It's a deserted village, and no one lives there.

As soon as they approached, there was a rattle in the grass, and several weasels fled, twisting their P-shares.

Dong Rui walked to a few houses at random to take a look, and came back and said: "Most of the doors and windows are broken, they are broken inward, and some wooden latches have been cut off. Well, the village has been attacked. ”

In the Plains of Shining Gold, this kind of thing seems to be not unusual. In particular, the country of Golpo was still at war a few months ago. Even if the whole village is united, there will be a catastrophe that cannot be resisted.

"Let's go, fortunately this is not Jishi Village."

They continued along the mountain road, and after only a few miles approached the Valley of Rolling Stones.

Dong Rui looked at the mountains in front of him and muttered, "This place name is really appropriate." ”

The mountains ahead are continuous, winding like a sleeping dragon. Only one of them is sparsely planted, and the rocks scattered all over the mountain are basically spherical.

Large balls, small balls, flat balls, round balls. Just as the two of them were looking at it, two more stone balls rolled down and fell to the bottom of the valley with a bang.

“…… No wonder it's called Rolling Rock Valley. "If you accidentally walk on the bottom of the valley, you will be disabled if you don't die.

Nature's ingenuity has carved this mountain into a conspicuous bag of its kind.

It was not difficult to cross the Rolling Stone Valley, but when I met a group of patrolmen on the way, I shouted "stop" when I saw He Lingchuan and the two.

Fortunately, there was indeed business cooperation between Yangshan Islands and the local area, and the two of them could prove it, so the patrol team sent three people to "escort" them to Jishi Village.

The two talked to the guards on the road, and learned that Bixia had failed to attack twice a month earlier, and then changed his strategy and sent people to infiltrate General Situ's territory and harass everywhere.

"The Jishi Village you are going to is also within the range of Visha's attack and harassment."

He Lingchuan asked them another question: "Near Jishi Village, are there civilians who have been killed inexplicably?" ”

"Yes." The patrol gave a completely different answer from the Jucheng bun shop, "In the past month, more than 120 civilians have died in the surrounding towns and villages, and even General Situ has been alarmed. The way of death was similar, with no external injuries. ”

He Lingchuan asked a few more casually.

Soon after, they arrived at their destination:

Jishi Village.

This is a small village on the mountainside, with more than 40 houses, which are basically made of local materials, mainly stone houses.

On the surface, this is an ordinary village, just in time for the smoke curling and the smell of rice coming with the wind.

However, the people walking around the village were only men in their prime and there were no children.

As soon as the two approached, someone immediately came up at the entrance of the village and asked, "Who are you?" ”

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

The man reached out and took the sign, flipping it over and over again.

Dong Rui seriously suspected that he was illiterate, otherwise he would have understood when he saw the word "Yangshan" on the top.

But this brand is black and blue, but it is edged with stones unique to Black Pages Island, and the overall texture is exquisite. The man was not sure, so he said, "Follow me." ”

They walked into the threshing floor at the edge of the village.

In the stone courtyard on the side, there were four or five people deliberating, and one of them looked up displeased: "They all said not to ...... at this time"

Halfway through the words, he also saw He Lingchuan, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and swallowed the rest of the words back into his stomach.

He Lingchuan smiled: "Old Jiang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Old Jiang thought he was wrong and was identifying. As soon as He Lingchuan spoke, he snorted: "Ah, island, island......"

Others had never seen him stammering with excitement, and they all turned their heads to look at He Lingchuan. The latter put a finger in front of his lips: "Calm down, I have something to do with you." ”

He didn't want to make a noise.

"Yes!" Jiang Lishui immediately understood, settled down and began to drive people away, "Get here first today, you go out." Hurry, don't be stunned. ”

The subordinates were inexplicable, but they also obeyed the order, got up and left.

The patrol guard who followed He Lingchuan and the two of them all the way asked, "Are these two really your people?" ”

Jiang Lishui nodded again and again: "Yes, it's really our Chamber of Commerce!" There are two soldiers. ”

With that, he shoved a little bit of silver into each of the two guards, and the two of them didn't talk nonsense, and turned to leave.

Jiang Lishui hurriedly gave up his seat to He Lingchuan, then moved all the things on the table, and personally poured a cup of warm water for the two of them.

"It's a poor and remote place, there is no good tea, only water......" he was embarrassed.

He Lingchuan didn't care: "It's okay, as long as there is water." ”

When the idlers around him were gone, Jiang Lishui lowered his voice and said, "Island Master, why are you here in person?" ”

He was the steward under Ding Zuodong and was stationed in the Shining Gold Plain. He had seen He Lingchuan four times in the Yangshan Islands before, but he had never had the opportunity to talk to this big boss.

The top boss of this top boss is young, but his eyes are sharp. Jiang Lishui was looked at by him twice, and his heart beat a drum.

The coercion from above to below is really not ordinarily strong.

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

"I heard that something is wrong with you here, so I'll stop by and take a look." He Lingchuan raised his glass and drank water, "I just saw the news you sent to Julu Harbor." ”

Jiang Lishui was stunned.

