53. Outside the salt mines
Rand decided to take the salt mine, from the moment he completely broke through the Grey Goose camp, this is what all of Rand's subordinates know, and he has arrived at the gate of the salt mine, and there is no reason not to take all the demon supporters with him.
The day after taking the Grey Goose camp, Rand separately questioned all the original Terran demon supporters in the camp, these demon supporters were first sent to the camp three years ago, and the latest was three months ago, these demon supporters all said that they had never seen anyone like Huck, and they did not know the actions of the Gray Goose tribe in the last two months, but only knew that the Gray Goose's cavalry had been out frequently recently.
Rand still hasn't given up on finding his relatives in this world, not just the blood bond, Rand has felt that many people who are familiar with him, such as Albert and Rohr, have realized that today's Rand is very different from the Rand 3 months ago in terms of thinking, cognition and habits, and Rand is not sure whether it will be considered a mental breakthrough or an invasion of evil spirits, and I don't know if it will be regarded as a late bloomer after being really discovered, or it will be burned at the stake.
Therefore, Rand must first find his father and brothers, find them, return the original people and horses in the Galloping Horse Territory, and start over with the resources obtained on the Galloping Horse Plain, so that there are thousands of lords in Rant, and there is support from the Barony of Galloping Horse outside, and there is no need to worry about the suspicion of others who suddenly become big about him.
In the barbarian concept, the salt mine is located in a southwest-northeast canyon on the east side of the Benma Plain, which stretches for 15 kilometers from north to south, with the widest point of less than 500 meters from east to west and the narrowest point of 200 meters.
The western slope of the canyon is steep but relatively low, with an average height of about 200 meters, and the eastern slope is part of the Lokirav Mountains on the eastern border of the Galloping Horse Plain.
The geographical environment of the salt mine caused natural difficulties in reconnaissance, Neil and Inuya lay in ambush outside the southeast entrance of the valley for several days, and could only see the shadow of the barbarian camp in the valley from a distance, but they did not dare to enter for fear of startling the grass and snakes.
In the process of questioning the Terran demon supporters, Rand found that the barbarians were very clever in hiding the situation inside the salt mines, the Terrans in the Grey Goose camp were completely separated from the Terrans in the salt mines, and once the demon supporters entered the salt mines, they would not be allowed to come out, and the salt transported from the salt mines once a month would not be escorted by the Terran demon supporters.
At that time, the only Terrans who came out of the salt mine were the capable Lannia and a few assistants, and once these Terrans entered the camp, they would be sent to the tent of the head goose or the priest, and they would leave immediately after settling the accounts, and there would be no communication with the other Terrans in the camp.
However, there are always exceptions, the barbarian priests will go to the salt mine every quarter, and will take Wendy and a few girls with them, so Rand still learned about the situation in the salt mine from the mouths of Wendy's girls.
The salt mine is located on the old riverbed in the middle of the canyon, and Wendy only knows that there are many stone houses on the riverbed, which are the salt wells that connect the salt ore veins, and the processing site is located in a Terran cave camp on the western wall of the valley.
There are at least 2,000 Terran Demons and 300 Demon Bearers living in this cave, and there are more than a dozen huge salt pots and dozens of small and medium-sized salt pots in the cave, and the job of the Demon Bearers is to make salt from these huge pots, and the Demon Lovers need to send large vats of salt water to the cave, and the job of the Demon Supporters is to draw salt water from the stone houses under the mountain.
There are one large camp at the southwest and northeast entrances of the valley, and these two large camps are not the Grey Goose Headquarters, but the barbarians who have been exiled from the Grey Goose tribe over the past few years or the lower tribes that the Grey Goose has conquered.
These barbarians are led by the uncle and younger brother of the head goose, respectively, who are responsible for guarding the salt mines and transporting the salt produced from the salt mines to the gray goose headquarters outside.
That's what the little girls know about the salt mines, after all, Wendy and the others were trained as barbarian priest apprentices, they are not hunters, they can't scout around on their own, and the priests won't let them wander around after entering the salt mines.
Outside the barbarian camp at the southwest entrance, several girls had gone to the residence of one of the Terran ascetics in the cave, Wright Duolena, and the intermediate mage Gandalf Merlin, who were Terran priests and magicians in the camp.
Both of them arrived at the salt mine five years ago, and according to Wendy, they were not looted or bought by the gray geese, but they had heard that there were many people here and came voluntarily.
The leader of the Grey Goose disliked the two men very much at first, and wanted to send barbarian cavalry to drive them away, but was stopped by the old priest of the Grey Goose.
After the two men arrived at the salt mine, the Terrans in the salt mine became so orderly that the Terrans could maintain a considerable salt production without even the management and supervision of the barbarians.
Listening to Wendy's introduction, Rand became more and more interested in the Terrans in the salt mine, and he wanted to know why with about 300 demon supporters, the Terrans in the salt mine could not unite and rush out of the salt mine.
"How can it be so easy?" Wendy also sighed, "The demon bearers in the salt mine don't even have cloth armor, and the barbarians are also afraid that they will join forces to attack the barbarian camp, so they never give the Terrans enough food, and they don't allow the Terrans to have iron weapons, horses, and armor.
I've heard Lenya say that five years ago, the barbarians would still stir up the Terrans against the demons-free and the demon-supporters, and the demon-supporters fought each other, until the arrival of Wright Duo Reiner Ascetic and Master Gandalf Merlin. ”
It seems that the barbarians have divided and weakened the human race, but can the differentiation really make a group of demon supporters who are used to being masters willing to do hard labor? Rand was also very confused by Wendy's explanation.
However, during the exchange, Rand discovered another thing, that is, Wendy can intuitively feel the magic turbulence, in her words, she can feel the irregular and chaotic "wind" around her, Wendy can also directly feel the magic patterns on Agni's body, and can even understand Agni's emotions.
"I'm afraid Wendy is a natural magister" This was the first thing Albert said after hearing it, "When I was in the imperial capital, I heard about the bloodline of the legendary family, and I could intuitively feel the flow of magic elements, and I could even communicate directly with the magic goblins!" ”
"You just said that word again," Rand caught the keyword again, "What the hell is a magic goblin?" ”
"When you have your own territory, you can go to Mane Wolf City or Dragon's Tooth City to directly see or buy magic fairies, although I know some knowledge of magic fairies, but that's just my hearsay."