Chapter 394: The Gold Mine is in Hand

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Lorist is now in the gold-mining hills of the Black Forest, in the gold vault of the barbarian tribe called Warisingo. Led by El and Reddy, the Guards Battalion had taken over the camp of the Barbarians in the early morning, and the Warisingo tribe had become one of many of the many Banbarian tribes to be destroyed. Even though this mountain barbarian tribe had two powerful sacrifices, the guilt of Huaibi was the biggest reason for the demise of the Warisingo tribe, and those two powerful sacrifices had become the ghosts of Lorist's sword.

The cave in front of him was filled with all kinds of rough objects made of gold, some large, some small, all of them in strange shapes, shining with brilliant and charming golden light in the light of the torches. According to a rough estimate, the value of the gold objects in this gold-hidden cave is around two million gold fords.

"Why do the mountain barbarians make these strange things out of gold?" Lorist picked up a crude gold axe, which was very heavy, and waved it a few times: "This thing is very impractical?"

"Your Highness, according to the old mountain barbarian slave who made these gold objects, these things made of gold have to be carefully polished, and finally traded by other mountain barbarian tribes as offerings to the mountain god Kupavisen. Schward, who was next to him, quickly explained Lorlist's doubts.

From the point of view of the barbarian tribes, gold was the most useless thing, neither edible nor used to forge weapons. Moreover, trade between the barbarian tribes was usually in barter. Therefore, it is said that in ancient times, gold was similar to stone in the eyes of the mountain barbarians. However, when they discovered that gold could be exchanged for good and useful goods from the traders of the flatlands, the price of gold rose all the way, and soon replaced the fine weapons as the most valuable offering to the mountain gods.

Ever since the discovery of gold mines in the hills, the Warisingo tribe has become a very wealthy member of the hill barbarian tribes, and they make gold offerings to sell to other hill barbarian tribes in exchange for a large number of slaves who dig gold mines, buy back grain and livestock, and live very well, as can be seen from the small huts where the people of those tribes live and the gold ornaments on their bodies. Even the tribe also paid a lot of money to worship the two high priests to prevent other mountain barbarian tribes from being greedy and coveting the gold mines of their tribe's territory.

It's just that everything they have now has become the spoils of the Norton family, perhaps because the long-term enjoyment and affluence and comfort of life have worn out the competitive and ruthless nature of the mountain barbarians of the Warisingo tribe, and after the two high priests fell under the sword of Lorist one by one, the patriarch's greed for life and fear of death finally prevailed, and the obedient order of the warriors of the clan to lay down their weapons and surrender to the guards, giving up this gold-rich inheritance.

"We have not lost money in this war against the mountain barbarian tribes, and we have made a lot of money, and I believe that Director Speer must be very happy. By the way, when will Master Sid arrive?" asked Lorlist.

Master Sid is here to explore the content and stock of gold mines in this hill, only after he confirms whether this gold mine has development value, the family can decide whether to continue to invest in gold mines and build castle fortresses and other defense facilities here, if it is a poor mine or the gold mine has been mined by the Warisingo tribe almost, then the family's plan is to take a handful and leave, and after a few years this place is occupied by the mountain barbarian tribe again to mine gold, the family armed forces will come to attack once in a while to get some gold, and the beautiful name is to collect gold mining taxes。

"Your Highness, how can it be so fast, we have just occupied this place in the morning, and the messenger has not been set off for less than half a day, and it will take at least four or five days to come and go. Moreover, the road in the Black Forest is not easy to walk, and Brother Elr is already organizing those mountain barbarian captives to go to the Black Forest to cut wood and prepare to open a road. Schward complained that he had fallen several times in the dark in the Black Forest the night before he had made a surprise attack.

"Oh, sorry, I was so happy I forgot. Lorist shrugged, threw the golden axe back into the pile of gold objects, turned and walked out: "Alright, let's go out, seal the door here, and let him take stock when Director Speer comes." Just tell me how much Kingford is worth. ”

If it is an ordinary battlefield capture, it has its own personnel to count the spoils of war and estimate it. But the trophies of more than a million Kingford are still gold and gold mines, and then Director Speer will have to step in personally. As the chief steward of the Norton family's finances, and overjoyed to learn that the gold mine had been pocketed by the family and that a large number of gold products had been seized, Director Speer traveled tirelessly and the road was difficult, and arrived at the hill camp on the third morning.

