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"Where did you see it?" Lu Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.

If one could see it directly, they would be able to mine bare ore. This was simply amazing.

"It's just around here. The weather isn't cold enough yet, and the snow won't last for long. We'll check it out again tomorrow at noon." With that, Yu Mingchuan hugged Lu Qing tightly and closed his eyes.

Lu Qing was overjoyed. She cupped her hands in Yu Mingchuan's embrace, found a comfortable position and hugged his waist as she fell asleep.

The next day, Lu Qing was awakened by the sun. Sunlight shone through the gaps in the tent, shining into her eyes.

Lu Qing stretched lazily and realized that Yu Mingchuan had woken up. He just didn't get up and was lying on his side looking at her. Of course, one of his arms was still under her head.

"The snow is beginning to melt."

Yu Mingchuan started to pucker her eyebrows again.

Lu Qing grabbed his hand. If she kept pulling, her eyebrows would really turn bald.

"Hurry up and get up!" Lu Qing quickly got up. She didn't take off her clothes when she went camping in the wild. She just put on her fox fur coat and was done.

However, Yu Mingchuan still held her down and combed her hair back into a ponytail.

After hurriedly eating some rations, the group of people started to search for traces of charcoal.

Just as Yu Mingchuan had said, when the sun was high in the afternoon, they found the first piece of charcoal.

The coal scraps on the surface of the ground, along with the snow water flowing downwards, dyed the snow black.

Lu Qing had someone dig it out with a hammer.

After digging a few times, they found the coal underneath was shiny and smooth. The quality of the coal was not bad. Lu Qing smiled until her eyes curved up.

After that, the group continued their work and found more open air coal. From the looks of it, it should be enough for them to dig for a while.

While it was still early, Lili asked Yu Mingchuan to take her to Miracle Iron Mountain. Yu Mingchuan did not know where it was, and Lili drew a map in the snow according to the map in her head. Faang Jiming said he knew where it was.

It only took them more than two hours to reach the North Great River branch of the Black River which was passing through the Qilian Mountain.

This was the pass, and both sides were filled with iron ore!

In the future, it would become one of the largest iron mines in China, but now it was still a steep mountain pass that no one cared about.

Feeling the veins on the wall, Lu Qing's smile became even brighter.

The mountain pass was filled with fault structures. Iron ore and quartz rocks, marble, and even several jade veins were layered over each other, extending over hundreds of miles. If they were to mine iron ore here, not only would they harvest iron ore, but also jade!

No, it could also be used to make glass. Those quartzite could not be wasted.

Lu Qing almost drooled as she thought about it.

The guards looked at Lu Qing as if she was a fool, but they didn't dare to treat her as one. She had made the best salt and put on their horses' shoes, so they no longer had to worry about their horses' hooves cracking.

Even their food had been improved by her. The bad stews from before had never appeared again.

Not only was she not stupid, she was also very smart.

That was why their boss doted on her so much. It was worth it!

Noticing the confusion on everyone's faces, Lu Qing didn't say anything more and just ran to Yu Mingchuan's side happily, hanging on his neck and pulling his head down.

She whispered to Yu Mingchuan about the uses of these ores that she knew about.

Yu Mingchuan's beautiful eyes became brighter and brighter. After he finished listening, he directly picked up Lu Qing.

"The heavens have treated me quite well. They actually sent you here, hahahaha …"