But once things got a little better, he started making arrangements to build a house.
He took out 10 taels of the 12 taels he earned from selling jade to build a house with a living room and four rooms. He and his sister each had one room, and the other two were for guests.
The residents all came to help. With the Water Girl's good job, who would still be willing to risk their life to go up the mountain to collect minerals, where they would be scolded all the time, go hungry, and have no dignity?
As a result, the mountains where ore was mined were empty, and the hillsides where warlords and wealthy merchants worked were also empty.
The day passed quietly.
As long as the timber supply is in place, the houses here can be built quickly. However, the Suo family wants to build stilted houses. Families in the residential area with some means build stilted houses to keep out mosquitoes, snakes, and ants, and they can also raise some livestock underneath.
But once Suo had bought all the timber and with so many residents helping out, he could build a sturdy stilted house in just two days.
It's fine if no one picks up the discarded stones, but warlords and wealthy merchants need someone to collect the raw stones and then hand them over to the appraisers. Now that there are no people available, it's impossible to start from the beginning.
Seeing the empty hillside, the warlords' faces immediately darkened.
Only after asking did I learn that it was the Water Maiden who recruited everyone to dig those three mountains for her.
The wages she paid were one tael per month, plus rice and meat. As a result, the three taels a year that the residents earned by collecting stones was completely insufficient, making them seem stingy and petty.
"Are those three mountains very valuable?" a warlord asked his subordinate.
"It cost a total of 100,000 taels of silver, and the approval document has already been obtained."
The warlord laughed loudly: "Another one who gambles on luck, fantasizing about spending 100,000 taels to open up a mine worth tens of millions of taels. What's the difference between him and those gamblers who gamble on stones?"
The adjutant beside him said, "She's a brainless idiot. Let's just wait and see how she makes a fool of herself."
It doesn't matter if there are no residents to work here; the soldiers can fill in. Otherwise, they wouldn't want to drive all these residents away, since they already have enough manpower.
However, those soldiers were originally in charge of supervision, but now they had to do most of the work, and they were all unwilling. They also hoped that Qiao Lian'er would make a big fool of herself.
As night fell, Uncle Yin's men began their work. There was no one guarding the mountain yet, but hundreds of men with tools were there, some digging and others cutting.
They were busy until almost dawn the next day, everyone was covered in sweat.
Qiao Lian'er sat on the mountain, watching them busy, and then went to the Time Difference Space for a good sleep.
"Damn it, we've been digging all night and haven't found a single valuable stone. I'm exhausted!" the soldiers complained.
"It's certain that Miss Shui lost the bet and wasted 100,000 taels of silver. She'll soon know what disappointment is. Hehe."
"We've dug more than ten feet deep. If it were really valuable, we would have found the jadeite rough by now. Let's go back and report back."
Before dawn, the soldiers left, leaving behind a mess.
They didn't try to hide it, which is normal in Kachin State. Whenever someone opens a mine, other warlords will go and "explore" it to find out its true value.
If it's truly valuable, then let's cooperate and share the spoils. If we're unwilling to cooperate, then let's see who's the real deal.
In places like this, you not only need to be able to take over the property, but you also need to be able to eat it all.
Interestingly, the three mountains that the Water Maiden built were actually just worthless rocks; it was just a joke to make people laugh.
Uncle Yin received the report and glanced at the most valuable stones the soldiers had found, which were worth no more than a hundred taels of silver.
He fell silent again, then said, "I misjudged him from the start."
She's just a clueless young girl fooling around. She has a bit of a talent for identifying stones, but she's arrogant and uses them haphazardly.
Those three mountains, you could probably grow a bird out of them.
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