Outside the Second Mine Fortress, a group of emaciated half-blood elves were slowly carrying stones.

They placed the stones on both sides of the road in front of the fortress gate, and a dozen half-blood elf craftsmen were paving the road with these irregular stone slabs, and the work was going well, and Roy planned to pave the road from halfway up the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

Due to another malfunction of the boom, more than forty half-blood elves terminated their mining work.

The young half-blood elves didn't want to sit idle, so Roy had them pave the way outside the mine fortress.

A string of pleasant bells sounded into the ears of the half-blood elves with a gust of breeze, and everyone looked in the direction from which the bells came, and a caravan was walking along the ridge towards the second mine.

The convoy led by the head of the Berkeley regiment arrived as scheduled.

This pack team brought a large amount of supplies, and without the harassment of the plateau headhunters, the pack team arrived at the second mine very smoothly.

Roy and Captain Kepler were waiting outside the fortress gates, and Captain Berkeley rode to the front, with nothing unusual except for his pale face.

When the head of Berkeley saw Roy and Captain Kepler, he immediately flipped off his horse, pulled the reins in his hand, and walked in front of Roy step by step.

Captain Berkeley and Roy hugged.

"Captain Berkeley, I heard you're injured!" Roy asked.

The head of Berkeley patted the left rib, and the leather on his body made a muffled sound, showing a helpless wry smile, and said:

"It's true that I suffered a little bit of a wound, and it's completely healed, and it's here that I left a scar."

The caravan that followed the commander of Berkeley stretched to the ridge two kilometers away, and the horses were all tightly wrapped in supplies.

"Is everything going well at the second mine?" The head of Berkeley asked with concern.

"It's okay to ......"

Roy and the Berkeley Captain walked side by side into the mine fort.

When the Berkeley Commander entered the fort, he saw the emaciated half-blood elves and asked Roy, "Are these half-blood elves rescued from the mines?" ”

Roy nodded and said:

"These half-blood elves have suffered a lot in the mines, and they are far less flexible and nourishing than those half-blood spirits in the first mine!"

"Didn't you say that if you get them out, you will set them free? How did you get them to build roads for you here? The head of Berkeley lowered his voice as low as he could, and whispered to Roy.

"They want to stay in the second mine temporarily, so they usually find something to do......

Roy led the head of Berkeley down the stairs to the third floor.

The head of Berkeley stood in the hallway, glanced out, and just happened to see the dismantled boom at the mouth of the mine.

"This time, I'll bring two elven craftsmen from the valley camp, and I can help you repair this boom later." Head of Mission Berkeley said.

"That's great...... Roy replied with a smile.

Looking at the slightly immature face in front of him, the head of Berkeley really couldn't understand what Lord Earl Swinburn admired about him......

This time, he brought a large amount of supplies from the valley camp, and many of the supplies were emptied of the valley camp's warehouse.

The head of Berkeley was a little distracted, waiting for him to come back to his senses.

Roy had opened the door and invited the head of Berkeley to sit down......

Roy's office was renovated from the original mine owner's study, and the furnishings in the room were barely touched, with only a row of treasure chests piled up in the corner.

The head of Berkeley walked over and bent down to lift the lid of a wooden box, which was filled with red spinels.

The head of Berkeley was startled by the number of spinels, and he took half a step back, carefully counting the wooden boxes on the wall, there were at least thirty of them, and they were stacked very neatly.

The head of Berkeley tried to open another chest, which was still full of spinels.

"You actually got so many high-quality spinels." Head Berkeley asked, somewhat surprised.

He distinctly remembered that when the Silver Pegasus Legion had seized the second mine, the owner had disbanded the mine's armed forces the night before, and then sneaked into the heart of the plateau with his family.

When the mine owner left, he took everything of value with him, including a large amount of fine spinel.

The spinels piled up in the corners of the wall should have been the ones Roy had recently gotten his hands on.

