"Call someone in and see me!"

Without scolding the loud voice again, Ash immediately ordered.

After a while, a sturdy man in civilian clothes quickly walked over, came to Ash's side, and knelt down on one knee and said, "Master! ”

"Tell me about what you asked."

Ash said with a bow, he knew that this person was one of the second batch of light cavalry he produced, and unlike the first batch of six people, he directly dispersed the fifty light cavalry and rushed to the major cities and corners of the empire, but he didn't expect to bring the news so quickly.

Each of them carried a sufficient amount of silver coins to spend, and of course, those who entered the big city, in order not to be too conspicuous, would do something to hide their identities, just like the man in front of them, so he changed his armor and wore only civilian clothes to mingle outside.

When Ash's words fell, the light cavalry told him in detail what he had seen and heard, it turned out that he was lucky, he was going to several cities in the west of the empire, but when he stopped in the city of Varose, he happened to see two teams of well-armored soldiers arguing in the streets, the two sides clashed a lot, almost fought in the street, and finally even attracted the city guards, so that the battle did not happen.

The light cavalry saw that the two groups of people were obviously not from the emperor's ** side, but they were more arrogant than the other, and even the city guards who came from behind didn't seem to pay much attention to it, and under curiosity, they found some densely populated places such as taverns and inns, and asked people around, and then they learned about the gold mine, and those two groups of people were also preparing to go to the Qiming Mountain Range.

And the two groups of people he met before also had a lot of backgrounds, each representing a force, and it seemed that they were all big nobles in the vicinity, but their specific identities, those people were not very detailed.

When the light cavalry learned of this, he did not want to delay, and when he saw that it was still early, he hurried out of the city, and looked in the direction he had described, and the Qiming Mountains were not far from the city of Valosser, and before it was dark, he had already rushed to the place, but when he went, he found that it was densely packed with people, and on the flat ground beyond the mountain, there were all tents, and among those people were poor people, wanderers, explorers, mercenaries, smuggling merchants, and all kinds of people.

After asking, he knew that the big forces that had heard the news were not just the two families that they had encountered in Varosser City before, at this time, in the Qiming Mountain Range, three forces had gathered, and each side had no less than hundreds of elite troops, as if there had been several skirmishes because of the competition for gold mines, and now the three families were deadlocked, so they were in a stalemate in the mountain range.

And some of them arrived before that group of people, and some arrived later than that group of people, but unfortunately they were all driven out without exception, but they finally found the hope of getting rich, and these people didn't want to leave here, so they gathered here one by one, waiting to see if anything would happen, and let themselves pick up a leak while they were in chaos.

Finally, he also inquired that the Qiming Mountains are high and dangerous, the terrain is complex, and it is closely connected to a primeval forest, in which poisonous insects, snakes, ants, and fierce beasts in the mountains and forests emerge in endlessly, and the gold mine cave that was discovered happened to be on the south side of one of the most precipitous mountains, and was located in the middle of the primeval jungle, so it was very difficult to mine.

In addition, before he left, he heard that the official army of the empire seemed to be in the process of coming, and it would arrive soon, and he didn't know what the situation would be like when the official people came.

After listening to the light cavalry's report, Ash frowned deeply.

To tell the truth, he is very reliable about that gold mine, after all, gold is not a cabbage, and he will find it if he finds it, but from the current situation, in addition to him Ash, at least six forces have been eyeing that gold mine, leaving aside the official of the empire, if you can use an army of the same level as the regular army, how can you say that it is also a big nobleman above the marquis, you know, since it can be called a force, it is different from people like Mo Feng.

Mo Feng is the city lord of Fit City, although he can also send soldiers to hunt down Ash, but on the basis of charging Ash with the crime of 'murdering the deputy city lord', the soldiers in his hands are still the regular army of the Verte Empire in the final analysis, not his private property, there is no righteous and bright reason, it is impossible for him to use it privately, such as the battle for gold mines and other things that cannot be hidden, that is not to think about, he does not have the qualifications, nor the strength!

With these hundreds of soldiers in his hands now, can he confront those six forces and take food from the tiger's mouth? The answer is definitely no, Ash thought.

Helpless, just a little excited in his heart, he was immediately extinguished enthusiasm, Ash asked the light cavalry to go down a little melancholy, and found a few people to continue to stare at the situation over there, and then lazily lay on the chaise longue, rubbed his forehead, and secretly thought in his heart: The terrain is complicated, the six heroes compete for hegemony, it seems that the ownership of this gold mine will take a long time to determine, and even if it is determined, it will take a while to start mining, in this case, I don't have to worry, Quietly waiting for the news over there.

Fight, you still have to fight, but that must be within your own ability, otherwise it is arrogant and looking for death, this truth, Ash still understands.

"I still don't want to think about it for the time being, just stare over there, I'm not like those big nobles, if I lose these soldiers and horses at hand, I really have to start from scratch......"

Ash said to himself, but at this point, his movements suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Looking at his strange performance, Aina on the side was a little puzzled and stepped forward to ask.

It's just that Ash didn't answer him immediately, but waved her hand and motioned her to wait, and after a few seconds, he laughed and said to himself, "It's different! Yes, I'm really different from them! ”

Laughing and talking, Ash actually got a little forgetful and held Aina's pretty face with both hands, and kissed her with a mouthful, making her blush, and Aidie on the side saw this, at first a little stunned, and then he was not convinced, and he was about to rub against Ash's body, but Ash didn't care about these at all, in his mind, he already had a probably feasible idea!

Yes, as Ash said, he was completely different from those people.

