The core of Guardian Fire is fire, which is an irreplaceable, non-renewable, and non-manufacturable resource.
All existing fire in Trorian comes from ruins and ruins.
This one is no exception.
The fire keeper put the fire back into the golden Horcrux at the sacrificial site, set up the firewood, and put on the remaining firewood and phlogiston. After six hours of fire rituals, this wisp of human life's fire
, the fire of civilization’s hope was once again ignited in this ancient town.
Fire once again enveloped Fanxing Town, and it had been 1,500 years since the last time.
The black fog receded far away, and the ancient streets, houses, bell towers, and squares were immersed in the glow of the fire. People were bathed in this hopeful moment and couldn't help but burst into tears.
The souls of the soldiers were sublimated at this moment, and they voluntarily joined the war legion with a very high casualty rate, just for this dream scene.
Human beings hold the torch high, dispel the darkness, kill monsters, and open up a new place for survival.
This is the most magnificent romance of Trorian humans who have inherited the will of fire.
Many soldiers died without being able to see it with their own eyes. They were lucky.
And this kind of luck comes from their commander, the new human star appointed by Lord Theodore, the Son of Miracle.
Rod.
In the past two days, Rhodes has fully enjoyed the treatment of a superhero.
No matter what he wants to do, there are a lot of people rushing up to ask for help. When he goes to the toilet, there are people waiting outside to hand him paper. Even people wiping their butts are piled up.
Serving the commander has become something worth showing off. Even just giving the commander a drink of water, moving a chair, and putting on underwear can make them show off all day long.
But the people around him could only drool and listen to his bragging.
It's hard for Rhodes to blame them. After all, as long as they help, he can gain a lot of humanity.
How can there be too much human nature?
Moreover, Fanxing Town has just been captured. It is a time to stabilize the situation and recuperate. The soldiers do not have to fight. Now the busy ones are the logistics personnel and production personnel.
Of course, taking care of Rhodes is still the top priority in everything. Even though he just needs to recuperate due to excessive glare, they don't think so. If they can't serve their commander in all directions and without blind spots, they will feel sad in their hearts.
It will be very uneasy.
So although Rhodes is very happy these days, he is also very troubled.
Especially at night, when it’s time to go to bed, the room is crowded with all kinds of girls.
Forget about girls, why are some guys squeezing in?
Rhodes was very depressed. He had not been in good condition these past few days. Annabelle's horseback was too hard and the bumps were too severe. On the crucial day, he only wore a robe and had no protective measures. As a result, he still has some balls.
It hurts.
Sure enough, men's underwear is still necessary.
But the main reason was the dream. He encountered some troubles and needed to deal with them in the dream at night.
So, he gave Molly instructions, using the excuse that he was feeling unwell and needed to rest.
Unexpectedly, Molly directly listed his room as a restricted area. Anyone entering the room needs her permission.
This time, there are no girls left, which makes Rhodes very disappointed.
Now, the expedition team has moved its base from the underground city to Fanxing Town. Only a few people are left in the underground city, which exists as a subsidiary base.
The major clean-up work in Fanxing Town has begun.
Three thousand logistics personnel work around the clock, day and night, to clean up the town and eliminate all pollution as quickly as possible.
Combatants also occasionally assisted them, mainly dealing with collapsed ruins, collapsed pits and burst streets.
It has to be said that apart from the damage caused by the battle, the completeness of Fanxing Town is quite high, and many things are well preserved.
In many houses, the cleaners saw half-drawn curtains, lifted quilts, dining tables covered in dust, and pots and pans covered with black rotten matter on the stoves, as if the residents here died suddenly in the midst of life.<
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Wang Cheng once learned about the destruction of Fanxing Town through limited clues. It is said that Fanxing Town was attacked by dream demons and everyone died in their sleep.
This was originally just an inference, but now it has real credibility.
As the only researcher, Mina's big room is already filled with items collected from the town. She has sent a letter to her teacher, the great scholar Amides, and the headquarters of the Royal City Society, asking them to send more
Researchers and archaeologists.
History and archeology are very important things.
But for Rhodes, the most important thing is that they found the true silver vein under Fanxing Town.
