…… The more Chen Jian thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and he found that he was really a little underthought about this matter.

Even if the empire does not use force against itself, as long as it finds a reason to take back its fiefdom, all its previous efforts will be in vain.

Chen Jian asked himself that he had come step by step to the present, and he would never tolerate this situation, let alone it. He's starting to like the place in Hammondal.

His budding ambition was unlikely to make him give up everything he had.

"My friend. What's wrong with you? Why is Yifu unhappy? Is there anything about what I said that makes you angry? ”

The words of the dwarf king Hesfa made Chen Jian come back to his senses from the state of suffering from gains and losses, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard the words: "How can it be, your words moved me very much!" But I just thought of something annoying, so I'm just a little annoyed! ”

The dwarf king laughed and said, "If there is anything to worry about, just say it, we will definitely help you!" My friend! As I said, the gates of our stone castle will always be open to you! ”

The Dwarf King's words made Jian Chen's heart move.

If there is such a day in the future, will the dwarves help themselves against the Empire? Probably so, right? The dwarves kept their promises and walked out of the name, not to mention. Hammondale and Stone Castle now share common interests.

It's not impossible to happen!

Thinking of this, Jian Chen suddenly stopped worrying so much.

"Don't talk about that. It's just a personal matter! Let's talk about how to work together! With a smile on his face regained, Jian Chen greeted the Dwarf King with a smile, "Just like I said in my letter, I hope to cooperate with you to mine this mineral deposit, you also know, my territory is sparsely populated, there is not so much surplus labor, I want to recruit people from outside, and I am afraid that the empire will intervene after knowing about this matter, cooperating with you is my best choice, and I hope you can keep it secret for me, otherwise I will be in big trouble!" ”

The Dwarf King glared at Jian Chen, a little angry: "What are you talking about, what is our relationship, how can we do something unfavorable to you, not to mention, such an important mine curtain, we don't need you to say that we have to keep it secret, in case it arouses the prying eyes of other forces, it won't be fun!" That's why it's so. I am so grateful to you! To be able to share such a deposit with us has shown how much you value and how sincere your friendship is! Your generosity to your friends is this. There is no one in the world like this! ”

After the careful temptation in his words obtained the response he wanted, Chen Jian was determined and was about to say something. But when he saw the dwarf king wave his hand, he said, "Your plan before, no, you will suffer too much!" Do as I say! The iron ore mined on your side does not need to be divided with our Sanqi, it is all yours! We'll also help you refine it all into the finest steel! In the future, the steel that our foundry needs can be purchased directly with the market price and you! The dwarven miners' wages and refining costs don't have to be counted! We help you mine and refine it for free! Don't tell me no! When the mines on the side of Bailders also start to be mined, do you know how much income we hill dwarves can increase each year? We hill dwarves have taken advantage of it! You deserve it! And as a token of our appreciation, I will also give you some gold coins every year, depending on the income of the year, as compensation for not being able to mine these deposits directly in Baildus! Until this deposit is mined! Don't talk, listen to me! You have given up on monopolizing these mineral deposits, and we cannot do without a little expression! This promise will be fulfilled by our descendants even after you and I die."

Chen Jian wanted to interrupt the dwarf king's words several times, but was stopped by the other party, and in the end, Chen Jian was almost not stopped by the other party's sentence "Our descendants." Choke to death.

However, Chen Jian was greatly surprised by the generous conditions proposed by the other party, and he found that according to the dwarf king, no matter how down-and-out he was, as long as the hill dwarves stayed in Bairders and continued to mine, he could live a carefree and rich life.

Changed in the past. I'm afraid that Jian Chen will immediately close his mouth happily, and then start to live a life of eating and waiting for death proudly, it doesn't matter if this lord is not right.

But now Chen Jian doesn't think like that anymore, what he thinks about is how to use these gains to make the strength he can control become stronger.

Originally, Jian Chen wanted to propose that the Dwarven King send some soldiers to join his Hammondale Defense, but after thinking about it, he gave up again.

What would you do if you didn't really recognize yourself as a lord and a soldier of Hammondal? Maybe it will also affect the unity of the team.

So he no longer prevaricated, and after agreeing on some specific details with the dwarf king, the two signed a detailed contract on the spot to share this huge mineral deposit.

The dwarf king Hesfa was very kind-hearted, he did not take advantage of Chen Jian in the cooperation between the two sides, and after his careful calculation, the proportion of the benefits of the two sides was basically half of the split.

