Colin gradually got some of the elves' personalities.

Although they generally have similar living habits and morals to human beings, perhaps because of their long lives, their views on many things are different from those of human beings.

For example, a human magister would never say something like "we are all together", at least not so bluntly.

Colin thanked Olivia again and left.

On the way back to the castle, he went to see the cave to the west of the castle on a whim, which Wald named the West Hill Mine.

The kobold population has increased to around 1,500, which is basically the limit according to Olivia, at least there are no more of the same kind in the area around the fortress.

1500 kobolds sound like a lot, but after getting into the mines of the Dragon's Back Mountains, it is only a drop in the ocean, if these little things never come back, even Olivia can't do anything about them, but under the temptation of candles and elves, none of the kobolds have left yet.

Colin was curious and asked Olivia how she was sure, after all, there were so many kobolds who looked the same, how could she be sure of this.

The answer was that Belinda was able to know all the kobolds.

Sango's friend, Belinda, an elven girl, is currently appointed by Olivia as the overseer of the kobold miners.

The eleven-year-old elf girl was very satisfied with this position, and did her job dutifully, staying at the entrance of the mine almost every day, supervising and encouraging every kobold.

The so-called supervision is to remember the appearance of each kobold and make sure they are not lazy - this kind of thing is probably only an elf can do, and Colin can't even tell whether the other person is male or female.

And the so-called encouragement is to give them fair food and candles, and occasionally let the passing kobolds lick their toes.

The elf girl with 1,500 standard licking dogs is full of spirit, and recently she has had a lot less time to go to find coral, so that coral can only take the initiative to run to the mine.

When Colin arrived, the two girls were standing on the edge of the mine, one on the left and one on the right, overseeing the work, with serious expressions, as if they were afraid that one of the kobolds was not diligent enough.

"You don't have to be so mean, it's okay to give them a little rest." Collins said that these two little girls really have the potential to be black-hearted capitalists.

"Your Excellency."

"Your Lord." Belinda shouted after Sango.

"Don't bully them too much, it's a long run." Colin laughed.

"I didn't bully them, these little ones like Belinda, every time they come out of the mine to see her, they can be full of energy, and we don't need to control them." Coral rushed to explain.

Belinda also nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, Lord Lord, you look at it." ”

After speaking, I saw the elf girl raise a hand and shouted: "Ahh West Roar! Amma! ”

As soon as the words fell.

I saw that all the kobolds at the entrance of the mine suddenly looked excited, and almost jumped on the spot and shouted: "Ahh West Roar! Amma! ”

Colin was able to understand that these three words meant: "Mining, candles, toes." ”

His jaw hit the ground in an instant.

The first two words are normal, but the last one is unexpected.

The meaning of the words is obvious: "Mine well, have candles, and lick the toes of elves." ”

This mouth-shattering slogan made Colin not want to admit that these kobolds were working for the fortress.

However, these kobolds have been emotionally aroused.

"Hmmm! West Roar! Amma! ”

"Hmmm! West Roar! Amma! ”

“……”

The kobolds in the cave heard the shouts of their companions and shouted along.

One after another, shouting from the mouth of the cave to the inside, and finally there was a huge echo from the entire mine, all of which were "Hmmm! West Roar! Amma! ”。

Colin was even worried about whether the mine would collapse.

It took a few minutes of shouting before the voice gradually subsided.

Colin felt infinite emotion in his heart, and he didn't know what to say, so he finally squeezed out a sentence: "Very good, keep working hard." ”

"Okay." Belinda was inspired.

……

Colin didn't know how deep the kobold had dug the mine, only that the original rail minecart had gone a lot underground.

Today, the entrance to the mine has been enlarged several times because it is necessary for humans to be able to lay the track into it.

The current Minecart Rail has undergone several revisions.

Two side-by-side railroad tracks, a steady stream of ore from the mine, one of which even has a few small magic devices, this is the latest experiment in the magic laboratory, if successful, it will be able to greatly save manpower...... and dog power.

Track construction used to be Matthew's job, but now it's Darlan.

The high-ranking knight was originally only responsible for building ordinary roads, but once when he came to the side of the mine, he saw a minecart on the railroad and was immediately interested. After several on-site surveys, it was concluded that the original track construction was unreasonable and could have been done better.

On this occasion, he not only suggested to Matthew, but also wrote a report that he submitted directly to Wald, and even suggested that he could consider building a road similar to a minecart railing to connect Winterfell and AutumnPlains, so that the transportation of supplies would be much faster and easier.

Colin was slightly shocked by his idea, the idea of the railway was originally on the blueprint of Xiaya's planning, and with the improvement of magic energy technology, this tool that can greatly improve the transportation capacity will definitely change the world.

However, he and Wald had been hesitating.

The magic train is much more complex than the rail minecar, and once the construction begins, the amount of manpower and material resources invested is not a small amount, if it is not designed at the beginning, and when the problem is discovered, and then try to modify it or start over, the loss will be very large.

According to Colin's idea, this project will not officially start until at least half a year later.

However, Darren gave him a great surprise.

I have to say that the knight's own level of education makes it easy for Daren to accept new things in the fortress.

And after his talent in road building was gradually revealed, it was also impressive.

In addition to magic, even Wald praised some of the advice that Daeron gave to Colin, such as some engineering problems when crossing rivers and mountains, Daeron was able to speak well after only a few months of studying with Matthew, although some ideas are still very young, but the future is promising.

It dawned on Colin that it seemed good to hand over the construction of the railroad to him.

The stucco road to Akibara Castle is more than half completed.

After the end, let Daren devote himself to the construction of the railway, which is logical, the best of both worlds, and everyone is happy.

(End of chapter)