Heimarian Odyssey Chapter 487: Two years
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The Principality of Zelot’s annual enshrinement of rare earth mines is inseparable from Locke’s guess.
About 60% will be turned over to the Omor Empire, and the remaining 40% will be used to buy food and develop the country’s economy and people’s livelihood.
The act of Locke opening his mouth for 30% is equivalent to that the Principality of Zelot can only get 10% of the mining cost.
But Fatty still agreed. What he valued was not the surplus value of this newly opened rare earth mine, but he had a certain degree of confidence in completing the scheduled mining tasks before this winter.
The Duchy of Zelot is located in the northern part of the Omor Empire. The temperature here is extremely low and the climate is dry. Every year, a considerable number of workers in the Duchy of Zelot are frozen to death in the mine.
Winter is the season of death in the Principality of Zelot. During the New Year, the civilians of the Principality of Zelot must carry their hoes to work in the dark and deep mines when they are sitting around a house in peace by the fireplace.
This year's situation is even more critical. The raging bear in Laren Forest has been raging for nearly two months, which directly caused several high-yield rare earth mines in the Laren Highlands to suspend production for two months.
Before the banquet tonight, Grand Duke Fatty even figured out the number of laborers who might freeze to death this year from his staff and ministers.
As mentioned earlier, although Grand Duke Zellot usually likes to drink, this guy can barely be called a diligent ruling.
The Principality of Zelot had only a population of over 100,000 people ten years ago. After he came to power, it has grown to a population of nearly 200,000, which can be regarded as a miracle.
If Locke’s statement is true, it is a rich ore with amazing reserves. This year, the Principality of Zelot is very hopeful that it will complete this year’s mining targets before the beginning of winter.
Grand Duke Zelote is very concerned about the newly discovered rare earth mine, because in their Zelote Principality, there are not many rich mines that can work for the first-level knights. Of course, there are also open-pit mines. s reason.
The open-pit mine is good. The mining difficulty is low, the efficiency is high, and the operation is good. Even if the profit is only 10%, it can also make the treasury of the Principality of Zelot more substantial.
"Then I will leave it to you." Locke patted the fat man's shoulder encouragingly.
He didn't sign any contract. It was only 30% of the profit of a rare earth mine. It is expected that this fat man will not regret it. The consequences of cheating a first-class knight are not so easy to bear.
"By the way, if you lack a caravan for the deal, I can send a team." Locke remembered the Morgan and other families that he had recently cooperated with.
"Thank you so much, Knight Locke!" Grand Duke Zelot thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
This country is so remote, the production model is single, and there are only a few business travelers. If Locke can send a new caravan, it will greatly promote the mobilization of the country's economy.
"En." Locke nodded. Bi Li's family has a very broad business network in the Omor Empire, and even the Gobi provinces in the west have business, but the shops are not too big.
Now let them develop and develop in the north, presumably they are also happy.
After a few more conversations with Grand Duke Zelot, Locke turned and left.
Locke is not a good person when it comes to mining new rare earth mines.
The rare earth has another nickname-"Radiant Stone". Since the radiation intensity of that open-pit rare earth mine can have a little effect on the first-class knights like Locke, it has such a big side effect on ordinary humans.
There are countless miners who freeze to death in the winter in the Principality of Zelot every year, but there are also many human beings who are affected by radiation every year.
Many civilians work to die in their old age, either by body ulceration or by mutations. Multiple arms and multiple eyes are normal.
The average life expectancy of ordinary humans in the wizarding world is 40 years old, while the average life expectancy of civilians in the Principality of Zelot is 30 years old...
Locke is not a saint, he can't control too much.
Even knowing that many miners from the Principality of Zelot will die in this open-pit rare earth mine.
They will use their lives to turn them into a fortune and enter Locke's pocket.
In fact, Locke is rescuing them again. Without this new rare earth mine, under the two-month delay in construction this year, the number of miners in the Principality of Zelot frozen to death in the winter is definitely far more than the damage caused by the radiation from the veins. The number of deaths.
The Pai Bili family sent a caravan over. This may be something Locke subconsciously hopes to make up for. It is also good to slightly improve the status quo of the Principality of Zelot.
Two weeks later, Locke returned to Princeton.
One of the bear paws of Shi Hao Bear was handed over to the Hall of Knights as evidence of the mission.
"Well, yes, this is a second-degree mutated stone bear, right?" The one who received Locke was an old man who couldn't see the depth.
With a gray beard and a strong physique, this old knight can be regarded as an old man.
Locke didn't know what the second-degree mutation was, so he could only stand humbly, without any arrogance.