After these things were done, the Dwarven King did not stop long, and immediately set off back to the stone castle, he couldn't wait to share with his people the great joy of discovering the legendary mineral deposit, and he couldn't wait to immediately take a "point" in the direction of the extension of the vein found in Hammondale to start looking for the Baird piece

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Before leaving. He repeatedly told Jian Chen that he would keep it a secret for Jian Chen: "My friend, don't worry, we dwarves will not betray our friends!" ”

Finally, the Dwarven King pointed to the new castle that was still under construction and said, "I will immediately send another 2,000-strong engineering team to help you build your territory, and try to get you to live in the new castle as soon as possible!" lest the next time I come, I will see my good friend living in this humble tent

This sentence made Chen Jian laugh.

After another while. A large number of dwarven miners arrived in Hammondal, and they would start to live here for a long time according to the order of the dwarven king, and mine iron ore for Chen Jian, and they were accompanied by the dwarven king's engineering team of 2,000 men, and these dwarven engineering teams were in full swing to join the construction of the new castle in Hammondal.

Malkem, a dwarven magician, was appointed by the Dwarf King as the head of the Dwarves' affairs in Hammondale because of his early friendship with Jian Chen, and now the Dwarf King has greatly changed his opinion of this rather alternative dwarf because of Jian Chen's relationship.

With the full help of the dwarves, although Jian Chen did not completely belong to his own arsenal, the dwarven king's approach made him no different from having his own arsenal, and he didn't have to worry about the operation of this arsenal.

As agreed by both parties. The dwarven foundry now gives the highest priority to all kinds of orders placed by Chen Jian, and the high-quality iron ore mined from the ground of Hammondale has become the equipment that Chen Jian needs in this foundry, and the processing price is quite convenient

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Previously, due to the fact that he only relied on the production of small local blacksmith shops, due to the limitations of technology and the lack of production capacity, Chen Jian had not been able to equip the Lord Guard and the Hammondale Defense Force according to his own ideas.

Now with the superb craftsmanship and strong production capacity of the Dwarven Foundry, Chen Jian's various equipment orders are placed one after another, and he wants to build his private army into a well-equipped army.

At this time, Hammondal, after a series of measures stimulated by Chen Jian, already had the shape of a commercial town and a logistics center, and an endless stream of caravans came here to conduct various transactions, and many caravans no longer traveled thousands of miles to the place of origin to purchase goods, but turned to Harmon to buy the goods they needed. At the same time, many caravans no longer transported their goods to various regions to sell. Instead, it was sold to Hammondal, where the two types of caravans met and then completed the deal, taking what they needed and going their separate ways.

There were also a number of merchants who had been stationed in Hammondal, and who had been engaged in intermediary business as much as Morgo, and the old butler was surprised to find that the commercial tax that the lord could receive was soaring at a rather frightening rate.

The huge flow of people has benefited the people a lot, all kinds of shops are booming, the old Saida's blacksmith shop is not only not affected by the dwarf foundry, on the contrary, because of the different consumer groups and the business is booming, so busy that even the time to go to the old friends to drink is a lot less, the old Kobe's tavern is full every day, happy that the old Kobe's old face is smiling like a flower every day.

But not everything went smoothly, and what bothered Jian Chen the most was the occasional conflict between the leaders of different races.

In order to further alleviate the contradictions between races, Chen Jian finally launched his long-planned football game, and now the people live a rich life, but there is not enough entertainment, and football is at the right time.

The plan didn't go very well from the start, because there was no such thing as a football in this world, and although the cobblers could easily make a ball, they couldn't solve the problem of liner and airtightness.

In the end, it was Chen Jian who used the wisdom of the masses to solve this problem, and after an announcement, various methods were proposed by the enthusiastic leaders.

A clever middle-aged woman made a ball out of a tough vine from Titaria and presented it to the lord, this ball was covered with a layer of skin, although it hurt a little when kicked, but it had good elasticity and toughness, and it was quite resistant to kicking and not easy to break.

After solving the problem of the ball, Chen Jian began to play a propaganda offensive again, vigorously promoting the rules of football in the territory, and announced that there will be an exhibition event soon, and everyone can come to watch.

In the end, Jian Chen organized a football team in his lord's guard and the defense of Hammondal, led by Orison the big-eared monster and Pete the half-elf, respectively, for a period of practice.

At first, the soldiers were not used to this kind of exercise, which was not allowed to use their hands, but after getting used to it, the soldiers soon became fascinated by football.

After the daily practice, the football match on the scratch field has become the most enthusiastic entertainment program for all soldiers during this time.

The people who kick are full of energy, and the people who watch are enthusiastic.

This good phenomenon greatly increased Chen Jian's confidence.