"Well, let's send the signal." Su Qian nodded.
Miss Ninth was a little surprised and looked at Su Qian hesitantly, "So fast? No search? Maybe there will be unexpected gains."
Su Qian shook his head, looked at the mining area in front of him, and said softly, "No, judging from the performance of these supervisors, we are indeed in the right place, but it is very different from what I expected."
"I don't think Miss Ninth came here for these privately mined mineral resources."
Miss Ninth nodded without saying another word.
Su Qi'an was right. The purpose of her coming to Xizhou City was to find the mysterious Heilu army.
She approached Su Qi'an in order to cooperate with him, but unfortunately, after all her efforts, she almost failed in the state capital, but this so-called mineral source was not cost-effective.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an recovered quickly and looked at the rescued meat ticket and said.
"Although the Heilu army was not found, it was a worthwhile trip to rescue these people."
"Furthermore, this seizure of prohibited mineral sources will involve the Gongsun family's heritage, so I'm afraid it will be a big deal."
With the death of the supervisor, many meat stocks in the mining area were rescued and released one after another.
The people from Zhou Mu arrived very quickly, arriving here about half an hour after the signal was sent.
The leader of the team was Tang Butler from the Prefecture Mufu. Looking at the huge mineral resources being mined in front of him, Tang Butler's face showed surprise.
He quickly stepped forward, raised his hands to Su Qi'an and said, "Congratulations to Count Su, for destroying the private mining source and rescuing many people. This is a great achievement. I think Lord Zhou Mu will definitely reward Count Su heavily."
"It's a pity that these supervisors are loyal and wiped their necks. I'm afraid it will be difficult to take this opportunity to testify against the Gongsun family."
This was what Su Qi'an regretted most about his trip. He really didn't expect that the people trained by these aristocratic families would be so decisive and commit suicide on the spot without saying a word.
Without witnesses, it is basically impossible to take another opportunity to attack the Gongsun family.
The family's methods are indeed extraordinary.
Regarding Su Qi'an's pity, Butler Tang quickly comforted him, "Fighting aristocratic families is not something that happens overnight. Earl Su has made such gains in just a few days. If you look at Xizhou City, you can't find anyone else."
"Once there is a second time, with Earl Su's help, I believe that sooner or later, the Gongsun family will show its flaws and be defeated by Earl Su."
Su Qian'an simply agreed with Butler Tang's compliment, and then said, "Now that Butler Tang's men have arrived, this place will be handled by Butler Tang. Su will go first."
"Okay, Earl Su, go back and rest early. It's been a tiring day, so leave this place to me." Butler Tang respected Su Qi'an very much.
He watched Su Qian leave with a smile on his face.
Su Qi'an and others returned to Su's house, and what happened outside the city was spread to the Zhou Cheng Mansion.
In the room, an angry voice sounded along with a broken tea cup.
"Damn it, how did you keep it secret? You promised no one would find out, but in less than half a year, you were raided."
"This is one-fifth of the important property of my Gongsun family. Where are Manlu and the others? I want to punish them!"
It was Gongsun Bo who was angry. The fact that Gongsun Bo, who showed a calm demeanor, was so angry that he lost his composure was enough to show his anger.
After all, the confiscated munitions raw materials are the real pillar industry of the Gongsun family.
Except for some of these munitions raw materials that will be intercepted, most of them will flow to Kyoto for management of certain countries, and to the barbarians in the southwest.
This is the real big industry. Taking over their various markets and shops in Xizhou City with Su Qi'an is not worth mentioning at all.
Not to mention anything else, this raw material ore source has produced at least five to six hundred thousand taels in the past six months.
This was still a new mine, but within half a year it was raided. This undoubtedly caused the Gongsun family to bleed and was quite painful.
The subordinate said, "Come home, Master, Baru and the others are all dead. In order not to leak the secret, they all wiped their necks."
After hearing this, Gongsun Bo's angry face softened slightly.
And some, snorted coldly.
"Humph, I guess they have a conscience and haven't betrayed the Gongsun family."
Man Lu's death made Gongsun Yi feel relieved a little. After all, keeping them was a kind of evidence.
Although it is not fatal, it is very troublesome to deal with. Now it is better that the person is dead, one less trouble.
Gongsun Bo asked, "How did Tang Feng know about this? Tell me exactly what happened."
The subordinate saw that Gongsun Bo had lost some of his anger and then spoke slowly.
Gongsun Bo's calm expression suddenly turned livid, and he punched the table hard.
"This is Su Qi'an again. I didn't expect that my tolerance would actually make him worse. If I had known, I shouldn't have kept him."
"Father, I have a way to deal with Su Qian." At this time, a person walked into the room.
Gongsun Bo raised his head and looked at Gongsun Yidao, "Oh, Yi'er, what can you do?"
Gongsun Yi stepped forward and said, "To deal with Su Qi'an, you have to be ruthless. You must either hold back and remain silent, or kill him with one blow."
"Haier recently got a good subordinate. He has an old relationship with Su Qi'an and has had many dealings with Su Qi'an."
