When I entered, I felt so wonderful. The wealth in the mountains is better than Yanshan. Only the Daxianbei Mountain can compare. There are not only tigers, leopards, black bears, and wolves on the mountain. Not long ago, I also killed a leopard, which is more than 100 kilograms."

"I shot it in the eye with an arrow, and then penetrated it straight into my brain, and naturally died on the spot, so I got an intact leopard skin. I heard that His Highness was about to be in short supply. When the vocational department came here, he met him. Thanks to his beloved, he talked to him for a while."

"According to his words, the Queen's Nangong Department also comes from the Yuwen Department. Coincidentally, I am a descendant of the Yuwen family in the Muslim tribe. When I learned that her birthday was approaching, I quickly tanned the skin and tanned it. The mountain is rich in a kind of ironwood called Shipos, which is harder than sandalwood. I was shameless and asked the craftsmen of Calus to make an exquisite box for me."

"I heard that the next group of people from the Ministry of Works will arrive soon. After finishing this matter, please ask the doctor to ask the people from the Ministry of Works to take them back to him to the Prince. It is also a little bit of the wishes of the Ministry of Works."

Xi Yuanjing nodded and thought to himself: "This man seems to be rough and generous, and he is from a Hu man. He didn't expect to be so careful. He used to be the guard of Shi Chaoqing, who was notorious. Shi Chaoqing has a perverse personality and is cruel and unkind. He can survive for a few years under his command without dying. In addition to being brave, he is obviously a bit capable."

Suddenly thinking of something, he quickly put his contempt and cleansed up his contempt. "Your Highness the Prince is about to be nineteen years old. He is respectful, how could he meet officials without authorization? People like Shang Kegu are probably the ones left to him by the king."

So he also said respectfully: "The affairs of the lieutenant are the affairs of my officers, so I will definitely bring them."

Shang Kegu was also very happy, "This man's cousin Xi Yuanli was the first to raise a crime with the king. Now he is more expensive as the Minister of Works. He will have to get closer in the future."

A day later, some people finally arrived at the mine.

At the top of a mountain near the south, Xi Yuanjing raised his telescope.

"If, as they said, this is a barren area about twenty miles wide from north to south. Although it is also somewhat deserted to the south of the area, there are still some trees and weeds. It is obviously the southern slope of Mount Elbools. There is no grass growing in the middle, and there are few stones. There are yellow-brown soil everywhere, and there are obviously a large amount of minerals buried under it!"

In the telescope, in the middle of the mine, there were some big cannibals in tattered white clothes working there.

"Doctor" Shang Kegu came over again, "According to the Yu Houjun, although they all believed in the Great Food Church, the clothes of the Great Food Man are still dark, while the Great Food Man overthrew them are still white. These people participated in the rebellion of the Nashihurami Sect and were sent here to mine after failure."

Xi Yuanjing felt aroused, "How many people guarding the mine?"

"Not many, only more than a hundred people, but there are horses. According to the information inquired by the Yuhou Army, these slaves were all about a hundred miles west of Yila, and one of them was owned by the lord of the big city named Karachi. This person was called Mahamo. He was said to be the son-in-law of the prophet of the Great Food Church and a great-grandson named Shin Ali."

(Yila, Tehran)

(Mahamo, namely, Muhammad, the great-grandson of Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, the founder of the Great Food and Culture Church, also made many contributions in the process of overthrowing the white-clothed food and food. He was very dissatisfied with Mansour's monopoly of power. Because Mansour had just killed Bingbosilin, he did not attack him immediately. At present, he and his brother Ibrahim occupy the oasis area of ​​the southern foot of the Elbuls Mountains in Karati to Ghazvin)

"One of those who were dressed in white was not a great foodie, but a Christian. Unfortunately, he was captured by me and my Yuhou Army. After being captured by our army, he was very happy and told him everything he knew."

"According to what he said, in the rebellion of the Hurami Sect in Lai City not long ago, the leader was Hasim, who founded the sect. This man was formerly the steward of Ghebosilin, the governor of Khorasan. He led a large army to fight with our army in Biguo. After the failure of this rebellion, he disappeared, but this man said that Hasim was secretly hidden by Karati's Mahamo."

Xi Yuanjing is a smart man, otherwise he would not have become a member of the laboratory of Tianshan University in Alishcheng. Although he is usually obsessed with industrial and mining affairs, he is also very interested in politics. After hearing what Shang Kegu said, he suddenly thought: "Before I came, I heard Ren Yongdu say that Mahamo and the Caliph were not in dealing with it. If the intake of Hasim this time is true, it will confirm this."

"If my Daqin people secretly sneaked to Karati and discussed with Namamoto, first, they would give up the mine to our country, and second, they would naturally assist him in dealing with the caliph of the Daqi Kingdom. Yes, the Daqi Kingdom is our strong enemy, so the more chaotic it is, the better."
Chapter completed!