Ye Huaichen found the location of the iron mine in the mountainous area adjacent to three counties, and the two of them rode white tigers into the mountains.

"Your Highness, young lady." Tianquan has been working outside for the past few days.

"Tianquan, I haven't seen you for two days. Thank you for your hard work." Mu Chaochao greeted Tianquan.

"Thank you, young lady, for your consideration. This is the location that my subordinates found." The place where they are located is remote and has few human traces, so it is the best place to find the iron mine.

Mu Chaochao nodded, motioning for everyone to step back, and then released the mine. Seeing a mountain appear in the empty space in front of them, the guards still looked at Mu Chaochao in wonder.

After Mu Chaochao released the mine, he stopped caring about the mining. Ye Huaichen and Su Linyuan took over the rest.

Soldiers and excess labor from the disaster-stricken villages were assigned to mines. Fifty elderly, orphans, widows, children, and young girls were assigned to cook in the mines, totaling 800 people.

The people were very excited with mining tools. During the drought, they were very grateful to be able to make money, which solved their hardships in life.

"Dear soldiers and civilians involved in mining, I have a request that I hope everyone can strictly abide by, that is, pay attention to safety.

If you find a collapse, you must report the retreat immediately. The other deputy generals have already told you. The only thing I said is to pay attention to safety and act now. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." The people were very motivated and cooperated well with the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, the number of people is quite large. It may be possible to dig it out in less than half a year."

"It's okay, one day is one day, who knows when it will rain." Duan Boyuan considered the interests of the soldiers, but Su Linyuan disagreed.

The working hours of the miners are according to the time schedule given by Mu Chaochao, which is two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon.

At lunch, Honglian Luwu came over to guide the cooking. The miners were overworked and the physical work was very demanding. The cooking here was not enough.

Most of the Mu family were outside, and the chef was not here either. The chef from the palace was arranged to go to the Mu family, and Uncle Zhong was most happy.

"It's rice. I thought I could only eat porridge."

"It's really rice. Hurry up, there are many people queuing up behind you."

"Everyone eats rice, but we must cherish every grain." Supervisor Yang Commander Shi said.

"Yes, sir, we understand."

"There are three dishes and one soup for each person. If the soup and rice are not enough, you can make more. Come over here and get the dishes." Honglian said.

"There's meat, such a big piece of meat, thank you girl." Mu Chaochao's custom-made bowl was very big and contained a lot of vegetables.

Even though there were fifty people serving food, Honglian's hands felt sore after a while.

"Miss Honglian, thank you for your hard work. You can take a rest and I'll do it!" Duan Boyuan said.

"Sir Lieutenant-General, you go ahead and eat. I'm fine." Honglian was already holding a spoon in both hands.

"Miss Honglian, your hands are trembling, let me do it." Duan Bo couldn't see it from a distance and stretched out his hand to hold it. Honglian didn't let go, and the two of them held hands together.

The two looked at each other for a long time. The soldiers in line looked at them and neatly said: "We are almost full from eating dog food."

The word dog food comes from the fact that the last time Mu Chaochao was in the military camp, he met a soldier who had an injured leg and was using a cane to feed military dogs. Mu Chaochao met this dog lover.

Seeing that his legs and feet were inconvenient, he grabbed him to check his injuries and chatted about the other meaning of "dog food". Now all the men in the military camp know that dog food has another meaning.

After the two of them came to their senses, Hong Liansong took action, and Duan Boyuan said sternly: "Keep your mouths shut, and don't talk nonsense."

"We didn't see anything." Another neat voice said.

"Sigh." It's boring in the military, and every little thing will be spread and turned into a story.

"Miss Honglian, I've caused trouble for you." Duan Boyuan looked at her apologetically.

"It's nothing." Honglian didn't understand why he said he was involved.

Who doesn't know that Vice General Duan died on the battlefield because he was afraid of swords and swords? He was about the same age as King Beilin and was still unmarried.