"Since Su Qi'an insists on becoming Tang Feng's pawn and wants to take the lead, then we can do this..."
Gongsun Bo's eyes flashed, and after listening to Gongsun Yi's plan, he immediately said, "Is this feasible? This Su Qi'an cannot be underestimated."
"Father, don't worry. Su Qi'an is treating us like this just because he wants to find out the so-called Heilu army. Then we can use it to his advantage."
"Even if Su Qian doesn't come out, I can still force him to show up."
"When the time comes, when the time comes, my father will send someone to take action. Su Qian will die or die!"
"Okay, everything goes according to your plan. After Su Qian is eradicated, it will be our turn to settle the accounts with Tang Feng."
Gongsun Bo's eyes were ruthless and he had already made up his mind.
He glanced at his subordinates and said, "During this period, we will temporarily stop several other mines. All hands will be removed and Yi'er will direct them."
The subordinate nodded, then turned and left.
What happened on the outskirts of the city was as Su Qi'an expected. In the end, a notice was issued in the name of eradicating banditry.
As for the discovered sources of munitions ore, they were hidden.
It would be good for them not to let the people in the city know about this matter. If it were to be exposed and cause any trouble, you would be responsible for the consequences.
I believe that Butler Tang has vaccinated the rescued meat tickets with them.
They can clearly distinguish between fate and chaos, which is more important.
Su Qi'an, who returned to the house, was as usual unconcerned about what was happening outside.
What he was most concerned about was the mysterious Heilu army. Not only him, but Miss Jiu, who was always elusive, rarely communicated with Su Qi'an.
Su Qi'an still believed in the source of Miss Ninth's intelligence. The military supplies and mineral resources in the suburbs outside the city were proof of this.
At least it shows that Miss Jiu still has some strength.
As she got to know Miss Ninth more deeply, Su Qian felt more and more that this Miss Ninth was not an ordinary person.
On the surface, she looks heartless, but in fact, her conversation and knowledge are definitely not the so-called snitch.
Not only does he come from a powerful family, but he also comes from a wealthy and powerful family. Su Qi'an once jokingly asked Miss Ninth why she was interested in the Heilu Army.
But her answer was that she simply wanted to see if the fighting power of the famous Heilu was as terrifying as the rumors.
Su Qi'an didn't care about this perfunctory statement. As usual, everyone has their own secrets.
In any case, Miss Ninth has no bad intentions for him. I will tell Miss Ninth about the rest when she is interested.
As time passed, the incident of bandits on the outskirts of the city was quickly lost in other news.
Su Qi'an's Su Ji Trading Company is still rhythmically expanding towards the industries of the three major families.
During this period, conflicts naturally broke out, and Tang Feng and Xue Muxiu fell.
Okay, just drop a sentence.
I am willing to cooperate with Su Kee Trading Co., Ltd.
The conflict between the two families and Suji Trading Company quickly turned into hostility and became harmonious.
The Gongsun family, on the other hand, had a tough attitude and directly confronted Suji Trading Company.
Various price wars and even private frictions continue all day long.
Gradually, it became the talk of the streets in Xizhou City.
The Gongsun family has a rich heritage, even if the Suji Trading Company has united with the Tang family, the Xue family and other powerful Western states.
In the confrontation with the Gongsun family, it was still difficult to win, and the two sides gradually fell into a stalemate.
In this kind of stalemate, it is difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time, just when the two sides are fighting in full swing.
One night, outside the peaceful Su residence, bursts of noise suddenly sounded.
The noise was accompanied by various bricks and rubble being thrown towards the courtyard wall from time to time.
The noise here quickly attracted patrolling soldiers, and after a while, these troublemakers were captured one after another.
After apologizing to Captain Wang who was guarding the door, the leading soldiers escorted the troublemaker back to the government office.
These troublemakers are all a group of ruffians. There is no need to investigate. They have all accepted the benefits of the Gongsun family.
They purposely made trouble at the door of Su's house at night, for no other reason than to harass Su Qi'an.
After all, the struggle between the Gongsun family and Suji Trading Company lasted for more than a month.
In order to break the stalemate, in private, the Gongsun family naturally recruited these ruffians and did some dirty tricks.
Naturally, Su Qi'an couldn't spend time targeting these people, nor could he kill them just to scare the monkeys.
Although these ruffians are shameless, they are not worthy of being killed.
If you really do this, the Gongsun family will never let it go, such a good public opinion.
Maybe a complaint saying that Su Qi'an killed innocent people indiscriminately was what they wanted to achieve.
There is no other way. These ruffians can only be dealt with by the soldiers from the state and city. Anyway, the patrol soldiers are not far from Su's house.
Basically, soon after every trouble, they rushed to deal with the matter. As time went by, the matter did not have much impact on Su Qi'an.
As usual, Lieutenant Wang ordered the maids in the house to clean the house.
Suddenly, there was a letter tied to a piece of gravel at his feet.
Captain Wang glanced at the contents of the envelope, his expression suddenly changed, and the next moment, he went straight to Su Qian's room.
