Raising the Demon

Chapter 107

"Unlucky..." Zi Baifeng rubbed his nose, he didn't expect to meet someone with poor eyesight, and didn't realize that he was actually an expert.

What kind of ordinary person wants to meet an immortal, grandma's father is about to kill a dozen immortals, what a fart!Do you want to meet your mother?
"Why are you laughing, let's go!" Seeing that Yan Laowu was still laughing, Zibai's style was not revealed, and he planned to discuss the price with these guys, but now he didn't plan to do anything.

OK, let's go home.

Seeing that Zi Baifeng was gone, other villagers quickly followed. Yan Dafu's son was pulling the cart, but now he threw the cart to his father and came forward by himself, wanting to help Zi Baifeng lead the donkey. Look at his eyes Shiny looks like she is extremely curious and envious of Zi Baifeng.

Who knew that Taxue still looked down on this kid, seeing his hand stretched out, opening his mouth to bite, he quickly withdrew his hand, and then Taxue held his head up, and left screaming.

As soon as he went out, Zi Baifeng saw a few villagers hiding in a corner, looking at them timidly.

"It's from Daoliu Village." Seeing those villagers, Yan Lao Wu said to Zi Baifeng.

Daoliu Village is the village of Erhei, and it was also the village where Liu Ziyan was the head of the village back then, and it is also a village under Zi Baifeng at this time.

"There are still a few from Zhumiao." Yan Dafu's son also said excitedly, he was very nervous to be able to talk to Zi Baifeng.

"I remember that people in Zhumiao don't pick jade." Zi Baifeng lowered his voice and asked.Daoliu Village is mining jade, but it is not considered the main business. There is an iron mine in Daoliu Village. There are many blacksmiths there, and they once produced a famous knife, which is why Daoliu Village got its name.But when they came back, the iron ore was exhausted like jade, and their life was extremely difficult, and it was the most difficult among these villages.But Zhumiao doesn’t pick jade very much. You can tell from the name of this village that Zhu means sorcerer. They have a sorcerer’s temple there. After people go out, they carry a long flag, tell fortunes and watch Fengshui for people, which is regarded as inheriting the family business of their ancestors.There are also a few in Xiayan Village now, they can be regarded as generals under the command of the blind mother-in-law.

"It's probably the jade that my ancestors found while hunting in the mountains." Jade hunting can be regarded as a skill, and Yan's jade hunting is one of them. Part of the reason is the "Jade Book" left by their ancestors, and the other part is because They are naturally good at finding jade, and they have a kind of blood advantage.Other villages are slightly worse, but if you search for jade from generation to generation, you have accumulated a lot of experience and lessons.

But it doesn't mean that other people don't have the chance to find jade. They also live in Niaoshu Mountain, and it's not strange to pick up a few here and there. This happened in previous years.

They don't search for jade for a living, and they don't have any special feelings for jade. They only regard it as jelly-colored silver, and they don't have any psychological burden to sell jade.Most of the people who come to jade merchants to sell jade these days are people like this.

"It seems that the old Liu's family is very hungry." Yan Lao Wu sighed, once the famine came, people of all sizes from the Zhu Temple would disperse and wander the streets, half begging and half divination, which is also a kind of earning.However, more than half of the people in Daoliu Village are blacksmiths, and half of them are jade craftsmen. The two pillars have failed recently. In previous years, Daoliu Village was a richer village than Yan's.

"If they want to sell, let's sell it..." Zi Baifeng can't control them too much. Almost no one from Daoliu Village comes to Xiayan Village, sticking to his own village. Zi Baifeng doesn't want to control them very much. But there is one thing that Baifeng has to take into account, and that is Erhei's family is in Daoliu Village.

Before Zi Baifeng set off for Mengcheng, his father and Erhei also went to Daoliu Village, and they planned to take Erhei's old mother over.

Back then, Erhei had an older brother, but he died in an accident when he was in his teens.Erhei's father also left the root cause of the disease because of sadness, and he was overworked. He also went there some time ago. There is only one old woman left at home, and he entrusts the neighbors to take care of him.At that time, Daoliu Village hadn't run out of food, and when Zijian took Erhei away, he also left some money for Erhei.But the time is so bad now that it is hard to guarantee that she will not be bullied at home as a woman, and Zijian has already made up his mind to take her over and live in his original yard.

Erhei was reluctant to spend the pocket money that Zijian gave Erhei, so he quietly saved it up.On weekdays, Erhei went to repair the millstone, and Zi Baifeng also counted his salary for him. In addition, he went to the mountains to search for jade and found a few pieces of jade. Erhei couldn't sit still. Send some food to my mother.

Zijian liked the child's filial piety, and once he made up his mind, he decided to let Zi Baifeng take them along, and then bring them back on the way back.

To Zi Baifeng, the journey of dozens of miles is really nothing, just a kick of the gas pedal.

Send Yan Dafu and his son back to Yan Village, leave Yan Laowu to supervise them to put the jade back - the others ran back directly, Zi Baifeng's boat is not for everyone.

