Chapter 1211: Yangshan's Industry

As they approached, the grass rustled, and several weasels twisted their butts and fled quickly.

Dong Rui walked into several houses at random to take a look and came back saying: "Most of the doors and windows are broken, broken from the inside, and some wooden bolts were cut off. Hmm, this village was attacked."

In the Flash Gold Plain, this kind of thing didn't seem strange. Especially since the Gaopu Nation was still in the flames of war a few months ago. Even if the whole village huddled together, there were disasters they couldn't resist.

"Let's go, fortunately, this isn't Jishi Village."

They continued to walk along the mountain road, and after only a few miles, they approached Gunshi Valley.

Dong Rui looked at the mountain land ahead and muttered: "This place name is really appropriate."

The mountain range ahead was continuous, winding like a crouching dragon. Only one large mountain had sparse vegetation, and the rocks all over the mountains and plains were basically spherical.

Big balls and small balls, flat balls and round balls. Just as the two were looking and admiring, two more stone balls rolled down, rumbling and falling to the bottom of the valley.

"... No wonder it's called Gunshi Valley." If someone accidentally walked at the bottom of the valley, they would be dead or disabled.

The uncanny workmanship of nature had carved this mountain into an eye-catching one among its kind.

Crossing Gunshi Valley was not a difficult task, but they encountered a patrol on the road, who shouted "Stop" when they saw He Lingchuan and the two.

Fortunately, the Yangshan Archipelago did have business cooperation with the locals, and the two could produce proof, so the patrol divided three people to "escort" them to Jishi Village.

The two talked with the patrol on the road, only to know that Pixia had invaded twice a month ago without success, and then changed their strategy, sending people to sneak into General Situ's territory to harass everywhere.

"The Jishi Village you are going to is also within the scope of Pixia's attacks and harassment."

He Lingchuan asked them another question: "Are there civilians who died inexplicably near Jishi Village?"

"Yes." The patrol gave a completely different answer from the Ju City bun shop, "In the past month, more than 120 civilians have died in the surrounding towns, and even General Situ was alarmed. The methods of death are all similar, with no external injuries."

He Lingchuan asked a few more questions casually.

Not long after, they arrived at their destination: Jishi Village.

This was a small village on the hillside, with more than forty houses, basically using local materials, mainly stone houses.

On the surface, this was an ordinary village, just in time for the cooking smoke to curl up, and the fragrance of food came with the wind.

However, the people walking in the village were all strong men, and there were no children.

As soon as the two approached, someone came up to block them at the entrance of the village: "Who are you?"

He Lingchuan took out a token and shook it twice at him: "Is Jiang Lishui here?"

This person reached out to take the token and looked at it twice.

Dong Rui seriously suspected that he was illiterate, otherwise, seeing the two characters "Yangshan" on it, he should have understood.

But this token was green with black, inlaid with edges made of special stones from Black Page Island, and the overall pattern was exquisite. This person was also unsure, so he could only say: "Follow me."

The two walked into the threshing floor by the village.

In the stone courtyard by the field, four or five people were discussing matters, one of whom looked up and said unhappily: "I said don't..."

Halfway through the sentence, he also saw He Lingchuan, and couldn't help but be startled, and the remaining words were swallowed back.

He Lingchuan smiled: "Old Jiang, long time no see."

Old Jiang thought he had misidentified, and was identifying. As soon as He Lingchuan spoke, he shivered: "Ah, Island, Island..."

Others had never seen him so excited, and all turned to look at He Lingchuan. The latter raised a finger to his lips: "Calm down, I have something to find you."

He didn't want to make it public.

"Yes!" Jiang Lishui immediately understood, calmed down, and began to drive people away, "Let's stop here today, you guys go out. Quick, quick, don't be stunned."

The subordinates were puzzled, but they listened and walked away.

The patrol that followed He Lingchuan and the two asked: "Are these two really your people?"

Jiang Lishui nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, they are really from our chamber of commerce! Thanks to the two soldiers."

After saying that, he stuffed some broken silver into the hands of the two patrols, and the two didn't talk nonsense, turning and leaving.

Jiang Lishui hurriedly gave up his seat to He Lingchuan, moved the things on the table away, and personally poured warm water for the two.

"This is a remote place, no good tea, only clear water..." He was embarrassed.

He Lingchuan didn't care: "It doesn't matter, just have water."

When the idlers around were gone, Jiang Lishui lowered his voice: "Island Master, why did you come in person?"

He was a manager under Ding Zuodong, sent to the Flash Gold Plain. He had seen He Lingchuan from afar four times in the Yangshan Archipelago, but never had the opportunity to talk to this big BOSS.

The pressure from the superior to the subordinate was really not generally strong.

He Lingchuan could recognize him at a glance, which also surprised him.

"I heard you have a situation here, so I came to see it along the way." He Lingchuan raised his cup to drink water, "I just saw the message you sent to Julu Harbor."

Jiang Lishui suddenly realized.

