There were even some defenders who were originally from surrounding villages.
Zhou Kunshan Amen just needs to hide the goods, pretend to go to visit relatives or have something to do, and just say hello and he can go there.
"This...how is this so embarrassing?" Lin Dadao's eyes started to turn green when he saw the meat sent by Zhou Kunshan.
In the past, when all the strong laborers in the village were there, they could get some meat every once in a while to improve their food.
It is extremely difficult to just live now, and eating meat is even more difficult to think about.
"As for the salt issue, I haven't contacted the salt seller yet. I'm afraid it will take a few days. Otherwise..." Lin Dadao struggled for a long time and did not say anything to ask Zhou Kunshan to send the meat back.
Zhou Kunshan laughed and said: "Uncle Lin, you watched me grow up, so don't be polite to me."
"My lord said, the so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Our transaction does not happen in a day or two. I will give you the meat first. When you get the salt, you can trade with us later."
After declining Lin Dadao's dinner invitation, Zhou Kunshan hurried back to Hewan Village with his people.
If you stay here too long, it would be bad if you attract someone's attention.
When they came back, they happened to see Feng Haitao walking into the house.
"Hey, I remember that Luma Village is not far from us. Why did it take so long to come back?" Zhou Kunshan asked doubtfully.
"It took some time to avoid checkpoints on the way." Feng Haitao said with some embarrassment.
After all, due to his health, he had very few opportunities to go out.
Apart from the people in Hewan Village, he had almost no contact with outsiders.
So when you encounter those levels, you can only choose to take a detour.
Zhou Kunshan clapped his head in annoyance and said to Feng Haitao with self-reproach: "Before, I only thought about how to complete the lord's mission as soon as possible. I forgot that Xiao Feng, your situation is different from mine."
"After you finish your journey to the main bus, come find me. I'm familiar with several checkpoints on the route you took. I'll tell you how to get there fastest."
Both parties to the transaction got what they needed. The smooth transactions between Zheng Yi and several villages even made Zheng Yi wonder if there was any problem.
But this is just Zheng Yi's thinking habit, and it's just the exchange between the four villages.
The number of people involved is less than 200 households, and the scale is only about a few thousand people.
Except for themselves who take it seriously, others probably don't care at all.
Originally, Zheng Yi planned to wait until he had dealt with Zhao Tianming before starting this kind of transaction. When everything was settled, he would not need to be cautious in testing.
But Zhao Tianming has been silent. Although his position is important, Zheng Yi can't just do nothing and wait for him.
So before Zhao Tianming came back, he could only start his plan step by step.
The food supply in Xiyuan Village has bottomed out after just two purchases.
After all, it's just a small village. When the year is good, after deducting the grain reserves left by you, there will be very little that can be sold.
In addition, Hebend Village is almost like a bottomless pit, and their little food is digested almost in the blink of an eye.
Just when Zhang Gu was regretting that he would no longer be able to exchange grain for meat from Hewan Village.
Zhou Kunshan gave him another idea.
Although they themselves have no food, other villages must be able to save more or less.
Even a single village would definitely not have as much food as Xiyuan Village.
But as long as a few more villages are acquired, sufficient quantities can always be accumulated slowly.
"Yes, such a simple truth, why didn't I think of it before?" Zhang Gu's face flushed with excitement.
Feng Haitao pulled the corner of his mouth downwards and mocked: "It's not that you can't think of it, you simply don't dare to think of it."
A rare blush appeared on Zhang Gu's dark face, and he bravely argued: "I really didn't think of... that, I will find a way to get food now."
For what Zheng Yi wants to do, food is always the most important strategic resource, and naturally no amount is too much.
This point is actually the same for the linen in Luma Village. No matter how much is sent to him, Zheng Yi will not refuse it.
Therefore, he also needs an endless supply of meat to trade with several villages.
During the day, when Zhao Qing came to pick up people to go to the mine, he found that there were several fewer people in Hewan Village. His face suddenly sank: "Zheng Yi, what do you mean?"
