The next day, the members of the prospecting team woke up early. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, the winter morning in the Northland is extremely cool, especially now that you are not only in the wild, but also on the hills with a certain height, and the two phases are superimposed, which is even more bone-chilling.

However, this is not the worst time for the weather conditions in the Northlands, according to past experience, at most only a week later, the first snow of the year will fall, and then the real midwinter season, the invasion of wind and snow will become more and more frequent, so the vast Northland will encounter traffic blockages from time to time, pedestrians are nowhere to be seen, business travel is nowhere to be seen, and all field operations are forced to suspend until the beginning of the next spring.

In other words, in the next two or three months, the time that can really be used by Ye Guyun to implement his outskirts sweeping plan may only be the next week, and in the future, he will have to shrink into the warm Crescent City to "farm" honestly, at most, he can tinker around the city gate. But Ye Guyun did not feel depressed and disappointed by this, he knew how huge the strategy he had drawn up was, and he knew that it could only be realized slowly but steadily step by step - the Supreme City would inevitably take a long time to pour, but it was not in a hurry.

In addition, it should not be forgotten that Crescent City itself is a natural ice-free harbor, blessed with conditions that no matter how bitter the winter is, it will not be able to stop the merchant ships from coming from the sea, and the presence of merchant ships means trade, and trade means considerable income, and considerable income represents the accumulation of capital, which in turn promotes further development - so that a winter is not in vain.

Of course, the most important thing to think about now is not what will happen in a few months, but the present, which can only be the present.

Ye Guyun is now thinking about how to completely clarify the affairs of the hilly area within a week - at least let this area really be cleared out, and do a good job of control, and not let the foolish thing of "when the construction really starts after the spring of the next year, only to find that it is occupied by new monsters, and everything has to start from scratch".

To be honest, Ye Guyun was not satisfied with the speed and progress of the adventurers in cleaning up the remnants. Although these people showed great enthusiasm under the temptation of interests, and their own ability did not need to be doubted, they just couldn't achieve the high efficiency that Ye Guyun envisioned. This confused him.

There is no lack of attitude, no lack of ability, but it cannot be efficient...... Hmm, maybe it's a lack of reasonable execution, right?

Thinking of this, Ye Guyun suddenly felt relieved. He no longer expects adventurers to be as efficient as he would like, because that's not possible. Looking at the free and loose nature that each of these people must have, as well as the chaotic and mixed relationships between teams and even between individuals and individuals, it is absolutely impossible to unite them in a short period of time.

Oh, I don't know if order has forgotten them, or if they have forgotten order.

In short, the inability to unite means fighting separately, so the lack of efficiency has naturally become a footnote to this operation.

"Maybe I should get involved, too?"

With such a thought, Ye Guyun embarked on a journey for a new day.

Jimmy was still trembling, as if his chattering nature had been firmly suppressed. Well, for an ordinary blacksmith like him, sleeping in the wild in the middle of winter is indeed quite a difficult thing to endure.

If there is a cloak that is constant to "endure the environment......

If there is a mage in the team who can set up a cold barrier defense......

It's a pity that there are none.

So Jimmy had to cover himself with as much cold as he could, curled up in the tent by the campfire, and shrunk up all night, waking up in a daze. And now, he still had to brace himself and deal with Ye Guyun's inquiries carefully.

"You should have a general idea of the minerals here, right?"

After a few days of trekking, it can be regarded as a rough survey of most of the places in this area, and a lot of them were found, and a lot of them were found, and the mineral samples were stuffed into two baskets, and there were all kinds of them, and they couldn't figure out the clue if they weren't insiders, so Ye Guyun must have this question.

"Ahh ”

"So what minerals are here?"

"It's mostly iron, I dare to bet on the god of craftsmen, this must be a vein of rich iron ore, and then, as associated ores, copper, tin, and lead can also be found often, probably with a certain amount of reserves; as for the other associated ores, the number is small, just ignore it! Oh, don't forget that some demonic metals can be found here, at least I've found traces of Mithril and demonic iron ore! But I can't tell the reserves... Well, that doesn't matter! All that matters is 'yes'! Haha! Advisor, I promise! The Grand Duke will be glad to hear your report!"

At this point, a wicked smile appeared on Jimmy's face with a hint of "you know". This guy seems to be slowly recovering, and the chatterbox attribute raises his head again, and he is about to show his strength.

"Roar!Mithril!Magic Iron Ore!How valuable!Good things!Finding them is good news!Great good news!The Grand Duke will definitely reward you with this good news!I just hope that if the advisor is developed, don't forget the humble villain~!"

“......”

"Uncle Ben will still be rare for the Grand Duke's reward?"

"I think his combat power is about to surpass Tang Seng!"

"Derotan, Avis, great students you taught!"

