The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 75
That afternoon, Wang Jian took Dongfang Jin and twelve soldiers to a mine more than ten miles outside the city.

They first rode eastward along the avenue through a wide grassland, and then entered a forest covered with broad-leaved forests. The fallen leaves were sparse and there were many shrubs and weeds. They could only dismount and lead their reluctant horses through this place. A forested area.

Afterwards, the road turned to the northeast and started a not-so-steep uphill section. The surrounding trees turned into a large number of ferns and some sparse aquatic plants, and some unknown birds and animals loomed among them. Can't see its face.

People and horses were able to pass through unimpeded on the road afterwards, and soon they walked downhill and entered a valley. After crossing a stream with clear water, they saw the mine.

On the periphery of the mine is a flat land filled with a slope several feet high. There are many thatched houses on the top, about a dozen households. It can be seen that the huge mound was dug out of the mine on the mountainside. .

Seeing them coming, the people in the village looked at them vigilantly, and then an old man came out and gathered the crowd to bow down to him.They already knew the outside news, and they wanted to send people to serve the new Marquis before, but the people who sent them went to Heyin and saw a large number of Heyang soldiers, so they ran back in fright and didn't dare to spread the word.

Like elders in the village, the old people told Wang Jian of their suffering one by one, especially emphasizing that they had no intention of resisting. The supervisor from Ma Ling had already left, and they were the only ones left.

Wang Jian dismounted, and many guards immediately came up and surrounded him, fearing that someone would sneak attack.

Wang Jian raised his hand to tell them to back off. Under the supervision of his spiritual consciousness, no one could sneak attack.

"Since you have worked hard, I pardon your sins, but next time if there is anything to do, you must immediately send someone to let the government know." Wang Jian said solemnly.

"Yes, yes, we will send someone immediately if something happens, and I will definitely send someone bold next time."

"Without Ma Ling's supervisor, can your mine continue to mine?" Wang Jian asked.

"Back to the Marquis, without the Maling people, the influence is not great. Anyway, they don't usually participate in mining, they just live here, eat our clothes and wear our clothes, and sometimes extort our money!

Fortunately, Lord Marquis came here with his troops to drive them away, saving us from a big harm! "The old man said a lot one after another.

Wang Jian didn't express his position after hearing what he said, "Take me to see the mine."

The old man nodded repeatedly, stood up and greeted: "Please, Marquis, I will show you the way!" He walked in the front and led everyone to the entrance of the cave.

Everyone climbed up a small slope to the middle of the mountain, and saw a hole built with wooden boards, and stone steps built with many stones on the ground. Wang Jian felt a strong aura from a long distance away. It spewed out, almost like an invisible gushing torrent, spraying spiritual energy out all the time.

All this is only displayed in Wang Jian's spiritual consciousness, and others can't see it at all.

"This place is so strange, it's refreshing to stand here." Dongfang Jin said with some surprise.

As he got closer to Wang Jian, he gradually saw that the mine was extending in all directions. There were both the main cave and the vertical shaft for ventilation, which were supported by planks on all sides, and there were also side roads extending in all directions. It seemed that the mine had been dug for many years.

As the old man took the lead to go deeper, they found that there were not only ventilated and transparent shafts in the mine, but also bamboo pipes for drainage. As they got deeper and deeper, the walls of the cave, especially the walls above the head and on the left and right sides There are already faint and finely fragmented fluorescent lights on the skin, the small ones are like sesame seeds, and the largest ones are no more than the size of a fingernail, scattered sparsely.

"These are these jades. They are too broken and too small. We don't usually pick them very much." The old man introduced as he walked, but Wang Jian's heart was beating wildly. These are all pure spirit stones, only finer pieces!

However, the old man continued to walk in, and the more he went in, the bigger the spirit stone became. When he got to the bottom of the mine where there were many tools such as dustpans, pickaxes, shovels and barrels, there were vaguely visible signs on the walls. I saw more than ten fist-sized spirit stones inlaid among the many hard stones!
"Marquis, this is the best jade in the mine, and it is the best mine I have found in the past four years." The old man pointed to the wall and said, "We picked half of it before, and then the Maling people ran away. There was no movement and we stopped mining."

Wang Jian felt the aura in the mine that was so thick that it was about to flow, and tried to calm down the turmoil and excitement in his heart. The servant wanted to throw out those fist-sized spirit stones on the spot and asked, "How do you replenish your supplies on weekdays?"

"Back to Lord Marquis, food and clothing are shipped from Heyin Town on weekdays. Food is shipped every [-] days, shoes and clothes are shipped every [-] days, and water is taken locally. If there is any need, we will send people to Heyin asked the commander there.

On weekdays, the Maling people would send supervisors, usually three at a time, and every sixty days they would send a team of about fifty troops to send the excavated jade to Heyin for sale there.

We villagers have been mining here for several decades. As a reward, we have always had ample food and clothing, and sometimes some rewards of wine and meat.But sometimes if you can't dig enough jade stones, Heyin will give you less food, and generally speaking, you won't be hungry. "The old man chattered endlessly about the way they cooperated with the Maling people in the past.

After hearing this, Wang Jian immediately said: "Heyin will resume your supply from tomorrow, and start mining immediately. We will follow the rules of the Maling people before, but I will provide you with more manpower and materials."

He has already begun to imagine in his heart how fast he can practice if there are so many spirit stones supplied, and at the same time he can set up various formations, such as those that confuse people, kill the enemy, change the weather, etc. In the past, he could only deduce it from the book of formations, and he could test all formations that could only imagine their effects.

If used properly, it can greatly enhance the strategic advantage. With these spirit stones, he feels more secure.

The simplest, if he successfully arranges the phantom formation outside the army camp, it can greatly slow down the enemy's attack, allowing the defenders to have enough time to react, so that the sneak attack will no longer be sudden.

So many spiritual stones can also allow him to cultivate some confidantes with high cultivation bases. Although among thousands of troops, not to mention Qi training monks, even foundation building monks can hardly protect themselves, but it can protect his normal safety. Using it will always make him feel at ease.

Sooner or later, the Han army will advance eastward, and the eastern countries will become chaotic sooner or later. Before the irreversible general trend of the world arrives, Wang Jian hopes that what he masters and his own power will be as strong as possible, so that he can face the impact of the torrent of history
(End of this chapter)