Ang Lee walked along the mountain path until they reached the territory of the Ge Tribe. Along the way, he didn't find any guards, which meant that these people were well hidden. Since Ang Lee couldn't find any trace of them with his binoculars, Duan Jianhan's men wouldn't be able to find them either. Therefore, as long as these guys dared to come and cause trouble, the guards could immediately kill them all.
"Where did you deploy the soldiers? I didn't find any trace of them along the way."
Ang Lee looked at Chen Long and asked.
Chen Long smiled, "So Assistant Minister Li is looking for my soldiers! I thought you were admiring the scenery on both sides of the road. Don't worry! They're all well hidden. Moreover, they're hidden separately. They're smaller targets and less likely to be found. "
Ang Lee nodded, "As long as they're well hidden. I believe this time we can lure out Duan Jianhan's men and kill them all."
The strength of the Ge Tribe was similar to that of the Lu Tribe, but much weaker than the Jiang Tribe. If the two tribes united, they would be slightly stronger than the Jiang Tribe. The Ge Tribe also had a stone city and three strongholds, which was the same as the Lu Tribe.
After seeing the poverty of the Jiang and Lu Tribes, Ang Lee felt that the Western Detention Area was probably the same. However, after entering the territory of the Ge Tribe, Ang Lee suddenly found that he was too optimistic. The Ge Tribe looked poorer than the Jiang and Lu Tribes. The land here was more barren, and the harvest in agriculture was not as good as the Jiang and Lu Tribes.
"I didn't expect the Ge Tribe to be poorer than the Lu Tribe. Look at the clothes of these people. They're so shabby. Everyone's clothes have been worn for almost ten years."
Ang Lee looked at the people who were doing farm work in the distance.
The people of the Ge Tribe sighed.
Chen Long nodded, "Assistant Minister Li is right. The Ge Tribe is indeed poorer than the Lu Tribe. Who knows how poor the smaller tribes are? Maybe it's because our Tang dynasty is too rich, so we're not used to it when we suddenly come here. Maybe the people here have already adapted. They don't care about poverty. Although they're dressed poorly, everyone's face is full of smiles. There's no sadness at all. "
The people here were indeed living a very poor life, but poverty did not necessarily mean pain. Being poor and happy was also a kind of life, a kind of peaceful and peaceful life.
Some people ask what happiness is, is it a good life? That might not be the case. It could also be a poor and stable life. Sometimes, a poor life could also make people happy.
However, there was a prerequisite for being poor and happy. That was, everyone had to be poor. If the poor and the rich lived together, and saw the rich having a lot of material things while they had nothing, it would be difficult for them to feel happy. However, when everyone around them was poor, everyone's heart would be balanced, and it would be easier for them to feel happy.
The situation of the Ge Tribe was obviously in line with the feeling of happiness. All the people here were poor. The Jiang Tribe and the Lu Tribe were a little better than them, but not by much. Therefore, their inner happiness would not be affected. They could still feel the feeling of happiness, which was very important.
Through Ang Lee's efforts, the Lu Tribe and the Jiang Tribe had begun to mine. It would not be long before the two tribes became rich. When the two tribes became rich, the Ge Tribe would be even poorer. At that time, the two tribes would even recruit the people of the Ge Tribe to do manual labor. At that time, the Lu Tribe and the Ge Tribe would lie down and count the money, while the Ge Tribe would have to do manual labor for them. They would receive a very small fee for their hard work, which would be extremely painful in their hearts. All the happiness would disappear, and their lives would be turned upside down.
In fact, if they could work for the Jiang Tribe, their income would increase a lot. However, because the Jiang Tribe was much richer than them, the imbalance in their hearts would be intensified, and their happiness would be greatly reduced.
However, Ang Lee thought that since the Lu Tribe and the Jiang Tribe had a lot of minerals, then, wouldn't the Ge Tribe, which was not too far from them, have no mineral resources? If there were mineral resources in the Ge Tribe's territory, then it would be a great thing for the Ge Tribe.
