Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

"That won't do. I promised them that I would let them go." Tian Xing'er turned to the old man and said, "My family is safe, and I am doing what I said before. Baozhu, take out 500 taels of silver and give it to this old man." Baozhu immediately went to get the money and handed it to the old man. The old man looked at the silver note in his hand and was very excited. The villagers next to him were also happy.

Tian Yuze was a little confused when he heard this, "Sister, what's going on? Why did you give them money? Were you threatened?"

"No, they have an iron mine here, and they just happened to make farm tools. Dad is in the north, so he should need them, right? I just bought some for him."

"That makes sense, but isn't it illegal to mine privately?"

"We didn't pick them, and we don't tell you where we bought them. We are just buyers. Everyone here today is our own person. No one is so blind as to tell this to others. Don't you trust the people you bring with you?" Tian Xing'er said lightly.

"That's naturally someone we can trust."

"That's fine. Okay, just stay here." Seeing that the old man seemed to have something to say, Tian Xing'er stopped Tian Yuze from pestering him any further.

"Thank you, young lady. We have a lot of finished products in our cave. You can take them away today. We can also help you transport them back. And, that is." The old man said, hesitantly. He exchanged glances with the people around him and finally decided to take a chance. He continued, "In fact, we have another mine twice as big as this one, and we can continue to build. Do you still need iron tools?"

"What else?" Tian Xing'er looked at Tian Yuze when she heard it. Tian Yuze immediately stepped forward and said, "The North is too poor and has nothing. The more of these things we have, the better."

"Okay, then we'll add another five hundred taels as a deposit. How about we pay the balance after you deliver all the goods?" Tian Xing'er said.

"Yes, of course. Thank you, young lady. Thank you very much. You are really our second parent." The old man was so happy when he heard it that he wanted to thank Tian Xing'er. However, Tian Xing'er was too young to accept this gift.

"Okay, Yuze, you have long-standing friendship with the people in this village. Why don't you take these things back with you? I'll give some more of you a chance to send some back with you, and then send someone to notify Dad and the others to pick you up. Try to keep it secret. Not many people know you've been here, and you don't have to go back to Yi County with me. Just leave from here." Tian Xing'er suggested that Tian Yuze take the batch of farm tools back.

"Sister, I'm here to pick you up. When are you leaving? Let's go back together." Tian Yuze didn't understand why his sister didn't go with him.

"I still have things to do in Yi County, and I haven't finished what I need to do yet. I'll probably be delayed for a long time. When you go back, please help me say a few good words to my father."

"Okay." Tian Yuze had no choice but to give up taking his sister back. Considering the importance of these things, he didn't dare to hand them over to other people, so he took them. "Then we'll stay here for a few days and then leave. Jiu Ye, hurry up and say goodbye to your sister. Your sister is about to abandon you again."

Jiu Ye started to cry when he heard it. Tian Xing'er could only glare at her brother, and then comforted Jiu Ye, "Jiu Ye, be good, I will go home when I am done with my work, and you should take good care of Yu Ze, he is too stupid, without you, he will suffer a great loss." Jiu Ye was very happy and proud when he heard it, making everyone present laugh.

"Okay, old man, take us to see another mine now so we can see how much can be produced." Tian Xing'er said to the old man when she saw that Jiu Ye was fine.

"Okay, please, young lady."

Soon, they came to a small hill behind the village. "From the outside, this is just an ordinary hill. Most people can't see the door. Girls, wait for me." The old man walked straight forward, walked to an inconspicuous big rock on the side of the hill, squatted down, and activated some mechanism. Tian Xing'er and the others saw a door opened in the middle of the hill.

"Wait a moment, girl. I'll light a fire and see what's going on." The old man lit a torch and tried to probe the cave. Seeing that the torch suddenly went out, he waited for a while and tried a few more times until the torch finally stopped going out. "Okay, girl, you can go in now. No one has been in here for a long time. The air was blocked for a while. Now it's clear. We can go in without any problems." The old man said as he led everyone into the cave. "By the way, girl, are you all the people in your group? You are so young, how can your parents let you go out alone?"

"We are capable. Look at the people I lead, they are also very capable. Didn't your people lose to them?" Tian Xing'er said proudly.

"My sister is amazing. You old man are just worrying about nothing."

"I'm sorry for talking too much, little one."

Everyone continued to walk in. The cave became wider and wider. There was a fork in the cave. The old man led everyone to the right entrance and said, "Let's go in this way. That's where we rested when we didn't find anything when we were digging in the mines."

When everyone entered, the old man and his men stood in front and behind the team, forming a surrounding formation. Then the torch in the old man's hand suddenly went out. Tian Zhenwei immediately protected Tian Xing'er and his sister, and wanted to catch the old man again, but he didn't know where the old man went. Jiu Ye struggled in Tian Xing'er's arms and jumped down. As soon as he landed, he began to scream wildly. Then the torches on both sides suddenly lit up, and the air was filled with smoke. Tian Xing'er and his sister had no martial arts skills, and they soon fainted. Jiu Ye also fainted. Tian Zhenwei shouted, "Cover your mouth and nose quickly," but it was too late. The smoke had entered here since the fire went out. Tian Zhenwei supported for a while and tried to catch someone but failed, so he also fainted.

After a moment or so, the stone wall in the middle of the cave flipped open, and out came the old man and his group. The old man looked at the people lying on the ground and said with a smile, "Humph, little girl, you still don't have much social experience, you believe everything we say. No matter how high the martial arts of these guards are, they are just reckless men, and they can just cry a few times."

"Uncle, what should we do with them? Should we kill them or something else?"

"Killing them is such a waste. If we sell them to foreign countries, they won't be able to come back. Even if they want to expose us, it will be harder than climbing to the sky. You guys should hurry up recently. After processing this batch of goods, we will move to another place as soon as possible, and then transport these people and the goods away and sell them to the people over there."

"Okay, uncle, I estimate that this batch of goods will be ready in 3-5 days, so there will be no delay."

"These are critical days, so send a few more people to guard outside, just in case. You guys carry them out."