Farming and teaching across different worlds

Changing the subject, "Since Xiuran likes this place, let's walk along this river."

Ji Xiuran nodded in agreement, turned around and walked towards the river, not caring about bullying Jiabao.

After the family of three walked for a while, they saw an old man groping for stones in the river, and throwing the stones he picked out on the bank from time to time. Ji Xiuran took a look and found that the stones he picked up looked familiar, but he couldn't think of it for a while. When he got up, he went forward and shouted to the old man in the river: "Old man, what did you pick up?"

The old man in the river looked up at the group of them and said casually, "This is the Black Stone."

Ji Xiuran said again: "Old man, can you pick up a piece and show it to me."

The old man took a look at him and saw that they were dressed in extraordinary clothes. He knew that they were not from ordinary people, so he was not easy to offend, and his request was not difficult, so he took a black stone he had just picked up, walked ashore, and put the The stone was passed to Ji Xiuran.Ji Xiuran took it over and took a look, and it was indeed what he thought, these black stones were coal, but he did not expect coal to be produced in the river here.

"Old man, are there many black stones in your river?"

"Now the lower reaches are much less. In the past, the bottom of the river was all there, but the more you go up the mountain, the more you go, the more black stones come down from the river, and they pile up into mountains when they reach the exit. There are ferocious beasts, and few people would take risks." The old man chatted with Ji Xiuran while searching around the river beach.

"Then what's the use of picking up this black stone, old man?"

"In the past, people in the village didn't know what the black stone was used for, and no one cared about it everywhere on the river beach. But last year, a puppy in our village accidentally discovered that this black stone could be burned like firewood, and many people began to I came to the river to pick it up and burn it, but after a period of time, some people died because of inappropriate burning, and then slowly reduced the heat."

"Since it's so dangerous, old man, why do you still pick this up?"

"Hey, no one at home cuts firewood. If there is no firewood to burn in winter, they will freeze to death. And I burned this black stone last year. Isn't it all right? This year, maybe the house will be all right, so I thought about picking up some and burning it. Try it." The old man said with a sad face.

"Didn't the county distribute new improved seeds and teach everyone to build fire walls and fire pits? Didn't the old man get them at home?"

"Even if there are these, the situation of this family can't be changed in one or two years. But this year's good seeds are indeed much better than in previous years. The county magistrate is Lord Qingtian." When the old man talked about the changes in the county now, his expression was also Get better.On the other hand, when Ji Xiuran heard his last words, his face was a little embarrassed, and he quickly told the old man some things he should pay attention to when burning black stones, and then left.

After Ji Xiuran left, thinking about the old man's words just now, he felt uncomfortable. Although he knew that achieving results was not something that could be achieved in a day or two, but he couldn't bear to see those people living in hardship.Shi Jingchen saw that Ji Xiuran was not in a good mood, so he comforted him and said, "Xiuran has done a good job. If there is no Xiuran, they will have a more difficult winter this year." Little Jiabao on the side also reached out and touched Ji Xiuran. Ji Xiuran's face.

Ji Xiuran's emotions dissipated a lot just now, and he smiled and said to Shi Jingchen: "I understand, it's just that I feel a long way to go, and I'm just feeling emotional in my heart. It's okay now, but third brother, I want what the old man said Black Stone."

Shi Jingchen nodded and said, "I'll report it after I return to the camp. It's fine when I go out for training next time, or when I'm resting. I can find some time to come here and pick some up for you."

Ji Xiuran shook his head and said, "Third brother, what I want is not some, but a lot. This kind of black stone is very useful, but there is no rush. When third brother is free, just pick some up for me."

Chapter 86

Shi Jingchen didn't ask him what these black stones were for, but he promised to go to the mountain to help him pick up stones when he had time.After a period of autumn, it happens to be the time to go to the mountains to hunt wild animals. At that time, going to the mountains will not attract attention and it will be convenient to do things.

After returning, Shi Jingchen found the two brothers Liu Zhuang and Liu Qiang, and asked them to bring ten people with them, and a group of twenty or so people went up to the mountain to check the situation.The vegetation in Chongshan here is different from that in Daqingshan. The trees are thick and tall. Sometimes there will be one or two clumps of thorny shrubs and various vines on the soft ground in the forest. Compared with Daqingshan, it is much longer. More than twenty people walked up the river, and the wet stones were covered with slippery moss, which made walking more difficult, but for some well-trained soldiers, these were nothing.

