Therefore, Tielang immediately called a group of his men to a meeting to discuss, and then formulated a battle plan. He pretended to agree to the negotiation request of the Ithilien family, and then set up a very insidious sealing array in advance.

This sealing array is called the Pit of Brashu, and it can turn a designated area into a terrible quagmire swamp where the ghost god Brashu lives. Enemies trapped in it will be entangled in a variety of negative effects. Although it has no direct killing power, its purpose is not to kill people, but to imprison them.

What's more important about this sealing array is that it can be set up in other places in advance, and then aimed at a certain area to cover it and take effect quickly. In this way, no matter how the enemy checks the meeting and negotiation area beforehand, it will be of no avail.

In the end, the Ithilien family was successfully ambushed, and several high-ranking officials were trapped in the quagmire of Brashu, unable to get out for a while. Iron Wolf then ordered the internal support to start creating civil strife, while the people outside also launched a general attack.

The Ithilien family was caught off guard and immediately became extremely anxious. However, the conflict between them and the mercenaries had been very intense before, so the outer defense of the entire valley was quickly lost. However, the Ithilien family seemed to have made a plan in advance and retreated again, entering the core area of ​​the valley. After all, the family has been operating here for hundreds of years, so there is a towering castle in the core area. It can be said with almost certainty that this castle was built on the ruins that appeared after the crash of the Saint's Call.

And why did the Ithilien family hire mercenaries before? It was because they were short of manpower to defend the entire valley. However, after they retreated to the castle, the area that needed to be defended was reduced by more than ten times, so the manpower in the family was enough at once. Not to mention that they could defend the castle impregnably, but they also completely stopped the offensive organized by the Son of Ramis.

However, although the offensive was frustrated and failed to capture the enemy's castle in one go, Tielang looked at the statistical information summarized by his men at this time. His originally gloomy expression suddenly disappeared, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, as if he had been given a shot of cardiotonic.

No wonder the Ithilien family wanted to negotiate peace even though they had the family castle as a backup. It turned out that while the outer area of ​​the valley was transformed into a defensive fortress by them, several workshops and factories were built inside the valley. After all, such a large family consumed astronomical wealth every day, and it must have a steady stream of economic income to support it, otherwise it would collapse in a few minutes.

It has now been found out that the most valuable property of the Ithilien family in the valley is a whetstone mine, and this is a high-quality whetstone mine. The high-quality whetstone produced will play a wide range of roles in alchemy and forging industries.

To put it in a more intuitive way, the status of this grindstone mine on the earth is roughly equivalent to the value of a titanium ore and an aluminum ore. At the same time, this grindstone is also accompanied by flashstone and flame stone, which increases the value of this rich mine by 30%.

The second most valuable thing is an alchemy potion workshop that has been in operation for more than a hundred years. This thing is especially important for its background. Not to mention the inventory in the wine cellar of the winery, even the dozens of medicine pools used to store raw materials are priceless, because it is said that good medicine pools can even improve the quality of raw materials.

The older the alchemy potion workshop, the better the quality of the alchemy potion it produces, and it can also increase the success rate of refining certain alchemy potions. It is said that a powerful potion like Remy's Aid can only be successfully refined in an alchemy potion workshop called Nanshan in Ghent, and this alchemy potion workshop has been passed down for more than a thousand years.

Then in this valley, there is a vineyard and a winery. The quality of grapes used to produce wine is actually very demanding. The soil and water sources for growing grapes will cause subtle changes in the quality of the grapes, which will have a decisive influence on the taste of the wine. Therefore, even if it is the same grape variety, after being transplanted to another place and made using the same method, the final taste will be very different.

The thousands of bottles of wine found in the winery at this time tasted excellent and were rare top-quality products, and each bottle could be sold at a high price.

The Ithilien family not only owns rich mines, but also alchemy workshops, vineyards, and winemaking workshops. It can be said that it has three hens that lay golden eggs. No wonder it has been able to rise and stand firm for a hundred years. Even when faced with foreign attacks, it can easily invite a large number of people to help.

And this is only their apparent strength, the real hidden strength is all in this solid castle deep in the valley! From this, it seems that there is a reason why their secrets have not been revealed.

Of course, for Tielang, he felt relieved after getting these three golden gooses in his hands. After all, he had gambled with his credit and life savings before, and now the income he got not only paid back, but also made a small profit. More importantly, after he got these visible and tangible income, it was equivalent to having a good subject matter, and he could even go to venture capital to make a big profit...

"Brother, I recently started a project. The first phase of the project has been successful and has brought in good profits. There are three whetstone mines, five century-old alchemy workshops, three winemaking workshops, and a vineyard of ten thousand acres. These are the ores and associated minerals mined from the whetstone mine. Here is a photo of the century-old alchemy workshop. The wine we just drank was produced by the workshop. You are welcome to come and inspect it at any time! Bring twenty bottles back for your family to taste later!"

"What? The income from the second phase, which involves ancient ruins, is at least ten times the previous income! Ah? You want to invest money? Sorry, I only have 10% of the share. I have to leave some for others. We are all brothers..."

"Twenty percent? No, no, eighteen percent at most! I can only give you eighteen percent. I'll have to talk to others about this. Don't worry, I'll send you the plan later. There will be no problem with our project!"

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As a result, the thing that the Ithilien family was most worried about happened. That is, Iron Wolf used the resources he robbed to endorse and successfully fooled a group of suckers, and then used the money these suckers took out to deal with them. This is called burning other people's money to do your own business! !

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Du Yuqi did not participate much in the subsequent series of offensive and defensive battles surrounding the castle. Firstly, it was because this kind of thing was a thankless task. Secondly, Du Yuqi knew that he had attacked twice and attracted enough hatred. If he appeared on the battlefield again, he might be instantly targeted.

Therefore, Du Yuqi stayed in the rear and did the work of saving lives and healing the wounded. In fact, after he successfully treated Babylon, he became very famous here. Moreover, his treatment method was cheap, economical and affordable. Although it was not useful in emergency situations in combat, it was a very good choice after returning with injuries.

Therefore, the most common people who come to Du Yuqi are Berserkers. Once they go into battle, they always charge to the front and are often seriously injured, but because of their professional abilities, their survivability is much higher. On the other hand, Xi often rushes out to fight, and gradually merges his power with the absorbed mutated Terra Stone and uses it with ease.

As time went by, the Son of Ramis was not in a hurry anymore, because under the lobbying of Iron Wolf, they obtained a strong injection of resources and could slowly consume the opponent. However, the Ithilien family showed a clear decline. After all, there were more and more enemies besieging them, and they were fighting alone. There was no way to fight such a hopeless battle.

In this situation, Tielang and others discussed it and came up with a slogan, that is, those who surrendered would be spared, and half of the wealth and treasures carried by the first fifty people who surrendered could be retained. In order to make the other party believe, Tielang also swore an oath in the name of ghosts and gods under the city, so that if they broke the oath, they would be devoured by the ghosts and gods.

As it turned out, this trick worked. Two to three hundred people escaped from the castle that night. They were really rushing to escape. Tielang did not make things difficult for these people. He just detained them temporarily. The next day, in front of everyone in the castle, he took away half of their belongings and let them go, to show that he kept his word.