Hearing Yang Rui say that he could deal with the pirates, the village chief's body trembled and he couldn't help but stand up.
Linwen Village had been bullied by the pirates for too long and too much. Furthermore, no one cared about him even after he reported to the authorities. This caused the village chief to be numb and resigned to his fate! At this moment, a stranger actually came to his door and offered to help Linwen Village deal with the pirates. How could he not be surprised and pleasantly surprised?!
Although it was located in a remote area and surrounded by marshes, making transportation inconvenient, Linwen Village was still a high-grade village before the pirates appeared. Its population was close to 2000 people. Although it was isolated, it could still be considered a peaceful and happy life! Especially the village's ironware manufacturing. Relying on the Wenshui River, it was once very popular and sold well.
However, after the pirates appeared, everything changed.
At the start, Linwen Village was still able to block the pirates that appeared in twos and threes. However, when the pirates appeared in large numbers, the village was no longer able to block them! These pirates who killed without batting an eyelid started a wave of burning, killing, and looting after entering the village. They took all the resources in the village and destroyed all the buildings. Furthermore, they slaughtered the entire village until only 500 people were left!
Not only that, these pirates also gave Linwen Village a mission to hand over 10000 units of food every 4 days! Linwen Village only had 1000 mu of land left. Under normal circumstances, they could only produce about 10000 units of food every cycle. After the pirates looted, there was almost nothing left!
Furthermore, the system was currently in a special period where food production was decreasing! The amount of food harvested was not even enough for the pirates to loot! If not for the fact that they could still catch some fish from the Wenshui River, the villagers of Linwen Village would have already starved to death!
Now, there was finally someone willing to step forward and help them deal with the pirates! How could the village chief not be excited! At this moment, he already had no time to care about the matter of the ore that Yang Rui mentioned. Although the iron ore was important to Linwen Village, if he had to choose between survival and the iron ore, he could only choose survival!
"This one … this one is Wang Su. I am the village chief of Linwen Village! As long as you can deal with the pirates, my village is willing to cooperate with sir's conditions. Please give me your instructions! "
The dark and thin village chief Wang Su trembled as he straightened his body. Then, he slowly bowed to the ground and very solemnly gave Yang Rui a big bow. Although he wasn't sure if Yang Rui could really solve the problem of the pirates, there was only one path before him. That was to cling onto Yang Rui's thighs tightly and grab hold of the slightest chance to extricate Linwen Village from its current predicament!
"Village Chief Wang Su, you don't have to be like this!" Seeing the dark and thin village chief Wang Su salute, Yang Rui hurriedly reached out to support him.
Yang Rui's purpose in coming here was very clear. It was for the iron ore. Since the other party was willing to agree to his conditions, he had already achieved his goal.
In the following time, Yang Rui and Han Laixiang were invited by village head Yang Rui to the meeting room of Lin Wen Village. They discussed in detail the matter of exchanging iron ores for Yang Rui's troops. Actually, calling it a 'discussion' was a bit inappropriate. This was because it was basically Yang Rui raising the conditions and village chief Wang Su agreeing to all of them. From start to finish, there was no bargaining at all.
The reason for this situation was because Linwen Village was in a passive position and there was no room for negotiation. Secondly, Yang Rui's conditions didn't have any intention of making things too difficult. Furthermore, he had fully considered the recovery of Linwen Village's vitality. Wang Su naturally had no reason to not agree!
"Agreement between Mountain Town and Linwen Village regarding paid assistance in eliminating the pirates of Wenshui and Wenshang
Party A: Mountain Town
Party B: Linwen Village
Regarding paid assistance in eliminating the pirates of Wenshui and Wenshang, Party A and Party B have voluntarily reached the following agreement:
1. Party A's obligations:
From the date of signing the agreement (Guang He 6th year, 2nd month, 18th day), Party A shall be stationed at Party B's village and eliminate the threat of the pirates of Wenshui and Wenshang to Party B's village. This shall prevent any casualties, loss of goods, or damage to buildings …
Party A has the obligation to assist Party B in building an inn as a place for Party A's soldiers to be stationed. During the period of Party A's garrison, the minimum cost of accommodation is 1 copper per person per day. This will be settled monthly or daily if it is less than a month …
Party A has the obligation to provide scarce resources according to the market price as the basic condition for Party B to rebuild the village walls and other defensive structures. Under voluntary circumstances, Party A can provide resources for Party B to restore various buildings …
… …
2. Party B's obligations:
From the date of signing the agreement (Guang He 6th year, 2nd month, 18th day), Party B shall be the first to establish an inn. With the support of Party A, Party B shall upgrade the inn to a high grade in the shortest time possible to provide accommodation for Party A's soldiers and other Party A personnel …
Party B has the obligation to, with the assistance of Party A, consciously repair the village walls and other defensive structures and cooperate with Party A's needs to eliminate the pirates …
Party B has the obligation to provide Party A with free access to the iron ore. The standard is set at the system's minimum rental fee of 100 copper per month. Party B will provide priority to sell the iron ore produced within three years (Guang He 6th year, 2nd month, 18th day) to Party A at the system's minimum price of 1 copper per unit. This will be in return for Party A's assistance in defending against the pirates …
Under the condition that Party A guarantees Party B's various living resources, Party B shall give priority to investing in the mining of iron ore …
Party B has the obligation to cooperate with the villagers of Party A in the mining of iron ore in Linwen Village, as well as to solve various problems they may encounter in their daily lives …
… "
After signing the agreement with Linwen Village, Yang Rui basically obtained the rights to use Linwen Village's iron ore for three years at a very low price! The cost of the inn, the price of the ore, and the rental fee of the iron ore were all set at the system's minimum price. Basically, it was no different from giving it away for free.
Furthermore, under the condition that Yang Rui provided the basic living resources, Linwen Village's labor force would be prioritized in the production of iron ore. The iron ore would also be prioritized in trading with Mountain Town. Other than that, Mountain Town could also invest in the mining of iron ore.
As for the "construction assistance" that Yang Rui promised, it wouldn't cost much. Linwen Village's food and wood resources were completely self-sufficient without the pirates robbing them. The only thing that they lacked was stone resources.
However, overall, it wouldn't cost much stone resources. Mountain Town was rich in stone resources, so it wouldn't be a burden to give a portion of it to Linwen Village. Currently, stone resources weren't widely used, so Mountain Town had a lot of stock. Furthermore, the supply of stone resources was based on the market price, so there was no loss.
"Thank you, Constable Blazing Sun! Thank you so much … "
Even so, the dark and skinny village chief, Wang Su, was still extremely grateful and kept thanking him! As Yang Rui was using the system's agreement, Wang Su also knew about Yang Rui's in-game identity.
"Village Chief Wang Su, you don't have to do this! You and I are just taking what we need. With this system's agreement, we are equal parties in a transaction, so there's no need to say any more thanks … "
Yang Rui persuaded Wang Su several times before he finally stopped. Then, he left with Han Laixiang to arrange for Chen Li and Chen Ping to bring troops to help defend Linwen Village.
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