Walking five or six miles inward, he saw a large pool from which all the downstream river water flowed out. Shi Jingchen raised his hand to signal to stop.The twenty or so people behind received the signal, and they all stopped in a well-trained manner, spread out, and took precautions.Shi Jingchen stepped forward to pick up a black stone on the ground, looked at it, and found that it was the kind of stone Ji Xiuran wanted, raised his head and looked at the rather large pool, it seemed that the water in the pool was quite deep, if he picked up the black stone here, it could be seen that it was very Difficult, looking at the end of the pool, the source of the water, and made another gesture, the few people scattered around got the signal, gathered in an instant, and continued to move forward.

It took some time to go around the water pool. During this period, Shi Jingchen stopped to check from time to time, and found that the stones on the shore around the water pool were almost all of this kind of black stone. After checking, he continued to go up. When he arrived at the rushing waterfall, Shi Jingchen directed the people around him to take out the ropes and climb up the five-meter-high low cliff. When he came up, his vision suddenly became clear, and he saw that the ground in the forest was basically covered with this kind of water. Black stone, and has been spreading to the depths of the forest.

Shi Jingchen probably looked around the forest, and found that the ground of the forest was basically covered with such black stones. Finally, he returned to the water's edge and continued to walk up the water. This time, he was much more careful when walking. Some paw prints of ferocious beasts were found on the ground beside them, and they were still very new. It seemed that this should be the territory of some kind of ferocious beasts, and they had to be more careful when walking here.

Liu Zhuang whispered excitedly to Shi Jingchen, "Boss, this paw print looks like a big bug. Maybe we can beat the big bug back this time."

Liu Qiang who was beside him also said excitedly: "We have a lot of people, so we can still take down this big bug when it comes."

Shi Jingchen reprimanded them softly, telling them to be more careful, but he didn't intend to stop them.

If this place is the source of the black stone, they must come and go here frequently in the future, and this place is also the territory of the beast. If the beast does not leave, they will definitely have to confront the beast head-on. For their own safety, they must not Leave this ferocious beast alone, and you must fight to the death.Thinking of this, Shi Jingchen didn't stop everyone.

But when they got to the source and saw the hole where the water flowed out, they hadn't encountered the beast yet, so they didn't know whether to say they were lucky or unlucky.

However, Shi Jingchen was very satisfied with the results of the investigation here, and he picked up two hundred catties of black stones and brought them back to Ji Xiuran.

After Ji Xiuran heard what Shi Jingchen said about the situation in the forest, he asked them to focus on safety, and he didn't ask any more questions. After a month, these people not only picked up thousands of catties of black stones from the mountain, but also brought down a tiger. I was a little dumbfounded.The adult tiger in this mountain is the overlord of the mountain, not to mention ferocious, and it is rare to see them. I don't know if these people are lucky or unlucky, they can be encountered by them.

Looking at the tiger's body, there were not many injuries, and the most deadly thing was the arrow that shot through the eye. From the way it was shot, it was obvious that Shi Jingchen did it.

They carried the big tiger all the way and were immediately surrounded by people who saw it. When they reached the gate of the county government office, there were already a lot of onlookers behind them.

When Ji Xiuran got the news, he saw Shi Jingchen and the others surrounded by everyone. Ji Xiuran cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient. Don't make noise at the gate of the county government office." Then he came out to maintain order, and then Ji Xiuran stepped forward, looked at Shi Jingchen with a smile and said helplessly in a low voice: "Third brother made such a big commotion, but it's embarrassing me."

Shi Jingchen looked at Ji Xiuran intently and said: "This is a gift from the No. 30 Second Squad of the Right Wing Army of the Dingbei Army to the county magistrate of Song County. I hope magistrate Ji will accept it."

Ji Xiuran's face was a little hot when he saw him, he tried his best to keep calm and nodded, and said in a calm voice: "The county magistrate thanked Shi Baihu and your teammates, and the county magistrate hosted a banquet to thank everyone. I also hope that Shi Baihu will show her face."

Ji Xiuran waved his hand, and someone behind him stepped forward and wanted to catch the tiger, but he was too frightened by the huge tiger to make a move. Liu Zhuang and the others saw him, stepped forward and said, "Let's come, you lead the way."

Everyone then entered the county government office.

After they left, there was a lot of discussion among the crowd, "Hey, such a big worm is really powerful."

"You didn't see that the big bug was killed by an arrow, and the archer's arrow skills are amazing."

"Such a cherished tiger was given to our county magistrate, and our county magistrate is considered powerful."

"Didn't you hear that the Dingbei Army gave it to the County Magistrate? The relationship between our County Magistrate and the Dingbei Army is really good."

"It has long been heard that our county magistrate has a backer for the Dingbei Army, and now it seems to be true."

Zhang Mian, who was hiding in the crowd, heard the discussion of the crowd, and the expression on his face was uncertain. The information he got was more accurate.