Xu Yi raised his head and looked at the small hill in the distance that looked a bit abrupt in the black rice wasteland, and then pointed to a place not far from the hill that was made up of a bunch of wooden houses that seemed to be a small village. Asked President Leersa: "That should be the Volar Werewolf Tribe, right?"
President Leersa looked at Xu Yi in surprise: "President Xu, how do you know? Have you actually been to the Heimi tribe before?"
"I haven't been here before. But I know that there are good things near the Worrall werewolf tribe." Xu Yi smiled slightly, pointed to the small hill and said to President Cruise: "Didn't you just say that you didn't understand what I wanted to do? Is there any benefit in building a road to the door of the orc tribe? Let me tell you, as long as we dig out a little bit of the things under the hill, we can earn back the money to build a road. "
President Cruz and President Relsa looked at the unremarkable hill in the distance. President Relsa shook his head: "I have been here so many times, but I have never known that little hill. What kind of treasure is buried under the broken mountain?"
"That's right, if there is really something good, why wouldn't this orc from the werewolf tribe have been dug up and sold long ago? Why are they waiting for you to dig it up?" President Cruz also looked unbelieving.
"First, they don't have the strength to dig out the treasure down there. Second, they don't know the treasure down there at all, and they wouldn't know how to dig it out even if they had the ability." Xu Yidao. "And now that I have the ability to dig out those treasures, and I also know what they can be used for, then who else can you ask if you don't wait for me to dig them out?"
Seeing that Xu Yi was not joking, President Cruise frowned and asked: "President Xu, what kind of treasure is down there? Is it worth your special trip to the orcs?"
Xu Yi glanced at President Leersa: "President Leersa, are you also interested?"
President Leersa thought for a while, nodded and said: "Of course I am interested. I have been doing business with the orcs in the Black Rice Wasteland for so many years, but this is the first time I have heard that there are any treasures in this poor place. Many Chairman, please tell me. If it’s good, we can dig it out and make some money.”
"Okay." Xu Yi said it deliberately in front of him, of course intending to bring him into the group.
If you want to do something under the noses of orc tribes like the Black Rice Plateau, it will definitely be difficult to do it without someone who is familiar with this place.
President Leersa is the most suitable candidate chosen by Xu Yi.
"According to the information I have now. If nothing else happens, there is actually a very rich non-ferrous metal vein hidden under that hill. The main deposits should be aluminum ore and copper ore, as well as some tungsten ore and a small amount. Lead mines. If they are mined, it will be very beneficial to industrial development. Even if they are not used in magic machinery, they can be used in other places... "
"Stop!" President Cruz raised his hand to interrupt Xu Yi. "I said, President Xu, you talked for a long time. But I hardly understood a word. I know copper, because it is used when making copper coins, but what are non-ferrous metals? What are aluminum ore and tungsten ore? What other lead mines are you talking about?”
President Leersa on the side also looked confused: "Yes, I know about copper mines, but what are these non-ferrous metals you mentioned used for? What do they look like?"
Xu Yi was startled and then remembered. The mining and utilization of non-ferrous metals on the Sainz continent is extremely rare. Apart from some copper veins mined for making copper coins, due to the underdeveloped mechanical industry, even iron is not used particularly much.
What's more, these have not been deeply processed. Non-ferrous metals whose properties do not appear to be as good as those of iron.
"Uh... I'm afraid I won't be able to explain the functions of these non-ferrous metals to you in detail in a short while. Let's put it this way, now the selling price of a ton of iron ore in the Falcao Chamber of Commerce has increased to seven gold coins, so you Do you know if he could sell me a ton of copper ore, how much would I pay for it?”
President Cruz frowned: "Copper ore is mainly used to cast copper coins. The kingdom's official control is very strict. Even if you want to buy it, Falcao Chamber of Commerce will not be able to sell it to you."
"Huh? Well, let me change an example. Uh... the price of aluminum ore is too different, so let's just say lead ore. I am willing to pay 20 gold coins for the same ton of lead ore!"
President Cruz and President Relsa raised their eyebrows at the same time: "Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true. Why did I lie to you?" Xu Yi snorted lightly. "Let me tell you, the uses of various non-ferrous metals are much wider than iron, and they are in great demand in the use of magic machinery. President Cruz, haven't you always hoped that I can help you develop some large-scale projects? As for the magic machine, our Chamber of Commerce has been unable to develop it before, not only because of the research bottleneck of the magic array power, but also because of material limitations."
