A convoy of twenty large freight magic locomotives drove into the Namtso Mine located in the northwest of the Dero Kingdom.
This mine had been controlled by the local Dero people before. Later, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce entered the Dero Kingdom and invested in this mine. As a result, the two parties had a certain cooperative relationship, which enabled the mine's mineral output to increase. significantly improved.
However, in the riots against foreigners that almost swept the entire Dero Kingdom a few years ago, the local Dero people claimed that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had stolen the mines from them, and carried out extremely bloody revenge on the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Take the mine back again.
However, their good times did not last long. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce soon sent a convoy into the Dero Kingdom and suppressed the rebellion with the power of thunder.
The local Dero tribesmen who retaliated against the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce during the mine riot were all arrested by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and a small number of them were directly executed. Therefore, the control of the mine naturally fell to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. In the hands of the Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Now several years have passed, and this mine has made great progress under the operation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The mine output has skyrocketed from a few dozen tons per month in previous years to nearly a thousand tons.
Now, except for a small part of the mined ore that is reserved for the various local chambers of commerce in the Dro Kingdom, the rest will be loaded onto the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's transport fleet and headed south to the port in southern Wales. It is then transported by sea to the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for refining.
This is one of the dozens of mines currently spread across the Sainz continent by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it is one of the mines that the Xinfei Mining Chamber of Commerce has not announced to the public.
The reason why the Xinfei Mining Chamber of Commerce is now able to meet the production needs of a large amount of steel and various non-ferrous metals is that it relies on many minerals including the Namtso Mine.
After the convoy entered the mine, it went all the way deep into the mine without hesitation and arrived at the ore storage location in the mine.
Abach, the mine supervisor, had already made preparations. When the convoy arrived, he immediately directed the large magic forklift waiting here to start loading.
Each large freight magic locomotive has a loading capacity of about twenty tons, and the total loading capacity of twenty of them is less than five hundred tons.
The last time the convoy came to this mine for loading was four months ago. The total amount of ore accumulated in the mine has reached more than 3,000 tons.
Therefore, it is expected that the fleet will work here for at least three consecutive days to transport all the accumulated ore.
Team leader Zeberto has led the team here several times. Of course, he was very proficient in this process. After parking the car, he jumped out of the passenger compartment.
"Hey, Zeboto. Let's call the brothers down for a while. After coming all the way here, you have to have a meal and a drink first, right?" Abach asked Zebo in an unusually familiar manner. Berto said hello.
A hearty smile appeared on Zeberto's face, which was very rough from running around on the road all year round. He patted Abach on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Of course we need to eat. And we also need to eat well. He said, Abach, are you ready for a big bite of meat?"
"Of course, of course. I'm well prepared every time the brothers come. It's not like you don't know." Abach's face, which was several shades darker than Zeboto's because he had been working in the mines all year round, also showed a smile. "Don't worry, this time I have someone buy two of the best local goats in advance, and I will ensure that you will be satisfied."
"Well, very good!" Zeboto nodded with satisfaction. "The smell of goat here... Gee, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. In this cold weather, eating mutton around the hot pot is a great enjoyment. But unfortunately... you can't drink wine. You I also know that the brothers will leave for delivery in the afternoon, and drinking will easily delay things. "
"Hmm... That's true. But I don't want to drink during this meal. You can wait until the brothers come back in the evening and I will entertain them properly. Having a drink before going to bed will not affect the work the next day, right?"
"It's a pity that this mission is urgent. I'm afraid most of the brothers won't be able to spend the night here, so this drink will be waived." Zeberto patted Abach. He sighed and said: "I appreciate your kindness on behalf of the brothers. You just need to make sure that the brothers eat well and drink wine when you have the opportunity."
"Really? That's really a pity." Abach curled his lips, suddenly changed his expression, and asked doubtfully: "You said... why did the higher-ups urge us so urgently this time? Is it... "
Zeberto glared at Abach: "Don't make random guesses about things above. We just have to do our jobs well."
Abach was slightly startled and nodded silently.
The two of them stared at the ore loading scene in a daze for a while. Zeberto waved to Abach: "Let's go to the mine and have a look. There's nothing to do here."
"good."
Abach knew that in addition to being responsible for ore transportation, Zeberto also had the responsibility of inspecting mines in various places. Every time he went to a mine, he had to investigate the specific operations of the mines and then report them. He could be regarded as a prosecutor sent by the upper class of the chamber of commerce.
It is precisely because of this that he strives to have a good relationship with Zeboto every time.
Otherwise, just as the captain of a transport convoy, he wouldn't be able to be so fawning.
The two came to the mine behind and walked around. Zeberto just looked around and occasionally asked a few questions, but didn't say much.
However, Abach felt relieved when he saw that he didn't say anything more after turning around.
If there is no special expression, it means that the results of this review are good, at least there are no problems.
This means that the upper echelons of the chamber of commerce are satisfied with the results of the work here, which means that Abach's rating will be further improved, which will help him get promoted as soon as possible and leave this hellish place.
After the two inspected the mine, they were talking and laughing and prepared to return to the residential area of the mine.
