Chapter 238 Silver Mine

"The tasks of the spiritual world generally follow the principle of equivalent exchange. The degree of task completion is different, and the benefits obtained are definitely different."

Bai Xiaowen said ponderingly, "I guessed a possibility, but I can't confirm it yet, so I won't talk about it for the time being. In any case, we have to complete this main task well... If the possibility I guessed becomes a reality, our The benefits will be staggering.”

Li Shuyi nodded, and then asked another question: "But the big fat man just said that we have no income, and we are poor and poor. How can we recruit soldiers?"

"Take one step at a time," Bai Xiaowen said. "This young lord has no knowledge of government affairs. Although I have inherited some of his memories, I still have a bad eye on the situation in the territory. Let's go out and have a look first."

The two pushed open the door, and a cold wind from the north blew.

There are only two words in sight: desolate.

In front of it is a dirt road less than two meters wide, which is frozen hard by the cold wind, but it saves the traveler's muddy suffering-if any traveler comes to this place.

In the distance of the lord's mansion, there are several thatched cottages, scattered in a scattered manner, very dilapidated. Colleagues in tattered clothes walked past with numb expressions.

On the side of the road not far away, there are several people wrapped in straw, lying on their backs behind a stone pier to avoid the cold wind.

Bai Xiaowen frowned and walked over. After he approached, he found that these people, old and young, had no clothes on their bodies. Most of them were only wrapped in a dark linen cloth around their crotch. No wonder they used straw to keep out the cold.

"What's your name? Are you a refugee passing through here?"

After the few people wrapped in straw panicked for a while, one of them, who seemed to be the leader, said in a muffled voice:

"Lord Lord, my name is Anton... This is my wife Molly, the others are my neighbors..."

Bai Xiaowen looked at this man named An Dong. He was obviously different from the general territorial people. Although he was not tall, he was very strong, with thick knuckles and calluses. He was a laborer who was used to heavy work.

"Anton, why are you and your neighbors here?"

A thin old man next to him pulled An Dong and said in a sincere and fearful manner: "I'm sorry Lord, we shouldn't be in your noble sight, we'll leave immediately..."

Bai Xiaowen was a little helpless, the old man was obviously wrong. He could only wave a few words of comfort to calm the panicked refugees.

Anton sighed and said: "Lord Lord, we were not refugees originally, but miners digging for silver in the mines in the west... We are not rich, but we can barely get enough food and clothing. However, last week, the black wind bandits raided the mines. We killed the guards, ransacked the mine along with us, and burned down our home... We had to get out of there and wander..."

"Wait, the silver mine?" Bai Xiaowen's eyes lit up slightly, "Is there a silver mine in Baishi Town?"

Anton glanced at Bai Xiaowen strangely: "Isn't your lord the owner of the mine? Baishiling is famous for its rich silver production. Although Baishi Town is relatively remote, there is also a small silver mine..."

"I am the owner of the mine?"

Bai Xiaowen speechlessly looked down at the patch on the concealed part of his aristocratic dress, shook his head and said, "The silver you usually mine,

To whom? "

"Of course it's handed over to Job. He is the most trusted butler of the Lord..."

Bai Xiaowen's face turned black.

Job just said nothing about the silver mine.

"You guys are too cold here. Come to my house, you can at least block the cold wind." Bai Xiaowen sighed as he looked at a few miners wrapped in straw and shivering from the cold.

Several people hesitated to agree.

"This is an order from the lord." Bai Xiaowen increased his tone.

Obviously, these miner families, including Anton, are more accustomed to the imperative tone. They stood up with each other's arms, thanked each other and followed Bai Xiaowen to the lord's mansion.

Li Shuyi originally wanted to light the fire in the fireplace, but she didn't actually do it, which made it difficult for a while. Fortunately, Anton's wife Molly was better at doing this, and soon a flame was lit, dispelling some of the cold.

After thanking Li Shuyi, according to her inherited memory, she took out two worn-out clothes from the closet on the second floor and handed them to Molly to cover her shame.

This act of kindness quickly calmed the minds of several refugees.

"Now, tell me about the Black Wind Bandit." Bai Xiaowen said.

The other refugees were still a little afraid to speak when faced with the lord Bai Xiaowen. Based on An Dong's narrative, others added two sentences to add that the situation of robbers in the territory of Baishi Town was gradually presented in front of Bai Xiaowen.

Baishi Town has more than ten gangs of robbers, large and small. Most of them are grouped together by a few bandits, not even the "crowd" of rabble, barely subsistence is half looting and half hunting. There are three medium-sized robber forces, each with a dozen or even dozens of people. They use Baishi Town as a den and commit crimes, mainly looting other surrounding territories.

This also caused the Baishi Town territory to be criticized because Bai Xiaowen was ineffective in suppressing the bandits—the lords of the surrounding territories had no right to drive troops into the Baishi Town territory.

And the largest gang of robbers in Baishi Town, called "Black Wind", is famous for its viciousness. It is said that this robber force has a scale of more than 100 people. Note that these 100 people refer to the elite robbers who can slash people with knives, not including the auxiliary soldiers and servants who make up the number.

Moreover, the Heifeng robbers are different from other gangs of robbers. They loot a wide range of targets, even the poor Baishi Town. They are prone to murder and arson. There were originally several thousand people in the territory of Baishi Town, and most of them fled to other territories.

After listening to the story, Bai Xiaowen asked, "What is the name of the leader of the Black Wind Bandit? How many strong people are there?"

Anton was startled and shook his head to show he didn't know. As soon as Bai Xiaowen said it, he knew that he had asked the wrong person. Anton was just a small miner with limited information.

With a bang, the door of the lord's mansion was pushed open.

"Lord, why did you put a group of untouchables in? This is the hall of your mansion! My God, you will shame the entire Skelboom family! Don't you always hate these mud-legged untouchables the most? ?"

The big fat Job squeezed in, said in a hurry, and then drove away at An Dong and the others with a look of disgust: "You pariahs, get out of the lord's mansion, or I will hang you under the eaves to dry!"

Bai Xiaowen tapped on the table lightly.

"Don't worry, Jobe..." Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "I just happened to hear something interesting. Let's talk about the silver mines in the territory... I'm very curious, the silver ores handed in by the miners are all Where did you go?")!!