A Ming man is a cave man of an alien prisoner of war in the middle of the cave man to Chen Jian, and the great leader of Shen Claw 5 "Today's great news."

Under the bewildering gaze of the crowd. The cave man, who was a little timid, raised his head cautiously and glanced at Jian Chen in awe. Only then did he speak: "My lord, my name is Carlos, and when I was working on a nearby construction site with my companions a few days ago, I accidentally found that there seemed to be a huge reserve of high-quality iron ore under the non-construction site!" ”

High-quality iron ore?

Huge reserves?

Not only Chen Jian, but the eyes of the rest of the people also became round in an instant because of the cave man's words.

As we all know, iron ore has always been an important strategic resource on the continent of Erathia, a land full of war and destruction.

If soldiers want to fight, they naturally need a large number of weapons and equipment, and the steel extracted from iron ore is the indispensable and most important raw material for these weapons and equipment.

In Chen Jian's calculations, the weapons and equipment of his lord guard and the Harmondale defense team always rely on purchasing from the empire and customizing them in small blacksmith shops, which is far from satisfying the needs, in order to let his soldiers have more, better, more competent and more sophisticated weapons and equipment that are more in line with Chen Jian's heart, a Hammondale's own arsenal is naturally indispensable, and Chen Jian has been planning this matter.

Because of this, Jian Chen worked tirelessly to pick up all the various weapons captured from the battlefield back to Hammondal. Prepare to return to the furnace and refine, as a collection of materials for your own arsenal

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Anyway, the laws of the empire do not restrict the lords from owning arsenals, let alone civilians from owning weapons, and some imperial lords with iron ore in their territories even build weapons workshops in their own territories, and they have started an arms business with the empire and made a lot of money.

But raw materials have always been a big problem for Chen Jian, Hammondale does not have iron ore, and the raw materials of the arsenal have to rely on trade except for those weapons that are picked up from the battlefield. However, due to the extremely low profit of this kind of raw ore, few merchants are willing to get involved, and the amount that can be purchased is not much, and the merchants are more directly trading finished products in the market, and the hill dwarves are the leaders in this industry.

Therefore, the words of the cave man Carlos naturally surprised Jian Chen.

"Are you sure there's iron ore down there?" Jian Chen looked at the cave man very excitedly.

Lord Lord's reaction made the cave people a little panicked and uneasy: "Lord Lord, I am only sixty percent sure, and I can't guarantee that this iron mine really exists, this is what I deduced from my experience when I was a miner in Negan!" ”

"Sixty percent sure?" Carlos's words made Jian Chen a little disappointed, "How can we be sure if this iron mine really exists?" ”

Carlos said, "There's no other way than to dig, my lord. I have come to see you this time in the hope that you will let me and my people work together to excavate this iron ore for you. We have always wanted to join your hands and become a citizen of your territory, although we can also fight for you, but we prefer to use your mining expertise under your men and use it for you, I hope this request can be approved by you! If you can say yes, you'll find that our cavemen are far more useful off the battlefield than on the battlefield. ”

After speaking, the cave man looked at Jian Chen again with eyes full of awe and expectation.

Chen Jian couldn't help but be a little amused when he heard this. He found himself in the midst of the alien prisoners of war who had followed the Harmondale Guard around Bairders that rumors were going to be chosen to join them.

The cave man obviously didn't want to be a soldier again and fight the battlefield, so he hurriedly ran to tell him that he had found an iron mine, and volunteered to take his people to mine it for himself.

However, with the cave people's not very good combat effectiveness, the role they can play in the army is indeed quite limited, so after thinking about it, Jian Chen agreed to the cave man's request.

"As long as there is this iron mine, then you and your people will be official lords of Hammondale in the future, and you will be rewarded for your hard work!" Chen Jian said to Carlos.

It doesn't hurt to try anyway, even more. If there is really an iron ore, it will be big.

A few days later, an astonishing iron ore was discovered in Hammondal, and according to Carlos, the veins of this iron ore mine had stretched from under Hammondale to Baildes.

While this news made Jian Chen overjoyed, he couldn't help but think of the legend that the dwarves' so-called holy land, Bailders, had a huge mineral deposit underneath.

Could it be that this is the iron ore found in his own territory? Part of the legendary huge deposit?

As soon as he thought of this possibility, Jian Chen's heart was bubbling with beauty, and at the same time, he was not greedy enough to transfer Carlos back from the iron pit. Let this prospector, who has sworn allegiance with his people, take the men around the wilderness of Hammondal, trying to discover some more unknown mines."

