"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Old Mullen knocked down a piece of iron ore while sweating, and moved it to one side with difficulty. He was too slow and was immediately whipped.
"Snapped!"
Old Mullen turned to look to the side and saw an overseer named Ross yelling: "Old Mullen, can you hurry up! If everyone is like you, this mine will be closed sooner or later!"
Old Mullen glanced at the other party and ignored him. He had been working here for many years and was the oldest miner. Therefore, he is not afraid of supervisors and does as much work as he gets paid.
With a "bang", the ore was thrown onto the ore pile. Without even looking at Ross, Old Maren turned around and walked back to the mine wall, continuing to dig in a muffled voice.
After Ross was slighted, he was a little angry, but he didn't dare to vent it. He also understood that he was just a small supervisor, supervising the miners, not the slaves, and had no great power. If you really anger the miners and cause them to go on strike, the mine owner will be the first to fire him.
The owner of the mine, Orric, is not a fool. He is a very shrewd businessman. He knows who is the tool to make money for him. The entire mine can be transferred without anyone, but it cannot be separated from the miners.
Ross glared at Old Mullen coldly, waved his whip in a demonstration, and then turned his head and looked away.
Suddenly Rose's eyebrows suddenly raised, and he saw dust rising on the road outside the mine, followed by the sound of "ta-da-da" hoofbeats from the brigade, and many cavalry galloping towards them.
This is
Ross was stunned for a moment. The next moment the cavalry arrived nearby. Seeing the opponent's heavily armed appearance, his legs softened and he almost fell down.
Isn't this... not here to rob the mine
Soon, Ross saw a young aristocratic man in gorgeous clothes among a large number of people, and then he realized that the many soldiers were just protecting each other.
But why did the other party come to the mine
Ross didn't understand, but he wisely ran towards a two-story wooden building in the distant mining area to call the owner of the mine, Orric.
In Rose's view, since the nobles are here, let the owner of the Orrick mine deal with it. After all, the mine owners are also nobles. As for the title, he has forgotten.
Rose thought, quickly rushed into the two-story wooden building, and then ran into the bedroom.
The fireplace in the bedroom was burning brightly, the whole room was filled with heat, and two gray bodies were rolling on the large wooden bed.
A woman was moaning coquettishly, and a man was grunting like a wild boar.
"Humph... Humph..."
Ross was stunned.
The man on the bed also realized something, stopped his movements, turned to look at Ross at the door, and shouted: "Get out!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Ross crawled out and ran out, but the next moment he thought of something, turned around and said again, "O... Mr. Orrick, someone is here, it seems to be a noble with a high status..."
"Get out!" Orric, who was in the critical moment in the room, yelled, "No matter who you are, no matter who you are, get out of here!"
"Uh, yes, yes... I'll let them go..."
…
Winter day, mine.
Silence, chill.
In the huge mining area, the "ding-ding-ding-ding" sound of knocking has stopped. Many miners stopped working and looked aside.
Not far away, in the open space, a group of fully armed cavalry was parked, guarding two young men, both of whom looked to be nobles. One was ornately decorated, and the other was a bit plain.
In front of the team, standing was the owner of the mining area, Orrick.
The mine owner, who was usually arrogant in front of the miners, was trembling at this moment. He received a whip on his face, which was burning, but he still had to force a smile. He raised his head, his neck was sore, but he tried his best to continue smiling. He looked at one of the cavalry and said, "It's the king... Your Highness, welcome to my mining area."
While speaking, Orric hated the supervisor Ross who just sent the message in his heart. He was a pig-brained person.
"Ha, welcome me?" Gro said with a cold face, "Just now your subordinates told you to get out of here, that's good!"
Orrick's whole body trembled after hearing this, and he almost collapsed to the ground. He is already in his forties, and although he has not gained weight, his health has declined. After the strenuous exercise in the early morning, I was already very weak. After listening to the second message from supervisor Ross, I ran over from the two-story wooden building in one breath. I was panting from exhaustion and now my whole body was weak.
However, Orric still insisted that he did not really fall to the ground. After hearing what Gro said, he quickly explained: "Ge... Your Highness, Prince Gro, it's all my fault. I didn't explain it clearly to that damn subordinate. I just If you want him to go away, how dare you ask His Highness to go away? It's not even late for me to welcome you."
"Oh, you still know me?" Gro's eyes flashed and he asked aloud. Before, when he asked the overseer to deliver the message, he only identified himself as the prince and did not name him.
"Young one... get to know His Highness Prince Glo." Orrick said with a shy face, trying to get closer, "I met Prince Glo once during the investiture ceremony."
"At the knighting ceremony?" Gro was stunned and asked, "So, you are still a noble? What title?"
"The younger one is indeed a nobleman." Orric said with a smile, "The title is the lowest... Lord."
"Lord? Where is your territory? How big is it?"
"The small one... has no territory..." Orrick said awkwardly, "only this mine."
"Heh." Gro understood and said aloud, "I guess your Lord also bought it, right?"
"This... this..." Orrick smiled awkwardly but politely, "Indeed... yes."
"No wonder." Gro said, then with a hint of threat, "Well Orric, you should know the laws of the Emerald Kingdom, right? The titles belong to the royal family, and you can be given corresponding rewards for your donation to the royal family. title, but at the same time, the title can be taken back at any time.”
"this… "
With a "pop", Orick really fell to the ground. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed hurriedly to apologize, "King Gro... Your Highness, I'm really... I was really wrong. I really offended you accidentally." , please don’t take back my title. Apart from this, no matter what punishment His Highness the Prince has, I will accept it.”
"Oh, you know what's going on." Grodao nodded with some satisfaction, feeling that he was doing things very safely, and he achieved his goal with some intimidation.
Turning his head to look at Richard next to him, Gro's eyes fell on Orrick again and said: "In this case, it won't be difficult for me to make it difficult for you. The one next to me is Mr. Richard. He's here for you." The mine has some needs. He will ask something later, and you have to do your best to satisfy him, you know!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Orric nodded quickly, struggled to get up, and looked at Richard next to Gro, with doubts in his heart.
In fact, he had seen Richard just now, and after seeing Richard, he felt strange. He still knows the upper-class nobles and royal family members of the Jade Kingdom very well. Maybe the nobles and members of the royal family don't know him, but he can familiarly name everyone and describe everyone's appearance. This is the basic accomplishment of a young noble.
However, Richard who was next to the prince had never seen him before. He was not a member of the Jade Kingdom nobles or the royal family at all. The majestic Prince Gro, but he still looked very respectful to him.
I really can't figure this out.
Richard didn't know what Orrick was thinking, so he jumped off the horse, used the spell "Lightness of Wind" to release his strength, landed quietly, and walked quickly to Orrick.
Although Gro's previous behavior was that of a playboy and a bully, Richard had no objection to it. Because it's exactly what he needs. Only in this way can he help him achieve some goals easily.
Otherwise, if he came alone, he would inevitably have to argue with the mine owner named Orrick in front of him, and he might even be made things difficult for him. At that time, using some forceful means may make the other party surrender, but it will be very troublesome. In the final analysis, he just wanted to find the raw materials for making cobalt blue glass.
In this case…