"Santai Mountain, halfway up the mountain on the south side, with a vertical height of 75 feet from the foot of the mountain, there is a military barracks, hidden among the trees. It is surrounded by brick and stone walls. There are twelve barracks in the center, four guards in front of the door, and two secret sentries in the north of the barracks.
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On the top of the mountain opposite the Santai Mountain military camp, Lu Hu held up a pair of high-power binoculars and observed the situation on the opposite side while dictating the results of his observations to Shi Xiangui, the soldier in charge of recording.
In order to prevent the various garrison stations from being discovered by the survey camps, Yang Chaodong ordered people to restrict the scope of activities of the survey camps. In all places where military stores were set up, the survey camps were prohibited from approaching under various names, and they were only allowed to be in the surrounding area.
The principle of our activities on the mountain is not to get close to those military hoards.
What Yang Chaodong never expected was that the soldiers of the survey camp would have a telescope, a sharp weapon that transcended the times. Standing on the surrounding mountains, if you only observe with the naked eye, it would be difficult to see clearly what is hidden among the woods on the opposite mountain.
But if you use a high-power telescope, the situation is completely different. In the lens of the telescope, targets several miles away are like sandboxes placed in front of the soldiers of the survey camp. Barracks, soldiers, surroundings
Weirs, etc. are all clearly visible.
"Damn, this Yang Yinglong has built so many military hoards. Could it be that he really wants to rebel?" Shi Xiangui muttered while recording. Regarding the topic of Yang Yinglong's possible rebellion, it is not a secret in Chongqing.
Unless the soldiers in the battalion are seriously short-sighted, they all know a thing or two.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Hu warned, "If Yang Yinglong's chieftain soldiers hear it, they will kill and silence you."
"Is it so cruel?" Shi Xiangui stuck out his tongue, "Our Su Baihu is still in Bozhou City, will he be okay?"
Lu Hu said: "The more cautious we are, the safer Su Baihu will be. If we reveal a flaw, it will harm Su Baihu. So, everyone, please be careful and don't let the chieftain soldiers see the trick."
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Soldier Wei Zhihong smiled and said: "Lv Xiaoqi, don't worry. Those chieftain soldiers who accompanied us into the mountains looked at us as if they were gods. How dare they make irresponsible remarks to us? By the way, let me tell you something fun.
The day before yesterday, a chieftain soldier secretly asked me whether our Su Baihu, with such a high moral character, could lift the rosy clouds to heaven."
Everyone burst into laughter. Ever since Su Hao showed his hand in front of Yang Chaodong and found a coal mine for him, everyone from Yang Yinglong to the chieftain soldiers below regarded Su Hao as a profound god. The place of Banzhou was originally
Even in a place where the theory of ghosts and gods is relatively respected, Su Hao's ability to predict the unknown is enough to frighten the locals.
The soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion were scouting Yang Yinglong's hiding places one by one in the mountains of Bozhou. At the Golden Bell Inn in Bozhou City, Su Hao was not idle either. He was solemnly presiding over a prayer ceremony.
Activity.
The data collected by the surveying and mapping soldiers from the Kanyu Battalion in Bozhou were sent directly to Chongqing. Hao Tong would write down the progress in cipher text every day and send someone to Bozhou for Su Hao to read. These cipher texts were all written in numbers.
The symbols written in it looked like a heavenly book, and only Su Hao could decipher its meaning.
According to the secret text sent, Su Hao knew that the surveying and mapping work of the survey camp had been completed, and the map information of the entire Banzhou area had been collected. It was just waiting for the embroiderers to embroider the final contour map on white silk.
Now that the matter was done, there was no need for Su Hao to stay in Bozhou for a long time. He asked someone to inform Yang Chaodong, saying that he could calculate the cinnabar mine he had promised today and ask Yang Chaodong to come and participate in it in person.
Influenced by Chen Guanyu, Su Hao now somewhat understood the procedures used by Taoist priests. He asked the owner of the inn to drive away all the idle people, set up an altar in the yard, and ordered Qiqi Forty-nine candles, some pine branches, flags, paper horses and other things were also prepared, and then they began to perform with words.
"Take Luming Mountain as the origin, the black stone cliff as the gorge, and the Huaiyang Cave where it condenses into a cave. The dragon is high and the tiger is crouching. Take the Five Stars and Bagua to establish the principles of life and restraint..."
Su Hao muttered some confusing incantations that he had learned from Chen Guanyu before. He held up some talisman papers with some differential formulas written on them and bowed several times to the sky and the earth. , then raised a fire to light the talisman paper, threw the talisman paper into the air, and then watched blankly as it gradually turned into ashes, with an expression that looked like someone wandering in the sky.
"Okay, put out the candle."
Su Hao had had enough of convulsing, and turned around to give orders to He Bencheng and Xiong Minyang who were waiting on the side. The two soldiers quickly took their mahogany swords and went to cut off the candles lit around the courtyard one by one. There was nothing to be found in Banzhou. High-end goods, these low-quality candles emitted billowing smoke once they were extinguished, which made Su Hao want to cough.
"Master Su Tianshi, how are you?" Yang Chaodong, who had been standing behind and watching, cautiously stepped forward and asked Su Hao.
Su Hao's eyebrows furrowed into knots and he said: "The student just used Fuluan to force out the cinnabar energy in the underground. The student has been able to determine the location of the cinnabar mine."
