The next day, in the afternoon.
Lu An and the four women arrived at the purple gold mine. When they saw the purple gold mine from afar, they saw that it was a medium-sized mountain. There were four housing areas on the outer mountain. Each housing area was surrounded by a wall with different flags hanging on it.
Soon, Lu An found the Blood Symbol Alliance's flag. When he arrived at the entrance, there were already people waiting to welcome him. The five of them entered the housing area smoothly and arrived at the meeting hall. Soon, all the Heavenly Masters gathered in the meeting hall and bowed to Lu An and Liu Lan. "Greetings, Alliance Master and Young Mistress!"
"Everyone, please rise." Lu An said, "I've received orders to come here to handle matters. There are many things that I don't know, so I'll need everyone's help."
Hearing this, everyone smiled and bowed again. "Yes."
They knew that Lu An was coming because someone had rushed to inform them the next day. Not only that, all of them were aware of Lu An's earth-shattering actions in Blackwolf City. Now that they saw Lu An was even younger than they'd imagined and was so polite, they couldn't help but admire him from the bottom of their hearts.
Soon, Lu An instructed everyone to do what they were supposed to do, leaving only the person in charge, Yuan Shaomin. Yuan Shaomin was 50 years old and a late-stage Level Four Heavenly Master. He had been here ever since the purple gold mine was discovered. Now that Lu An was here, he felt much less pressured.
"Senior Yuan, please explain the situation here." Lu An gestured for Yuan Shaomin to sit down and said.
Yuan Shaomin sat down and said seriously, "There are four families here. Other than us, they are all forces in Guangyi City. There are two chambers of commerce, the High Mountain Chamber of Commerce, the Lide Chamber of Commerce, and an alliance called the Yuanzhou Alliance. I've sent people to investigate in Guangyi City. Actually, the three alliances are slightly weaker than our Blood Symbol Alliance. After all, Black Wolf City advocates martial arts competitions. They are all hunters, so it's normal for them to be stronger. "
Lu An nodded and said, "Understood."
"However, this purple gold mine is advantageous to Broad Sense City. Although the distance between the mine and the two cities is almost the same, Black Wolf City has very little development in this area. Only small guilds that can't be accommodated in Black Wolf City will come here, but Broad Sense City has always been developing this area. With this reason, Guangyi City has been saying that this purple gold mine was discovered by them and should be handled by Guangyi City themselves. "
Lu An frowned and asked, "What's the truth?"
"In fact, it was Black Wolf City that discovered it first!" Yuan Shaomin said angrily, "A small alliance from our Broad Sense City wanted to come here to develop planting materials, but they accidentally discovered the purple gold mine here. They knew that they didn't have the strength to occupy it, so they sold the information to the other major guilds. Because of this, our Blood Symbol Alliance rushed over immediately. "
"As for the people of Broad Sense City, they were discovered by the merchant guilds stationed in the vicinity because of our great commotion. That's why they all came here to investigate. After discovering the purple gold mine, they informed the people of Broad Sense City." Yuan Shaomin said with a frown, "So, they came here later. This place should belong to us!"
Lu An nodded and asked after some thought, "Why did the Blood Symbol Alliance and the Iron Saber Alliance leave?"
"What else could it be? The negotiations were successful. " Yuan Shaomin snorted and said, "These two alliances were successfully persuaded by the people of Broad Sense City and left with the money. Moreover, they don't have any experience in mining purple gold mines, so it'll be very troublesome. Only our Blood Symbol Alliance hasn't agreed to it and has been entangled with them until now. "
Lu An thought for a while and asked, "How are the various guilds getting along now?"
"How else can it be? They're all digging their own mines, but only in the periphery. If they want to dig in the core area, I'll be the first to fight them! Moreover, I've fought them before. They're probably frightened by my temper, so they haven't explored the core area. " Yuan Shaomin snorted and said, "If it weren't for the Alliance Master's orders, I wouldn't even let them dig outside. I'd go all out!"
