Chapter 224
Xia Beibei kept complaining, but the mining work continued every day. The Alliance also slowly started to take action. At first, they signed a supplementary agreement with all the players on the island who had signed the agreement.
First of all, private transactions were not allowed, and secondly, the Alliance had the priority to purchase.
However, this supplementary agreement was secretly complained by all the players. The reason was very simple. Qiao Sheng didn't look at the type of ore when collecting it, and sometimes even the size was not required. All were counted individually.
Moreover, the fish she gave were basically not too small. Even if they were divided into sections, the thickness of the fish meat was pleasing to the eye.
But the Alliance is very picky. They don't accept ores that are too small or of unknown types. The player who had exchanged ores with Qiao Sheng in the logistics department now sits on the shore with a small table and nitpicks at other players.
If the players can turn a blind eye to these things, and wait for the food that the Alliance offers for exchange, all the players will be intolerable.
They pay protection fees for the fish with more bones, less meat, and less weight to exchange for the players' ores.
This behavior immediately angered most of the players. Although some of the fish were handed in by them, the number returned now was obviously much larger than what they handed in. Among them, there was a player named Yu Chuan who often traded with Qiao Sheng. He was tall and strong. If it weren't for his petite girlfriend holding him down, he would have rushed up and beaten Song Hao.
In his own words, Song Hao was too much. He clearly required that the ratio of big fish to small fish should not exceed 2:1 when they paid the protection fee, but now all the returned fish were small. Isn't this treating these players as fools?
In the past, when they were not forced to collect ore, they could trade some with Qiao Sheng, or put it on the trading system to exchange for some food. Now, it's like they are treated as free labor and they are not even fed enough.
"You know what, looking at Yu Chuan's situation, I suddenly seem to understand why Song Hao and the others don't want a fleet of male players alone." This happened in the evening. Qiao Sheng and the others were busy on the deck and saw everything.
Female miner Xia Beibei came back and washed herself thoroughly, changed into clean clothes, ate the fruit that Qiao Sheng had prepared for them with ice water in advance, and said, "Not necessarily, Sister Qiao, it's only because Jiang Pan is honest. If it were us, there would be no need for them to take action. Why don't we rush in?"
"Rush in, I can't stand it either. It's really a bit of bullying. I heard that Yu Chuan and Jiang Pan found relatives on the world channel. They are working so hard now because their relatives can't stand it anymore." Qiao Sheng put himself in their shoes and thought about it. He really couldn't stand it.
However, this rule also has some benefits for Qiao Sheng and the others. Some of the players who traded before were here to take advantage, because Qiao Sheng always accepted them. But when they took coal and disguised it as ore and wanted to exchange it for food, she refused.
It is estimated that it was because of those people that Song Hao and the others knew about the private transaction.
But if you ask Qiao Sheng whether she regrets rejecting these people, she definitely does not regret it. She has hands and feet, and she can't rely on herself. She always wants to take advantage. She can't get used to this habit. She is not their parents, so why should she support them.
It happened that this rule came out this time, and those who reported the secret found that the alliance was not a good person either, so they wanted to trade with Qiao Sheng again.
This time the excuses were ready. Failure to follow the new supplementary agreement of the alliance would result in expulsion, and she could not destroy her own job just to make everyone well fed.
Only then did those people realize what it meant to shoot themselves in the foot.
Private transactions were still going on. People from Song Hao's alliance would come over to take a look whenever they had nothing to do, trying to see what was going on from outside Qiao Sheng's boat.
To their disappointment, they had never caught any transaction. Qiao Sheng sometimes wondered if these people had problems with their IQ. They all had a friend system, and it was a bit delusional to want to catch someone who could solve a problem that could be solved with an email.
In fact, it is not the fault of the people in the alliance. After all, they did not expect that Qiao Sheng had already gained the trust of those miners, and those who traded with her were somewhat familiar with each other.
It was normal for her to send first and pay later, but it was impossible for those players in the alliance.
Lin Haiyang, who was trading with other players now, needed to add friends, which was not suitable for Li Mu, a famous player No. 18, and Qiao Sheng habitually did not add unfamiliar people. Xia Beibei's reason was simpler. She wanted the Water World channel, and it would be disadvantageous for her if too many people knew her ID number.
So Lin Haiyang, who was not famous, had no habits, and did not have the Water World channel, took up the important task. Of course, his appointment also made other miners very happy, because his trading skills were inherited from Qiao Sheng, and they were all very loose.
Obviously, they only need to pay 10 kilograms of food, but he always gives more, sometimes 11 kilograms, sometimes 10.5 kilograms. Other players think that he is kind and wants to give more to others. They don't know that this guy is just lazy. He cuts it down with a knife. Whatever is available is enough. Of course, if it is less, he will add some coarse grains, and if it is more, it is more, because they really don't need this little food.
So the mining activity went smoothly. The 20 furnaces on the two ships almost never stopped smelting.
They also found the orders placed by Song Hao and his people in the trading system. Of course, these people's needs are no longer some food, but mostly supplies and weapons.
