Surdak laid out a very scribbled hand-drawn map on the table, with messy lines.

"I've looked at it, and it's not a big area, at best, it's the size of a tidal flat," he said, pointing to a triangular marker, and all the sulphur mines are associated with stalagmites that are outcropping, but some of the sulphur mines are difficult to mine, and some quarrying tools are necessary. ”

Charlie and several other young men also said:

"Well, that's right!"

"At that time, we found several large pieces of sulfur on the stalagmites, but unfortunately we couldn't pry them off."

"If we go again this time, we'll take enough guys with us."

The old village chief waved his hand, "Don't worry about this, every year after the harvest festival, there are people in the village who go to the Tazewang quarry to work as stonemasons for a few months, and they are quarrying in the mountains over there, and collecting sulfur ore should be similar to digging marble." ”

The old village chief took a cigarette and said to Surdak: "The boys in our village may not have anything else, but if they want to make a difference, there is absolutely no problem. ”

"This must be done as soon as possible." After the old village chief said this, he said to the youngest son beside him: "Charlie, you tell everyone to get ready tonight, and leave tomorrow if you are willing to go, don't be reluctant if you don't want to go, you must find those who have experience in quarrying." ”

Charlie got up from his bench and strode out.

The old village chief said to his nephew Luke, "Luke, you can go to the Beigou pasture later, and get your horses ready." ”

Luke nodded and said to his three companions, "You have to help me, if you want to drive all the horses out of the pasture, someone has to help me!" ”

When the three young men heard that they were going to Beigou Grassland, they all readily agreed.

The old village chief said to Surdak: "We will first gather twenty stonemasons to ride to Pubao Mountain, and then we will bring the young people and supplies from the village when the first batch of sulfur mines is returned." ”

Then he stared at Luke and the other three young men with a somewhat serious expression, lowered his voice, and said in a threatening tone: "The news of the sulfur mine cannot be revealed to anyone, and if anyone does not say it strictly, don't blame Lao Tzu for breaking his legs." ”

Luke and the three young men put away their hippie smiles and nodded sharply.

It seems that the old village chief has accumulated enough prestige in front of these people, and his words are also very weighty.

The old village chief tilted his head and signaled that Luke could go to the Beigou grassland, and the four young people left quickly, for fear that they would be stopped by the old village chief for a lecture if they walked slowly.

Surdak also stood up, ready to leave with Luke and the others, and said to the old village chief, "The living conditions on the other side of Pusbag Mountain are very poor, and I will go back and make some preparations." ”

The old village chief grabbed Surdak's arm and asked him to sit down again in the slightly humble living room, he sat there and thought for a while, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his wrinkled old face: "Dak, this open-pit sulfur mine was discovered when you hunted salamanders, and you took the initiative to bring people to investigate, it is said that this open-pit sulfur mine should belong to you, and now gather the strength of the whole village to mine, and the distribution of interests of this sulfur mine must be determined in advance, so as not to cause disputes afterwards, you account for half of these sulfur mines, Half of the village is accounted for, the village contributes to the effort, your side contributes twenty-two horses to transport, and all the villagers involved in the mining of sulfur ore have an additional subsidy of one silver coin every day, what do you think? ”

Unexpectedly, the old village chief actually thought of this, Surdak felt that since it was discovered by everyone together, there was no reason for him to monopolize half of the mineral deposits, and it would be unfair to others, so he refused: "Uncle Bright, I do these things the same as everyone else's thoughts, and they are all for our village, and there is no reason to take this dividend." ”

Unexpectedly, the old village chief waved his hand and said, "In the future, this place will become your knight leader, as long as you don't feel that the current agreement is a loss." ”

He took a sip of the lemon tea on the table, moistened his throat, and when he saw that Surdak was still a little hesitant, he said:

"Don't be busy refusing, without you, the lizard hunting group in the village would not dare to go deep into the depths of Paglos Mountain, not to mention the demonic beasts in the deep mountains, even those sand wolves on the periphery of the barren land, we can't afford to provoke them!"

The old village chief then said: "In addition, the sulfur mines in these borderlands belong to the Grimm Empire, and the commoners do not have the right to exploit them, only knights and nobles have the right to exploit the territory......"

The old village chief said a lot, but in short, he did not let Surdak find an excuse to refuse, and in any case, he would give half of the ownership of the open-pit sulfur mine to Surdak.

Surdak felt that since he had to do something for Vol Village in the future, he didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so he didn't insist in the end, so he half-pushed and half-agreed.

Walking out, Surdak remembered that he hadn't seen the cement wall in the courtyard of the old village chief's house.

After thinking about it, he decided to wait for Charlie to finish his business.

……

The old village chief and his wife stood at the door, watching Surdak's figure disappear on the village road, and the old village chief's wife asked with some hesitation:

"Bright, will we become richer like Pelazer Village in the future?"

The old village chief replied firmly: "Of course, we have found some sulfur mines this time, and we must dig them up as soon as possible while the other villages do not know about them." ”

Seeing that he was full of confidence, he listened to the waist pole standing at the door, and the wrinkles on his forehead faded a lot.

The old village chief's wife looked at the old village chief with a somewhat misty gaze. In recent years, it has been rare to see the old village chief have such a good mood, the whole Wall Village has pressed on his shoulders, and his waist has already been bent, in recent years, he has walked so hard every step, and he conscientiously wants the people in the village to live a good life of being well fed and clothed, but in recent years, the year is not as good as a year, and everyone's life is not as good as a day.

The old village chief's wife sighed a little and said, "Surdak, this child is really good, it's not like those greedy knights......

The old village chief immediately said: "Yes, after all, it is a knight who walked out from our Wall Village. ”

"In the past four years since he went out, he has really changed a lot, I almost can't recognize it!" The old village chief's wife wanted to recall what Surdak looked like before he joined the army, and then found that the appearance of Surdak in her memory could not coincide with what she is now, so she could only sigh again.

The old village chief also felt that Surdak had changed a little, and thought that he had seen the scars on Surdak's body by chance yesterday, so he said to his old wife:

"When I came back yesterday to bathe by the stream, you haven't seen those scars on his body, I can't imagine what kind of battle he has gone through to make him covered with scars, and it is difficult to find a piece of intact skin on him!"

The old village chief felt that Surdak must have experienced unimaginable hardships on the battlefield before he was promoted from a commoner to a knight by the noble lord, a glory that no one in Vol Village had ever achieved in so many years. "He is different from Charley, he also served four years of military service, Charlie has been a handyman for four years in a comfortable and peaceful plane, and Duck really walked down from the battlefield!"

"After all, it's someone who has the status of a knight......"