Looking at Yuan Shaomin's temper, it was good that he could control himself. Lu An continued to ask, "Have the other three guilds come to negotiate recently?"
"Yes, but I didn't even let them in. They were all chased out!" Yuan Shaomin waved his hand and said arrogantly.
Lu An smiled and said, "If that's the case, please help me inform the other three guilds. I'd like to talk to them."
Yuan Shaomin was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Lu An to act so quickly. He quickly stood up and cupped his fists. "Yes, Alliance Master!"
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An hour later, in the Blood Symbol Alliance's meeting hall.
Lu An sat at the head of the table with Yuan Shaomin standing beside him. On his left sat the managers of the two guilds, and on his right sat the manager of the Yuanzhou Alliance. Three people came from each alliance, one sitting and two standing.
The manager of the High Mountain Merchant Association was called Gao Buhuan, the manager of the Lide Merchant Association was called Yin Liang, and the manager of the Yuanzhou Alliance was called Ge Hua. The three of them looked at the young man sitting at the head of the table with doubtful expressions.
They knew about Yuan Shaomin's status, and if even Yuan Shaomin was respectfully standing beside this person, just who was this person? Moreover, the Blood Symbol Alliance had never negotiated before. The three guilds felt that the sudden negotiation might have something to do with this person.
"Let me introduce the three of you." Yuan Shaomin spoke first and loudly said, "This is the new Vice Alliance Master of the Blood Symbol Alliance, Lu An!"
Hearing this, the other three people's bodies trembled. They never thought that this young man would be the Vice Alliance Master!
The three of them looked at each other and immediately stood up. Gao Buhuan bowed to Lu An and said, "I didn't know you were the new Alliance Master. Please don't blame me."
The other two people also bowed, and Lu An smiled and said, "I just took up the position, so it's normal that you didn't know. Please sit."
Hearing this, the three of them sat down again. However, since he was the new Vice Alliance Master, it seemed that he came here on Liu Zhengtang's orders.
"Actually, the three of you should have guessed that as the new Vice Alliance Master, the first thing I did after taking up the position was to deal with the purple gold mine." Lu An looked at the three of them and said with a smile, "This purple gold mine problem has existed for more than a month, and we've had many disputes. It's not good to continue. What do the three of you think?"
Seeing that Lu An was so polite, the three of them looked at each other. They all felt that this young man was too inexperienced and could be easily bullied. If it was normal, he would be establishing his authority and pressuring or even threatening the three of them to make the negotiation favor his side.
Yin Liang nodded and turned to look at Lu An. He said loudly, "I see that Alliance Master Lu is a reasonable person. This purple gold mine was first discovered by people from Guangyi City, so it should be developed by Guangyi City. The Blood Symbol Alliance tried to interfere, and we treated them with respect, allowing you to take advantage of them. How about Alliance Master Lu take your people and leave? Before you leave, we have a generous gift to show our respect. "
"What did you say?!" Before Lu An could react, Yuan Shaomin exploded in anger. He pointed at Yin Liang and scolded loudly, "Don't you know who discovered this purple gold mine? You're lying so confidently. Do you have any shame? "
Hearing Yuan Shaomin's scolding, Yin Liang's face turned ugly. Lu An raised his hand to stop Yuan Shaomin from speaking. He looked at the three people below and asked with a smile, "Do the three of you have the same idea?"
Gao Buhuan and Ge Hua looked at each other and nodded at Lu An.
Lu An smiled and said, "Okay."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned. Yuan Shaohua looked at Lu An in disbelief, while the other three trembled. Ge Hua immediately stood up and cupped his hands. "Since that's the case, we'll prepare a generous gift. Since Alliance Master Lu said …"
"Wait, I haven't finished speaking." Lu An raised his hand and interrupted them with a smile. "I just made my own decision. I didn't agree with you."
The three of them were stunned and looked at Lu An in astonishment. They couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean, Alliance Master Lu?"
"It's about the same as you." Lu An had a smile on his face. He paused and said softly, "However, it's the other way around. I'll prepare a generous gift and give you three seven days to leave."
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