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

Looking at the empty trouser leg, Master Yuan's eyes reddened with heartache. "Let your father try. What if she really is a fairy disciple?"

A silence fell over the room. After a while, Yuan Pei's voice came through, "Good, she's a woman of her word. She's already acquired two mines and will probably be back soon to deliver the medicine. We'll have to trouble you then, Father."

"You're my own son, why are you talking about trouble or not!"

Outside, Madam Yuan quietly slipped out.

The old woman held an umbrella for her. "Madam, if the master really gives away all the mines, what will we do in the future?"

"First, have someone take stock of the accounts and patch up the holes in the mines in the west and east of the township."

"But we don't have that much money."

Madam Yuan glanced at her sideways and said, "Make those who have taken it spit it out. See how much is still missing. Pawn it on some of my jewelry, and we can make up for it. Just make sure the master doesn't find out."

"What will we do then? If the master really gives up the mine, we'll never have any income again."

Madam Yuan sneered, "What's there to be afraid of? A little girl, look how scared the master is. He even wants to risk all the other iron mines for that cripple, making such a high-sounding statement about saving the whole family's lives. Bah! Have someone keep an eye on those two iron mines in Gujing. I want to see how she manages to transport all that iron ore out!"

"Yeah, let her dig, the more the better. Then we can just sit back and reap the benefits, and that hole will be patched up quickly!"

The old woman's eyes lit up, and she felt much more at ease. "Besides, even if she can transport it out, there's nowhere to smelt iron, haha."

Little did they know, Jiang Mianmian didn't need to transport the iron ore out at all, nor did she need to find a place to smelt iron; her Peach Garden was fully equipped!

She bound Jiu Niang and the others to her family, and also bound Granny Niu, Lin Hu, and Lin Bao to her as skilled craftsmen, and took them all into Peach Blossom Spring.

Seeing everyone staring in disbelief, Twenty-Five was extremely smug. "I told you I wasn't dreaming! You didn't believe me! Hahaha! I'll take you to Sister Mianmian's courtyard!"

Jiang Mianmian told them to wander around as they pleased, "Let's pick a good spot, and I'll have someone build us a big house later!"

She wants to build a modern villa using reinforced concrete!

A five-story villa with an elevator, swimming pool, cinema, and fully intelligent technology!

One person! One building!

However, she still dragged Jiu Niang around for a long time, "Jiu Niang, I want to smelt iron. Where do you think we should build the iron smelting workshop?"

When it comes to iron smelting, Jiu Niang didn't know anything about it before, but she could read and had read related books in the library.

When asked this question, he was quite pleased. "It seems I really need to read more books. I remember reading that iron smelting should be done in a high and flat location with water nearby and easy access to fuel, such as firewood or coal. Do you have any coal here?"

The two drove slowly around until they finally found a spot halfway up the mountain behind the slave quarters.

Jiang Mianmian took out all the tools, including the furnace. These things were heavy, so she could only use merit points to retrieve them. Fortunately, she had quite a few merit points now, so she wasn't too heartbroken.

"There isn't much coal yet, but there will be soon."

What she was eyeing wasn't just the two iron mines owned by the Yuan family, but also their remaining four mines, two of which were coal mines. However, at present, Rongguo's utilization rate of coal was not high, and the price of coal was far lower than that of iron.

In my previous life, it was only after the extreme cold arrived that coal suddenly became a scarce resource that everyone was scrambling to buy. If it weren't for the ruthless methods of the Lu family army, they might not have been able to protect this coal mine.

So, in order not to attract Mr. Yuan's attention, she did not specifically ask for the coal mine at the time, since it would be hers sooner or later anyway.

After everyone had had their fill of novelty, Jiang Mianmian led them to choose a large plot of land, planning to build villas there in the future. She even placed herself and her 'family' in the villa area.

The others' lodging was at the entrance of a cave in Peach Blossom Spring, while the connection to the real world on the other end was the group of caves where they had once temporarily stayed.

"For now, if you want to enter Peach Blossom Spring, you'll have to wait for me to lead you in, or you can enter through the cave complex."

Jiang Mianmian also wanted to set up a connection point at Taoyuan Manor so that they could directly enter Taoyuan, but it didn't work after trying.

Jiu Niang smiled and said, "This is already very good. Setting the connection point between the two worlds in the cave will not be too abrupt."

"Yeah, we're not in a hurry to come in anyway."

Seventh Sister was overjoyed. "We're waiting for the big villa to be built so we can move in right away."

After everyone had had their fill of the novelty, they returned to the manor.

Jiang Mianmian made another trip to the Ye family, and as usual, she examined Ye Xiujue before going to see the old lady. "Do you know any skilled craftsmen? I need a capable steward, someone who knows iron smelting, someone who can mine, and someone who can build houses!"

"You're quite impolite. Don't you know how many people I have on my estate?"

Madam Ye chuckled and poked her forehead, "But you've come to the right person. I do have a group of people who will be arriving soon."

Since deciding to stay, she naturally wanted to bring all the Ye family members here.

"I'll take as many as you have! To repay you, how about I take you to a fairyland?"

Madam Ye treated her well, and now that Taoyuan is being developed and expanded, there's no need to hide it anymore.

"A fairyland? Really?"

Madam Ye got up and dressed. "Come on, take me to your Peach Blossom Manor."

"Then you'll have to sign a contract with me first. It's not just Peach Blossom Village, it's a real Peach Blossom Paradise!"

Jiang Mianmian felt that she had to see this for herself before she would take it seriously. She flipped her hand and took out a resident's contract. "Look, this is written here. Your identity is that of a resident of Taoyuan. However, there is no house for you to live in yet. We will have to wait until it is built before we can take you in to live."

"Is this so unusual? Let me see."

Madam Ye didn't quite understand, but she thought it sounded very impressive. She took out the contract, flipped through a couple of pages, and then pressed her fingerprint on it. "Alright, let's go."

Jiang Mianmian was dumbfounded by their efficiency. "Aren't you afraid I'll sell you off?"

"What am I, an old hag, afraid of?"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two disappeared from the spot.

Granny Zhao: "..."

So you're not including me anymore? I guess I've missed out after all, boohoo~

After going around in circles and returning, even after Jiang Mianmian left, Old Madam Ye still hadn't recovered. "Quickly, give me a bowl of ginseng soup!"

Jiang Mianmian had already arrived at the camp, where she was to select the first batch of 100 residents.

There are now 80,000 people in Fengshui County. It would be too difficult to select 100 people fairly. But she doesn't intend to select fairly. It is the paradise she has worked so hard to build. Of course, she will set the rules!

The first people that come to mind are Qingrui's whole family and Uncle Qi and Aunt Qi.

The old couple definitely wouldn't want to part with Qi Xuan, so they might as well throw Qi Xuan in there to do chores for her.

Another option is to have Granny Li select a group of people in Tupo Village. These people are quite confidants of hers and basically believe whatever she says. They are easy to fool, cough cough, quite 'devout'.

Just then, Shi Yi rushed over, "Miss Mianmian, you've finally arrived! We've been looking for you."