Chapter 813: Golden Crystal Mine
Soon, led by Bard, Gervais was on the edge of the woods west of St. Ann's.
The lava monitor lizards were also found in this vicinity and then captured.
At this time, there were hundreds of direct guards gathered here, but there were only about ninety lava monitor lizards left.
"Where's the hole?"
Gervais was not verbose, and immediately asked when he arrived at the place.
"Your Majesty, please come with me over here!"
Bard stepped forward at once, and then led Gervais into the forest through a forest path.
After walking for about seven or eight minutes, they came to a clearing.
Here, Gervais saw six huge openings, all of which were dug diagonally downward.
The diameter of the mouth of the cave is also very large, about three meters in size, similar to the cave seen on the crater at the beginning.
"Your Majesty, this is the hole dug by those mounts, and at first the guards followed, but then they dug deeper and deeper and they had to retreat."
Bard led Gervais to the cave and introduced him to Gervais.
"Well, you guys wait here, I'll go down and have a look!"
Gervais looked at the hole thoughtfully.
It was in his mind that the lava monitor lizards must have found something, so they started to burrow.
And he also tried to contact a few lava monitor lizards underground in his mind, but unfortunately the ground blocked the spiritual transmission, and he could only feel that the salamander monitor lizard was in good condition.
It's as if they've found something that makes them happy.
"This ...... Your Majesty, let's go down with you! You're too dangerous to be alone! ”
Hearing that Gervais wanted to enter the cave alone, Bard and the others were naturally not at ease, and immediately opened their mouths to dissuade them.
"Just wait here with peace of mind, if you really encounter danger, I will be better able to deal with it alone!"
Gervais shook his head at Bard.
After hearing this, the faces of the guards all turned slightly red, and Gervais was telling the truth.
After explaining, Gervais took out a prepared torch directly from the spatial ring, and then carried the torch into the hole.
The hole is dug diagonally downward, so it is easy to walk.
In a short time, Gervais had gone deeper than 300 meters into the ground, and as he went deeper and deeper, his connection with several salamander monitor lizards became stronger and stronger.
After continuing to walk for seven or eight minutes, when Gervais came to a depth of more than 900 meters, he finally reached the end of the cave.
"Huh? There is light! ”
Gervais was shocked, and then quickened his pace and walked forward.
He didn't need to use telekinesis to hear the movements of several lava monitor lizards.
They were making rattling sounds, as if they were eating.
Roar, roar, roar!
As Gervais stepped out of the three-meter-wide hole, the scenery ahead suddenly opened up.
This is a natural underground cavern, and the space inside is very large, and several lava monitor lizards gather together without looking crowded.
What surprised Gervais even more was that in addition to stalactite pillars on the walls of this underground cave, there were also many sparkling gemstones.
These gemstones range in size from the size of a watermelon to the smallest being smaller than a peanut.
These gemstones are golden and transparent, some are set in rock walls, and some are rolled straight to the ground.
The few lava monitor lizards were chewing on these golden, transparent crystals.
When several lava monitor lizards saw Gervais coming, they immediately let out a cheerful roar, and then chewed the hedron and came to Gervais.
"You guys, you guys, digging so deep for food!"
Gervais was not angry, and gently stroked the heads of a few big guys, and then picked up a spar on the ground and looked at it in front of him.
"What is this thing, it contains a faint aura of fire element, it's hard for you guys to eat it!"
Gervais didn't know this golden hedron for a while, and after checking it for a while, he collected a few pieces into the spatial ring, and then began to explore the cave.
"This cave is so big!"
Gervais made his way down the cave, and the road was full of such hedrons.
"Huh! There are traces of artificially excavated roots! ”
After walking for more than ten minutes, Gervais suddenly saw a man-made hole connecting to the cave.
"So, this should be a mine!"
The hole in front of him was four or five meters wide enough for two wagons to enter and exit, and Gervais had determined that this place must have been a former mine for the natives of St. Ann's City.
With this in mind, Gervais led a few Demon Beast Brothers towards the top of the cave entrance.
Finally he came to the end of the cave, which had been blocked by several large rocks.