Since Ya cut off the supply of ore to the Yangshan Islands, the Yangshan Islands have turned to imports from the Shining Gold Plain. This ghost place is full of fish and dragons, and the Yangshan Islands must send competent people to station in order to deal with such things as local negotiations and extortion, banditry and looting, logistics and transshipment, and so on. Because He Lingchuan had reached an agreement with Pengguo, the escort of the Yangshan Islands could enter the plains from Pengguo, which greatly increased the self-defense and negotiation power of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce.

As a result, the Chamber of Commerce continued to infiltrate the central and eastern parts of the plains, sending more men.

Jiang Lishui was sent by Ding Zuodong to collect materials locally and transport them to Julu Port.

In the chaotic plain of shining gold, this is hard work, and there is danger to life. Therefore, the remuneration paid by the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is also very high, and there are people who have never done the business of killing heads, and no one has done the business without money, so Jiang Lishui volunteered to come.

He has a clear mind, knows that he lacks a background and a relationship in the archipelago, and knows that there are many talents in a big manager like Ding Zuodong, and he doesn't know how to get the year of the monkey. Then it is better to find another way and go to the Shining Gold Plain to do the most scarce job. As long as you don't do anything in the plains, you are likely to rise to the top with this gold-plated qualification when you go back.

If you want to talk about risk, why not risk? Eating fish is also easy to get stuck by thorns.

So when He Lingchuan and Yan Yuese said to him, "It's not easy to work here, it's hard for you", Jiang Lishui immediately said: "The duty within the job, the duty within the job!" I got this errand and should have done my job well, but here ......"

"Don't blame yourself, make the situation clear first. What ore is produced here? "The business of the Yangshan Islands is getting bigger and bigger, and usually the big and small affairs will be sifted by a few big and small managers first, and the important ones will be reported to He Lingchuan, and the small things will be dealt with by themselves.

What kind of ore is produced in a mere Rolling Stone Valley, this kind of information is usually not sent to He Lingchuan's table.

The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce has set up a stronghold in Julu Harbor, where the information of the Shining Gold Plain will be gathered, and then sent to the Yangshan Islands by the Bird Demon.

However, before He Lingchuan left Pengguo, he went there for a walk, and it happened that the new wire report arrived.

As soon as he saw it, he stopped by and simply walked it himself.

"Siderite, the associated ore is scale."

"It's all good stuff." Sidestone is one of the excipients for the manufacture of armor, which can effectively improve toughness, and is usually used in weak parts such as ankles and waist; After being refined into powder, the scale stone can quickly absorb water, and is usually used in hemostatic powder and bandages, which is cheap and beautiful, and is more cost-effective than pills.

Neither of these things is produced in the Yangshan Islands, and it is purely imported.

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

He had already seen that the people in the village came and went, and they did not look like the local residents.

"As soon as the disaster of war came, people's livelihood withered, and even Jishi Village, which was hiding in the mountains, could not be spared. This area was originally the territory of the Gorpo Kingdom, which was destroyed by the Visha a few months ago—"

Dong Rui interjected: "The Situ family has snatched it back again, right?" “

"Yes, yes, the owner of the island has just arrived, and he really has an extraordinary skill." Jiang Lishui slapped Ma P out first, and then continued, "I heard that those battles were fought in the dark, people's heads were beaten into dogs' heads, and the people in the nearby villages ran out." Including this Jishi Village, there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled left. ”

"It just so happens that we came here to look for a mineral source and want to buy ore from the Situ family. They were short of money for the war, and they wanted to sell it but no one was mining, so they simply told me that as long as we could find someone to come and mine, they would lease the mining rights to us for seven years at a favorable price. Jiang Lishui reported a number, and He Lingchuan nodded when he heard it, "It's very favorable." ”

Yangshan Chamber of Commerce came here to buy mines, but after coming, they had to take over mining, and this business was done, and it was greatly done. Starting from the source and removing the intermediate links, the profit has increased significantly.

Well, of course, there are risks.

"I reported to the general manager of Ding, and he replied to me directly, no matter what! As far as I know, this is also the first mine that our Yangshan Chamber of Commerce has taken down in the Shining Gold Plain, and it is still a bonanza! Jiang Lishui was excited and sober, "The biggest risk is that these people don't know how many years they can be in power." If they don't survive two years and are overthrown, we will have trouble mining here. ”

Doing business in the Plains of Shining Gold, that's the biggest risk. "I don't know who owned this mining right in the past, anyway, the Situ family took it back to us. I and my subordinates don't want to follow in the footsteps of those unlucky people! ”

He Lingchuan nodded, knowing what he was worried about.

Before the dust of the war settled, Jiang Lishui went to fight for the mining rights, and he was worried that the owner of He Island would be dissatisfied. In case the Situ family is defeated by Bixia, most of the mining rights in Rolling Stone Valley will be taken away by Bixia, and Yangshan's business here is a bamboo basket to draw water.

However, at this time, the price of mining rights is the lowest, the profit is the largest, and it is easiest to deal with the locality.

If you wait for the victory to be divided before you make a move, is there a position for the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce here?

He Lingchuan saw through his mind for a second: "According to your observation, can the Situ family still persevere?" ”