"Because we need these non-ferrous metals?" President Cruz asked.
"Well, that's it. Iron and various alloy steels alone cannot fully meet the requirements for making large-scale engineering magic machinery."
In fact, this sentence is nonsense. For making ordinary large-scale road construction machinery, ordinary steel can definitely do the job.
But now Xu Yi is trying to get these two people to join the gang, bullying them since they don't understand anyway, so they can just talk nonsense.
Sure enough, after hearing Xu Yi's answer, President Cruise nodded: "Well, then I understand. But it doesn't matter what it is used for, as long as you know that the non-ferrous metals you mentioned are valuable. Since there are valuable things... "
President Cruz looked at President Leersa, who immediately snorted coldly: "It is a waste to keep these good things in the territory of the orcs. Anyway, those simple-minded orcs will not understand these at all. If the value of the things is too great, we might as well dig them out for them.”
Xu Yi laughed, thinking that President Leersa didn't know whether it was because of his own personality, or because he had been dealing with the orcs for too long and was infected by the orcs to have such a arrogant character.
But as long as he agrees to join the team, his personality doesn't matter.
Of course, if you want to mine non-ferrous metals under the eyes of the orc tribe, you need to think carefully.
The three of them got together and discussed in detail for a long time before settling on a preliminary plan. President Leersa would first bring the two of them into the Worrall werewolf tribe and then decide based on the situation.
After determining the initial course of action, Xu Yi came to Steele, who was wandering back and forth on the wasteland with only a few grasses not far away.
"How is the situation?" Xu Yi asked.
Steele's face was heavy and he shook his head: "It's very bad. Look..."
Steele raised his foot and pressed hard on the ground, and the ground immediately sank into a small pit.
There is no soil moisture in the pit, only yellow sand.
"This wasteland has become like this. No wonder there is so much silt rushing into the Sandy River." Steele said solemnly. "But I just asked Yanis and the others, and they said that although the Black Rice Wasteland was also very deserted before, the ground was always covered with weeds, and it was not as deserted as sand now."
"It should be because these orcs overgrazed, which led to the depletion of vegetation resources in this wasteland, causing soil erosion."
Xu Yi squatted down, grabbed a handful on the ground, and found a handful of fine sand.
Just loosen your fingers slightly, and the fine sand pours down from your fingers like water.
Feeling the touch of fine sand flowing between his fingers, Xu Yi sighed in his heart.
This situation is very similar to the situation in the northwest of heaven on earth.
When he was on Earth, he visited a province in the northwest because of a construction machinery problem. He was shocked when he saw the desolate land and yellow sand there.
He knew very well that if this situation was not controlled, eventually the entire land would be desertified and no longer inhabitable.
The black rice wasteland in front of us actually shows some signs of desertification. If left alone, I believe that this wasteland will turn into a desert in a few years.
Not to mention that these orcs may not be able to continue living here, even the Lampali Kingdom, which is closest to the Black Rice Wasteland, will be extremely seriously affected by this.
Compared with the earth, Sainz continent has a huge advantage in this regard, and that is the existence of the elves.
The elves are known as the forest race. Even when they ruled the entire Sainz continent before the racial war, the elves generally lived in cities composed of a large number of trees.
At that time, the entire Sainz continent could be said to be completely shrouded in greenery. Not to mention deserts, there were very few places that were not covered by forests.
Due to the long history, the elves have a special inheritance and ability on how to cultivate plants.
The situation of the black rice wasteland in front of us seems very difficult on the technological level of the earth, but in the eyes of the elves, it is not a problem at all.
Xu Yi looked around and found that no orcs appeared, so he called softly: "Yanice."
Yanis' figure quietly flashed beside Xu Yi. Xu Yi pointed to the place covered with sand and asked her: "How about it? Can this environment be improved?"
"It's very simple." Yanis's affirmative answer instantly made Xu Yi feel at ease. "Actually, the elders sent tribesmen to talk to these orcs decades ago, hoping to plant a forest in the Black Rice Wasteland and improve the environment of the Black Rice Wasteland. But the Orcs refused."
Xu Yi glanced at Yanis and thought that on the Sainz continent, the forest can almost be regarded as a synonym for the elves. If you elves go to tell the orcs that you want to plant a forest on your orcs' territory, that is no different from saying that I want to seize your territory. It's strange that the orcs agree.
But this time, it was not the elves who said they wanted to plant trees here, but Xu Yi, a human. I wonder what the orcs would think