Release that Witch Chapter 493: gem mine

Roland was already bright when she got up from the bed.

He put on his coat and walked to the window. The white buildings had exposed their respective background colors. The red tiles and gray walls were mixed together to form a vibrant variegated color. Although the room is still cold, when facing the sun, you can feel a little warm.

The earth is snowing.

Entering the study room's remodeled office, today's breakfast is on the table, a fried egg and two pancakes, plus a cup of hot water. As in small town, it was obviously prepared by Nightingale.

"Thank you," Roland said to the empty lounge chair.

"How do you know I'm here?" The figure of Nightingale gradually emerged.

"You can't sit if you can lie down," he smiled, clamped the two pancakes to the egg, and brought it to his mouth. "And the back of the chair is sunk. I don't know if there is a ghost."

"No, I like it too much when I'm sitting," she blinked, appeared directly at the desk, turned over to sit on the edge of the desk, "like here."

This set of actions is always flowing, and I can't get tired of it, Roland thinks, especially the process of falling into the mist and then taking off instantly, it is like a jump.

"You look in a good mood, have a good dream?"

She raised her eyebrows, "Yeah, it's a good dream."

"That's good," Roland swallowed the "egg burger" with a few mouthfuls, "Today you have to follow me."

"Because of the assassination?"

"Yeah," he calmed down, "If Gem List is actually enabled by Timothy, Western Region may have other dark chess, and we can't review everybody again." Second, those who are brave and motivated should not be wasted on assassinations. They could have been put in more promising positions to exert their abilities. Thinking of this, Roland further strengthened its determination to eradicate the Timothy forces as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, as you wish," Nightingale smiled, "Where are you going today?"

"mines and salt well, this is also one of my main purposes here."

...

After summoning Petrov and a group of related personnel to the castle, the inspection team headed out of the city.

Although Roland is more concerned about iron ore located in Maple Leaf and Wild Rose, gem trade is also a pillar industry of Longsong region, and it is also the closest to stronghold, so the first stop of the inspection was on this famous five-color gem mine.

Due to the snow, the ground became muddy and the carriage could not pass. A pedestrian could only ride slowly on horseback. It took about half an morning to reach the edge of Impassable Mountain Range. Roland was once again convinced of the truth of wanting to be rich and building roads first. There is no hard road to mining site. Once it rains, it will not be possible to transport ore smoothly, and it is useless to produce even high output.

The mineral veins are located in a natural grotto. After a short narrow passage, the interior is suddenly bright. Nearly a hundred beams of turpentine torches can only take a picture of the scene in grotto. Roland raised head looked around and asked, "This cave is formed naturally?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Petrov nodded. "It was even accidentally discovered in the rumors: it was originally a smooth rock wall. There was a shock on the earth more than 300 years ago. The rock wall collapsed and was exposed. At the beginning of the current cave. At first, the local hunter only used this place as a shelter from rain. Later, as the exploration continued, it was discovered that the five-color gem existed.

"You know very well," Roland laughed.

"These stories are well-known to Western Region," Petrov beckoned and brought a man in the team closer. "His name is Denver Kerian. He is the manager of this mine. You can ask him for specific matters."

"Are you from Duke Ryan?"

"No, Your Highness Esteemed, the Kerian family does not belong to any feudal lord," the man known as Denver bowed and saluted. He was about thirty years old, but he spoke like a calm old man. " We have lived around this mine for generations and found that its hunter is also one of the ancestors of the family. The family has served three Dukes, and the mine map drawn is one person tall. No one can treat the mine like Kerian. At your fingertips. "

I can see that he is very proud of this, even if he is facing the Greycastle Prince, he can still talk freely. Moreover, the stable temperament is exceptional, and a slim black uniform is just like the old housekeepers of the millennial family in the movie.

Because these people passed the Nightingale audit before set off, Roland is not worried that he is a lurker, "Why is there no one in the mine now?"

"Because Months of Demons has just ended, Your Highness," Denver replied without thinking, "After the snow in the mountains melts, it will merge into the mountain and flow to the lower part. Although a drainage ditch and A sink well, but the speed of collecting water is much faster than that of a person, and the veins at the bottom are temporarily inaccessible. According to past practices, it is necessary to wait for summer to come before normal mining can take place.

"Same for iron ore in Maple Leaf and Wild Rose territory?"

"I haven't been there, but I heard that the two iron ores have a higher terrain and the mines are extended upwards, which is much better than here. But at least one month is required to resume production."

"It seems you need to set up a few more steam engines to help pump water." Roland shrugged.

"Steam ... machine, what's that?" Denver wondered.

"A machine that allows the mine to rest for four seasons," the prince couldn't help but raise his mouth. "You still need to learn a lot about mining in the future."

The other person's expression seemed rather unbelievable, his lips moved, but he did not refute in the end.

Roland is also not at heart. Rail mine cars and supporting steam engine pumping and traction systems have been very skilled in Northern Slope Mine, and even sold a set to Silver Light City ore tycoons. Sooner or later, it will be replaced with more efficient. The steam equipment is just that he is not interested in gem, and will definitely give priority to the development of iron ore.

"That being the case, go to the next inspection site." Roland turned around.

"Wait, Your Highness ... This is a little bit of Kerian Family," Denver probably did not expect that the prince was going to leave immediately, took the first two steps quickly, took a small wooden box from his arms, and handed it to him.

"Oh?" Roland took wooden box with interest and opened the lid. I saw two crystal bright gem lying in the box, the light of the torch made it reflect the red and green overlapping brilliance, it was dazzling. He couldn't help but hesitated, "This ... is five colored stone?"

"Exactly, Your Highness, they are selected from gem, the most quintessential texture, and a treasure of the family a century ago." Denver stroked his chest, "The Kerian family is proud to serve the new owner of Western Region's."

Roland didn't hear the other half of the other sentence at all. His attention has been focused on gem. This light is too familiar. Even if he knows nothing about minerals, he has heard of such stones. Big name.

Compared with the ornamental name five colored stone, it has another more popular name Diasporite in later generations. (To be continued.)