The world's first county magistrate

Chapter 95 Iron Ore Digging and Preparations

Zhang Jingming nodded, now only he knows where the iron mine is, and only he can lead the way.

"Yes, my lord."

Zhang Jinming said.

Then Zhang Jingming was at the front, Song Wei was at the back, and finally the migrant workers set off.

Almost everyone knows that the Red Fox Mountain is complex.

After rushing for a while, Zhang Jingming in front finally stopped.

Looking at the small pit that can only accommodate one person, he pointed and said, "My lord, this is where the iron mine is."

"This pit was also dug by grass-roots people."

Song Wei nodded and looked at the pit in front of him.

This pit is not very deep, it only looks like five or six meters.

Song Wei pointed to the pit and said to the migrant workers, "This is where the iron ore was discovered."

"You start digging down now. If you still don't find iron ore at a depth of seven meters, you can stop."

"Yes, my lord!"

The migrant workers said in unison.

For them, everything is the same, as long as the monthly fee remains the same, everything is easy to talk about.

Then nearly one hundred migrant workers started working.

Song Wei stood aside and watched, he was actually very nervous now.

It would be great if iron ore was indeed found.

If not, then this time I can say that I have lost a lot.

So Song Wei also prayed slightly in his heart that he must dig the iron ore.

The efficiency of one hundred migrant workers is very high.

Because it doesn't need to be too big, if someone is tired, another person will replace him, let him go slowly.

Therefore, under such high-intensity work, it didn't take long for a big pit to appear.

And the depth is still increasing.

A long time passed, and the workers had dug to a depth of four meters.

But the appearance of the iron ore is still not seen.

Seeing this, Song Wei also became nervous.

There are still three meters to the depth he set. If there is still no trace of iron ore within these three meters, then everything done today will be in vain.

On the contrary, Zhang Jingming, who discovered the iron ore, was calm and relaxed, as if he was very sure in his heart.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the migrant workers, the depth dropped another meter to a depth of five meters.

There is still no trace of iron ore.

The migrant workers continued. Suddenly, after a migrant worker's shovel went down, he found that the shovel was only halfway up, and the shovel began to struggle.

"Ok?"

The migrant workers were a little puzzled, as if they had dug something.

He took the shovel away, looked down, and found that the soil below seemed to be different.

He hurriedly shouted: "I seem to... dug it!"

Everyone stopped when the sound came out.

Instead, Song Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Song Wei went down to the bottom of the pit. No one here knew what the iron mine was like.

So only Song Wei can confirm whether this is iron ore.

Song Wei came to the side of the man and looked at the place he just shoveled.

His eyes raised slightly, and a smile appeared on Song Wei's face.

It really is iron ore!
Song Wei finally felt relieved and did not expect that there was really iron ore here.

"This is the iron mine, everyone don't move anymore, you can go back."

Song Wei said immediately.

All the migrant workers went to the ground, Song Wei said: "You can go back to the coal mine to continue digging coal now, and soon you will be paid the monthly fee, and each of you will be rewarded."

"Thank you sir!"

"My lord is the lucky star of Zhen'an County!"

"It's really Master Qingtian!"

After the migrant workers thanked you, they chattered away as they left.

Only Song Wei and Zhang Jingming were left.

"I didn't expect that there would be iron ore here. You did a good job this time. I'm very happy."

"Afterwards, the official here will send people to mine iron ore. I heard you say that you are also a blacksmith?"

Song Wei said to Zhang Jingming.

Zhang Jingming nodded: "Yes, my lord, Cao Min is indeed a blacksmith."

Song Wei nodded.

"After that, you will be in charge here, and you are also a blacksmith and are very familiar with the Iron Society."

"Thank you sir!"

Zhang Jingming was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down and said.

He knew that Song Wei was promoting him, so how could he be ignorant.

Moreover, he admired Song Wei very much, and wanted to find a position beside Song Wei, so that his monthly fee could support his family.

Song Wei actually thought more, but he didn't say it now.

Now that iron ore has been discovered, there is no need to buy large amounts of iron.

Because the discovery of iron ore was too important, Song Wei left Red Fox Mountain without stopping after returning to the village.

He also didn't greet Liu Ruyan and the leader of the red fox.

Because he didn't find these two people, and he didn't know where they went.

Song Wei and the yamen servant rushed back to the county yamen.

After returning to the county yamen, the first thing Song Wei did was to have someone tell the yamen servants who were buying iron that they no longer needed to buy iron.

Then, Song Wei sent people to secretly recruit another [-] migrant workers.

They mined iron ore, and there were not enough people in Red Fox Mountain.

Afterwards, Song Wei also informed the steel-making blacksmiths to let them rest well today, because they will go to another place to start steel-making from tomorrow.

Although the blacksmiths were very confused, they didn't think much about it.

It may be that the adults feel that this place is not safe, and they are afraid that the news about the steel will be revealed.

That's what they think.

Then Song Wei also sent people to Red Fox Mountain and asked them to build some houses between the Red Fox Village and the place where the iron mine was developed.

Because Song Wei already had several batches of bricks, cement and steel bars, Chong didn't ask them to build a simple house, but a brand new house.

This is a place specially prepared for steelmaking.

That's right, Song Wei just wanted the blacksmiths to go to Red Fox Mountain to make iron.

The coal and iron needed in this way are all by my side, which is also more convenient.

It can be said that the county government, which was already very busy, has become even busier now because of the discovery of iron ore.

But this is exactly what Song Wei also wants to see.

The people sent by Song Wei were divided into several waves and dispersed.

Soon, [-] new migrant workers were recruited.

Have someone secretly send them to Red Fox Mountain, and let them rest in the cottage first.

They were also surprised when they saw that the Red Fox Mountain was not what they thought it would be.

It turns out that Song Wei still has so many people in the Red Fox Mountain.

They were extremely curious as if they had discovered some secret.

What the hell is the magistrate doing?
Why did people like myself come to Red Fox Mountain?
All these thoughts were shattered after Li Yang explained the precautions to them.

Because everything is kept absolutely secret from the outside world, they have now become one of them.

Then there was the newly built house. Because of the drawings given by Song Wei, they built it very quickly.

It's just that we have to wait until the house is solidified and decorated, but we can't live in it yet, so when the blacksmiths came to Red Fox Mountain, they set aside the previous area for them to make iron.

Liu Ruyan naturally knew that this was all Song Wei's intention, and Li Yang was responsible for everything, she really had no interest in taking care of it.

The Red Fox people are interested in these.

Red Fox Mountain was also calm before, how could it suddenly become lively.

The leader of the red fox also frowned slightly as he watched Li Yang busy.

What is this Song Wei up to?
(End of this chapter)