From the fake emperor to the concubine

Although he didn't show it, Zheng Yi knew that Zhou Kunshan was very unconvinced.

During this period, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to handling official business.

This guy is a natural talent for internal affairs.

Due to his family background, he could only manage a village at most.

But now, he is the busiest person in the entire mine except Zhao Tianming.

Zhou Kunshan quickly got the hang of handling various government affairs, and he was willing to deal with such issues. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was like a fish in water.

But after working so diligently for so long, I didn't even perform well in front of my lord.

Naturally, this made Zhou Kunshan feel a little unhappy.

Zheng Yi smiled and asked, "Why, you're not convinced?"

Zhou Kunshan turned his head away: "Kunshan doesn't dare."

This look made Zheng Yi smile even more. It was the first time he saw Zhou Kunshan like this.

"Oh? You don't dare, but it's not impossible."

Zhou Kunshan stammered, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did not speak. He just lowered his head and said, "I know I was wrong. Please punish me, my lord."

From the way he calmly changed his words, Zheng Yi could tell that he was really angry.

"Kunshan, it's not surprising that those businessmen only care about profits. Not to mention that these people are insects wandering in the gray area, even real businessmen are no different from them."

“For businessmen, there are only two things they care about: how much money they can make and how they can make more money.”

Zhou Kunshan gnashed his teeth and cursed: "These damn guys, I know they only care about money."

Zheng Yi said calmly: "Kunshan, actually think about it from another angle. If these profiteers were not like this, wouldn't it be very disadvantageous to us?"

"Ah?" Zhou Kunshan was dumbfounded. He didn't understand at all how the greed of those businessmen could benefit him.

Zheng Yi sighed helplessly.

Although this guy is quite good at domestic affairs, he knows almost nothing about economic matters.

"If the merchants we trade with are honest and upright people, they will not operate in the black market or buy and sell things that are not allowed to be bought and sold."

"If that's the case, then no matter how valuable the igneous rock ore we have is, what's the use?"

"Besides cultivation, this thing can neither be eaten nor worn. Does it have any other use for us?"

"It is precisely these black market merchants who allow us to exchange igneous rock for our necessities."

"On the surface, we used precious cultivation resources to exchange for some worthless things. It seems like a huge loss."

"But we can still trade the igneous ore for something. It's better than just leaving it there and no one wants it, right?"

Zheng Yi tried his best to explain it to Zhou Kunshan patiently using the simplest and most straightforward words.

Zhou Kunshan's face was full of confusion: "My Lord, what you said does make sense, but..."

"No buts." Zheng Yi interrupted Zhou Kunshan: "I have already told you everything I should say. You can think about the rest carefully when you go back."

"Now, let's talk about how to deal with those black market merchants."

Zhou Kunshan's mind was in a mess. He felt that he could not keep up with his master's thinking at all.

He had just said that these businessmen were very important, so why did he turn around and deal with them?
Zheng Yi glanced at Zhou Kunshan and said, "One thing is one thing. I just want to tell you that what these businessmen are dealing with is very important to us."

"But that doesn't mean I will turn a blind eye to their aggressive moves."

"Please give me your orders, my lord." Zhou Kunshan had completely given up thinking. It felt like his lord had already said everything.

"This is the problem you need to deal with. You need to teach those unscrupulous merchants a lesson so that they don't ask for too much. But at the same time, you can't completely fall out with these black market merchants."

"Otherwise, we will not be able to obtain the resources we need through this channel."

"This matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the more difficult it will be to deal with."

Zhou Kunshan didn't even know how he left.

He clearly came to ask his lord for advice on how to deal with the matter, but in the end he just listened to a lot of reasons but was still confused about how to solve the problem.

In desperation, Zhou Kunshan could only find Feng Haitao to complain.

Of course, another purpose is to get some advice from Feng Haitao.

After all, Feng Haitao is one of the few people in the mine who has actually received education.