Zheng Yi had a flattering smile on his face: "Steward Qing, please listen to me. When we got up in the morning, we found that those people seemed to have an infectious disease. I didn't let them go into the mine to prevent them from taking these things. The disease is transmitted to others.”
"Of course there is no problem if it is just us in Hewan Village, but I am afraid that these people will bring the disease to the mine. If it is transmitted to others, they will be blamed for their death."
"These untouchables will die if they die, but there is no way they will implicate Manager Qing."
"And don't worry, Steward Qing, even if those people are missing, our Hewan Village's allocation for this month will definitely be completed. In addition, Steward Qing, your share will definitely not be less, you can rest assured."
Although Zhao Qing is greedy, he is definitely not a fool.
He gritted his teeth and threatened Zheng Yi: "Boy, I don't care what tricks you are playing. But you'd better do what you promised. Otherwise... even if I don't do anything to you, those people above will never let you go. ”
"Don't think that the people above you don't know about your little tricks. They are just too lazy to care about it like you idiots."
Zheng Yi nodded repeatedly: "Thank you very much, Manager Qing, for your advice. I'll take note of it, kid. Don't worry, we are not stupid. The reason why we have been in contact with other villages more recently is just to exchange knowledge and exchanges with them." Just something we don’t have.”
Many things can be kept secret only by the villagers of Hewan Village.
But now, they came into contact with three villages at once. There are frequent exchanges with each other, and various transactions occur every day.
If you are in a relatively large city, it is easier to keep it secret.
But it can be in a relatively closed environment around the mine. It is almost impossible not to be noticed.
No matter how lazy the defenders at the traffic arteries are, they may not notice the problem once or twice, but they will always find something wrong after a long time.
Those people above knew about this, so naturally they were not surprised.
Zheng Yi's words seemed to be addressed to Zhao Qing, but in fact they were addressed to those behind Zhao Qing.
Zhao Tianming didn't come back for a long time, so Zheng Yi followed the steps and ate step by step.
Through the three villages of Huorong Village, Xiyuan Village and Luma Village, all the villages on the mine have been connected.
Those people may not know the existence of Hebend Village, but they also know that there are experts behind these three villages who can provide a continuous supply of meat.
After the salt from Huorong Village arrived, Zheng Yi started to do something again.
Cured meat!
As their cultivation level improves, the hunting skills of the villagers in Hewan Village are also getting higher and higher.
Although the Zhao family doesn't care about anything, in order to maintain the stability of the mine, they will send experts over every once in a while to clean up any powerful monsters that may appear around them. There are no powerful predators, and the ordinary creatures around are just like rabbits in the wilderness.
As long as you dare to violate the Zhao family's prohibition, you can catch as many prey as you want without any problem.
The more you catch, the more problems will arise.
These meats cannot be eaten in Hewan Village, and the trade can only trade part of them. The rest will be fine for a day or two, but they will go bad if they are kept for any longer.
Making marinated meat for long-term storage has become the best solution at the moment.
In order to store supplies, Zheng Yi also specially organized villagers to build two wooden houses as warehouses.
A wooden house is not the optimal solution, but under the current circumstances, it is inconvenient to make too much noise.
"Lord!" Zhou Kunshan rushed into the deepest part of the mine excitedly: "I just heard from the guards that Zhao Tianming will be back soon. Many guards are already preparing to welcome Zhao Tianming's return."
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"It's finally here." Zheng Yi said depressedly.
As the transactions continue, many secrets in Hebend Village can no longer be hidden.
If this guy doesn't come back, Zheng Yi may have no choice but to take action in advance.
Once things become like this, almost all Zheng Yi's plans will have to be scrapped and started all over again.
They also had to be exposed to the sun in advance.
"Get ready..." Just when Zheng Yi was about to issue an order and launch a plan to deal with Zhao Tianming.
But a look of astonishment suddenly flashed across his face: "Damn, why is it at this time?"
The guarding spirit he placed in the dense forest behind Hewan Village was activated by something.
"I can only hope that it won't be the Zhao family, right?"
Zheng Yi raised his hand and signaled Zhou Kunshan to stop talking. Closing his eyes, Zheng Yi quickly saw the situation on the guarding spirit side.
