"Princess, will they agree?" Jialina's personal maid asked.
"They should agree." Gulina said indifferently: "If they agree, it doesn't matter if they get half of the gold mined from the gold mine. Although gold is very precious, there are many things in this world that are more precious than gold. Already."
The personal maid nodded: "But if we do this, will our true intentions be exposed?"
"Don't worry, there are formations set up by Master over there. No first-class formation master will be able to discover the hidden things." Gulina said confidently: "In addition to the Daqian National Master, there is no one in the world. People can decipher Master's formation, and even if they discover the formation, what will happen?"
"If they mine the gold mine honestly, it will be fine if I give them half of the profit from the gold mine. If black iron ore is found during mining, I can share some with them. If they are still greedy, don't blame me for being cruel."
Gu Lina didn't feel worried at all. Liangyuan Canyon is located on the prairie, which belongs to the territory of the Qing Tribe. She has some status in the Qing Tribe, and after discovering the gold mine, Xuantian Mine and the hidden thing.
She moved all the tribes under her control to the edge of Liangyuanyuan Canyon, and that area now belongs to her ruling area.
It's just that she didn't let her tribe enter the Liangyuan Canyon. The people in the tribe seemed loyal, but he couldn't guarantee whether there were spies.
Even her personal guards, she didn't trust them 100%.
That's why she went to make a deal with Zhuo Bufan. The Xiliang army kept secrets very strictly. Ever since they discovered the Xiliang army on their grassland, they have been trying to insert spies into the Xiliang army for many years. But after so many years, .
Apart from inserting one person into the ordinary army of the Ninth Legion, their Qing tribe no longer has any spies inside.
Moreover, the spies who enter the army have no news at all other times except for the period of time when they can come out every month and can pass on some news to them.
They couldn't contact him either, so they had to wait until he came out.
From this we can see how strict the Xiliang Army's confidentiality system is, and they suspect that the Xiliang Army should have a huge intelligence network.
They discovered that the main reason was that the spies were going to enter Jiuyuan City and would be captured by the Xiliang Army within two days. All this news came back from the caravan in their grassland.
It can only mean one thing that Xiliang's intelligence network is very strong. In the northwest, there is nothing the other party cannot find except what the other party does not want to find out.
Gulina feels at ease in alliance with such a force that has a very good confidentiality system, because the gold mine in her hands must not be leaked.
The things near the gold mine were really important to her, and it would take a long time to mine those things, so until those things were mined, she was willing to divide the gold mine equally with the Xiliang army.
After getting what she wants, she can kick Xiliang away. Who knows that this gold mine is within the territory of the Qing tribe, and Xiliang's army can't fight against him here.
She could easily recruit the Qing tribe army, but the Xiliang army was far away from the Qingxi Fortress. Even if they sent out scouts to ask for help, the scouts would not be able to spread the news to the Qingxi Fortress in a short time.
It is estimated that while waiting for reinforcements to arrive, the troops in the gold mine have already been wiped out by her.
Since she can think of this, then the generals in Xiliang can naturally think of this too, so how to get the Xiliang army to mine gold mines is a problem.
So now she is not very sure whether Xiliang's army is willing to go to Liangyuan Canyon to mine gold.
Zhuo Bufan immediately summoned the senior officials in the fortress together.
"General Zhuo, these two original canyons are within the territory of the Qing tribe. Even if there is a gold mine, you can't go there!" A middle-aged man said: "We can cooperate with him now, that is, wait until the gold is mined.
, the other party only needs to tell King Qing of the Qing Tribe, and the men we sent there will never come back!"
"This is a trap!"
"I don't know if Princess Nagulina who made this suggestion is really stupid? Or does he treat us as fools?" A general said bluntly: "Although gold is very valuable, the lives of our soldiers are higher."
"But my subordinates feel that we can use the plan to our advantage." The general who spoke thought for a moment and then said: "Because of the boundary, it is difficult for our army to rush to the prairie.