"Your Highness, all the gold items seized have been appraised for a total value of two million three hundred and twenty thousand gold merits. "After reporting to Lorlist, Director Speer regretted that it was too late for the family forces to attack here, and if it had been the year before, the capture would have been at least several times greater. According to the confessions of the captive mountain barbarian slaves who made gold objects, last year was the festival of the mountain god Kupavisen, and the Warisingo tribe made countless gold offerings to trade with other mountain barbarian tribes, and also made a gold statue of the mountain god more than three meters high to present to the holy land of Mount Smoor Megan, and used nearly 1,000 cows to transport the statue......

"What a waste, to make such a large statue out of gold, and to haul it with the herd of cattle that were traded, and at the same time let the thousands of mountain barbarian warriors who assisted in the escort eat and drink all the way, and the remaining cattle after arriving at the holy land were also slaughtered for blood sacrifice, and the nearly 1,000 cattle exchanged for countless gold offerings were consumed like this, it was really a waste of gold offerings worth millions of gold fortunes!" Director Speer said indignantly.

Lorist didn't take Speer's words seriously, it would be bad if he had attacked the Warisingo tribe the year before to rob the gold mines, and robbing the gold offerings that the Warisingo tribe and other mountain barbarian tribes had traded for the mountain god would be equivalent to stabbing a huge hornet's nest, which was almost the enemy of the million-strong mountain barbarians of the Demon Dragon Mountains. All the mountain barbarian tribes will regard the Norton family as an enemy, and the family armed can easily collect more than 100,000 mountain barbarian armies, but no one can stand the millions of mountain barbarians pouring into the family territory. Even if tens of millions of dollars worth of gold are seized, the gains outweigh the losses.

"By the way, Director Speer, remember to give Mayor Duborough ten percent of the seizure, or two hundred and thirty-two thousand gold fords, as I promised him. Lorist remembered something and instructed Director Speer.

Director Speer hesitated: "Your Highness, will this be too much, in fact, we can just send one or two hundred thousand gold fords to Mayor Duborough to make him grateful, and he doesn't know how many ...... we have seized."

Lorist smiled and shook his head: "Do as I say, people can't stand without trust, you can hide from people but you can't hide from gods." The 10 percent dividend, while huge and valuable, is insignificant compared to the Norton family's credibility. Honesty is the foundation, and we must do what we say, otherwise we covet this little dividend of the mayor of Dubof today because of our eyes, and tomorrow we may go to covet the pension of the soldiers who fought bravely for the family...... That's shaking the foundations of the family, you see, Director Speer?"

"Your Highness, I was wrong. Director Speer bowed his head in shame.

"Director Speer, I don't blame you. You are the big steward of the family finances, and you worry about all the expenses of the family finances. I have great confidence in your character and integrity. Besides, you are also thinking about the family, and you don't want to covet this dividend privately. After all, the Norton family is now a big family, and the family expenses have increased greatly in the past two years because of the war, and I have seen your efforts to find a balance between expenses and expenses for the family's finances, and I also appreciate your attitude of thinking about the family. But there are some things that you can't just look at from a financial point of view, otherwise it's easy to blind yourself and lose sight of the farther and more beautiful scenery, you know what I mean?" Lorist said earnestly, and it was a knock on the Speer director, who was becoming more and more misogynistic.

"I see what you mean, Your Highness. I promise that this dividend will be handed over to the mayor of Dubof, not a single copper. ”

"Very well, I'll leave this matter to you. Also, by the way, you tell the mayor of Dubof that after this war, the vitality of the mountain barbarian tribe has been greatly damaged, and there will be peace for a long time in the future. Therefore, the family decided to officially bring the town of Liangshan into the jurisdiction of the territory. As the mayor of Liangshan Town, his performance in the past ten years can be said to be very outstanding. Ask him if he wants to remain mayor of Two Hills or become an administrator of the Norton family. The family's sphere of influence has expanded, and there is a great need for management officials like him to work for the family. I don't think a talent like him should be buried in the position of the mayor of Liangshan Town, and tell him what I said, the family will not treat talented and loyal people who serve the family badly......"

"Yes, Your Highness, I will tell Mayor Duboeuf what you think of him and what you expect from him, and I trust that he will make a wise choice. Director Speer replied sincerely.

After another two days, Master Sid of Kurama Fatigue finally arrived at the hilly camp with his disciples.

Without hesitation, Master Sid directed his disciples to carefully explore and survey the entire hilly area and the cave where the gold mine was located, and Master Sid also went down to the pit himself to check the distribution of the gold veins. After three days of hard work, Lorist received a report on the gold mine.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, this is a gold bonanza, and it has been ascertained that the gold ore mined accounts for only one-tenth of this gold vein. And according to what I learned from those mining slaves, it is surmised that the mountain barbarian tribes who originally occupied this place were less than 500,000 gold medals worth less than 500,000 gold medals per year because of the primitive and backward mining and alchemy technology.

