"Girl is such a good knife technique..." The soldiers flattered them one after another.

Someone stood high and shouted: "Miss Jieqiong, marry me, I'll take you to kill the enemy!"

"Girl, don't pay attention to that silly. A talent like me is worth marrying..."

"Hey, get out of here."

The soldiers are all illiterate and do not pay attention to etiquette. If you like it, you will like it. If you want to marry, you will dare to say it out. It is really straightforward.

Several soldiers were crowded together, and due to the military rules that private fights were not allowed in the army, they did not dare to beat their rivals with their fists, but there was no problem with using their bodies to squeeze them. Several people were crowded and wanted to squeeze others down. As a result, the crowd affected everyone around them, so a large number of soldiers squeezed to the east and to the west, and the scene was in chaos.

Xue Hongqi was shocked: "Just her horsemanship...just this sword technique? Why can I get so much applause? When I went up to practice, only the Grand Marshal, the monkey, was sarcastic, and no one praised me for a moment."

Of course, she still didn't say a word, that is, in terms of appearance, I am not much different from her. Although I am a few years older, my figure is better than her. Why did countless people propose to her as soon as she appeared? I can't get married yet?

Poor Xue Hongqi was so blood was about to spit out.

As a result, only Xu Renjie walked over to pay attention to her. Xu Renjie whispered in her ear: "If you are bad, it's so bad."

"Is there any mistake to be awesome?" Xue Hongqi was confused.

"You are like a tigress. Even if you change into this rabbit skin, you will still be a tigress wearing only rabbit skin. The one there is a little white rabbit. Even if you wear your tiger clothes, she is still a little white rabbit... This man, more people like white rabbits..." Xu Renjie said earnestly.

Xue Hongqi was dissatisfied and defended: "Brother Wang doesn't like the little white rabbit!"

"That's right, he likes chimpanzees, and they don't have the same relationship with tigress." Xu Renjie spread his hands.

Xue Hongqi had nothing to say, only the strength left to hum.

At this time, Li Jieqiong had already got off the horse and ran to Xue Hongqi. She was a little shorter than Xue Hongqi, but not much shorter. When she was rescued, she held Xue Hongqi's waist like a child and buried it in Xue Hongqi's arms. She looked very weak at that time. But after standing up straight, she was actually quite a girl. Now she was no longer convenient to bury her in Xue Hongqi's arms, so she hugged behind her and asked carefully: "Sister Hong, how did I just practice?"

"No!" Xue Hongqi shook his head and said, "Why is this called practicing horse riding? I'll find a rope tomorrow. Tie your legs on the horse's back and let the horse run, so that you can feel what it feels like to ride a horse."

"So it won't work?" The girl's face dimmed.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Xue Hongqi quickly advised: "But it's good to be like this for the first time. Other daughters fell down when they get on the horse. You can stay on it for a while. This shows that you are talented. As long as you practice well, you will be able to ride on the running horse soon."

"Ah, that's great!" Li Jieqiong then raised her pressing face: "I want to practice kung fu as soon as possible so as to kill the thief to take revenge."

At this time, the soldiers around began to cheer: "Sister, marry me, I will help you get revenge!"

"Isn't it just a rampant wolf? We beat him up and told him to call him dad every time."

Xue Hongqi felt extremely melancholy as he heard these cheers, and couldn't help but say so sourly: "You have been in the limelight now. There are so many good men who like you, should you choose a marriage?"

"No!" Li Jieqiong said in an extremely serious tone: "Men are all villains, traitors, bastards... I will never get married in my life, so I will follow my sister to kill the enemy."

Hello...What do you mean? Xue Hongqi is heartbroken. Does your meaning mean that I will never marry for the rest of my life and can only use a knife to cut people's lives?

She really had nothing to say about this little girl, so she wouldn't talk to her. She held her hand and walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and talked about some topics: "Brother Zhu. Dali has not enough iron. I have recruited hundreds of new soldiers, not enough iron to make spear tips for them. Now they are all playing with wooden sticks. Do you have more people here?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. The Ming Dynasty implemented the official system of salt and iron. Although they could obtain a lot of official iron by relying on the county town they controlled, it was unrealistic to rely on this amount of supply to arm the army. In fact, the court calculated the iron supply of each county and every prefecture very seriously, just to prevent people from using them to build weapons and armor during rebellion. Although Zhu Yuanzhang also contacted the group of private salt and iron dealers back then, the little iron they transported by carts was far from enough.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh: "It's time to think of a way to solve the iron problem. If we continue like this, we will not be able to grow stronger. We have to take advantage of..." He originally wanted to take advantage of the precious time of the imperial court to deal with the Thirty Gate Camp to develop the strength of his own army as soon as possible, but he couldn't say this to Li Jieqiong. The little girl who just escaped from the thief's nest had serious scars in her heart. She had to know that these people around her were all thieves, and she was afraid she would be scared to death.

