The devil's whispering is not uncommon for the inhabitants of the underworld.

Half of the danger of the underworld is due to geography - or too close to some chaotic half-plane, and a monster can come and wreak havoc at any moment; Or simply be neighbors with the Abyss Purgatory, occasionally the devil sings in your ear RAP Bin is not uncommon, and encountering a demon who only knows crazy killing is also a daily life with a black eye......

Under such conditions, the laws of survival in the dark world often seem very cruel.

Of course, Xu Nan had already had an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of the underground world before he determined the Anonymous City underground.

In addition to cruelty and darkness, there is another important characteristic - that is, bullying the soft and fearing the hard.

The villains who can survive in the underground world are all a bit of brains, as long as Xu Nan hugs his thighs tightly and does not relax, under the banner of Stephen Sand, and shows his muscles appropriately, generally speaking, there will be no brainless experience The babies will come to the door.

There are not a few people like the rat-man tribe who are plagued by the so-called devils, and if it were other tribes, Xu Nan would probably scoff at it, thinking that it was the spellcasters of some humanoid creatures who were playing tricks; But judging from Zula's level of magic, a proper fourth-order spellcaster, then ninety percent of the devils in his mouth really came from the Ninefold Purgatory.

As for the true strength and characteristics, it is still doubtful for the time being.

But after the experiment just now, at least he can be sure that the field of cheap daughters is still quite useful, at least it can counteract the devil's babbling.

Similarly, Zula herself has shown a different look and interest in Xu Nan's field than before:

"Your Excellency...... Is it the Son of God? ”

"Miko?" Xu Nan scratched his head: "Strictly speaking, I should be regarded as a priest......"

The wooden crow was silent, probably unable to understand Xu Nan's words.

"With your strength, you shouldn't master the power of the realm."

Zulana said.

Xu Nan didn't think it was wrong, but replied with a slight smile:

"With your eyes, it's hard to understand the mystery."

The rats were instantly stunned.

Zula's rhetoric also became much more respectful: "Indeed, I don't know much about the outside world, and many things are seen from the books of my predecessors. ”

"Since Your Excellency has mastered some of the power of the realm, you do have some advantages in fighting the devil......

He hesitated for a moment.

Xu Nan thought that Zula would change his mind and cooperate with him to develop the emerald mine together, but this guy still seems to be very cautious.

In the following time, he quickly strengthened the seal on the ancient well by controlling the wooden crow, and said nothing other than introducing the origin of the well of delusion.

In Zula's mouth, the Well of Delusion is a very terrifying existence.

It is said that this is a space-time rift, sealed in the ancient well by a powerful predecessor; Beneath the ancient well is a vicious place in the Ninefold Purgatory.

Every year, some evil devils from the Ninefold Purgatory try to break through this seal and invade the main material realm.

Fortunately, there is a sealing circle of the predecessors in the Well of Illusion, and Zula only needs to activate the circle repeatedly to stop the invasion of the devils. According to Zura, the Well of Illusion doesn't cause much trouble throughout the year, but the recent months have suddenly become active, which reminds him of some bad past, so he increased the number of guards on the farm.

Sure enough, today Xu Nan happened to encounter the invasion of the devil; It's just that because of Xu Nan's mystery and strength, the female devil can only return with a feather.

But Zula thinks she's not going to give up.

It's going to be a long tug-of-war.

However, to Xu Nan's surprise, the devil in Zula's mouth did not actually refer to the abnormal creatures in the Well of Illusion, but some terrifying existence on the other side of the mine.

More careful things, he didn't talk about, seemed to be afraid of something.

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"If you're interested, you might as well come and be a guest with me, but not today."

After doing everything, Zula politely said: "I've been in a little trouble lately, and it's not suitable to meet guests." ”

Xu Nan didn't plan to take down the rat tribe in one go, so he politely said a few words. He left the rat-man farm with Don Seal.

Of course, he didn't forget to take the powerful Fagan Magic Box with him.

Before leaving, he took another look at the well of vanity.

He instinctively felt that there was something unusual about this so-called devil.

It's a pity that after Zura's repeated seals, this time, there was no white fog appearing.

Eventually, they left the farm, found Jiang Yuanchi and Xiao Liang, and set off to return to Anonymous City.

As for the leader of the dwarf devils, this guy was blatantly paddling and lazy in the name of pathfinding, and was caught by Xu Nan halfway, and he will have to educate him in the future.

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After returning to Anonymous City, Xu Nan summarized the information submitted by the exploration team and basically determined the location of the first batch of mines.

In addition to the two gold mines and one silver mine found by the first exploration team, there are more than a dozen large and small ore veins.

