[The third volume was officially opened, but I didn't expect that the first two volumes would write nearly 600,000 words, and I am ashamed. This volume begins with the appearance of the real heroine. 】

Beishang County is the only large county in the southwest of the Tianxuan Empire, with three counties under its jurisdiction and a total of thirty-six towns of the scale of the ancient ink town.

In the evening of this day, no one noticed a meteor streaked across the sky and disappeared in the sky above the county town of Beishang in an instant.

Recently, the Mengdian Empire and the Feidu Empire have been continuously deploying troops on the border line and interrupting trade with Tianxuan, which has caused a rumor in all parts of the Tianxuan Empire, and people's hearts are panicked.

After all, the three empires have not been in conflict for many years, and people seem to have forgotten the horror of war over the years, and when it is really about to come, they feel the fear that rises from the bottom of their hearts.

Beishang County is the domain of the current prince.

The crown prince is Chinese New Year's Eve five years old today, and has followed many famous teachers to practice martial arts since he was a child, and there are countless skilled craftsmen in the house, and he has also won the support of some old ministers in the court.

However, who would dare to say that Tianxuan Emperor Tie Qingyun could completely figure it out?

It is precisely because the emperor has refused to write an edict to inform the world, and he is not sure of the name of the successor, so in the years when he fell ill, countless turmoil and disputes have been set off around the empire of the heir to the throne.

Emperor Tianxuan had a total of six sons and thirteen daughters.

The crown prince Tie Anxing is the eldest son of the emperor and owns three territories, and Beishang County is only one of his territories.

Among all the princes, only the crown prince has the most and widest territory, and a small prince like Tie Zhanyun not only has one county, but this county is also the extreme north, close to the Ice and Snow Wasteland, Yinshan County.

Compared with a large county with rich products like Beishang County, Yinshan County is simply inferior to the production of one of its counties, so although Yinshan County is large, it is the most poor, with a population of less than 300,000 and lives a nomadic life.

The princes' territories only need to hand over a certain amount of grain and spirit stone property to the empire every year, and all government affairs belong to the prince himself, also known as autonomy.

There are three large counties in the territory of Tie'anxing, namely Beishang County, Tolan County, and Bawu County, all of which are the most abundant counties in Tianxuan, with a total of 14 counties and 91 towns.

The crown prince is a martial artist, an out-and-out martial artist.

The prince's martial arts are neither high nor low, and there are 300 dead soldiers who are closely guarded all year round, and it is said that there are many cultivators who protect him secretly.

Among the six princes, the crown prince Tie Anxing and the third prince Tie Anle are one party, the fifth prince Tie Zhantang, the sixth prince Tie Zhanye, and the ninth prince Tie Anyun are one party, and the little prince Tie Zhanyun is a faction of its own.

In fact, it's no wonder that the little prince has no one to unite with him, just because he has the worst strength, in this world where the strong are respected, you have neither money nor strength, who wants to form an alliance with you?

Unless fools.

Therefore, the poor little prince who stayed in Yinshan County was actually the least qualified of the six princes to compete for the throne, and he had never been taken seriously by the other imperial brothers, but recently, for some reason, several batches of highly skilled killers have repeatedly launched assassination operations against Tie Zhanyun.

Fortunately, someone from a small family in Beishang County desperately saved him, and this small family was Situ Wangyue of the Situ family.

The Situ family is also well-known in Beishang County, and they started by reselling minerals, and in just a few decades, they have a tendency to be promoted to a medium-sized family.

Operated the world-shaking immortal selection, and there was a mysterious and powerful Xiuzhen sect behind him, so that the Situ family quickly fell into the sight of several big families in Beishang County and some big families in the famous capital of the imperial city.

Or is it secretly pinched by the Soul Casting Sect, the Xiaoyao Sect and other sects, these families have been constantly looking for all kinds of troubles for the Situ family in the past six months, so the Situ family is actually in a huge crisis and is crumbling.

The main industry of the Situ family is minerals, which are concentrated in the three counties of Wuxi, Enamell, and Baimao in Beishang County, and the most they deal with is actually the foundry guild of the Tianxuan Empire.

