The news of the gold mine changing hands soon spread to all parts of the mainland, this gold mine is a famous big gold mine in the mainland, and many surrounding forces are actually staring at it, but I didn't expect it to change hands so easily now. The process of changing hands also makes people feel a little bizarre, two big battles in three days, the kingdom of Covicla first won a big victory followed by a big defeat, I heard that it was the famous general Grint who was defeated, this Grinth's name is not only famous in the kingdom of Covicla, but it is considered a famous general level in the whole continent, but it was actually defeated by a newly appointed duke in his twenties, this time Gassein is on fire.

The matter also conveyed to the ears of the Emperor of the Saint-Wieland Empire, Wigley, he didn't expect that Garsein's appetite was so big, and he was actually eyeing that big gold mine, so now Garseen was really rich, and even he was greedy for that gold mine.

"Is it to raise money for gifts?" Wigley said with a smile.

Of course, the gold mine has been taken, and the empire is also going to intervene, and the benefits are a bit too great. Wigley thought about it, on the one hand, he began to mobilize the imperial army to move closer to the west, in case the scale of the war expanded, and it was too late to deal with it, and on the other hand, it was also a means of putting pressure on the Kingdom of Covicla, it was best for the other party to sign a contract to cede the gold mine now, of course, it seems unlikely to think about it.

Wigley also felt that it was impossible for the Kingdom of Covicla to give up the gold mine just like that, otherwise their country's finances would collapse. However, judging from the current information, it is not easy for the Kingdom of Covicla to recover the gold mine with free hands, and the country is in a mess, so for now, it is better to wait for the development of the situation. The Empire will certainly not join the war now, but it's okay to help a little, isn't this just taken the gold mine? You need a large number of miners, and the Empire can provide that.

Garsein's side did study the problem of miners, and he needed more than just miners, the enemy would definitely come to retake the gold mines, and they would have to build a defensive base if they wanted to occupy this place. The defenses on this side of the gold mine can only be said to be ...... It's very ordinary, Garsein also understands why Grint will give up the gold mine so firmly, this place is really not easy to defend, the terrain is not very good, the surrounding water intake points are very far, once besieged, it is easy to cut off the water, which is already a taboo for soldiers.

At present, it seems that they have a lot to do, strengthen the wall, build defenses, dig wells, etc., which requires a lot of labor, and now there are 400 prisoners in the stronghold, which can be said to be completely insufficient, even if the mine is stopped, let them all go to construction first, there are not enough people, and the progress is very slow.

Of course, there are manpower on Gasein's side, and it wasn't the rebels in the territory who rebelled all kinds before, and captured a lot of prisoners and laborers, as long as they are sent here, most of the problems can be alleviated, but after all, this is the territory of the enemy country, and there are still some troubles.

So the first thing Garseen has to do now is to open up the transportation line, once the line is opened, the personnel and materials in his territory will be sent over, and the gold ore here can also be sent back, otherwise the gold mine is useless in the warehouse here. To put it simply, it is to build roads.

Of course, there was a road to the gold mines, but the road that led to the city of the Kingdom of Covica at that time was now a road to their territory. Originally, this matter was quite troublesome, after all, building a road is not a simple job, although the gold mine is not too far from the territory where Garseen is located, but the road is not easy to repair, it does not mean that a straight line is repaired, what to do when you encounter a mountain, what to do if you encounter a river, this has to go around. Garsein inquired, and at this rate, it would take about three or four months to build a road.

Then Linton went out, and everyone was confused, not that they doubted whether Linton could help, the question was ...... Are all the holy levels so idle now? You even have to help build roads? Yes, they have never heard of a saint-level who helps build roads, and in their opinion, the saint-level is too self-degrading to do such a thing.

However, Linton didn't have time to take care of these, the task required the establishment of a battlefield, and now the battlefield is there, but if you want the mission to be successful, you still need a lot of infrastructure, which is similar to the previous construction of the city, Linton also hopes that the engineering team will come over to work quickly, and let him wait for three or four months, isn't it a joke, the mission time has passed.

Of course, Linton's coming to do this was naturally very direct, so he directly drew a straight line on the map and set off with the engineering team in the army.

"Lord Sword Saint, you can't repair it here, that mountain ......"

There was a loud "boom", and before the person in charge of the engineering team could finish speaking, there was a sudden loud bang in front of them, and the sky and the earth cracked, and when they came back to their senses and looked forward, the mountain that was still there just now had been blown to the ground.

"What mountain?"

"Boom." The person in charge here swallowed, "No...... It's okay......"

Soon, the people of the engineering team found that following Linton to build the road was simply an act that subverted their outlook on life, the symbol of the saint-level vindictive golden body, Linton used it to build the road, this saint-level adult is really ...... I don't know what to say.

