Miners Are the Best Source of Soldiers
"Little sister, you're the one who wants to marry that Mountain Dragon, right?”
Mei Yueqi, the second sister of the Four Beauties of Plum Blossom, teased.
Mei Yuehua's face became even redder, and she looked even more beautiful.
"If I can marry the Pan Shan Dragon, I... I'm naturally willing!"
The female boss of the mafia was indeed fierce.
Mei Yueqin shook her head and said,""Let's not talk about these ridiculous things. Why don't we go and get in touch with Su Yan? Although Su Yan is also a bandit, he has a much better reputation than that Zhang Ehu.”
Over the years, Su Yan's Fallen Dragon Gorge could be considered to have made a name for itself in this region.
Originally, there were less than a thousand scattered soldiers, but now there were more than four thousand people in the stronghold. Most of them were from nearby villages. In addition, there were more than a thousand children. They were the descendants of their former comrades. Su Yan had sent people to pick them up from various places.
The entire Fallen Dragon Gorge could be considered a rather unusual existence among the nearby bandit strongholds.
They would not plunder the villages, but set their sights on the caravans of the Tang nobles.
Moreover, they had never failed. Once they were targeted, few merchants could escape.
Therefore, even Zhang Ehu did not dare to provoke Su Yan, the Mountain Dragon.
When Plum Blossom Manor was threatened by Zhang Ehu, the first person they thought of was naturally Su Yan.
"There is still quite a lot of copper in our manor. We can pay a certain price to invite Su Yan over…" Mei Yueqin said after some consideration.
"Big sister, it's just that the mineral veins in the manor have already dried up. The surroundings are also filled with mountain rocks and stone walls. We can't cultivate them. Even if we can pass this test…What should we do in the future?"
Mei Yue Shu's pretty face revealed a worried expression.
Mei Yueqin fell silent.
In the end, they were just women. They inherited the authority of their fathers and could still make the men, women, and children of Plum Blossom Manor listen to them.
However, once they encountered a crisis, the methods they could come up with... There really wasn't much!
"Let's take it one step at a time. If that Su Yan is really a good master, my Plum Blossom Manor can serve him, but he has to marry me!”
Mei Yueqin gritted her teeth and said.
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"Oh? What price is your Plum Blossom Manor willing to pay?”
The envoy sent by the Plum Blossom Manor quickly arrived at the Fallen Dragon Gorge. After hearing the words of the envoy, Su Yan's expression remained the same and he remained calm. This caused the envoy sent by the Plum Blossom Manor to be somewhat uncertain of Su Yan's true thoughts…
"King Su, our eldest miss said... If you are able to help our Mei Jia Village tide over this crisis, we are willing to give you two hundred thousand jin of copper…" The Mei Village envoy said.
Su Yan nodded.
200,000 jin of copper was not a small amount.
The Tang Dynasty's Yiguan copper coins were about four catties, so 200,000 catties of copper was 50,000 strings of copper coins.
According to the current purchasing power of the Tang Dynasty, Yiguan copper could buy about 20 stones of grain. According to the price of rice on the road, 1.5 yuan, the purchasing power of Yiguan copper was about 3,500 yuan.
Fifty thousand strings of copper was equivalent to one or two hundred million yuan.
To the current Su Yan, it was indeed a huge sum of money.
This also meant that Mei Village was indeed rich.
"Go back and tell your young miss that this is not enough. As for what I want, when the time comes... I'll take it myself!"
Su Yan said.
The Mei Village envoy was stunned.
I should take it…
Could it be that this Pan Shan Dragon was trying to catch the oriole behind the mantis stalking the cicada?
"King Su…You... I beg you to save Mei Manor…If that Zhang Ehu takes over the Mei Manor, his next target will be you. We're in a situation where our lips are gone and our teeth are cold…"
The Mei Village envoy immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Su Yan shook his head and said,"Just based on that Zhang Ehu?" Haha, what evil tiger? He's not even a vicious dog, and you're just going to tell your Young Miss that Zhang Ehu is nothing but a scabby dog in my eyes. It'll be easy for me to destroy him.”
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"My lord, this is a good opportunity. If we swallow Tiger Fiend Mountain and Plum Blossom Manor…Our strength can be doubled!"
Shan Ying said to Su Yan after the Mei Jia Village's envoy left.
"That's right. That Zhang Ehu has thousands of bandits under him. He can capture all of them and use them as laborers!”
Su Yan said.
This winter, Su Yan was prepared to build a large scale in the Fallen Dragon Gorge.
Reclaim wasteland, build canals, and build houses.
All of this required labor.
Right now, Su Yan's subordinates lacked labor the most.
Shan Ying was stunned for a moment." Zhang Ehu's subordinates are all bandits who lick blood on their blades. They are all sent to cut down trees and dig up soil…" Isn't it too wasteful?"
Su Yan sneered and said," What evil bandits? They are just a bunch of lawless and unruly children. If they join our army, they will only corrupt the atmosphere." On the contrary, the miners from Mei Village…It's suitable to join the army at that time."
"Miners?" Shan Ying was dumbfounded.
If the miners were so powerful, why would the Mei Family Village need help from the Fallen Dragon Gorge?
Su Yan patted Shan Ying's shoulder and said," Husky, you'll know in the future. Miners are the best source of soldiers…"
The best source of soldiers?
Shan Ying could not quite understand.
However, since it was Su Yan who said it, he believed it.
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