Duan Boyuan had never looked at a girl for so long. He guessed that what happened today would be spread throughout the military camp.

Mu Chaochao took Bai Xiaoli and rode Dabai for a walk in the forest. He had not gone out to hunt for treasures since the disaster.

"Xiaoli, do you feel so good, baby?"

The salinized soil makes it impossible to find many medicinal materials except pasture. There are few people here, there is underground water flow, and the pasture has not dried up. .

"Zhizhi..." Dabai walked further into the depths, and Bai Xiaoli suddenly called out.

"I found something good." Mu Chaochao's eyes lit up, "Dabai, hurry up and take a look."

"Roar!" Dabai roared and ran away quickly.

When it stopped in front of a mountain, Mu Chaochao guessed that it might be a mine. When he pulled out the soil on the surface, white crystals appeared. Mu Chaochao first thought of salt and licked his hand with his tongue. Sure enough, it was salty.

"I'm afraid the northwest is about to rise." Mu Chaochao looked at a large mountain.

Salt occupies a very important position in ancient times. The imperial court controlled the salt mines, and salt was sold at a high price. Common people ate coarse salt, which contained many impurities and had a bitter taste. One kilogram of salt cost ten cents. Mu Chaochao The refined salt you buy costs hundreds of cents, and this is the price in salt-producing areas.

The price of transporting it to distant areas would be several times higher, and even most of the officials on duty at the yamen could not afford it.

Therefore, some businessmen have started selling illegal salt. Selling illegal salt is very risky. If they are caught selling it, they will be treated as treason. However, they can make a lot of money by selling salt. Some businessmen are doing illegal salt business with their heads high.

In ancient times when farming was the mainstay, no matter how well the government governed or how wealthy the people were, life was not easy.

"Dabai, please summon the king to come over!" The king stayed by Ye Huaichen's side.

"Ho ho ho..." Dabai nodded, opened his mouth and roared to the sky.

The sound that reached the iron mine was very quiet, but the people digging didn't hear it. The king who was lying on the ground stood up and walked towards Ye Huaichen.

Ye Huaichen yelled at him and walked in front of him. Ye Huaichen understood instantly.

"You and Uncle Wang will discuss and arrange the rest of Tianquan's affairs." After saying that, he sat on the king's back.

When Ye Huaichen arrived, Mu Chaochao was sitting cross-legged on the big rock watching three little white tigers and little white raccoons playing.

"Sister Chaochao, did you find something good?" Ye Huaichen looked at her leisurely look and smiled.

"Well, Brother Chen, look!" Mu Chaochao pointed at the mountain.

"Is it a mine?" A mountain can only be a mine.

Ye Huaichen reached out and touched it. There were white crystals and red crystals.

"It's a salt mine! Sister Chaochao, the position of the richest man has been obtained." Ye Huaichen said with a smile, the entire northwest economy is in Mu Chaochao's hands, and everything is ready to be prospered just around the corner.

"Isn't it true that only the imperial court can mine salt mines?" Mu Chaochao gave the mining rights to the iron mines to the imperial court, and Ye Huaichen arranged to make weapons.

"I decide that this salt mine belongs to your name." The wife's things naturally belong to their Ye family.

"Haha, okay, then dig and extract salt at the same time, doesn't it mean that there are too many people digging iron ore? It will be used in the salt mine." Mu Chaochao was already planning how to operate it.

King Beilin heard that Mu Chaochao had found the salt mine and was very proud. This was his daughter, who was like a treasure. With her help, the northwest might be as good as the south of the Yangtze River in the future.

Su Linyuan sent half of the people from the iron mine to come here. Mu Chaochao gathered these people together and lectured:

“Folks, although there is a drought in the northwest, God has pointed out another path for us. I hope everyone can do their job well and be meticulous in every step.

If you do a good job, you can enjoy a 20% discount on Chaoxiyunong's products. Can you do this? "

"We can do it." the people shouted.

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