Normal people to open a mine, must spend a lot of time from elsewhere to mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources, from the mine mouth to open up the channel, in the mine channel to set up a bracket, to prevent the mine collapse, add lighting equipment, in order to transport ore more convenient, will also be in the establishment of a mine track, each of which is a huge project, time-consuming and laborious, but also always accompanied by the danger of mine collapse, especially in this era of underdeveloped science and technology, its difficulty is geometrically increased!

And what about Ash? When the time comes, he only needs to roughly determine the location of the ore vein, and then start directly from the ground, let the villagers dig a passage down, as long as they find the location of the ore deposit, they will dig a space directly in it, and then build a quarry factory directly from that space! At that time, he doesn't need to think about how to transport the ore out, let alone build any tracks or minecarts, as long as the gold is sent to the quarry, it will automatically be converted into the data on his bracelet!

The difficulty in this is only how to determine the location of the mineral deposit, and how to quickly dig a straight passage and fix the space in it!

It's just that this task may not be possible if someone else changes, but Ash absolutely believes that the villagers under his command have this ability, and in them, Ash has seen more than one breathtaking miracle of black technology.

Finally, there is still a trace of expectation in Ash's heart, judging from the current situation, although the general style and mechanism remain the same, there is still a big difference between these buildings in reality and the appearance in the game, at least, it will fit its current role to the greatest extent, for example, the barracks in the original game is a house, and now the barracks in his base have a series of supporting facilities such as martial arts arenas, soldier barracks, and canteens!

In reality, there is no gold mine directly exposed on the surface like in the game, so if he builds a mine for gold mining in the mine, will its form change with the change of terrain and become more suitable for underground exploration and drilling operations, which will bring Ash unexpected surprises?

Do what you think!

Ash walked down the stairs and out of the castle almost without stopping, and then went straight to a group of dozen villagers who were building a section of the wall, and told them to dig a passage twenty meters deep in a clearing at the castle and the mouth of the valley, and then dig a hole large enough to hold a quarry factory at the bottom!

He chose this place for the experiment, also in order not to do useless work, he had planned to make a series of traps in this wide clearing, and at this time it happened to kill two birds with one stone.

Although they didn't understand why their master gave such a strange order, the villagers would never question and be vague about Ash's order, and a dozen people put down their work almost instantly, and rushed to the direction that Ash had predetermined with the shovel that magically appeared in their hands in an instant.

One shovel, two shovels, the villagers moved extremely fast, and their strength was also very great, like a humanoid drilling machine, and in less than a while, they dug a neat hole there, and Ash told them to dig twenty meters deep at a time, also to test the time it might take if the plan was to be executed in the future.

The terrain here should be similar to that of the Qiming Mountains, also close to the mountains, the soil is very hard, and there are a large number of hard soil and stones, but in the eyes of the villagers under him, it doesn't seem to be a problem, every shovel goes down, it is full of a shovel of soil, never reduced, no matter how hard the stones, they will be cut down at one time, seeing Ash was pleasantly surprised, only to feel that among the many troops under his command, the villagers are really the most magical and versatile category!

In this way, the progress of the villagers was rapid, and after only twenty minutes, a straight passage with a depth of 20 meters and a width of 3 meters was completed, and a small dirt slope had been built on the ground next to the passage.

Then, less than an hour later, the hole below has been completed, the villagers who graduated from the otherworldly Lan Xiang have built a ladder at the entrance of the passage in the process of digging the ground, Ash can't wait to get into it under the support of the two villagers, after a distance of twenty meters, he feels that the surroundings are empty, and what he sees is a boxy and wide space, on the wall of this space, several torches have been hung, because of the thin air, the firelight seems very weak, So Ash could only get a rough idea of what this place looked like, and after taking a closer look, he asked the villagers around him to start building a quarry here.

Naturally, the villagers immediately started working.

However, at this time, Ash also noticed that something was wrong, when the villagers on the ground were building machines and starting work, their movements were extremely slow, often just a few times, and they had to stop and rest for a while, gasping for breath, and they were too tired to work.

Without even thinking about it, Ash knew what the problem was.

The air here is so thin that even when he stands here, he feels that his chest is tight and short of breath, not to mention that the villagers still have to exercise and work.

There was no way, Ash had to tell them to stop what they were doing for the time being, and then tilted his head to think about it, and a conjecture suddenly popped up in his mind.

"Go and call the ten monks."

Ash ordered a random villager, and the villager left, and in a few moments, ten middle-aged monks dressed in monk's robes and holding sacred staff with honest and kind faces climbed down the ladder one by one.

After receiving a respectful salute from the monks, Ash asked the villagers to start work again, and at the same time, he gave the monks orders to 'heal' the villagers who were working.

The monks naturally received the order, and when they spread out the books in their hands, pointed their staffs forward, and chanted words in their mouths, a very solemn and holy-sounding voice sounded from their mouths.

It is very miraculous, those slow villagers immediately became numb under the chanting of the monks, and the fatigue on their faces gradually disappeared, their bodies were lit up with a faint fluorescence, although faint, but in this dim crypt, it looked very obvious, and Ash also found that when these monks just came down, they behaved more than themselves, one by one, shortness of breath, pale faces, and at this time, as soon as they sang, they immediately had spirits, It seems that when they are singing, it has the effect of healing their discomfort and pain!

Ash was relieved to see that his idea was feasible, and only after he asked one of the idle monks to make sure that chanting would not consume their energy and physical strength, he was relieved that since this was the case, they could continue mining in this way.

casually ordered a monk to treat himself, and with the chanting sound in the other party's mouth, Ash felt that the discomfort on his body receded like a tide, very cool and comfortable, as if the energy from the outside world was continuously transported into his body, but it was more comfortable than when he stayed on it!

Ash just enjoyed and waited, and after an unknown amount of time, his first quarry was completed with a beep.