Nearly 100 young tribesmen were left behind in the iron ore field, and they were going to build some wooden huts and workshops at the foot of the mountain in advance, and the future beneficiation and grinding machinery would be built at the foot of the mountain.

Iron and copper mines are slightly different in terrain.

The three refining furnaces were originally built at the top of the first ridge of the copper mine because the veins behind them were much higher than the first ridge, and it was more of a narrow mine than a vein.

The entire mountain range on this side of the iron mine is full of iron ore, and in the future, miners will dig all the way into it from the foot of the mountain.

Surdak returns to Pena City this time, and has to book these large magical machines with the local mineral dealers.

In the Grimm Empire, many machines are derived from the Hex technology era of the Goblin Dynasty in ancient times, and many mechanical drawings have been lost in the dust of history, but there are also many Hex technologies that have been handed down, and the goblins designed and built one of the most classic machines is the magic airship, which is widely used in almost all parts of the empire.

The magic airship outweighs the teleportation hall of the astrologer guild with low transportation costs.

In addition, the magic cannon that has been in the hands of the Imperial Magic Guild is said to be a product of the Hextech era, and countless magicians have always wanted to imitate this magic cannon, but the imitation of those magic cannons is far inferior to the magic cannon in terms of performance.

The core of the grinding machine is said to be Hextech, but the design drawings were probably changed several times in the later period, and now this mineral processing grinding equipment has been simplified like a huge windmill mill, and many mining trading firms represent this large machinery.

The Marquis of Luthor didn't know much about this, but Clay. The Earl of Cushing knew this very well, and the mining trading firm in Bednar City had been recommended to Surdak last summer.

Originally, Surdak planned to use the old equipment in the steel workshop, but this part of the grinding machinery had long since rusted into a pile of scrap metal in the mining area, and many of the parts that could be dismantled were even dismantled by local villagers and taken home to make knives and axes.

So these are what Surdak needs to pay for out of his own pocket.

The first thing Surdak did when he came to the iron mine this time was to confirm whether the iron mine was worth mining vigorously, and the second thing was to determine the construction site of the iron mine, leaving more than 100 young people from the indigenous tribe now, also so that the foundation could be leveled in advance.

……

It took Surdak and Gulit another day to reach the bridgehead camp at the Chain Bridge.

Andrew and Tygo the Wolf Rider had already arrived at this side ahead of schedule, and in the two days they had been at the bridgehead camp, they had begun to patrol the northern coast of the Great Rift Valley with the cavalry stationed here.

There are two main blows.

First, in order to avoid the toll of the chain bridge, some adventuring groups have secretly set up ropeways in other narrow areas of the Rift Valley to sneak into the area north of the Rift Valley to hunt ghostly red ants.

This is resolutely not allowed.

The first point, of course, is tax evasion, which is the loss of money that should have been put in Surdak's pocket.

The second point is that it also leaves some safety risks, and once the ghost red ant enters the Invercargill Forest along this railway, it is the most troublesome thing.

Several of the commanders in the garrison camp were not there, and the cavalry only turned a blind eye to this, and now that Andrew was back in the barracks, these things immediately entered the realm of severe crackdown.

In addition, thanks to the addition of Tiger and Bernita the Wolf Rider, they are very good at tracking down the ghostly red ants and finding hiding places......

Although the Grimm Empire has strictly forbidden the slave tribes in the occupied areas to become slaves, some adventure groups prefer to sneak into the fringes of the occupied areas and capture some slaves and sell them to other provinces.

Once these slaves enter the slave market and wear slave slave collars around their necks, they are equivalent to carrying out slave identity authentication, and according to the laws of the Green Empire, noble lords are allowed to own slaves.

These slave traders were taking slaves in other areas, and Surdak had no control, but in Invercargill Forest, such things were not allowed.

The reason for this is also very realistic, a large number of young people from these indigenous tribes will join the army of Surdak in the future, and almost all of them want to work in the two mines of Surdak.

Slavers hunting slaves in Invercargill Forest are essentially digging into the corners of Surdak.

