"With so much cassava, we don't have to worry about surviving this winter."
"Not to mention this winter, we can hold out until next spring's harvest. Hopefully, we'll have a good winter wheat harvest then."
"Chief Gu is truly a lucky star for us all. Every time she leads the way, we find many good things. With her around, our wheat harvest is sure to be bountiful."
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While everyone praised Jiang Tangtang, their hands didn't linger at all; some had already nimbly dug out a nest of cassava.
Everyone was amazed when they saw the huge cassava tubers that had been dug up.
As before, after cleaning the cassava, everyone habitually buried the tree stumps in the ground.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Tangtang quickly said, "This time, we don't need to bury the tree stumps. We can take these stumps back to the valley to plant them, which will make it easier to dig them up in the future."
The main discovery, made through scanning systems, is that this area also contains various minerals underground. If mining begins, the surface vegetation will inevitably be destroyed.
So planting on it now is a complete waste of effort.
Unaware of Jiang Tangtang's thoughts, everyone praised her, saying, "Chief Gu is so thoughtful. This place is indeed too far from the valley. I wouldn't dare to come alone without a dozen or twenty people to encourage me."
"That's right. Once they're planted in the valley, we can dig them up whenever we want, without having to gather a whole group of people to dare to go into the mountains."
"In the future, I want to plant a large area of cassava in the valley, so I can eat as much cassava as I want."
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Jiang Tangtang told everyone that cassava could be planted by sticking branches, and that they should bundle the cassava branches together so that they could carry them back and plant as many cassava plants as they wanted.
After she finished speaking, she added, "You all start digging, I'll go check other places."
When she left, Jiang Tangtang called Jiang Laowu and Jiang Laoda along with her.
No one had any objections to Jiang Tangtang not doing any work and taking the two of them away.
If it weren't for Jiang Tangtang, where would they have found such a large area of cassava?
As for why she took Jiang Laoda and Jiang Laowu with her, that goes without saying. Wasn't it dangerous for a woman to walk alone in the mountains? Wasn't it perfectly normal to take two people with her to protect her?
Jiang Tangtang had been secretly observing everyone throughout the journey. Seeing their reactions, she was quite satisfied.
After leaving the cassava field with her two older brothers, Jiang Tangtang got busy with the important matter of their trip into the mountains.
While protecting Jiang Tangtang, Jiang Laoda and Jiang Laowu diligently harvested mountain products.
Deep in the mountains, few people venture out, and the area is rich in both mountain products and medicinal herbs.
Jiang Laowu had recently studied the book Jiang Tangtang gave him and learned about many medicinal herbs. Whenever he encountered a medicinal herb he recognized, he would stop to collect it.
Jiang Laowu was very fond of the book that Jiang Tangtang had given him.
This could be said to have overturned his previous understanding.
Not only is the content in the book simple and easy to understand, but each medicinal herb is also illustrated.
Even if he doesn't recognize many of the words in the book, he can still identify the medicinal herbs based on the pictures.
Moreover, the drawings were very realistic, with many medicinal herbs depicted not only as whole plants but also as partial images.
Thinking about that book, and then looking at the girl walking ahead, sometimes examining the soil on the ground, sometimes frowning in deep thought, Jiang Laowu felt that his sister was becoming more and more mysterious.
During a break, he asked, "Little sister, are you looking for something?"
When Jiang Tangtang left, she told everyone that she was going to look around elsewhere. Everyone subconsciously assumed that she was going to see if there was any cassava or other mountain products in other places.
But judging from her behavior just now, she was clearly not looking for mountain products.
Jiang Tangtang trusted both her brothers, and with the iron ore mining project urgent, there was no need to hide it from them. So she simply told them that she was exploring for an iron ore deposit.
Of course, when she spoke, she couldn't help but make up another story, attributing the discovery of the iron ore to the gods on the mountain.
Although they already knew their sister was capable, Jiang Tangtang's words still left her two brothers stunned.
Jiang Laowu swallowed hard, his eyes widening as he asked, "Little sister, do you mean there's an iron mine here, and you want to organize everyone to come to the mountains to mine iron?"
"It's not just iron, but also copper and other minerals. Look at that green stone next to your feet, there's copper ore in it. It's green because the copper on the surface has oxidized, so it looks green."
After investigation, Jiang Tangtang discovered that mining was not particularly difficult. At least not in the early stages.
The area is rich in minerals, with many ores located on the surface of the ground. In some places, you could find a lot of ore right on the mountainside.
Jiang Tangtang was very happy with the result and unconsciously talked a little more.
The two brothers didn't know what oxidation was, but that didn't stop them from worshipping their sister.
After the worship, the two of them had some concerns.
Old Master Jiang said, "Little sister, isn't illegal iron ore mining? If word gets back to the imperial court... won't we be executed along with our entire family?"
Jiang Tangtang said, "Brother, who would know we're deep in these mountains? Besides, the world is so chaotic these days. If we really followed the imperial court's rules, we would have no way to survive long ago."
They shouldn't be more worried about their brother-in-law recruiting soldiers without permission than about him illegally mining iron ore.
Jiang Laowu nodded, "What Yaomei said is right. Anyway, we'll listen to you."
After thinking about it, Jiang realized that his sister was right and said embarrassedly, "I was confused just now and didn't quite understand."
"So, little sister, do you have a plan in mind for mining iron ore?"
Jiang Tangtang looked at the two of them and said, "If I were to entrust the iron ore mining to you, would you dare to take it on?"
Without a second thought, the two shook their heads and said, "That won't do! We know nothing about iron ore mining, how would we care about that? No way!"
"It's okay if you don't know, you can learn! Besides, I mainly came to you to find a trustworthy person to help manage the personnel. In addition to you, there are other people who will work with you to take charge of this matter."
This is essentially equivalent to setting up a mine, which requires workers, technical personnel, and human resources managers.
Jiang Tangtang wasn't being nepotistic; she had simply observed each person's character and abilities over time and felt that her two older brothers were very suitable.
Especially Brother Jiang, who was in charge of the brick kiln before. He managed the brick kiln very well.
Not only can she improve the management system she previously established based on her own practical experience, but she is also very skilled in personnel allocation.
He was also adept at resolving conflicts among the brick kiln workers.
Now that the earthen fortress has been rebuilt, the brick kiln has temporarily ceased operations. Jiang Tangtang then thought of having him manage the mine.
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