Chapter 16 Mineral Deposit No. 1—Salt Mine
"The first choice is to be close to a water source for easy access to water for irrigation. The surrounding land is also nourished by streams and is conducive to development."
Looking at this palm-sized place, Weilin could only choose three places.
One of them, just seven kilometers north of the Boulder Tribe, is a pool formed by the convergence of streams. It covers an area of more than 1,500 acres, equivalent to about one square kilometer, which is enough for the initial water consumption.
The other two places are not as strategically located as this one.
"This is the place. I will take people to explore and select a site in the afternoon."
As for the surrounding Goblin tribe, there is nothing to fear. Maybe these green-skinned monsters have begun to migrate.
Near noon, a knight came to report that a salt mine had been discovered.
After lunch, Verin took a few knights to the location of the salt mine.
On a low hill, several serf soldiers were guarding the door of the cave, gnawing on the black bread in their hands and discussing excitedly.
"Yesterday, I killed two goblins on the battlefield, and with the discovery of this salt mine, I will definitely be able to escape the status of serf and become a free citizen."
"Alas, I'm not that lucky. Including the credit for discovering the salt mine, I only have two. I don't know when the next battle will be."
"Don't be discouraged. Master will definitely have to fight a lot to expand the territory. Maybe tomorrow we can follow the knights to wipe out the surrounding goblin tribes."
"I hope so. When I get rid of my status as a serf, I must... Look, it's the master."
Halfway through his words, a serf soldier saw a figure appearing in the distance and said loudly.
When Weilin approached, a serf stepped forward to hold the red phosphorus horse, and the other two people immediately reported: "Master, this is a salt mine, and there is no danger in it."
"Well done, keep up the good work."
Verin dismounted, encouraged the three serfs, and then led Baird into the cave.
After walking for more than a hundred meters, a cave of more than 100 square meters appeared in front of us. The surrounding walls were all made of salt mines.
He stepped forward and used his fighting spirit to detect. Within the range of his perception, there were all salt mines, and they were all salt mines with very high purity. They only needed to be slightly purified before they could be sold as medium-quality salt.
As for mineral salts with more harmful impurities on the surface, they only account for a small part.
"The reserves of salt in this mine are quite large, which is an unexpected surprise."
Baird was a little suspicious, and he also conducted a search. His face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, this is a treasure land that must be strictly guarded. I suggest that all the miners use those robber slaves who are evil-doing, and troops are stationed outside for defense. "
"It's exactly what I want, but in the early stage, it's not advisable to mine a large amount, lest someone discover it and cause trouble for no reason." Weilin touched his chin and said to Baird.
"The Lord has said so."
Soon, the two people left the cave, found a huge stone, and sealed the entrance first. After successfully establishing a settlement, they could send people to mine it.
While there was still time, Weilin took Baird and others to a waterhole twelve kilometers away to explore and prepare to finalize the location of the initial settlement.
Ten minutes later, several people came to a wide lake, and there were some animals drinking water not far away.
Looking at the beautiful scenery makes the few people who come relax physically and mentally.
"Baird, it's a beautiful place, isn't it?" Weilin turned to look at Baird, whose face had not changed much, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.
"My lord, it is very beautiful. The land is fertile and is conducive to watering. There is a slope in the distance that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. You can build a castle. This place is also close to the salt mines, so you can support it at any time."
"Maybe you didn't mean what you told me, but it doesn't matter." Weilin shrugged and said helplessly.
"Let's go and walk around. This may be our future home for a long time." Weilin said to the knights behind him, and then rode towards the slope in the distance.
Seeing this, Baird led others to follow him quietly.
It took more than two hours for Weilin to walk around the lake and write down some general ideas on paper, such as which place is suitable for building a castle, which place is suitable for cultivating farmland, which place can be used as a military camp, or as a excrement. storage area to avoid contaminating the quality of the lake water.
Although the water in the lake here is flowing and has the effect of self-evolution, Verin does not want to drink the lake water with excrement.
Seeing that it was getting late, Weilin ended his exploration trip and took his people back to the Boulder Tribe to prepare for the final preparations before pioneering.
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News of the destruction of the Boulder Tribe and the six surrounding tribes spread among the surviving goblins.
As Weilin expected, the first time the leader of the remaining Goblin tribe received the news was not to resist, but to prepare to migrate, leaving here and heading further west.
This is how they have been here for more than a hundred years, and now they are just repeating what happened before.
They would rather compete with gnolls and kobolds for survival territory than fight against human pioneers.
Fight against other alien races, and if you fail, you can become a slave and survive.
If the confrontation with the human pioneers fails, it will be life and death. There have been too many examples of this for more than a hundred years, and the goblins in the gray wasteland have this memory engraved in their bones.
Over the next few days, migrating goblins were seen everywhere on the fringes of Toksik.
Thousands of green-skinned monsters lurk day and night, leaving this barren land where they have lived for more than thirty years.
Goblin tribes in some other areas received news that human pioneers had appeared again, and they all prepared to move their families and leave here.
They were not sure whether this was a sign of another large-scale human development, or it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
In this way, Weilin single-handedly forced hundreds of goblin tribes and tens of thousands of goblins to migrate on the edge of the Yellowstone region.
This move can be described as a feast for the monster tribes in the depths, and they can harvest a large number of slave tribes from it to increase their tribe's combat effectiveness and food reserves.
But all this has nothing to do with Verin.
What he has to do now is to build the first village, the first farmland, the first castle, expand his territory, complete the assessment after four years, be promoted to baron, and become a true nobleman in this world.
After returning to the Boulder Tribe, everyone held discussions, with Verin mainly narrating, others nodding, and occasionally Baird putting forward his own opinions.
Lying on the carpet, looking at the planned construction drawings, I felt tired.
This meeting made Verin even more eager to get an internal affairs talent.
A group of knights with heads full of muscles made him feel like Alexander.
