Warlord: King of All Clans

Leo followed Frasa and walked more than two hundred meters in another direction, and saw the main force of the kobold miners digging for gold on the river beach here.

There are hundreds of kobold miners here, scattered on the river beach. Some of them are lying in the cold water looking for gold grains in the sand, while others are digging around the cliff in front.

In just half a month, a large section of the cliff had been obviously dug away, and some places had turned into cliff caves.

Next to the cliff is a half-built boiler room, which will be responsible for pumping out the accumulated water that seeps into the cliff cave.

This is a simple steam engine developed jointly by Fraser and Master Morse. It is an upgraded version of the Fraser pressure cooker, but it can currently only be used to pump water.

Since there was no coal to be found near Isenpol, the steam engine was fueled by firewood and charcoal, so a team of lumberjacks was needed to cut down trees and provide firewood.

The first steam pump had been put into use at the copper mine. This was the second one Fraser had built, and she brought it with her in a small backpack.

The huge boiler was assembled to the size of a locomotive. In order to prevent rust, a layer of Fraser dye was coated on the surface, and then a boiler room was built to protect it from wind and rain.

Although it is a first-generation steam engine with a simple principle, it is also a high-tech equipment in Hewan and is worth living in a brick house.

As for the new steam engine, laboratory models have already appeared, but due to the limited quality of steel in Hewan, it is not possible to manufacture the actual engine for the time being.

At the foot of the cliff, the clanging sound of iron pickaxes continued, and baskets of ore were carried out.

Leo picked up one of the pieces and found that the gold ore here did not contain much gold, or rather, this one was considered normal.

There are only some golden particles or gold and silver threads on the rocks weighing several kilograms. A basket of gold ore may not necessarily produce one or two ounces of gold.

On one side of the cliff, a large amount of rubble has accumulated, which are ores that do not contain gold.

This is why Frasa wants to go to another place for the blasting. In the eyes of the ogres, only pure gold is golden and shiny, and this kind of stone with gold threads is not worth their attention at all.

The hematite ore in the Gnoll Valley can produce one pound of pig iron ingot from two pounds of iron ore, and one pound of copper ingot from the other two copper mines.

But the gold mines here may not be able to smelt one pound of gold from one hundred pounds of gold ore. This is really outrageous!

This was completely beyond the gnolls' understanding, and everyone agreed that this was not a mine at all.

If the human craftsman hadn't said that this was also valuable and could be exchanged for ten times the amount of food, Feisa would have planned to give up the construction site here.

There are no Kobold Demomans to carry out blasting here. Although there are more miners, the actual mining efficiency is not high.

However, after ten days or half a month, a lot of ore had accumulated.

Leo looked at the pile of gold ore and asked, "What should we do with the gold ore? Should we pack it back in a small schoolbag?"

"The small schoolbag is too troublesome! It can't hold too much gold ore." Feisha waved her hand proudly, "I have a better idea!"

As Fisa waved, her hair exploded, and Leo could keenly feel the invisible magic being released from her body.

The gold ore in front of Fraser floated up one by one, then quickly became brittle and turned into dust, which scattered all over the ground.

The gold particles and silk fibers contained in it were still floating in the air, and then as Fisa clenched her claws, they were squeezed into an irregular golden ball.

This irregular golden ball is about the size of a duck egg.

Seeing the golden ball floating towards him, Leo reached out to catch it and said to Feisha, "Not bad. When did you learn this trick?"

Fisa was very proud, "My dog ​​can master all the powers that the Kobold God gave me!"

Leo knew that she was talking about the extraordinary dogs who had awakened to the spell side, such as the three Ilewens who were learning alchemy from Master Morse.

Apparently, during this period, Fesa used the principle of static electricity to awaken many extraordinary dogs. In addition to those strong muscular dogs, new magic dog-headed men were also born.

Gnolls have a strong affinity for elements and can control the elements freely with pure magic power without the need for spells.

However, the magic reserve of the Kobold Mage is much lower than that of the Human Mage, almost less than one-tenth.

Since Fesa was promoted to a low-level extraordinary person, this is the first time Leo has seen that she has other functions besides exploding her fur.

As expected, Feisha said regretfully: "You can't use it all the time, you can only use it once a day!"

Leo was already very satisfied. "Once is good. If I call a few more over, they will be worth a furnace."

Feisa nodded and said, "We also need to build the furnace, but it will take time!"

Leo said, "Take your time."

In the deep mountains, transportation is very inconvenient and it is impossible to move in too many people. Now the problem can be solved by two space props. When the scale expands, food supply alone will be a problem.

Even if there was a space container, he would still have to run back and forth, and both space containers were strategic props, so he wouldn't feel comfortable handing them over to other people.

So after a field investigation, Rio decided not to expand the population of the gold mine.

After Freya's Pegasus Knights have completed their training and are able to fly freely, we will expand their population and let them be responsible for the transportation of the golden eggs.

The gold mine looked high in the mountains and deep in the water, but it was only a few kilometers away from Gravel Castle and less than 20 kilometers away from River Bay Town. Pegasus could make several trips back and forth in one morning.

Whether it is picking up and dropping off people or materials, it is very simple and convenient.

Based on the current mining volume, this gold mine can provide Hewan with one golden egg a day, which is almost one kilogram of gold. In a month, the output is nearly six hundred gold coins.

This is equivalent to doubling the total output value of Hewan!

This is enough for Leo to get through this period of development and expansion and solve most of his current needs.

Moreover, the more gold the better. Not only is it easy to be coveted by others, it also impacts the market and causes currency depreciation.

Leo just wanted one word now.

stable!

Whether internally or externally, as long as it is stable, he can develop rapidly and transform the population, land, and resources he consumes into his own strength.

After playing with Freya for a week, the Elf Queen Ostara said goodbye and left.

In addition to visiting her daughter, her main purpose was to find the saints of various races, form a council, and jointly participate in the defense against natural disasters.

Although she said it easily, the task was obviously not that simple.

Although Ostara was having fun, she still didn't put down her work.

When Leo flew home from the gold mine, he saw Ostara saying goodbye to them.

"I'm leaving now. I'll leave my daughter to you to take care of."

In front of the mother, Leo gave Freya enough face and said repeatedly: "As it should be, as it should be, Freya is also taking care of us."

Ostara also told Freya, "Learn human knowledge well in the river bend, become super bad, and be a different elf, so that you can inherit my throne as queen when you return."

Freya's eyes were filled with tears. She hugged Ostara's thighs and cried, "Don't leave!"

Ostara was also very sad. She ruthlessly picked up Freya's neck skin and stuffed it into Olivia's arms, "No, I'm leaving!"

She turned and walked away, looking back every few steps, "My dear daughter! I will come back to see you!"

As he walked, his steps became lighter and lighter, and finally disappeared.

(The Imperial Gold Soule is set as a large gold coin of fifty grams, used for large transactions. Some comments say that the gold-silver ratio cannot be 1:100, which is true, so it is set to 1:20, but the gold coin is an unconventional currency of fifty grams, and the silver coin is a conventional small currency of ten grams. It was not written before, which may cause misleading.)