Although the fortress built by the Garcia family seems to be rough, it is actually extremely strong, the wall of up to 5 meters wide is built along the valley and firmly holds the passage into the valley, the corner tower and arrow tower are dotted in the meantime, the Silver Spring Valley is surrounded by mountains to form a natural city wall, and it is not a matter of one or two days to break through the defense of the silver spring valley pit from the front, plus the silver spring valley has clean water sources, vast arable land, and it is an unbreakable place if there are enough personnel.

The Iron Shield mercenary group was arranged to rest in a barracks inside the fortress, and as soon as they settled, Jinli was dragged by Quinn to the practice ground. I have to say that Quinn's layout of the fortress is mainly simple to use, and there are no superfluous facilities at all, and this driving range is first-class in terms of area and function. Smooth stone slabs pave the floor of the driving range, and it is surrounded by a variety of practice facilities, including single parallel bars, marching obstacles, outdoor archery targets, and more. There is a spacious practice room next to the driving range, and training equipment such as barbell and dumbbell plates of various weights are crammed into this practice room made of stone bricks, and there is a row of sandbags sewn from monster skin in one corner of the practice room. ”

Jinli tried to hit a few times with his bare hands, the sandbag "banged", and after a few more kicks, Jinli stopped and patted the sandbag and said, "It's really enjoyable!" I love this sandbag! ”

Quinn laughed, pointed to the sandbag in front of Jinli and said, "Jinli, if you like it, I'll give you one." ”

Jinli said: "I still don't want it, I can't get it back if you give it to me." ”

Quinn said, waving his hand, "It's okay, Uncle Merim's space bag can help you put it back." “

Mr. Merim's space bag is a space magic weapon used by the Garcia family to transport crystal ore, and Mr. Merim came here this time with a lot of equipment and materials, I don't know how many of them, anyway, it was poured out to fill most of the warehouse warehouses in the entire fortress. When Quinn said that he would use Mr. Merim's space bag to help with the delivery, Kinley smiled and agreed.

"Also, give a set of these training equipment bursts to Mr. Jinli." Quinn explained to the entourage next to him, and the entourage answered and went down to make arrangements.

Occam was anxious when he heard this, he knew that Mr. Merim's space bag was limited in space, and these sandbags and dumbbells containing Jinli only contained less ore, which directly affected the Garcia family's income from this trade. Hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Quinn, I'm afraid this is not good, this will make the amount of ore brought back by your family this time much less." ”

Quinn said disappreciatively, "It doesn't matter how much you bring back, the family can't punish me anyway, and they never ask me about my situation here." ”

Yi Hui heard a little dissatisfaction from Quinn's words, and looked sideways at Mr. Merim who was standing aside, only to see that Mr. Merim's eyes were slightly closed and silent. This is someone else's family matter, and he can't take care of it himself, Yi Hui continued to lower his head and kept fiddling with the level 2 practice lock in his hand.

Jin Li didn't care about these things at all, knowing that he had obtained a set of top-notch training equipment, and was now happily sweating on the sandbag.

Quinn watched the rise of Jinli's play, and also practiced on the side, as if competing, and the frequency of the two people's hitting movements became faster and louder.

Mr. Merim said to Occam: "Thank you, Mr. Occam, for the help you have given us, you have helped us reach our destination safely, and you deserve it. With that, Mr. Merim handed Occam a heavy money bag, which contained the commission for the mission.

Occam flipped his money bag, his face changed, and he said, "Mr. Merim, there are more than 2,000 gold coins in it, I'm afraid there are more than 2,000 gold coins in it." That's not that much on the employment contract. ”

Mr. Merim smiled and said, "Your regiment has taken good care of us on the way to protect us, and has also experienced battles, and these extra gold coins can be regarded as some compensation from our family to your regiment. This is what Master Quinn specially explained after hearing about our experience on the road. Please don't shirk the head of the regiment."

Occam was about to excuse himself, but Kinley grabbed the money bag and handed it to Scott, and said to Mr. Merim: "Since it is Quinn's kindness, I Jinli has thanked him here first, and if there is anything I need help with in the future, just say it." Scott took the money bag and put it in his arms, and walked away silently.

Mr. Merim said, "Just rest with us these days, your group is now a friend of our family, please be polite." ”

Occam had to thank the Garcia family again and again for their generosity.

