After hearing what Lao Ding said, Yang Meng felt at ease. The land is good. He is in a valley, dozens of miles of flat rivers, and there are mine veins such as coal, iron and copper. The water transportation is good. There are mountain roads that are opened by his predecessors. Not only is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is still behind Yangjia Wuzhuang. At that time, as long as you seal the entrance of the valley yourself, it will become a world.

"Let's go! Let's take a look first, bring delicious food and tents. If we can't do it, we'll spend the night in the mountains tonight."

It takes one or two days to survey a valley. Yang Meng was familiar with it before. In order to build his own industry as soon as possible, he has been busy recently.

"San Master, go back to Wuzhuang at night! Your injuries have not healed yet. If you stay overnight in the mountains and forests, you are afraid that your injuries will be repeated."

It would have been fine if it used to be. Now that Yang Meng is injured, Ding Baojun cannot let him sleep in the mountains and forests. If the injury occurs, it will be difficult to treat in the mountains.

"It's okay! The wound began to itch last night. It will heal in three or two days. Living in the mountains and forests is not a problem!"

Yang Meng was more concerned about his injuries than anyone else. A wound on the back of his head began to shrink after only three days. This body was definitely the best.

Ding Baojun knew that the third master was stubborn, so he didn't say much, but just ordered the knife players to prepare for the cost in the past few days. The doctor in Wuzhuang also brought two of them, so that if there was something wrong, he would not be frustrated.

This preparation took only one morning. Yang Meng also changed into a short dress and went into the mountains to wear a jacket. Only the fool was playing like that!

During this period, there was an episode where Ma Qinghu's girl Qinglian kept shouting to go with her brother. Ma Qinghu doted on the girl and never beat and scolded her, so she could only let her make trouble.

Yang Meng tried to go up and say something, but he didn't expect that Xiao Qinglian was well-behaved and immediately stopped making noise. A group of men went out and it was not convenient to take women with him. Tang Meiyi was also left in Wuzhuang, just by accompanying Ma Qinglian.

Ding Baojun was ready, and the group started the journey. Jiang Shuxian said that this place was good. The entrance of the valley was located on the main road entering the Xishan Mountain. The road into the valley was not only flat but also wide, and it was more than enough to travel several carriages in parallel.

The mountain entering the valley entrance is steep. As Jiang Shuxian said, installing an iron cannon can block the entire valley entrance.

"Uncle Ding, do we have iron cannons?"

Yang Meng's question scared Ding Baojun. He asked for nothing about what the iron cannon was. This thing was a forbidden weapon of the court. There were several privately cast small iron cannons in the Yang family's Wuzhuang, which was a secret that only a few people knew!

Isn’t this area a shoe factory? If you get an iron cannon, you will become a bandit village.

Seeing that Ding Baojun did not say anything, Yang Meng felt at ease. The Yang family really had this thing. When they entered the valley entrance, they were flat. The land at the bottom of the valley was a bit barren and the plants were not growing vigorously. Except for a few smoke in the mountains, this place was definitely a land that suited Yang Meng's wishes.

"Laojiang, are there only two roads before and after entering this valley?"

Looking at the continuous mountains, Yang Meng didn't want to check it out, so he asked Jiang Shu directly to save trouble.

"San Ye, except for the front and back valley entrances, there are cliffs on both sides. It is not impossible to enter the valley from there, but there are no ropes on it, so the cliff is definitely not able to climb up."

After a general understanding of the terrain of the valley, Yang Meng began to wander around with his people. It was a bit eye-catching to build a factory in the valley. It was better to have a place with many trees and dense forests to cover the factory.

"Laojiang, is there lush trees in this valley that are easy to hide? It is best to cover the houses!"

This time, Jiang Shuxian was stumped. The land here is barren and even grass cannot grow, let alone trees. However, in the early years he heard the legend that there were bottomless caves here, and I wonder if it could satisfy Mr. Yang San.

"San Master, there is no place with lush forests. I wonder if the cave can work?"

This sentence immediately made Yang Meng's eyes burst into a brilliant light. A good place! A good place! It's the best place to have a cave. In the valley, training manpower is just enough to protect his factory. This is really a good place.

"Where? Take me to see."

Yang Meng grabbed Jiang Shuxian's hand and was about to go, but Lao Jiang looked depressed. He had only heard of the rumors about the cave. Except for the few mines in front of this valley, other places are also barren, and there are few people in the river. Isn't it difficult to tell him where the cave is?

"San Master, I have only heard of this cave before, and I have never seen it."

"That's not bad, at least you gave a clue. Uncle Ding, please search the mountains and mark them when you find the cave. Let's go in and explore."

At Ding Baojun's instructions, more than twenty sword hands rode into the depths of the valley. Looking at the more than thirty people around him, Yang Meng urged Lao Ding to send people, and it would be perfect if he found a suitable cave.

In order to protect Yang Meng's safety, Ding Baojun left ten sword hands, and the rest were all sent to find caves. Most of these sword hands were Yi Zhuang mountain people and were very familiar with the mountains and forests. At most one or two days, as long as there is a cave here, they will definitely find it.

"San Master, how is this land? If you want it, I will check if there is a master in this valley. If there is no master, we can also let the government get a land deed. The cave swordsmen will investigate, so let's go back to Wuzhuang first! The area of ​​this valley is not small, and it will take one or two days to explore it. We can also go back to prepare for the pine torch or something."