Hateful and hateful, Ye Guyun turned his head very simply, no longer paying attention to the bastard who couldn't figure out the situation but thought he was still working hard. He silently digested the news he had heard, his mood was joyful, and his expression was rarely soft.

There's iron! a lot of iron! a bonanza!

Oh! It couldn't be better! The foundation of the industry is there! It's not too much effort!

As for the Mithril and Magic Iron mentioned by Jimmy, he didn't particularly care- As a commodity, at best, it can only be used as an alternative luxury, even if its price far exceeds gold, at most it can be exchanged for a sum of money, and money has always been the thing that Ye Daguan cares about the most;

I believe that as long as you are not too blind, you can figure it out.

The four of them traversed the mountain road again, this time to the main stronghold of the Grey Dwarves in the area: the Grey Iron Fortress.

It's funny to say that instead of getting along with each other's neighbors, koblins, goblins and gray dwarves who are neighbors of each other and are watching and helping each other, they are always distinct, and they dislike each other, have constant friction and fighting, even if they occupy a common area, they are also hostile to outside races, and they should have many common interests. So much so that even this special existential moment cannot make them leave behind their prejudices and unite them into close allies.

Ridiculous? Of course it's ridiculous! But what is even more ridiculous is the so-called prejudice that causes this result!

So what is it?

Oh, maybe some people don't believe it, but in fact, Ye Guyun didn't believe it at the beginning. What he meowed, it would be, racist!

The kobolds are cowardly by nature, lack courage, and have low individual strength, and they should not be a strong race, but they still possess an incomprehensible cruelty in their character, and they think very highly of themselves, and are madly hostile to all foreign races......

Goblins are not so unreasonable, and it can even be said that they are the most tolerant of the three, and as long as the conditions are right, they are willing to live with foreign alliances or even mix. However, their greedy, vile, wicked, cunning and deceitful personalities, and excessively powerful reproductive abilities have always made it difficult for them to be trusted by outsiders.

The Grey Dwarves are also a hostile race to foreign races, but they are obviously much more rational than kobolds, so as not to completely rule out the opportunity to work with foreign races. Of course, there must be a premise for this, and there are three prerequisites, one is that it is really necessary, the second is that it is the same camp (evil), and the third is that the target race is worthy of respect......

Okay, let's go away! No more talking!

Imagine a scenario like this:

The grumpy and powerful gray dwarves (whether it is individual strength or group strength) have encountered setbacks, feel the crisis, and begin to try to find help, and then look around, but they can't find anything that can be seen.

"What? You said kobolds and goblins, are they just two swarms of bed bugs?!You told us to unite with bed bugs?!"

Ahem~! That's it.

In addition, there is a factor that cannot be ignored: the number of gray dwarves is too small after all. It is difficult to dominate the alliance if there are few people, and an alliance that cannot dominate is meaningless to the gray dwarves. Do you have to be patient enough to force yourself to endure the domination of cowardly kobolds or despicable goblins? Oh no!

This is very reasonable, this is very objective, and it also has a bit of force majeure implications.

The number of gray dwarves in the hilly area must be scarce! If not, then it is called abnormal! Because the gray dwarves are not a surface race in the first place, their roots are in the underground of ordinary people's cognition, in that barren, vast, and dark region full of chaos and evil! The appearance of these underground races on the surface is a relatively rare thing in itself, and if not unique, it is also unusual, so you can't expect (and of course every surface race will never count on it) to see too much.

As far as this group of gray dwarves in the hilly region is concerned, they are certainly a bit special.

I don't know when it began, I don't know from which corner, I don't know why, but this gray dwarf silently appeared in the hilly area, occupied a hill, took root, and settled here.

This is rare.

It is important to know that the individuals of the Underground races that appear in the surface world are mostly mercenaries or bounty hunters, who are careful to hide their tracks (because they are generally hostile to the surface races), wander the markets, wander the wilderness, live without a fixed place, and live alone (or with a few companions), and live in precariousness...... Cluster settlement? It's really a good thing that can't even be imagined.

So, this branch in the hilly area......

After thinking about it, Ye Guyun was speechless again. Presumably, it was the result of the war decades ago and the series of changes that followed! For a long time after that and now, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the vast area outside Crescent (including, of course, the hilly area) has been in fact an unmanaged buffer zone. In this case, it is only natural that this place will become a gathering place for some people outside the law, and gradually their own ethnic groups will be formed.

Of course, no one knows for sure when the Grey Dwarves came to the hilly region, but the period of their growth is certain - just after it became a buffer zone. It was with the acquiescence and connivance of the local lords (i.e., the lords of Crescent City) during this period that this race, which was originally determined to be extremely sparse in numbers, would grow to the point where it is today.

Okay~Okay~! Ye Guyun didn't want to pay attention to these old things at all, all he cared about was the present-

"Whatever acquiesces and connives, right or wrong, it should be regarded as raising pigs! Now, when the pigs have been raised, they should be killed......