Combined with the difficulty and danger of mining, several people in charge of the town hall quickly determined the order of development.

"Around the vicinity of the Itka rat tribe, there are four ore veins that are focused on mining deposits, mainly gold and silver......"

"As for iron ore, because the purity is very low, our smelting industry has not yet come up, so let's make do with it first."

"The matter of recruiting miners can begin, the anonymous city does not raise idlers, according to the rules drawn up before the fire, we will first try to issue a simple alternative currency internally, temporarily linked to the grain ......"

"Tell those Ice Plains that this alternative currency can buy not only food, but also alcohol and the rest of the food, and even better houses...... Well, of course it's not the inner city, and I'm not ready to sell the land in the inner city yet...... After the mine is established, you can make a small town, and the house in the center of the town is of course a better house......"

"Tomorrow all the craftsmen and apprentices will be selected, and I have a special task to give them......"

"For the rest, those who have careers should also be well arranged, and there is no need for everyone to mine; The preliminary processing process of the ore has already come out, and it also requires a lot of manpower......"

After the meeting, Xu Nan said that his mouth was dry, and there were too many things that he needed to worry about personally.

Stuffing a group of displaced natives into a dungeon transformed into a cloud ship out of thin air is a very difficult task in itself, and Xu Nan needs to help them find their own position.

Most of the people of the ice plain do not have any industrial skills and knowledge, and it will take time and deliberate guidance from the officials of the Anonymous City to get a group of skilled workers. This aspect is what Xu Nan is most concerned about, after all, his purpose is to build a magical industrial city!

In terms of alternative currencies, it is also something that Xu Nan has carefully considered.

The existence of Anonymous City is very special, nominally it is still part of the Eastern Kingdom, but in fact, it is an independent city-state of Stephen Sanzhao, and it is obvious that it has its own coinage rights, and Xu Nan is not interested in using the Golden Dragon Order to settle with them!

Considering the anti-counterfeiting part, Xu Nan finally adopted the plan of flowing fire, using the once widely popular Dengyun coin system in the Arcane Empire - it is said that in ancient times, each Dengyun ship had its own currency system, and its currency value was backed by the combat power and sphere of influence of the Dengyun ship......

The first batch of Dengyun coins that Xu Nan was going to issue were not paper money, and it was a little difficult to expect this group of ice plain natives to understand the meaning of paper money, but they would definitely accept currency with heavy metals; These Ascending Coins are actually the tip of the iceberg that Flowing Fire has stored in the past, when the Arcane Empire made metal coins from a small amount of Category 3 metal and a large amount of iron ore.

There are four types of coins in this batch of Dengyun coins, which are 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 20 yuan, and 50 yuan.

Generally speaking, 1 yuan of Dengyun Coin can buy a black bread, enough for an adult to eat for a day, and most of these black bread comes from the storage of the Cebaron family's estate; Most of the crops produced in their own plantations are expensive, after all, plantations are also large consumers of energy, and the pressure on the power furnace is second only to the air conditioning system, and it is normal for the price to be high.

After the opening of the mine, the salary of the first batch of miners was about 8 yuan per week, and there was a rest day; Depending on the quantity and quality of ore submitted, miners will receive a generous additional reward from the Lord of Xu, which is key to ensuring that the people of the Ice Plains can work hard.

If all goes well, the ore will soon be put on the assembly line for initial refining.

The Dengyun ship has similar facilities and equipment, but it currently lacks enough skilled workers to start work - when everything is ready, then the gold and silver ore will be smelted into gold and silver of no low purity, and finally filled into the pocket of the city lord of Xu.

Of course, he will take out a part and trade with the Eastern Kingdom, after all, the reserve grain of Cebaron Manor cannot last 30,000 people through the whole winter.

But what is certain is that as soon as the city starts functioning, the edges of wealth visible to the naked eye will continue to flow under Xu Nan's crotch.

The location of the mine has been decided, the start date has been chosen, and everyone's interest is high.

The only possible problem now is probably the Itka rat tribe and what they call the devil.

Regarding this aspect, Xu Nan conducted in-depth thinking and analysis, and finally made a decision - he decided to go to Mr. and Mrs. Smith to find out.

Luo Mang must know the problem of the emerald mine, and also knows the origin of these so-called devils, Xu Nan has always liked to take shortcuts, if he can use a few cans of old godmother to solve the problem, he will definitely not be in danger.

However, to his surprise, before he could contact Mr. and Mrs. Smith, unexpected news came-

【The Castle Lord's Project Investigation Team has arrived in Anonymous City, please be ready to greet you......】

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