On Lux's side, the plan to artificially cultivate fragrant red berries has been finalized. Fouquelin and her plant breeding team, with the support of many other groups, will begin to study artificial cultivation plans for fragrant red berries.
On Ino's side, the improvement of blue ocher processing is still under intense investigation.
Lux has been dealing with hunters and herb collectors all winter, so she already has a pretty good idea of this industry.
But on the blue ocher mining side, things have to start from scratch - the blue ocher industry is all in the village of Vero in the east. Lux's understanding of this place is very limited. The data in the preliminary report alone is not enough to support the mining industry.
renovation plan.
In order to find out the situation of the blue ocher industry, Ino, who returned from Freljord, came to Vero Village alone after handing over the trade matters in the north, and launched a detailed investigation into the blue ocher industry here.
Then, when Ino arrived at Vero Village in early spring under the guidance of a guide, she immediately discovered the difference between this place and Forsbarrow.
Fosbairo is the mountain pass of the Longji Mountains, and Weiluo Village is not far from the mountain pass. However, the geographical environment of the two sides is completely different - to the north of Weiluo Village, the two branches of the Longji Mountains seem to penetrate into the earth.
Spreading like roots, the village of Vero is between these two mountains.
It seems that due to geological movement, the two mountains on both sides of Weiluo Village, one to the east and one to the west, have a lower altitude on the side facing Weiluo Village, thus forming a long strip that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.
Trapezoidal basin.
Different from the melting lakes around Forsbarrow, the winds roar all year round near the village of Verlo, and the valley winds are constant all year round. There is almost no soil on the ground, and exposed rocks can be seen everywhere. And the blue ocher production site
The mines are located on the mountains on both sides of Vero Village.
Different from the criss-crossing mines seen in Zaun, the mines here are all dug into the stone walls, separated by dozens of feet, and are densely packed like a honeycomb.
Ino had never seen this type of mine before, so he couldn't help but raise his head and look at these hives carefully.
At this moment, the president of the Mining Association, who had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time, came forward.
"Miss Ino, right?" He showed an expectant smile, "Come on, come on, welcome to Vero Village!"
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Compared with Grandma Nadine's caution, Mr. Gillam, the president of the Mining Association, is undoubtedly more eager - he looks at Ino with eyes full of expectation, as if waiting for Ino to come up with a solution, and then he cheers up.
, Vero Village can take back the ore processing industry from Seka Town in the southeast.
If Granny Nadine relies on her personal prestige to influence the herb collectors' guild, then Gilam, as the president of the Mining Association, is the one who has the final say in matters in the entire Vero Village.
The mining industry is a labor-intensive industry. Individual production can be done by collecting herbs and hunting. However, if mining relies on just one person, nothing can be extracted. Therefore, the miners in Vero Village naturally have a high level of productivity.
Organization and collective consciousness.
Working together and selling ore to share the money is the way of life for the miners in Vero Village. Individual work needs to be organized to be effective. This makes Gillam's voice more powerful than other associations.
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Although the production structure seems quite advanced to Ino, in fact, the life of these blue ocher miners is not good.
Although blue ocher dye is expensive, blue ocher ore is very cheap.
After all, the excavated blue ocher mine cannot be used directly. It needs to go through a series of complex processing procedures before it can become expensive blue ocher dye. In this process, as the most upstream mining workers, they do not earn much.
Therefore, for the miners in Vero Village, Lux's idea of "relocating the ore washing and crushing industries" is undoubtedly very popular.
During the Spring Speech, when Lux finished this part, the miners who followed Gillam to listen to the speech all cheered excitedly.
They have long been dissatisfied with the vampires in Seka Town. Blue ocher is obviously the source of everything, but they always lower the price!
It's just a pity that Vero Village doesn't have the processing capabilities or the manpower to do it, so those bastards in Seka Town make a lot of money.
In the past, Forsbarrow had no lords, and the miners in Verlo Village had to rely on themselves.
But the situation is different now, the new lord has a solution!
Although they have not had much contact with Lux, after seeing the artificial lake built over the winter, the miners in Vero Village understand the energy of this lord better than those who often chat with Lux.
If we can dig out a lake so big that it can block glaciers, is our problem really a problem?
It was based on these judgments that when Gillam heard that the political officer Miss Ino was coming to Vero Village to understand the situation in person, his attitude was quite positive.
With this positive attitude, Eno's work became a lot easier. After having a meal with the foreman of the Mining Association headed by Gillam, Eno directly asked to go down to the mine to have a look.
"This, isn't this not good?" Hearing this request, he faced Gillam and hesitated, "The inside of the mine is really dirty and messy. The mine was just opened a few days ago and work just resumed yesterday. It's really hard for you to go down at this time.
yes……"
"I still know something about mining." Ino showed off Karya's somewhat understanding state with great familiarity, "Let's go, let me see, at least I need to know the scale of your production, right?"
Seeing Eno's resolute attitude, Gillam could only wink to the left and right, asking them to go down to the mine first and set up a front station, while he led Eno to come later.
In this way, not long after, Ino followed Gillam to the foot of the cliff east of Vero Village and entered the blue ocher mine that was being used.
This is a straight mine without any turns. It opens from the cliff outside the mountain and is excavated all the way down at an angle.
Inside the mine, Ino did not see any structures used to support the mine, nor any permanent lighting facilities. What he could see completely relied on the miner's lamps in people's hands.
Judging from Gillam's performance, the miners don't seem to have any safety measures. Once something happens in the mine, no one will be saved.
The combination of these messy things made Ino couldn't help but frown. During her years in Zaun, she saw many terrible production accidents, and judging from the situation in this mine, the number of people who had the accidents was
The possibility is very high - if she were not worried that the ripples of magic power would cause unrest in the earth element, she would have already begun to explore the earth element structure of the mine and evaluate its mining safety!
Due to insufficient lighting, Gillam, who was leading the way in front of Ino, did not notice the change in Ino's expression. He was still telling the story of generations of mining experience in Vero Village in a proud tone.
According to him, blue ocher was first exposed in the open air. Later, local people discovered that digging holes into the mountain could dig out ore with high blue ocher content, and the village of Vero gradually took shape.
Vero is actually a slang term from the North, which means "a group of people gathering together." Vero Village is not a natural village, but a village gradually formed with the mining of blue ocher.
"I saw a mound under this mine." As the other party kept talking, Ino finally couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Is that an abandoned, buried mine?"
"That's right, if we count, there are already two levels of mines abandoned." Gillam nodded, "Don't worry, this mountain is huge, and there is still a lot of blue ocher to mine."
Hearing this, Ino finally couldn't help but put her hands on her temples - Damn it, what she was worried about was never how much blue ocher mine was left, but what she was worried about was that if you mine like this, the mine will collapse in the next moment.