When Yang Meng heard this, he happened to go back and asked the shoemaker to make a pair of military boots and have to make two sets of clothes. This short dress was still a bit unsatisfactory.

Yang Meng was very satisfied with the location of this valley. After returning, he gave Jiang Shu two hundred eagles, which was considered a reward. Lao Jiang was fifty years old. Without his wife, he had these eagles at home, so he had no worries. He simply moved to Wuzhuang. It would be more convenient if there were such good things.

Another one is that Wuzhuang has good food. If you live at home, you have to spend money to make food by yourself. In Wuzhuang, you can still be full without spending money. The environment you live in is a hundred times better than that of your thatched hut at home.

Yang Meng's team has another half-old man.

The Golden Triangle is also an opium planting site, and it is close to Yunnan. Yang Meng planned to ask, but when he asked Jiang Shuxian, Yang Meng was angry.

The Golden Triangle was occupied by the British, and most of the opium there flowed into the Qing Dynasty. In order to fully control the Golden Triangle, the British also cut off the four counties of Kokang and Banhong in the Treaty of Jiangning. Myanmar is now also a province in India.

Jiang Shuxian was very familiar with geography, and he was also familiar with the situation around Yunnan. When the Qing Dynasty seized the four counties of Kokang, it was the boss Governor Wu Qijun that time. Many people from all over the country could not stand it. Local officials, Min Zhuang, formed their own Blue Flag Army to fight against foreigners. These Blue Flag Army were familiar with the terrain, which also made the foreigners helpless. So they put their ideas on the court. The court was also despicable and did not dare to deal with foreigners. Instead, they ordered Yunnan and Guizhou to suppress the Blue Flag Army. In order to suppress the Blue Flag Army, Jiang Shuxian also went there.

Just after Governor Wu left, Lao Jiang's life became worse and worse, and he was eventually squeezed out of the ranks of clerks and lived a difficult life. Now Lao Jiang also knew that the most important thing is whether the court or not, whether he lived a good life was good. As long as Yang Meng gave the money, there was nothing that could not be sold here.

Yang Meng also knew from Lao Jiang that the old clerk knew that every vein in the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan was needed in the future. Yang Meng might have paid a lot of money. As long as Lao Jiang recorded these, he would give him a thousand eagle oceans.

But now Lao Jiang’s main task is to develop the Xishan Valley with himself. As long as his own drug manufacturing factory is built and the east and the east have a sales channel, he can then gradually erode Yunnan.

The British and legal persons in the Golden Triangle also had to be careful. Although they were not very clear about the history of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng still knew that the Eight-Nation Alliance beat the Qing Dynasty up and beat it up.

If the drug dealer goes well, I should also look at the equipment of the Eight-Nation Alliance and see what kind of guns are being used now. Although I know guns, I can only be considered a layman when I make that thing.

These things are still far from him. The most important thing now is to detect valleys and build drug manufacturing workshops. As for opium, it cannot be planted yet. If it really doesn't work, I will go out to grab it. As for spending money to buy it, Yang Meng has no such plan. He also plans to steal those who sell opium and use his own means to ensure that he will sell his ancestors for eight generations.

It took three days to make military boots and clothes. Yang Meng's team now has the outfits designed by Yang Meng himself. The design is simple, and it is suitable for the military uniforms in the Golden Triangle area, and it is nothing more than a half-body double-breasted robe.

Looking at his outfit, Yang Meng was quite satisfied. He had a black cotton military uniform, slightly ugly military boots, and a wide armed belt around his waist. The worst thing was to hold a good gun.

In order to defend himself, Yang Meng found some short swords, but this thing was not good at taking advantage of it. Yang Meng took the opportunity to draw a few patterns and asked Ding Baojun to find a blacksmith to create a few sabers that were more than one foot long. Because it was made of iron, these knives were very heavy. Yang Meng was very strong and powerful, so it was easy to use. Other knife hands thought that the short sword was too heavy.

Good news also came from the west mountain. I searched the entire valley and found eight or nine caves. There were several mines of unknown age, and there were only three large caves.

The three big caves were definitely great news. After Yang Meng received the news, he rushed back to the West Mountain with everyone.

The three are all caves, two of which are suitable for Yang Meng's needs. Due to their age, they have already become drought caves. One has a water flow inside, but it is too deep and those knife hands cannot reach the bottom.

The water cave cannot be used. The two drought caves are very large. Although the space inside is not small, it is too large and is not a good place. The entrance of the cave is smaller, which is exactly what Yang Meng wants. This cave is located on the mountainside and is divided into three sections, each section with thousands of square meters. The place where each section separates the caves is only more than ten meters high, so it is just right to have a wooden fence gate.

The ground of the cave is rugged and Yang Meng also has a solution. He used logs to build a platform in the cave. The flat rocks just made a fire. There was a small hole at the bottom of the cave, which just discharged the smoke generated during drug production to the ground. In this way, the entire drug production workshop was perfectly hidden in the deep mountains.

With this place, you can use local methods to make drugs. Although the output is a little lower and the quality of the products produced is a little worse, the harm of this thing is not small. Besides, I don’t plan to spend money to buy opium, and robbery is the best way to deal with those drug dealers. With enough raw materials, these are nothing.

With the territory, the next step is to develop formulas and train personnel. Yang Meng was so troubled that he had too many things, but Yang Meng encountered trouble when it comes to manufacturing tools.
Chapter completed!