Xie Rui's cronies looked at the contents of the letter and were puzzled.

"I can understand that His Highness wants food, and if he wants pigs, cattle and sheep, His Highness wants to eat something good, but this one needs cloth, a loom, and grain...... Shhh ”

Those who can become cronies of the royal family are not stupid people, and after a little thought, they feel that something is wrong.

"Could it be that His Highness is in trouble over there?"

What troubles need to be solved by grain seeds?

But just in case, the cronies still decided to make two preparations, and immediately sent someone to the Northern Wasteland to investigate Xie Rui's situation, and on the other hand, they began to prepare the things they wanted in the letter, and replied to Xie Rui by the way, saying that they would definitely send the required things to the designated place within the specified time.

It was not difficult for Xie Rui to prepare those things as the prince of the Jin Kingdom, and the things were ready on the third day.

Xie Ruixin said that he wanted him to send everything to the entrance of the Northern Wasteland in five days.

"Haven't you heard from the people sent to the Northern Wastelands yet?"

"Lord Huiwang, there are many dangers in the northern wilderness, I'm afraid it's not so fast."

Lord Wang paced back and forth in the room a little anxiously, he always felt that Xie Rui's letter was too weird, it was not like this when Xie Rui asked for supplies before, he would not write it himself for such a trivial matter, but that letter was indeed his handwriting.

"Your Excellency doesn't need to be so alarmed, there are just a group of barbarians in the Northern Wasteland, and they didn't do anything about it last time we almost took their lives, they know the identity of His Royal Highness, and they are afraid of offending the Jin Kingdom, so they will definitely not dare to act rashly."

Lord Wang thought so before, but he was just very uneasy.

The eldest prince sneaked out this time, Niangniang didn't know the situation yet, he was a little hesitant to tell Niangniang about the matter, otherwise something really happened, and they wouldn't have to live.

In a blink of an eye, it was the appointed time, and Lord Wang personally took those supplies to the designated place.

Qiao Yang had already waited there with someone.

When Lord Wang and the others approached, Qiao Yang's eyes looked up and down at each other.

"You're Lord Wang?"

Lord Wang had never seen Qiao Yang, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, "Your Excellency is ......"

"I was called by His Highness to answer you, have you brought all your things?"

Lord Wang was a little puzzled for a while when he saw that he was very imposing and did not look like he was a little weak-hearted, "Everything has been prepared according to His Highness's requirements, I don't know how His Highness is over there, but there is progress?" ”

Qiao Yang laughed, but this smile was a little bad in Lord Wang's eyes, "He is very good, he eats well, sleeps well, and he doesn't have to worry about the mine, you go and count the things." ”

"Yes."

Several people stepped forward to check the goods on the car.

Lord Wang felt more and more that they were robbers.

"What did this little brother do beside His Highness before, so he looks a little naïve."

Qiao Yang smiled uninhibitedly: "You see that my eyes are normal, and I usually don't appear in front of him." ”

The uneasiness in Lord Wang's heart became even stronger, but Qiao Yang was so powerful that he didn't dare to come hard, "Your Highness has been out for so long, Niangniang has been worried, and I am tired of Your Highness to bring a word, Niangniang ordered His Highness to find a way to return to the palace before the end of the month, so as not to spoil other more important things." ”

Lord Wang said this is nothing more than a hint, reminding Qiao Yang that Xie Rui is backed by the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, and he is by no means easy to mess with, but Qiao Yang doesn't eat this.

"My lord, it's fine."

At this time, the person who went to inspect the goods returned.

These words deepened the smile on Qiao Yang's face, "I will send it to His Highness as soon as I get the things, so you can go back first." ”

Seeing that Qiao Yang was leaving, Lord Wang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I don't know if Your Highness has enough people over there, it just so happens that I brought a few more people over today, let them go back to help Your Highness." ”

Qiao Yang raised his head and glanced at those people, he was not stupid, how could he not see the suspicion in Lord Wang's eyes, just a few people, and he had to do coolies obediently when he arrived in Tiankui City.

"Alright, let them follow in the group."

Seeing Qiao Yang's promise, Lord Wang's doubts in his heart could not be dispelled, and he only hoped that these people could send him the news back as soon as possible after they entered.

Lord Wang walked back nervously, but he met the person who was sent to inquire about the news a few days ago.

"My lord, my lord, something is wrong."

Lord Wang's face changed slightly, "What's wrong?" ”

"When a few small people went to the Northern Wasteland to inquire about the news, they met people from the south, and they said that the barbarians in the Northern Wasteland suddenly made a move against them and the Great Prince a few days ago, and they were caught off guard, and the Great Prince was defeated and had been caught by them."

Lord Wang's face was bloodless, and he clenched his hand, "You said that the eldest prince was arrested?" ”

"Yes, my lord, let's find a way to rescue the eldest prince, if Niangniang knows that such a big thing happened to the eldest prince, we don't want to live."

Lord Wang sat on the ground, but he thought of Xie Rui's message to him, and he forced himself to calm down again.

Those people probably want to use the eldest prince to get more things that are beneficial to them, so the eldest prince should not have to worry about his life for a while.

Although he was afraid, Lord Wang had to tell the eldest prince about the situation of the eldest prince, and the matter was beyond his control, even if he was punished, he would not dare to hide it anymore.

Lord Wang was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but Qiao Yang happily hummed all the way back to Tiankui City.

"Send everything to the warehouse outside the palace and put it away, and then ask the city lord to take a look when the city lord returns."

"Yes."

The people of the Jin Kingdom who came back with Qiao Yang were caught blindfolded by Qiao Yang and them before they entered the city, and they were directly thrown into the dungeon, starving for a few days first, and it was not too late for them to be honest and do it.

On the other side, Su Tong was leading people to work in full swing in the mine.

When she came, Xiao Yan selected a number of people who were very experienced in mining and mining, and in order not to arouse suspicion from others, they were all dressed as officers and soldiers and mixed in the ranks of officers and soldiers.

The day after they arrived in Tiankui City, Su Tong brought them over.

After exploration, they guessed that there was a lot of iron ore in this mine, and it was a rare large mine.

To open a mine, they had to dig a shaft, and they didn't have reinforced concrete, so they could cut down the wood to hold the excavated shaft in place with timber to prevent it from collapsing.

Su Tong asked the officers and soldiers from the Chu State to help in the mine, and personnel were assigned to guard each point, and there were three detachments patrolling for twelve hours without stopping, just for fear that someone would cause chaos and affect the process at the critical moment of mining.

"City Lord, you've been tired all morning, and it's almost noon, so let's eat something first, right?"

Doing things in winter consumes more energy, and Su Tong has stood outside the mine for so long, and his face has been blown red by the mountain wind.