Chapter 285 Muddy Waters I

   Half a month later, the first caravan from the Kingdom of Fredham arrived at Morrowind.

  During half a month, under the command of Reiner, the entire Morrowind Territory was not idle. The mines on the three sides of the mountain started construction at the same time, especially the newly added west and south mines. All the miners were already in place.

  This time, the entire Morrowind leader mobilized more than half of the manpower, almost all the young and middle-aged forces of the entire Morrowind leader. The work in the mining area is no stranger to everyone, and what is lacking now is equipment.

  When the first batch of excavation equipment was delivered, the mine in the west entered a state of full-speed operation on the same day.

  The mine in the west is the closest to the border of the Kingdom of Fredham, so it is also the mining area with the highest priority.

  The merchants of the caravans of the Friedham Kingdom who came here to visit were also shocked by the efficiency of the mining operations here.

  They only stayed in the Morrowind Territory for just three days, and from the mining area of ​​the Morrowind Territory, they produced raw ore that filled all their carriages, and the ore ingots were processed by a junior family.

For Billrick, in nearly a month, when the first batch of caravans he sent returned to the capital, what they brought back was not only a full load of iron ore, but also the excitement of Billrick and Prime Minister Zuo. Dulav's further trust in Xiu Yin.

  A small Morrowind collar solved the source of iron ore for the entire Fredham Kingdom, which no one thought of.

After the Yanmian Empire opened the border of Friedham Kingdom with a fierce and aggressive attitude, it stopped its offensive when it approached the Royal City of Liberty all the way, and it was less than fifty kilometers away from the Royal City. Start camping.

  Almost half of the northern part of the Friedham Kingdom actually fell under the rule of the Yanmian Empire.

  The trading routes of the Kingdom of Fredham to the north were also seriously affected, except for the road to Tianluo City, which was not easily accessible.

  Yanmian Empire is one of the seven empires under the control of the Qiyao family. It is not that simple for it to annex a medium-sized kingdom like the Kingdom of Fredham alone.

  The remaining six empires watched unfriendlyly from the sidelines.

  After learning about the power of the entire continent, Xiuyin can simply assert that if there are only seven countries controlled by the Qiyao family left on the continent, then the flames of war will definitely ignite among these seven countries.

  But the current situation is that among the seven superpowers, there are still dozens of small countries.

  The Kingdom of Friedham was undoubtedly favored by the Yanmian Empire. Under the guise of the peace and glory of the Qiyao family, the Kingdom of Fredham was nothing more than a piece of fat in the eyes of the Yanmian Empire.

  Of course it is impossible to directly annex it. Now that the Yanmian Empire occupies part of the land of the Friedham Kingdom, there is a lot of controversy within the Qiyao family.

However, the plan of the Yanmian Empire is also very simple, which is to force the Kingdom of Fredham to surrender. From the inside and outside, the Kingdom of Fridham is under pressure from big powers. One of the means of the Redham Kingdom.

  Originally, there were very few kingdoms that could produce iron ore in the country. Because of the first unequal treaty, the first item listed in the Yanmian Empire was the compensation for iron ore.

  Even if the Fredham Kingdom still has to resist in the end, if the weapons and equipment equipped by the soldiers are not enough, then what will it have to contend with the Yanmian Empire?

  Furthermore, the Yanmian Empire has known for a long time that the people of Friedham Kingdom are martial. If the whole people resisted like soldiers, even the Yanmian Empire's combat power would be damaged to a certain extent.

   This is something that the emperor of the Yanmian Empire cannot tolerate, so a method is needed to contain the power of the source of the Fredham Kingdom, which is to exhaust the resources of the Friedham Kingdom.

  Under the pressure of the Yanmian Empire, there are very few organizations or individuals left to trade with the Friedham Kingdom. The lack of the most basic iron ore is the biggest blow to the Friedham Kingdom.

  But when a convoy full of iron ore was slowly passing in front of Prime Minister Zuo, Durav's eyes that had been squinting into a line with a smile suddenly became very bright at that moment...

   Sending away a group of caravans from the Fredham Kingdom, Xiuyin and the others got a lot of money here.

   This was the first time Xiu Yin saw the income obtained through trade.

   "If only we could trade with more countries..."

  Shuyin of course just thought about it this way. The current Morrowind Territory can meet the iron ore demand of the Fredham Kingdom is already the limit.

  When Chenfeng received the first bucket of gold in the country's trade, Xiu Yin did not forget another place.

  Huangshui Town.

   This Huangshui Town, which was taken from the hands of the Marquis of Fair, has come to the time of planting in this time of spring.

   As the lord of this place, Xiu Yin needs to come here for inspection when Huangshui Town, which is the granary, is in this season.

  The people of Huangshui Town are still as before, treating Xiu Yin's leadership very indifferently.

   Xiu Yin was not in a hurry for this. First, he had not been in charge of this place for a long time. In addition, as a "conspirator", it should be normal for him to be unpopular.

  The vast majority of the population in Huangshui Town are engaged in farming, and a small number of people are engaged in business activities in the town.

  However, after Xiuyin's forces settled here, they immediately set up an exchange in Huangshui Town like Chenfeng Leader did. If there are any grain products in the town that need to be traded, they can only go through the exchange.

  This approach caused dissatisfaction among some merchants in the small town who originally controlled the grain trade.

  Where there is light, there will be shadow, and where there is shadow, there will be darkness.

  In a dark and inconspicuous room in Huangshui Town, several people swayed their figures and discussed ulterior words there.

   "It's just a small lord, we were originally the loyal subjects of Lord Fell!"

   "Yeah, a young brat, why should we listen to him!"

   "But now that the town's guards are under his control, it would not be wise for us to confront them head-on."

   "Hmph, don't worry, I found a very good opportunity, as long as you do what I said..."

  …

  The news that Xiu Yin was coming to Huangshui Town was announced in advance, mainly to show that Xiu Yin cared about the townspeople of Huangshui Town, but it was another story as to whether the townspeople of Huangshui Town appreciated it.

  According to the plan, when Xiuyin was going smoothly in Morrowind, he only took Charlotte and set off towards Huangshui Town.

  (end of this chapter)