Chapter 310 Qu Wenmin's Nest
Qin Guihong nodded and said, "That's right. It took me a long time to infiltrate Qu Wenmin's trusted team and gain the trust of his deputy general. Only then did I know where this place is."
Xiao Yunshuo asked, "What's hidden in here? Gold?"
When Qu Wenmin illegally mined gold, all the gold and raw stones disappeared. It was impossible for them to disappear out of thin air. Therefore, Xiao Yunshuo suspected that Qu Wenmin had hidden them away.
However, he had previously explored the general's mansions in Qingzhou City and Dingzhou City and had not found it, so he suspected that it was hidden here.
Qin Guihong turned his head and glanced at Xiao Yunshuo before saying, "Gold is just one of them. Let's sneak in first and you'll know."
As he spoke, Qin Guihong put on the human skin mask used for disguise again.
Then, the two men hunted several wild animals such as pheasants and rabbits nearby, and then took the opportunity when a guard went away to urinate to kill him.
Xiao Yunshuo changed into the man's clothes and put on the human skin mask that Qin Guihong was wearing, and walked to the entrance.
The other guards obviously knew Qin Guihong and greeted him enthusiastically.
Qin Guihong responded to each of them, handed a hare and a pheasant to the leading guard, and said, "I caught these on the way back. Let's have a snack for you brothers tonight."
The leading guard took it happily and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
Qin Guihong then said, "I caught a lot of prey today. I just happened to see this guy relieving himself, so I grabbed him and asked him to help me carry my stuff. I'd like to borrow his time for an incense stick. Is that convenient?"
The guards, having benefited from the favor and knowing that Qin Guihong was highly regarded by his superiors, naturally laughed and said, "It's no problem. We have enough people here to guard the place. Commander Zhang... look at that broken mouth. I mean, Brother Zhang, you can order him around as you please."
Qin Guihong nodded, and then took Xiao Yunshuo, who had kept his head down and remained silent, into the valley.
After entering the valley, Xiao Yunshuo was shocked by the situation in front of him.
It turns out that the valley only looks narrow at the entrance, but it becomes open and bright once you enter.
There were intricately arranged rocks across the valley, dotted between them with steaming pools of water, which looked like hot springs. The whole valley looked misty.
A group of men were swinging shovels to hit the rocks, and a big hole had been smashed into one side of the mountain wall.
Further down in the valley, several houses were built, and many porters were pushing the cut rocks into the houses on carts.
Xiao Yunshuo took a look at the things on the cart from a distance and saw that they were all yellowish-brown stones, which were somewhat similar to the gold ore he had seen in the gold mine last time.
But Xiao Yunshuo quickly realized that this was not a gold mine, but—
"Is this... yellow iron?"
Xiao Yunshuo looked at Qin Guihong in surprise, and then his expression became serious: "Could it be... Qu Wenmin is secretly making firearms?"
Although pyrite contains the word "iron" in its name, it is actually more commonly used to extract sulfur.
Sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal are the main materials used to make gunpowder and firearms.
Among them, sulfur is the most rare.
Unexpectedly, there is such rich pyrite hidden in the valley in the heart of Yanshan Mountain!
However, whether it is salt mines, gold mines, silver mines or pyrite, the mining rights belong to the imperial court. As for the production of firearms, it is naturally impossible to give the right to private individuals!
Qu Wenmin first secretly mined gold, and now he is secretly mining pyrite and privately manufacturing firearms. Any one of these is a capital crime punishable by death!
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