Ang Lee believed that there must be mineral resources in the Ge Tribe's territory. Moreover, there would be a lot of mineral resources in the Ge Tribe's territory. It was just that they had not been discovered yet. Perhaps they had already discovered it, but they did not recognize the mineral resources, which would be a waste of these good resources.
"The Ge Tribe is also a mountainous area. What kind of mineral resources would there be here?"
Ang Lee looked at the mountains on both sides and said.
Chen Long opened his mouth and said, "Assistant Minister Li, how about I let my subordinates go to the surrounding mountains and collect some stones for you to study and see if there are any minerals here?"
In order to save Ang Lee's physical strength, Chen Long seemed to have thought of a good idea. They could mine some stones from the surrounding mountains and let Ang Lee identify them. This would save Ang Lee the trouble of climbing the mountains every day to look for ores.
In addition, a group of people searching for stones would be much more efficient than Ang Lee searching alone. It would be more efficient and save a lot of time.
Ang Lee felt that this method was very good. These soldiers had followed him for a long time and had a certain understanding of all kinds of ores. As long as they found a suspicious stone, they would definitely choose it first and remember where it was found.
Because the main force had already set out in advance and had already entered the Ge Tribe's territory, when Ang Lee entered the Ge Tribe's territory, he was immediately greeted by the Ge Tribe's patriarch and received good treatment.
The Ge Tribe's patriarch was not a fool. He had already heard about the Lu and Jiang Tribes. With Ang Lee's help, these two tribes would soon become rich. The Ge Tribe was even poorer than the two tribes. If they could get Ang Lee's help, then it would be great. If they couldn't get Ang Lee's help, then they would have a hard time in the future.
However, both the Lu and Jiang Tribes had discovered ores. If there were ores in their territories, then Ang Lee would be able to help them. If there were no ores in their territories, then even if Ang Lee wanted to help them, he wouldn't know where to start. The premise of teaching you how to smelt iron was that your territory had to have iron ores. Otherwise, even if you were taught the technique, it would be useless.
The Ge Tribe's patriarch himself didn't know whether there were ores in his territory or not. However, he stubbornly believed that since the Jiang Tribe and the Lu Tribe had ores, then there must be ores in their territories. They didn't need to be inferior to others. Why was God so unfair and didn't give them ores in their territories? They believed that there must be ores in their territories. It was just that they hadn't been discovered yet.
After learning that the Lu Clan and the Jiang Clan had mineral resources, he sent people to the two clans to take back the samples of iron ore and coal. He then ordered his clansmen to search in the mountains to see if there were any similar stones in their territory as in the Jiang Clan's territory.
When Li An arrived, they had already collected a large number of stones from the surrounding mountains and compared them with the iron ore samples from the Jiang Tribe. However, they were not good at comparing ores. After looking at them for a long time, they were still not sure whether the stones they found in their territory were the same type of ore as the stones from the Jiang Tribe. They were not sure whether there were iron ores in the territory of their tribe.
"Chen Long, it seems that our soldiers don't have to work so hard. The Ge Tribe's people have already extracted all the ores in the mountains. There are so many of them."
Ang Lee said with a smile when he saw all kinds of ores piled up outside the main city of the Ge Tribe.
Chen Long also smiled. The Ge Tribe's actions had indeed greatly reduced the burden on the soldiers. He had just asked the soldiers to search for ores in the mountains. Now, there was no need for that at all. They could just judge the ores in front of them.
"Patriarch, you must be envious of the Jiang Tribe's ores!"
Ang Lee said with a smile.
The Ge Tribe's patriarch smiled embarrassedly and nodded, "Assistant Minister Li, I'm sorry. Our tribe has always been poor. Seeing that the Lu and Jiang Tribes are about to become rich, we can't just do nothing! So, I sent people to the mountains to get some ores to see if we have ores here. "
Ang Lee said with a smile, "What's the result? Do you have ores here or not?"
"Well, the ores are all here. We can't say for sure. We feel that these ores are very similar to the Jiang Tribe's ores, but they are not very similar. We can't tell! Assistant Minister Li, please help us take a good look and see if these ores are ores. "
The Ge Tribe's patriarch asked with a smile.