"Crit a sword slash!"
Gervais lifted his long sword and swung it directly.
Thundered!
With a loud roar, the huge rocks blocking the way in front of them were instantly shattered and jumped into the air.
Then Gervais's eyes suddenly opened up again.
This should be somewhere in the forest, as the outside is lush and full of trees.
When Gervais stepped out of the cave, he immediately found that the cave was surrounded by a small clearing, which was blocked by dense branches of trees on all sides.
It is clear that some of the trees were transplanted to hide the hole.
"I said that other cities have mineral deposits, why not in St. Ann's City, it seems that the priestess still has a hand!"
Naturally, Gervais was already certain at this time that this mineral deposit was definitely owned by St. Ann's City.
It is likely that the natives sealed the deposit early because they received the arrival of their invaders.
The priestess was compelled to tell the story of the Fountain of Life, but the matter was concealed.
If it weren't for these gluttonous lava monitor lizards, I don't know what year or month it would have taken to discover this deposit.
"So what kind of mine is this? Looks like we'll have to take it back and ask Winton! ”
Then, Gervais looked at the sun in the sky and rode the lava monitor lizard towards the east.
After about twenty minutes, Gervais finally reached the edge of the forest.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
When the guards were surprised to see Gervais arriving from elsewhere.
"Leave a team of ten to guard, and the others will follow me! Let's go back first! ”
Gervais didn't prepare to explain to them, but left a team of Warcraft behind, and then returned directly to St. Ann's City with a wave of his hand.
……
"Mentor, are you looking for me?"
Back in St. Ann's City, Gervais quickly sent someone to find Winton.
"Well, Wherton, I have something here that you need you to help me discern!"
The master apothecary is the chemistry expert of this world, and he knows all kinds of materials best.
As he spoke, Gervais took out the golden crystals that had been taken out of the cave.
"Hmmm! This thing looks familiar! ”
When Wheaton saw what Gervais had brought out, he immediately took it and examined it.
"I remember!"
Finally, after observing for a moment, Winton remembered the information of the golden crystal.
"Mentor, this is the Golden Crystal Mine!"
"Hmm...... What! Crystal Mine? ”
Gervais's eyes widened, wondering if he was joking.
He only learned about this thing from Vaodin a few days ago, but now it's just that the little brother of Warcraft casually dug and looked for two bites to eat, and he found a gold crystal deposit.
Isn't this a pillow when you're sleepy?
"Yes, Mentor, this is the Golden Crystal Ore, although we don't need it to configure magic potions, but the dwarves like to use it very much when forging weapons and equipment!"
"The price of this gold crystal ore is also very expensive, you need a gold coin and a gram! Mentor, have you discovered a deposit of gold crystals? ”
Winton was very sure of his answer, and looked at Gervais with some curiosity.
After all, Gervais couldn't have asked him for such a gold crystal ore for no reason.
"If this is really a gold crystal mine, then it should be!"
Gervais remembered the large chunks of gold crystal ore in the cave, and he was overjoyed.
Now that there are not only dwarven blacksmiths, but also gold crystal ore, then the replacement of equipment for his army can also be put on the agenda.
……
After confirming the matter of the gold crystal mine, Gervais approached Caroline to arrange for the mining of the deposit.
Then, when it was time for dinner, Gervais hosted a small dinner party in the temple to invite the dwarves who had come to St. Ann's to eat.
The dwarves have no special needs for food, only a soft spot for hellfire wine.
During the banquet, Gervais took the opportunity to take out the gold crystal ore and ask the dwarf to confirm it again, and also got a positive answer from the dwarf.
Taking this opportunity, Gervais gave a detailed account of the order for three thousand pairs of armor weapons.
Due to the attack of Hellfire Wine, he finally negotiated with the dwarves that the price of the full set of forging armor weapons was 30 gold coins per set.
The materials and the raw materials of this gold crystal are provided by Gervais himself.
The manual cost of 30 gold coins is not too expensive, because the general market price is 50 gold coins!
After all, the whole set includes weapons, armor, helmets, and shields!
In addition, after thinking about it, Gervais is also preparing to build armor for his monsters.
