Digging a hole is easy to say, but actually not so easy to do.
Choosing a suitable location and avoiding overly hard or soft soil layers and underground water veins are basic skills; digging the tunnel into a suitable shape for easy access and transportation of earth and rock is a required course; strengthening the tunnel while digging , to avoid collapse, this is the first priority.
These are all things that have to be done, and they must be done well, otherwise, either you will not be able to dig, or you will have an accident while digging.
The most common accident is, of course, collapse.
The most common and the scariest.
The tunnel is buried deep underground. Once it collapses, almost everyone in the tunnel will die. Even those professional adventurers would find it difficult to survive in the collapsed tunnel until rescue comes.
Such accidents have occurred more than once in the town of Huishi in the past, making miners the most feared profession. It was not until the arrival of Mayor Felix that ushered in a new era in Pyroxen Town that the excavation technology was improved to avoid this danger.
The price is that the cost of excavation has greatly increased, at least three times as high as in the past.
There are also mineral veins around Gold Rush Town, but unlike Pyroxene Town, its mineral veins are shallowly buried and are generally open-air or semi-open-air. Mining itself is less risky and the rewards are slightly more.
This is also the reason why Gold Rush Town was able to maintain its status while Huishite Town was slowly declining.
But this has advantages and disadvantages. Because mining was easy in the past, Gold Rush Town lacked experienced miners, and they could only be regarded as elementary school students who were just getting started in the mining industry. If it hadn't been for the fact that some people had been sent to study in Huishi Town - and later Huishi City - over the years, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have been able to get in.
After all, the technique called "Pyroxene Excavation Technique" is really complicated. It not only involves the judgment of soil quality and the construction of supporting works, but also a very detailed inspection technology to ensure that the tunnel can be firmly supported and will not collapse.
Using the pyroxene excavation technique is safer, but the work efficiency is really not high. Over the years, Taojin Town has recruited as many manpower as possible, but only a small underground breeding farm has been built, which can only raise about one pond of ice fish in total.
The slow-growing fish takes three years to grow large enough to be sold, requiring constant care and labor costs. But every time fish comes on the market, the price will drop a lot because the output is slightly higher. The current gourmets on the main plane have even gained experience and will not wait to eat the summer ice fish once every three years. Just like before, I bid high prices randomly.
Under this situation, the mayor of Gold Rush Town has been thinking about digging another underground breeding farm. But he really can't mobilize more manpower. Currently, there are only four or five people working on the construction site, and the progress is so slow that it makes people sigh.
If the workers are replaced by skeletons, these problems will be much easier to solve.
Collapse? If it collapses, just collapse. Anyway, the skeleton will be crushed to death and then summoned. What's more, it may not be crushed to death, and the skeleton doesn't need to breathe.
Manpower shortage? Anyway, there is no need to pay the skeleton a salary, not even room and board.
The only thing to note is that the area around the construction site must be designated as a restricted area and no one is allowed to approach. Only those who hold the magic weapon made by Tu Ya'an that can block the breath of the living can occasionally come over to check on the progress of the project.
"The skeletons will not work very efficiently." Tuyan summoned the skeletons, gave them orders, and then said, "You can't expect to dig out the tunnel soon."
"I'm not in a hurry." Mayor Almac said with a smile, "It's like the proverb, if you have dates but you don't have them, you're worth two things. It's good to have them, but it doesn't matter if you don't have them. It doesn't cost anything anyway."
Tuyan also smiled. It would be best for Mayor Almac to have such a peaceful mind.
He has seen too many people fail at things they could have done well because of their impatience. For example, let's say a senior brother who started his career earlier than him and achieved more than him, but because of his impatience, he failed in his attempt to reach the legendary realm. He even failed to transform into a lich and continued to live, and finally died.
He thought for a while and then reminded: "Be careful of people destroying the no-access signs around here, and of course people entering by mistake."
"Don't worry." Mayor Almac said, "Northwesterners are reasonable and follow rules. As long as I tell them once, no one will dare to approach again. You have to know that we actually don't care about skeletons. It’s very psychologically disturbing!”
Having said this, he smiled heartily.
"If someone deliberately lured these skeletons out..." Tuyan said with a frown.
"Just lure it out." Mayor Almac said nonchalantly, "There are purification circles around the town, and skeletons can't get in."
"But... what should I do if I'm led to the construction site?"
"There are also purification circles around the construction site."
Tuyan shook his head: "The purification circle can be destroyed."
Mayor Almac laughed loudly: "You are worrying too much! If someone is really so capable, why bother? He just kills people one by one, and he might be able to kill them faster than a group of skeletons."
He pointed at the skeletons who were digging slowly with bone tools on the designated construction site and said: "Look, there are about two hundred skeletons here. It seems like a lot, but the skeletons can't move fast, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. A dozen strong men can break out of their surroundings, what's so scary about them?"
Tu Ya'an thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case.
A small number of skeletons are actually not dangerous to people.
He just fell into a misunderstanding before and felt that the undead were too dangerous for ordinary people. In fact, if nothing else, at least the skeleton is almost impossible for ordinary people to be killed unless it is caught off guard or on a large scale.
If you can't fight, can you still not run
Of course, it's another matter after the skeletons advance, but with Tua'an here, he certainly can't give these skeletons a chance to advance.
To say that any skeleton could advance under the eyes of this legendary necromancer is simply contempt for his professional skills!
Not to mention advancement, as long as there are signs of advancement, he will capture the skeleton and summon ordinary skeletons to replenish it.
Advanced skeletons are quite useful, it would be a pity to use them for mining...
After doing this, Mayor Almac began to discuss the issue of remuneration with Tuyan.
Of course Tuya'an didn't want any reward. Firstly, he felt that His Majesty the Mask of the Void had already given him the reward, and it was very sufficient. Secondly... he really didn't take this small place like Gold Rush Town seriously. How could this mere small town have enough information to pay a legendary mage
But Mayor Almac's words gave him away.
"I plan to divide the income from this breeding farm into three parts. One part will be handed over to the Republic in accordance with regulations, one part will be reserved for the development of the town, and the other part will be used as your reward. You can keep it as a good asset for yourself Your descendants, or your relatives, friends, students...even if you don't need it, they may."
When Tu Yaan heard it, he felt that it made sense. Of course I don't like this little money, but I will definitely have students in the future. When the students graduate, it would be quite good to give them a piece of property as a gift.
Even if there are no students, Tessa is now resurrected and will need a dowry when she grows up. How honorable it would be to have an inheritance as a dowry!
It's just... thinking that his sister will get married in the future, he couldn't help but frown, and his mood became less happy...