Unexpectedly, after listening to his story, Feng Haitao had a helpless expression: "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhou, I really can't help you with this matter. You have to find a way to solve it yourself."

Zhou Kunshan said angrily, "You little ungrateful bastard, I took good care of you back then, didn't I? If I hadn't been here, would you have been able to hold on until today with your small body?"

"Now that my uncle is in trouble and has found you, you are just standing by and watching?"

"Okay, then just pretend I wasn't here today. From now on..."

Feng Haitao didn't seem to expect Zhou Kunshan to react so strongly, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Zhou, can you please calm down first? It's not that I don't want to help, but I can't help."

"Don't you see? This is a test from the lord."

"If I help without permission, what if the lord finds out..."

It was not until this time that Zhou Kunshan finally understood the idea of ​​justice.

"It's ok if you don't want to help me, but at least give me some hints. I'm totally confused and don't know where to start."

Feng Haitao hesitated for a moment, thinking that it was just a hint and shouldn't be a big problem.

"Zhao Tianming." After saying the name, Feng Haitao didn't speak again.

Knowing that he couldn't get any more information, Zhou Kunshan left Feng Haitao's house angrily and went straight to Zhao Tianming's study.

This time Zhou Kunshan learned his lesson and did not tell the truth to Zhao Tianming. Instead, he started to lose his temper as soon as he entered his room.

"These damn profiteers, sooner or later I will kill them all!"

Seeing his murderous look, Zhao Tianming was also startled and quickly brought him a cup of tea: "Brother Zhou, calm down first. What's the matter that makes you so angry?"

A month ago, Zhao Tianming didn't even bother to look at a peasant like Zhou Kunshan.

But till now, he can only welcome her with enthusiasm.

"It's those guys in the black market. We've been exchanging volcanic rock for food, cloth, etc., and they've already taken advantage of us. But they're still not satisfied and are actually trying to raise the price."

"I knew that all businessmen are bad."

"I will ask the Lord for permission now to mobilize the guards at the mine and kill them all!"

He looked murderous, as if he was really determined to kill.

Zhao Tianming hurriedly tried to stop him: "Wait. Brother Zhou, please wait a minute. There is still hope for the situation to turn around, there is no need to rush into a killing spree." Are you kidding? If Zhou Kunshan really killed all those black market merchants, his people would not survive.

Zhou Kunshan definitely didn't know that he had people in the black market.

As for whether Zheng Yi knew about this, Zhao Tianming felt that he should know, but he just didn't care about such things.

As the owner of a mine, Zhao Tianming's salary was certainly not low compared to ordinary people. But at his position, he couldn't really rely on this salary to survive.

In order to prevent any incidents from happening in the future, Zhao Tianming himself can be said to be extremely honest and will never do anything illegal.

In this case, you naturally need some other means to increase your income.

Some people in the black market may seem to have nothing to do with him on the surface, but in fact, he is secretly supporting their businesses.

In the past month, Zhao Tianming made a fortune thanks to the material transactions with Zheng Yi.

But he didn't expect that he would offend Zhou Kunshan because of this.

"What do you mean!" Zhou Kunshan was delighted.

No matter what, Zhao Tianming has been a mine owner for so many years. If the other party could come forward directly, wouldn’t the problem be solved?
On the surface, Zhou Kunshan remained calm: "Mr. mine owner, do you have a solution? If you come forward, I think those profiteers who are raising the price will give you a favor."

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Zhao Tianming sighed secretly, this guy is really naive.

"Brother Zhou, if I can solve the problem just by showing up, I will naturally not refuse. But since these merchants can do black market business, there must be people standing behind them who we cannot easily offend."

"If I come forward, I can certainly suppress them, but it may not be good news for our mine."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Zhou Kunshan suppressed his impatience and asked patiently.

"In fact, it is not difficult to solve the problem. Our mine purchases a large enough amount and offers a very generous price. Those profiteers will not let go of such a big piece of fat meat."

"How about this, I'll spread the word now and go to the county town to contact a large chamber of commerce to provide us with goods on a long-term basis."