Then Zi Baifeng turned around and went straight to Daoliu Village.

Daoliu Village is at the edge of Zibaifeng's territory, far away from Mengcheng, but the waterway is very smooth. It is said that Daoliu Village used this place to transport iron ore and ironware outside in the past.

Like other villages, Daoliu Village is also on the hillside. From a distance, there are still some mines and tunnels on the hillside, and there are many stoves at both ends of the stream. A bellows as high as a person, which is used for iron smelting in Daoliu village.

Next to the stove, there are often anvils and hammers, but now they are all rusty, and the bellows are almost decayed.

Erhei and his family are actually not doing nothing. These bellows and some wooden facilities in the tunnel are all made by his ancestors, and his father is also a master at making bellows.

Next to the waterway, there is also a pier, which is also deserted at this time. Zi Baifeng waited by the pier for a while, but he didn't see his father coming, so he was a little puzzled.

They obviously made an appointment, and they were waiting here around this hour, why is there no one?
Could it be that something happened.

Zi Baifeng hesitated for a moment, patted the two koi carps, gave them instructions, then jumped off the boat and walked towards the village.Taxue jumped off the boat, swayed in the grass, and saw a long-faced boy in black walking closely behind Zi Baifeng.

It’s not the first time for Zi Baifeng to come to Daoliu Village. Daoliu Village is built on the mountain, it seems to be to prevent fires. There are very few vegetation in the village, and the houses are built with stones. There is an iron furnace at the door of every household. , but at this time these stoves are almost growing grass.

As soon as I entered Daoliu Village, I heard a burst of noisy voices, including the voices of Zijian and Erhei.

Hearing that although their voices were loud, they were not very anxious, Zi Baifeng felt relieved.

Walking all the way, I saw an empty field in the middle of the village, surrounded by people.

A gray-haired middle-aged man stood in the crowd. Zi Baifeng knew this man. Liu Dadao, the clan elder of Daoliu Village, was talking loudly and was very excited. Standing beside him was Zi Bai. Feng is a talented scholar in the same discipline, and Liu Ziyan is the village leader of Dao Liu Village.

In fact, Liu Ziyan was also from Daoliu Village. The people in Daoliu Village have been digging mines and smelting iron for generations, and each of them has a thick frame. No wonder Liu Ziyan is so tall, not like a scholar, but he was originally a blacksmith.

There was a lot of noise in the empty field, probably there were more than 200 people, the old people and children were crowded around, Zi Baifeng and others squeezed behind, only a few children saw it and didn't pay much attention.

"Fathers and folks, I know what you are worried about, but Daoliu Village has been blacksmithing for generations, and we don't have any skills other than blacksmithing... Anyway, there is no food in the village now, and these ironware are kept. It's useless, it's better to melt it down and use some weapons, I heard that the south is currently in war, if it can be sold to the south, maybe it can be sold for a good price..."

Zi Baifeng widened his eyes, and then he noticed that the people in the crowd were all carrying iron pans, shovels, shovels and so on. At first glance, they thought they were going to fight, and Zijian, Erhei and Erhei Niang were also there In the crowd, carrying a piece of iron, they agreed or opposed from time to time.

And in the center of the empty field, there are already some iron pots and basins piled up.There are much more iron wares in Daoliu Village than in other places. Apart from hunting knives, who would be willing to use iron for other things?
Could this be making steel by smashing pots?

Zi Baifeng stared wide-eyed, looking at the middle-aged man shouting loudly in the middle, this guy really has ideas!
Smashing pots to make steel seems unreliable at first glance. Everyone knows the reason. Back then, some people even boiled iron in a pot, thinking that after boiling for a hundred days, the iron could be boiled into molten iron.But what year was that?Western countries have started to watch TV.Indigenous steelmaking is 2000 years behind.

But what year is this?Who are these people?All of them are experts in iron making, and the added value of weapons has always been very high. They melted the unused household items, smelted them into steel, and made them into weapons to sell to the war-torn south. This is making war fortune!As we all know, war money is huge profits - the premise is that you can get the money alive.

This guy... is really a talent!

No wonder Dad is here to join in the fun, I guess Dad also thinks this is reliable.

Zi Baifeng and Ta Xue squeezed to the father's side, the father saw that Zi Baifeng had also come, introduced Er Heiniang, then raised his finger to Liu Dadao who was talking, and said, "I think it's quite interesting. Reasonable, what do you think?"

"It makes sense, but it's too difficult to operate." Zi Baifeng frowned. The big crane came from the south. How to find buyers, how to sell things, how to get money, and how to return safely are all problems.

"It's better than starving to death, isn't it?" Zijian sighed. The two of them had discussed the issue of Daoliu Village before, and felt that the people in Daoliu Village would rather starve to death than go to Xiayan Village. While eating relief food, who knows that they are also actively helping themselves.

Seeing this, Zi Baifeng felt that his township was not as difficult as he imagined. The three thousand villagers were not three thousand chickens. One by one.

(End of this chapter)