Chapter XXIII

didn't think of any good way, Luo Heng took out the map and looked at it carefully, there was only the border of Hegu Town on the map, and then there was nothing on the rest of the side, only a large ~ piece marked the mountainous area.

"Angus, go, walk around with me. Luo Heng put away the map, and then shouted.

"Yes, Lord Duke. Angus was also impressed by Luo Heng.

Luo Heng and Angus decided to go up along the river, which is also the easiest way to find ore veins, the rest of the places are underground, and the faults on both sides of the river can be seen, and some rocks that have been washed down can be seen, but for the ore, Luo Heng does not dare to confirm it.

What disappointed Luo Heng was that the river was the kind of river with very thick soil, and the current was not very fast.

It was only a little more than 30 kilometers up that it turned into a few small streams, and these streams went deep into the mountains, and even if the mine was found, it was very difficult to mine, mainly for safety.

Luo Heng followed the junction of hills and mountains, where there were wild grasses and shrubs.

"Lord Duke, if you want to graze here, you still need to clear the bushes, and the poisonous plants in it must also be cleaned up. Angus spoke.

"Hmm. Luo Heng nodded, this is another big expense, don't think about the farm this year, if there is no herbicide, the most is to burn the ground with branches, burn the grass roots on the ground, and cut down trees There are a lot of branches, but it is a troublesome thing to get back, if the place is cleared, people still need to watch at all times, there are a lot of wild animals here, and now there are dwarf rock lizard knights stationed, if there is no more, rabbits, mice do not know how many.

"Huh?" Luo Heng looked at the color of the rocks on the mountain ridge and was a little surprised.

Luo Heng hurriedly drove the chasing wind and took a closer look, there was shale above and below, and a layer of white stuff was mixed in the shale.

After grabbing it and rubbing it carefully, Luo Heng cleaned up some of it, and Angus was a little puzzled on the side, what kind of ore vein is this.

"It's a pity that the reserves are too small. Luo Heng shook his head and said.

After walking around, I didn't find any ore veins, that is, where the stone was mined, there was a palm-thick layer of pyrite, which did not have much mining value.

Luo Heng took Angus again, and Harding continued to walk along the mountain range, the more he walked, the steeper the mountain became, and there was snow on the mountain in the distance.

The animals in the forest fled one after another when they saw the chasing wind, as well as the horses ridden by Angus and Harding.

"Alas. "The mountains here are all very hard bluestone, Luo Heng sighed in his heart, the natural resources are not bad, stone, wood, but these things do not have the gold, silver, coal, copper and other minerals that Luo Heng expected.

"But also, if there is such a vein, it is estimated that this place will not be deserted. Luo Heng shook his head.

Simply relying on pastures and farms, I want to feed more than 1,000 people, which is very mysterious.

"Why don't you raise bees?" Luo Heng muttered in his heart.

But beekeeping also has a disadvantage, that is, winter, and weather, the cost of logistics and transportation in this world is very high, the price of sugar and the like is very high, and the color is not good, if it rains for a month, the bees cut off the rations, and have to pay for it.

Although the collection of royal jelly can return to the cost, but the collection of royal jelly is very consuming bee power, that is, to shorten the life of bees, and simply feeding sugar is not enough, the bees that collect honey should be fed with nectar, although you can use soybean pollen artificial pollen, but that is not good for bees, and it will be difficult for the population to degrade after a few years.

"It's not safe to eat in the sky. Luo Heng shook his head, the winter here is longer, the bees just watch the sky to eat, and it is normal to lose money if you are unlucky.

"Fish farming?" Luo Heng thought of fish farming again.

But just now through the river, there are a lot of fish in the river, and no one wants to buy them if they want to breed them, mainly because there are many fish bones, and there is a fishy smell, and spices are very expensive things, and ordinary people can't afford to eat.

"Do you want to grow spices?" Luo Heng muttered in his heart.

Then he shook his head again, spices are luxuries, and there are no nobles to buy them, so can they eat them themselves?

Luo Heng sat in the tent a little decadently, watching the weather get warmer day by day, but he still didn't have a clue about the direction of the development of the territory.

"Do you really want to mine quartz ore to make glass?" Luo Heng looked at the quartz ore in his hand and frowned a little.

"Alas, when glass is made, should it be used as a luxury...... No, maybe the Magician Guild needs it more?" Luo Heng was still a little unsure of the direction.

After thinking for a while, Luo Heng felt upset: "It's all those nobles, don't let me catch you~ or ......." ”

Luo Heng only secretly ruthless in his heart, the nobles of this world have a lot of power, including the various temples, and they are not as powerful as the nobles, just like the Bright Empire is only one of the five empires, the strength of the Bright Sect is very strong in the Bright Empire, and it is not very big in other empires.

But it's not stupid~ Zi can go against the Temple of Light face to face.

"By the way, build a greenhouse, even if the glass can't be sold, build a greenhouse to grow vegetables, and when the time comes, just cooperate with that temple and sell the vegetables. Luo Heng lifted the tent and thought of an idea that he had already had.

If you want to build a greenhouse with hot springs, it is very easy to introduce the hot spring water into the greenhouse, but it is best to bring in the hot spring water through a ditch and then close it with wooden or stone slabs.

Otherwise, the humidity is too high, and when there are no pesticides, the plants with too much humidity will only die of the virus.

The next day, Luo Heng beckoned Harding and Sodin to go with himself Angus towards the mountain range where the quartz ore was discovered.

"This is it. "Luo Heng came to the quartz vein, the quartz vein is about half a meter thick, showing a belt, but I don't know how far it extends in.

Harding and Luo Heng began to pick up tools and began to hit ~ blast holes, hitting more than a dozen blast holes in half a day, and then Luo Heng put in *, the blast holes were cleaned with linen, and then some dry soil was thrown into them, which was considered to temporarily isolate moisture.

Boom Boom!

With a roar, the rock burst into a huge crack and pried open with an iron rod.

"Not bad. Luo Heng took a closer look at these quartz mines, they were very good, crystal clear.

Then continue to mine, use horses to transport these quartz ores sacks by sacks, and Chasing the wind also joins it, and Luo Heng takes out the rock man.

When the rock man saw the quartz mine, he immediately ran over and quickly merged into the rock vein.

"I'll rub it, is there really something?" Luo Heng's eyes lit up, he didn't expect this half-elemental rock man to really move, Luo Heng knew that if this guy didn't have a vein, he wouldn't move.

PS: I'll make up for the three watches tomorrow, and I'm late to come back today, I'm sorry.