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

Chapter 147 Exposing the Green Tea Girl

Of the 8,000 miners, 2,000 were ultimately willing to stay.

After some knocking and banging, Jiang Mianmian took out her contract and had them put their fingerprints on it one by one.

This contract wasn't as binding as the contracts of the slaves in Peach Blossom Spring, but it was sufficient for these ordinary miners.

[Merit points increase by 20, 30, 25...]

[With accumulated merit points ≥ , the host obtains the title of Level 2 Peach Blossom Spring Master.]

[Rewards include 300 resident slots, 500 slave slots, 100 skilled craftsman slots, and 50 custom slots.]

To Jiang Mianmian's surprise, each miner had twenty or thirty merit points. Giving these two thousand miners ten million contracts directly increased their merit points to over two hundred thousand!

Not only that, her title and quota have both increased! Now she has a full four hundred residents, five hundred and fifteen slaves, one hundred and twenty craftsmen, and fifty custom quotas left!

Once we take over that mine, if we leave enough miners, we might be able to break through 300,000!

Suppressing her excitement, Jiang Mianmian reassigned the two thousand people to groups and also selected new team leaders for groups of one hundred.

She dared not let her guard down with these twenty captains, so she signed slave contracts with them. Even if they weren't released into Peach Blossom Spring, Peach Blossom Spring would still have a binding force on them! If anything went wrong, she could adjust the 'rewards and punishments' at any time!

After all the mining arrangements were made, it was already broad daylight.

The food at the mine is enough for these miners for about ten days. By then, the extreme heat will have arrived, but the ore will never be exhausted. She will have to find a way to speed up the mining process, or see if she can bring the entire mine into Peach Blossom Spring.

Jiang Mianmian added this to her to-do list and slowly walked out of the mine.

As soon as I arrived at the gate, a group of people ran over.

The fastest runner was that young wife.

She staggered and knelt before Jiang Mianmian. "Benefactor, if it weren't for you today, even if I hadn't been tortured to death by them, I certainly wouldn't have survived. I have no way to repay your great kindness. Please give me a chance. I am willing to serve you like a slave in the future."

The others, already subtly siding with her, knelt down and kowtowed, pleading, "Please give us a chance, benefactor! We are willing to serve you like slaves to repay your kindness!"

Jiang Mianmian looked at the young woman and asked, "Your name is Xiu Niang?"

"Yes, this servant Xin Xiuniang, is willing..." The young wife quickly changed her words.

Jiang Mianmian interrupted her, "None of you are planning to go home?"

"Those who wanted to leave have already left; none of us can go back."

Xin Xiuniang had already cried all her tears, but now her tone was incredibly firm, "If we can sell to them once, we can sell to them twice. Why should we go back?"

They could see it clearly, but unfortunately Jiang Mianmian didn't intend to take them in like that.

"Are you here to 'repay' me because I left some miners behind? They can mine, but what can you do? I don't keep idle people around."

Don't say she's being difficult; even among the 80,000 people of Fengshui County, none of them are idle; they all have to earn points through labor.

"I can sew and embroider!"

Xin Xiuniang sincerely wanted to follow Jiang Mianmian and had already thought it through. She gave her answer almost immediately: "I'm not a very good cook, but I'm fast and good at embroidery. My family used to rely on my embroidery to make money."

As he finished speaking, his voice grew softer and softer.

She used to think her in-laws treated her very well, but after this incident, she realized they only cared about her ability to earn money! When the famine struck, they even sold her to buy food!

Jiang Mianmian nodded without saying anything, but looked at the others.

"All I know how to do is laundry and cooking. The clothes I wash are very clean, and the food I cook is barely edible..."

"Does feeding chickens count? I can find insects for them to eat, and the chickens that come out well are plump and delicious!"

"I can also catch fish by swimming, and I'm sure I'll catch one every time!"

One by one, about ten more people spoke, each with their own skills, but they were all talking about farm work.

The remaining people hesitated. Among them was a particularly thin girl who kept coughing. She spoke softly, "Benefactor, we are just women and children who are powerless. Since you have saved us, why can't you continue to help us? How are we supposed to recover if we have to do so much work? If outsiders find out, they will say that you are only doing this for show and that you don't really want to save us. Maybe you already have a plan to just take a bunch of servants for free. Isn't that a bad idea?"

Jiang Mianmian was even more satisfied. Look, the little green tea bitch has been caught!

If there are enough people, there will definitely be a few exceptional ones!

"So what do you want?"

There was no sign of anger in her words, and Little Green Tea was overjoyed. "Our benefactor is indeed very kind. Since you listened to my advice, you should naturally prepare some white rice, the best pork belly, and fresh green vegetables for us. Oh, and there should also be chicken soup and fish soup. These things are good for our health. We have suffered so much, and our benefactor must feel sorry for us too, right?"

Jiang Mianmian listened attentively and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

In reality, they were observing the expressions of these people. Most of them looked incredulous, but there were a few whose eyes flashed with greed.

The little green tea girl continued, "And clothes, shoes, and socks—they all have to be good, preferably fine cotton, no, silk, so that they can better highlight our benefactor's generosity! I just don't know where our benefactor lives? Is there enough room for all of us? If not, we'll have to be accommodated in a fine inn, and then…"

"Haha, you think you're here to act like a rich young lady?"

Xin Xiuniang couldn't help but laugh, and said sarcastically, "They saved you, it's not something you owe them! Bah! Shameless!"

"How could you say that to me? I'm only doing this for my benefactor's sake!"

The little green tea was a bit anxious, "My benefactor, only by doing this can we show your magnanimity and kindness. A woman's reputation is so important. With this good reputation, you might as well marry a prince in the future!"

"laugh."

Jiang Mianmian couldn't help but laugh. This little green tea b*tch is good at making empty promises!

Xin Xiuniang thought she had taken her words to heart, so she hurriedly tugged at her sleeve, "Benefactor, don't listen to her nonsense! There are more than forty people here, even the largest family can't withstand such a waste! Besides, we should be the ones repaying you for saving our lives, how come she's doing it... she's doing it all the other way around!"

"That's called 'reversing the Heavenly Gang'! You can't even pronounce something as simple as that wrong. What kind of knowledge do you have? Stop making things worse!"

The little green tea snorted and looked at Jiang Mianmian, "Benefactor, do you think I'm right?"

"You were right at the beginning."

Jiang Mianmian smiled and said, "Saving you was just a favor I did, and I don't ask for anything in return. You can go wherever you want. But if you really want to repay me, you have to sign a contract of servitude with me, the kind where I don't pay you for it and you have to do whatever I tell you to do."

A contract of servitude! And a contract of servitude signed for nothing!

The little green tea girl was struck dumb, coughing more than ten times before finally managing to stop, and angrily said, "Why?"