The Imperial Foundry Guild, subordinate to the Imperial Military Aircraft Division, wields great power.

It is said that behind it is the secret support of the Xiaoyao Sect, the Soul Casting Sect, the Youtan Sect and other Xiuzhen sects.

The guilds were responsible for the determination of foundries, minerals, and even blacksmith qualifications in each county.

Of course, the price of ore is also set by the guilds.

As the clouds of war gradually loomed, the price of ore, which should have risen sharply, fell sharply, which made many mine owners complain.

The Situ family owned seventeen mines and employed more than 10,000 miners, all of whom were paid very high wages.

Miners are engaged in a very dangerous type of work, so the miners are civilians, but they are paid more than other laborers.

The reason why the Situ family has a high reputation among the common people of Beishang County is precisely because they are extremely trustworthy, treat their miners very little and rarely make things difficult, and never deduct wages, and are the most famous in the mines of Beishang County.

Wu Xi's big mine owner is the Lion Hall, the enamel is the Iron Cow Hall, and the White Mao is the Bon Hall.

The latter two are controlled by the prince's cronies, and the former is controlled by the largest family in Wuxi County, but the Situ family's mine does not seem to have any backer background, and it was not until the expulsion of the immortal envoy that the Situ family suddenly attracted the attention of countless forces.

Beishang County is rich in iron ore and black gold ore, both of which are essential materials for forging weapons, and the foundry guild buys them at a real price, and some large and medium-sized foundries also buy them at the same price, and no one will easily change the price.

The Situ family has nine iron ore mines and eight Wujin mines, and in terms of income, Wujin is much higher than iron ore.

These eight black gold mines have also made the other three major mine owners jealous for many years.

However, although the Situ family is not big, everyone in the family is martial, and has invited a lot of heroes and some casual adventurers to be guarded, and each mine is heavily guarded, so there is no opportunity for others to take advantage of these years.

However, on this day, the Situ family's mansion in Beishang County was shrouded in gloom, and the huge meeting hall was crowded with people in the family.

There were only five people seated.

The old man with a face who is not angry and full of silver hair is the old patriarch of the Situ family, Situ Wuming, who is eighty-seven years old this year.

Sitting were his four sons.

The old man on the left in a white shirt and a short beard is his eldest son Situ Daoting, the current patriarch of the Situ family, that is, Situ Wangyue's father.

The old man with a slightly dark face next to him was Situ Daoyuan, Situ Wuming's second son, who managed five mines.

The first seats on the right are Situ Daoqing and Situ Daowang, the third and fourth, respectively managing six mines.

The Situ family has not seen the old patriarch for many years, and if it weren't for the big thing, the old patriarch who has been struggling to prolong his life would never come out to see the clansmen.

I heard that twenty years ago, the old patriarch, who was already in his sixties, accidentally bought a book of cultivation secrets with a lot of money, and he began to cultivate wholeheartedly, and directly passed the position of patriarch to his eldest son Situ Daoting.

No one knows how far this old man has cultivated.

The four Situ Daoting brothers have always been very harmonious, and there has never been a dispute over family property. However, their next generation did not learn like them at all, and the cousins often quarreled over trivial things, and the chickens and dogs were restless!

The four elders often broke their hearts for this group of nephews, but there was nothing they could do.

Situ Wangyue can be regarded as the most promising one of these children.

The Situ family gave the prince a generous gift to obtain the position of mayor of Ink Town, although the official is not big, but he also governs a large number of people, especially next to the Falling Soul Mountain Range!

In the first half of the year, the sensational Tianxuan Immortal Selection Conference was held in Ink Town, which also made Situ Wangyue the most powerful one among the brothers, and many people in the clan were optimistic about him, and even privately decided that he was the successor of the next patriarch.

This, of course, caused displeasure among his brothers.

Even hostility!

The old patriarch Situ Wuming had a total of seven grandsons and four granddaughters. This is only the descendants of the Situ family.

Together with the more than 30 people in the side branches, the Situ family has more than 400 people, young and old, which can be regarded as a medium-sized family.

If you count the guards, there are more than a thousand people.

