Although Fang Xiaoyue had not specifically studied prospecting, she grabbed a few pieces of ore and sniffed them, then split them open with a machete. A faint silvery white color could be seen inside.
Based on this, he was able to judge that the iron content in this ore probably exceeded 88%!
Rare high-grade iron ore.
As for the amount of iron ore reserves, Fang Xiaoyue doesn't know.
But at least Taoyuan Valley can be used for a long time.
After finding the iron ore, Fang Xiaoyue and Ding Shengming found a high-quality coal mine on another mountain.
Well, this coal mine is also open-pit, and the sulfur content is very low. After a little treatment, coke can be refined.
And with coke, it is easy to make iron.
Fang Xiaoyue and the other two, each carrying a basket of ore, began to return to Taoyuan Valley.
But when they crossed the ridge not far from the magnetite, Ding Shengming, who had been looking around, came up and pulled Fang Xiaoyue: "Dad, look over there?"
Fang Xiaoyue turned around and saw some animals in the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.
Then he moved his nose and sniffed the smell that was carried by the wind, and he immediately concluded that it was a herd of wild boars.
Quite simply, the unique odor of the male wild boar was so strong that he almost choked and fainted when he took a breath of it.
"Just wait here. I'll call you later and you'll come over."
After coming to this plane, Fang Xiaoyue has been abstaining from meat for many days.
Don't mention the rat meat! He felt sick all over just thinking about it.
Seeing a group of fat wild boars swaying in the bamboo forest, Fang Xiaoyue's mouth almost watered.
Twice-cooked pork, stir-fried pork, fried pork with sauce, braised pig trotters, braised pig tail... A series of meat dishes were already flying in his mind.
Putting down the basket on his back and holding the scimitar, Fang Xiaoyue rushed down the mountain.
Ding Shengming tried hard but failed to catch his father-in-law, and couldn't help but regret his reminder.
This saying of pigs, two bears, three tigers, four leopards and five jackals is widely spread around Shiwanda Mountain.
Among them, this pig refers to the boar among wild boars.
The boar in this mountain is huge, much larger than the wild boar on the grassland. It often travels alone and has a reckless and irritable personality. It is easy to catch fire, so it is named the first.
Although the wild boars in the wild boar group are weaker, they often make farmers frown when they go down the mountain to destroy crops.
It can be said that no less than fifty people are killed by wild boars in Guangsuping County every year.
This shows how powerful the wild boars here are.
And they have a keen sense of smell and are very alert.
As soon as Fang Xiaoyue approached the bamboo forest, the human scent drifting down the wind made the wild boars raise their heads.
This group of wild boars consists of one male, three females, and more than 20 cubs.
The boar among them suddenly grew to a weight of five to six hundred kilograms. When it lay there eating bamboo shoots, it looked like a small mountain, which looked really amazing.
On the other hand, those sows are much smaller. The largest one only weighs about 1,780 pounds, so they look a bit inconspicuous next to the male wild boar.
The male wild boar smelled human scent, raised his head and looked towards Fang Xiaoyue. After confirming his position, he rushed over without saying a word. Along the way, the bamboos broke one after another, and the leaves flew everywhere.
The feeling of shaking the mountains.
Faced with such a giant pig charging towards him, if it were any other person, his legs would have become weak and he would be unable to move.
But Fang Xiaoyue didn't have the slightest fear, and her whole body was slightly tense. When the male wild boar hit him head-on with great momentum, he just hit the ground, and while his body quickly dodged, the scimitar in his right hand was fiercely aimed at its neck.
Cut it down.
Pfft, the machete cut into the pigskin, but was immediately blocked. The male wild boar did not seem to be greatly affected. It rushed more than thirty meters and then stopped, turned around and rushed towards Fang Xiaoyue again.
Fang Xiaoyue couldn't help but sigh. The wild boar's skin was too thick. She gathered all her strength and slashed it with a knife, only to break the skin.
Seeing the male wild boar charging at him again, he threw the useless scimitar into the ground and turned his right hand into a fist. When the male wild boar got close, he dodged and hit him hard with a cannon punch.
On the neck of a male wild boar.
The male wild boar received this blow and his body turned sideways. Under the action of inertia, one of its front legs suddenly made a snapping sound under the acceleration of its own weight.
Then the body fell down and rolled over.
Of course, even so, the resistance of this male wild boar is quite amazing.
If someone were to be punched like this, their neck would probably be broken immediately.
But this male wild boar just lost control of his body and broke one of his legs.
Take advantage of the enemy's illness and kill him!
After Fang Xiaoyue discovered that one of his front legs was broken, he immediately caught up with him and punched him behind the ear.
Bang, a dull sound came out, and the wild boar's head sank, but it still had no intention of giving up and struggled to stand up.
At this time, the male wild boar that had lost its motor power was undoubtedly a lamb to be slaughtered on the cutting board in front of Fang Xiaoyue.
No matter how thick its skin was, under Fang Xiaoyue's constant heavy blows, it eventually ended up with bleeding from its nose and ears, and it lay dying on the ground, unable to move.
Seeing the Pig King being beaten to the ground by Fang Xiaoyue, the group of wild boars immediately exploded. They had no intention of avenging the Pig King at all. Instead, they turned around and rushed towards the valley next to them, trying to avoid this human.
Chase.
And how could Fang Xiaoyue let them go? Not to mention anything else, those three sows alone could produce at least 3,780 kilograms of good meat. As for those wild boar cubs, if they were brought back and fed, then sustainable development would be achieved.
After he caught up with the three sows and beat them down one by one, Fang Xiaoyue shouted towards the ridge and asked his son-in-law Ding Sheng to come down and help.
No way, after he beat the three sows to the ground, the more than 20 piglets had already run away. It was too time-consuming for him to catch them alone.
Besides, the male wild boar seemed to have some strength again, so he had to kill it completely first.
After he completely pulled out the male wild boar's neck with a machete and cut off the trachea, Ding Shengming appeared in front of him in a mess.
With Ding Shengming, he captured the piglets one by one.
But we were not very lucky. We only caught 17 piglets out of more than 20.
But this already made Ding Shengming so excited that he was speechless.
After that, Ding Sheng was ordered to guard the bamboo forest while Fang Xiaoyue returned alone.
After all, no matter how powerful he is, there is no way he can carry these pigs back at this time.
By the time Fang Xiaoyue brought the people back and moved the pigs back to Taoyuan Valley one by one, it was already dark.
But in Taoyuan Valley, there is a row of bonfires brightly lit at this time, and everyone is happily cutting the pork, smoking it and storing it in the stone room, or throwing it into the iron pot to cook it with taro, wild vegetables, nuts, etc.