If the Norton family had invested more in the latest mining equipment and alchemy technology, I would have estimated that between 1.5 million and 2 million gold fords could be mined and refined in a year, and it is expected to continue to be mined for nearly 100 years. This is great news for our family. "Master Sid was very happy, and since he was canonized as a viscount by Lorist and granted a viscount in the province of Dramke, he has been proud to be a member of the Norton family.

Now that the Norton family can have such a gold bonanza, Master Sid is also very happy, and the family is rich, so Lorist will still support him in all kinds of whimsical experiments and inventions. He was the only one who, like Professor Bob of the Gunpowder Laboratory, had 100,000 Kingfords a year for experiments, which were the only two special-purpose grants in the family, and were kept secret from the outside world. While enjoying this special treatment, Master Sid was often afraid that one day the family would cut these two expenses due to financial difficulties, and he had always been used to spending lavishly in experiments, and he always wanted to borrow one of his own inventions to make his knighthood higher......

"Thank you, Master Sid, for bringing us good news. Lorist smiled, the news that he could mine a gold bonanza of nearly a hundred years and increase his income by one or two million gold fords a year, which was really good news. Director Speer, who was standing nearby, would be so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

I really didn't expect that there was such a huge gold vein under the nameless hills in this black forest that didn't even have a name, and considering that the Fisabrun family had worked hard to occupy the large and small Jinchuan areas rich in gold mines, and the annual gold mine income was only more than one million gold fords. And now that the Norton family also has a gold bonanza that is no less than that produced in the entire area of Jinchuan, how can it not make people happy?

"I've decided that in the future, this hill will be called the Golden Ridge, the Golden Mountain, what do you think?" Lorliste gave the nameless hill a name to satisfaction.

No one has an opinion. Director Speer playfully echoed two sentences: "Your Highness's name is really worthy of the name, this place is indeed a mountain full of gold. However, Your Highness, I think it is imperative to arrange the construction of the castle fortress and defenses first, so that the family can occupy this gold mine permanently, so as not to fall into the hands of the barbarians again. ”

Director Speer's reminder was timely, and Lorist came to his senses and immediately convened a military meeting, the theme of which was to build a castle fortress in Jinling to protect the gold mines.

"Abandon the small hills ahead, and build a castle fortress and supporting defenses on the largest hill that can protect the entire gold mine, and name it the Golden Ridge Fortress. At the same time, a long wall must be built from here to the left mountain stretch of the Woniugang Fortress and then to the Rock Castle, so that the entire family territory can be separated from the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, and we will no longer have to worry about being attacked by the mountain barbarian tribe again in the future.

At the same time, we are to build a road in the Black Forest to the small lake where we have gathered our army of mountain savages, where we will build a town to provide logistical support for the Jinling Fortress. Because we are located in the Black Forest, we also need to cut down all the trees within 500 meters of the shooting range, whether it is the fortress or the sides of the long wall, only in this way can we ensure that the mountain barbarians will not rely on the cover of trees to attack our family's armed guards.

This will be a big project, but all the rest of the family's current affairs that are not related to the war must be compromised for it, whether it is funds, materials and labor, the construction of the Jinling Fortress and the Long Wall is the highest priority and most urgent. El, Reddy, the two of you are to lead the Guards Battalion and the Seventh, Eighteenth and Eighteenth Battalions of the Guards Regiment, to expel the nearby barbarians, to guard and keep on guard, and to maintain the safety of the laborers who are building the fortress and the long robbery. In case of emergencies, it is up to the two of you to deal with them at your own discretion, understand?" Lorist began to point.

"Yes, Your Highness. El and Reddy stood up.

"But, Your Highness, the guard camp is all here, so isn't there no one around you?" asked Reddy.

"Hehe, it's okay, I'll just bring a brigade with me then, five hundred people are enough. Lorist said.

"Sid's big business, and Director Speer, you two should also stay here for the time being, Master Sid has trouble you to be responsible for rectifying and updating the gold mine's mining equipment and refining technology. Director Speer provided logistical support and funds for the construction of the fortress and the wall. At the same time, gold mining must be strictly regulated. I hope that the mine will continue to produce during the construction period, rather than stopping mining and waiting for all construction to be completed. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, I will complete the work of updating the gold mining equipment and improving the refining technology as soon as possible. Master Sid replied loudly.

"Understand, Your Highness, I will do a good job in supervising gold mining. Director Speer said, standing up.

...... (To be continued.) )