Zheng Haizhu asked everyone to throw away the sticks, put four pieces of magnetite in a cloth bag, and gave it to Li Daniu to carry.
Not long after the four of them walked along the mountain, they heard someone's voice in the valley not far to the left.
"It seems there are three or four of us, so it doesn't matter," Wu Bond said.
As I got closer, I gradually heard clearly that the people inside were discussing with excitement: "Zhang Jing should reward us for these coals. Ancestor Maitreya has appeared."
Suddenly, a man crawled out of the pit. He had squinty eyes and a flat nose. When he saw Zheng Haizhu and others, he was startled: "Where did you come from?"
Wu Bondang said calmly: "Oh, we are here to visit Yasheng's hometown, and we have disturbed the fellow villagers."
The man asked: "Who?"
The two companions in the pit also climbed up at this time. A thin man laughed and said: "They are talking about Mencius."
He rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't read a book, so I don't have a good life like these young men from rich families. It's good that I have food to eat."
But after all, he saw clearly that Wu Bang Bang and Zheng Haizhu did not look like poor people, and they were followed by two people who looked like maids and servants, so he did not dare to show too much ferocity, and only said in a low voice: "This is King Lu
"Chaishan, you can't come in. There is no Mencius' house here, so you should leave quickly."
Wu Bang Bang handed over his hand and said, "It turns out we went the wrong way, so let's go forward and go down the mountain."
At this time, the three men all showed signs of obstruction, and the thin man among them was more kind and said warmly: "Sir, we are patrolling the mountains for the Lu Mansion, and we must follow the rules of the manor. Now that we have encountered it, we can't let it happen by ourselves.
I'll let you wander around the mountains, so go back and go to the charcoal kiln along the river, where you can still hire a cart."
Zheng Haizhu pretended to be curious: "Fellow, isn't there a road ahead over the mountain?"
Diao Shaoyan said impatiently: "No, you go back to the other side of the river."
Wu Bangde showed his calmness and advised Zheng Haizhu: "Listen to my fellow villagers and leave."
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The four of them left a distance and returned to the shale by the woods. Zheng Haizhu looked back and saw that the three mountain rangers had not followed, and said to Wu Bangdang: "That pit is probably the small coal cave discovered by the Boshan people."
, today someone called Prince Lu’s Mansion discovered it.”
Mu Zaohua on the side frowned and said, "I don't know if those people were hired by Prince Lu's Palace to patrol the mountain, but they seem to be from the Wenxiang Sect. Just now they said they were from Zhang Jing, Zhang Jing, I doubt it."
The word "Zhang Jing" is used because they also mentioned the ancestor Maitreya, who also taught people by smelling incense."
"Palm Sutra? What's the Nine Lotus Sutra?" Zheng Haizhu asked.
When she visited Zhu Yipai and his wife, she also asked about the Wenxiang Sect with moderate indignation. Zhu Yipai said that when members of the sect make troubles, they rely on the "Nine Lotus Sutra".
Mu Zaohua said: "It should be that one. When I was dragged into Christianity by a fellow villager last year, the fellow villager said that Master Xu Tianshi asked fellow townsmen and villages to form a guild, and each group would have a leader, pass on the head, and hold scriptures."
Wu Bondang pondered: "I didn't expect that the Wenxiang Cult would grow so fast. I thought it was just Hebei, Tianjin and Lubei. In the past few days, we have met the Wenxiang Cult three times in a row."
Zheng Haizhu said: "I want to make friends with Your Highness and confess my plan to open a coal mine. It's still early today, so let's go to General Jingguo's Mansion again, just in time to talk about today's suspicious mountain ranger. If they are actually nothing,
Similarly, we didn't harm them, but let Prince Lu know that they guarded the mountain well and were very responsible."
The four of them then quickened their pace and hurried on.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, we saw a mule parked at the pass, with bulging sacks on both sides of its back.
A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old was beating the only mule dragging a wooden cart, and scolded the animal to use all its strength to pull the cart out of the mud.
Wu Bondang said to Li Daniu: "Let's go and help this kid."
