As soon as Ye Lingyue entered the prefect's mansion, she felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

In the prefect's mansion, grandpa Ye Gu and several heirs of the Ye family were present. The master heard the plan, and even Ye Huangyu and Lan Cai'er were there.

It turned out that all the iron ore that the Ye family had delivered to the Licheng garrison disappeared overnight.

After the Ye family moved to Licheng, Ye Gu established a cooperative relationship with the Alchemist Association at the cost of half of Xuanyin Jade Veins.

President Liao sent several masters from the Alchemist Association to help guide the Ye family in forging black iron ore.

As a result, the quality of the black iron ore forged by the Ye family has been improved a lot. More than 90% of the black iron ore extracted this time is 70% black iron ore, and the remaining 10% is 80% black iron ore.

Ye Lingyue has been busy learning the "Blinking Shield" these days. During that time, the Ye family has delivered to the prefect's mansion the first batch of military iron ore, about 9,000 yuan of 70% black iron ore and a

One thousand yuan and one percent of black iron ore.

These black iron ores also successfully passed the inspection of the Prefectural Government, and were transported by water to the army stationed near Licheng the day before yesterday.

But during transportation, something unexpected happened.

Ten thousand pieces of high-quality black iron ore suddenly disappeared.

Not only did the black iron ore disappear, but the ships and boatmen transporting the black iron ore also disappeared without a trace overnight, as if they had evaporated from the world.

"It's weird how all 10,000 pieces of black iron ore could disappear overnight." When Ye Lingyue heard this, she felt something was wrong.

"I also find it strange. I even suspected that the Shanhai Gang did it, but after some investigation, I found nothing." Lan Taishou frowned.

Governor Lan also vaguely knew that the predecessor of the Shanhai Gang was the water bandits 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 did not know about the iron ore, and they also had alibi evidence. It seemed that this matter really had nothing to do with the Shanhai Gang.

Ten thousand pieces of black iron ore is not a small amount, and it is impossible for the Shanhai Gang to steal it without a trace.

"So, if the Shanhai Gang didn't do this, who else would be targeting the Ye family?" Lan Cai'er was also worried. The Ye family was the iron supplier recommended to the military by her father. This time, it was the Ye family.

If the first delivery of Xuan Tie is qualified, the Ye family's future status will be secure.

However, if the Ye family failed to hand over the black iron ore within the agreed time, it would be a disobedience to the military order and a serious crime. The Ye family would inevitably be imprisoned. At that time, Prefect Lan would also be implicated.

"There are only seven days left before the delivery date required by the military. Even if we unite with the Alchemist Association, there is absolutely no way we can forge 10,000 pieces of high-quality black iron ore." Ye Gu frowned. For this matter, he has already

I didn't sleep for two days and two nights.

He took the Ye family up and down and searched the area where the ore was missing, but found no clues.

The situation was extremely critical, and everyone in the Ye family and the Prefect's Mansion was in low spirits.

Ye Lingyue listened and remained silent.

In seven days, ten thousand pieces of black iron, even if they were forged with the Cauldron's Breath, was an impossible task.

Everyone discussed it for a while, but 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 work together overnight to get as much as they can. As for the garrison, I will discuss it again and see if we can have a few more days of grace." Lan Taishou and

Ye Gu could only make this decision temporarily.

After everyone in the Ye Mansion left the Prefect's Mansion, Ye Lingyue pulled Lan Cai'er aside.

"Why do you want to acquire Xuantie Mine? There aren't many 80% Xuantie Mines on the market. Besides, even if there is, it's all at a sky-high price. How can we get so much money?" Lan Caier was told by Ye Lingyue.

The crazy thoughts frightened me.

But she also admitted that Ye Lingyue's idea was the most convenient way.

"I will take care of the money matter. However, our purpose is not really to acquire Xuantie, but to lure the snake out of its hole. Don't you want to help your adoptive father solve his urgent need?" Ye Lingyue said, speaking in Lan Cai'er's ears.

He whispered for a while, and after hearing this, the latter's expression immediately turned from worry to joy.

That afternoon, a foreign businessman in disguise arrived at Juqi Tower.

"I want the highest grade black iron, more than 80% black iron, and a piece of 10 taels of gold. I will charge you as much as you want. This is the deposit. If I get it, I will pay Juqilou 20% of the handling fee, and I will live there.

At the Yuelai Inn in the city." As the foreign merchant spoke, he threw out a few banknotes very proudly.

The denomination on the bank note was one thousand taels of silver.

The shopkeeper of Juqilou was also shocked by the generosity of this businessman from out of town.

"Guest, 80% black iron is rare on the market, but I will try my best to help you buy black iron." Not long after the guest left, Juqilou posted a notice in the city's restaurants and inns to purchase high-quality black iron.

Black iron.

A day passed and no one took down the notices.

Two more days passed and there was still no movement.

Inside the Yuelai Inn, Lan Cai'er and Ye Lingyue were sitting in the wing room. They 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 and closer.

"Ling Yue, how come it's been three days and there's no one around? Could it be that the other party has become suspicious of us?" Lan Cai'er couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in the side room.

It turned out that a few days ago, after Lan Cai'er and Ye Lingyue discussed it, they hired a foreigner to pretend to be a wealthy businessman and went to Juqi Tower to purchase Xuan Tie.

"Don't worry, some fish will take the bait soon." Ye Lingyue smiled.

Unexpectedly, Ye Lingyue's words would soon become true.

They actually caught a fish, and it was a big fish.

When Sha Zhan, the young gang leader of the Shanhai Gang, walked into the Yuelai Inn, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai'er, who had been watching what happened upstairs, suddenly became energetic.

It seems that their earlier guess was correct, this matter is still related to the Shanhai Gang.

In fact, Sha Zhan had already heard about someone purchasing Xuan Tie at a high price.

It's just that the incident in the Ye family just happened recently, and Sha Kuang issued an order that no one in the gang who is related to the Xuantie Mine should leak anything about the Xuantie Mine.

Sha Kuang thought that everything went smoothly, but he didn't know that at this juncture, his own son was holding him back.

Sha Zhan was a second-in-command who liked to live in leisure. Not long ago, he was gambling with people outside the city and accidentally lost tens of thousands of taels of gold.

This is not the first time that Sha Zhan has lost money. In the past few times, his father was able to help with the aftermath, but this time, he did not dare to tell his own father.

He didn't have much money on hand. It was at this time that he heard that someone in Juqilou was buying top-quality black iron at a high price. He had a misguided idea and came over. He didn't know that when he stepped into the foreigner's

When they opened the door of the merchant's room, Ye Lingyue and Lan Caier were eavesdropping next door with their ears pricked up.
Chapter completed!