After hearing Ye Li's words, although everyone had some doubts in their hearts, they still followed his orders.
After Tenglong casually arranged a thousand people, he ordered the rest of the people to rush back to the military camp quickly.
After everyone left, Ye Li said to the remaining people: "Come on, follow me, I will take you to a place."
As he spoke, Ye Li led the way and soon led everyone to the hillside where he found the mineral vein.
Pointing at the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger's lair, Ye Li said: "After I killed the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger, I came here to investigate. This should be the Giant Mountain Black Scale Tiger's previous lair.
I went in out of curiosity and took a look. Guess what I found inside?"
Ye Li asked Qian San, Ding Si and others with a smile, a hint of excitement flashing across his face.
Without waiting for their response, Ye Li continued, “What I found here are two mineral veins.
Do you understand what I mean? I discovered two rich mineral veins in public in my territory.
With these two mineral veins, our Dongfang County's annual income will become abundant. I think I can support even 10,000 people."
After hearing Ye Li's words, Ding Si was the first person to start laughing. After all, he often dealt with money and property, and he deeply understood how much it would cost for Ye Li to raise an army of ten thousand people.
Before, he was a little worried that Ye Li would not be able to form a legion smoothly. Now with these two mineral veins, the problem is almost solved.
Although it is still very difficult to build an army of 10,000 people in a short period of time, it is no longer as difficult as before.
“Ding Si, your next task is to arrange for manpower to come and build the mining area.
The sites of the previously destroyed villages were used to build camps for the corps stationed in the mining area and as accommodation for the miners.
We will assign a thousand people to garrison here, and the personnel will naturally be replaced in turns.
You will need to go to nearby villages to recruit miners in the mining area. There should be a lot of laborers in Dongfang County. We will pay them according to the standard of ordinary miners."
Ye Li said to Ding Si.
Ding Si is a cautious and careful person, and now he has almost become his most capable assistant.
After saying that, Ye Li took Ding Si and others into the cave, while the soldiers stayed outside the cave.
Going deeper into the cave, everyone was shocked by the huge mineral vein in front of them.
Tenglong said to Ye Li with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, sir. The discovery of a mineral vein in the territory will greatly increase the development speed of the territory."
Ye Li also smiled and nodded.
After congratulating Ye Li, Tenglong said to Ye Li seriously: "But sir, there is a mineral vein here, and the news of our mining will definitely spread. By then, many forces around will definitely covet this place.
According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the allocated territories are basically completely privatized. The court will not take care of your defense work here, so the defense of the territory must be completed by ourselves, and the pressure will inevitably be great at that time.
This is a rich mining area, so it must be very attractive. I'm afraid that just one thousand of us might not be enough."
Ye Li nodded and said, "I know that too. This place is close to the edge of Dongfang County and was previously occupied by monsters. Strictly speaking, it is not even within the Dongfang County's sphere of influence.
But now that the monsters here have been wiped out by us, this place naturally belongs to us completely.
No matter what, we have to defend this place. This will be the core of our Dongfang County's development.
If a thousand guards are not enough, please mobilize two thousand and I will find a way to expand our legion."
Ding Si also showed a worried look on his face at this moment. He understood how much pressure such a huge mineral vein would increase on Dongfang County.
"Don't worry about these things for now. We must mine this mineral vein. I can even keep all 3,800 people here.
You must find out the situation of other surrounding forces in a short time. Not only must we be prepared to guard against their attacks, but we also need to take the initiative to attack and take down some of them.
My plan is to expand the influence of our Dongfang County further outward, so that Black Mountain Ridge will no longer be a marginal area. "
Ye Li said to a few people.
After inspecting the conditions of the ore vein, everyone discussed it briefly and began to prepare for the construction of the mining area.
Among the large group of people transferred by Li Rushan, there is also a team of specialized construction craftsmen. With these people, the speed of building the mining area and the camp will be many times faster than before.
After all, with their command, all construction work will become more orderly.
Another half month passed quickly, and Ye Li felt that it was a wrong decision for him to agree to let Li Rushan come here to be the lord.
Although his territory was not large, there were indeed too many trivial matters, including not only the various chores of the legion, but also the governance work within the territory.
Ye Li told Ding Si that he must find some management personnel for him, otherwise most of his time every day would be consumed just dealing with these matters, and he would not have time to practice.
In just half a month, the construction of the mining area has been completed and all the tools in the mine have been prepared.
The garrison camp outside the Black Mountain Range has also been built, and 1,500 people have been stationed here.
Qian San led a group of people to explore around Heishanling and basically determined the distribution of forces outside. The only threat to Dongfang County is a force called the Peacock Clan to the northeast of Heishanling.
This is a force with a similar social structure to the Sky Fire Clan. Of course, their strength is far inferior to that of the Sky Fire Clan. They do not have a Saint-level existence, and their most powerful are two masters in the Divine Appearance Stage.
However, the Peacock Clan has been entrenched in the vicinity for hundreds of years and has a large population. According to Qian San's estimation, the number of people they can fight with will definitely not be less than 7,000, which is much more than the soldiers under Ye Li.
And the most crucial point is that the Peacock Clan was once attacked by people sent by the Tang Kingdom, but at that time the number of people sent by the Tang Kingdom was relatively small, and they were basically eliminated by the other side.
It was not impossible for the Tang Dynasty's military to defeat the Peacock Clan, but Li Tianyuan at the time thought it was unnecessary. The Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence had almost reached Dongfang County, and it would be difficult to guard and manage it if it continued to expand eastward.
Now there is a force that is stronger than Dongfang County and has some grudges with the Tang Kingdom entrenched in the northeast of Heishanling. This news makes Ye Li feel worried.