Chapter 498: The Krypton Gold Palace Intrigue System (33)

The Third Madam of the Xie family had the exact same thought. Just as she was about to nod, she saw the Third Master of the Xie family stride into the back garden, unable to hide his excitement:

"Madam! A letter has arrived from the Holy Aunt. She says Yang Er will arrive in Jingcheng in a few days and told us to prepare to receive her, saying she has brought back quite a few good things on this trip to the capital."

"Yang Er is coming back? Good, good, good! That's wonderful!"

The whole family was overjoyed.

Now there was no need to agonize over whether to hold a birthday banquet; it had to be held!

And it had to be a grand one!

This was the greatest happy event since the eldest grandson's first-birthday celebration!

In their excitement, they completely ignored the instructions in the Holy Aunt's letter sent via Flying Knife to "prepare to receive her" and that she was "bringing back quite a few good things."

When the Holy Aunt went beyond the frontier that one time, she had let their daughter bring back twenty carts of gifts.

How much more could there be than twenty carts?

Little did they know, there really was more!

By the time the carriage wheels had rolled along the stone-paved lanes of Nan Dajie, the lead carriage was already waiting at the entrance of the Xie Family residence to unload, while the tail of the line was nowhere to be seen.

"Which Escort Agency does this caravan belong to? It's so long!"

"Clatter, clatter, clatter—"

A crisp sound of horse hooves passed the long line of carriages one by one, arriving at the lead carriage.

A cry of surprise erupted from the crowd watching along the way: "Sweating Blood Horse?"

"What? The one that just passed by is the legendary Sweating Blood Horse worth ten thousand gold?"

"Clatter, clatter, clatter—"

Another one passed by.

"!!!"

People's gazes followed the Sweating Blood Horses passing by one after another, unable to look away.

One, two, three...

Heavens!

Which wealthy family ordered these horses? Every single one of them is a Sweating Blood Horse!

These Sweating Blood Horses followed the caravan to the entrance of the Xie Family Third Branch's residence and stopped, flicking their tails and holding their necks high as they neighed, as if urging: Where are the stables? Hurry up and let the horses go in to rest.

Many horse lovers were itching to step forward to stroke the fur of these precious horses and feed them a handful of grass.

Only after a long while did they realize: Whoa! Could these precious horses belong to the Third Master of the Xie family?

Since when did the Third Master of the Xie family have such connections? He actually managed to get so many Sweating Blood Horses worth ten thousand gold!

It was only then that everyone noticed a petite young woman wearing a veil hat riding on the back of the lead horse.

She drifted lightly from the horse's back and nimbly directed the caravan to stay as close to the side as possible so as not to block the road.

At the same time, facing the Third Master of the Xie family and the others who had run out to welcome her with beaming smiles, she said helplessly: "Father, Mother, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, didn't my master send a letter in advance to instruct you to prepare to receive me?"

"Uh..."

How could they have imagined that their daughter/sister would bring back so many carriages and horses this time?

"Uh, sister, how many horses in total?"

Xie Jing was the first to think of the stables at home; they might not be able to accommodate so many sturdy, precious horses.

"Seventy-six carts of goods, twenty-four horses, one hundred in total."

"!!!"

How many?

Did Xie Jing mishear?

His close friend Meng Ran squeezed into the crowd with a grin: "Brother Minze! If the stables aren't enough, you can go to my place! My stables are big."

"Brother Minze, there's my place too!" another close friend also ran up excitedly, "My stables can accommodate at least ten fine adult steeds."

"..."

They all wanted to get close to the Sweating Blood Horses!

Xie Yang had truly brought back quite a few good things this time.

She had stayed in South America for three years; the first year, she fenced off a large piece of land there to build a Nongchang.

At first, she did it with her Robot Bodyguard and Mining Robot.

These two types of robots were not as good as professional Planting Robots, but having a Mining Robot turn the soil and a Robot Bodyguard water the plants was no problem at all.