"Really?" Yang Chaodong was overjoyed. He asked his men to wait on Su Hao like a distinguished guest for more than a month, waiting for Su Hao to finally find out the location of the cinnabar mine. Now he heard Su Hao say that the location of the mine has been determined. Once the decision was made, how could he not be ecstatic?
However, the expression on Su Hao's face did not seem so happy, which surprised Yang Chaodong. He asked: "Master Su, is there any difficulty in this?"
Su Hao nodded, sighed, and said: "Well, it's all because the students are not good at studying. When I was watching the stars earlier, I looked a little wrong. A slight difference in the sky is a thousand miles on the ground... It's a bit difficult now. Done."
"What do you mean?" Yang Chaodong asked.
Su Hao said: "The students previously said that we have a cinnabar mine in Bozhou, but just now the student calculated based on the results of the apprentices' calculations that the cinnabar mine... is not within the territory of Bozhou."
"What!" Yang Chaodong's face turned green. Can you not be a fool like this? If you had said earlier that the cinnabar mine was not in Bozhou, how could I have allowed your disciples to wander around in Bozhou. Now they have moved around wherever they should. It's over, but you said there was no mine. Isn't this a lie? On the ground in Bozhou, if you dare to deceive Yang Chaodong, this is simply a sign that you are tired of living.
"Master Su Tianshi, didn't you say that there is a cinnabar mine in Bozhou? If it is outside Bozhou, Yang also knows that there is a cinnabar mine in Sizhou Prefecture. It has been mined for hundreds of years. Su still needs it. Heavenly Master is here to teach me?" Yang Chaodong said angrily.
Su Hao said apologetically: "General Yang, this matter is really the student's fault. However, the cinnabar mine that the student saw is definitely not one that has been mined before. The mine that the student mentioned is on the border of our Banzhou. , but it’s only about a dozen miles apart. Alas, if my late father was still here, such a mistake would definitely not have happened.”
"The difference is only a dozen miles?" Yang Chaodong was relieved. No matter how good the heavenly master is, looking at the celestial phenomena, it shouldn't be a big mistake to go a dozen miles away. Bozhou is surrounded by mountains, and there is a difference of more than ten miles in the mountains.
In this place, you might not be able to meet anyone. Who cares if this place is within the territory of Bozhou. Besides, the Yang family of Bozhou is the most powerful chieftain in this area. Even if they cross the border for more than ten miles to steal other people's things,
Who will say anything?
"Where is the place Su Tianshi mentioned?" Yang Chaodong asked.
Su Hao pointed to the northwest with his hand and said: "In the Wuchuan County of Sinan Prefecture, on the side of Bozhou, there is a mountain shaped like a dragon. At the foot of the mountain, nine clear streams converge at one place. This is where the mineral vein is located.
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Su Hao had been to the Wuchuan mercury mine in later generations and knew the surrounding geographical environment characteristics. The purpose of expressing it in this language at this time was to pretend to be a ghost. In fact, the mountains are like dragons crouching, that is to say,
It's just that the shape of the dragon itself cannot be explained clearly. When the time comes, whatever he points out will be correct, and Yang Chaodong won't be able to refute it.
"Haha, it's in Wuchuan, so it doesn't matter." Yang Chaodong said with a smile, "The Sinan Tian family has been married to my Yang family for generations. The things of the Tian family are the things of my Yang family. We don't distinguish between each other."
"Seriously?" Su Hao pretended to be happy, and said with his hand on his forehead: "It's so good, so good. I'm really worried that I won't be able to fulfill the promise I made to General Yang."
It turns out that the two prefectures of Sinan and Sizhou in northeastern Guizhou were historically under the jurisdiction of the chieftain of the Tian family. The Tian family and the Yang family in Bozhou have taken care of each other for hundreds of years and have an extremely close relationship. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Tian family offended
The imperial court was weakened. After that, although the hereditary chieftain positions in Sinan and Sizhou were still hereditary, their power was completely unable to compare with that of the Yang family in Bozhou. Yang Chaodong said that the things of the Tian and Yang families were indistinguishable from each other, but in fact they were not
The accurate and true situation is: the things of the Tian family do belong to the Yang family, but the things of the Yang family also belong to the Yang family, so the Tian family should not get involved.
When Su Hao was in Chongqing, he had already heard about the affairs of the Tian and Yang families. This pretense at this time was just acting. He had long known that Yang Chaodong would definitely not care about the attitude of Chief Tian of Sinan Prefecture.
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"Master Su Tianshi, now that the cinnabar mine has been found, when can we locate and mine it?" Yang Chaodong asked impatiently.
Su Hao said: "If it's just positioning, it can be done at any time. However, this cinnabar mine will be mined for a long time in the future, so it is best to choose an auspicious day when setting out. In addition, before leaving the city, you need to worship the mine god to ensure your safety.
A hundred years of peace.”
"When is this auspicious day?" Yang Chaodong asked impatiently.
Su Hao pretended to do some calculations with his fingers, and then said: "Congratulations to General Yang, the students have calculated, tomorrow is a good day, we can set off tomorrow."
"Okay!" Yang Chaodong said. He turned to his own soldier captain Kong Gui and shouted: "Hurry up and make arrangements so that the people in the General's Mansion must be prepared tonight. Also, get all the miners who can be found.
Take it with you. Tomorrow morning, after Su Tianshi pays homage, we will go to Wuchuan." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)