Huangqiao Gongdu, although he was from Linxiang, the county town of Changsha, he was not a close associate of Zhang Xian. He had come to Leiyang to be an iron official more than ten years ago, and had successively served as iron official prime minister and iron official order.
Of course, the Linxiang Huang family is one of the rich families who took refuge with Zhang Xian relatively early, and the two must be inextricably linked.
None of the armor and weapons refined by Leiyang Yefang in recent years have been preserved, and they were all handed over to Zhang Xian, which is the best proof.
While Liu Jing was talking to Huang Qiao, Huan Yi also finished his meeting with the officials in Leiyang and came to Liu Jing.
Liu Jing pointed to the people around him and said: "You know me, Mr. Ma Zijin, and Liu Ziming. This is Chu Ziping, and this is Iron Officer Ling Huang Gongdu..."
Huan Yi was naturally very familiar with Ma Zhou and Liu Liang, but Chu Fang only heard of them by name. His brother Huan Jie had met Chu Fang. Both of them served under Sun Jian. At that time, Huan Yi was only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Although he was valued by Sun Jian, he did not become an official.
He always thought that Chu Fang should be a tall and powerful man eight feet tall and as powerful as a mountain, but he didn't expect that the real person was actually unattractive in appearance.
Huan Yi exchanged greetings with him, and then turned his attention to Huang Qiao.
"I am under the iron command of Huang Qiao, and I have met the Ming Dynasty." Huang Qiao bowed deeply and said, exactly the same as when he met Liu Jing before.
In fact, in terms of official positions, Tieguan Ling is on the same level as Leiyang Ling, but as the saying goes, "The mouth of the cannibal is short, and the hands of the taker are short." Tieguan's daily food and clothing expenses are all obtained from Leiyang, and Tieguan Ling faces them.
Leiyang Ling, it is difficult to straighten the back.
Furthermore, the county magistrate is called a Bailihou. Just like the ancient princes and mere iron officials, they are so virtuous and capable that they dare to be compared with them.
Huan Yi chatted with Huang Qiao again and invited Liu Jing to enter the city.
Liu Jing shook his head and refused and said: "Now that Leiyang has been decided, the Duke must be involved in many affairs, so I won't cause any trouble for you." At this point, he paused and then said: "I am going to go to the mine with Huang Ling to smelt smelt.
Let’s take a look.”
Huan Yi glanced at Liu Jing meaningfully and thought to himself: "Zhongda came to Leiyang in person this time, and escorting me is probably the second priority. This is his real reason."
Liu Jing added: "After I leave, if the Duke encounters an unexpected incident, he can directly recruit the soldiers left behind outside the city."
Huan Yi nodded and said, "Okay."
There was no need for Liu Jing to say anything else. He immediately separated from Huan Yi at the ferry, boarded the carriage, and escorted by Yu Zheng, Ma Zhou, Chu Fang, Liu Liang, and hundreds of cavalry, bypassed Leiyang County and headed towards
Go west.
It wasn't until they were on the road, Liu Liang rode his horse and drove Liu Jing's car side by side, that he found the opportunity to ask: "Brother Cong, why do you know there are people from Liangzhou in Leiyang Iron Official?"
Liu Jing explained: "They are all subordinates of the late general Yang Ding. When Yang Ding escorted the emperor back east, he abandoned the emperor because of his personal grudges, led his troops south and plundered Nanyang. This angered Liu Jingzhou and sent troops
They were killed at Wuguan. For unknown reasons, these soldiers were unwilling to submit to Liu Biao and were moved to Leiyang Iron Official. I saw them once when they passed through Changsha three years ago."
Liu Liang suddenly realized that there was such an inside story, and asked again: "Brother Cong, what are you doing with these defeated Xiliang soldiers?"
Liu Jing was sitting in the car, looking sideways at Liu Liang and said: "Zi Ming's words are too arrogant. Zhang Xiu was also defeated by Xiliang's remnant army, but Cao Cao fled in panic and lost his two sons."
