From the fake emperor to the concubine

Everyone in the mine was surprised to find that there was an extra person next to the mine owner.

Many people know this person. He is the nephew of Old Man Chen from Hewan Village.

I don’t know what means this guy used, but he suddenly became a big shot in front of the mine owner.

Moreover, the mine owner would take this person with him wherever he went.

For three whole days, Zhao Tianming took Zheng Yi to tour the mine from inside to outside.

At this point, Zheng Yi finally grasped the real situation of the mine.

In fact, Zheng Yi was not very interested in the specific information of the mine.

Just a brief understanding and a general impression is enough.

What Zheng Yi really cares about is the situation of the Zhao family.

I learned from Zhao Tianming that the entire Cang Yan Realm is currently divided into five major states.

Southern states, northern states, western states, eastern states, and a middle state.

Zhongzhou is the Zhao family’s base camp.

The current emperor of the Zhao family, Zhao Mo, and most of the Zhao family members live here.

Because according to legend, it was here that the Cang Yue Yan Huang broke through the void and ascended to heaven.

Each of the four states is managed by a direct descendant of the royal family.

They control a large number of troops and monks.

"In fact, I have always felt that His Majesty the Emperor is no longer able to truly command the world."

"The princes of the four states only obey the emperor's orders on the surface, but in reality they act on their own."

"It's not that there is the threat of Cang Yue Yan Huang, I think they have already entered Zhongzhou, killed the little emperor, and sat on the throne themselves."

Zheng Yi did not comment on Zhao Tianming's speculation.

After all, in his original world, this kind of thing has happened countless times in history.

After Zhao Tianming's introduction, Zheng Yi finally had a more comprehensive understanding of the Cang Yan Realm.

However, Zheng Yi would not believe everything Zhao Tianming said.

After all, Zhao Tianming was just a mine owner. He had no access to the power struggles among the upper echelons at his level.

However, Zheng Yi now knows that he is currently in Dongfang State.

It was governed by the Eastern King Zhao Kongqing, who was the oldest of the four kings. However, he had no opinion of his own and always followed the lead of his younger brother Zhao Kongyun.

Perhaps it is because of his character that there have been particularly many uprisings in the Eastern States in recent years.

Seventeen times last year alone.

"Very good!" This was the news that made Zheng Yi most satisfied.

Under such high-pressure rule of the Zhao family, so many people chose to rise up in rebellion. It shows how chaotic the world is now.

"Master Immortal, I admit that you are very powerful. Even those masters of the Zhao family, I am afraid that few of them can be your opponents."

"But don't think that this is the Zhao family's true wealth. They have ruled the Cang Yan Realm for thousands of years, and their accumulation can be said to be extremely rich."

"More importantly, their ancestor is a true immortal who has ascended to heaven."

"No matter how strong you are, you are no match for them."

Zheng Yi pretended to be surprised and asked, "What does Mr. Zhao mean by this? When did I ever say that I wanted to be an enemy of the Zhao family?"

Zhao Tianming curled his lips in disdain, the meaning was self-evident.

Zheng Yi smiled and explained, "Mine Owner Zhao, you misunderstood. The reason I asked you to sign that thing was just because I hoped you could cooperate with me."

"You can rest assured that the real reason I did all this was just to protect myself. As for rebellion, let those ambitious heroes do it."

"As an old man, I just want to live a peaceful life."

Zhao Tianming didn't believe a word of what Zheng Yi said.

If this damn guy didn't have the intention to change the world, he would go astray every time he practiced.

Zheng Yi easily resolved the mocking words, leaving Zhao Tianming feeling bored: "Whatever you want me to do, please tell me. I will do my best to cooperate."

Zhao Tianming emphasized the word "immortal".

The peasants in Hewan Village were fooled by Zheng Yi and really believed that he was some kind of god.

But Zhao Tianming knew very well that there were no such things as gods.
The person in front of me is just a powerful cultivator.

Zheng Yi ignored his sarcasm and said, "You should be familiar with the process. Everyone in the mine, one by one, please write a letter of loyalty."