At the same time, the Hamudale Guard and the Lord's Guard were reorganized.

A total of fifty strong Thor trolls, including Patriarch Bruce, joined the Lord Guard Mao, a special agreement that Jian Chen had made with the Empress before.

The other fifty human soldiers with the best skills and the highest martial arts skills were also selected, and the Thor trolls have been forming a new lord guard.

The human soldiers drawn from the original Lord's Guard were added to the Hammondale Guard, and these soldiers, along with a few other new recruits, brought the Guard's human soldiers to a full strength of three hundred again.

Chen Jian took out more than thirty of these human soldiers and handed them to Orison, and finally began the formation of the Hammondale cavalry unit using the war horses captured in the previous battle.

Wait until the modified boar saddle is complete. The cavalry unit will be expanded.

More than a dozen robber magicians who had officially become the magical power of the defense force were organized into a magician team by Chen Jian alone, and the female magician was in charge of commanding.

To the dismay of these mages, the lord decreed that they must do proper physical training with the other soldiers every day.

A group of magicians with relatively weak physiques complained about this, one. I couldn't figure out what the purpose of the lord had made them, as magicians, run away with the five big and three thick soldiers.

The alien prisoners of war, except for the cave people who have been transferred to the mines, have all been incorporated into their own soldiers by the lord, but these alien soldiers are not currently able to enjoy the same treatment as ordinary soldiers.

Under Jian Chen's arrangement, thirty-nine big-eared monsters, twenty-three Medusa, twenty-eight centaurs and thirty-one dwarves were organized into a special reserve force subordinate to the establishment of the defense force.

This reserve force must go through various exercises with the Lord's Guard and the Hammondale Guard, but they must return to the prisoner of war camp after the drills are over.

"Only soldiers who have performed well and met the standards in all the training items will officially join my army! If you don't qualify, just stay in the prisoner of war camp and work as a free coolie! ”

The lord's words made all the foreign prisoners of war feel 120,000 points of spirit, and these soldiers, who had been abandoned by their former motherland and master, cherished their only chance to regain their freedom.

And Jian Chen also asked the half-elves to design several different training plans and standards for different races based on the training subjects of human soldiers, including Thor.

The reason why Jian Chen did not immediately incorporate all these foreign prisoners of war into the defense force was because of the reason

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First, the second batch of prisoners of war that Empress Catherine promised him had not yet arrived, and Chen Jian was still counting on using these prisoners of war to influence the new prisoners of war, so that the new prisoners of war would recognize Hammondale more quickly, so as to create more alien soldiers for himself.

Second, these prisoners of war also need to be beaten well, so as not to get carried away under the sudden change of their status. Chen Jian knows that only hard-won things will make people cherish them more.

He believed that the effectiveness of these alien prisoners of war in joining the Hammondale Defence was far better than if they had been incorporated into it himself.

The Thor's troll clansmen, who did not join the lord's guard, were also arranged by Chen Jian to live in Hammondale and officially became local lords.

To Chen Jian's surprise, Kosai actually knew a lot about the living habits and customs of the Thor's trolls, and under his reminder, Chen Jian arranged for these green-skinned big guys who like humid environments to live on the edge of a small local lake, which made these Thor's trolls happy.

It is worth mentioning that the appearance of these legendary monsters in Hammondale caused panic among some of the merchants and travelers who had just passed by, and almost clashed due to misunderstandings, and in order to ensure the stability and prosperity of his territory, the lord finally had to post a proclamation, which was posted on the side of the road signs leading to Hammondale, reminding that there were strange lords such as Thor Trolls and Halflings in the caravan Hammondal.

And at this time, the news that the Empress's husband Roland had been miraculously rescued and had returned to the city of Gthe Deadwick with the Empress finally began to spread across the mainland.

The strange role played by Archibald in this incident has left people in disbelief and much talk.

And the unexpected death of Zanofax, King of Kerrigan of Orver, made the people of the Holy Alliance cheer.

But not all the news was good news, and the new King Kerrigan soon succeeded to the throne, and the famous demon hero Lucifer of the Kerrigan clan succeeded in ascending to the throne with the strong support of many Kerrigan and Orph armies.

Lucifer showed great power as soon as he succeeded to the throne, pacifying the chaos in his country in a very short time, and began to expand his army on a massive scale, with many signs that he was actively engaged in some astonishing and evil plan.