Its entrance is on the west side of Fanxing Town, surrounded by miner-related buildings. Cleaners found a large number of townhouses, railroad tracks, mine cars, storage warehouses, ore processing plants, etc. here.
Many creations require only simple maintenance to be used.
After preliminary exploration, they found that the vein was much larger than imagined, with various branches extending in all directions and countless derivative minerals.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Fanxing Town is built on mineral veins.
According to the rules originally set at the Supreme Council, the Royal City is not responsible for the expedition, but the profits generated from the expedition belong to Rhodes, which is equivalent to being responsible for his own profits and losses.
Rhodes was sure of this a long time ago, so he dared to borrow so much money from the giant merchant in Maihara.
After all, there is no such thing as running away in this world. Other human countries have disappeared. Without Trorian, all human values will disappear.
This is why the giant businessman of Maihara dared to lend him so much money.
Similarly, it is also because of this that Rhodes asked Molly to hire 300,000 miners in advance.
Taking over Fanxing Town is a sure thing for him, and he wants to restore the production of this mine as quickly as possible.
Although the process has some twists and turns, the result is roughly the same and there is no deviation.
However, there are some twists and turns on Molly's side.
Hiring 300,000 miners is not a trivial matter, and they can only entrust the giant merchants of Maihara to help them complete it.
But the giant merchants of Maihara thought that they were fooling around by hiring 300,000 miners before Fanxing Town was occupied. The miners' weekly salary alone could quickly eat up all their loans.
The giant merchants refused to provide services and requested that commissioners be appointed to supervise all their actions to prevent their funds from being wasted.
Molly spent a lot of time talking about this, but all failed.
It wasn't until they ignited the fire of Fanxing Town that the attitude of the giant merchants suddenly changed 3600 degrees.
As the best assistant in the military war headquarters, Molly immediately put on airs and accused the giant merchants in Maihara of harming their interests.
According to her calculations, 300,000 miners can produce as much as 10 million silver cords in one day. The uncooperative behavior of the merchants in Maihara caused the miners to arrive two days late, so they should be compensated for their loss of 20 million silver cords.<
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Therefore, not only do they not have to repay the loan they owed to the giant merchant of Maihara, but the giant merchant of Maihara should also give them more than 14 million silver cords.
The wealthy businessmen were so troubled by this that they begged and begged to please. They almost knelt down to lick the feet of this great aunt. They even sent a team of beautiful boys to come over and lick her feet for real. Unfortunately, they were sent by Molly as soon as they arrived.
Mining.
In the end, the giant Maihara merchants moved Molly with their sincerity and solved the matter by offering free recruitment, free shipping, and a free elite management team to assist them in their daily work. p>
In order to show his sincerity, the leader of the giant businessman Maihara told Molly that the matter of recruiting miners was quite simple.
The actual population of the Imperial City has already exceeded 50 million, and the slums in the outer city are overcrowded.
Many poor people are willing to do anything for a meager salary. The underground flesh and blood mills are simply forbidden. They can even lower their weekly wages and further save money by raising accommodation and food fees.
If you do it well, you can even make money.
But this matter was ultimately rejected by Rhodes.
He has inquired about the Book of Knowledge, and this approach will obviously affect the humanity and divinity he will obtain.
What's the point of making more money for Yinsuo? Humanity and divinity are the resources he needs.
Moreover, being able to become a big mine owner and get those factory owners and bosses killed is something he really wants to do.
Rhodes has always believed in the concept of a real man. Squeezing the poor is nothing but a real man by squeezing the superiors!
Not only that, he will also squeeze monsters, darkness, and void in the future.
The stronger something is, the more he wants to squeeze it.
This is the real strong man who only wields his sword towards the stronger ones.
Only the weak will wield a knife against the weaker.
Therefore, Rhodes set a condition, not only giving the miners a "high" weekly salary of fifty silver ropes, but also providing food and accommodation, and asked the giant merchants of Maihara to do their best to publicize this matter in the royal city.
This mind-numbing operation made Mehra wonder if this human supernova who had just performed a miracle was out of his mind.
Just when he was about to object, Rhodes made another offer that they couldn't refuse.
