The next morning.
Lu Jingxuan and others had gathered and were ready to return to Jingchao, but they received a notice from Pei Yun that they would not leave today and would stay for another day. He did not tell them the reason, but since Pei Yun said they had to stay for another day, they decided to stay.
At this time, Pei Yun, Aina, and Leng Qingqiu had already ridden their horses to the Black Stone Tribe.
"Brother Pei, it's that mountain."
When they were almost at the Black Rock Tribe, Aina pointed to a big mountain in the distance.
Pei Yun nodded.
Soon, the three of them went up the mountain road. It must be said that the horses in southern Xinjiang are short, but if they are really capable, they can climb this kind of mountain road.
After passing through a jungle, a stream appeared in front of them. Aina dismounted and led Pei Yun to a protruding rock beside the stream.
"Brother Pei, I am the one who scraped the frost off this rock."
Ayi Na said as she pointed under the rock.
Pei Yun squatted down and scraped off some white substance with a knife. After careful observation, he confirmed that this was saltpeter, and its purity should be very high.
He raised his head and looked upwards towards the stream, and saw that the rock walls beside the stream were covered with similar white lines.
"This... this is a saltpeter vein."
Pei Yun's voice was a little excited. Yesterday, Aina told him that this was scraped off the rock, and he thought it was scattered crystals. Now he knows that this is a saltpeter vein mine.
Leng Qingqiu frowned slightly. Saltpeter vein mine? What is that?
The owner seemed very excited. Aren't these just some white stones? Could they be eaten as food?
With Aina around, she didn't dare to ask, otherwise she would seem uneducated.
Pei Yun calmed down, put his hands on Ayi Na's shoulders, and said seriously: "Ayi Na, I need your help."
"Brother Pei, your business is my business."
"Does the Black Rock Tribe have iron mines?" Pei Yun asked.
Aina nodded.
"So they know how to mine ore, right?"
"Well, iron ore was found in the tribe, and copper ore was mined by the Blackrock Tribe."
"That's good. I need them to help me mine the saltpeter. Once the trade route is established, you can have the Black Rock Tribe transport the saltpeter to the trading location. I will send someone to trade."
Ayi Na shook her head and said, "Brother Pei, what's the point of trading? I'll have them mine it and give it directly to you."
Pei Yun smiled and pinched Ayi Na's face. "You don't know how important these saltpeter are to me. It's not good to let the Black Stone Tribe work for nothing. Just do as I say. Let's temporarily set the price at one catty and one tael of silver."
"One pound of silver!"
Aina widened her eyes. This frost was worthless here. It was only used when making medicinal powder. Normally, no one would want it even if they gave it away as a gift.
Pei Yun now says that a pound of white frost can be sold for one or two taels of silver. This is too valuable.
Leng Qingqiu was also a little confused. In her opinion, the owner must have lost his mind to spend one or two taels of silver to buy a pound of stone.
Anyway, she didn't see anything special about this white stone.
Pei Yun then said, "Of course, if you don't want money, we can also barter. Anyway, the saltpeter you mine can only be given to me. In addition, there are so many mountains in your southern Xinjiang, maybe there is saltpeter in other places. You can mobilize the tribe to look for it. After you mine it, I will take as much as you can."
Aina nodded and said, "Okay, I will mobilize the tribe to look for it."
Pei Yun said no more and started to scrape saltpeter. He had to get some more to take back and then prepare the gunpowder. When Aina saw Pei Yun scraping the saltpeter, she followed suit.
bass--!
A crisp sword sound suddenly rang out, and the long sword in Leng Qingqiu's hand was unsheathed. With a flash of cold light, the sword tip was as fast as lightning, and it instantly cut through the rock wall!
Swish, swish, swish!
The sword flashed continuously, so fast that the trace was almost invisible. The tip of the sword accurately cut through the saltpeter vein, and large pieces of white crystals fell like snowflakes, several times faster than Pei Yun scraping with a knife!
Then Leng Qingqiu sheathed his sword, looking indifferent, as if he had done something insignificant.
Uh~
Pei Yun looked at the white crystals that Leng Qingqiu had picked off, and suddenly realized that he was being clumsy in scraping with the knife.
I didn't expect Leng Qingqiu's swordsmanship could be used in mining. It really broadened my horizons.
It was also the first time that Aina saw Leng Qingqiu's swordsmanship and she was equally shocked. She had never seen such a fast sword. If it was used to kill her, she probably wouldn't even have time to react.
I originally thought that Brother Pei brought this beautiful sister with him to serve as a bed warmer, but I didn't expect that she was such a capable person.
"Is that enough? If not, I'll give you some more."
Leng Qingqiu spoke.
"That's enough. That's enough."
Leng Qingqiu has shaved off dozens of kilograms of mushrooms. He brought a basket with him when he came, but he doesn't know if he can put it all in.
By the time the three of them came down from the mountain and returned to the royal court, it was almost evening. They had no choice but to stay one more night and leave tomorrow.
Aina was naturally very happy, as she could go and help Brother Pei get rid of the love poison in the evening.
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Shudu Palace.
After listening to the report from the Black Feather Guard, Xiao Cheng was slightly stunned.
The plague didn’t even kill Pei Yun. Is luck that long?
He frowned. According to the Black Feather Guard's description, Pei Yun helped southern Xinjiang control the plague, so there should be no problem with mutual trade.
Lu Jingxuan is such a loser, he can't even handle such a small thing, and yet he says he is a top-notch master. What a bullshit.
According to Xiao Cheng's idea, if Pei Yun died, he could let Lu Jingxuan take over Pei Yun's position and then open up trade with the Nanman, then the credit would still belong to him, Xiao Cheng.
After all, Lu Jingxuan is his man. If Lu Jingxuan makes a contribution, it is he, Xiao Cheng, who has made a contribution.
As for Pei Yun's death in Nanman, if the emperor asked about it, he could just find a random excuse to get away with it.
Now Pei Yun is not dead and has signed a trade agreement with the Nanman. Although I have the credit for recommending him, my original purpose has not been achieved.
My son-in-law is really lucky!
"You haven't been exposed."
Xiao Cheng asked.
The Black Feather Guard shook his head. They poisoned the food at night and were sure that no one would notice them.
"Go down first."
The Black Feather Guard bowed and retreated.
Xiao Cheng rubbed his eyebrows. Since he was not exposed, he did not have a falling out with Pei Yun.
Pei Yun didn't know that he was the one who spread the plague.
Should we notify the border troops and kill Pei Yun and his men when they enter the border town? It seems that this is the only way to get rid of Pei Yun at the moment.
Pei Yun and his men only had 200 men, and there was no way they could be a match for the border troops.
Thinking of this, Xiao Cheng wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Zhou Su, asking him to send someone to pay attention to the situation in southern Xinjiang. If Pei Yun was seen, he should send his confidants to kill him.
The commotion cannot be too big. After all, Pei Yun is now an envoy of the imperial court. If the news leaks out, there will be trouble later.
Pei Yun, Pei Yun, I admired you very much and even married my daughter to you, but you don’t want to use me, so I can’t keep you.
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