In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

Chapter 123 Disregard for Human Life

Jiang Mianmian naturally knew how important the mines were, which is why she asked for two right away.

Shopkeeper Wu said that Yuan Pei had broken both legs. At the time, she hadn't thought about the incident in her past life. But when she saw Yuan Pei, both of his lower legs were missing, she immediately remembered.

At that time, she was imprisoned by the Jiang family, and the Jiang family never spoke behind her back. It was said that the Lu family army from the north had arrived in the prefectural city, not only seizing all of the Yuan family's mines, but also hanging all of the Yuan family members, young and old, at the city gate. After this incident, not only the common people, but also all the noble families in the prefectural city trembled with fear. No one dared to disobey the Lu family army anymore. Their reputation and power were even greater than that of the emperor, and they were the first force to rise in this chaotic world of natural disasters.

No matter how powerful the Yuan family is, they are nothing more than a bunch of chicks waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Lu family army.

Yuan Pei was described as having a delicate and handsome appearance, which Jiang Ranran found quite striking. She remarked that it was too cruel of those barbarians to cut off the legs of such a handsome young man before strangling him.

Upon seeing Yuan Pei, she realized that his leg was always missing, not something the Lu family army had done intentionally. She also realized that this Yuan family was the same one as the Yuan family from her previous life. So, rather than letting the Lu family army profit from those mines, she might as well take them for herself!

She also has coal in her warehouse, but it's ultimately limited. To gain more merit points, she needs to save more people and collect more supplies.

The Lu family army must have fled to the prefectural city because of the extreme cold in the north.

Running for your life, there's nothing shameful about it.

They could seize mines, oppress miners, forcibly conscript people, and disregard human life. Later, when extreme cold spread, they took pleasure in torturing and killing people because they had mines. All sorts of things happened, and of course, their final fate was quite tragic.

Whether for public or private reasons, she intends to seize this mine and store it in her warehouse ahead of time!

She looked at Steward Yuan and said, "If Yuan Pei's life is not valuable enough, then I can give your patriarch an important piece of information, but that will come at a different price—worth five mines."

"you!"

Manager Yuan was so angry he was practically bleeding from his forehead. "Don't even think about it! What news could be worth five mines?"

The Yuan family only owns six mines in total!

"Since you know who I am, you should know that I am a fairy disciple. If you are truly loyal to your master, you should deliver the message instead of making decisions on your own."

Jiang Mianmian kicked the iron frame containing Yuan Pei. "What do you think, Young Master Yuan?"

Despite his anger, Yuan Pei's mind became increasingly clear.

He knew his men's capabilities well; their gruesome deaths could only mean that Jiang Mianmian was no ordinary woman, nor were her group of women. She possessed more than just food; she also had terrifying weapons!

First, they foresaw the torrential rain and the earth dragon descending the mountain. The news about the five mines must be very important to the Yuan family!

His desire to capture Jiang Mianmian stemmed from the thought that if the natural disaster worsened and a capable person emerged, the Yuan family could survive longer and better, and this news was one he couldn't afford to miss.

After a moment's thought, he suppressed his humiliation and looked at the steward, "Do as she says, let my elder brother, no, let my father come over!"

The eldest brother is already half the head of the family, but the head of the family is still his father.

Steward Yuan's eyes widened. "Send the master here in person?"

"Ah."

Since Yuan Pei had said so, Steward Yuan had no choice but to agree, "Yes, I'll take care of it right away."

"Wait a minute."

Jiang Mianmian stopped him, "Call out everyone on the estate, and bring out the land deeds too. Remember, it's everyone. Bring out Jiang Jiman, Jiang Bocai, and everyone else. If you don't want your master to die young, then obediently do as I say."

Manager Yuan glanced at Yuan Pei, who nodded, and then returned to the estate.

Soon, Jiang Bocai, who was half-dead from the snake bite, Jiang Jiman, who was coughing up blood all the way, and all the servants came out.

The Jiang family was barely all present; they were all tied up and thrown into a large iron cage.

Seeing that their master and Steward Yuan were in such a state, the others, no matter how resentful they were, dared not say anything more.

These people included ordinary maids and servants, as well as gambling den guards and bodyguards who had followed Yuan Pei and had blood on their hands. Jiang Mianmian couldn't distinguish between good and evil, nor did she care to. She fed them all muscle-thirsty pills, tied them up, and waited for them to be sent to the camp later.

"You don't need to be afraid. As long as you behave well, I will give you the antidote within a month so you can repent and start anew. Otherwise, just wait to explode and die."

Jiang Mianmian deliberately changed the timing and manner of the poison's onset. At least for the next month, she believed that most of them would behave themselves. Once the 'antidote' was given, it would be clear whether they had truly 'submitted' or were just pretending to 'repent'.

If you're a truly good person, then give them a way out.

But those with ill intentions, just kill them.

She led Jiu Niang and the others into the manor, walked around and found their favorite courtyards, and then took out their belongings one by one.

Jiu Niang then led her people to start renovating the manor, while Jiang Mianmian drove the Yuan family servants to the camp, handed them over and gave them instructions to Magistrate Ye, and then returned to the First Cave.

"Mouse, Sister Xianghe, do you want to come with me?"

The Yuan family estate wasn't as big as the Ye family estate, but it wasn't small either; it was big enough for them to live in as well.

Jiang Mianmian looked at the children who were getting taller and taller, "The first cave is definitely not enough to keep you all warm. Now that it's getting hot, it's not safe for you to stay here, and it will be hard for you to endure it."

The first cave is alright for temporary accommodation, as there is no water inside and the only source of water is a nearby stream, but that stream will dry up soon.

The rats already knew that the camp would not be moving east, so they decided to stay.

However, he said, "We won't go to the manor; we want to go to the camp."

Lin Xianghe nodded, "I also want to go to the camp."

"That's fine, I'll take you to the camp."

So Jiang Mianmian collected the things from the first cave and made another trip, this time bringing along a bewildered shopkeeper, Wu.

After settling everyone in, Jiang Mianmian returned to Yuanpei Manor. Qi Niang immediately rushed over, "Come quick! We've found several corpses! It should be the snake pit you mentioned!"

They used long sticks to pry out the body; its face was already black and purple, and no one dared to touch it.

Jiang Mianmian thought the face looked familiar, and after a while she finally recognized it. "This is a member of the Li family. Let the Li family be in charge of digging the hole and burying them."

When Li was brought over, she almost fainted upon seeing him. "Father! Mother! Brother!"

She struggled desperately, trying to pounce on the corpse.

"Fool, can't you tell they were bitten to death by poisonous snakes?"

Jiang Mianmian sneered. She wondered how Yuan Pei knew so much about her affairs; it seemed those bastards in the Li family had exaggerated the situation. Now, being bitten to death by a poisonous snake was retribution.

Startled, Li stopped and glared at him angrily. "You ungrateful wretch! These are your uncle and your maternal grandparents!"

"It's not like I killed them. I'm giving you a chance to die with dignity."

Jiang Mianmian laughed and said, "You should thank me. Otherwise, if you had burned it all down, you would have had to go to the underworld to meet them. You can decide whether to bury it or burn it."

She threw a tinderbox on the ground.

Li was stunned. "Mianmian, how could you do this to your mother?"

If I were to dig a pit big enough to bury all of them, my hands would definitely be ruined, covered in blood, and I might even get snake venom!

But if it's burned, then the dead will be torn to pieces!

She will surely be branded as an unfilial daughter!