Li Mu picked out those better orders and exchanged them back. Of course, they were all exchangeable for supplies. Those that needed weapons were not accepted by them, for fear that these people would cause trouble after getting the weapons.
Qiao Sheng and his team had a good plan. They were going to mine for a while. When they had enough iron ore, they would make a few more robots to completely free themselves from the heavy and repetitive work, and then they would leave.
Unexpectedly, the island was in chaos first, and the first thing that was in chaos was the mining area. Qiao Sheng and his team didn't know what happened on the boat. When they heard the noise and went out to check, many players on the shore were already injured and were running quickly towards their boat.
Qiao Sheng and Lin Haiyang quickly took out their crossbows, thinking that a beast would come out of the forest, but they didn't expect that the next to come out were Song Hao and his alliance members.
"What's going on? Sister Qiao, is there a fight between the Alliance and the players?" Lin Haiyang was still aiming with his crossbow. When he saw the person behind him clearly, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Keep aiming. I'll send an email to ask about Li Mu and Beibei's situation." Qiao Sheng put down the crossbow and opened the email.
Within a minute after the email was sent, Li Mu replied, saying that he and Xia Beibei were together and still in the mine. Ah Dai was also with them, but the situation was very bad now. He used the Pressure Stone and the power of the sea monster to get rid of his whole body. Xia Beibei's Sea Monster Heart had also been used. Now he couldn't fight head-on and could only dodge.
"Lin Haiyang, we have to get off the boat and look for them." Qiao Sheng told Lin Haiyang about the situation of Li Mu and Xia Beibei.
The two of them unanimously decided to get off the boat to look for people. They couldn't care less about the gangsters in front of them, and their own family was still in danger. They
took their equipment and weapons and got off the boat with You Su. In order to avoid the fight on the shore, they deliberately opened a door from the side and waded through the sea water to go around the woods.
Even if they went around, the stray arrows would hit them and almost hurt them. Fortunately, both of them were alert and dodged immediately when they found something wrong. Looking at the fighting crowd, they found a man they had never seen before, frowning at them, and his expression was clearly regretting why he didn't hit them.
Qiao Sheng was also angry because of this arrow, but time was very tight at this time. She was afraid that Li Mu and Xia Beibei would have an accident, so she didn't dare to stay and fight with them.
However, she still pointed at the other person with her index finger, and then extended her thumb, and then turned it upside down. The meaning was very obvious, saying that the other person was a low-class person, who couldn't even be shot, and was a piece of trash.
Obviously, this provocation made the other person also angry, and he shot three arrows in succession, all of which were aimed at her.
"Yousu, you take Haiyang to find Li Mu and the others first, and I will stay and deal with this guy. Otherwise, he will keep making trouble, and Beibei and the others will become targets when they come back." After Qiao Sheng gave them instructions, he took out the crossbow and fought with the other person from a distance.
Lin Haiyang also knew that the situation was urgent, so he could only stand behind her and say be careful, and then quickly chased Yousu's footsteps and ran towards the forest.
Seeing Lin Haiyang trying to run away, the man on the opposite side ignored Qiao Sheng's provocation and shot two arrows at Lin Haiyang in succession. Qiao Sheng raised her crossbow, but without aiming, she shot three arrows in succession based on her feel.
In order to avoid her arrows, the other party had to stop drawing the bow, and with a leap back, Lin Haiyang was able to enter the forest safely.
After that, Qiao Sheng started to shoot at the other party. After a long time, there were no other players around them because several people had been injured by stray arrows.
After a long time, the difference between using a bow and using a crossbow appeared. Strength is needed to draw a bow, and strength is also needed to hold a crossbow, but there is a big difference between strength and strength. Qiao Sheng was still quite comfortable here, but although the opponent looked fast in drawing the bow, the increasingly shorter shooting distance exposed that he was almost exhausted.
While shooting and calculating the opponent's shooting point, Qiao Sheng also secretly sent a message to Li Mu, asking about their location.
When he learned that they had already gathered and entered the woods, and would reach the shore in ten minutes, Qiao Sheng decided that he could no longer continue to attack slowly, and he had to fight quickly, otherwise the weak Li Mu might become the opponent's target.
The accelerated attack soon overwhelmed the man on the opposite side, and he couldn't even take care of the shooting. He could only retreat step by step. At first, he still dodged to the side, and then he was ready to get close to Qiao Sheng for close combat after a few dodgments.
Qiao Sheng stared at him, and when he saw him getting close, he didn't retreat to increase the distance. Instead, he took advantage of the opponent's reckless attitude, seized every moment, and shot a few more arrows.
The opponent wanted to be quick and cautious, so he had to bite the bullet and rush up to meet the arrows shot by Qiao Sheng, but he tried his best to avoid the vital parts.
When the distance was close enough, Qiao Sheng shot the last arrow, put away the crossbow, took out Princess Yong'an's sword, and swung it quickly. The opponent had obviously never seen her in close combat, and the sudden appearance of the weapon made the opponent dazed. Qiao Sheng was waiting for this moment. He put on all his
offensive equipment and titles, and chopped the man's arm with all his strength.