Zhao Yutu straightened his gown, folded his hands up and down, and bowed almost to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Liu Heng turned away and frowned.
Zhao Yutu straightened up and said, "Thank you very much, Master Liu, for saving my life."
"You dare to eavesdrop on our conversation?" Chen Xunpinghu thought that Zhao Yutu had eavesdropped on the conversation between him and Liu Heng, so he raised his hand to grab Zhao Yutu's collar.
"No, absolutely not." Zhao Yutu took a step back and waved his hands to deny, "I just came here not long ago, so I had no chance to hear the conversation between the two of you."
"Okay, second brother, Master Zhao should have figured it out by himself." Liu Heng stopped Chen Xunping who wanted to teach Zhao Yutu a lesson.
After hearing this, Zhao Yutu said with a bitter face: "I, Zhao Yutu, claim to be a scholar, but I don't see things as thoroughly as Master Liu. If Master Liu hadn't listened to my crazy words today, I'm afraid our end would be the same as Shi Yunhu and the others." Same."
Seeing that Zhao Yutu had figured it out on his own, Liu Heng was not surprised at all. Being able to stay in the camp and follow Shi Yunhu as a master naturally has his own abilities, and at least he is not weaker than ordinary people in terms of intelligence.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Master Zhao is too praised. Even if I didn't stop him, Master Zhao would have figured it out himself."
"That was because Master Liu made me lose that illusory opportunity, which made me calm down." Zhao Yutu laughed at himself.
Chen Xunping glared at Zhao Yutu and said, "You mean you blame my brother?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Zhao Yutu waved his hands and denied, "If it weren't for Mr. Liu, I would still be stuck in it."
Liu Heng advised: "Second brother, Master Zhao doesn't have that intention."
"I'm sorry he doesn't dare." Chen Xunping said coldly.
"Yes, Mr. Chen is right." Zhao Yutu added, "If Mr. Liu doesn't dislike it, I am willing to stay with Mr. Liu and do my best."
Liu Heng smiled and said: "It's a good relationship. Master Zhao is also a capable person in the camp. Of course I'm happy to stay."
Chen Xunping on the side said: "Brother, we can't keep this person, let's get rid of him as soon as possible. He is Shi Yunhu's man, and he almost caused us to end up like Shi Yunhu during the day."
"I apologize to Mr. Liu and Mr. Chen for what happened before. Because of my relationship, I almost put everyone in danger." Zhao Yutu bowed solemnly to the two of them.
Chen Xunping snorted and turned his head to the side.
Liu Heng smiled and said: "Okay, second brother, what happened during the day was not intentional by Master Zhao. Now that he has been too humble, let him stay! There is indeed a lack of literate people in the camp."
"Thank you, Master." Zhao Yutu bowed to Liu Heng again.
Chen Xunping, who was standing next to him, said with annoyance: "Since my brother Liu Heng has said so, I will listen to him, but if you let me know that you have any bad intentions, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Regarding Chen Xunping's threat, Zhao Yutu said calmly: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, since I choose to stay on my own initiative, I will assist Mr. Liu with all my heart and do my best for the camp."
Chen Xunping hummed: "I hope it's just like what you said."
"Stop standing and sit down." Liu Heng turned to Zhao Yutu and said, "I just have something to ask you."
Zhao Yutu, who had just sat down, immediately stood up and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."
"Don't be nervous, sit down, I'm not Shi Yunhu, I can't eat people." Liu Heng said, "Master Zhao, you said you had been to Datong before, but do you know where to get iron in Datong and where there are more blacksmiths?"
Zhao Yutu was surprised: "Could it be that the boss wants to make weapons or armor? That would require a lot of money, and if the quantity is too large, it will be easy to be reported to the official."
Chen Xunping on the side said dissatisfiedly: "You can just say what you say, there is so much nonsense."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Don't worry about other things for now. Just tell me where I can find the two things I need."
Zhao Yutu pondered for a while and said, "The place with the most private iron production is Lingqiu. There are many private iron furnaces there and there are naturally many blacksmiths. However, Jin Iron cannot compare with Fujian Iron. It is okay to make farm tools. If we make If it’s A, it will be worse.”
"Lingqiu!" Liu Heng thought for a while and said, "Master Zhao, is he familiar with Lingqiu?"
Zhao Yutu said: "I'm not very familiar with it, but I have been there once. There are so many private iron stoves in that place that I dare not open the windows during the day. At the end of the day, the windows are covered with a layer of black ash."
Chen Xunping said doubtfully: "Aren't we going to Guangling?"
Liu Heng smiled and said: "Of course we are going to Guangling, but we won't delay our trip to Lingqiu."
Hearing that Liu Heng was really going to Lingqiu, Zhao Yutu on the side advised him: "Should you think about it again? Lingqiu is not a big place, but there are many forces there. There are government offices in the city, and there are iron and steel mines in several mines outside the city." Mine owners, these iron ore owners are backed by people from the government, none of them are easy to mess with, and there are bandits outside the city who are kings of the mountains."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "We are not afraid of chaos. The more chaos there is, the easier it will be for us to gain a firm foothold."
Zhao Yutu saw that Liu Heng could not be persuaded, so he said: "Now we are near Zhuzui Mountain. At our speed, it will take three or four days to get to Guangling at the fastest, and it will take even longer to get to Lingqiu. We have to cross the road in the middle." You have to go through Yangyuan County to get to Guangling. You have to be careful about the encirclement and suppression by the army on this way, and the traveling speed is even slower. It is better to find a place to stay first. There are many kinds of mountains and forests in Datong, which is very suitable for climbing up the mountains and weeding."
After hearing this, Liu Heng smiled and said, "It seems that Master Zhao is very familiar with this place."
"It's not too familiar." Zhao Yutu sighed. "When I failed to succeed in my career, I learned to draw to make a living. Everywhere I went, I would subconsciously note down the distinctive places nearby, so I still have some impressions of it after such a long time."
"I didn't expect Master Zhao to have the ability to draw." Liu Hengxi said, "Can you trouble Master Zhao to draw a map of all the places he walked along the way? If possible, the road Master Zhao used to go to Lingqiu was also mapped. Mark it."
Zhao Yutu thought for a moment and said: "It's possible, but it was mostly official roads and county towns that we took during our study tour. Now that we are bandits, the route we take is very different from what I did back then."
"It doesn't matter, just draw it. The deficiencies can be filled in later." Liu Heng did not expect that Zhao Yutu actually had the ability to draw. It was equivalent to getting a master and a draftsman at the same time.
Master Zhao nodded, "Since the master is willing to use me to draw, I will draw the map along this road according to regulations tomorrow morning."
"There's no rush." Liu Heng said, "We don't know yet whether Tianchengwei's officers and soldiers have withdrawn their troops. We need to rush on our way early tomorrow morning. While Shi Yunhu and the others are surrounded, the officers and soldiers are unable to deal with us. We should arrive in Guangling earlier. .”
Chen Xunping, who was sitting aside, said at this time: "It's not that I look down on Shi Yunhu, but with his little ability, he can survive tonight at most."
