Chapter 172 Belinda’s 1500 licking dogs

Colin gradually understood the characters of the elves.

Although they generally have similar living habits and moral values ​​to humans, perhaps because of their long lives, their views on many things are different from humans.

For example, a human magister would never say something like, "There are more of us, let's go together", at least not so bluntly.

Colin thanked Olivia again, then said goodbye and left.

On the way back to the castle, he took a look at the mine to the west of the castle on a whim - Walder named it the West Mountain Mine.

The number of kobolds has increased to about 1,500. According to Olivia, this is basically the limit. At least there are no more of the same kind in the surrounding areas of the fortress.

1,500 kobolds sounds like a lot, but after getting into the mines in the Dragon's Back Mountains, it's just a drop in the ocean. If these little things never come back, even Olivia can't do anything about them, but with candles and elves,

Under the temptation, no kobold has left yet.

Colin was very curious and asked Olivia how she was sure. After all, there were so many kobolds who looked the same. How could she be sure of this?

The answer was: Belinda can know all the kobolds.

Coral's friend, the elf girl Belinda, is currently appointed by Olivia as the overseer of the kobold mining team.

The eleven-year-old elf girl is very satisfied with this position and completes her work with all her heart. She stays at the entrance of the mine almost every day, supervising and encouraging every kobold.

The so-called supervision is to remember the appearance of each kobold and ensure that they are not lazy - this is probably something only elves can do, and anyway, Colin can't even tell whether they are male or female.

The so-called encouragement is to distribute food and candles to them fairly, and occasionally let the passing kobolds lick their toes.

The elf girl who has 1,500 standard dog lickers is very high-spirited. Recently, she even spends less time looking for corals to play, so the corals can only take the initiative to come to the mine.

When Colin arrived, two girls were standing on the edge of the mine, one on the left and the other on the right, supervising the work, with serious expressions on their faces, as if they were afraid that one of the kobolds was not diligent enough.

"You don't have to be so mean. It doesn't matter if you give them a break." Ke Linxin said that these two little girls really have the potential to be black-hearted capitalists.

"grown ups."

"Lord," Belinda shouted after Coral.

"Don't bully them too much, the water will flow slowly." Colin smiled.

"I'm not bullying them. These little guys really like Belinda. Every time they come out of the mine and take a look at her, they are so energetic that we don't need to control them." Coral rushed to explain.

Belinda also nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, Lord, just watch."

After saying that, the elf girl raised a hand and shouted: "Ah! Xihou! Anma!"

The words just fell.

I saw the kobolds at the entrance of all the mines suddenly became excited, almost jumping on the spot and shouting: "Ah! Xihou! Anma!"

Colin could understand that these three words meant: "dig, candle, toe."

His jaw dropped to the ground instantly.

The first two words are quite normal, but the last one is really unexpected.

The meaning of these words together is obviously: "dig well, have candles, and lick the elf's toes."

This heartbreaking slogan made Colin not want to admit that these kobolds were working for the fortress.

However, these kobolds have already been aroused.

"Yeah! Xihou! Anma!"

"Yeah! Xihou! Anma!"

"..."

The kobolds in the mine heard the shouts of their companions and started shouting too.

The shouts spread from the entrance to the inside, and finally a huge echo came from the entire mine, all of which were "Ah! Xihou! Anma!".

Colin was even worried that the mine would collapse.

After shouting for several minutes, the voice gradually subsided.

Colin was filled with emotion and didn't know what to say. He finally managed to say: "Very good, keep working hard."

"Okay." Belinda was deeply encouraged.

…

Colin didn't know how deep the kobolds dug the mine. He only knew that the original rail mine car had gone deep into the ground.

Today's mine entrance has been enlarged several times because humans must be able to lay tracks inside.

The current rail mine car has undergone several modifications and improvements.

Two side-by-side railway tracks continuously transport a large amount of ore from the mine. There are even several small magic energy devices on one of them. This is the latest experiment of the Magic Research Laboratory. If successful, it will be able to significantly

Saves manpower...and dog power.

Track construction used to be Matthew's job, but now it's Darren.

The high-ranking knight was originally only responsible for building ordinary roads, but once he came to the mine and saw the track mine car, he immediately became interested. After several on-site surveys, he concluded that the original track was built

It's unreasonable, and it can definitely be done better.

For this reason, he not only made suggestions to Matthew, but also wrote a report and submitted it directly to Walder. When he met Colin, he even proposed to consider building a road similar to an orbital mine car to connect Late Winter City and

Akihara Castle, this way the delivery of supplies can be fast and much more convenient.

Colin was slightly shocked by his idea. The idea of ​​the railway was originally on Xia Ya's blueprint. With the improvement of magic energy technology, this tool that can greatly improve transportation capacity must be

will change the world.

However, he and Walder had been hesitant.

The mana train is much more complex than the rail mine car, and once it is built, a large amount of manpower and material resources will be invested. If it is not designed well at the beginning, and if problems are discovered and you want to modify it or start over, the loss will be huge.

According to Colin's idea, this project will not officially start until at least half a year later.

However, Darren gave him a huge surprise.

It must be said that the knight's own level of education allowed Darren to easily accept new things in the fortress.

And after his talent in road construction gradually emerged, people were impressed.

In addition to magic, some of the suggestions that Darren gave Colin were praised by even Walder, such as some engineering problems when crossing rivers and crossing mountains. Darren only studied with Matthew for a few months.

I can already speak clearly and logically. Although some of my ideas are still very immature, I can look forward to the future.

Colin suddenly realized that it seemed good to leave the construction of the railway to him.

The plaster road leading to Akihara Castle has been more than half completed.

After it's over, let Darren invest in the construction of the railway. It's natural, get the best of both worlds, and everyone will be happy.
Chapter completed!