"Lord, this is a medium-sized iron ore vein. The orcs have dug only a small part of it. The iron content of the iron ore is very high.
In particular, most of the iron ores I saw seem to have an iron content of nearly 30%, which is very good in medium-sized iron ore veins! "An elf ranger who hurried over said happily while holding some iron ore.
The other soldiers who heard the news couldn't help but smile slowly.
That's right.
A medium-sized iron ore vein contains at least millions of tons of iron ore and a lot of iron essence. Because the ore vein is large enough, more mining holes can be dug. As long as there are enough people, at least 30 mines can be dug out every year. Ten thousand tons of iron ore would be much less if you refined it into iron yourself, but the selling price would be higher.
However, if the iron content is high, the selling price can also increase a lot.
At this normal excavation speed, if there are no accidents, it can last for at least several decades.
Although in the eyes of others, this is just a game, and iron is not valuable to ordinary players, but to an NPC lord like him, it is a very precious thing.
From the iron ore veins alone, he could earn almost 10,000 to 20,000 gold coins a year.
1 gold coin = 100 silver coins = 10,000 copper coins.
Although there are not many gold coins.
But sustainable output is important, not to mention that his territory requires a lot of iron.
and.
He is poor. He spent tens of thousands of gold coins with a wave of his hand in his previous life, although he still feels distressed...
But now he has too many people to support. If he wants to expand his territory and build a larger neutral camp city, giving him hundreds of thousands of gold coins is not enough. Lords and individual players cannot be compared.
"Now we finally have a profitable mine in the territory. Go back and select the candidates and start work immediately. Each of you will be rewarded with 5 silver coins!" William did not hesitate. It would not matter even if the news leaked about a single iron ore vein. The adjacent ones There is absolutely no need for the two principalities to send troops to kill the edge towns just for ten to twenty thousand gold coins every year.
The edge town has been able to remain in the neutral camp for so long because there was his father, and now there are him, and so many pure-blood elves in the Black Leaf Forest. As long as he does not easily participate in the struggle between the two principalities, or expose the big treasure, Naturally, they won't do it easily.
After all, no one wants to annoy the elves of the Black Leaf Forest!
Although they don't know the details of William Blackleaf, they can understand that he has 500 elven personal guards, so he is very important in the eyes of the Blackleaf elves...
"Thank you Lord," many elf warriors shouted with joy.
Lautner smiled slightly, pointed at the big guy in the trap and said: "What about this intermediate monster? The fur cannot be sold. Otherwise, the complete fur of the violent giant bear, which is still such a big guy, can be sold for at least 1,000 Gold coins, if you sell meat, you can sell it for at least 800 gold coins!"
William thought for a moment: "Forget it, this violent giant bear weighs at least more than 4,000 kilograms, and its flesh and blood is also rich in magical power. Let's stay and eat it ourselves. The soldiers who followed me each have 5 kilograms of meat, and the soldiers guarding at home have 5 pounds of meat each. 2 pounds per person.”
"Thank you Lord, the glory of the Elf God will always bless you!" The words of thanks were completely different this time, and the Elf warriors instantly felt more favorable to William.
This kind of thing that can increase strength is difficult to obtain easily. 5 pounds of Warcraft meat is almost equivalent to 10 silver coins, but the real situation is that 50 silver coins can also buy precious Warcraft meat.
This kind of reward is very generous for any lord.
What's more, they were unscathed, and even the soldiers who were left guarding were not left behind. This definitely shows that the current lord has really changed, at least he has a good character!
However, what William left behind was still a big head. Of course, he didn't want to eat it all. No matter how delicious the intermediate monster was, he would get tired of it.
As a combination of an NPC and a player, although he does not have the player's upper limit on the number of times he can eat meat, the bear meat left behind can be used as a reward in the future.
Using this kind of thing as a reward is much more valuable to professionals than gold coins, and the price-performance ratio is also much higher.
After all, William has tasks to upgrade, but other NPCs can only rely on eating, fighting, training, etc. to improve their strength.
"Sir, is this little guy hungry?" Norton was holding three little bears in his arms, with only a thin layer of white fur on them. He could only take off his underwear and wrap it in it, for fear that one of them would be gone. If he accidentally catches a cold and falls ill, his sin... is unimaginable.
"We will go back immediately and leave a 10-person ranger team here to monitor and see if anyone else has discovered this mineral vein. When we go back, we will immediately send miners and troops to replace it!" William picked up one of them. It seemed that he was really hungry and he had to go back immediately to get some milk for feeding.
The words just fell.
William Heiye hurried back with his men and horses. The iron ore vein was about seven or eight miles away from the edge town on the mountain road. The distance was not too close, but it was not too far either.
The main reason is that the mountain road is difficult to walk. If you want to dig out this iron mine, you must build a road, otherwise the iron ore cannot be transported.
William couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought of this on the way.
It costs money to cut down trees, and it also costs money to build roads.
However, there are many weirdos and poor people in edge towns. As long as they have money, these people will do anything.
no way.
Neutral camp.
There are too few good people, and those who can survive here are basically thugs. They either have blood feuds or have wanted orders on their faces. They dare not appear in the light camp and can only hang out in the neutral camp.
When his father was still alive, he could single-handedly get many criminals to quietly work for him and even serve as soldiers.
But as soon as he disappeared, these soldiers returned to their true nature the fastest...
However, thugs have the advantages of thugs, that is, they are strong, have high force values, and there are even many professionals. As long as there is strong strength and financial temptation, it is easy to get this group of people to contribute.
Two hours.
A team whose armor was stained with blood finally walked out of the forest, when they returned to the edge town.
Many civilians who had nothing to do looked at it with shock on their faces. They all discussed, what kind of monster is this giant bear that is 5 meters tall
It must be a monster, no ordinary animal can reach this physique.
"This is a violent giant bear, an intermediate monster, maybe a high-level monster!" Someone suddenly said, with a trace of heat flashing in his eyes.
After all, this is an intermediate level monster. The meat is delicious and can greatly improve its strength.
"Oh my God, there are actually cubs, even three. Could it be possible..." A group of people saw the cub in William's arms, and felt even more envy in their hearts. The cub had not yet opened its eyes.
You will recognize the first person you see when you open your eyes!
As long as these three little bears grow up smoothly, they will be a weapon on the battlefield.
William walked on the road with an arrogant look on his face and ignored these dishonest civilians. The reason why he dragged himself out of the forest for 2 hours was because he didn’t want to cut the giant bear into pieces, but to let them see this big guy. , by the way, to show the strength of his own bodyguard.
"Milk, get the milk quickly, I want to feed the bear!"
"Sorry Lord, we only have goat milk now!"
"...Goat milk is goat milk!"
"There is very little goat milk. For future feeding, we need to... go to the Steel Principality to buy it!"
"… purchase!"