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"Where did you see it?" Lu Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.

If one could see it directly, they would be able to mine bare ore. This was simply amazing.

"It's just around here. The weather isn't cold enough yet, and the snow won't last for long. We'll check it out again tomorrow at noon." With that, Yu Mingchuan tightly held onto Lu Qing and closed his eyes.

Lu Qing was overjoyed. She cupped her hands over Yu Mingchuan's chest, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep while hugging his waist.

The next day, Luqing was awakened by the sun. Sunlight shone through the gaps in the tent, shining into her eyes.

Lu Qing stretched lazily and realized that Yu Mingchuan was already awake. He just hadn't woken up yet and was lying on his side looking at her. Of course, one of his arms was still under her head.

"The snow is beginning to melt."

Yu Mingchuan began to lift her eyebrows again.

Luqing grabbed his hand. If she kept pulling, her eyebrows would really turn bald.

"Hurry up and get up!" Luqing quickly got up. She hadn't taken off her clothes at all when she had camped in the wild. She got up and put on her fox fur coat.

However, Yu Mingchuan still held her down and combed her hair back into a ponytail.

After hurriedly eating some rations, the group of people started to search for traces of charcoal.

As Yu Mingchuan had said, they found the first coal at noon when the sun was strong.

The coal scraps on the surface of the ground, along with the snow water flowing downwards, dyed the snow black.

Luqing had the hammer dug up to see.

After digging a few times, he saw that the coal underneath was extremely smooth and shiny. The quality of the coal was not bad either. Lu Qing smiled until his eyes curved up.

After that, the group continued their work and found more open air coal. From the looks of it, it should be enough for them to dig for a while.

While it was still early in the morning, Lu Qing asked Yu Mingchuan to take her to see Jing Tie Mountain. Yu Mingchuan did not know where it was, so Lu Qing drew on the snow according to the map in his head.

It only took them two hours to reach the North River, which was the branch of the Black River that crossed Mount Qilian.

This was the pass, and both sides were filled with iron ore!

In the future, it would become one of the largest iron mines in China, but now it was still a steep mountain pass that no one cared about.

Feeling the lines of veins on the wall, Lu Qing's smile became even more brilliant.

The mountain pass was filled with fault structures. Iron ore and quartz rocks, marble, and even several jade veins were layered over each other, extending over hundreds of miles. If they were to mine iron ore here, not only would they harvest iron ore, but also jade!

No, it could also be used to make glass. Those quartzite could not be wasted.

As he thought of this, Lu Qing almost drooled.

However, they did not dare to treat this little girl as a fool in their hearts. She had produced the best salt, and she even put on shoes for their horses. From then on, they no longer had to worry about the horses' hooves cracking.

Even their food had been improved by her. The bad stews from before had never appeared again.

Not only was she not stupid, she was also very smart.

That was why their boss doted on her so much. It was worth it!

Seeing the doubtful expression on the group of people's faces, Lu Qing didn't say anything more. Instead, he eagerly ran to Yu Mingchuan's side, hung his neck, and pulled his head down.

She whispered to Yu Mingchuan what she knew about the ore's use.

Yu Mingchuan's beautiful eyes grew brighter and brighter. After he finished listening, he lifted up Lu Qing.

"The heavens have treated me quite well. They actually sent you here, hahahaha …"