Borrow another 50 million silver cords, which will be returned after one year, with an interest rate of 50%.
All the giant businessmen were excited.
The takeoff of Fanxing Town is already a certainty. After the guardian fire is ignited, there is no reason for it to fall unless a major disaster occurs.
And this son of miracle, Rhodes, with a battle group of 100 people, occupied Fanxing Town in less than two weeks, which was originally thought to take a year or more.
He can make a comeback in such an adverse situation, and in such a favorable situation, it is impossible for him to miss.
As long as Fanxing Town can operate normally, the true silver vein beneath it will be a continuous cash cow.
Not to mention 50 million silver cords, even 500 million silver cords, five billion silver cords are still affordable.
True silver is the most widely used spiritual material. Whether it is bullets, crossbows, equipment, weapons, potions, utensils, rituals, or spells, all require true silver.
A typical example is that the true silver sword is most commonly equipped in the city defense army.
This thing is simply synonymous with simple and efficient violence. It is sharp, has extra damage to monsters, and has excellent psychic conductivity. As long as a city defender holds a big sword, his combat level can be increased by half a level.
Therefore, this investment will definitely be profitable.
The giants of Maihara swam over like sharks that smelled blood.
They thought that Rhodes was a nerd with no business acumen, and they were eager to get more benefits from him. They even sent a beauty group for this purpose, but unfortunately, as soon as they arrived in Fanxing Town, they were sent by Molly to sweep the streets. Rhodes just pretended to be ignorant and negotiated terms with them.
In the end, Rhodes got a huge sum of 500 million silver cords from them, at the cost of 20% of the annual output of the true silver veins.
Although Molly was unwilling to object to any of Rhodes' orders, she still couldn't help but say.
"Sir Rhodes, this is a very loss-making business. With the scale of Fanxing Town's true silver mines, the output value can reach 15 million silver cords per day. With 515 days in a year, the total output value is as high as 7.5 billion, and what they want is 20%.
The output is 1.5 billion, but the cost is still borne by us, which means they have no risk and get three times the interest rate."
Rhodes smiled and said: "Molly, that's not how the account is settled. Think about it, why did the elders give me the autonomy of Fanxing Town?"
Molly pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and replied meticulously: "Of course it is to use this as a reason to openly lower the team allocation and reduce the assistance to us."
"Then now that we have surprised them and bruised their faces, do you think they will find a way to use various excuses to break the contract and take back my authority to independently dispose of the spoils?"
After saying this, Molly finally came to her senses.
"You mean to tie the giant merchants of Maihara to my chariot?"
Rhodes smiled and said: "Yes, if we can make such a large sum of money, I think they will definitely work hard to get better conditions for us."
Molly was silent for a few seconds and said softly.
"What you say makes sense. The Maihara Merchants are a joint business group with a very complicated and profound background. Even the elders have many people who have shares in it. However, why don't you use the ownership of the real silver veins as collateral? That's OK.
Achieving the same effect can save a lot of money."
Rhodes shook his head and said seriously: "Molly, remember, never use anything as collateral."
Molly, who had always been as serious as the head teacher, now asked like a primary school student: "Why?"
"If you think about it carefully, what are the conditions for the mortgage?"
"If the money cannot be repaid, its ownership will belong to the giant merchant of Maihara."
"Then what do you think they can do to maximize their interests?"
Molly suddenly came to her senses: "They will do their best to disrupt and destroy Fanxing Town, making it impossible for us to produce normally. Eventually, our debts will become due, we will be unable to repay them, and the ownership of the mineral vein will be taken away."
"What if I exchange 20% of my output?"
Molly immediately replied: "They will find ways to help us expand production to seek greater benefits."
Rhodes showed an enigmatic smile: "Do you know how to do the next work?"
Molly's eyes flashed coldly, and there was a hint of chill in her serious tone.
"I know, I will take advantage of this and let them spit out as much benefit as possible."
Rod smiled very happily.
"Molly, do you understand now? Real hunters often appear as prey."
A strange light flashed in Molly's eyes.
At this moment, she became even more convinced that Rhodes would assist the king in completing the Holy Fire Plan, lead mankind to a brighter future, and become their savior.