Surdak placed a very sloppy hand-drawn map on the table with messy lines.
He pointed to a triangular mark and said: "I have investigated and found that the area is not too big. At most, it is only the size of the river bend tidal flat, and all the sulfur mines are associated with the stalagmites outcropping the surface. There are only some sulfur deposits."
The ore is very difficult to mine, and you must have some quarrying tools.”
Charlie and several other young people also said:
"Well, that's right!"
"At that time, we found several large pieces of sulfur ore on the stalagmites, but unfortunately we couldn't pry them off."
"If we go again this time, we will bring along enough capable guys."
The old village chief waved his hand, "Don't worry about this. After the Harvest Festival every year, some people in the village go to work as masons at Tazewang Quarry for several months. They quarry in the mountains over there. Collecting sulfur ore should be similar to digging marble.
."
The old village chief smoked a cigarette and said to Suldak: "The young men in our village may not have anything else, but if they contribute their efforts, there is absolutely no problem."
"This matter must be done as soon as possible." After the old village chief said this, he said to the youngest son beside him: "Charlie, please notify us and let everyone get ready tonight. Those who are willing to go will leave tomorrow, and those who are not willing will leave tomorrow."
Don’t force yourself to go, be sure to find those with experience in quarrying.”
Charlie stood up from the bench and strode out.
The old village chief said to his nephew Luke again: "Luke, you go to Beigou Pasture later and prepare the horses."
Luke nodded and said to the three companions around him: "You have to help me. If I want to drive all those horses out of the pasture, someone must help me!"
When the three young men heard about going to Beigou Pasture, they all readily agreed.
The old village chief said to Suldak: "Let's first gather twenty stonemasons and ride to Pengbao Mountain. After the first batch of sulfur ore is returned, we can transport the young people and materials in the village there."
Then he stared at Luke and the other three young people with a serious expression, lowered his voice, and said in a threatening tone: "The information about the sulfur mine cannot be disclosed to anyone. If anyone speaks out without speaking strictly,
Don't blame me for breaking his legs."
Luke and the three young men put away their playful expressions and nodded vigorously in silence.
It seems that the old village chief has accumulated enough prestige in front of these people, and his words are also very weighty.
The old village chief tilted his head and signaled to Luke that he could go to Beigou Pasture. The four young men left quickly, fearing that they would be caught and scolded by the old village chief if they walked too slowly.
Surdak also stood up, preparing to say goodbye and leave with Luke and the others. He said to the old village chief: "The living conditions over there at Pussy Mountain are very poor. I will also go back to make some preparations."
The old village chief took Suldak's arm and asked him to sit down again in the slightly shabby living room. He sat there and thought for a while, with a hint of embarrassment on his wrinkled old face: "Dak, this
You discovered the open-pit sulfur mine when you were hunting salamanders, and you took the initiative to lead people to explore it. It is said that this open-pit sulfur mine should belong to you. Now you have summoned the whole village to mine it.
The distribution of benefits must be decided in advance to avoid disputes later. You own half of the sulfur mines, and the village owns half. The village contributes people, and you provide twenty-two horses for transportation. All villagers involved in mining sulfur mines work every day.
What do you think about the additional one silver coin salary subsidy?"
Unexpectedly, the old village chief actually thought of this. Suldak felt that since everyone discovered it together, there was no reason for him to monopolize half of the mineral deposits. Wouldn't it be unfair to others, so he refused: "Uncle Bright, I do these
The thing is the same as everyone’s idea, it’s all for our village, there’s no reason to take this dividend.”
Unexpectedly, the old village chief waved his hand and said: "This place will become your knight's territory in the future, as long as you don't feel that the current agreement is at a disadvantage."
He took a sip of the lemon tea on the table to moisten his throat. Seeing that Suldak was still hesitant, he said:
"Don't refuse in a hurry. Without you, the lizard hunting group in the village would not dare to go deep into the Paglos Mountains. Not to mention the monsters in the mountains, even the sand wolves on the outskirts of the desolate land, we cannot afford to offend them!"
The old village chief then said: "In addition, the sulfur mines in these unclaimed lands belong to the Green Empire. Civilians do not have the right to mine. Only knights and nobles have the right to develop territories..."
The old village chief said a lot, but in short, he did not let Surdak find an excuse to refuse, and he would give half of the ownership of the open-pit sulfur mine to Surdak anyway.
Surdak felt that since he would do something for Wall Village in the future, he didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so he didn't insist on it in the end, so he agreed half-heartedly.
After walking out, Suldak remembered that he had not seen the cement wall in the yard of the old village chief's house.
After thinking about it, I decided to wait until Charlie finished his work.
…
The old village chief and his wife stood at the door, watching Suldak disappear on the village road. The old village chief's wife asked hesitantly:
"Bright, will we become as wealthy as Peraze Village in the future?"
The old village chief replied firmly: "Of course, we discovered some sulfur deposits this time. We need to dig back these deposits as soon as possible before other villages know about it."
Seeing that he was full of confidence, he stood at the door with his back straight, and the wrinkles on his forehead had faded a lot.
The old village chief's wife looked at the old village chief, her eyes a little blurred. In recent years, it has been rare to see the old village chief in such a good mood. The entire Wall Village was pressing on his shoulders, and his waist had already been squeezed.
The pole was bent. In the past few years, every step he took had been so difficult. He worked hard to let the villagers live a good life with enough food and clothing. However, in recent years, the situation has been getting worse year by year. Everyone's
Life is getting worse day by day.
The wife of the old village chief said with some sigh: "Suldak is a really good boy. He is different from those greedy knights..."
The old village chief immediately said: "Yes, after all, he is a knight who walked out of our village of Wall."
"He has changed so much in the past four years that he has been out. I almost can't recognize him anymore!" The old village chief's wife wanted to recall what Surdak looked like before he joined the army, and then discovered that Surdak looked like him in her memory.
It couldn't match up with now, so I could only sigh again.
The old village chief also felt that Surdak had changed a lot. Thinking of seeing the scars on Surdak's body by chance yesterday, he said to his old wife:
"When I came back and took a bath by the stream yesterday, you haven't seen the scars on his body. I can't even imagine what kind of battle he went through to make his body covered with scars. It's hard to find them on his body.
A piece of intact skin!”
The old village chief felt that Surdak must have experienced unimaginable hardships on the battlefield before he was promoted from a commoner to a knight by the noble master. This honor has never been achieved by anyone in Wall Village for so many years. "He and Cha
Charlie is different, he also served in the military for four years, Charlie served as an orderly for four years in a comfortable and peaceful plane, and Dak really stepped off the battlefield!"
"After all, he is a person with the status of a knight..."