At this time, Quinn came over and said to Jinli: "Mr. Jinli, we said that our competition is scheduled for tomorrow, please have a good rest tonight, how about we meet at this practice ground at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning?" ”

Jinli grinned and said, "Okay, I thought you wanted to compete now, and thank you for the equipment and the gold coins, I think we should be friends now." ”

Quinn said, "Of course, you and I hit it off at first sight, of course we are friends!" ”

Then the two of them returned to the practice field, and began to talk about martial arts.

Yi Hui left the driving range alone, preferring to go outside and take a look at the natural scenery rather than compete with sandbags in the driving range. He walked to the production area.

"Hey, these people!" A group of workers caught Yi Hui's attention, smaller than the dwarves Yi Hui had seen in Grenoble, all dressed in neat overalls driving mechanically driven minecarts to and from the pits and mineral stockpiles. "Could it be that this is the legendary dwarf tribe? Did the Garcia family use dwarf workers to mine the crystal ore in this pit? That's not to be underestimated. ”

Compared with the coarser metal ores such as gold and silver ores, naturally formed crystal ore is undoubtedly a more precious mineral. In order to ensure the integrity of the mined ore, the Garcia family arranged for the workers in this crystal mine are mostly gnome workers who are known for their skill, and of course, there are also some human dwarven workers who do not need more technical work.

When Yi Hui wanted to take a closer look into the mine, a voice came from the bottom up: "Stop, strangers, idlers without passes are not allowed to take a step forward when they get here!" Yi Hui looked at his feet, and a dwarf about a meter tall was jumping his feet and pointing at him and shouting at him. This dwarf has a distinct costume, and is not much more senior than the average worker, and it seems that he is the senior management of this mine. The little gnome looked the size of a human child, but it had a thick white beard on its face.

Yi Hui stopped his steps, squatted down and said to the dwarf: "I am Yi Hui, a trainee thief of the Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment, and I don't know the rules when I first come to your land, please forgive me." ”

Seeing that Yi Hui's attitude was good, and he was even able to lower his body to talk to him, the little dwarf's face also looked much better, and said, "It turned out to be a mercenary who came with Mr. Merim, so it's easy to talk about." I'm the pit keeper here, call me Gilgil, this is the Garcia family's production area in front of me, and you can't watch it inside without special permission. ”

"Since I can't watch it, then I won't watch it, I'll get out of here." Yi Hui got up and was about to leave.

"Why don't I accompany you around and take a look around." Gilji jumped on a mechanically powered tracked vehicle next to him and motioned for Yi Hui to get on the car as well. Behind the tracked truck is a bucket loaded with ore, Yi Hui happens to sit in the bucket, and Jirji drives the tracked truck around the production area to the waterhole for sightseeing.

From the conversation, it was learned that Gilji was the general manager of the dwarf workers in the entire mining area, and these dwarf workers were related by blood, working in the Silver Spring Valley pit as a family unit, and Gilji's status as the head of the mine was also hereditary. The entire dwarf race has a deep knowledge of mechanical things, and will more or less make and use some machines. Gilgi's family called it Bolt, and Gilgil's full name was Gilgil Bolt, and the family was famous for making cutting instruments, and the entire family is now employed by the Garcia family.

In the following time, Yi Hui took the Jirji mine cart and leisurely toured the freely accessible area of the entire mining camp. Yi Hui also showed a strong interest in Gilji's minecart, but the time was in a hurry, and Yi Hui just casually asked about the power principle of the minecart. It turns out that the source of the minecart's drive comes from an energy source called magic ore, which is roughly divided into several types such as water, earth, fire, wind, and no caste, and the minecart refines magic energy through the magic array to give it power, and the work of drawing etching the magic array is not a big deal in the hands of the gnomes.

It seems that the scientific and technological development of this world has embarked on a different path, because with the theory of magic and the theory of fighting spirit, the development of this world has not paid attention to the field of science and technology at all, and the mechanical technology of the dwarf is only worthy of some shadows of science and technology, but it still can't get out of the category of magic theory.

Gilji sent Yi Hui to the camp where the Iron Shield Mercenary Group was staying, and Yi Hui jumped out of the car. Stretching out his hand and shaking Jirji's little hand, Yi Hui said, "Thank you for your hospitality." ”

Gilgi let out a "giggle" laugh and said with a fluttering hand, "Oh, you're the first young man to be so polite to us gnomes, and I like you lad very much." If you have some free time, I would like you to come to my home and I will introduce my family to you. ”

It turned out that it was his humble attitude that won the favor of this dwarf, and it seems that the status of dwarf in this world is not very high. But Yi Hui still feels that being polite to others is a good habit, and even dwarfs should be treated with due respect.

After a few pleasantries, Gilji left the camp in his minecart.

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