"Underneath this underground river..." Liu Zheji tentatively released the power of his soul, and found that the underground canyon was really deep. He even lowered the canyon for more than ten feet without detecting the underground river.
"We have already tried it, but the underground river is too deep and we dare not send people to go deep into it," Zhang Hongyu said.
"Didn't you try flying down?" Huang Huaji asked next to him.
Zhang Hongyu shook his head, "I see that the bottom of this canyon is full of dangers, and there might be some monsters coming out of it, but I didn't let them take risks."
Liu Zheji glanced down. Indeed, there was a strange aura lingering in the canyon. Zhang Hongyu's approach was right. Taking risks rashly would only result in the loss of manpower.
"Let's go and show you the real mineral veins." Lan Yuntian excitedly called on everyone to follow.
Liu Zheji and others looked at each other and followed.
After crossing the bridge, there was another mine tunnel behind. Lan Yuntian held up a green crystal stone dug out from the wall to guide the way. When he reached the end of the mine tunnel, the spiritual energy around him suddenly became richer.
"Lingshi mineral vein!" Everyone reacted instantly. This is definitely a spiritual stone mineral vein!
Lan Yuntian turned his back to everyone and took out a few handfuls of fluorite from the storage ring and threw them around. The light of the fluorite instantly illuminated everything around him.
"hiss……"
Everyone took a breath of cold air, and Huang Huaji's resentment towards the Servants' Court instantly disappeared when they saw the huge Lingshi ore in front of them.
"This is a piece of raw spiritual stone, but we don't have the tools to mine it, so we can only leave it here for the time being. If we break it rashly, it will be a pity that the spiritual energy inside will escape." Zhang Hongyu said, stroking the green raw stone in front of him.
Everyone made a simple estimate and found that this raw spiritual stone ore alone was worth at least nearly 100,000 spiritual stones. No one was sure how much ore there was behind this raw spiritual stone ore.
"Why don't you dig to the side?" Forbes suddenly asked.
Zhang Hongyu's expression became a little tangled. He glanced at Liu Zheji. Liu Zheji understood and detected the power of the soul. When he detected the scene in the surrounding rocks, his heart beat uncontrollably.
The surrounding walls were filled with huge spiritual stone mines. The large spiritual stones were so scary that Liu Zheji's head was buzzing, and he couldn't even hear what the few people around him were saying.
"Here... let's seal it up first, and then we can mine it when the time comes." Liu Zheji said reluctantly.
Everyone was confused about what he meant, but they didn't dare to say anything. Under the leadership of Zhang Hongyu, everyone retreated, leaving only a few disciples from the Miscellaneous Service Academy guarding the other side of the bridge.
When everyone returned to Lingshi Valley, Liu Zheji immediately ordered the Mojia Army to send people to guard the mine. No one was allowed to approach except approved people.
This Lingshi vein was of great importance, and Liu Zheji had to be cautious.
That night, Liu Zheji summoned several important managers and held an urgent meeting.
"Now we just have to wait for Senior Gongsun Yan to wake up, and we will start planting spiritual tea. In addition, Zhang Hongyu, you guys have made a purchase order. There are many professional tools needed to dig the spiritual stone mine..."
After Liu Zheji arranged all the work, he dissolved the meeting and all the managers who had orders withdrew. Only Gu Lianqi and Uncle Fu were left in the big account.
"Alas." Liu Zheji sighed, sitting on the rocking chair next to him and thinking deeply.
Uncle Fu and Gu Lianqi had doubts on their faces, and they both wondered why Liu Zheji sighed.
"Uncle Fu...We don't need anything now, but we are so short of people."
According to statistics, there are now more than 20,000 people in Lingshi Valley, including 6,000 combatants and the rest are logistics personnel. Half of these logistics personnel are planters who cannot start work, and the daily consumption is a huge amount.
numbers, even if they have spirits
Raw stone ores, as well as a variety of rare ores, can be sold directly without arousing suspicion.