"If you insist on not wanting to write, you know what to do."

"Okay!" Even if Zhao Tianming was unwilling, he didn't dare to say no now.

Summon the people in the mine one by one and ask them to come and write this letter of allegiance.

Among them, there are indeed a few who are truly loyal to the Zhao family.

Even if I die, I will never write such a letter of allegiance.

Zheng Yi no longer has the energy to manage these diehard fans and can only let Zhao Tianming deal with them.

Most of the remaining people were relatively normal. Between being loyal to the Zhao family and their own lives, they decisively chose the latter.

After everyone had signed the letter of allegiance, Zheng Yi called them together.

"Everyone, I know you are all in a very uneasy mood right now, so I will make it short."

"The reason we asked you to sign this is just to protect ourselves."

There was only silence in response to Zheng Yi.

He didn't care about the controversy and continued, "So, everyone can rest assured. As long as you continue to work honestly as before, no one will ever know about this."

Zheng Yi suddenly changed the subject and said grimly, "However, if you have done anything wrong, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"This thing." Zheng Yi waved the letter of loyalty written by those people in his hand: "As long as I give this thing to the Zhao family, not only you, but also none of your family members will survive."

Everyone had a gloomy face, but no one dared to say a word at this time.

In the next few days, Zheng Yi did not take any action.

This is to give the people in the mine time to digest and understand the news.

On the third day, Zheng Yi had just arrived at the mine when a man suddenly rushed out from the crowd, knelt down in front of Zheng Yi and began to kowtow desperately.

Zhou Kunshan and Feng Haitao were the first to react to the sudden change and desperately stood in front of Zheng Yi.

Only when they saw clearly who the person who was kowtowing so desperately was did the two of them relax.

This person is also a close acquaintance of theirs.

It was Zhao Qing, the man in charge of managing the miners in several villages.

They meet every day, but Zhao Qing now seems like a different person.

His cheeks were sunken and he had dark circles under his eyes.

"My Lord, I am blind and ignorant. I even dared to threaten you and demand bribes from you. Please punish me."

It seems that the reason why this guy became like this is purely because he scared himself. In fact, if he didn't come out, Zheng Yi really didn't bother to care about this guy.

Such people are extremely annoying.

But that's how the world is.

Where there is light, there is darkness, and people like him will always be indispensable at all times.

Killed Zhao Qing, Wang Qing and Li Qing.

But I didn't expect that this guy would actually come to me on his own initiative.

Zheng Yi didn't have time to waste on such a small character. He just glanced at Zhao Qing coldly and said to Zhou Kunshan: "I'll leave this guy to you."

When Zhao Qing heard Zheng Yi's decision, his face suddenly turned pale.

Over the years, he has bullied the people of Hewan Village. How can anything good happen to him if he falls into their hands?

Zhao Qing's face turned pale and he shouted desperately, "Goddess, please forgive me. I really know I was wrong and I will never dare to do it again."

A big, strong hand covered Zhao Qing's mouth, suppressing his screams.

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Outside the mine, in the study room in charge of managing the mine, Zheng Yi handed a document to Zhao Tianming: "Here, you should follow the instructions above."

Zhao Tianming quickly glanced through it and objected vehemently: "No, you will cause a big mess if you do this."

"Tell me what you think." Zheng Yi did not stop Zhao Tianming, but asked with interest.

Zhao Tianming said coldly: "I know you are anxious to win people's hearts. But no matter what you do, you have to consider the actual situation, right?"

"The amount of ore produced by our mine is fixed. Even though there are a lot of ore, most of it will be handed over to the Zhao family."

"Only a small portion, which was left over for various reasons. These igneous rocks are not only scarce in quantity, but also not of particularly high quality. They are definitely not enough to raise the salaries of everyone working in the mine."

"Unless you use the ore given to the Zhao family."

"But this is only a temporary measure. As the amount of ore handed in decreases, the Zhao family will sooner or later realize something is wrong. When the time comes, we just need to send someone to investigate, and everything will be revealed."

