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Chapter 315 Dantu Ironworks

The setting sun in Moling City seemed to be rolling in golden and red clouds, and then sank behind the dark horizon.The red fireball shone brightly, two or three points of bright light came in and out, and finally sank to the west mountain.So in the dark night, continuous light blue lines suddenly appeared on the dim outline of the forest in the distance, making the sky darken all of a sudden.In the big tent at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Lei brought several generals, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Wen Chou, the best of the Yangzhou Army, and they all sat respectfully on both sides of the big tent. Beside Zhao Lei, Zhang Han and Jia Xu, one on the left and one on the right, some food and wine were placed in front of everyone, everyone had a hint of joy on their faces at the moment.I don't know how many times they celebrate the capture of Yangzhou, but even so, the joy in everyone's heart still hasn't retreated in the slightest.

Zhao Lei was sitting in the middle at the moment, raised the wine bowl in his hand, and shouted to all the people present: "Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Wen Chou, this time you are guarding Wu County and assisting the army to capture Moling. Thank you, I respect you for this glass of wine, thank you three not only for defending the base camp of Wujun for our army, but also for helping the military division capture Moling and unify Jiangdong for our army."

Zhang Han also raised his wine glass and respected Xu Chu and the others.

"Wait a minute!" Dian Wei suddenly stood up and bowed towards Zhao Lei, "My lord, many of the soldiers in Wu County died in this battle, so my lord, I want to pay respects to the brothers who died first." They." Dian Wei said.

Seeing that Dianwei valued love and righteousness, Zhao Lei nodded and said, "Okay, then let's respect the brothers who died not only in this battle but also in several other battles in Jiangbei, and hope that they can fight in the next life." A good baby, don't be born in this troubled world."

After the words fell, everyone stood up and poured the wine in their hands on the ground in front of them, with serious expressions.

"I took everyone out today to check on the abandoned iron factory that the man mentioned earlier. It is said that this abandoned iron factory was left behind by Liu Yao, and it was mainly used to build weapons and armor." Zhao Lei said.

"Iron factory? How could there be such a building here in Jiangdong? The ore resources in Jiangdong are not rich? What is the use of this iron factory?" Zhao Yun is from the north, and he feels that there is an iron factory in the south. strangeness.

"So let's check it out. If this is really an iron factory, we can use it to make weapons. And Jiangdong doesn't necessarily lack ore resources. As far as I know, some areas around Moling and Wujun still have certain minerals. Yes." Zhao Lei said.

After hearing Zhao Lei's words, Zhao Yun nodded half-believingly, and then Zhang Han said: "Okay, my lord, brothers, let's stop guessing here, go there and have a look to find out."

After listening to Zhang Han's words, Zhao Lei nodded and ordered everyone to go back and get ready.

Half an hour later, Zhao Lei had put on his armor and walked out of the big tent. Accompanied by Zhang Han, he led the generals and some soldiers to Dantu County, southwest of Moling City, where the iron factory was located.

Dantu County also has a long history. In the 37th year of Qin Shihuang (210 B.C.), three thousand Zheyi disciples chiseled Jingyan Mountain and renamed Guyang as Dantu.Wu Lu's geography says: Zhu Fang was later named Gu Yang.Qin Wangqi said that the land has the spirit of the emperor, and the first emperor sent 3000 Zheyi disciples to dig a long pit to defeat the situation, so Yun Dantu. "Dantu County is close to Taihu Lake and Qu'a Port. There are many merchants here. It is an important town on the border between Jiangdong and Xuzhou. If Xuzhou wants to send troops to Yangzhou, after crossing the Yangtze River, Qu'a Port and Dantu will be the first barrier. When Zhao Lei left When he arrived here, he was taken aback because he learned from the local residents that Dantu is rich in minerals.

Zhao Lei is very familiar with Yangzhou. He was born in Shanghai, so the Yangtze River Delta region is his hometown no matter it is ancient or modern. It is well known that Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are the third service industry bases, and the scarcity of products is an indisputable fact.So why there are so many minerals in this Dantu County made Zhao Lei very puzzled.

