Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 226 Discovery of Saltpeter Mine (Thanks to book friend 20192573 for his monthly vote)
Hearing Xiao En's words, Olga breathed a sigh of relief.

But something quickly occurred to her, so Olga said to Sean:

"Your Highness Sean, please wait a moment!"

Then Olga ran towards the truck pulling the goods behind them.

Not long after, Olga came to Sean with a small piece of stone covered with white powder:

"Before we set out last time, you asked me to go to the desert behind the coastal plateau. When we got there, we found many white powdery stones half a meter underground, very similar to the saltpeter you described.

So, let me bring it here for you to see if it is the saltpeter you need. "

Sean took the stone and squeezed it, and the stone immediately shattered into powder.

Sean had seen saltpeter before. The contract signed between the strong dwarf Melin Thaurissan and Sean included not only [-] gold coins, but also a ton of steel, sulfur, and saltpeter.

Olga brought back powdery congealed stones that were exactly like the saltpeter Sean had seen, and it was indeed saltpeter!

So Sean quickly asked:

"Olga, is there a large reserve of saltpeter under the desert you mentioned?"

Olga thought for a while and replied, "It shouldn't be too small. I'll dig a big pit every one or two kilometers according to your instructions, and saltpeter can be dug one or two meters below the ground."

Hearing Olga's words, Sean was overjoyed.

In other words, there is a large saltpeter mine under this desert, which is the treasure Sean dreamed of!
But thinking that the territory does not have enough manpower to mine, Sean said to Olga:

"Then let's do this! Olga, I'll hire your mercenary group to help me collect saltpeter. We can sign a three-month contract first."

"Yes, yes, it's just a question of price, can you afford it?" Olga extremely doubted that Sean couldn't afford it.

After all, he had been living in River Beach Town some time ago, and he had seen that Anduin had no money to pay the workers, but issued a large number of IOUs.

So Olga is very suspicious of Sean's ability to repay the loan.

Hearing Olga mention money, Sean immediately laughed:

"When it comes to the price, don't worry! I earned so many gold coins from Jorn City a few days ago, which is enough to pay you."

While talking, Sean made a "six" gesture to Olga.

"Six hundred gold coins?" Olga nodded: "You can earn 600 gold coins in ten days, you are really a business genius! But this money is not enough for your territory expenses? Why do you have extra gold coins to pay us? "

"Can't you guess more?" Sean wiped his sweat.

"Could it be six thousand gold coins?!" Olga's expression became serious.

Their Flaming Cross mercenary regiment has one silver rank, 20 bronze ranks, and nearly a hundred black iron ranks. Their total monthly income is only about 1300-1400 gold coins.

If the salaries and various expenses of the members are removed, 200 gold coins can be left in a month, which is already thankful.

Could it be that His Royal Highness Sean earned half a year's income in just ten days?How can this be? !
"No, no." Sean smiled and shook his head.

Olga relaxed a little.

But Sean's voice came from his ear again:
"Actually, it's [-] gold coins."

Hearing Xiao En's words, Olga suddenly felt the blood rushing up, and the wound on her body that was about to condense burst out again:

"How is this possible?! [-] gold coins!? Have you emptied the river family's treasury?! No, no! It's impossible for the river family's treasury to have so many gold coins!" Olga shouted loudly.

But in her heart, Olga had believed Xiao En's words.

After all, Sean just said that the goods and slaves he purchased in Yoen City were jointly escorted by three major mercenary groups.

With the three major mercenary regiments working together, this batch of goods is worth thousands of gold coins.

Not only was Olga stunned by the amount of gold coins, but the mercenaries around him were also stunned and speechless.

The entire mercenary team kept hearing the sound of "dang, dang" as weapons fell to the ground.

After a while, a mercenary beside Olga woke up from the shock, rolled his eyes, leaned into Olga's ear and said:

"Boss! The defense ability of River Beach Town is almost zero now, why don't we grab this gold coin."

In the middle of speaking, the mercenary was kicked out by Olga, and fell to the open space a few meters away, writhing in pain.

Olga said to the mercenary coldly:
"Wood, you will not be a member of our Flame Cross from now on! You go back to Jorn City to find old Charlie, and he will settle your wages for you."

After finishing speaking, Olga apologized to Xiao En with a smile: "Your Highness Xiao En, don't pay attention to his crazy words, let's continue to talk about business!"

Olga was not blinded by the huge amount of gold coins, his sense of smell was very keen.

If Sean really returned to River Beach Town safely with [-] gold coins, then there must be powerful forces behind him!

Otherwise, facing such a big piece of fat, the Hehe family would have already eaten it, so how could it be their turn?
So Olga looked at Sean with more submissive eyes.

Sean looked at Wood, the fallen mercenary, and seeing his expression of displeasure, he smiled and said:
"If you are not convinced, you can go to the administrative hall to find Windsor. He has just broken through the silver rank recently and is looking for someone to discuss with him."

Before Wood could speak, Olga yelled loudly: "What?! Windsor has broken through the silver rank?!"

Olga couldn't believe her ears, the first time he saw Windsor he had only black iron steps.

In less than a month, Windsor's strength is on par with him?Will he suddenly become a gold rank powerhouse in the future?
"It's a good thing I didn't do anything bad to Wen De Sole before." Olga said happily in her heart.

Sean patted Olga on the shoulder: "I see that your injury is also quite serious. You can go to Anduin to treat the injury, and discuss the matter of collecting saltpeter by the way. I won't go in."

"Okay, Your Highness Sean." Olga bowed respectfully to Sean.

Sean nodded and walked west.

Seeing Sean's disappearing figure, Olga fell into deep thought.

In the past, he prohibited Sophia from approaching His Highness Sean, but now that Sean's power is rising rapidly, he is no longer afraid of Zude from Shuishong Town.

So should we let our daughter get close to His Highness Sean now?But now, with His Highness Sean’s strength, can he still value his daughter?
Olga suddenly regretted it.

After saying goodbye to Olga, Sean headed west towards the road to get to the mill.

Before going to the mill, Sean also went to the place where Lucy and the dwarves made iron.

The dwarves surrounded Lucy and kept asking her about forging knowledge, but no one paid any attention to Sean.

Sean asked Lucy about the progress of manufacturing muskets. After confirming that the first batch of muskets could be completed in 6 days, Sean left with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)