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Chapter 158 Copper Mine

The Gray Rabbit tribe was given as a gift by Macheng. When he heard the Gray Rabbit tribe rebelled, Lin Danhan was furious and immediately ordered all the captured adult men to be executed, and the women and children were rewarded as slaves. A group of Mongolian nobles got it.

The reward was yelling and holding a banquet in the royal city. Outside the city, the people killed were rolling, and more than a thousand young and strong men became headless ghosts. Fang Shihong's expression changed, and the two women were scared to death and were invited to rest by their servants.

If Ma Cheng had known this would be the case, he would not be ruthless if he killed a man and rebelled.

After the dust-washing banquet, Lin Danhan said in a somewhat embarrassed manner: "If the Lord of the General Town comes later, Xiao Wang will move westward in a large-scale manner."

Ma Cheng advised seriously: "King Khan thought about it three times and moved westward, which would destroy the Khan's fundamental land."

Lin Danhan cheered up and said, "There is no need now. With the food and supplies of the Lord of the General Town, Xiao Wang can survive this winter. Xiao Wang still has 30,000 elite soldiers under his tent, so he can still fight."

Ma Cheng smiled and said, "King Khan wants to thank you, so thank Mr. Chang."

The Chang clan members stood up to greet each other, and took the opportunity to set the rules and prices for grain and fur trading, so they knew the tactful resignation.

There was no one in the quiet room, and Lin Danhan said bitterly: "The Jianlu has great power, and there will be a bloody battle tomorrow spring. The head of the town will have a good idea."

Ma Cheng knew that he was afraid of being beaten, so he instigated: "The Khan does not have to do this. If Jianlu attacks in large numbers tomorrow spring, our town will come to support him with all his strength. Attacks on both sides, he will not be able to take care of both heads and tails."

Lin Danhan's face looked a little better, as if he was drunk, so he thanked the guests.

At night, inner hall.

Ma Cheng stood by the window, looking at the gloomy night outside, but his eyes were bright, making people feel heartbroken. The general situation was already done. One of Jiannu was dragged in Kaiyuan and the other was dragged in the grasslands in the south of the desert. The weather will warm up next spring.

Huang Taiji is bound to divide his troops. In this way, the stalemate between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu has become an end to the point where Jiannu has few soldiers, which is the biggest weakness.

Even if Guangning was lost, Kaiyuan was still there, and the south of the mourning was a mess. Huang Taiji had to hit Shanhaiguan if he wanted to enter the pass. With the restraint of Kaiyuan army, Lin Danhan still had the power to fight, and the Ming army in western Liaoning only needed to be strictly guarded.

If you defend yourself, the situation will not be too bad. Kaiyuan, Baicheng, and western Liaoning are like a ragged pocket. Although you can't hold the tiger Huang Taiji, and your management is done properly, it is enough to let the tiger fall into the quagmire.

After pondering for a long time, Ma Cheng let out a heavy breath. Liaoxi is the weakest link in this pocket formation. Now the Ming generals have withered, Xiong Tingbi will never die. With this person in Liaoxi, you will have no worries.

I was determined to keep Xiong Tingbi's official position at all costs. The military power in western Liaoning must not fall into the hands of the Donglin Party. My mind gradually became clear and I suddenly realized that there was a graceful and rich person in the room.

Zhou Yunyan said timidly: "Cousin, I'm a little scared."

Ma Cheng saw that she was wearing only a small shirt, trembling coldly, and her heart softened her in her arms. The warm inner room of spring, Ma Cheng was thinking about it randomly. It was obviously expensive to have a big and expensive house in her life.

There are always ten or eight times, this evil Ming Dynasty.

The next day, Baicheng.

A truckload of old grain, rice and flour were exchanged for mountainous wool and cowhide, which solved Lin Danhan's urgent need. More than 200,000 tribes of people would not die of cold and starvation. In addition to more than 200,000 Lin Danhan's tribes, there were still large and large Mongolian tribes far and near.

After coming to the gate, over a few days and nights, more than 300,000 Mongolian people gathered in Baicheng.