"Dao Ting, what do you mean by that prince this time?" Situ Wuming didn't raise his eyelids, and asked a little listlessly while drinking the teacup on the side.

There were fifty or sixty people in the hall, all of them quiet, and everyone had a blank expression on their faces, as if the end was coming.

"Father, I think this time I'm afraid someone is deliberately playing tricks behind his back! Our Situ family has not paid a single cent less than the prescribed taxes, so why should he forcibly expropriate our mines! Is the Tianxuan Law just a decoration?" Without waiting for Situ Daoting to speak, the black-faced second elder Situ Daoyuan, who was sitting next to him, roared in a rough voice, with a look of indignation.

Situ Wuming's eyes glanced towards Situ Daoyuan, and Situ Daoyuan was trembling by the old man's eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head with a panicked expression.

Situ Wuming has always been known for his strict family law in the family, and none of his four sons or grandchildren are not afraid.

Seeing this, Situ Daoting hurriedly stood up and said, "Father, this matter is as the second brother said. My family is married to the Liu family in the capital, who doesn't know? The Liu family is one of the six major families in the famous capital, and has always been a staunch supporter of the crown prince. Our family is in the prince's territory, and judging from the prince's attitude towards our family over the years, he will not do this. Besides, I have already sent a letter to the Imperial City, but I am afraid that I have already arrived at the Liu family, so it stands to reason that the Liu family will not abandon us, right? ”

Speaking of this, Situ Daoting paused, looked at his father's expression, and saw that he nodded and continued to taste tea, so he dared to continue.

"First, the news came a few days ago is Wu Xi Lion Hall, the Mu family has always coveted our family's black gold ore, relying on its Xiaoyao Sect There is an elder in the clan who is the elder inside, the previous time he actually came to our house with other immortal envoys to try to rob the mineral deposits, but he returned in vain, and his face was greatly damaged, and he thought that the person who came must hate our family very much, so he secretly instigated the Lion Hall to be bad for us, I think some time ago, our family's business was restricted everywhere and must be inseparable from that incident. ”

"Second, the prince has not personally sent someone to the following, indicating that there is still room for discretion in this matter, I have prepared two generous gifts, one is ready to be sent to the Liu family, asking him to mediate in front of the prince, and the other is ready to be sent to the prince's mansion, so I don't know if this matter can be resolved before the prince publishes the document!

Situ Wuming nodded and said, "Dao Ting, it seems that you have made some progress over the years, but you still have to prepare for the worst." What are we? We are from the common people! We are not nobles, nor are we powerful ministers, we have no foundation, we have no backers, what do we do to fight with others? The whole world is the iron family, all of them are the empire, no matter who is replaced by the emperor, they are not all surnamed Tie? They say that black is black, and white is white, can you still resist? Second brother, I said what have you been doing all these years? Why do you still not have a long brain at all! The law, the law of bullshit, the law is a tool specially formulated for the powerful to protect them and seize the property and even lives of our people openly! You still think about the law of Lao Shizi, you are really angry with Lao Tzu・・・・・・" The old man's silver hair seemed to stand on end, and he almost threw a teacup at Situ Daoyuan.

Situ Daoyuan smiled with a shy face and said with a wry smile: "Ahem, my father is angry." You see, without our, how can we show the cleverness of the eldest brother? We are just a foil, specially setting off the green leaves of the red flower of the eldest brother! Do you always say that it is ――――――?"

A room full of people couldn't help but laugh and burst into laughter.

Even the old man, who had never been smiling, couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Look at your virtue!

After a while, the old man turned his face and asked in a deep voice: "I think that although what Dao Ting said is reasonable, I have to guard against one thing. That is, the Liu family has always been the lord who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, and when Liu Zhilan was married in the first place, it was also for our family's ore, how can you put your life on such a family? You have forgotten all my usual teachings? Be a man and rely on yourself! If the Liu family holds a grudge because of the previous immortal envoy and let go of this matter, and the prince comes over again, I see how you will deal with it? You can talk about it!

The crowd was silent.

The shadows that were not strong enough were like a thousand pounds of boulders, enough to bring their already fragile nerves and wills to the brink of collapse.