Roy replied:

"Spinel like this...... There will be many more to come, and I'm currently trading rum for ore with the gray dwarves in the mines. ”

"I'm here to tell you about it." The head of Berkeley sat opposite Roy and said, "This time I brought all the wine stored in the valley camp, and also brought more than twenty bags of wheat flour, these materials were specially approved by the Earl of Swinburne, for your supplies, a silver pegasus team went back and forth between the valley camp and the city of Padstow. ”

“…… There may not be any other supplies in the next month, and it will be as soon as the logistics convoy from Padstow City arrives at the valley camp before rum and ale will be replenished, so you'd better save some money. Captain Berkeley admonished Roy.

"Got it, I'll save some money."

The head of the Berkeley regiment said:

"At present, the Silver Pegasus Army has occupied eleven mines on the Pajisto Plateau, and below you is a rich vein of spinel mines, which stretches for hundreds of kilometers between the mountains, and there are three spinel mines on this ridge, and all three mines are currently under your management."

Before Roy could postpone it, Head Berkeley said:

"In addition, there are two Mithril mines in the hinterland of the plateau, and those two Mithril mines also belong to the same vein, and Lord Earl hopes that after you settle down the mines here, you will go and take over the two Mithril mines. There are also three black iron mines that belong to the same vein......"

“……”

Roy was a little dumbfounded, and originally wanted to push off the two Mithril mines, but he didn't expect that there were three more black iron mines behind.

"Whether it's spinel gem mine or mythril mine, it's up to you to take over! This is also what the Earl means, and it is your responsibility to ...... In addition to keeping these mines up and running, you also need to form a trustworthy defense army, and it is best to select some young warriors from the half-blood elves to form this army, and when your guard army is almost formed, the Kepler Commander's guard will be evacuated from this side......"

The head of the Berkeley regiment said casually:

"The Logistics Department will provide you with armaments and supplies......"

He sat down in his chair, leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "I heard that the half-blood elves on the plateau have a resistance army here...... The Earl doesn't want the half-blood elves on the plateau to have their own armed forces, so you can try to recruit the Elven warriors of the Resistance, at least your army is officially numbered. ”

"But do I have to go back to the Elven Academy?" Roy's face collapsed and he argued quietly.

The head of Berkeley shook his head: "When the things here are done, you can go wherever you go!"

Now you are needed here, your role now is a bridge between the Silver Pegasus Legion and the Plateau Half-Blood Elves, the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion cannot openly recruit half-blood elf warriors, and these highland half-blood elves will not be absorbed by the Silver Moon Elf Legion, only by forming a guard team of half-blood elves on the plateau can the contradictions between the two sides be resolved. ”

"Okay, I'll do my best." Roy agreed. "Since I have been asked to manage the spinel mine and the Mithril mine, I actually have some plans and ideas, and I hope the head of Berkeley can support me."

"Any idea you have can come up with!" The head of Berkeley said very generously.

Roy opened the drawer, took out a copy of the mine renovation plan, and said to the head of Berkeley with a smile:

"The facilities in the mine are too old, and the passage under the mine is too rudimentary, so there are many safety hazards, so I need the maximum support of the logistics team."

The head of Berkeley readily agreed: "No problem, didn't Lord Earl agree to this matter a long time ago?" ”

Roy coughed twice and whispered, "The support I need is probably going to be a lot......"

"How much?"

The head of Berkeley, despite the Earl of Swinburn's instructions, asked with some weakness when he heard Roy say this.

Roy pulled out several drawings from his plan, one of which was a plan for the expansion of the mine's shaft, which clearly marked the expansion of the shaft access into a double aisle, the construction of two elevators, and the complete removal of the existing boom.

Just looking at the dense steel support on the drawing, the head of Berkeley wanted to close his eyes, out of sight is clear......

"Expansion of shafts and construction of elevator ......"

Listening to Roy talk about the mine expansion plan, the head of Berkeley's eyelids jumped, and Roy continued:

"I'm going to add some support columns inside the mine to create safe access, and I need to lay a light rail on the main mine road to make it easier for mine trucks to transport ore."