"Brother Zhou, go and tell those black market merchants to reduce their purchases."

"When that time comes, it won't be us who will be anxious, but those black market traders."

Zhou Kunshan suddenly realized: "So there is such a method, great! Then, maybe we can lower the price to the normal market price..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Tianming interrupted him: "Brother Zhou, I advise you not to do this."

"Why? I just want to buy it at the normal market price. It's not like I won't pay."

Zhao Tianming smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Zhou, fake is fake after all. You can hide it for a while but you can't hide it forever."

"Those black market traders will sooner or later realize that they have been fooled."

"If we continue to trade at the current price, they will be dissatisfied, but they also understand that they cannot continue to test our bottom line."

"Although they no longer have the opportunity to extract more benefits, the original benefits are still in their hands. No matter how unhappy they are, they won't do anything."

“But if we lower the price too much, no one knows how those irrational businessmen will deal with us.

"So that's how it is." Zhou Kunshan seemed to understand something vaguely.

Isn't this the same as how he usually manages Hewan Village?

You can't completely ignore it, but you can't overdo it when you do.

Seeing that Zhou Kunshan followed his advice, Zhao Tianming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Not only were the lives saved, but their interests were not seriously harmed either.

Just when everything seemed to be on track, a piece of news made everyone nervous.

Three days later, the Zhao family's special envoy will arrive at the mine.

The special envoy has only one purpose, to investigate the cause of death of the three members of the Zhao family.

"You're so slow." Zheng Yi sneered.

Unlike others, the arrival of this special envoy made Zheng Yi see some things more clearly.

The Zhao family had a way to find out the news of their family member's death through some means.

In this situation, it took a full month for the people they sent to investigate the situation to arrive.

It can be seen how corrupt the Zhao family has become.

For Zheng Yi, this is a great thing.

"The task of welcoming this guy is now up to you. I have already cleaned up the mess, and they shouldn't be able to find any problems."

"However, if these people really find out something," Zheng Yi said with a cold smile, "you know what to do."

Cold sweat continued to seep out of Zhao Tianming's forehead: "I...I understand."

"That's good." Zheng Yi said calmly: "No matter what the reason, the Zhao family will not let the traitor go."

Thinking of what Zheng Yi had in his hand, Zhao Tianming's heart turned cold. At this point, he had no way out.

Soon the Zhao family's special envoy arrived.

Before he came, the brand new pickaxes had been put away and everyone had switched back to their old, less useful pickaxes.

Despite this, mining efficiency is still much higher than before.

After all, after Zheng Yi completely controlled the mine, these people could at least have enough food to eat every day.

In addition, with ample time for practice, everyone's physical condition has improved greatly.

In the past, most people would have to start practicing to restore their spiritual energy after digging a few times, but now, there are many people who can dig thirty or fifty times.

In this regard, Zheng Yi did not hide it from Zhao Tianming.

Some things can be hidden, but some things are absolutely impossible to hide.

Contrary to Zheng Yi's expectation, the special envoy of the Zhao family turned out to be a chubby fat man.

If he hadn't been able to sense his cultivation level, Zheng Yi would have probably considered this guy a waste just by looking at the way this guy had to gasp for breath after taking two steps despite being supported by others.

After the special commissioner got out of the car, everyone in the mine knelt down.

"Welcome to the Special Envoy!"

The special envoy was obviously very satisfied with this event: "Not bad, not bad, I have always known that you are very capable, Zhao Tianming."

"This year, all mines are experiencing reduced production, but your mine is the only one that can maintain stability, and even increase it occasionally. The Lord is very satisfied with you."

Zhao Tianming bowed his head respectfully: "It is my honor to satisfy you, my Lord."

"I have prepared a banquet to welcome you, sir. Please come and enjoy the feast."

The special envoy was about to agree, but suddenly turned his head, looked coldly in the direction of Zheng Yi, and said sternly: "You... I'm talking about you, get out of here." (End of this chapter)