So this thing is not allowed, when these adventure groups enter Dodan Town, the town magistrate will officially notify these adventure groups, but there are still adventure groups willing to take risks for this, not because of how profitable the slave trade is, but because the prejudice against the aborigines in their hearts is almost deeply ingrained in their bones.

The wolf knight Tiger also hated those slave traders, and in the last two days, Andrew and Wolf Rider Tiger have discovered two ropeways hidden in the shadows, and Bernita also followed the smell of the ropeway to find two adventure groups that sneaked into the northern region of the Great Rift Valley to hunt, one of which is a slave hunting team.

Facing Andrew and Tiger, two second-turn powerhouses, to chase from behind, the two adventure groups were only captured.

In fact, with the personalities of Andrew and Tego, they did not want these adventuring groups to disarm and surrender, because only resistance can kill, and bringing the captives back to the Chain Bridge camp is far from killing them directly.

When Surdak arrived at the bridgehead camp, the members of the two adventuring groups were tied to the wooden cross outside the camp by Andrew, they had been hanging here all day, and now they did not even have the strength to cry and beg for mercy, both arms were dislocated, and the people had become in a trance under the severe pain.

Surdak arrived at the camp and asked the guards guarding the crosses for basic information before entering the camp.

However, Andrew and Tygo were not in the camp, and the two of them took a squadron of cavalry and entered the western side of the rift to capture the slave hunters hiding there.

As soon as Surdak arrived at the barracks at the bridgehead camp, the commander of the adventuring group asked to see him outside the camp.

"Lord Surdak, below you is Job the leader of the Anchovy Adventure Band. Hearst, I am here to pray for the forgiveness of the Lord for their crimes, and for this purpose, the Stone Castle Adventure Group is willing to pay a certain fine. ”

The leader of the group walked in, saluted Surdak and said.

Surdak sat in his chair, his elbows resting on the armrests of his chair, his fists resting on his chin, and stared silently at the man named Job. Hearst's regimental commander.

"Then tell me what happened to the Stone Castle Adventure Troupe?" Surdak asked casually.

"They entered the hunting area in the northern part of the Rift Valley without permission through the ropeway." Job. Captain Hearst said immediately.

"As far as I know, they weren't just arrested for this, but they also captured some women from indigenous tribes in the Invercargill Forest, who completely ignored the warnings of the sheriff of Dodan Town, and even hunted slaves even though I had forbidden it......"

Surdak's tone kept rising.

That Job. Seeing Surdak's angry look, Captain Hearst knew that this visit would be in vain, and said unwillingly:

"Lord Lord, they are just local natives, and they are also a resource that can be used by the adventure group, and besides, the women in the tribe are in a surplus right now, and they have captured some tribal women, which will not have much impact on these tribes......"

"So that's why they capture slaves?" Surdak lowered his arm and turned to Job. Captain Hearst asked sharply.

“…… Well, a lot of adventuring parties have always done this, and no lord or mayor has ever asked for that before! "Job. Captain Hearst said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"So you think I should be as silent as the other mayors about the slave hunting party?" Surdak's eyes were cold, and he looked at Job. Captain Hearst said: "I can tell you responsibly, that's impossible, step down!" Before I change my mind, you can leave! ”

Job. When Captain Hearst heard Surdak say this, he immediately left Surdak's room in a gloomy manner.

Surdak's face turned pale with rage, and he slammed a silver teacup off the table.

The ogre Gullitham peered into the room from the outside, and when he saw that there was no sign of a weapon in the room, he immediately retracted his head again.

"Order, all slaves caught in the Invercargill Forest are found to be tied to a wooden cross and dried for three days, and then tied up like slaves to the town of Dodan for trial!" Surdak called the squadron leader of the cavalry battalion on this side of the bridgehead camp and casually ordered.

"Yes, Commander!"

The squadron leader was a veteran of the cavalry battalion, and he still used his old name when facing Surdak.

Job. Captain Hearst never thought that because of his request to see, the slave traders outside would hang on the cross for two more days.

The squadron leader of the cavalry battalion received the order and was about to prepare to leave.

Surdak thought for a moment and called him back again: "As for the adventure plan that is just smuggled here, let them pay some fines and put them down!" ”

"Yes, Commander!" The squadron leader replied loudly.

Then salute and leave.

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