Hearing Ye Li's words, although everyone had some doubts in their hearts, they still obeyed his orders.

After Tenglong casually arranged a thousand people, he let the rest of the people quickly rush back to the military camp.

Ye Li said to the rest of the people after everyone left: "Let's go, you come with me, I'll take you somewhere." ”

As he spoke, Ye Li led the way in front, and soon led everyone to the slope of the mountain where he had found the vein.

Pointing to the lair of the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger, Ye Li said: "I have been here to explore after killing the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger before, and this should be the lair of the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger before.

I walked in and looked at it out of curiosity, and guess I found something in there?"

Ye Li asked Qian San and Ding Si and the others with a smile, and a smile of excitement flashed on his face.

Without waiting for a few people to answer, Ye Li continued: "What I found here are two mineral veins.

You know what I mean, that in public in my territory, I found two veins of rich minerals.

With the existence of these two veins, the income of our Dongfang County will become rich in a year, even if it is 10,000 people, I think I can afford it. ”

Hearing Ye Li's words, Ding Si was the first to start laughing, after all, he often dealt with property, and he deeply understood how much it would cost Ye Li to raise a 10,000-strong army.

Before, he was still a little worried that Ye Li's formation of the legion would not be able to proceed smoothly, but now with these two ore veins, the problem is almost solved.

Although it is still very difficult to build a 10,000-strong army in a short period of time, it is no longer as difficult as before.

"Ding Si, your next task is to arrange for people to come and build the mining area.

The location of the destroyed villages was used to build the camp of the legions stationed in the mining area, as well as the accommodation of the miners.

We're going to have a thousand people stationed here, and the personnel will naturally be replaced on a rotational basis.

The miners in the mining area also need you to go to the nearby villages to recruit people, and there should be a lot of labor in Dongfang County, and we pay them according to the standard of ordinary miners. ”

Ye Li said to Ding Si.

Ding Si is cautious and careful, and now he has almost become his most effective stop.

After finishing speaking, Ye Li took Ding Si and the others into the cave together, while the soldiers stayed outside the cave.

All the way to the depths of the cave, everyone was also shocked by the huge vein in front of them.

Tenglong said to Ye Li with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, my lord, the discovery of ore veins in the territory, the development speed of the territory will be greatly improved." ”

Ye Li also nodded with a smile.

After congratulating Ye Li, Tenglong said to Ye Li in a serious manner: "But my lord, there is a vein here, and the news of our mining will definitely spread, and many surrounding forces will definitely covet this place at that time."

According to the rules of the Tang Kingdom, the allocated territory is basically completely private, and the imperial court will not take care of your defense work here, so the defense of the territory must be completed by ourselves, and the pressure will inevitably be great at that time.

This is a rich mining area, and the attraction must be huge, and I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on a thousand of us. ”

Ye Li nodded and said, "I also know that this is the case, this place is close to the edge of Dongfang County, and it was occupied by demon beasts before, in fact, strictly speaking, it is not even the sphere of influence of Dongfang County."

But now that the demon beasts here have been cleared by us, then this place naturally belongs to us completely.

No matter what, we have to keep this place, and this will be the core of our development in Dongfang County.

If there are not enough guards of 1,000, we will mobilize 2,000 men, and I will find a way to increase the number of our legions. ”

Ding Si's face also showed a sad look at this moment, he understood how much the pressure on Dongfang County would increase with such a huge vein.

"You don't have to worry about this yet, this vein is what we have to mine, and I can even stay here with all the three thousand eight hundred people.

You must find out the situation of the other forces around you in a short time, not only must we be prepared to prevent them from attacking, but we also need to take the initiative to take down some forces.

My plan is to expand the power of our Eastern County a little more, so that this side of the Black Mountain Ridge will no longer be a marginal area. ”

Ye Li said to a few people.

After inspecting the situation of the ore vein, everyone discussed it a little and began to prepare for the construction of the mining area.

Among the people and horses transferred by Li Rushan, there is also a team of specialized construction craftsmen, and with these people, the speed of building mining areas and camps will be many times faster than in the past.

After all, with their command, all the construction work will become more regulated.

The next half a month flew by, and Ye Li felt that it was a wrong decision for him to promise Li Rushan to come here as a lord.

Although his territory is not large, there are really too many trivial things, not only the various chores of the legion, but also the governance work within the territory.

Ye Li told Ding Si that he must find some people who can manage him to come back, otherwise just dealing with these things, he will consume a lot of time every day, where can he still cultivate.

In such a half month, the construction of the mining area has been completed, and all kinds of tools in the mine have been prepared.

The camps on the outskirts of the Black Mountain Ridge have also been built, and fifteen hundred men have been stationed here.

Qian San led a group of people to explore around the Black Mountain Ridge, and had basically determined the distribution of forces outside, and the only threat to Dongfang County was a force called the Peacock Clan in the northeast direction of the Black Mountain Ridge.

This is a force with a similar social structure to the Tianhuo clan, of course, the strength is far worse than the Tianhuo clan, they do not have the existence of the Fu Saint level, and the most powerful are the two masters of the Divine Phase Period.

However, after all, this peacock clan has been entrenched in the vicinity for hundreds of years, and the population is thriving, according to Qian San's estimate, the number of people they can fight will definitely not be less than seven thousand, which is much more than Ye Li's soldiers.

And the most critical point is that the Peacock Clan was once attacked by the Tang State, but at that time, the Tang State sent fewer people, and they were basically solved by the other party.

With the military strength of the Tang State, it is not impossible to defeat the Peacock Clan, but Li Tianyuan at that time thought that it was not necessary, and the Tang State's sphere of influence was almost the same as that of Dongfang County, and it was difficult to defend and manage it if it continued to expand eastward.

Now there is a force that is stronger than Dongfang County and has some grudges with the Tang State entrenched in the northeast of the Black Mountain Ridge, and this news makes Ye Wei can't help but be worried.