Ang Lee naturally wanted to take a look. He casually picked up some ores and carefully observed them.
There were many types of ores, but most of them were very ordinary ores. There was no value in mining them. However, there were still ores. This made Ang Lee very happy.
"How is it? Are there ores here?"
Seeing the smile on Li An's face, the patriarch of the Ge Clan was overjoyed. If there were iron ores in their territory, then they would be rich. In the future, they would be able to live a rich life. Just thinking about it was enough to make people excited.
Ang Lee shook his head and said, "No, there are no ores in these ores, not even poor ores."
Hearing that there were no ores, the Ge Tribe's patriarch suddenly became a little discouraged. His face suddenly became gloomy.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Although there are no ores, there are more valuable copper ores, and they are rich copper ores. It's not easy! This is the stone. Where was it found? "
A clansman stepped forward and said, "It was found in the north. A mountain there collapsed, and these stones were exposed."
"Copper ores? We actually have copper ores here?"
The Ge Tribe's patriarch was really excited. Compared with iron ores, copper ores were naturally better. Because in the Tang dynasty, copper was more expensive than iron. Moreover, smelting copper was much easier than smelting iron. No matter how one calculated, it was very cost-effective.
As for why copper was more expensive than iron, it was naturally because the reserves were smaller. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and the Qin and Han Dynasties, iron had always been more expensive than copper. Because smelting iron was very difficult, copper was easier to smelt. However, with the improvement of ironware smelting technology and the increasing shortage of copper resources, the price of copper began to exceed iron and became much more expensive.
At this time, in the Tang dynasty, copper's role was even greater. In addition to being used to cast copper coins, it could also be used to produce wires. Wires were a necessary raw material for the new technology of the Tang dynasty. The more wires were needed, the greater the demand for copper.
After confirming it again and again, Ang Lee patted the Ge Tribe's patriarch's shoulder and said with certainty, "Copper ores, this is indeed copper ores. And it's rich in copper, very suitable for smelting. It seems that your Ge Tribe is going to be rich!"
Ang Lee was naturally very happy to discover copper ores in the Ge Tribe's territory. In this way, the poverty of the Ge Tribe could be easily solved. Moreover, it could further promote the development of the Jiang Tribe and the Lu Tribe. After all, the Ge Tribe needed fuel and tools to smelt copper ores. The fuel needed to be bought from the Lu Tribe, and the tools could be bought from the two tribes. Or, they could directly buy pig iron from the Jiang Tribe and then make iron tools themselves. The premise was that Ang Lee taught them the good skills of forging iron products.
"Assistant Minister Li, this way please."
The Ge Tribe's patriarch said politely.
Ang Lee waved his hand and said, "No hurry. I want to see the copper ores and see how much reserves there are. If the reserves are too low, it will be mined out in a few years. Wouldn't I be happy for nothing?"
"Assistant Minister Li is right. Quickly lead the way."
The Ge Tribe's patriarch personally led a group of people to accompany Ang Lee to the north to inspect the copper ores.
This copper ores was more than ten miles away from the main city of the Ge Tribe. It was relatively far, but not too far. It could be reached quickly on horseback. Most of the Ge Tribe's people trotted there. They were strong enough to run there without any pressure.
"It's the hillside in front. The stone was picked up there."
Ang Lee had already seen that on the hillside in front, there was an area without vegetation. The vegetation in this area had been taken away by the collapse of the hillside, so it was very obvious that it could be seen clearly from far away.
"Oh, it's the hillside in front."
Li An replied as he sped up and ran over.
The slope of the hillside was not very steep, only about forty degrees. People could climb along the hillside. Soon Ang Lee arrived at the collapsed area and saw a large amount of copper ore.
"Not bad, not bad. These are all copper ores. Let everyone dig around and see how many more of these stones there are."
Ang Lee said.
Suddenly, more than a hundred Ge Tribe's people began to busy themselves in the nearby mountains. Most of them did not have time to bring tools, but they directly broke branches and used them as tools to dig up the copper ores. After they had dug up the copper ores, those who had tools would dig deeper to determine how many ores there were below.
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