Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 318 What if I want to start a national war?

In the mine, these miners wearing gray cloth robes and with hunched bodies are all wearing Qin people's clothes.

Their hairstyle also resembles that of the Qin people.

Even Zhang Yuanyuan heard a few words from afar, and they were spoken in the Qin accent.

At the beginning, the great philanthropist Yao had said that the various technologies in Liangyuan were backward, and the items traded from Daqin were fine and could be sold at a high price.

Zhang Yuan didn't expect that this kind of mining was also done by the Qin people.

But the Qin miners here were obviously forced to work, and the monks who could be seen everywhere were holding long whips, swords and guns in their hands.

Several teams of monks wearing leather armor were patrolling the surrounding area.

Turning to look at the stiff Xiantian monk, Zhang Yuan said calmly, "Sit down."

The monk just sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes lowered.

Zhang Yuan did not kill him.

Killing someone here will alert those in Yutan Mountain.

Flying down the mountain, Zhang Yuan reached the edge of the mine after a few takeoffs and landings.

Several white-haired old men were using hammers to hit the stones and take out the fine gold sand from them.

Zhang Yuan's arrival made the old men look up with surprise on their faces.

"Are you from Qin?"

Zhang Yuan placed his hand on his sword and spoke softly.

Several old men looked at each other, some of them lay on the rocks to look at the monks and the patrolling monks, and some of them walked forward a few steps to pull Zhang Yuan's arm.

"Young man, what brings you here?"

"This is a forbidden area in Liangyuan Territory."

"From your accent, you are also from Qin. Are you here to look for gold?"

Several old men protected Zhang Yuan under the rocks, and one of them took off his tattered robe and covered Zhang Yuan with it.

"Young people are ignorant and really value money over their lives..."

Several people sighed and looked around.

The two old men took out a few gold sands wrapped in their belts and handed them to Zhang Yuan.

"Here, young man, take it and hurry back to Daqin."

"The gold here is worth taking but not spending."

Zhang Yuan did not take the gold sand and looked at the few people.

"If you are from Qin, why are you here?"

They looked at each other, and a trace of sadness appeared on their old faces.

"Who wants to be here?"

"I was tricked into coming here..."

A few people whispered and told the story of the Qin miners here.

The people in Liangyuan area have very poor mining methods and poor skills in identifying and screening gold.

Over the past two hundred years, Prajna Zen Temple has often recruited Qin miners by offering them high salaries for mining.

They sent a lot of experienced miners through many trading companies and some sects and gangs in Qin.

The original agreement was that after working for three years, he could take home ten taels of gold.

As a result, apart from the two taels of gold withdrawn in advance and given to the merchant company to take back to Qin for their families, these people would work here until they died and would not get even one tael of gold.

They were essentially sold into slavery.

"Those monks said that the two taels of gold were for the merchant company, not for our family at all."

"Over the years, we have given up hope."

"This Yutan Mountain is heavily patrolled, and it's impossible to leave..."

The old man who was speaking raised his head and looked at Zhang Yuan, his eyes shining.

"Young man, since you can come in, I think you have some skills. Please help us report to the authorities..."

He had barely finished speaking when he froze.

The other people's mouths trembled, but they didn't say anything.

If the government reports this, can the Qin government save them even if they know about this?

Not to mention that the Qin Dynasty has no control over this place, even if it wants to, once the monks here are alarmed, the end result will be that all of them will die.

They have seen murder to silence witnesses many times.

"Forget it, go ahead. It's our fate to die here. It's our fault for being greedy."

The old man lowered his head and sighed softly. Zhang Yuan looked up at the mines in front of him and the warehouses not far away.

Originally, he came to Yutan Mountain just to steal some gold to use for military training expenses.

Now it seems that they are not just going to steal the gold, they are going to take people away too.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yuan's eyes revealed a suppressed depth.

"Everyone, live well."

"Daqin will not ignore you."

He stood up, moved lightly, and stepped onto the distant mountains.

This method made the eyes of several elderly people flash with surprise and expectation.

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After completely controlling the Xiantian realm monk named Yunming with spiritual means, Zhang Yuan, under his leadership, found the locations of all the gold mines in Yutan Mountain.

There are more than 20 mineral veins in total, among which there are at least 30,000 Qin miners.

Zhang Yuan did not alert the enemy, but asked Yun Ming to take his handwritten letter to Yuzhao Temple to see Ding Yuan, and then he quietly returned.

"Return to Daqin."

Zhang Yuan spoke directly when he saw Xue Cheng and others again.

His words made everyone's expression change.

Xue Cheng and others were relieved, but also a little confused.

They came to Liangyuanyu with such a big fanfare, but returned empty-handed.

However, if you don't take action, you won't offend the Prajna Zen Temple.

This was a blessing for Fengyuan Wuzong.

"Second Master, let's come here..." Feng Ji Yang, who was standing beside Xue Cheng, spoke in a low voice.

His meaning was very clear. We, the people of Fengyuan Wuzong, accompanied your second master on this trip, and we all had our heads on the waistband of our pants.

Whether the matter succeeds or not is decided by your second master.

However, you must not fail to fulfill the promised compensation.

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and threw out a jade Buddha Bodhi seed.

"Zhang's words always count."

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he walked straight forward.

Xue Cheng took the Jade Buddha Bodhi seed, his face full of joy, and hurried to follow.

Along the way, Zhang Yuan quietly followed the secret information given by the Black Ice Platform in Beining County to find several spies lurking in Liangyuan District, and obtained information about Yutan Mountain and some other mines.

According to his orders, the Black Ice Platform spies lurking in Liangyuan Territory began to search for news about the Qin people missing in Liangyuan Territory.

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After returning to Qin, Zhang Yuan went to Fengping City and met Cao Xuan, the commander of the Black Ice Platform Army in Beining County, who was waiting at the border.

"Cao Xuan greets the Commander-in-Chief."

Seeing Zhang Yuan, Cao Xuan bowed and clasped his fists.

Several other Black Ice Platform generals in Beining County all bowed.

Everyone looked up quietly to see the appearance of the commander of the three towns.

He was young, had outstanding military achievements, and was made a baron in one battle. Who wouldn't yearn for this as a warrior of the Qin Dynasty?

Zhang Yuan turned around and looked at everyone, with a faint murderous aura condensing around him.

"Send a message. All Black Cavalry and Black Armor from the three towns must assemble. Arrive at Fengping City within ten days."

"Pass on my order. From now on, the Black Ice Station of the three counties will take over all the military guard offices. All the military guards in the three counties will be under the control of the Black Ice Station."

"All secret guards and spies in the Black Ice Platform and the Wuwei Yamen are to search for all the miners who have come to Liangyuan Territory to mine in the past two hundred years within ten days. They must also know which merchant sent them and how much money they received."

"This matter is top secret."

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then spoke in a deep voice.

"Send the order to the commander of the three counties of Black Ice Terrace. Martial law is in effect in all three counties. The Red Scale Army and the garrison troops are to gather in Fengping City."

Cao Xuan and others widened their eyes.

"Lord Qingyang, this, this is against the rules." Cao Xuan said in a low voice.

"Except for a national war, the Black Ice Platform is not allowed to seize power or assemble a large army—"

"What if I want to start a national war?" Zhang Yuan's voice rang out.

(End of this chapter)