That violent stone bear is really not something a novice knight during a ten-year mission can deal with. When Locke meets that guy, it is also considered a blind cat and a dead mouse.
For two days and one night, Locke has not experienced such a long battle for a long time.
"The young man did a good job. This is your annual salary this year. You don't need to go to the logistics office. I will give it to you directly." The old man seemed to have a big background, and he praised Locke and threw him a bag. Energy spar.
The 36-year-old Locke twitched the corners of his mouth. The title of ‘Young Man’, Locke remembers the last time someone called himself that, it was during the Plane War more than ten years ago.
Without entanglement with this old knight for too long, Locke took his pension and left respectfully.
Ho! Fifty high-grade wind-type spars were nearly twice as many as last year. This was a disguised reward from the Hall of Knights for his accomplishment of the mission and an affirmation of his strength.
After receiving a sum of salary, Locke wondered whether to go home and enjoy the gentle village of Lafite and Xia Xi first, or to find Hals and others for a drink.
......
Two years later, in a tropical forest in the eastern part of the Omor Empire.
Hals and the others, who had just completed a hunting mission of Warcraft, sat around the fire, grilling the hind legs of the stone pig, and chatted with each other nonsense.
"Hey, Locke, I heard that your woman is a half-elf? Yan. Fortune is not shallow!" Hals winked at Locke who was sitting on the branch.
Locke on the tree rolled his eyes and ignored the idiot.
"If you want to solve your personal problems, go to the Rose Square in the trading area! I heard Mo Lidi say that there have been a new batch of purebred elves!" Shelley stood up and said bitterly.
Women sometimes get rough and dare to speak out than men.
Rose Square...I'm going. Locke has heard these guys mention it many times, but unfortunately he never visited it once.
That is said to be the property of a certain third-level sky knight who likes female **** in the knight hall.
The sky knight has vast magical powers. In the Rose Square, there are sweet singers, desert beauties, prairie beauties... everything, but the signature there is a group of deep-sea mermaids, and the excitement of exotic beauties attracts a lot of people. Help the male knights to emptied their own pockets.
Sometimes, some ectopic female creatures are added for the animals in the Knights' Palace to vent.
"Purebred elf, if I want the money, I might as well change myself to an inner armor." Hals muttered.
With his assets, to redeem a purebred elf from Rose Square, it takes about three years without eating or drinking. This exquisite appearance is a sought-after item in the Knights’ Palace.
Even if I get tired of playing in the future, I sell it to Sacred Tower and let the magicians extract a few bottles of elven blood, which will be enough for them to recover 30% of the cost.
The elf blood is similar to the bottle of elf potion that Locke had obtained before. Both can convert human blood into half-elves, but the extraction method is bloody, and there are some sequelae.
"Genn, how much can we make this time?" On the other side, Joyce turned to ask the thin man sitting by the campfire.
"The magician said, fifty energy spars per person." Gene opened his palm and compared a number.
"Damn, please let us come out and take a trip, only fifty energy spars!" Hals started complaining again.
Everyone at the scene ignored him.
This task is not difficult. It is mainly time-consuming and laborious. They need to track a family of five-eyed tarantulas in the dense forest, the first-level magician of the holy tower, and call twelve tarantula eyeballs. To create a piece of magic equipment.
"After this mission is completed, brother will take you to the Kingdom of França to have a fun?" Seeing that he was ignored, the guy Hals jumped onto the tree and hooked up to Locke.
The longer he has been in contact with Hals, the more Locke feels this is a funny comparison, with a simple mind and well-developed limbs, he is talking about Hals.
"If this mission can be completed before November, I will play with you for half a month." Locke squinted, and the old **** said.
"Before November? Alright!" Hals rolled his eyes and slapped Locke in excitement.
Shelley and others also cast a look of interest, "Said I haven't been back in five years." Shelley squeezed her hair and said.
"I don't know what happened to the group of ice fish I raised in the moat outside the city. If there are more, I will ask you to eat ice fish." Arnold said with a smile.
They are all Frans, first class knights who worked hard in the Omor Empire.
In the past, I returned to Fransa once in ten years, and replaced them with the few remaining first-class knights.
"We França have a lot of fun. França's women are also famous for their ice and snow in the surrounding countries. If you don't dislike it, I can send you some beauties as maids!" Hals He looked like a big brother and said to Locke with a smile.
"Let's talk about it." Locke shrugged.
He doesn’t know what is famous about Franz, but Franz is famously poor. He has heard of it, and it’s a country of ice and snow. Who knows what Hals is talking about? Block ice sculpture?