"Don't tell me that your response is to kill the officials sent by the Zhao family to investigate, just like before."

"The reason why there were no problems before was simply because the Zhao family didn't know how and where those people died."

"But this time is different. If you dare to do it, you will definitely be exposed."

Zheng Yi smiled slightly: "I didn't realize you were so concerned about this matter."

Zhao Tianming gnashed his teeth and said, "You have to understand that what I care about is never your life or death, but my own life."

"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements. Anyway, I can guarantee that I will complete the tasks assigned by the Zhao family to the mine on time. Is that right?"

"How can you accomplish this? Do you want to use your magic to create the ore?" Zhao Tianming naturally didn't believe what Zheng Yi said.

However, under Zheng Yi's repeated orders, Zhao Tianming had no choice but to do his job.

"What? Give us a raise? Is that true?"

"How could it be false? This was admitted by the mine owner himself. Moreover, the mine owner also said that he would pay each of us one month's salary in arrears today."

"Long live the Immortal!"

Many people cheered loudly with excitement.

Although they are the managers of the mines, only a few of them actually live a good life.

After all, in this Cang Yan Realm, the real ruler is the Zhao family.

To put it bluntly, these people are just slaves of the Zhao family.

Giving them a little salary is already merciful, but they still want more. These mere slaves are so greedy and have no idea what is good for them.

Drag him out and beat him to death.

When Zheng Yi took over the mine, all of them wrote a letter of allegiance, and they cursed Zheng Yi countless times in their hearts.

The harsher they cursed originally, the more guilty they feel now.

What a nice person! He just arrived at the mine and he started giving them benefits not long ago.

Zheng Yi could only sum up their behavior in one sentence.

If you have breasts, you are a mother.

After dealing with the mine's management staff, Zheng Yi could finally let go and get to work.

Zheng Yi first gathered all the village heads together.

Through transactions among the three villages of Huorong Village, Luma Village and Xiyuan Village.

Zheng Yi had already met with the village chiefs of other villages.

"Everyone, this mine is now under our control. Through the mine owner Zhao Tianming, we have complete control of the mine."

"From now on, except for the igneous rocks we dig out during the assignment, the rest will belong to us."

Zheng Yi spoke passionately, but the village heads did not react.

Lin Dadao stood up and said worriedly, "You may not know, Lord Immortal, that this volcanic rock mine is extremely difficult to dig. Under normal circumstances, a strong laborer can only dig out three pieces of volcanic rock in a day."

"Unless you're extremely lucky and can dig out a few more."

"But there won't be many such cases."

Zheng Yi smiled and snapped his fingers, and Zhao Tianming walked in with a dark face, carrying a tray.

With a bang, the huge tray shook when it was placed in front of everyone.

Then he lifted the covering, revealing more than a dozen pickaxes.

The specially treated pickaxe doesn't look anything special on the outside, it's just an ordinary pickaxe.

But it is very intriguing that Zheng Yi took out these things at this time.

Zhou Kunshan's face was full of red light: "Everyone, this is the lord. In order to reduce our hard work, he specially designed this kind of pickaxe that can mine quickly."

The village leaders talked in low voices, and no one dared to believe it.

If this can really increase the mining speed, it will be a huge benefit for them.

Everyone got a few handfuls and tried them out with trepidation.

This is an incredible test.

After using up their current pickaxes, they have absolutely no desire to go back to using their old junk.

For Zheng Yi, who once governed a country, managing a mine is too easy.

In just a short time, he had completely taken control of the entire mine.

Now, even the former mine owner Zhao Tianming is probably no longer able to command anyone.

After the situation at the mine stabilized, Zheng Yi also began to select and train talents in various aspects.

Not only do they need to be good at management, they also need to be good at business and various craftsmen.

Of course, the most important thing is a genius who is good at cultivation.

At the same time, another group of people left the mine after a short training.

These people have one thing in common: they all have an unsolvable blood feud with the Zhao family. (End of this chapter)