And in the gap covered by moso bamboo, a dark hole can be faintly seen.
Zhou Peirong listened carefully and found that it was indeed as the villager said. Abao's murmuring voice was constantly coming from the entrance of the cave.
"Everyone, be careful. Let's go down now and rescue A Bao!"
Zhou Peirong greeted the villagers, then took the first step towards the cave.
Soon, Zhou Peirong and several fellow villagers carefully touched the outside of the cave.
"Fix a rope here, give me the torch, and I'll go down and have a look!"
Zhou Peirong was worried about Ah Bao's situation. After making preparations, he immediately took the torch and went directly into the cave.
At the beginning, Zhou Peirong did not pay attention to his surroundings because he was concerned about Po's safety.
But soon, Zhou Peirong frowned slightly.
Because he smelled a rather pungent smell from the air in the cave.
"This is...the smell of sulfur!"
Zhou Peirong's eyes lit up.
He thought to himself that someone would give him a pillow if he fell asleep!
Originally I just wanted to rescue Po, but I didn't expect that he would find sulfur here.
He subconsciously stopped and began to observe the situation in the cave.
Within a moment, Zhou Peirong discovered some yellow ore nearby.
These yellow ores are raw sulfur ores, aren't they?
"Abao, you are really my lucky star!"
Zhou Peirong was extremely excited and hurried forward and walked directly into the depths of the cave.
When Abao in the cave heard Zhou Peirong's voice, he immediately screamed and quickly climbed to Zhou Peirong's side.
"How's it going, Po? Are you injured anywhere?"
Zhou Peirong immediately hugged Ah Bao and began to check Ah Bao's condition.
Then……
The corners of Zhou Peirong's mouth twitched, but his eyes looking at Abao were full of helplessness.
"You guy, I thought you fell into the cave and fell asleep, but I didn't expect that you actually fell asleep here."
"You idiot, what do you want me to say about you?"
Zhou Peirong gently slapped Ah Bao on the head, which immediately made Ah Bao squeal again.
However, Zhou Peirong did not blame A Bao again.
Now that he was sure that Po was fine, and having found the sulfur mine, he was in a good mood.
He did not blame A Bao anymore, but picked A Bao up on his back and walked out of the cave with him.
Seeing that A Bao was fine, the villagers finally felt relieved.
After a simple correction, Zhou Peirong met up with the others and returned to the base in the mountains with today's harvest.
A night of silence.
At noon the next day, Zhou Peirong, who had rested, immediately returned to the cave with his men.
Zhou Peirong must collect some of this sulfur mine and bring it back.
Gunpowder is the driving force behind civilization.
And the necessary raw material for making gunpowder is sulfur!
In his previous life, Zhou Peirong remembered a jingle very clearly.
This jingle goes like this: "One nitrate, two sulfides, three charcoal, add some sugar and it will be great."
And this jingle refers to the proportion of raw materials used to make explosives.
One thing to say!
In fact, Zhou Peirong had no intention of engaging in scientific research to promote the development of the world.
"It's enough to make money and live a stable life."
"Promoting the progress of the world is not what ordinary people like me should do."
"I, it's better not to get involved in this kind of thing!"
This was Zhou Peirong's previous mentality.
But in recent times, Zhou Peirong's mentality has changed a lot.
Especially when he felt that the world was a bit boring and began to dislike that the world was approaching the New Year and the atmosphere was not lively enough.
In Zhou Peirong's heart, he had the intention to change the world and promote the development process of the world.
As for the thing that can promote the development of the world, Zhou Peirong first thought of gunpowder.
"If I can make gunpowder, at least the world can be more or less lively like the previous life during the holidays."
With this mentality, Zhou Peirong was so impatient that he entered the mountains to mine sulfur ore.
However, the villagers did not have any doubts about the tasks assigned by Zhou Peirong.
You know, Zhou Peirong led them and used various resources in the mountain to create many things that could be exchanged for money.
The villagers know very well that whatever Zhou Peirong wants to do is probably very meaningful.
They only need to follow Zhou Peirong's requirements and do what Zhou Peirong asks them to do well, and they will definitely get enough benefits.
This situation also made Zhou Peirong feel extremely comfortable.
However, although the villagers did not ask any questions, there were some things that Zhou Peirong still had to explain clearly.
"Folks!"
Zhou Peirong clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the villagers.
He pointed to the mine behind him, and a serious voice came from his mouth.
"Folks, what we are going to mine next is the sulfur mine."
"This sulfur is one of the raw materials for making firecrackers, and its mining process is dangerous. So next..."
Zhou Peirong went through everything in detail and gave a complete account of the precautions for mining sulfur mines.
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
"Now, everyone, please enter the mine and mine slowly!"
After giving instructions to the villagers, Zhou Peirong opened the door of the cave and let the villagers in.
Because he was worried that the villagers might have an accident while mining, Zhou Peirong stayed outside the mine entrance from beginning to end.
But what makes Zhou Peirong feel at ease is that the villagers have been mining in the mine for three days and have almost completely cleared the sulfur ore inside, and nothing happened inside.
After obtaining these raw sulfur ores, Zhou Peirong immediately couldn't wait and led his people to transport the ores back to Xifeng Town.
As soon as the ore was settled, Zhou Peirong started refining sulfur.
There is still some time until the New Year.
Zhou Peirong plans to work hard to see if he can tinker with black powder.
If he could tinker with black powder, he might be able to set off some fireworks during the New Year.
While refining sulfur, Zhou Peirong also sent people to the boundaries of Shifang County to search for potassium nitrate veins.
According to his guess, there is a high probability that potassium nitrate ore will exist in Shifang County.
"Of course, if my guess is wrong, that's okay!"
"Potassium nitrate ore, it won't be a problem to find it sooner or later."
"It's okay to use bamboo to top this firecracker temporarily!"