Since the Ya Nation cut off the supply of mineral ores to the Yangshan Archipelago, the Yangshan Archipelago turned to import from the Flash Gold Plain. This ghost place was mixed with fish and dragons, and the Yangshan Archipelago had to send capable people to station there to deal with broken things such as local negotiation extortion, bandit robbery, logistics transfer, etc. Because He Lingchuan had already reached an agreement with the Peng Nation, the guards of the Yangshan Archipelago could enter the plain from the Peng Nation, greatly increasing the self-defense and negotiation ability of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber of commerce therefore penetrated deeper into the middle and east of the plain, sending more people.

Jiang Lishui was sent by Ding Zuodong to be responsible for collecting materials locally and transporting them to Julu Harbor.

In the chaotic Flash Gold Plain, this was hard work and had life risks. Therefore, the remuneration paid by the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce was also very high. There were always people doing head-cutting business, and no one did business without money, so Jiang Lishui volunteered to come.

He had a clear mind, knew that he lacked background and relationships in the archipelago, and knew that there were many talents under a general manager like Ding Zuodong. If he waited for his turn by seniority, he didn't know how long it would take. It was better to take a different path and do the most scarce work in the Flash Gold Plain. As long as he didn't get into trouble in the plain, he might be able to rise to the top with this gold-plated qualification after returning.

As for the risk, what doesn't have a risk? Eating fish is also easy to get stuck by thorns.

So when He Lingchuan said to him with a kind face, "It's not easy to work here, you've worked hard," Jiang Lishui immediately said: "Duty, duty! I took this job, I should do it well, but here..."

"Don't blame yourself, just make the situation clear first. What kind of mineral ore is produced here?" The business of the Yangshan Archipelago is getting bigger and bigger, and usually, all matters will be screened by several general managers first, and important ones will be reported to He Lingchuan, and small ones will be handled by themselves.

What kind of mineral ore is produced in a mere Gunshi Valley, this kind of intelligence usually won't be sent to He Lingchuan's desk.

The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce set up a stronghold in Julu Harbor, and the intelligence of the Flash Gold Plain will be summarized here, and then sent to the Yangshan Archipelago by bird demons.

However, before He Lingchuan left the Peng Nation, he went for a stroll there, and happened to see the new intelligence sent.

He took a look, it was on the way, so he simply came for a trip in person.

"Rhombohedral iron ore, the associated ore is scale stone."

"Both are good things." Rhombohedral iron is one of the auxiliary materials for manufacturing defensive gear, which can effectively improve toughness, usually used in weak parts such as ankles and waists; scale stone can absorb water quickly after being refined into powder, usually used in hemostatic powder and bandages, which is cheap and high-quality, and more cost-effective than elixirs.

These two things are not produced in the Yangshan Archipelago, purely relying on imports.

Dong Rui interjected: "What's going on in this village, no residents?"

He had long seen that the people coming and going in the village didn't look like local residents.

"War comes and people's livelihood withers, even Jishi Village hiding in the deep mountains couldn't be spared. This area was originally the territory of the Gaopu Nation, and a few months ago the Gaopu Nation was destroyed by Pixia—"

Dong Rui interrupted: "Situ's family took it back, right?"

"Yes, yes, the Island Master just arrived and knew it, really extraordinary means." Jiang Lishui took a horse fart first, then continued, "I heard that those battles were dark and dark, human heads were beaten into dog heads, and the villagers nearby ran away. Including this Jishi Village, only a few old, weak, sick and disabled were left."

"It just so happened that we came here to look for mineral sources and wanted to buy ore from the Situ family. They were short of money in the war and especially wanted to sell but had no one to mine, so they simply told me that as long as we could find people to come over to mine, they would rent the mining rights to us for seven years, and the price was favorable." Jiang Lishui reported a number, and He Lingchuan nodded when he heard it, "It is very favorable."

The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce came here to buy ore, but after coming here, they had to take over mining. This business is done, really done. Grasping from the source and removing intermediate links, the profit increased significantly.

As for the risk, of course, there is also.

"I reported to General Manager Ding, and he replied directly, take it down no matter what! As far as I know, this is also the first mine that the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce has taken down in the Flash Gold Plain, and it is still a rich mine!" Jiang Lishui was excited but sober, "The biggest risk is that I don't know how many years these people can be in power. If they can't hold on for two years and are overthrown, our mining and transportation here will be troublesome."

Doing business in the Flash Gold Plain, this is the biggest risk. "I don't know whose mining rights this was before, anyway, the Situ family took it back and gave it to us. I, the subordinate, don't want to follow in the footsteps of those unlucky ones!"

He Lingchuan nodded, knowing what he was worried about.

The dust of war had not yet settled, and Jiang Lishui went to fight for mining rights. He was worried that the Island Master would be dissatisfied. If the Situ family was defeated by Pixia, the Gunshi Valley mining rights would most likely be taken away by Pixia, and the operation of Yangshan here would be a bamboo basket fetching water.

However, the price of mining rights at this time was the lowest, the profit was the greatest, and it was easiest to build a good relationship with the local area. As a businessman who dared to take risks, Jiang Lishui was really moved.

If he waited for the outcome to be decided before taking action, would there still be a place for the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce here?

He Lingchuan saw through his thoughts in a second: "According to your observation, can the Situ family still hold on?"

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