The head of Berkeley felt a little dry in his throat, and he couldn't help but cough lightly before saying, "If all of your ideas come true, you may need to build a large furnace on the Pagisto Plateau!" ”

"By the way, there is another thing, I must remind you in advance, the Silver Pegasus Legion rushed from the Queen Ivanie Islands, and the current war situation there is not very optimistic, once the situation in the Queen Ivanie Islands continues to deteriorate, Lord Earl is likely to transfer the Silver Pegasus Legion back to the Queen Ivanie Islands at any time."

"Once the Silver Pegasus Legion withdraws, the plateau will once again become the upper hand of the plateau headhunters, so it is imperative that you establish a guard group......

It's no secret that Captain Berkeley said this, but now that Captain Berkeley has carefully analyzed it, Roy also knows that time is running out.

The head of the Berkeley regiment came to the second mine with a large amount of supplies......

Before leaving, he also transported all the spinel ore and spinel that Roy had recently mined.

This time, the head of Berkeley brought a large number of linen robes and cloth shoes from the valley camp according to the list of supplies listed by Roy, and there are currently about 800 half-blood elves and dark moon elves in the mine, and these elves have no clothes and shoes to wear.

Although some clothes were found from the fortress a few days ago and distributed, there are still many half-blood elves who have not been distributed......

The linen robe brought by the head of Berkeley this time was the lined robe that the elven warriors of the Silver Pegasus Legion usually weared, and as soon as the head of Berkeley left, Roy distributed these supplies.

Each half-blood elf can get a robe and a pair of cloth shoes, and Roy also made it clear that the half-blood elves can stay and make money in the mines, and of course, they can also return to the half-blood elf gathering place with their bags on their backs, and the half-blood elves can also go to the fortress town to live.

To Roy's surprise...... Not many half-blood elves are willing to return to the gathering place, and many half-blood elves prefer to stay in the mines.

In addition, the Darkmoon Elves, who lived below the mines, also received linen clothes and shoes.

In addition to this, there are some marching tents and boiling pots......

The life of the Darkmoon Elves in the mines has improved significantly, and some of the Darkmoon Elves have gathered to eat, still talking, "Lord Roy said that as long as everyone works hard, it won't be long before they are free." ’

In fact, the Dark Moon Elves like to follow the strong, and they were subdued by Roy, so they wanted to follow Roy.

……

A whole barrel of rum was drunk to the stomach by the dwarves.

In the past few decades, these gray dwarves have been locked up in the mines, and they are usually suppressed by the Dark Moon Elves, and they can only retreat into the deepest tunnels of the mine all day long, and they can't even smell the smell of wine......

Now I finally got a big barrel of rum.

For all dwarves, these rums possess a deadly appeal......

The gray dwarves were very drunk that night.

I forgot all about rushing to the northern mining area of the mine the next morning to dig for gemstones.

When the dwarves came to their senses, they realized that it was about to be time to exchange rum again.

But this time, the gray dwarves seemed to have a lot of backbone, and instead of continuing to take out the polished spinels from the treasury, they hurried to mine the ore while summoning Roy, temporarily delaying the deal.

After a group of gray dwarves drank the wine, all the pent-up emotions in their hearts were released......

All of a sudden, the bunker built by the dwarves suddenly became a wolf howl.

Darsher woke up from his hangover and heard Elder Ampton muttering to the gray dwarves beside him:

"We're going to wait for our chance...... You've got to find a way to kill those Dark Moon Elves......"

"Elder Ampton, how can we defeat those Dark Moon Elves......"

A dwarf sighed.

……

Roy followed the advice of the Berkeley Commander and decided to form a guard group on the side of the Second Mine first.

The constitution of these half-blood elf miners is too weak, and the Darkmoon elves in the mine are not trustworthy, so Roy decided to let Mu Lin go to the gathering place in the mountains, bring back a group of young half-blood elves, and send some half-blood elf miners who want to go to the gathering place.

So Mu Lin left the second mine with nearly one hundred and thirty half-blood elf miners this time and headed to the gathering place of half-blood elves.

(End of chapter)