In this way, it only took Linton one and a half days to open a road directly to the territory from the gold mine, and when it met the mountains and filled the rivers, it was really a straight road that was blown up alive, and the rest of the work was handed over to the engineering team to finish, and the road was now passable except for the difficult points.

At the same time, the reconnaissance team of the unit had already spotted traces of enemy troops. Yes, the remnants of the Kingdom of Covicla, led by Grint, did not go far, they set up camp on the north bank of the Pselus River to the north, and apparently began to gather their forces, ready to counterattack at any moment.

It is indeed impossible for the Kingdom of Kovicla to give up the gold mine, and it seems that the enemy will try to counterattack when he gathers a certain number of troops, and it is not much time for them to prepare for defense.

After getting the location of the enemy's camp, the first thing that Gasein's thought was to take the initiative to attack them, and defeat them while the opponent's troops had not yet assembled and replenished, so as to solve their worries, but they were dissuaded by Linton.

"Do you think Grint wouldn't have thought of it?" "The reason why they are assembling on the north shore is also to give them time to react, so that if they find us attacking, they will have a chance to retreat." It will not be easy to cross the river, and they will have enough time to deal with it, and it may even prevent us from crossing the river, which will be even more troublesome when the time comes. ”

"Then we can try a night raid, or...... Water attack? Garseen said.

"The enemy is stronger than you, and these must be guarded." Linton said, "After being defeated by you once, that Grint will be more cautious, I guess it's useless, it's better to have this energy than to strengthen the defense." ”

If you really want to do it, Linton can also come up with a lot of methods, for example, if Linton leads the army now, he will not engage in any gold mine construction at all, pretending to defend here, leaving a little people, and the large army will directly attack the direction of the enemy's main city, waiting for the enemy to send troops to support the gold mine to attack the main city, and it is not good to directly destroy his country and then come back to engage in gold mine construction.

But now Linton is not trying to crush the enemy's forces, it's not about building a battlefield. The gold mine is something that the enemy cannot give up, so this will definitely become a long-term battlefield, and the current situation is the most suitable for Linton.

"Then we ...... now"

"We are now ready for a long fight." Linton said, "Now the gold mine is ours, we just need to defend here, there is no gold mine here in the Kingdom of Covicla, the country will collapse on its own sooner or later, and we don't have to do anything, just keep the gold mine." ”

"Long-term battle...... Gassein is obviously also an impatient, and he wants to settle the battle in one battle, but after this battle, he feels that he is not as powerful as Linton at least in terms of strategy, so let's listen to Linton.

"Don't worry, at least we're different now, we're rich, aren't we?" "Now that we have gold in hand, we must be financially rich, so we can recruit troops on the spot." ”

"Recruit on the spot......" Garseen nodded.

"Of course, the population of the territory is also very important, and you can't recruit too much, otherwise the loss of the youth population will be great, why don't you try mercenaries?" Linton said, "Anyway, we have money now, and it's not good to recruit mercenaries." ”

"That's a good idea." Gaseen nodded, of course, it is more common to recruit mercenaries to fight, but that is only considered by rich people, they couldn't be poor before, but now it's different, they have gold mines.

"So it's good to have money." Linton said, "The problem of coolies ......"

"The construction work is already being stepped up, and His Majesty has also sent someone to contact me, who can support a lot of our labor." Garseen said.

"Do you have to pay taxes for mining?" Linton asked.

"Of course." Garseen said.

"No wonder, I thought it was ours to grab it." Linton spread his hands, "Or the other way around, what I hate the most is that someone robs me of my money." ”

"Hey, you're about to marry someone else's daughter, does it really matter if you say this now?" Garseen lifts the forehead.

"Do you remember the motto of my Merlowe family......"

"Our Merlowe family has never rebelled, please don't make it up?" "Aren't we talking about construction?" How did it suddenly become such a dangerous topic. ”

"Oh, too." Linton nodded, it is indeed more important to complete the task, although the rebellion is very interesting, but there is no reward, "That batch of laborers does not know when it will arrive, you first send people to the surrounding villages to capture the villagers and come back, so that they can start construction first." ”

"Now we don't have many soldiers, and it's hard to control too many people." Garsein didn't think about it and said.

"It's okay, there is a famine in the kingdom of Kovicla right now, most of the villagers wish we could capture them, at least they won't starve to death, you just find the kind of villagers who seem to be homeless and use them first." Linton said, "The gold mine is in hand, we have the money, just ask the empire to buy some grain, the emperor is probably waiting for you to open your mouth to do business, it is estimated that the grain is ready to be shipped." ”