"What should I take advantage of?" the little girl asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to say: "We have to try our best to improve the combat effectiveness of our militia before the arrival of the thief army, so that we can kill the thief and protect the family."

"Then let's ask the government for iron!" the little girl said naively: "Aren't we a militia that kills thieves? The government should support us."

Everyone laughed, this little girl was really naive.

Although the little girl didn't understand very much, she could tell from the expressions of the three of them that she had said something wrong. She tilted her head, thought about it carefully, and then whispered: "If I don't get iron through the government, I have a way."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang, Xue Hongqi and Xu Renjie were moved at the same time.

The little girl said softly: "My hometown, that is, to the south of Yuling Town, is the Lu Mountains. There are many 'mine thieves' in the mountains. These 'mine thieves' often come out of the mountains in groups and sell private irons to the townsmen. We can buy them."

"Lu's Mountain Area?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly woke up and remembered that Lu's Mountain Area was actually not far from here. It was opposite Tongguan. Yuling Town drilled into the mountains southward. (that is, the location of Lu's County in later generations) Here, "the mountains are built to create the sky, and the teeth are separated from the toes" are very dangerous.

Usually, there will be a bandit in the mountains with dangerous terrain. The Lu family mountain area is no exception. There are farmers who have always lived in it. They rely on private mining to make a living. They often bring mines out of the mountains to sell them privately in exchange for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The court gave them a name called "Mine Thieves". Because these "Mine Thieves" are relatively low-key and never robbed their families, the government turned a blind eye to them and was too lazy to deal with them. They have established roots in the Lu family mountain area for several generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who has looked at history, knew that this group of mine thieves had never been taken into view by people and could not be recorded in any records. It was not until Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were chased into the Lu family mountain area by officers and soldiers that Qingshi finally recorded a note for these "mine thieves". How did they remember it? In fact, when these mine thieves saw the rebels coming, they actively joined the rebels and acted as guides, leading Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong through the Lu family mountain area, got rid of the siege of the court, and beat the court with a full head.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Li Zicheng, the mine thief is not used to lead the way. Your usage is wrong!"

"Hmm? What are you talking about with Baby Zhu?" Xue Hongqi asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Zhu Yuanzhang was excited: "Little Sister Jieqiong, the information you provided is very good, our iron ore is located there."

"Ah? Can I help me if I say it?" Li Jieqiong was overjoyed. She wanted to contribute to the "killing thieves" and always wanted to help do something. Now she provided useful information and was in a good mood.

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully recalled the geographical map of the mountains and rivers in his mind. He knew exactly where the Lu family mountain area was, so he ordered: "Master Marshal, go and notify Li Chujiu, and put out the grain from the warehouse. I want to bring the grain to exchange for iron..."

"How much food should be prepared?" Xu Renjie asked.

"Well... let's get a few thousand stones first, and then prepare the second batch after the way is opened." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered casually: "By the way, send someone to notify Pinxin Sanlang to prepare for ordering the boat. Our food will be launched from Chengcheng and transported to the vicinity of Yuling Town."

Xu Renjie took the order and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood. If someone had reminded him a year ago that there was an iron ore in the Lu Mountains, he could only listen and stare at that time. There was no excess grain to be used as exchange. However, last year, the potatoes were planted to achieve a bumper harvest, and a large amount of potatoes would be planted every year. After the grain problem was solved, the excess grain could be used for strategic resources. Only then did he finally feel like he was on the right path.

At this time, the little girl Li Jieqiong suddenly said, "Teacher Zhu, I'm going to buy iron this time, please bring me with me."

"Hmm? What are you going to do?"

"I...I want to go and see the home of Yuling Town..." The girl's expression was a bit dim.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened. After a while, he nodded slowly and agreed to the girl's request.

Li Jieqiong was overjoyed and quickly turned around and grabbed Xue Hongqi and said, "Sister will accompany me."

"What? Sister is busy...I won't go." Xue Hongqi doesn't like climbing mountains. In fact, there are no cavalry in the world who likes climbing mountains, especially when walking with a little white rabbit like Li Jieqiong, who is very popular among men, she feels very stressed.

But the little white rabbit urgently needs the protection of the tigress and begged bitterly: "Sister, don't worry, throw me into the middle of a large group of terrifying men?"

"this……"

"Sister, go together... go..." The little girl's coquettish act was even more difficult to deal with than the enemy's swords and guns.
Chapter completed!