After returning to the mountain pass, Meng Chen stroked the tribute stone on the ox cart and laughed: "This time I will make a net profit from an energy mine cave!" ”

Three hours passed, and the tribute stones in the twenty ox carts were recovered by Meng Chen, and the gold coins in the resource space increased to 462,150.

For a long time in the future, Meng Chen didn't need to worry about gold coins.

Returning to the city hall, Meng Chen carefully studied the deed, and said secretly in his heart: "These four mines are all good things, but you have to go and find out the situation first!" ”

Over the next three days, Meng Chen and Alfred led a team to explore four mines.

The first stop is the Xuaniron Mine in Shiyu Village, which is the closest to Dilong Valley.

The Xuaniron Mine is located in the back mountain of Shiyu Village, with two main roadways and six branch roadways, which can meet the needs of 600 miners at the same time.

It's a pity that the original miners in the mine have been dismissed by the Nanban tribe.

When Meng Chen found the village chief of Shiyu Village and asked him if he was willing to continue mining the iron ore, he did not expect the village chief to reject Meng Chen's proposal without hesitation.

Even if Meng Chen offered a high employment fee, the village chief of Shiyu Village was not the slightest moved.

Not only Shiyu Village, but also Jinhe Village, Pengshan Village, and Linquan Village, which Meng Chen visited later, did not agree to provide labor for the City of Hope.

"Humph! It must be the ghost of Nanban City! Otherwise, these villages would never refuse so simply! Meng Chen snorted coldly.

Nanban City has stood in southern Xinjiang for hundreds of years, and it is a very easy thing to make a little stumbling block for the City of Hope.

Just after a big battle with Nanban City, Meng Chen didn't want to have another dispute.

After all, the City of Hope is currently short of resources and money, only time for development.

Since the indigenous villagers were unwilling to act as miners, Meng Chen could only send the residents of the City of Hope.

In order to give the mines a certain level of self-protection, Meng Chen planned to send 400 people to each mine, of which 100 were soldiers stationed in the mines, and the other 300 were miners or quarrymen.

According to this manpower allocation, each mine needs to build four Tier 2 forts, two Tier 2 guard towers, three Tier 2 mines or Tier 2 quarries, and a parapet wall of about 600 meters.

In addition, there must be a dedicated transport and escort team.

After a little estimation of the various inputs, Meng Chen patted his forehead and said, "It's not easy to swallow the mine in hand!" ”

Just when Meng Chen had a headache, Ellie walked into the city hall, pouted and said to Meng Chen, "Lord Lord, that woman wants to see you!" ”

"Oh? Did she figure it out? Meng Chen said in surprise.

Five or six days had passed since Ning Yuyan woke up, and apart from occasionally injecting her with antidotes, Meng Chen had not taken the initiative to ask her any questions.

Accompanied by Ellie, Meng Chen came to the blacksmith storeroom again.

"Miss Ning, how are you eating and staying lately?" Meng Chen smiled.

At this time, Ning Yuyan's complexion looked much better than a few days ago, but Meng Chen knew that this was just an appearance.

Due to the need to continuously consume True Yuan to resist the erosion of the giant beast's venom, the energy value in Ning Yuyan's body has been reduced from 2496 points to 1924 points.

Maybe in another month, Ning Yuyan will become an ordinary person.

Ning Yuyan lay down at the narrow window of the cage, revealing a pitiful look with a crying face, and pleaded: "Master Meng, the slave family knows that it is wrong!" Can you let the slaves out? The slave family is willing to be a slave and a maid to repay the great kindness of the city lord Meng! ”

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Ning Yuyan's robe happened to show a gap, and Meng Chen vaguely saw a touch of white and full breasts.

"Ahem!"

Meng Chen coughed and said, "This ......"

"Humph!"

Ellie snorted lightly and tugged at Meng Chen's sleeve.

Meng Chen immediately said, "It's impossible to let you out now!" But...... If you answer the question obediently, Meng will naturally let you out in the future. ”

"That'...... Can you detoxify the slaves? The slave family will cooperate obediently! Moreover, this cage was made of Mo Xuan Jing Iron, and it was impossible for a slave family to escape without a magic weapon. Ning Yuyan pleaded pitifully.

"The name of this blue quality metal is Moxuan Essence Iron?" Meng Chen said secretly in his heart.

Then, Meng Chen laughed and said, "This is easy to say!" Answer a few questions from Meng first, and see how sincere Miss Ning is! What's your name? ”

"The slave's surname is Ning Yuyan."

"Gender?"

Ning Yuyan said angrily: "Can't City Lord Meng see that someone is a girl? ”

"Age?"

"The slave family is twenty-eight years old."

Meng Chen's face was full of disbelief and said: "Immortal cultivators are slow to enter the realm, and they often need to retreat for three or five years. With Miss Ning's cultivation, it can't be that she is only sixteen years old, right? ”

"The slave family is sixteen years old this year!"

Without dwelling on the issue of age, Meng Chen continued to ask, "Where is Miss Ning from?" What sect does it belong to? ”

"The slave family is from the Dongyi Islands. There is no door and no faction, just accepting the favor of the predecessors, and only then is it fortunate to step into the path of cultivating immortals. Ning Yuyan replied.

Staring at Ning Yuyan's eyes, Meng Chen asked, "Is that really the case?" ”

Ning Yuyan looked at Meng Chen calmly and said, "That's true!" ”

At this time, Ellie interjected, "My lord, she's lying! ”

"How do you know?" Meng Chen asked curiously.

Ellie wrinkled her nose, "A woman's intuition! ”

"......" Meng Chen was speechless when he heard this.

However, Meng Chen believed in Ellie, so he said to Ning Yuyan: "It seems that Miss Ning is not sincere, today's question is here!" ”

After speaking, Meng Chen turned around and left with Ellie.

Ning Yuyan said with tears in the corners of her eyes: "Master Meng, what the slave family said is true!" ”

However, Meng Chen and Ellie did not look back, but sped up and left the storage room.

Seeing Meng Chen and Aili walking away, Ning Yuyan gritted her silver teeth secretly, and scolded in her heart: "Damn bastard, don't fall into the hands of this girl, otherwise you will definitely be broken into pieces!" ”

Looking at the cage made of Mo Xuan Essence Iron, Ning Yuyan's face showed a hint of dejection, "If you are not poisoned, you can try it, now ......"

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Meng Chen came to the enchantment workshop.

Keynes led the two enchanted apprentices and bowed to Meng Chen, "Welcome, Lord Lord! ”

Meng Chen waved his hand and asked, "How is the development of the forbidden spirit instrument?" ”

Keynes bowed and said, "My lord, the primary forbidden rune can have a forbidden effect after being modified, but we have not been able to find a suitable carrying metal. ”

"Isn't it okay to make the ink essence iron of the cage? It's a blue quality metal! ”

"That metal is too hard for carving magic patterns."

"If the problem of magic pattern carving can be solved, can the ink essence iron be made into a forbidden spirit instrument?"

Keynes thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes!" Your Lord! ”

Meng Chen was overjoyed and said, "Very good! I'll have Alfred work with you to carve the Magic Pattern! ”

"Yes! Your Lord! ”