Rich and powerful

When it comes to leading troops to fight, Ye Wanqing is ashamed of herself, but she is best at playing tricks or dealing with merchants.

She had already learned last night that Lin Yun would definitely choose the path of government and business, otherwise, if he wanted to pay off the 3000 taels of silver within three years, it would undoubtedly be a dream.

On the other hand, Lin Yun didn't know that his two side wives were jealous.

He was climbing the mountain with the old village chief.

Although Niubei Mountain is not steep, it is not easy for the old village head to go up the mountain.

And Lin Yun looks young, but he has lived in the Lin family all year round and is pampered, and his physical fitness is not very good.

The two people came to the halfway up the mountain, but they were both panting.

The old village chief smiled wryly, "Mr. Lin, you are too imaginary!"

Lin Yun looked embarrassed, and said: "I made you laugh! I have never traveled far in the Lin family before, let alone climbed a mountain!"

"Hey... These days, those who work hard are fools, and only Mr. Lin's background, with courage and strategy, can achieve great things in the future!"

As soon as he mentioned his background, Lin Yun thought of those faces of the Lin family who looked down on him, turned his head to look in the direction of the mountain top, and asked, "Old village chief, who built this road up the mountain?"

"Hey... Speaking of this road, there is still some history! Back then, a lord of the Lin family led the villagers to build it. He originally wanted to plant some fruit trees on Niubei Mountain so that the villagers could have an extra harvest. Who would have thought ...Hey, the environment on the top of Niubei Mountain is very harsh, although the terrain is flat, the land is so barren that it is impossible to grow any crops!"

Li Xiaoshan suddenly realized, playing with taste: "Of course! However, what you always said is not accurate. The environment of Niubei Mountain is indeed bad, but it is not barren!"

The old village chief frowned first, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and said, "What does Mr. Lin mean?"

He wasn't stupid either. Lin Yun mentioned Niubei Mountain over and over again, and he couldn't wait to go up the mountain just after suppressing the bandits, which must have a deep meaning.

Lin Yun stretched his waist and said, "Let's continue!"

The old village chief followed immediately.

"Actually... the strange rocks you've been talking about are treasures in my opinion! These stones can be smelted into iron. Although I'm not sure how much Niubei Mountain has reserves, it must be quite a lot!"

Lin Yun talked eloquently, but he didn't see that the old village chief was already stunned and froze in place.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?"

Lin Yun turned around and saw the old village head staring at him blankly.

He swallowed hard again: "Mr. Lin, you just said that these stones can be turned into iron? Isn't pig iron mined directly?"

"This... I can't explain it in a few words!"

It turns out that iron in this world is naturally formed. When people discovered that iron was hard enough, they developed a superficial forging process. After heating pig iron, it was forged into various weapons and agricultural tools.

However, because the forging process and iron-making technology are too primitive, the quality of the forged weapons is very low, and the blades often break on the battlefield.

They don't know the existence of iron ore at all, not to mention that there are hematite ore all over Niubei Mountain. This kind of ore is of extremely high quality. If Lin Yun can refine it, it will bring huge wealth.

At that time, let alone paying off the debts, he can completely turn around and live the life of a rich man.

Soon, the two came to the top of the mountain.

Sure enough, as the old village head said, the top of the mountain is flat, but it is bare, not even weeds.

After observing the surrounding environment, Lin Yun squatted down, picked up a handful of sand from the ground, put it on the tip of his nose, sniffed it, and murmured, "It really is sulfur!"

At this time, the old village chief squatted down curiously, looked at the sand in his hand, and asked, "Mr. Lin, what are you talking about? What is sulfur?"

Lin Yun stood up, sprinkled the sand in his hands on the ground, and said, "Nothing! Let's go over there and have a look!"

Seeing where Lin Yun was going, the old village head quickly stopped him and said, "Young Master Lin, you can't go there!"

"Oh why?"

"There is a quicksand pool there, and anyone who approaches will be swallowed by the loose quicksand! When the road up the mountain was built, some unsuspecting villagers were swallowed by the quicksand pool!"

Lin Yun nodded, and walked forward cautiously. When he saw a crimson sand pool in front of him, he was suddenly ecstatic.

"Ha ha!!"

The old village chief looked puzzled. Lin Yun said too many things that he couldn't understand along the way, but he didn't dare to ask further questions and could only stare blankly.

"Mr. Lin, what are you laughing at?"

"These are all red iron sand!"

"Red iron sand? Could it be iron?"

Lin Yun shook his head slowly, tore off a large piece of his robe, grabbed a handful of red iron sand wells, and wrapped them in sand containing sulfur.

"Okay, let's go down the mountain!"

He took these two samples away, and he wanted to go back and study them carefully, it would be best to try them first.

Back in the village, Lin Yun was immediately surrounded by dozens of children.

There were women and men all around, all looking at him kindly.

Lin Yun swept across the crowd and smiled. He knew that it must be his previous performance that finally moved everyone.

At this time, a woman came forward with a basket and said, "Mr. Lin, thank you for suppressing the bandits in the village! Everyone misunderstood you before! The dried fish and a few eggs in this basket were cobbled together by the villagers. , things are worthless, please accept them with a smile!"

"Yes! Please accept Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Lin, you are the benefactor of our Niubei Village!!"

The villagers expressed their gratitude to Lin Yun in every word.

Lin Yun dragged the basket back, and said with a smile: "Everyone, you don't have to be so polite! I know that your life is also very hard! You should keep these foods for yourself! And... I, Lin Yun, have said before, never From the day I entered the village, I have been a member of Niubei Village, just like everyone else, I am just an ordinary person!"

"If I have to say something different, it is that I promise everyone that I will completely change the people's livelihood in Niubei Village in the shortest possible time! Just taking advantage of today's crowds, I will set another small goal. Inside, I not only want to feed and clothe everyone, but also have surplus food for every family!"

Everyone has seen Lin Yun's methods before, and he is definitely not a big talker, so their eyes are brightened.

At this time, the old village chief applauded first, followed by thunderous applause.

It even attracted the three women in the mansion.

They also heard the small goal set by Lin Yun, and they were all surprised.

Ye Wanqing said helplessly: "My husband is becoming more and more like a magic stick!"

She also had to admit that Lin Yun's eloquence was very good. In the previous few times, even she, who had been in the National Academy of Scholars all the year round, could be easily infected by his emotions, let alone these villagers who lived at the bottom.

They are too eager to have a leader who can lead everyone to live a prosperous life.

Wu Na pursed her lips and said: "The word "magic stick" should be given to you! The National Scholars Academy you were in before was full of a group of people who were full and had nothing to do, so they knew that they were fighting openly and secretly, and they didn't care about the people's feelings at all! Not to mention the sufferings of the people at the bottom. !"