Chapter 214 Privately minted coins
"Sir, can we just let these Yunzhong County soldiers surround us?"
Wei Qiu followed Lin Muyu and chased into the central army's tent, saying with anger on his face: "We used the tactic of surrounding but not attacking to surround Huox Mountain, but now we are also surrounded. The food and water from Yinshan City cannot be delivered in at all. Now, like the Knights' Pavilion on Huox Mountain, we are also trapped in the quagmire. We must make a decision!"
Lin Muyu suddenly turned around, with murderous intent in her eyes and said, "Wei Qiu, think about it, why do Bai Luo protect the knight's house like this?"
"this……"
Wei Qiu was stunned and asked carefully: "Sir, can't he suspect that Governor Hu Tiening from Cangnan Province has also completely colluded with the Xiake Pavilion?"
"Collectiveness is not certain, but interest is certain."
Lin Muyu raised his head and sighed, saying, "If there is no huge interest relationship, Hu Tiening would not need to mobilize such troops, and even hesitate to break up with us, the army of the imperial capital. This only shows that they want to protect Huo Axe Mountain. The knights in Huo Axe Mountain hide some secrets he wants us to know!"
Wei Qiu suddenly realized: "Sir, if this is the case... we must take action."
"Um."
Lin Muyu nodded and asked, "How much food and grass are left?"
"Support for two days at most, the water is no longer enough."
"A dozen wells were dug out on the spot. Our terrain was low, and there were green mountains around except Huoxu Mountain, so it was not difficult to dig out water."
"yes!"
"besides……"
"What else is there, sir?" Wei Qiu turned around and looked at him.
"Help me find a set of clothes for the Knights' Hall of the Knights. I will explore Huofu Mountain tonight to see what kind of secrets are hidden in this mountain, so that Hu Tiening can do this."
"Sir, you are taking risks alone, I'm afraid this is a bit..."
"No need to persuade me, I'm determined."
"Yes, sir!"
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Late at night, the cold wind roared on Fire Axe Mountain.
"rustle……"
Amid a rustling sound, gourd vines seeped out from the rock formations, and Lin Muyu grabbed a gourd vine tightly and climbed on the cliff north of Fire Axe Mountain using the characteristics of martial souls. This cliff is not ordinary steep, but a completely vertical natural danger, so the rangers on Fire Axe Mountain may not be guarding here, after all, ordinary people cannot climb up from here.
The cold night was cold, and Lin Muyu's sword eyebrows were dyed with a faint frost, but there was a smile in his eyes. He was dressed in the outfit of a scattered man and the medal he wore was also green. At this time, he was already hanging in the air for hundreds of meters, leaning against the gourd vine and climbing up step by step. Fortunately, the gourd vine was born from the heart and was completely in line with his body, so there was no need to worry that the thorns on the gourd vine would prick him. Even when Lin Muyu grabbed the gourd vine with his palm, the surrounding thorns quickly scattered invisible, which looked very mysterious.
"brush!"
He jumped gently and landed on the fiery red mountain rock. The Dragon Spirit Sword was wrapped in black cloth and was behind him. Lin Muyu was very familiar with the Xiake Pavilion, so he was not afraid of it. He walked over with big strides. Not far away, more than a dozen casual heroes were responsible for guarding the periphery of the North Mountain.
"Who?" One of the scattered men hurriedly raised his longbow.
Lin Muyu hurriedly raised her palm and said with a smile: "Don't pull the bow, brother, I'm having a stomachache and I'm embarrassed to solve it on it, so I went to the edge of the cliff to solve it. My family is my own!"
Under the moonlight, the scattered hero couldn't help but smile and said, "Damn it, I'm scared, boy, are you a little bit jealous, are you new?"
"Yes, I just came in less than a month."
"No wonder I can see it. Which team are you from?"
This question surprised Lin Muyu, but fortunately he was more alert and said with a smile: "I was taken up the mountain by Lord Luoshan Tiezun, and now I am following him as a personal guard."
There are at least hundreds of Iron Lords on this mountain, and the personnel are changing frequently, so these rangers may not know them all, so this lie is very appropriate!
"Oh, it turns out that it was the brother whom Lord Tiezun brought up the mountain. Come on, do you want to drink some wine to warm up your body?"
"Thank you, brothers, but I want to go back soon. Lord Tiezun was injured when he went down the mountain to attack today. I have to take care of him!"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, brother!"
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After successfully passing the test, Lin Muyu walked along the mountains and forests, but saw that the rangers along the way were all listless like wilted eggplants. It seemed that the water was cut off and the failure of the attack had almost lost their morale. Unfortunately, Hu Tiening had a new movement, otherwise the Longtan Camp would have been able to conquer the Fire Axe Mountain with slight losses within three days.
At this moment, a group of scattered men holding torches appeared in front of them, escorting about 20 people who looked like civilians through the corridor and headed straight to the other side of the cliff. One of them raised his whip and scolded with a rebellious expression: "Go away quickly, damn, I've missed the construction schedule today and will not peel you off!"
