Twilight Boundary

After sorting out his thoughts clearly at night, Hu Ma also suppressed all the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart. There was no special expression on his face, and he was still dealing with matters in the mine patiently.

Zhuang Erchang has been taken away, and his two apprentices also died under Wu Song's corpse beekeeping. The group of rebellious shamans also died cleanly. He took over the blood food mine smoothly. .

But taking it over is just the beginning, it must be properly arranged.

The first major thing that needs to be dealt with first is to ask Zhou Datong and the others to bring a few meat-cutting craftsmen who are smart and familiar with the surrounding terrain to go out to inquire about the news and see if General Yin has any signs of rebellion or haunting.

In fact, General Yin is not a trivial matter. Although he has not taken shape, he is still an extremely evil thing. Once he causes trouble outside, not only one or two people will die. He ran away from the mine, so of course he must be careful. Wait for him to run back again.

Of course, even though people were asked to inquire about it, and they were given numerous warnings and warnings, they just wanted to pay attention, but they must not take action.

To be safe, Zhou Datong was asked to lead a small team, and Zhou Liang was asked to lead a small team. Zhao Zhu must not be let out. Others learn their skills and become smarter as they learn, but Zhao Zhu probably followed Hu Ma and the others too much. For a long time, I didn’t need to use my own brain when something happened, and I became more and more stunned.

The second thing is to appease the meat cutters who are still stranded in the mine.

Now that the month of cutting meat and settling accounts has passed, it stands to reason that these craftsmen should have gone back to the village to work on farming.

But Zhuang Erchang had kept these people before, and now it was time for Hu Ma to take over, it was time to calculate the money, and it was time to send them off. Of course, if you put it bluntly, Hu Ma could also just throw his face away and directly deny this old score.

But it’s not necessary. First of all, there will still be a need for these miners in the spring of next year. Secondly, the second master and others in the village are meat cutters, and their life is really not easy. With the little wages they earn, they can work hard by themselves. No need to be so stingy.

So when it came time to promise to calculate the money for these meat-cutting craftsmen, Hu Ma found that she couldn't seem to cut it out...

There is no oil or water in the mine!

The salary paid to these miners is usually part of the free food. Another way is to count some silver coins. If there is a lot of food in the mine, even giving them part of the food can be offset.

But now, all kinds of blood food in this mine have become dregs and cannot be counted. The mine was closed by the shaman before, and food has not come in for a long time. The flax is about to grow, and the only silver left is this.

When he came to the mine, he brought some silver, but it was not enough!

The wages of each of these dozens of meat-cutting craftsmen is calculated at twenty taels, which is nearly seven to eight hundred silver.

He brought a total of two hundred taels with him, so how could he?

When I told Lao Baanpan about this matter, he felt confident. He waved his hand and said he could handle it. First, he dipped his pen in ink and wrote an urgent letter eloquently, and asked Xiao Hongtang to send it to Zhumen Town. What the letter said was quite really:

We have arrived at the mine and are ready to take over, but this mine has been cheated by Zhuang Erchang. The risks we took and the things we took were all for our Red Lantern Lady. Now that Zhuang Erchang has run away, we don’t listen to the meat cutter’s money. What will people think of our queen in the future?

In addition, what if we don’t send manpower to search for the monster that ran out of the mine, capture it, and injure someone?

Manpower is tight and the burden is heavy. How can we do without some subsidies in our association?

If you don’t need more, I’ll quickly transfer a thousand taels of silver, ten jins of blood Tai Sui, two hundred jins of green Tai Sui, and a thousand jins of white Tai Sui. Fat pigs and sheep will not be counted...

...In addition, a weight was dug out from the mine. I asked the queen if she wanted it and took it back to be a bonsai.

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He was full of confidence and appeased the meat-cutting craftsmen, promising that the money and food would be distributed soon, and he might even give you some extra rewards, which made all of these honest craftsmen happy.

The Red Lantern Club also responded quickly to the letter. Xu Xiangzhu replied in person. He rewarded Xiao Hongtang with a large piece of green food and asked her to bring a hundred taels of silver sealed in red paper. What was said in the letter was extremely Eagerness not only comforts the brothers, but also ensures that they will be credited with their achievements.

Then he changed his mind and talked about the heavy burdens in the association now and the difficulties that brothers are having. You can use these one hundred taels of silver and figure out the rest by yourself...

... There is no need for weighing weights, there are plenty of them in the meeting.

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Lao Abacus was shocked when he wrote the next letter: "Damn old Xu is a bad student. He wasn't like this before he became the incense master!"

"Masters compete with each other..."

Hu Ma was both surprised and reasonable. She could only shake her head with emotion. Instead, she left it to Old Abacus to find food for the brothers in the valley. The people in the mine couldn't really be hungry.

After all, he still owed himself thousands of kilograms of blood food. If he was asked to do such a small amount of work, the interest would not even count.

What he is more concerned about now is the third major event in this mine, that is, how is the blood food mine doing now, and what will be the harvest next year?

