It''s been a month.

Zhang Ergou''s caravan was stationed on the road.

He took off the jug and took a sip of the liquor.

Wiping his mouth, he said to his side, "go to the village and let the old man send things to us so that we can enter the village."

"Yes, sir."

My subordinates hurried to answer, but they still couldn''t help asking, "second Lord, why do we always come to this place where birds don''t shit? There is still miasma around. We can''t get in without their medicine. They don''t have much things. We have to pay some compensation every time they come here..."

"You know a fart?"

Zhang Ergou stared into each other''s eyes.

But I found that all my men were incomprehensible faces.

He sighed and said, "in fact, it''s not as complicated as you think. You say, what''s the most important thing to be a man?"

"This... Money?"

"Bah! You recognize money, but it''s also true. Money is a good thing. When I don''t have money, I''m Zhang Ergou. After I have money, I''m Zhang Ergu! But it''s not entirely right. First of all, how do you have to be rich? I''m your second master. I''m going all the way to lay this foundation. What do you think I rely on?"

"Naturally, the second Lord is righteous!"

"Fart!"

Zhang Ergou rolled his eyes, say: "Those flattering words should be left to others to listen to. I, your second master, depend on these poisonous eyes when wandering the Jianghu! Whether a person is good or bad, capable or useless, I can see seven or eight or ten times as soon as I hit my eyes! It''s all because of this that the second master has such a beautiful wife and family as he is today. Otherwise, what''s the second master''s strength? I don''t know a few words So you guys can help make money? Hey, hey, don''t underestimate that village. Every time you come here, I will remind you again and again not to offend the people inside, because... That village is unusual! You can''t imagine their ability! If one day, your second master is in trouble, has an enemy, or is captured, can you expect to save me? I tell you, this village is the only one who can really help me out at that time and save my life! So no matter how tight the time is, as long as I go to business in person, I will come here. What''s this called? According to the recent popular word of the treasure house, this is called investment! "

"The second master is far sighted!"

A group of people flattered again.

Although Zhang Er still scolded the dog, his expression was obviously very useful and happy.

To put it bluntly, everyone likes flattery and gift giving, but some people can''t help it, some people can''t help it.

Soon, his men ran back and forth.

Several bottles of medicine were drunk by the caravan.

Then he strode into the fog and came to the village.

The village head as like as two peas, who are waiting for the same old age, who are just as old as ten years ago.

Zhang Ergou even has a strange feeling that one day he will die of old age. It seems that the old man who has entered the underworld with one foot will not die.

A wry smile.

He came out more and more, arched his hands and said, "Oh, old man, long time no see!"

The village head also laughed and looked very enthusiastic.

"If you don''t come again, I''m afraid you''ll never see me again."

"Oh, that''s what you said ten years ago."

Two people are more like friends.

After a few greetings, the caravan slowly entered the village.

But when Zhang Ergou came in, he found that there had been great changes here.

At the entrance of the village, there are many stones piled up there, very high, like several hills.

After entering the village, I saw some blast furnaces arranged neatly in the middle of the village. Roughly, there were at least six.

Next to the blast furnace, there are two sets of particularly rough iron tools.

Villagers are knocking there.

Zhang Ergou was a little confused.

At the same time, the corners of the eyes twitched violently.

"Village head, what''s going on?"

"Hey, hey."

The old village head smiled, say: "I''ve been expecting you to come here to show you these things. You always come here and give us a lot of things, but what you change is only some skins and mountain herbs. In fact, the old man knows that you must lose money if people eat horses, but now it''s different. There are treasures in our deep mountains! I didn''t expect the mountains around us In, there was iron ore! "

Zhang Ergou smiled bitterly and said, "well... Village head, it''s a great crime to sell salt and iron privately. Even if you get it out, I don''t dare to take it."

That said, his eyes lit up.

Hundreds of miles around here, there are many towns and villages. The most lacking is salt and iron!

If you can get iron from here, you can avoid the big city and finish the business directly. The profit... Naturally, it is considerable! After all, the more scarce things are, the more precious they are. This is the only way for merchants.

The village head smiled and said, "others can''t, but the second master must be able."

"Old village head, I can''t afford it."

While playing haha, he immediately went to a blacksmith workshop, picked up an iron square, looked at it, weighed it twice in his hand, and his eyes were even brighter!

The reason why he said at the first time that he couldn''t eat the business was not that he was afraid of selling salt and iron, but that there were no good things in the mountain valley. Even if it was iron, it was just iron ore, which could not be made into iron, or the refined iron was waste iron and could not do anything at all, so it was worthless.

The scrap iron, frankly speaking, is rusty in three or two days, and then it can be broken directly by hand.

He once sold a batch of such ironware. It was called a tragedy. When the caravan was halfway there, it found that the things were useless. Zhang Ergou was hurt.

"Village head, did you refine this iron square?"

The village head smiled and said, "of course, that''s it. What do you think? Can you sell it?"

"Yes, of course!"

Zhang Ergou was not hypocritical now. He quickly asked, "I haven''t heard of iron ore here for so many years, and I don''t know you can make iron. What''s the matter? I haven''t come here for four months. Hey, everything has changed."

He knew that the village head must have met some capable person and was pointed out.

Otherwise, who will guard Baoshan and not move for more than ten or twenty years? Just being poor here?

The village head sighed, say: "I won''t hide it from you. We took care of an able man who was injured and poisoned when he passed by. At first, we didn''t want anything in return, but we didn''t expect that he was too powerful. He turned this place into such a place in just a month or two, but now we are just familiar with it. We don''t have much iron and finished products, but there will be more of them in the future. By the way, If the second master has any customization, we can also put it forward. We can type it directly, so we don''t have to go through the blacksmith shop again. "

Zhang Ergou''s eyes narrowed.

He asked, "what a capable man!"

This seemingly rough blast furnace, and those rough tools

He is also a well-informed man. If he didn''t see it with his own eyes, he couldn''t imagine that these rags could make iron from iron ore!

That''s really a talent. If such a person doesn''t make friends, he''ll be a fool.

"I don''t know if the capable man is still here. Is it convenient for the village head to introduce him?"

The village head looked puzzled and said with a bitter smile: "Hey, he is a capable man and has something to do. He taught us so many things while recovering from the injury. After the injury, he set out before we could express our gratitude... By the way, he''s going in the direction you came. Haven''t you seen him?"

Zhang Ergou immediately recalled that he had never seen any strange people along the way.

No one seems to have gone along this trade route except their caravan.

Maybe they didn''t walk on the road at all. They missed it when they were on their way.

I can''t help feeling sorry when I think about it.