"Go~" Li Zhang rode a horse behind Cao Wei, and there was Cao Wei's son Cao Ma next to him. In addition, there was only a team of guards, and there was no one else. The Qingzhou City behind him was also getting farther and farther away as they ran.

Li Zhang was also helpless when he looked at Cao Wei riding a horse in front of him. He originally wanted to take advantage of this leisure time and asked Cao Wei for leave, and then took the Jin family and his daughter to leave Qingzhou City to find Jinshan. However, Cao Wei said that he happened to have something to leave the city, and he was on the same journey with Li Zhang, so he took him out, which made Li Zhang unable to take the Jin family and his daughter again.

Thirty miles northwest of Qingzhou City, there is a strong village called Tuoyuan Village. This is where Jinshan exiled. When Jinshan arrived here, Li Zhang had asked someone to send him some money, but the journey was long and there was no news from Jinshan, which made Li Zhang quite worried.

When it was almost noon, Li Zhang and his group finally arrived at Tuoyuan Village, where the Han and Hu lived in a mixed village, and the people were quite brave. Li Zhang saw four or five fights on the road. However, as long as people were not killed, no one would care about it. Even if people were killed, it was common for them to catch the murderer. It can be said that only one truth is believed in here, that is, the truth is that the big fist is the truth.

Although the name of Tuoyuanzhai has the character "zhai", it is actually a solid military fortress with tall and strong city walls. There are also soldiers stationed in the city. "Jun" is a military institution of the Song Dynasty. One army has five battalions, one battalion of five hundred people, and one army is only 2,500 people. The commander of the army is also called the commander, but the prefix has the character "Jun".

It is also worth mentioning that the border of the Song Dynasty is about three miles north of Tuoyuan Village, and a border city is also opened there. Tribes abroad can exchange cloth, porcelain and other commodities with the Song Dynasty for cattle, sheep, salt, etc. On the one hand, Tuoyuan Village protects the border, and on the other hand, it also provides protection for the border city.

"Tuoyuan Village is stationed on the border, and there is a first army stationed here. The commander of the army is Wang Fang, who is also my old brother. After entering the village, I will go to discuss some things with him. Li Zhang, you are here for the first time, and you must be unfamiliar with this place. Let Ma Er take you here!" Cao Wei smiled and said to Li Zhang. During this period, Cao Wei also attached great importance to Li Zhang. Not only did he often take him to familiarize himself with the situation in Qingzhou City, but he also specially asked his son Cao Ma and Li Zhang to walk around more. He probably also took Li Zhang's future potential.

"Father is busy, so I took Brother Li to try the roasted lamb here. I haven't been here for a long time and I almost missed me to death!" Cao Mata replied with a smile at this time. He was also very familiar with Tuoyuan Village, and there was a roasted lamb here that was known as the best place, and it was impossible to eat it in other places.

"Then I'll give you a blessing to Brother Cao!" Li Zhang also bowed to Cao Ma at this time, how many years Cao Ma is older than him, and he is almost twenty this year, but he is a veteran on the battlefield. He was taken to the battlefield by Cao Wei at the age of fourteen and killed people on the battlefield at the age of fifteen. According to him, there are not a hundred or eighty enemies who died at his hands. I don't know if it is true or a blowjob?

Seeing that his son and Li Zhang got along well, Cao Wei laughed, and then the three of them went into the city together. Speaking of which, Cao Wei has four sons, but the one he likes the most is his third son Cao Ma, because compared to his other sons, Cao Ma is the most like him. Moreover, Cao Ma is talented and loves life on the battlefield, and is very interested in military tactics, so Cao Wei has always trained him as his successor.

After entering Tuoyuan Village, Li Zhang discovered that although this place was a military fortress, not all the city was army-wide. On the sides of the street, there were many merchants of all kinds among the pedestrians. Not only were there Han merchants, but also many Hu merchants. These Hu merchants had different shapes and their clothes and hairstyles were all kinds of strange. They bargained with the surrounding merchants in Chinese with strange accents, which looked very lively.

After Cao Wei entered the city, he immediately said goodbye to them and took his people to the military commander's office. Cao Ma originally wanted to take Li Zhang to stroll on the street and taste the special roasted lamb here. However, Li Zhang was worried about Jinshan at this time, so he asked Cao Ma: "Brother Cao, do you know where the prisoners who were exiled here are usually arranged?"

"Uh, Brother Li, do you know someone you know have been exiled here?" Cao Mata immediately guessed something when he heard Li Zhang's inquiry. After all, many exiled prisoners are placed in Tuoyuan Village, and the relatives of these prisoners come to visit every year.

"Yes, I have a friend who was implicated by a relative. The result of my inquiry was that he was exiled here, but there has been no news since he arrived here. It just so happened that I came to the northwest this time, so I came to visit him." Li Zhang nodded immediately and said.

"So that's it. Generally, prisoners exiled to Qingzhou will be placed in Tuoyuanzhai. First, they come here near the border. Except for those merchants who want money and live, ordinary people are unwilling to come here. Second, there is an iron ore next to Tuoyuanzhai, which requires a lot of labor to mine ore, so the exiled prisoners will be placed in the mine to work." Cao Mata replied immediately.

"Where is this iron ore? I want to find my friend first. When I was in Tokyo, I was also taken care of by him." Li Zhang asked anxiously.

"It's not far away. There are too many people eating now, so you may not be able to find a seat. I'll just go with you!" Cao Mata smiled again.

Before, his father told him to be so close to Li Zhang, but he was a little dissatisfied. After all, Li Zhang was younger than him, but he had been valued by the court, which made him instinctively reject Li Zhang. However, as he got along during this period, he found that although Li Zhang was young, he was much better at speaking and doing things than him. Even Li Zhang himself made the muskets, which also changed his view of Li Zhang, and the two got along very well.

"Then it's a blessing for Brother Cao!" Li Zhang was not polite at the moment and bowed to Cao Ma again. After all, he was not familiar with the place here and could not find anyone to solve anything. In addition, Jinshan must be very hard to work in the iron mine. If he had the chance, he would also want to change Jinshan a lighter job.

At that moment, Cao Mata led Li Zhang through Tuoyuan Village, and walked out of the city and about one or two miles to the northwest. In front of him was an iron ore of considerable size. At this time, Li Zhang discovered that this place was actually an open-pit iron ore, and the scale of mining was quite large. The ground was dug into a big pit. Countless miners worked in the mine like ants. Thinking about Jinshan's fat body, Li Zhang couldn't help but worry again.
Chapter completed!