Chapter 26: The Arms Business (I)
Mars felt cold all over, his soul seemed to freeze, and suddenly, a sharp pain made Mars open his eyes.
"Ahh
"Haha. Angus laughed when he saw Mars.
Mars heard the laughter, looked up and looked around, and his heart sank, it was an empty place, he had no boots, only a piece of cloth around his waist, and although there were wild grasses around, it was not enough to hide his whereabouts.
"Hey, look over there. Luo Heng heard Mars's scream and spoke.
Following the direction of Luo Heng's point, Mars saw a mouse, the mouse's body was crawling with a black mollusk, the mouse's eyes were still moving, but the body could no longer move.
"My name is Mars, I'm a three-star thief, and I'm here on a mission from the Thieves' Guild. Mars is not stupid~, and immediately spoke.
"Go on. Luo Heng opened his mouth and said, his voice couldn't hear any emotion in it.
"No one can see the task publisher, the task is to collect all your information, the size of the territory, defense, personnel, etc., and the reward is one hundred and fifty gold coins. Mars spoke.
"One hundred and fifty gold coins!" Luo Heng said in disbelief.
"The Duke has made great achievements in war, and there are magicians, so the price is so expensive, and the average nobleman only has about 20 gold coins. Mars hastened to explain.
"I'm talking about cheap, cheap, it's only one hundred and fifty gold coins, I'm worth that little money?" Luo Heng opened his mouth and shouted.
Mars shrunk his neck, then said, "Lord Duke, let me go." ”
"Leave you alone, yes, but I want you to collect those people and take the task, and then come and deal with me, and know some information about the other party. Luo Heng said.
"What?" Mars just said that, in this world, if a thief is caught~, the end will be miserable, especially for the nobles, as long as the thief misses, the chance of death will reach 90%.
"Is there something wrong with your ears?" Luo Heng asked in a cold voice.
"I can't betray the Thieves' Guild. Mars spoke.
"As long as you have enough news, then I will give you the equivalent of gold coins. Luo Heng said.
When Mars heard this, he was a little entangled in his heart, what was the purpose of being a thief, not for the gold coins.
"Yes. Mars pondered for a moment and spoke.
Then Luo Heng took out the magic contract, and then wrote the agreement with the magic water, and Mars signed a magic contract with Luo Heng, including that the two must not hurt each other, Mars is afraid of Luo Heng, and Luo Heng is also afraid of Mars.
After Angus and Luo Heng left, Mars also took his things and left.
"Lord Duke, there is nothing to be afraid of thieves. Angus spoke.
"That's you, I'm an ordinary person. Luo Heng shook his head, the professionals of this world, every one is not so simple, magicians, thieves, warriors, assassins, just take Angus's charge, it is good to glide in the air directly, such a warrior is extremely terrifying no matter in that world.
Even in the era of thermal weapons, Luo Heng estimated that as long as Angus knew how to tactics, it would be no problem to easily destroy hundreds of ordinary soldiers, and this was still without holding thermal weapons.
“......。 Angus didn't say anything, Luo Heng's strength is too low, and he really needs continuous training.
Finally, on this afternoon, Luo Heng found some traces of wild sheep under a rock wall, and found that there was salt secreted on the rock wall.
There is a lot of salt in nature, but some salts are poisonous, and the salt that animals can eat is not poisonous, at most it is just too many impurities.
Luo Heng took out a mining iron pickaxe, chiseled a few times, and then took out an iron rod that hit ~ the blast hole, and Angus also came to help.
In terms of blasting, Luo Hengke is an expert, according to the distance and depth on the rock wall, he punched a blast hole, and then stuffed it in*.
Rumble!
The cave was formed naturally, and the rock was pulled apart, and the salt seeped out carefully, and then continued.
Five days later, the mine was twenty meters deep, but at this time the salt water could already be seen flowing out, and then Luo Hengyou dug a part of the mine and made it into a salt pond half a meter deep and more than two meters wide.
Wait for one night, and the next day Luo Heng will make some salt and brine, and then use an iron pot to boil water.
I got yellow-white salt, which was a little bitter, but this salt was not nitrate, and the salt was poisonous, and wild sheep would not eat it.
"Hmm. "The rest is simple filtering and stuff like that.
Angus asked, "Lord Duke, why do you know there is salt here?"
"Anyone who sweats needs to eat salt, cows, sheep, all these creatures, but bears and the like don't need it, because they get it from other creatures. Luo Heng said.
"Well, then this salt mine is a bit far away. Angus estimated the distance, at least twenty kilometers, and this is a mountain, not a plain.
"It's very simple, I'll pick up some here first, and then I'll pick up the rest when I need it. Luo Heng said.
Angus nodded, this is also a way, the two waited for two days, Luo Heng boiled hundreds of catties of coarse salt in a large iron pot, and then left, the cave was covered by Luo Heng with a wooden fence, but there was still salt water flowing out.
Twenty miles, in terms of the speed of chasing the wind, it will take less than two hours, but Angus's horses will not work, but it will only take half a day.
Jon was still very surprised that Luo Heng brought back salt, although salt is not expensive, it is indispensable.
However, after Luo Heng purified the salt, the snow-white salt made Jon depressed, because Jon ignored this, the salt of this world is coarse salt, and there is also a kind of green salt, which is a kind of salt that is abundant in the barbarian plateau, and it is like that when it is mined.
Jon had to pay a lot of gold and then help Luo Heng record this method in the Wizards' Guild.
The Dwarven Knights were ready to evacuate, and Angus was defended by the entire territory, with a patrol of female orcs, riding horses, with snow wolf cubs, but the snow wolf cubs were only trained inside the walls and were not brought out.
"Lord Duke, as long as these snow wolves grow up, unless your territory is stormed in, no thieves will be able to sneak in. Angus looked at these snow wolf cubs, and there were more than thirty of them, already like half-grown dogs, just eating a lot.
"Well, Angus, how about I say I'm in the weapons business?" Luo Heng has been thinking about the future direction of the territory, and Luo Heng found that his specialty is weapons, and the rest is not good.
PS: There is another chapter later.