"I... have an idea that will attract a lot of people. It depends on whether you agree, young master." Gu Lianqi hesitated and said.
"What?" Liu Zheji raised his head and looked at Gu Lianqi expectantly.
Gu Lianqi took a deep breath and said the answer that shocked Liu Zheji.
"The Gu family...are still in Jiangbei County."
"Gu family!?" Uncle Fu asked in surprise, "Are they still alive?"
As soon as Uncle Fu finished speaking, he felt that what he said was wrong. Gu Lianqi and Liu Zheji were both members of the Gu family. Although they are now separated from the Gu family, they still have the blood of the Gu family. He said with some embarrassment: "Young Master...
I didn’t mean that, it’s good that the Gu family is still here, but can they accept entering our Zichen Mansion?”
Liu Zheji pondered for a moment, and to be honest, he didn't have any feelings for the Gu family. He only had feelings for two people in the Gu family, except Gu Lianqi and Gu Menger. He didn't even have feelings for his own mother, whom he had never met.
Thinking of Gu Mengqing, Liu Zheji couldn't help but cast his eyes on Uncle Fu. Uncle Fu hadn't been in contact with Gu Mengqing for a long time and didn't know how she was doing now.
"Young Master." Uncle Fu knew what Liu Zheji wanted to ask, but he shook his head, "Master's whereabouts are erratic. She only gave us the last order and then disappeared."
Liu Zheji looked away in disappointment, but Gu Mengqing still wasn't ready to see him.
At this time, Gu Lianqi frowned, as if he was remembering something, "Young Master...Master...has she ever mentioned Zhongzhou to you?"
"I remember the master mentioned something about Zhongzhou. She said a long time ago that she was going to Zhongzhou to do something, but I don't know what it was specifically. Maybe she has gone to Zhongzhou now."
"Zhongzhou..."
Liu Zheji kept repeating these two words. If Gu Mengqing really went to Zhongzhou, wouldn't he be in the same place as his aunt? Anyway, he would go to Zhongzhou sooner or later...we would meet sooner or later.
"Wait!" Liu Zheji suddenly thought, assuming Gu Mengqing is really in Zhongzhou, then what's the point of her not coming back for so long? With her character, she will never ignore herself, at least she will give herself a reminder.
But now there is no prompt, nothing is left, only Gu Lianqi and Uncle Fu are left to him, but...
"Gu Mengqing left a reason why he had to go to Zhongzhou."
Because of Gu Meng'er, Liu Zheji had to go to Zhongzhou to rescue her. Gu Mengqing was probably also in Zhongzhou. Thinking this way, it was completely connected. Liu Zheji even thought that Gu Meng'er was taken into the Yan Palace because of Gu Mengqing's handiwork.
"Haha... You've kept everything from me until now, but I want to see what else you can do after you go to Zhongzhou?"
Liu Zheji, who had been thinking for a long time on his chair, suddenly stood up, startling both Gu Lianqi and Uncle Fu.
"Uncle! Come with me to the Gu family tomorrow!" Liu Zheji said with a sneer.
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Since the Gu family escaped from Jiangnan County, the family's strength has plummeted. The land given to the Gu family by Jiangbei County is a land with poor resources. In addition, the Gu family has no means of earning spiritual stones, and the Gu family has reached a very difficult situation.
There are three areas of Jiangbei County Sheriff's Circle along the river, and the Gu family's home is located in the area with the least resources. Back then, the disaster started from the center of Jiangnan County and spread to the surrounding areas. The Gu family located on the border avoided the disaster of being exterminated but also lost their lives.
Enclosures that compete for powerful resources.
The Gu family of today is no longer the Gu family of the past. The head of the family, Gu Fengtian, was seriously injured in order to protect the Gu family. He has not recovered yet. Gu Chengdu, Gu Yingtang and others also suffered serious injuries.
Now the only ones with any fighting ability are the younger members of the Gu family.
In the Gu family ancestral hall, Gu Mengying was sitting on the main seat, with the current core members of the Gu family sitting on the left and right.