There were about ten people in sight.
Two of them looked like members of the Zhao family. There were two eunuchs beside them, fanning them and wiping their sweat.
The only ones left were soldiers wearing military uniforms.
One of them looked at the sun in the sky and cursed: "That good-for-nothing Zhao Mingtang could die here even if he was hunting."
Another person gritted his teeth and said: "That trash is dead when he dies, but he still makes us work so hard to find him. I will never admit that such trash is the blood of our Zhao family."
Zheng Yizheng wanted to hear whether these two people could provide him with any interesting information.
A soldier suddenly snorted: "Who dares to eavesdrop on the conversation between two adults?"
He raised his hand and threw a ball of fire in the direction of Zheng Yi.
This fireball was so powerful that Zheng Yi subconsciously wanted to resist the attack.
As a result, I only felt that my eyes were black, and I fell into darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, he was still in the deepest part of the mine.
"What should we do now?" Zheng Yi was in trouble for a moment.
Although Zhao Tianming was away from the mine every three days, his control over the mine was still there.
Zheng Yi is certain that as long as he looks at the recent records of the mine, he may be able to find the problems.
But the Zhao family cannot turn a blind eye. Although the guarding spirit is far away, the strength of the Zhao family is not weak.
That trash Zhao Mingtang can find Hewan Village, so naturally these people are no exception.
Looking at Zhao Mingtang's original virtue, Zheng Yi could also infer the reactions of these people.
If he were not here, these people would most likely take action directly and massacre everyone in Hewan Village.
"Do both sides have to solve it?" After being caught off guard and panicked, Zheng Yi became a little excited.
His brain was working rapidly, thinking about the possibility of solving both sides at once.
"Wait. It doesn't seem impossible." Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Zhou Kunshan, I will go back to the village now to deal with the Zhao family." Without waiting for Zhou Kunshan to ask, Zheng Yi said again: "In half an hour, you find a way to get close to Zhao Tianming and tell him that something happened to the Zhao family. Let him He went to the rescue as soon as possible.”
"As for the location, take him to the back mountain, where I will help you break through. Do you understand?"
Zhou Kunshan's expression was extremely solemn: "Now that I know my lord, I will take him there no matter what."
Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Yi's figure had disappeared into the mine.
Just as Zheng Yi thought, the two Zhao family children soon discovered the signs of hunting.
After all, in order to catch the prey as quickly as possible, the people of Hebend Village did not have time to hide the scene.
"Looking at the situation here, it should have been done by humans." The guard's voice was dull, without much fluctuation.
The two Zhao family members were furious.
"How brave, they dare to violate the ban and hunt at will. I think they have had enough."
"Hehehe, this is the first time in so many years that I have seen someone who dares to violate our Zhao family's prohibition so blatantly."
"Wait... Do you think this person is the person who killed Zhao Mingtang?
Another Zhao family kid nodded solemnly: "I think it's very possible. Maybe Zhao Mingtang was killed and silenced by them because they discovered they were hunting secretly."
"But it doesn't seem right. Look at these fire-type auras. At most, they are at the Qi-refining stage. Even though Zhao Mingtang is a waste, the people around him are very strong. With just a few Qi-refining periods, It’s impossible to kill him yet.”
"Maybe, the other party has a master."
"Then...should we go back and bring in reinforcements?"
"There is no need. The two of us are not the useless trash like Zhao Mingtang. Even if the other party is a strong man in the crystallization stage, we don't have to worry too much."
"That's right. There can't be a strong person in this Cang Yan Realm that we don't know about. I guess he is just a guy who got lucky and accidentally obtained some heavenly material and earthly treasure to achieve his current level of cultivation. ”
"If he had been hiding and practicing, we might not be able to do anything about him. But he is so bold and dares to attack our Zhao family. It's time for him to see what real power is."
Although Zheng Yi's existence has not been confirmed yet, they have determined that there is such a person.
At this time, Zheng Yi was rushing towards Hewan Village quickly.
I kept praying in my heart that those guys must not move too fast. If they were allowed to enter the village now, Hebend Village would definitely suffer heavy losses. (End of chapter)