Abach had already prepared a sumptuous lunch, intending to entertain Zeberto and his colleagues in the team.
However, just halfway through, he suddenly heard an unusually noisy noise coming from outside the mine. It sounded like many people were rushing towards this direction.
Abach's expression suddenly changed.
Zeboto looked at the direction where the sound came from, then looked at Abach's strange expression, and asked in surprise: "What's going on?"
Abach forced a smile and waved his hand: "No, it's nothing serious..."
Zeboto's face darkened and he frowned: "Abach, don't blame me for not reminding you. The big shots at the Chamber of Commerce have never been afraid of things happening below. But they are especially afraid of concealing something and not reporting it. I advise you not to try. Hiding it, I can tell, this is definitely not a trivial matter.”
The expression on Abach's face changed several times, and finally he could only sigh dejectedly.
"I see... Sigh. Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just... just some unruly people making trouble."
"Trickster?" Zeboto was even more stunned. "Where did the troublesome people come from?"
Abach pointed to the gate of the mine: "Go and take a look and you will understand."
Zeboto followed Abach to the mine gate in confusion. When he looked outside, he was immediately surprised.
Namtso Mine, like most mines, is located outside the wilderness. There weren't many people around.
However, now outside the mine gate, there was a crowd of dark people. If you glanced at it, you might think there were thousands of them.
There were only fifty guards hired from the local area responsible for the safety of the mine. Although they held the magic repeating crossbows equipped by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they seemed extremely weak in the face of this huge crowd of nearly a thousand people.
Zeberto glanced around and found that this large group of people obviously came in an organized and purposeful manner, because there were several banners hanging among the crowd.
After seeing clearly what was written on the banner, Zeboto looked a little strange.
"Namtso belongs to our Dero tribe. Foreigners, get out!"
"The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will get out of Namtso! Give us peace!"
"Swear to the death to defend our homeland!"
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"Abach, where did these people come from?" Zeboto asked, pointing to the crowd opposite.
Abach spread his hands and sighed: "I don't know either. Since last month, at first there were only dozens of scattered people who came and shouted asking us to return the mine to them, and then there were more and more people. So much, and lo and behold... so many people finally gathered."
"This is wrong." Zeboto frowned and asked in confusion: "Didn't these guys learn their lesson after the last riot? Didn't they see the fate of the Dero tribesmen who participated in the last riot? If you dare to do this, you really don’t have to worry about angering our Chamber of Commerce.”
Abach smiled bitterly: "The problem is that they just protested here from beginning to end and didn't take action. We have no reason to take action against them directly like last time."
"Then just drive them away. Is it possible that we keep letting them get in the way?"
"Then we have to drive him away." Abach smiled bitterly. "It's not just once or twice that they have made trouble here. Twice before, I really couldn't stand it and asked the escorts from the Chamber of Commerce stationed near Dero City to help drive them away. But I drove them away, and then they came again. I can’t let the escorts stay here to help chase people away, right?”
"What do the guards in the mine do for food? Why are they all in a daze?" Zeboto asked again.
"These hired guards are all locals, and there are too few of them. How can we count on them." Abach said helplessly.
Zeberto glanced at the mine guards blocking the gate and found that they all had blank faces and had no intention of driving away the crowd. He knew that Abach was right. These guards hired from the local area were expecting Not available.
"Then you haven't talked to these people? What do they want?"
"We talked about it, but it was useless." Abach shook his head. Sighing: "What these guys want is the mine, and they asked us to hand over the mine to them. How can I agree?"
"How about giving them some money to spend on it?"
"No way, they won't accept negotiations at all."
Zeboto frowned deeply and felt clear-headed as he looked at the group of people at the entrance of the mine who were shouting slogans desperately but not taking any drastic actions.
These guys were obviously organized behind the scenes and came specifically to target this mine.
Even... the person behind him simply came for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"How did you drive them away before? When I said not to ask the escort to take action?" Zeboto asked again.
"There is no other way but to wait until they get tired and disperse by themselves." Abach replied with a wry smile.
"Do you want to wait for them to disperse on their own?" Zeboto looked back and saw that there were already several large freight magic locomotives filled with ore behind the gate. Because the mine gate was blocked by those people, they were forced to stop at the gate. Waiting behind.
"No, it will delay things too much if we continue like this."
Zeboto frowned and prepared to go over and contact that group of people to try to negotiate.
However, he had just taken a step when he suddenly heard a soft "whoosh" sound, which was clearly the sound of a crossbow arrow.
Looking around in shock, he saw the crowd blocking the front door suddenly dispersed, revealing an open space in the middle.
In the open space, a middle-aged man was lying on his back with bulging eyes and an incredible expression on his face.
A crossbow arrow penetrated deeply into his left chest, and seemingly endless blood slowly flowed out of his chest, instantly dyeing the ground beneath him a dazzling bright red.
The crowd that had been extremely noisy just now fell into a dead silence.
After staying for half a minute, the dead silence was broken by an unusually high-pitched cry.
"He killed someone! Xinfei Chamber of Commerce killed someone!" (~^~)