The other party asked us to go to Liangyuan Canyon to mine gold mines. We must have to cross the boundary between Qingxi Grassland and Prairie. There must be a lot of people mining gold mines, all kinds of supplies, and gold mines.
All required tools need to be prepared.
If we set out, there will be at least two to three thousand people. How about we go to the middle of the zone and pretend to be mining people, put weapons and equipment on the transport truck, wait for the border crossing, put on the weapons and equipment, and send them to the prairie people stationed at the border.
A backstab!
Take this opportunity to seize that place!"
The boundary is where the Qingxi grassland and the prairie connect. The Qing tribe stationed 30,000 troops there, including 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Not far from this army, there were more than a dozen tribes.
There is abundant water and grass at the boundary. If it were not for the Qingxi Grassland army, these tribes would have already come to the Qingxi Grassland to graze.
Once there is a conflict between the army at the boundary of Xiliang and the army stationed by the Qing tribe here, those tribes will come to support as soon as possible.
This is the price they pay for grazing in the surrounding area. It is impossible to get a place with abundant water and grass without paying a price.
The price those tribes paid was that when the garrison here clashed with the Xiliang garrison, they needed to rush to support as soon as possible.
It would be better not to start a war, but once a war starts, given the military strength of both sides, one side will always lose, but the outcome for the winning side will not be much better.
Both sides are the best among the best, and they are both ruthless people who are not afraid of death. As long as they can't be beaten to death, they will fight to death.
If these tribes mobilized, they could mobilize more than 20,000 horses and horses, so the number of prairie people stationed here should be between 30,000 and 60,000.
This is a huge number!
As long as the opponent holds on for a period of time, troops on the grassland will continuously come to support him.
Now that spring has begun, the major tribes are constantly migrating in search of water sources and places with abundant water and grass.
In the past, people from the Qing tribe on the prairie had to come to the Qingxi grassland to graze their cattle. There were not many tribes in the Qingxi grassland, and they were not used in many places.
Naturally, it became a grazing land for these grassland tribes on the prairie. Unfortunately, since Xiliang occupied the Qingxi Grassland, they have never been to the Qingxi Grassland to graze.
There were fewer places for grazing, and sometimes the two tribes often fought over a better grazing land.
When a fight breaks out on the grassland, you don't just fight each other with wood, but you directly pull out a sharp knife. The winner can annex the other's tribe and occupy the place with abundant water and grass.
For losers, all young and middle-aged people will be killed, and children who are higher than the wheel will also be killed.
The loser's woman will become a slave of the winning tribe, reproducing their offspring and strengthening the tribe.
The seven large tribes on the grassland and the Golden Family were just a small tribe countless years ago. In the annexation wars, they continued to expand their ethnic groups and the number of races increased. It was not until a thousand years ago that the
Grow into the seven major tribes of the grassland and the golden family.
On the grassland, only those who are fierce can survive. In this land where the strong survive, cowardly people will be devoured with no bones left.
Therefore, if they want to start a war with the grassland, they must grasp the time and speed to capture the defenders here before the enemy tribal troops come to support them.
Otherwise, when the opponent reacts, the thousands of people who stabbed the prairie troops from behind will probably be eaten by the opponent.
"They won't let us bring so many things over!" Zhuo Bufan shook his head: "And the only people who can complete this task are soldiers from Xiliang headquarters. Do you think the other side will let Xiliang headquarters go and cross the border?"
Others fell silent after hearing this, but the gold mine matter was considered to have become obsolete.
There is no place for the grassland people to trust them, and the other party will not trust them. On both sides, if you don't trust me and I don't trust you, how can we cooperate?
"Apart from the boundary entrance to Liangyuan Canyon, is there no other way?" Zhuo Bufan looked at the leader of the grassland people.
The person present who is most familiar with the Qingxi grassland and the prairie is this grassland leader.
"Return to the general!" the leader of the grassland people said: "The Qingxi grassland and the prairie are separated by a mountain range. The only way to reach the prairie is from the boundary. Otherwise, we can only cross the high mountain. But
From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of anyone being able to transcend the past."