Later, through a twist of fate, she took in a group of black slaves who had escaped from a black mine. After healing their wounds, she had a group of hardworking helpers, and the progress of reclaiming wasteland sped up quite a bit.

The seeds of crops like Corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, Chili, potatoes, papaya, and Tomato brought back this time were all premium seeds cultivated and selected from her own Nongchang.

In the second year, she avoided the mining areas high-profilely occupied by colonial countries like Spain and chose several hidden but high-purity mineral veins to build a mine, low-key mining ores primarily consisting of Copper, iron, and aluminum.

Of course, there was no shortage of gold and silver mines, as well as Niter and coal.

But mining was easy; transporting was hard.

Who told her that her Transport Aircraft Cargo Hold was already stuffed full.

Stuffing in a few small items that didn't take up volume was fine, but what was she supposed to do with piles of ore?

Thus, in the name of a "descendant of a divine doctor," she used diluted Star Potion to cure the asthma of the indigenous chief and gave a batch of Pagoda Candy for deworming to the children of the indigenous tribe.

After successfully infiltrating the indigenous tribe, she took out tea, porcelain, medicinal herbs, and cloth from Daye to hire them to help her forge iron and refine steel, building an ocean-going ship made of non-pure wood that could carry ten thousand tons.

Three years of time might not seem short, but once a person gets busy, it is just a snap of the fingers.

Thinking that she hadn't returned for three years, her family must have been missing her dearly.

Therefore, after the ship was built and the sea trial was successful, she left the Robot Bodyguard there to hold the fort.

After all, she is now both a Nongchang owner and a mine owner, and she is also cooperating with indigenous tribes to develop the shipbuilding industry; with so many industries, she truly wouldn't feel at ease without one of her own people in charge.

As for the sailors—

Half a year ago, she saved a Spaniard named Carlos, and to her surprise, he turned out to be a member of the Spanish Royal Family—his own uncle is the current King of Spain.

Carlos had come to the South American continent with an adventurer fleet hired by the royal family.

He hadn't expected to nearly die on this continent due to infighting.

After the rescued Carlos witnessed Xie Yang's formidable combat power, which allowed her to take on a hundred enemies alone, he pestered her all day wanting to learn her mysterious martial arts.

Xie Yang thought about it; taking a Spanish royal noble as a disciple seemed like it could help her solve quite a few difficult problems in the current environment.

However, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Technique she practices is not suitable for men to cultivate, so she took some time to teach him the Grappling Technique she learned from the Modern Plane.

As a disciple, Carlos did indeed help her resolve many troubles and provided her with much convenience.

For instance, on the ship returning to the country, there was an additional temporary crew of sailors composed of Carlos's bodyguards.

Another instance, by taking the opportunity to send Carlos back to Spain, she was able to openly take a tour of the Mediterranean countries.

Departing from South America, crossing the Atlantic diagonally, passing through the Zhi Bu Luo Tuo Hai Xia to enter the Mediterranean, she conducted a round of Trading along the Mediterranean nations—

Using gold bars and Silver coins minted by the Mining Robot, she traded for a batch of exquisitely crafted metalware, linen products, olive oil, wine, fruit essences, seafood Canned Food, as well as Amber, ivory, wool, and weaponry produced by the surrounding nations.

Returning to Peking University along the Silk Road, she also traded for a batch of high-quality Sweating Blood Horse in Da Wan Guo along the way.

Exchanging the ores and local specialties mined in South America for cartloads of supplies and fine horses, Xie Yang felt satisfied in her heart.

Carlos had originally wanted to follow her to Daye, but before she could think of a reason to refuse, some discord arose within the Spanish Royal Family, and he had to stay behind to help his uncle stabilize the throne.

He expressed his apologies for being unable to follow her with ten carriage-loads of precious gifts, and additionally presented her with a Royal Exemption Card.

As long as his uncle's lineage remains the Kings of Spain, she can freely enter and exit that country.