After General Yin escaped, not to mention the Tai Sui flesh and blood that had been cut out, the veins floating on the surface of the mine also showed signs of withered flesh and blood. If we only look at it from the surface, this blood food mine can be Said it was scrapped.

Not to mention this year, I'm afraid that next year, the year after, or even after a few more years, they won't be able to gain weight. And if that's the case, there's no need for Hu Ma and the others to stay here. They can just pack up their things and go back to their own village.

But in fact, after careful investigation, they couldn't help but feel that things were not that simple.

"Little shopkeeper, our ancestor is still reliable..."

After some careful calculations, the old abacus quietly found Hu Ma and said in a low voice: "Before I came here, I asked him about it. He even made a few predictions and said that I will make a fortune when I come here. Now look. Look, my ancestor still feels sorry for us!"

"This mine is depleted of flesh and blood on the surface, but its essence is hidden and full of vitality. I think next year's spring will come, and we will make a fortune!"

"And this?"

Hu Ma also acted surprised, but she had already known it in her heart.

When it comes to understanding the blood food mine, he is not as good as Lao Baanpan, but the whole story is very clear.

This blood food mineral appears to have been drained of energy and looks withered, but under the withered appearance, there is a cause and effect of the collapse of the witch god and the essence of mana, all of which were absorbed by Tai Sui.

That was a powerful being created by so many shamans who worshiped devoutly and made offerings. It was comparable to the foundation and weight contained in an old fire pond in a village.

Such an old fire pit almost became fat and supported Master Tai Sui.

How could this mine not be rich?

"Looking at it this way, the craftsmen in this mine alone are not even enough. It is really not enough..."

Hu Ma kept this matter in mind and thought to himself: "In the spring of next year, will we invite the Second Master and the others here as well?"

After all, the Red Lantern Lady is kind-hearted and would be reluctant to snatch this thing from her subordinates. Whatever is cut from the mine next year will be ours...

Living a tight life like this, urging Lao Baopan to find money and food every day, as one day or two passed, things in the mine gradually subsided, and the impact of the witches' rebellion was gradually eliminated, and the craftsmen were also very happy. stable.

After all, they don't have to go to the mine every day, they still have to take care of their food, and they count their wages every day. Even if they don't get it all for a while, they still have something to look forward to, right?

As for the weights dug out of the mine?

Because I didn’t need it in the meeting, and because it was heavy and difficult to move, I just put it there. Fortunately, it didn’t take up much space. At first, everyone was a little frightened by it and stayed away from it, but later I didn’t see much of it. No matter what happens, just relax.

Gradually, someone put a coir raincoat on it. After the first one, there was a second one, and more things were put on it.

With so many clutter, it seems that this stone weight is not eye-catching at all.

Also after these mundane things stopped, Hu Ma's attention was still focused on where to find the unique skills of staying up late after entering the mansion.

I even thought about several strategies, such as trying to find a way from the reincarnated person to see what I could get in exchange for it, or trying to find a way from the Red Lantern Club to see if the Red Lantern Lady's face was big enough, etc. It felt like it would work. Passable, but not very safe.

While I was thinking about it, on this day, a message suddenly came in from outside the valley, saying that a group of people had arrived, and politely requested to come to the valley to visit.

"Weng Suntong from Liuxian Township brought his son to pay a visit?"

Hu Ma got the post and looked at it carefully, but he didn't think about it for a moment. What kind of country man was he doing in his mine?

After reacting for a while, he suddenly understood. He quickly stood up and said happily: "Please come quickly!"

He hurriedly led the people to the outside of the valley, but then passed through the forest that was full of poisonous insects before. Only then did he see a group of carriages and horses in the open space outside. On the horse headed by it, there were two people sitting on it. Wearing brocade clothes and dressing up in wealth, who else could he be if he wasn't the old Shou Sui?

If he said he was the Third Master Sun of Iron Bridge, he would have understood. But if he said he was a countryman, Hu Ma almost didn't get in touch with him.

I felt happy in my heart. If I were to talk about Shou Sui entering the mansion, wouldn't this be the right one?

Moreover, Hu Ma had seen carefully before that this old man had the ability to stay in the house and watch the New Year!

He has a green face and fangs, looks like an evil ghost, and his ability seems quite impressive...

While thinking about it, he greeted him with a smile: "Now that the old gentleman is here, he can just go straight into the valley. Why are you being so polite?"

Mr. Sun Sanye of Tieqiao, who was riding over there, saw Hu Ma personally greeting him and speaking politely. He suddenly looked happy and said with a smile: "Manager Hu, you are so polite. I am paying you a serious visit this time. How dare I lack etiquette?"

As he said that, he dismounted from the horse next to him with a white-faced young man wearing brocade clothes and jade robes. He was rich and tall and had a long body. The young man also looked at thirty or so. Mr. Sun smiled and said: "This is the seventh child of my family."

"Lao Qi, call me uncle!"

"..."

The young man got off his horse and immediately bowed his hands: "Uncle Hu is polite..."

Hu Ma was confused: "What the hell? This person looks much older than me..."