"In that case, forget it!" Zhuo Bufan had given up on the gold mine in his heart. Even if what Gulina said was true, there was no way he would let his men risk their lives to mine there.
At that time, even the gold that may be mined has not been compensated, and the pensions for soldiers who died in battle are large, so it is really a loss to both the wife and the soldiers!
"Let's not talk about it!" Zhuo Bufan changed the subject: "It's spring now, it's the busy time for farming, and it's also the season for livestock breeding. Next, all of you, take care of the places you are responsible for, and there can't be any mistakes.
, we can’t relax for a moment on the other side of the boundary.”
Zhuo Bufan said and looked at the next young general. The young general immediately stood up and said: "General, there is no problem at the boundary."
Zhuo Bufan nodded and continued: "My lord is leading the army south to conquer Liangzhou and Bingzhou. It is not appropriate for us to have any more fights on the grasslands, lest we upset our lord's mind.
In the face of provocations from the prairie, we can tolerate it as long as we can, but if the other party dares to step into our Qingxi grassland, then I will kill them directly.
We don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. As long as the other party dares to cross the line, then give me a hard slap back!
Did you hear everything clearly?"
"Listen clearly!"
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"Princess Gulina, I'm really sorry. Although the Liangyuan Canyon is not very far from the Qingxi Grassland, that place is still under the control of your Qing Tribe. We really don't trust our people to go mining there.
!" Zhuo Bufan said to Gu Lina apologetically.
"I can guarantee your safety!" Gulina sounded a little anxious: "I can assure you, General Zhuo, that no one can harm the mining workers on the prairie. The gold mined will be divided in half. If the general does not
If you believe it, I can swear to God."
"Princess, you and I are not children!" Zhuo Bufan immediately interrupted: "You promise not to hurt us, but you can't guarantee that others won't come? As long as the people I sent there are discovered by people from your Qing tribe,
They are like things that have been called into a trap. They can't climb out, and we can't go to support or save them!"
"The reward you gave is indeed quite large, but the lives of my Xiliang soldiers are priceless, so I'm really sorry that I can't help you!"
"Princess, if you like, you can stay in the city for a few more days!" Zhuo Bufan said and turned to leave.
Gu Lina frowned and said to Zhuo Bufan, who was about to walk out of the door: "I remember that you should have a lot of slaves in Xiliang, why don't you sell me some slaves, general?"
Zhuo Bufan turned back: "I really don't know why the princess didn't use the help of the Qing tribe to mine the gold mine, but instead tried every means to let me, Xiliang, mine it. Is there anything Zhuo doesn't know about it?"
"I just don't want my father and mother to know!" Gulina said directly.
"I'm afraid it's more than that!" Zhuo Bufan stared at Gu Lina's eyes and said: "If it's just a gold mine, I don't think King Qing will take it all. There should be other mineral veins beside the gold mine.
The princess doesn’t want the Qing King and the Black King to know about the mine, so she has been looking for me, Xiliang, to mine it.”
"I wonder if my guess is right?"
Gulina was a little shocked when she heard this. She bit her lower lip, thought about it and said, "I still can't hide it from you old and cunning people!"
"Beside the gold mine, there is a black iron mine!" Gulina picked up the tea next to it and took a sip and continued: "That is a large black iron mine, with the highest quality."
Gulu!
Zhuo Bufan swallowed his saliva. Black iron ore is the best material for making weapons in the Mysterious World. Most of the famous weapons handed down from the Mysterious World today are made of Black Iron ore.
The output of black iron ore is very small and very rare. Most of it occurs in iron mines. A large iron mine can only produce about ten kilograms of black iron.
However, sometimes black iron will form mineral veins, called black iron ore. Once they appear, they will be fought over by various forces.
Without him, the weapons created are extremely sharp, and the armor formed not only resists weapons, but also has a certain resistance to spell attacks.
Therefore, once this kind of mineral vein appears, it will be fought over by various forces.
