eurekapd Chapter 144 Bullying goes too far
Chapter 144 Bullying goes too far
Manager Liao looked at the young miner who had come to report the news and said angrily, "What are you laughing at!"
"Look, what is this?"
Jiang Mianmian placed the contract from her sleeve in front of his face, "Read it aloud?"
Manager Liao glanced at her inexplicably, only to find that the young miner was quite pretty.
His anger lessened by a third, and he unconsciously went along with her wishes, reading aloud the words on the paper:
"The Gujing Iron Mine, located in Hong'an County... is now being donated voluntarily by Yuan Zhenghe."
He felt something was wrong halfway through reading it and reached out to grab the contract.
Jiang Mianmian pulled the contract back, grabbed his hair with her other hand, and slammed his head hard onto the table. "I told you to read it, so read it. Why are you making so many little movements?"
Bang!
Everyone was stunned.
Before he could react, he saw that Manager Yuan had been pinned to the table by the 'little miner' from before!
The burly man was about to run when he cried out, "Ah! Help! Help!"
"when!"
A small arrow flew past his nose and embedded itself deeply in the pillar.
Jiang Mianmian held Liao, who was in charge, down tightly. She looked up and smiled at everyone, "Don't run away. Let's finish handing over the mine before we leave."
She raised her arm. "I don't want to resort to violence, but my hidden arrows are poisoned, and I hate it when people make a fuss."
Everyone followed her gaze and looked at the little arrow whose bottom was still swaying.
In the dim light, the tiny bit of arrowhead that hadn't yet penetrated the wood gleamed with a soft green light.
The atmosphere immediately became tense, and no one dared to run around or shout anymore.
She placed the contract in front of Steward Liao again, saying, "Continue reading."
"I voluntarily and willingly donate the iron ore to Jiang Mianmian of Fengshui County. From the date of signing this deed, Jiang Mianmian owns all rights to the iron ore... This deed serves as proof..."
Manager Liao was still struggling, "How much did that brat pay you to work so hard for her? Tell me, I'll pay double!"
"what?"
Even the usually composed Jiang Mianmian was somewhat unsettled.
Looking down at her clothes and then at her hands, she thought, "Was the disguise really that successful? Even after all this, I still don't know who I am?"
She picked up the wine jug and poured it over Steward Liao's head. "If you're blind, wash your eyes! You idiots, look who I am! Didn't that guy surnamed Yuan even give you a portrait?"
Even Hong Daniu received a warning in the form of a portrait, so she didn't believe that Manager Liao and the others hadn't.
Manager Liao's head was throbbing from the pressure, and he had gotten alcohol in his eyes.
He strained his neck and caught a glimpse of Jiang Mianmian's face out of the corner of his eye. He finally remembered what Master Yuan had said in his letter—"This woman is strange and bewitching. Stay away from her immediately and don't cause any trouble!"
He had so many thugs stationed near the mine, how did this woman manage to sneak in?
Not only did they sneak in, they actually barged into the mansion! This was the safest place in the entire mine!
That's what he was thinking, but he couldn't help asking aloud, "How did you get in?"
Jiang Mianmian chuckled, "You're only asking this now? Isn't it too late? Let's get down to business. I'm only giving you half an hour to have all the miners and team leaders leave the mine immediately, and all the supervisors and managers come here to see me. If anyone who should have left doesn't, or anyone who should have come doesn't, I'll stab you in the back, you hear me?"
"You're going too far!"
Manager Liao opened his mouth to curse, but suddenly felt a sharp pain on his scalp. "Ah!"
Jiang Mianmian grabbed his hair, walked around the table, and sat in the main seat. "Everyone, can't you hear me? The countdown has started. You'll each get two cuts."
"You vixen! Don't even think about it!"
The others made some threats and turned to run away, only to find that they barely had the strength to walk and talk.
Trying to run? You'll definitely pass out before you even reach the door!
"You actually poisoned her? What a vicious woman!"
Jiang Mianmian shot an arrow, which landed on the foot of the person who had spoken.
The man screamed, "Ah! Murder! The witch has killed someone! Help!"
"I'm a witch? You all think you're some good people? Weren't you just talking so happily? Weren't you going to capture me and send me to the Yuan family? Weren't you going to torture me? How ridiculous."
Jiang Mianmian placed an hourglass on the table. "When it reaches the bottom, the time is up."
She took out a hemp rope from her sleeve and began to tie up Manager Liao. "You've eaten so much good food that you've grown so fat. Look at the miners under your command, they're starving to death. Tsk, you're so heartless."
Manager Liao wanted to cry, "Please let me go so I can get on with my business."
"I didn't shut you up."
He had no choice but to command the men who were still able to move.
"Oh, and also bring all those abducted girls and children here in exchange for your antidote, otherwise you will all explode and die in twelve hours."
Jiang Mianmian gave a few instructions, then grabbed a basket from the corner. Using the basket as cover, she kept taking things out.
White steamed buns, meat buns, salted duck eggs, salted meat, and water sacs.
"You hid the things in advance? How did you even get in?"
Manager Liao was dumbfounded.
"None of your business?" Jiang Mianmian rolled her eyes at him.
After taking the food, they started taking out alcohol swabs and hemostatic drugs.
In the short time that followed, people started to come in one after another.
The foreman and supervisor automatically stood to one side, while the young woman and child trembled and hid on the other side.
One of them was the young woman she had rescued.
She was covered in blood, her arm was stabbed, and she was still holding the dagger tightly in her hand, looking around warily.
"You, come here, do you remember me?"
Jiang Mianmian waved to her.
After recognizing him for a while, the young woman ran over in surprise, "My benefactor, it's you!"
"Eat something, then apply the medicine."
Jiang Mianmian pushed the food and medicine forward, saying, "Let them come too."
"Are these all for us to eat?"
The young woman's voice trembled. Seeing her benefactor nod, she first took a steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth.
He rushed back while munching away, shouting, "Quick, our benefactor has given us food!"
Many of them knew that this young woman had been abducted and trafficked together, and they all rushed over because they could smell the fragrance.
Jiang Mianmian counted the number of people and took out some food. "This is all we have. Share it with each other."
Everyone nodded vigorously, not arguing, their faces showing a mixture of tears and laughter.
After eating for a while, some people took alcohol swabs and began to clean each other's wounds and apply medicine.
Slowly, only hissing sounds of suppressed pain remained.
After a period of noise outside, things gradually quieted down. Someone came to report that all the miners and team leaders had been dismissed, and the other overseers and supervisors had also arrived.
The Gujing Iron Mine was not small, with more than 8,000 miners. Each team consisted of 100 miners, and there were more than 80 team leaders. These people were too numerous and complicated, so Jiang Mianmian simply dismissed them.
Only twenty supervisors, ten managers of varying ranks, and the head manager, Liao, remained.
"Everyone's here, let's play a game now."
Jiang Mianmian looked at everyone in the room with a smile.