As soon as Ye Lingyue entered the prefect's mansion, she felt that the atmosphere was not right.
In the prefect's mansion, grandfather Ye Gu, several descendants of the Ye family, Master Wen Ce, and even Ye Huangyu and Lan Caier were there.
It turned out that the iron ore delivered by the Ye family to the Licheng garrison earlier disappeared overnight
Since the Ye family moved to Licheng, Ye Gu established a cooperative relationship with the Alchemist Association at the cost of half of the Xuanyin jade veins.
President Liao sent several masters from the Alchemist Association to help guide the Ye family to forge black iron ore.
In this way, the quality of the black iron ore forged by the Ye family has improved a lot. More than 90% of the black iron ore extracted this time is 70% black iron ore, and another 10% is 80% black iron ore.
Ye Lingyue has been busy learning the "Blink Shield" for the past few days. During that time, Ye's family has delivered to the prefect's mansion, the first batch of military iron ore, about 9,000 yuan, 70% iron ore and a piece of iron ore. Thousands of 100% black iron ore.
These mysterious iron mines also successfully passed the inspection of the prefect's mansion, and the day before yesterday, they were transported by water to the troops stationed near Licheng.
But on the way of transportation, there was an accident.
Ten thousand pieces of high-quality dark iron ore suddenly disappeared.
Not only the black iron ore disappeared, but even the boats and boatmen transporting the black iron ore disappeared without a trace overnight, as if the world had evaporated.
"How could all 10,000 pieces of black iron ore disappear overnight? This matter is strange." Ye Lingyue felt something was wrong when she heard it.
"I also find it strange. I even suspected that the Shanhai Gang did it, but after some investigation, I found nothing." Prefect Lan frowned.
Lan Taishou also vaguely knew that the predecessor of the Shanhai Gang was a water bandit in the Lishui area, so he led people to search the headquarters of the Shanhai Gang the day after the accident, but found nothing.
Sha Kuang and his son also insisted that they didn't know what iron ore was, and they also had evidence of their alibi. It seemed that this matter had nothing to do with the Shanhai Gang.
Ten thousand yuan of black iron ore is not a small amount. It is impossible for the Shanhai Gang to hide things without a trace.
"So, the Shanhai Gang didn't do the thing, so who else would target the Ye family?" Lan Caier was also worried. The Ye family was an iron supplier recommended by his father to the military. This time, it was Ye It is the first time the Ye family delivered the black iron, if it is qualified, the future status of the Ye family will be secure.
However, if the Ye family fails to hand over the black iron ore within the agreed time, it is a disobedience to the military order and a felony, and the Ye family will inevitably be imprisoned. At that time, the prefect Lan will also be implicated.
"The delivery date required by the military is only seven days away. Even if we unite with the Alchemist Association, it is absolutely impossible to forge 10,000 pieces of high-quality black iron ore." Ye Gu frowned. For this matter, he had already I didn't sleep for two days and two nights.
He took the Ye family up and down, searched and searched in the area where the ore disappeared, but found no clues.
The situation was extremely critical, and the people in the Ye family and the prefect's mansion were all depressed.
After Ye Lingyue listened, she remained silent.
In seven days, 10,000 pieces of black iron, even if forged with the breath of the tripod, is an impossible task.
Everyone discussed for a while, but they couldn't come up with a reason.
"It seems that there is no other way. We can only let the alchemist association and the Ye family rush to work together overnight. As much as we can just pay, as for the garrison, I will discuss it again. I can give it a few more days." Lan Taishou and Ye Gu can only make such a decision temporarily.
After everyone in Ye Mansion left the Prefect's Mansion, Ye Lingyue pulled Lan Caier aside.
"What? You want to buy black iron ore? How can it be possible? There are not many black iron ore in the market, and besides, even if there is, the price is sky-high. How can we get so much money?" Ling Yue's crazy thoughts startled her.
But she also admitted that Ye Lingyue's idea is the most convenient way.
"I will take care of the money matter. However, our purpose is not to buy Xuantie, but to lure the snake out of the hole. Don't you want to help the adoptive father solve the urgent need?" Ye Lingyue said, in Lan Caier's There was a whisper in the ear, and after the latter heard it, his expression immediately changed from worry to joy.
In the afternoon of the same day, a foreign businessman in disguise came to Juqilou.
"I want the highest grade black iron, more than 80% black iron, a piece of ten taels of gold, I will take as much as I want, this is a deposit. If I buy it, I will pay 20% of the handling fee to Juqilou, and I will live It's at the Yuelai Inn in the city." Speaking of the out-of-town businessman, he threw out a few bank notes with pride.
The denomination on the bank note was astonishingly one thousand taels of silver.
How much do you charge? Rao, the shopkeeper of Juqilou, was also frightened by the extravagance of this merchant from out of town.
"Guest, there are probably not many black irons in the market, but I will try my best to help you buy black irons." Not long after the guest left, Juqilou posted a notice in the restaurants and inns in the city to buy high-quality ones. black iron.
A day passed without anyone tearing up those notices.
Two days later, there was still no movement.
In the Yuelai Inn, Lan Caier and Ye Lingyue sat in the wing room. The two had been waiting here for three days, and the time for the Ye family to deliver the first batch of black iron was getting closer.
"Ling Yue, it's been three days and there's no one there. Could it be that the other party has become suspicious of us?" Lan Cai'er couldn't sit still anymore, pacing up and down in the wing room.
It turned out that a few days ago, after discussing with Ye Lingyue, Lan Caier hired a foreigner pretending to be a high-roller to go to Juqilou to buy Xuantie.
"Don't worry, some fish will take the bait automatically soon." Ye Lingyue smiled.
Unexpectedly, Ye Lingyue's words soon became true.
They did catch a fish, and it was a big one.
When Sha Zhan, the young leader of the Shanhai Gang, walked into the Yuelai Inn, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er, who had been watching the changes upstairs, suddenly became energetic.
It seems that their earlier guess was correct, this matter still has something to do with the Shanhai Gang.
In fact, Sha Zhan has long heard about someone buying Xuantie at a high price.
It's just that recently, when the matter of the Ye family just happened, Sha Kuang issued an order that anyone in the gang who is related to the matter of the Xuantie Mine must not disclose the matter of the Xuantie Mine.
Sha Kuang thought that everything was going smoothly, but he didn't know that at this juncture, his own biological son was holding him back.
Sha Zhan was originally a lazy second emperor. He was gambling with others outside the city a while ago, and lost tens of thousands of taels of gold inadvertently.
This is not the first time Sha Zhan has lost money. In the past few times, his father could still help with the aftermath, but this time, he dared not tell his father again.
He didn't have much money at hand, and at this time, he heard that someone in Juqilou was buying top-quality black iron at a high price, so he had a wrong idea and found it. He didn't know that when he stepped into the foreign place At the door of the merchant's room, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er were eavesdropping next door with their ears pricked up.