A total of 100 sets of Lava Dragon's defensive armor, plus the Giant Crocodile's Younger Brother's defensive armor.
The armor of this lava monitor lizard costs ten times as much as personal equipment, which is 300 gold coins.
And the giant crocodile brother's one can really be called sky-high, and the manual fee alone requires 3,000 gold coins.
After all, the body length of the giant crocodile brother is more than ten meters, even if ten dwarven blacksmiths forge it together, it will take a lot of time.
Of course, the armor of the Warcraft brothers is arranged at the end.
Thus, at the end of the dinner, both Gervais and the dwarven blacksmiths were very happy.
……
Time flashed and it was the next morning.
Early this morning, Gervais had a rare meeting with the main managers of the territory.
Caroline, Gandalf, Gust, and even Vivien were among them.
"I've summoned you here this time to announce something!"
"I am ready to allow some nobles from Eurasia to come to the Holy Continent through the teleportation array, and then live in St. Ann's City and freely adventure and trade!"
Gervais sat on the throne and watched as the crowd below slowly spoke his thoughts.
Now the city of St. Ann is too small in number, and if it were not for the large number of soldiers and a few serfs in charge of farming, it really looks like an empty city.
Gervais went to the cities of Johnson, Edward and others, naturally envious of the prosperity and liveliness of their cities.
That's why he quickly put this matter on the agenda, and he was ready to start raising the level of force in Eurasia.
"Your Majesty, this matter is a good thing, many nobles have long wanted to come over to see what the Holy Continent is like!"
"I believe they will go crazy when they know the news!"
The first to speak was Gust, who was not as busy as he is now when Gervais did not return, so he could often return to Eurasia to talk to the nobles about what he had seen here.
And those nobles naturally yearn for this side after hearing this.
Even their children and grandchildren heard the news here, and they were eager to be able to come and see for a long time.
"Gervais, I also think it's okay, after all, now that the Eurasian continent is your subjects, let them come over and speed up their cultivation!"
"I agree, Gervais!"
Next, Gandalf and Caroline also said that Vivien, the civil officer, had nothing to say, and she didn't know anything about these things.
"Good! In that case, the matter is settled! ”
"Let's talk about how to limit the number of people who come over!"
There are tens of millions of people in Eurasia, and there are many large and small nobles, if all of them come in a swarm, Gervais is sure that St. Ann's City will definitely be in chaos.
Therefore, this opening up needs to be done slowly, from less to more.
When Stormwind City is actually built one day, then it will be best to let the two sides communicate with each other, and even civilians can come!
"Otherwise, Gervais, we will limit the number of merchants to each family, and they must have enough to buy a house or shop in St. Ann's so that they can stay and trade for a long time."
Caroline is now in charge of the finances of the entire settlement, which can be regarded as getting into the eyes of money.
Even though Gervais had just made a lot of money and was not short of money, she still thought of ways to make money.
"Real Estate Economy!"
When Gervais heard this, he immediately looked at Caroline, and in his heart he defined her idea.
"That's fine, but we can't deliberately waste their money!"
"That's it! Carolyn, remember, we're going to plan an aristocratic academy in St. Ann's City, where we will teach vindictiveness and magic! ”
"As long as the nobles who buy houses and shops in St. Ann's City, in addition to getting a year of duty-free trade, they can also recommend one person to enter the academy!"
"As long as you enroll, you can buy mental power potions or powerful potions at a 2% discount, and each person is limited to one piece!"
The two folds are 2,000 gold coins, so Gervais only earned a thousand gold coins.
Although this price is still a bit expensive for Eurasia.
However, if there is such a potion, it means that there will definitely be a golden knight or a magician.
This is very cost-effective, even if you can't afford it for the time being, it's not too late to buy it when you make money running in the Holy Continent.
Moreover, the tax revenues of the nobility in Eurasia have increased by nearly a third because of the absence of the church.
Two thousand gold coins, for many baron families, they can still be taken out with a grit of their teeth.
At that time, the strength of the children of the nobles became stronger, and it was a win-win situation for Nagervais and his subjects.