Liu Liang said with an embarrassed look on his face: "What I learned from my brother is that I underestimated the world's heroes."
Chu Fang asked: "Does the Ming court want to take them under its command?"
"That's right." Liu Jing nodded.
Chu Fang asked again: "We are from the south and they are from the north. Isn't the Ming court afraid that they will be rebellious and difficult to control?"
Liu Jing said with a smile: "The sea is open to all rivers, and its tolerance is great."
For a moment, everyone who heard it was silent.
"Guan Zi Di Shu Pian" says: "If there is ocher on the top of the mountain, there is iron below it; if there is lead on the top, there will be silver below it; if there is cinnabar on the top, there will be gold on the bottom; if there is loving stone on top, there will be gold on the bottom.
There is copper and gold underneath it. This is the place where the glory of this mountain is seen."
In terms of prospecting, the Chinese people have long summarized a relatively systematic theory. Once a mineral deposit is found, it is "smelted on the mountain", that is, smelted on the spot near the mine.
Therefore, there must be mineral deposits next to the smelting workshop, and there must be a smelting workshop next to the mineral deposits.
Ten miles is not a long way, and it only took more than an hour to arrive. Liu Jing did not stop at the smelting workshop, but ordered to go directly to the mine.
After walking for several more miles, the team finally arrived at the mine. Tieguancheng, who was not sure why, came out to greet him. It was extremely hot in Leiyang in early August, and Tieguancheng was sweating profusely. He couldn't figure out who the visitor was. But no matter.
Whoever the opponent is, with so many soldiers and horses around him, must be a big shot that he cannot afford to offend.
After Huang Qiao's introduction, Tieguancheng suddenly realized that although he was still full of questions, he could only hold back and dare not ask.
Under the guidance of Huang Qiao and Tieguancheng, Liu Jing strode into the mine. Before he had gone far, he heard the sound of a flute coming from ahead.
The sound of this flute is crisp and high-pitched, with a sense of sadness, which is very different from the flute sounds Liu Jing has heard in the past.
Liu Jing couldn't help but stop and listen, and the others naturally stopped as well. It wasn't until the song ended that Liu Jing asked Huang Qiao and Tieguan Cheng, "Do you know who played this?"
Huang Qiao and Tie Guancheng couldn't help but look at each other, and finally Huang Qiao answered: "This man's name is Han Guang, he is the leader of the Liangzhou people, and he plays the Qiang flute."
Liu Jing suddenly realized that it was a Qiang flute. No wonder the sound was different from the flutes he had heard.
Liu Jing did not ask Huang Qiao why Han Guang, an iron official slave, had time to play the flute. He immediately got out of the crowd and walked in the direction of the sound of the flute.
After walking around a forest, I saw a man in ragged clothes, with disheveled hair, and shackled hands, holding a bamboo flute, sitting on the hillside. Beside him, there were a dozen prisoners with the same disheveled hair gathered around him, and five more prisoners further away.
Six iron officials in red and black clothes, armed with swords and swords, were obviously watching them.
As soon as Liu Jing appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Behind him were hundreds of soldiers with sophisticated combat equipment. It was difficult not to attract attention.
Liu Jing looked directly at the man holding the flute, who Huang Qiao said was named Han Guang. He was about thirty years old. Even though his hair was unkempt and his clothes were not covering his body, he could not hide his popularity.
When Liu Jing was sizing up Han Guang, Han Guang was also sizing him up. Liu Jing was seven feet, seven inches tall, as tall as a pine tree, wearing a high crown and brocade clothes, and had a handsome appearance. However, Han Guang was most impressed by Liu Jing.
Yes, it was Liu Jing's eyes. He had only seen this kind of eyes on one person, and that was Lu Bu.
Han Guang thought silently in his heart: "This is also a person who is extremely conceited about himself."