Li Daniu handed the baggage he was carrying to Zheng Haizhu and followed him. Mu Zaohua also went over to help.
Zheng Haizhu walked over to the mules that were taking the time to chew the last bits of grass on the ground, wanting to see what was in the sacks.
Suddenly, the baggage in his hand seemed to be pulled by a distinct pulling force, leaning towards the bottom of the sack.
Zheng Haizhu subconsciously covered the bag and stared at the sack suspiciously.
The dirty sack was jagged and uneven due to the contents inside, and the surface of the sack was covered with sawdust and black ash.
The conversation between Wu Bond and the boy was heard at the same time.
"Little brother, is your family a charcoal worker?"
"That's right, brother Li. My uncle and father burn charcoal for the palace, and my uncle and I transport it for the palace."
"Your family?"
"No, no, ten kilns rotate, and today is my home."
After hearing this, Zheng Haizhu thought to herself, is there charcoal in the sack?
Saying that coal is magnetic is enough to challenge her common sense of physics. She would never believe that charcoal can be attracted by the magnetite in her bag.
There should be metal in the sack.
Zheng Haizhu turned her body sideways to block the sack, stretched out her hand and weighed it very carefully.
The sack is very heavy, and based on experience, if it is this small volume of charcoal, it will not be this heavy.
Zheng Haizhu secretly took out a piece of magnetic ore and tried to swim at the bottom of the sack.
As soon as I put it on, it was attracted to it, but after all, the original magnet stone was not that pure through the linen cloth, so the suction force of a single piece of magnetic ore was not that strong.
Zheng Haizhu controlled the strength of his wrist and came up with a somewhat surprising result.
The metal inside is quite long, estimated to be two feet.
Zheng Haizhu changed his mule and continued to test the magnetite quietly.
It is also made of metal and has a considerable length.
Iron rod? Iron spear head? Sword?
While her mind was racing, she heard the young man shouting happily and waving at a distance: "Second uncle!"
When the two sides faced each other, they were both stunned for a moment.
The man whom the young man called his second uncle was the one hanging on the mountain just now.
As soon as the alert look on his face rekindled, the big mule cart had already got out of the mud pit with the concerted efforts of several people.
The young man kept bowing to Wu Bondang and thanking him.
Wu Bondang turned around, saw the hanging eyes, smiled and said: "So this child belongs to your family."
Diaoyan made a vague hum, but looked towards Zheng Haizhu's group of mules.
Zheng Haizhu also smiled and praised: "The boy from my hometown is very capable. He can organize such a big battle at a young age."
The corner of Diaoyan's mouth twitched: "Thank you, young lady, for the compliment."
He looked away, but stared at his nephew firmly.
The young man's face froze, and he suddenly stuttered: "Who, are you here with a car?"
Zheng Haizhu said in a friendly voice: "Aren't you going to Prince Lu's Mansion? Why don't you use your mule cart to take us back to Yanzhou City? I'll give you the fare. I'm tired too and don't want to see the Meng Mansion anymore."
When she said the last sentence, she looked at Wu Bond.
Wu Bond understood this and reached into his pocket to take out his wallet, saying "Okay, I'll pay the fare."
"I can't do it, I can't do it," he said with an ugly smile, but there was a trace of panic in his tone, "We country people pull charcoal carts, they are so dirty, how can we carry a few distinguished guests. I'm going to Qiantou Zhuangzi.
Find a big car for some of you."
Today, Zheng Haizhu hired a cart from Yanzhou City to come over. Since he didn't want to cause any trouble, he paid the cartman for the return journey and asked him to leave Chaitan Mountain.
Now, she has tried Diao Yanzuo's reaction and has further speculation on the doubts in her heart, let alone take the car called by Diao Yanzuo.
She then nodded cheerfully and said, "That's right. You have some errands to do, so you have to hurry up to catch the car. My husband and I can go to the village to look for the car."
Wu Bondang put on a submissive face, raised his eyes to the young man and cupped his hands: "Fellow, see you later."