"Master...our Gu family escort agency has not received any business for half a month. If this continues, the agency may not be able to continue operating." A young man said dejectedly.
After the Gu family came to the Jiangbei County fiefdom, since there was no way to earn spiritual stones in the family, they had no choice but to open an escort agency. The Gu family had been in Gucheng for many years and relied on the escort agency business to make a fortune, but it was different here. This enclosure
The economy is in recession and transportation is inconvenient, and the Gu family can no longer support themselves.
When a woman next to her saw Gu Mengying lowering her head and saying nothing, she couldn't help but yelled, "If this continues, my Gu family will be doomed! Aren't you the acting head of the family? Why don't you think of a way?"
Gu Mengying did not answer. Gu Yingtang next to him frowned and said, "This matter is a problem that my entire Gu family has to face. Why are you making it difficult for her?"
The woman's expression changed and she said coldly: "If it weren't for her, our Gu family wouldn't be in this situation. It was she who opened the escort agency, and she should be responsible for the compensation!"
"Responsible! Responsible! Why do you want a little girl to be responsible for this?!" Gu Yingtang was so angry that the wound on his chest was pulled. After speaking, he leaned on the chair panting.
The woman didn't care at all. Instead, she smiled sinisterly and said, "The eldest son of the Zhang family has proposed to us again and again. Why don't you marry Mengying? The Zhang family is in great shape now. With their help, my Gu family will soon be married."
I can get through it.”
The Zhang family mentioned by the woman was the Zhang family from Gu Cheng. After the two families escaped from Jiangnan County, the Zhang family was very lucky to find a vein of spirit stone in the enclosure. The Zhang family knew that they were not strong enough to swallow this.
mine, and dedicated it to the Black Dragon Gate, the largest power in the enclosure at that time.
, Heilongmen did not treat them badly, and gave them the ownership of 30% of the mineral veins, and worked with the Zhang family to mine the mineral veins. With financial support, the Zhang family's business started. In the past few years, their strength has vaguely surpassed that of Heilongmen.
Instead, it became the number one force in the enclosure.
Gu Mengying's face darkened when she heard the woman's words, and her fists clenched. If her two uncles hadn't died to protect him after the gods came out of the secret realm, she wouldn't have endured the woman's troubles now.
As soon as the woman finished speaking, the rest of the family also had some thoughts. This family is now a big tree, and ordinary forces have no chance to contact them. Now that the eldest son wants to marry Gu Mengying, such a good opportunity is in front of the rest of the Gu family.
As soon as the light came on, everyone started to dissuade him.
"Shut up!" Gu Yingtang roared angrily, and the strong energy in his body disappeared. The doors, windows and furniture in the ancestral hall crackled, and dust continued to fall from the roof.
"As long as I'm here! The Gu family will never do that groveling thing." Gu Yingtang said reluctantly, holding back the blood in his chest.
Gu Mengying sighed deeply. The Gu family owed her a lot, but after Gu Chengdu, Gu Yingtang and others made up for it, she had already let go of the death of her father Gu Chengfeng. She now walks her own path.
, if it weren't for him, the two top worshipers of the Gu family would not have died.
Gu Mengying couldn't help but recall the "World-Destroying Red Lotus" incident in her mind. If it hadn't been for those two uncles desperately blocking her in front of her, she wouldn't be standing here.
"If marrying the Zhang family can solve the problem of my Gu family, I will consider it." Gu Mengying gritted her teeth and said to everyone.
"Ah! That's right! The eldest son of the Zhang family is such a good man. He is handsome, young and successful. He is a perfect match for you, girl Ying. It is also a blessing for my Gu family to have this son-in-law!"
Seeing that the woman was going too far, Gu Mengying couldn't bear it and left the ancestral hall. After she left, the woman kept asking when she was going to mention the matter to the Zhang family and whether she needed to inform her in advance.
After Gu Mengying left the ancestral hall, she left Gu's house alone and stopped by a river. She looked at her reflection in the water, and two drops of water fell from her pale face.