"Kyanite, known in the dwarven language as Benjiris, is beautiful, look at it, it reflects a pale blue glow in the light of the fire. I was thinking that when I got back, I would use it to decorate the lamps so that the whole room would glow in a beautiful blue light. ”

In the dwarven hut, Caroline sat at the table, studying the special ores of Dulong City. She pinched a small kyanite in her hand and placed it beside the flame, watching it bloom with beautiful light and shadow, and was very happy.

But Rhodes was not interested in her idea of making an kyanite lamp, although it could reflect a beautiful light and shadow effect, but with kyanite as a lamp, how many kyanite fragments would be needed to make a chandelier? Just like the crystal chandelier I saw in my previous life, it was very beautiful, but imagine that so many kyanite fragments to make a lamp, the price of that lamp can be described as sky-high......

You know, each individual kyanite can be used as the most important gemstone on a necklace, and the price of each kyanite necklace is already very sky-high. And Caroline wants to make a kyanite chandelier, which I am afraid only the imperial palace can afford. Poor rural areas like Blackhammer and Heidelberg, don't think about it in this life.

Compared to the whimsical ideas of the Frost Witch, Rhodes is more pragmatic. He was writing to his butler Muros. A letter came from Blackhammer Castle, in which Muros told him that there was a guest at home, several of Sarak's followers, and that these believers had healed the seriously wounded on the battlefield, and that even the doctors were at a loss, but they were healed by a few of Sharak's followers. This is very helpful in boosting the confidence of the soldiers.

Rhodes knew the importance of this matter, and if he could keep these few believers, then the soldiers would not be so afraid of being injured when they went to war in the future, which would be very helpful in boosting morale.

And Rod's idea is actually not very complicated, he plans to build a temple. Let these Sharak believers pray sincerely inside and serve their gods. With a monastery, it is equivalent to having a place to stay, and believers will naturally preach through this foothold. In this way, it is equivalent to keeping them.

Thinking so, Rod scribbled on the blank paper, preparing for the crow to send the letter back. In this era, although paper was very expensive, it was produced in the distant Aurora Empire. But compared to other letters in the Old World, paper was the best means of communication. Rhodes valued information far more than anything else, so when he went to the Empire, he made a painful decision to purchase a batch of paper for future correspondence transmission. Of course, there are not many places where paper letters are needed, so it can withstand long periods of consumption.

With that, Rhodes walked out the door and handed the sealed scroll to the dwarven officer. Trouble it sends the letter back. After all, in such a place, no crow, no matter how clever they are, will not be able to enter. It first flew above Dulong City, was discovered by the dwarven guards, and then delivered to Rhodes.

Over the next few days, the dwarves continued to enthusiastically invite Rhodes to visit their city, the old mines, the library, the bar area, and more. The network of tunnels crisscrossed Rhodes was dizzying, and he would not have been able to get out if it weren't for the dwarves leading the way. It's like a huge underground labyrinth.

The old mining area used to be the economic lifeblood of Dulong City, and the ore excavated from there could ensure the survival of Dulong City through trade in exchange for food and various daily necessities. And just as Rhodes feared, digging the mountain for a long time will one day destroy the structure of the mountain. This causes the body to collapse. Therefore, the dwarves of Dulong City stopped excavating the mountain five hundred years ago and moved the mining area to the Giant Mountain Range outside the mountain.

Today, the old mining area is like a cellar and a cemetery, echoing with endless darkness and desolation. Since there were so few people going down, there was not much need for torches and braziers, and the whole old mine area was dark. Except for some miners at the bottom who are digging for black diamonds, the rest of the world has long been deserted.

Dense spider webs of minerals and drawbridges stretch beneath your feet until the end of the line. It gives people a sense of great tranquility.

"Do you want to go down and have a look?"

The guide was still in high spirits. Rod shook his head, saying that he had no interest in being abandoned.

The next day, after Goodlands was busy with the Chamber of Commerce, he came down in person and took Rhodes to the Thunder Axe Bar. The name of the bar is the same as the name of the Chamber of Commerce, and as you can guess, this bar was opened by Goodlands...... As it turned out, as soon as he entered, the dwarven hostesses in the bar gathered around him and treated Goodlands with respect.

"Two crates of Bergman beer, two plates of goat meat, three plates of wild boar, two plates of scrambled eggs with onions, and a large plate of boiled eel fillet. In addition, large portions of bread. Ask for honey bread from Wolfenburg. I'm going to entertain my guests well. ”

Goodlands personally ordered the food. After hearing this, the receptionists immediately went down to work.

Rhodes knew that this was not the case with the dwarves' recipes, and that the food they were passionate about was different from that of humans.

First of all, they are not very interested in fish, which in the eyes of the dwarves live in the water and have a fishy smell that is not easy to eat. So, they rarely eat fish. Fish is eaten only when forced to do so in the wild. Order this plate of poached eel fillet solely to satisfy Rhodes' tastes.

Secondly, that plate of honey bread was not a hobby of the dwarves either. After a few days of traveling to Dulong City, Rhodes learned from a local guide that the traditional bread of the dwarves was actually stone flour bread. A type of hard bread made from rock powder mixed with wheat. The firmness of the stone-flour bread seems to be something only dwarves can swallow......

Honey bread is purely done to take care of human tastes.

According to the dwarven guides, sometimes the dwarven miners work continuously, and when they are hungry, they will directly grab the stone powder on the ground and use it as food to satisfy their hunger. Although it is not nutritious, it can counteract hunger. It can be said that it is a race that forgets to sleep and eat for the sake of treasure and wealth.

"Come, toast to the opening of the Ice Pepper Trade Road!"

When two full cases of Bergman beer were brought up, Goodlands, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, first raised the bottle in his hand and celebrated loudly.

This bottle appears to be a bit larger than a human bottle. The bottom is large and round, the seal is small, and when the wine is poured, a pouring force swells from the bottom of the bottle, and the gurgling pain feels very refreshing.

Rhodes' alcohol consumption is not bad, but it is still not good to fight with these little people.

It's the Noscan macho men around him, who drink happily with the dwarfs one by one. Once upon a time, the dwarves of Dulong City and the northern Norscans were also brothers, but it was only later that the Chaos invasion polluted the beliefs of the Norscans, which caused Dulong City to sever relations with the Chaos Gnoscans.

"Thank you, friend, for your hospitality these days, but I must go, the trade route has been opened and the agreement has been signed. There's still a lot of work for me to take care of......"

Halfway through the drink, Rhodes made his request again.

It's just that the dwarves in front of him don't mean to let him go.

"Friend, oh, no, my great benefactor. You have only been in Dulong City for a few days, there are still many places you haven't visited, and there are still many special delicacies that you haven't tasted, what are you doing in a hurry to leave? Tomorrow, I will ask someone to accompany you to the Giant Mountain Range to have a look. There, there are gems everywhere. There is also a valley amber area. You should check it out, the scenery is very peculiar, even in winter, the leaves do not fall light, on the contrary, it always retains its golden color throughout the year. It's beautiful. You know, even we dwarves can see something extraordinary. It's worth a visit. ”

Goodlands grinned.

"But there's something in my territory that I need to go back to. ”

Rod simply declined, but Goodream seemed to deliberately not understand. He's just pestered to-

"Wait two more days, let me do my landlord's friendship. ”