Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

Qi Yuan's suggestion is good.

But Eric had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

"Qi, you wouldn't have lured all the Darkfire members here only to wipe us out, would you?"

Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "Although I called you here to do you a favor and let the Darkfire members come here to work and earn money for me, I had no intention of harming them. Also, I wanted you to arrange for some of them to be mixed up with the fake ones, so I wouldn't know who the real Darkfire members were and who weren't?"

Qi Yuan did indeed have ulterior motives for calling Eric up.

Darkfire is an organization that hopes to change the North Continent, and most of the people who can join this organization are not bad at heart.

If you hire a group of kind people to work for you, you'll have less to do.

Furthermore, Qi Yuan wanted to show Eric whether he was keeping his promise.

He said he would improve the lives of the people in the North Continent. Would providing jobs and increasing income be considered a step towards improving their lives?

"Qi, your suggestion is very good, but I choose to trust your character. Once you've decided to start renovating this place, I'll arrange for members of Darkfire to work here."

"Alright, enough of that. You guys said you spotted Ryan Davis around here. I want to know if that's true?"

“I’ll answer this question,” Xunying stepped forward and said.

Qi Yuan looked at him.

Xunying said, "Boss Qi, you should have heard that there are many wolves roaming in the western mountains."

Qi Yuan nodded, "I have indeed heard about it."

“The Davis family sent three men here to deal with the wolf pack, but those three guys were slacking off. Sometimes when it snowed heavily, they would choose to stay in the house drinking and having fun. But they were worried about being blamed for not hunting any wolves, so they gave me fifty dollars to bring back five wolf carcasses for them.”

Qi Yuan's expression changed.

Saint Cassia was far from the city of Judgment, and for a time Noah even forgot about the place.

The people sent to hunt the wolves probably felt that being so far away was why they dared to slack off.

Xunying continued, "That day, I helped them hunt wolves. In the West District, I saw a lot of people carrying pickaxes into a cave, and some people were pushing carts out. So, when they weren't around, I went into the cave to check. I found a lot of tools for mining ore in the cave, and when I saw some ore that had already been mined, I realized that there was iron ore in that cave."

"Are they stealing minerals?"

Qi Yuan was at a loss for words. He had never expected Ryan to steal the mine.

"The cave looks like it was formed naturally. The entrance doesn't seem to have been dug out, but if you go deeper inside, you can find iron ore. Judging from the depth of the cave, it has been dug for some time."

Qi Yuan felt a lump in his throat after hearing this. This was land Noah had bought, so the iron mine should also belong to Noah.

Ryan actually stole his family's mine, how could he tolerate that?

"How come you only noticed now?"

“There are many wolves in the West Mountain area. Everyone knows it’s dangerous there, so no one dares to go. If I hadn’t helped those three hunt wolves, I wouldn’t have discovered that someone was stealing ore there.”

"You've worked hard. I'll go check on things there tomorrow. You can go and rest now."

Xunying looked at Nick, and after seeing Nick's signal, she didn't linger there any longer and turned to leave the room.

As soon as he left, Nick picked up the bread he had just brought in, took a bite, and asked, "Mr. Qi, what are you planning to do tomorrow? We might not see Mr. Ryan tomorrow."

"We won't be able to see him, but those miners know how to contact him. Tomorrow, we'll take control of the miners and see if they cooperate."

The four of them briefly discussed their plans for tomorrow, then went home to rest and recharge before putting their plans into action the next day.

There were more wolves in Santa Cassia than expected. As darkness fell, the howls of wolves were almost completely silenced, and the howls seemed so close they were right next to our ears.

With so many wolves, it's called raising sheep here, but what's the difference between that and raising wolves?

In order to catch the thieves, Qi Yuan led his bodyguards to the mine before dawn.

We encountered several wolves on the road.

The wolves in Santa Cassia are all gray wolves, which are relatively large and look incredibly robust.

Qi Yuan and his men were afraid of alerting the wolves, so they didn't fire their guns when they saw them.

Wolves are very intelligent. When faced with unknown dangers, they will not rush forward blindly, but will hide at a distance and observe them.

It seems they are waiting for Qi Yuan and his group to show signs of fatigue before launching their attack.

The mine is not far from the ranch; it only takes about thirty minutes to walk there.

The mine is located at the foot of the mountain. You have to go down from the top of the mountain, go around two huge rocks, and find the cave in a place covered by weeds and trees.

Winter had just ended, and the surrounding area was bare with tree branches. You could find the cave as soon as you walked over.

In the lush green summer, the branches and leaves of the weeds and trees around the cave will hide the entrance.

It was still early, and the smugglers hadn't arrived yet. The cave was empty, and you could hear a faint echo when you stepped on the rocks.

This shows how deep the cave was dug; even the echoes could be heard.

The smugglers seemed to have also taken over the cave; in one corner were a number of picks and other mining tools, as well as some teapots and cups for boiling water.

Qi Yuan told everyone to find a safe place to hide, so that they could catch the miners off guard when they arrived.

Not long after they lay in ambush, the miners who had been stealing ore came in one after another, talking as they walked.

“Those wolves are really scary. Every time I pass by here, I’m afraid they’ll bite me. Hey, those wolf traps are all set up. Don’t let those beasts suddenly break in and bite us.”

"Although this place is terrible, this job is really lucrative. The mines here have made us a lot of money, and every now and then we can catch some wolves in the traps. Selling the wolf pelts to those rich people is another business."

"Let's just hope that we never run out of the mine in this cave, so we can all make a lot of money and maybe even become rich."

While the other party was talking, Qi Yuan counted how many miners there were and what they were dressed like.

There were eight miners in total.

Judging from his clothing, he was just an ordinary miner, nothing special.

Qi Yuan gave a wink to Asa and Nick across from him.

The two understood, and Asa shouted, "Don't move!"

The bodyguards, who had been hiding in the shadows, rushed out instantly, pointing their guns at the miners.

The miners had never seen anything like this before, and they immediately raised their hands, shouting, "Don't kill me!"

Qi Yuan had his bodyguards search them. The only weapons these miners carried were small knives, which seemed to be for self-defense when they had no other weapons available, such as when they were attacked by wolves.

Besides the knife, all they carried were bread and water.