Lin Danhan was overjoyed and became more respectful to Macheng, and took the opportunity to recruit troops to rebuild the army of the king's tent.

However, there are more than these people in Mongolia in the south of the desert. More than a half-man were subdued by Jiannu. This is also an unimaginable thing. Ma Cheng has done everything he can do.

A few days later, Fang Shihong finally couldn't stand the bitter cold outside the border and left.

Before leaving, Young Master Fang was drunk and slapped the table and shouted: "Is it like a pig or a dog?"

Ma Cheng knew that the playboy was going crazy again, so he sneered: "Killing one person is a crime, killing ten thousand people is a hero, killing one million people is a hero, this has been the case since ancient times."

Fang Shihong was stunned and knelt on the ground with no means of drinking. The guards hurriedly carried onto the carriage, but he was not able to see the beautiful woman from Jiangnan, Liu Zihua, who probably hid in the carriage and refused to come out. Ma Cheng felt a little embarrassed, and he also copied the poem and became popular.

It was also released, but it was not favored by the famous prostitutes in Jiangnan. The books were indeed lying. This famous prostitute in Jiangnan was quite like Ye Gong’s good dragon. He said he wanted to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers of the border, but was given more than a thousand heads.

Scared.

The curtain was lifted, and Liu Zihua finally got out of the car and said goodbye, and bowed with the help of the maid.

Ma Cheng would not blame a weak woman. He waved his hand and ordered the Chang clans to escort them for life. He must send them to the capital safely. The Chang clans responded obediently.

Liu Zihua gritted his teeth and said, "People's words are terrible, take care of themselves, my son."

Ma Cheng had a good impression of her, so she didn't have to say these words. She was also a little pedantic. She saw Fang Shihong away and was surprised. The prospecting team that was lost due to war emerged from somewhere.

After Baicheng, he was a little embarrassed and unharmed, and found a vein a hundred miles southwest of Baicheng. Macheng was ecstatic, and Lin Danhan was also confused and mobilized his troops to surround the vein.

The snowstorm calmed down on this day, and thousands of riders guarded the craftsmen and the wood went to the mine veins.

In the first month, water is still falling into ice. The mining event has opened Macheng's eyes. This method is called the hot method. Craftsmen lit a lot of wood on the mine veins. The smoke and fire melted the frozen soil, burning the open-pit mine veins red.

The fire burned overnight and even the surface temperature rose. After the fireworks gradually went out, the surface cracked after cooling down. Use a hammer to knock on the soil to reveal the copper lumps inside, and some companion mines. Several large trucks of copper were harvested overnight.

The knot made Lin Danhan ecstatic and led his tribe members to worship the heavens devoutly and pray, thinking that they were miracles.

Ma Cheng smiled bitterly and finally understood why it was impossible to mine copper ore on a large scale in most ancient areas, which cost too much firewood. This hot method is simple to operate and has good efficiency. However, where can firewood come from on this bare desert grassland?

It is necessary to guard a whole primeval forest. If the fire method does not work, it will cost a lot of manpower to mine and quarry, and transport copper ore to areas with rich wood for refining and processing. The manpower and material cost are too high.

When the surface veins are bright, they need to dig a mine cave. It is extremely dangerous to go to the mine to quarry. While arranging people to transport wood in Shanxi, they regret it. They should not indulge Lin Danhan to show the heads of more than a thousand young and strong people in the gray rabbit tribe.

More than a thousand young and strong enough to make this copper mine operate normally for a long time.

Lin Danhan didn't care about that much, he just thought that the ore veins here were treasures given to the Mongols by the immortal god.

After the moon, all the wood that could be burned within a radius of dozens of miles was burned, and it was 2,000 kilograms of thick copper. There was no way to find the wood that could be burned. Lin Danhan was anxious and ordered the king's tent soldiers to surround the mine veins and drive them.

The slaves in the clan started mining by hand, smashed stones under the guidance of Ming craftsmen, and selected five thousand slaves trembled in the cold wind, and everyone was frozen until their hands and feet were purple. Dozens died of starvation that night, most of whom were weak and sick.

Slave female.
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