These folk men carried shovels on their shoulders, looking pale and thin.
Lin Muyu couldn't help frowning, and without thinking too much, he quietly stuck it up, mixed in and became a member of the scattered hero, and escorted the husband together. He had to continue working late in the middle of the night. There must be some secrets that cannot be seen in people when working like this.
Sure enough, after passing by a small mountain, the lights were brightly lit in front of him. About 100 casual heroes stood in front of a cave entrance with swords and swords as guards. The cave entrance extended to the depths of Huox Mountain, and a "ding-ding-dang" sound came from inside. Lin Muyu immediately concluded that this was a gold mine!
Fire Axe Mountain is actually a huge gold mine, which is too sensational!
"Go down!"
Pushing the civilians into the mine, Lin Muyu also followed a group of scattered heroes. He saw that the mine was full of torches and scattered heroes acting as guards. The entire Fire Axe Mountain seemed to be about to be hollowed out. The rock walls inside the mine were densely filled with miners climbing on it, and were using hammers, shovels and other tools to jingle the minerals in the mountain.
Under the torch, some ores can see the color of gold. Although it is not pure, it is indeed a gold mine.
Lin Muyu couldn't help but take a deep breath. At this moment, a bearded scattered man on the side looked at him and asked with a smile: "Little brother, look at you, are you new here, right?"
"Yes, what do you call this big brother?"
"Just call me a big bull."
"Ha, Brother Daniu, you are also responsible for guarding the mine today."
"Yes!" Daniu nodded, looking at the truckload of gold mines below with greed in his eyes, and said, "If all these golds are turned into gold coins, hehe... each of us can marry a wife of seven or eighth houses!"
Lin Muyu's heart sank, and she said with a smile: "Does Brother Daniu know that these gold mines are used to mint coins?"
"nature."
The big bull waved his arm and smiled, "Otherwise, why would you think Huofu Mountain was surrounded, but the old fox Hu Tiening in Wugu City wanted to send troops to reinforce us?"
Lin Muyu felt relieved and said, "I am new and don't understand these rules very well... Could it be that Hu Tiening wanted these gold mines and minted coins privately?"
"Yes, otherwise what do you think?"
The big cow said enthusiastically: "Since ancient times, people died of money and birds died of food."
"But as far as I know, there is one law of the Empire that prohibits officials from minting coins privately..." Lin Muyu said hypocritically.
The big bull touched his nose and said, "Do you think that old fox Hu Tiening is a vegetarian? This Huo Axe Mountain has been mined for nearly a year, and the gold coins that are melted out are more than 10 million. Hey... Hu Tiening is rich now, otherwise he would not have been able to buy maids, war horses, and weapons!"
"Do you dare to buy war horses and weapons?" Lin Muyu smiled astonished: "Hu Tie Ning is really bold."
Daniu smiled and said, "That's natural. The total number of troops from all over the Cangnan Province is about 120,000. Among them, the most elite is the Flying Cavalry Camp under Hu Tiening's general Long Qianlin. It is said that the war horses of this Flying Cavalry Camp are all good horses in the Western Regions, and their weapons are also cast by famous craftsmen. They are all black iron weapons. Hum... Looking at the entire empire, which army can be compared with its exquisiteness?"
Lin Muyu smiled secretly, I'm afraid his Gentian camp can compete, right?
But Hu Tiening is really bold and dares to collude with the Xiake Hall to mine gold mine on Huofu Mountain. It's so bold!
Lin Muyu sighed deeply and said, "I don't know how much gold coins we can get. It's a lot of money to marry a wife in the countryside!"
The big giant smiled: "Don't worry, by the way, what's your name?"
"Lin Zhi."
Daniu immediately patted Lin Muyu on the shoulder and smiled, "Brother Lin Zhi, the envoy of Dayouyi has promised us that after we have dug the gold mine in Huofu Mountain, we will 'shift the nest'. Each brother will be rewarded with at least one thousand gold coins. Hey... Now the girls in the countryside are cheap, and you can marry one of them with 100 gold coins. You are so young and strong, so there is no problem to marry a five-bedroom wife, hahaha..."
Lin Muyu smiled shyly: "Brother Big Niu is joking, I'm so uninformed..."
Big Bull: "..."
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At this moment, an excited voice suddenly came from the depths of the mine: "Dig...we dug..."
"What have you dug?" Lin Muyu was stunned.
The voice deep in the deep responded immediately and said with a laugh: "Master Jin Zun, we have dug up white diamonds. Come and inform the Great Youyi Envoy, we have finally dug up white diamonds!"
Lin Muyu was stunned and immediately followed the rope with a group of scattered heroes. With the light, he found a group of miners surrounded there. At the bottom of the mine, hard stones were chiseled open, and long vertebral crystals like ice crystals appeared in his eyes. They were the legendary white diamonds?
Is there any difference between white diamonds and diamonds?
People in this world do not advocate diamonds, but they seem to advocate white diamonds. What are the uses of these crystals with white shiny luster?
Chapter completed!