A few days later

"The owner of the village! Where is the owner of the village? Happy events are coming! Edward carried a basket of herbs on his back and rushed to the main hall of the village, and before anyone arrived, the sound came first, and the sound resounded in every corner of the hall. Seeing this, the guard returned the salute and went to inform Witt Edward that something had happened.

Soon Witt was dressed in civilian clothes, accompanied by several guards, to the main hall of the main wall, but saw Edward sitting on a chair like pins and needles, looking very restless.

"Why are you so excited?" Witt was a little surprised by Edward's performance, but also a little curious. On weekdays, this literary and artistic person who seems to be a little stable, why is he so impetuous today?

When Edward saw Witt arrive, he immediately jumped up from his chair and said excitedly, "Master, you are here!" Today I went down the mountain to collect medicine, do you know what I encountered? ”

"It must not be easy to make you so excited!" Witt replied to Edward with a hint of ridicule in his tone.

Edward couldn't bear to scratch the words with Witt at this time, and immediately said: "Village master, I went down the mountain to collect medicine this morning, thinking that I have been to most of the fields on the side of the mountain, and most of the varieties of herbs are known. As I passed by the chain bridge this morning, I looked at the rocks below, and suddenly it occurred to me that I had the idea to look at the cliff rocks below the chain bridge, which was the only place I had never been before. Later, I really climbed up there, and guess what I found down there? ”

Witt was hung by Edward's appetite, and his heart was a little impatient, and he immediately said: "Don't ink, what did you find?" ”

Edward looked at the curious Witt with pride in his heart, and then took out a dark red stone from the herb basket and handed it to Witt.

Witt was also stunned, looking at this dark red stone, although it was beautiful, but he didn't know what it was, but Witt still took the strange stone in Edward's hand and looked at it carefully.

After a long time, Witt saw that although the stone was strange and beautiful in color, the shape was no different from that of ordinary stones, so he asked Edward, "You are so excited that you want to show me the decorative stones?" ”

Edward's face was proud, but he was suddenly struck by Witt's words, and immediately jumped up, raised his voice and said: "Lord, take a closer look, this is not a decorative stone, this is a real hematite!" Edward was a little angry, but he couldn't break out, so he had to fight for himself as much as he could.

Witt was stunned for a moment, his face flushed with red clouds, and he was hot. It turned out that he had too little knowledge and didn't know that this stone was iron ore.

Edward then added, "The rocks under the chain bridge are all this dark red hematite, and I think it's an open pit mine. That's a lot of money! ”

Seeing this, Witt immediately interrupted: "Are you sure this is iron ore?" Witt didn't want to rejoice in vain, and wanted to make further confirmation.

"Exactly, Zhai Master! When I was a child, I went up to the mountains with my father to collect medicine, and I saw this kind of stone, which is iron ore, but in small quantities, but a small amount of iron ore can be exchanged for a small dinar from a blacksmith. If there is really an iron mine under the peak, then this wealth will be unimaginable! Edward became even more agitated in the face of Witt's questioning, trying to convince Witt with a somewhat hideous face.

Witt didn't know anything about this, and immediately reassured him when he saw this: "Since that's the case, then you have made a great contribution this time." I'll need to summon Bandni right now and discuss this!" ”

With that, Witt turned around and asked the guards around him to go to the front village to summon Bandni and ask him to come to the main hall to discuss important matters. While Bandney was still in the future, Witt continued to ask Edward about iron ore.

"Owner, as far as I know, iron ore is not only an important material for casting weapons and armor, but also an important material for casting various agricultural tools, machines, and even large equipment. Moreover, even if we do not directly use iron ore, iron ore as a material has an imbalance between supply and demand in the market, and the demand is seriously greater than the supply, and the scarcity of iron ore makes it expensive. Therefore, when my father and I were collecting medicine, if we encountered a few pieces of scattered iron ore, we didn't feel at a loss if we didn't go up the mountain for a few days! As Edward described, he was caught up in his memories.

Edward recounted what he knew in detail, but did not know that Banderney had already arrived, and only listened quietly out of respect for Edward, and Witt also signaled him to dispense with respect.

Edward's words, and Banderey interjected: "The doctor is really knowledgeable, not only is he good at medicine, but he also has some opinions on iron ore, and I admire it!" Admire! ”

Bandney said kind words, and Edward felt a little pride in his heart, but he still politely replied: "The captain is serious, and he is not talented, but he just spreads his wings a little and makes the captain smile." ”

After a few polite words to each other, the two returned to the topic.

Witt told Bandeni about the open-pit mine at the bottom of the peak, and Bandni was immediately shocked, shocked and frightened, and said: "Owner, if the bottom of the Fengzhai is really an open-pit iron mine, it will be an opportunity for Fengzhai and a disaster for Fengzhai." ”

Bandney had something to say, and Witt had already guessed a few clues, but he didn't know the details, so he immediately asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Banderi also did not ink, and further said: "Since ancient times, Calradia has scarce resources, the resources of the people in the domestic territory are unevenly distributed, and contradictions have accumulated, and over time, they have begun to attack the aristocratic leadership class. Some radicals even incite popular rebellion, creating destabilizing elements for the ruling class and threatening its dominance. In order to transfer domestic tensions abroad, rulers claim that other countries occupy their own resources, which leads to an unequal distribution of domestic resources, thus transferring popular anger to other countries. Although the domestic political situation has been relatively stable, countries are fighting each other for scarce resources, and countless people have been killed and injured. ”

Bandni swallowed, his throat looking a little dry. Seeing this, Witt immediately ordered the guards to bring rum to Banderni. Bandeni took the rum from the guard, drank it down, and immediately felt refreshed, and continued: "Iron ore is a strategic material, whether it is weapons and armor, or daily civilian tools, it is inseparable from iron ore, therefore, iron ore has become a necessary resource for all countries. Even in the whole of Calradia, the number of iron ores is only a handful. ”

Witt has learned the importance of iron ore and the meaning of Banderney's words. If the fact that Shuangfeng Village has iron ore is officially known, the cottage will not be able to escape the fifteenth day of the first month, and the kingdom army will definitely uproot the peak village and establish an iron ore production base here.

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