After passing Jinquan Gate, the group was walking back to the inn. Chai Yan asked Zhao Xiong: "Are you okay? Do you want to go to the medical clinic?"
Zhao Xiong quickly put down the hand covering his chest, shook his head and said, "No need, Mr. Chai, I'm fine! It's just a minor injury, just go back and lie down and have a nap."
"Well, okay then...but if something really happens, you must go and see the doctor, you know?" Chai Yan warned.
Zhao Xiong nodded and responded: "I understand, Mr. Chai."
Then, Chai Yan walked over to Chang Bingkun.
When Chang Bingkun saw Chai Yan coming, he asked, "Master Chai, how did you know that we were going to the Youlong tribe's village?"
Chai Yan shook his head calmly: "I don't know. I was just guessing. I just went back to the inn to talk to you. They said you went to experience the people of the Youlong tribe. The first thing I thought of at that time was Youlong Dazhai, so we
I just came to try my luck, I didn’t expect you to be here, Mr. Chang.”
Master Chang nodded, and then said with an angry look on his face: "These Youlong people are too arrogant and arrogant to occupy their privileges!"
"By the way, Mr. Chai, what do you want to do with me?" Mr. Chang asked immediately.
Chai Yan said seriously: "Mr. Chang, let's go back to the inn first, and then we will talk in detail slowly!"
"good!"
Chang Bingkun agreed, then quickened his pace and walked side by side to the inn with Chai Yan.
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On the other side, An Huai took Lando back home with a very depressed look on his face.
As soon as he entered the house, An Huai stopped and said angrily to Lando: "Kneel down, and you are not allowed to get up without my consent!"
"Stop, Patriarch, is it too much to kneel down? Can you kneel somewhere else?"
Lando's face immediately fell. He was worried. There were so many people coming and going in the front yard, and it was quite embarrassing for the servants at home to see them.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Does kneeling mean kneeling?" An Huai said angrily.
Lando didn't dare not listen, so he nodded and agreed: "Chief, don't be angry! Kneel down, I'll just kneel down..."
After Lando knelt obediently in the vestibule, An Huai strode into the house.
In the courtyard, Hanuo was pruning the branches and leaves of the flowers and plants, when An Huai suddenly appeared in a hurry.
"Grandpa." An Huai's greeting voice was unhappy.
As soon as Hanuo heard that something was wrong in the voice, he turned around and found An Huai's expression was very bad.
So Hanuo stopped what he was doing and asked, "What happened? You look so ugly?"
An Huai walked up to Hanuo, pointed behind him and said, "Grandpa, do you know that just now Lando and those idiots who looked after the door really offended the Chang Shilang of the Ministry of Works!"
"The Chang Shilang of the Ministry of Industry?" Hanuo thought for a while and asked, "Is that the Chang Bingkun who came from the capital?"
An Huai nodded and said: "Yes, that's him! Just now, Chang Shilang wanted to come into our village and have a look, but those idiots at the gate stopped Chang Shilang and the others. Later, Lando
This guy was also in a daze, and he actually injured Chang Shilang's personal attendant. Tell me, what is this? It really made me angry..."
When Hanuo heard that this matter was serious, he put down the scissors in his hand and said, "Go into the room and talk."
Soon, An Huai followed Hanuo to the hall. Under Hanuo's questioning, An Huai told his grandfather the details of the incident...
After hearing this, Hanuo shook his head and said comfortingly: "Forget it, everything has already happened, what's the use of being angry anymore?"
An Huai sighed and said seriously: "Grandpa, you also know that now the imperial court has discovered a new gold vein in Lintai Mountain, and our Yuntai Mountain is fast... The lives of the people will become worse day by day.
Difficult..."
Hanuo asked with a serious expression: "What do you want to say?"
An Huai said hurriedly: "Grandpa, what my grandson wants to say is that if we can make friends with Chang Shilang of the Ministry of Industry and build a good relationship, in the future we, the Youlong Clan, may be able to rely on our experience and ability in mining and smelting.
If Taishan gets a share of the pie, the tribesmen won’t have no mines to dig!”
Hanuo looked at An Huai, shook his head and said: "An Huai, I know what you are thinking, but wanting to participate in the mining of Lintai Mountain is not as simple as you think..."
An Huai looked at Grandpa in confusion, waiting for him to continue.
Hanuo thought for a while and said: "An Huai, Yuntai Mountain is indeed showing signs of drying up, but I don't think it will be so fast. Based on my experience, even if it persists for another five, six years or even seven or eight years, it will be exhausted."
There will be no problem! Therefore, there is no need to be so anxious about fighting for the mining rights of the Lintai Mountain gold mine. It is better to let the court hit the wall and encounter obstacles first, which is not a bad thing!"
Ever since the capital quietly dispatched Chang Bingkun and his entourage to Lintai Mountain, Hanuo had wanted to understand one thing, that is, the imperial court intended to mine the Lintai Mountain gold mines on its own in the future, and would not allow the Youlong Clan to participate in it.
An Huai's thinking was also very clear. He understood immediately after hearing this and immediately answered: "Grandpa, do you want us to sit back and wait until the court has no other way to talk to them about mining and smelting?"
Hanuo nodded confidently and said: "That's right!"
An Huai thought about his grandfather's words carefully and couldn't help but nodded: "Grandpa, you are right. Without the mining and smelting technology of the Youlong tribe, the imperial court would not have the ability to mine gold mines, unless they spend huge financial and material resources from other gold mines."
Send manpower over, but if that happens, the gold dug out from Lintai Mountain will be in vain."
Hanuo nodded again and agreed: "That's right! So, you should stop thinking about making friends with Chang Shilang, because in the future, success or failure in coming to Taishan will not depend on the quality of our relationship with any official, but on the quality of our relationship with any official.
It depends on the strength of our Youlong tribe! Do you understand?"
"My grandson understands!" An Huai suddenly felt very encouraged and immediately nodded heavily.
After talking about the business, Hano asked: "Where is Lando?"
An Huai glanced in the direction of the door and said, "I'm going to punish him by kneeling outside."
Hanuo smiled and said, "Grandpa, how about asking for a favor for Lando?"
An Huai immediately walked to the door and shouted outside: "Come here, call Lando in."
After a while, Lando came to the hall, his head was haggard and he didn't dare to make a sound.
An Huai said in a deep voice: "Why don't you thank grandpa? If he hadn't said good things for you, would I have let you in so quickly?"
Lando came to his senses in a flash and hurriedly bowed deeply to Hano and thanked him repeatedly.
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