When wandering around Dantu County, Zhao Lei also learned from hearsay, and only then did he know the origin of this iron factory.The iron factory was first built in the middle and late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, in order to suppress the threat of Liu An, the king of Huainan, and stabilize the situation around Yangzhou, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty built an iron factory in Dantu, which was specially responsible for making some weapons and equipment, and stored them there. in case for need.Until now, Liu Yao, the prefect of Moling, took this iron factory for his own use.

Compared with the current arsenal, the iron factory is a family that owns an arsenal, which can not only equip their own private soldiers, but also export weapons and equipment. It is indeed a good way to make a fortune.But Liu Yao obviously didn't know this method, otherwise Moling wouldn't have been taken down so easily.

For Zhao Lei, if he came to Dantu himself, inspected the iron factory, and surveyed the terrain by the way, he might be able to find gold resources in the Jiangnan area.If he found resources such as gold mines, then Zhao Lei would have a strong capital.In history, when Sun Quan took Jiangdong as his own, he certainly didn't know that there were gold mines in his territory. Otherwise, he would have developed to Xuzhou and other counties in the Central Plains, and his descendants would still be waiting to be taken by Jin. Are the soldiers wiped out? .

Zhao Lei led the people for more than an hour and finally came to the iron factory. After about ten miles away, Zhao Lei and others finally saw black smoke rising from the valley in the suburbs of Dantu County, and the air was filled with smoke. There is a burnt smell, and the place is indeed full of the smell of iron smelting.

When they came to the entrance of the valley, there was no one guarding the entrance, so Zhao Lei led his troops and walked straight in.

After walking towards the valley for a while, there were hardly any people to be seen along the way. When the road came to a turning point, the eyes finally opened up. Then Zhao Lei and others walked down a slope. In front of them was a huge small basin. It is very flat, and a magnificent ancient iron factory is displayed in front of Zhao Lei.

"Who are you? Why did you bring so many people here?" A voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

Zhao Lei followed the sound and saw a thatched hut on the left side of the iron factory. An old man with dark skin and a vicissitudes of life was sitting on the roof of the thatched hut, looking at him with a pair of dark gray eyes.He hurriedly said: "Old man, why is there no one in this iron factory?"

The old man was as flesh-and-blood, with white beard and hair. He jumped off the three-meter-high roof as soon as he lifted his legs. The movements are very coherent and skillful, and it looks extremely inconsistent with his age.He put his hands behind his back, looked at Zhao Lei, Zhang Han, and Zhao Yun in front of him, then glanced at the troops behind Zhao Lei, and asked repeatedly: "Who are you?"

Zhao Yun said, "This is our lord, the current governor of Yangzhou."

The old man only gave a soft "huh", then walked to the rock by the side of the road, sat down on it, closed his eyes, and said softly: "Go back, this is not the place you should come to, This place no longer belongs to the government.”

Zhao Lei sneered and asked, "Old man, tell me who this place belongs to?"

"Everyone knows about Moling, why bother to ask? I advise you to go back at this time! Liu Yao is not so easy to mess with!" said the old man.

"What if I tell you that Liu Yao has been trampled to pieces by my army?" Zhang Han said coldly at this time.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes, with a trace of astonishment on his face, he hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

Seeing the astonished face of the old man, Zhang Han said solemnly: "The power of Liu Yao in Molingcheng has been eradicated by my lord, as well as the power of Lujiang and Shouchun. From now on, there will be no other powers in Yangzhou. The forces of China exist, including this iron factory, and the flag of our Yangzhou Army can only be planted on it."

The old man listened very carefully. After Zhang Han finished speaking the last word, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He carefully looked at Zhao Lei in front of him, and his eyes showed great admiration.The smile was fleeting, he took a step back, took out a few charms from his arms, shook them lightly in the palm of his hand a few times, and then sprinkled them on the ground, but he heard the charms fluttering on the stone and made a rubbing sound. sound.

"Haha! God's will. God's will, I didn't expect that the nobleman I've been waiting for has finally appeared today, hahaha!" The old man glanced at the spells scattered on the ground, and there was an extremely happy smile on his face, which made him unable to help himself. I can talk to myself.

Zhao Lei, Zhang Han, and Zhao Yun all looked at each other, seeing that the old man who was a little gloomy just now suddenly became very happy, and all three of them felt that the old man was a little moody.

"What's your name?" The old man squatted on the ground, picked up the scattered charms one by one, and asked softly.

(End of this chapter)