In the green shade of the sacred tree, in a house dug out of the trunk of the tree at the stem, dozens of blood elf clerical personnel were constantly coming and going, busy.

"Security in Xicheng District has been a bit bad lately, with six thefts last month. Five cases in the previous month. A year ago, we had only one case a month. This does not bode well. And two of the thefts have not been solved to this day. The pavement of Violet Avenue needs to be repaired, and it has been three months now, and it has not been restored. The frequency of patrols throughout the city has been reduced...... If this continues, the people will complain about our ruling team. ”

"That's because we've sent too many people to do other things, to collect Modo ore and to build for the upcoming Magic City. We are now very short of money and manpower. And no matter how big the complaint is, can it be bigger than when it was decided to mine Modo ore on a large scale?"

"That's not right, you weren't like that before. ”

"We used to have the money and the staff, but now we don't. A few months ago, like you, I wanted to fill all the holes, but now I find it impossible. It would be nice not to add new holes. ”

"So you're going to keep going like this, not going to improve?"

"Honestly, yes. After speaking, the administrative officer directly spread his hands.

In the face of the administrative officer's answer, the cardinal who came to question him was so angry that his beard curled up and his eyes widened.

Bowing his head, the magistrate went about his business.

Just a short distance from him was a small room. The room has huge windows on all sides, and there is no glass, which neither obstructs the view nor soundproofs.

In the room, Consul Cornelia is explaining things to her right-hand man, Daliana.

"The production of Modo ore must be increased as soon as possible, and the queen has promised Snake City that we must deliver the goods on time. ”

"But we've used all the people we can. Even workers from the copper mines were requisitioned. Are we going to requisition the iron ore workers as well?" Now we still have a certain amount of copper ore, and after a while it may be very tight, and then there will be problems again. ”

"If there are not enough people, recruit people. Now that the progress of the promise is getting faster and faster, I am worried that even if the iron ore mine workers are requisitioned, there will still be not enough workers in the future. Supplying Modo ore is the most important thing we have right now. ”

"Yes...... Isn't it important to maintain people's livelihoods? And even if workers are recruited, they can't be used immediately. It is risky to let workers who are not familiar with mining work go down the tunnel. ”

"Then train them and train them to the point where they are familiar. ”

"It's very difficult for us to train our workers and keep them productive. ”

"Then try to make sure ......" Cornelia held her forehead, a little impatient. There was exhaustion in his eyes. After thinking about it, she could only add: "While ensuring output and training workers, we should pay a little attention to people's livelihood issues." ”

Daliana was speechless, holding the document she had just gotten in her hand, her mouth opening and closing and closing and opening, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

The two of them were silently stalemate.

Cornelia sat at her desk, holding her forehead with a book. Daliana stood silently.

It was still noisy outside the room, and the government officials were busy.

After a long moment, Daliana hesitated and said, "My lord, I think you should talk to the queen." We can't increase the production of Modo ore indefinitely. She couldn't just focus on the Serpent City. Also, we shouldn't have done anything like raising the production of Modo ore. It should be done by the Ministry of Minerals. ”

Cornelia sighed helplessly: "Modo ore is very important, and the queen made an exception to give us this matter because of her trust in us. She only believes in our ability to mobilize. ”

But she should know that we, whom she believes, are actually seriously overloaded. Daliana hesitated and replied, "Time is too tight for us to do what she wants." No matter what you do, you can't accomplish your goal, and it will be a big blow to everyone's morale. The point is, no one knows what this thing is for. Has Lorgotsenni become a colony of Serpent City?"

Cornelia looked at Daliana helplessly.

"Is it because of Krimasha?" asked Daliana, confused.

Cornelia glanced at Daliana faintly and whispered, "I can't tell you anything. It can only be said that you should trust Her Royal Highness the Queen. There was no way she would do anything harmful to the Blood Elves. ”

......

At this moment, on the other hand, Angel has sneaked into the tunnel.

Torches on the walls of the tunnel were sizzling. In the dim light of the fire, Angel groped forward little by little.

A few miners walked by, and Angel hurriedly escaped into the fork in the road.

One by one, the minecarts were pushed by, and Angel had to hide in the fork in the road.

In the dim light, Angel could clearly see the large amount of sediment loaded in the minecart, not even a single piece of Modo ore.

Yes, that's normal.

Modo ore used to be cheap, not because it was easy to mine, but because it was a by-product of other mining areas. Of course, the most important thing is that there are very few places where it can be used. That's when there is accumulation, and there is a low price.

There is a big demand right now......

If you want to specialize in mining Modo ore, it is really not an easy task. Ten cubic meters of soil dug along the roots of the sacred tree may not be able to have one. The key is that the demand for Giant Snake City is very large.

This is the real cause of Daliana's troubles.

Sneaking up, Angel sneaked a little bit more.

Thankfully, the security of this mining area is not strict, and the miners are all centaurs, not even a single blood elf. In contrast, Angel, who is both a mage and a blood elf, has a great advantage in perception.

All the way forward, it took more than an hour to finally come to the real "mining area".

It was a huge underground space dug up by a man. In the center is the rhizome of a sacred tree, and all the soil around it has been dug up, and countless miners are busy, transporting carts and truckloads of ore out.

Standing in the abandoned tunnel high up, Angel looked down condescendingly.

"What are you going to do? dripping from here?" asked the devil in a whisper.

Angel replied in a low voice: "Of course not, it is estimated that the effect of dripping here will not be very large." Since it has to be done, it must have an effect. Otherwise, don't do it at all. ”

"So what? What are you going to do?"

Angel didn't answer.

He stood on a high place and looked at it silently, then turned and quietly disappeared into the darkness.

About another half hour or so passed. This time, Angel appeared at the bottom of the "mine".

He glanced quietly at the block of the rock wall, then took a few steps back, trotted, leaped, and flew to the ground, quickly rolling to an imperceptible corner of the mine. It just happened to be attached to the rhizome of the sacred tree.

The miners were not aware of all this.

"Look, I'll just say you're not without talent, hahahaha. With this skill, it is impossible for you to fail in the first attempt of archery. The devil laughed beside him.

Angel shrank his head quietly, looking around.

After a long while, he finally pulled out his knife, and then stabbed it into the rhizome and slashed it down hard.

All of a sudden, the green liquid flowed out.

The rhizome buried deep in the ground is indeed much more fragile than the trunk, although it may seem very large.

Immediately after, Angel took out the small bottle, pulled the lid open, pointed the mouth of the bottle directly at the gap, and then recited the incantation.

The transparent bottle began to tremble slightly, and the liquid inside was pressed into the rhizome little by little.

Angel recited the incantation, sealing the gap in ice.

When it was all done, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and then put away the empty bottles.

"Done. ”