Chapter 257： iron ore

Qi Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows when he saw his brother carrying such a big box in, so he looked at them with all his time.

Rongxuan glanced at Qi Xiuyuan, who was smiling and said nothing, and asked with a smile, "Haoran, did Zijin bring something good for your eldest brother again?"

Qi Haoran put the box on Qi Xiuyuan's desk, Fan Zijin hurriedly moved Qi Xiuyuan's official documents and other things aside.

Feibai and Yanmo couldn't help shrinking their necks when they saw it, and they all hid outside. Young Master and the others were too daring, so they dared to move the eldest son's official documents and move a few big stones to the place. on the desk.

Sure enough, no matter how stable and capable the two sons are outside, when they arrive at the eldest son, they are still like children who have met their father.

Feibai and Yanmo looked at each other, and both felt that this metaphor was very appropriate. They both winked at each other and stood guard outside the study.

Qi Xiuyuan's eyes were more interesting, and Rong Xuan also looked at it curiously. They all thought that the two children brought Qi Xiuyuan good things, but who knew that when the box was opened, there were about ten stones in it.

Qi Xiuyuan looked at Qi Haoran, looked at his expression seriously, and made sure that he was not kidding himself.

Rongxuan coughed lightly, tried his best to hold back his smile and turned his head to the side. For a moment, he felt that his face was serious enough before he turned to face Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin, and asked, "What is this?"

Qi Xiuyuan glared at him, if he had to pretend, he had to pretend to be a little bit like. The smile in his eyes was almost overflowing.

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at his official document and asked, "I also want to know what this is."

"This is a stone," Qi Haoran looked at Qi Xiuyuan expectantly, "Brother, can't you see what this is?"

Seeing that Qi Xiuyuan was about to explode, Fan Zijin hurriedly added: "Big cousin, Haoran means that these stones may not be ordinary. Can you see what they are?"

Qi Xiuyuan said angrily: "You brought the things, you don't know, how do I know what they are?"

"Haha..." Rong Xuan couldn't help laughing anymore, he held the table and asked, "What do you think these stones are?"

Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin were a little depressed when they saw Rong Xuan smiling like this, "We thought it was ore, Mu Yangling gave me this stone and asked me what the descendants of this stone were, Zijin also said that the stone might be Iron ore..." Qi Haoran said more and more depressed, "This is an ordinary stone."

said and sat down on the chair next to him, "It made me rush to Fucheng in a hurry, I thought I found a treasure in Yishan."

Qi Xiuyuan and Rong Xuan looked at each other, put away the smile on their faces, and looked down at the stone in the box, Rong Xuan even picked up one and looked at it carefully.

Fan Zijin was originally frustrated, but seeing them like this brightened his eyes again, and looked at them with Qi Haoran expectantly.

Qi Xiuyuan was not good at these things. After reading for a long time, he couldn't see any difference. He turned to look at Rong Xuan. Rong Xuan was erudite and talented. Although he had never seen iron ore, he knew what was described in the book. He turned his hand. The stone looks exactly like what is written in the book.

He pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm not sure that this is ore now. I have to test it. Haoran, what did Miss Mu say?"

Compared with Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin, he and Qi Xiuyuan were obviously more willing to believe in Mu Yangling. Qi Haoran was a little unconvinced, but he recalled carefully: "At that time, she said that this stone looked familiar, but she was lying on it before. Accidentally slapped that stone into pieces with a slap, of course it would look familiar, and I didn't take it to heart, but she looked at those stones for a long time and asked me to bring them before parting. , let me find their descendants." Qi Haoran stared and said, "How can a stone have descendants? Is it still a stone? Unless it is an ore, it produces gold and silver or something."

Qi Xiuyuan and Rong Xuan looked at each other, Qi Xiuyuan said solemnly: "Axuan, you should test it immediately, don't spread the word about it, Haoran, how many people know about it?"

"It's just us, and Feibai and Yanmo, Mu Yangling is not included."

"Mu Yangling knows the severity and her mouth is tight. She won't say it. There is no need to instruct him there. Go and call Feibai and Yanmo in."

Qi Xiuyuan instructed Feibai and Yanmo, and left with the box of stones and Rongxuan. Qi Haoran watched them disappear eagerly, "Zijin, do you think it will be ore?"

"I don't know, but since Mu Yangling said that, it is very likely." Although he didn't like Mu Yangling, Fan Zijin had to admit her reliability.

"If it's iron ore," Qi Haoran said with saliva: "Then we don't need to ask the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household for our weapons."

"It's difficult," Fan Zijin said, "The iron ore should belong to the imperial court. Even if it is confirmed that it is iron ore, the eldest cousin may not keep it, unless," Fan Zijin looked at Qi Haoran and spit out two words, "Private mining."

Qi Haoran frowned, "Then my Fifth Battalion is not going to move?"

This silly boy, his focus is never right, Fan Zijin was so angry that he didn't want to talk to him, so he turned around and left.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Eat, you're not hungry."

Qi Haoran only then realized that it was getting dark outside and his stomach was growling. He hurriedly caught up with Fan Zijin, "I'll go too."

Qi Xiuyuan and Rong Xuan disappeared for a day and a half and then reappeared, their eyes were blood red, but their emotions were high, Qi Xiuyuan slipped Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin into the study, lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Is it iron ore, or is it an iron ore? Iron ore with a high iron content, by the way, Haoran, where did you find it?"

Rong Xuan also looked at him excitedly.

"On Fallen Cong Mountain."

"Luocongshan?" Rong Xuan's eyes brightened, and he punched: "Yes, Luocongshan is full of stones, only some weeds and low shrubs grow on the mountain, which is one of the manifestations of iron ore."

"Is the whole mountain full of iron ore?" Qi Xiuyuan asked.

Rongxuan: "I only know this after an on-the-spot investigation, Haoran, what does Miss Mu say?"

"She didn't say anything, but there are many rocks like this on the mountain."

"Very good, Xiuyuan, if the iron ore on Luocong Mountain is rich, it will be a great achievement after reporting it to the court."

Qi Xiuyuan also smiled, nodded and said, "First investigate, and then I will write the essay."

Qi Haoran was dissatisfied and said: "Why do we have to report to the court? Brother, my five battalions are at the foot of Luocong Mountain. It was so easy to build this scale. When the court comes, I will definitely have to move the place. Where can I find such a good one? where to go?"

Fan Zijin said: "Big cousin, there is some chaos in the court now. I heard that many noble families colluded with officials to mine privately. It is not certain whether this mine can fall into the hands of the court. Let’s put things aside and find out what’s going on on the mountain first.”