Path of light

Chapter 375 376. Investigation

This is how Roy brought the dwarf craftsman Putkis out of the mine.

The first thing he did after walking out of the mine, Roy found an ax and cut off the chains on the old dwarf's ankles. His ankles had been worn out countless times and healed many times, and there were always scars on them. Together, they even look a little scary.

Dwarves are born with big feet, and Putkis's feet are also very big. He almost always has bare feet in the mines. The long time without wearing shoes has caused a thick layer of calluses on the soles of his feet, but his toes It was a bit scary when I put my fingernails on. Hui Taotao's fingernails were full of cracks.

The old dwarf has almost no strong muscles on his body, his old skin has become extremely saggy, and his only commendable beard is dirty.

When Putkis came out of the mine, the first thing he did was not go to the restaurant to enjoy the food. Instead, he took a comfortable bath in the steaming bathroom, and washed his beard very carefully, and even applied a little grease. , and then braided his beard into three braids.

As for the Mediterranean-style hair on the top of his head, the old dwarf simply trimmed it, and then cut off the nails that had been softened by soaking in the bath.

When he changed into a set of linen robes and walked out of the bathroom, he looked very energetic except that he looked a little skinny and stooped.

Roy took him to a separate suite on the fourth floor. The small living room was not too big and could be transformed into the old dwarf's workshop in the future. Next to it was a very private bedroom with a single bed covered with a layer of The soft and clean quilt, through the square glass window, can still see the vast grassland on the Pajisto Plateau.

The room was very exquisite. Putkis touched the sofa and coffee table in the living room with his hands and said to Roy:

"Move all this furniture out. I need a sturdy, durable workbench with a flat top, preferably a set of magic laboratory crucibles, and help me build a row of shelves against the wall."

"I will have the workbench and shelves brought over immediately. The magic crucible is not available yet. I will find a way to buy it back from Padstow City!" Roy said.

The old dwarf nodded. He looked at Roy again and asked him: "Mine owner Roy, what do you want me to do?"

"Fill your stomach first, and we can talk while eating..." Roy suggested.

The old dwarf frowned. He obviously didn't agree with talking about work while eating, but since it was Roy who brought it up, he couldn't say anything.

Half-blood elves are not very good at cooking, and they don't even know how to make bread, but there is still no problem in making a few scones.

Soon there was a fruit platter, two scones and a piece of cheese in front of the old dwarf. In addition, there was a glass of ale exuding a rich aroma of malt.

When the old dwarf saw the food, his lips were trembling. He first lowered his head, put his nose next to the plate, and sniffed the wheat aroma emanating from the scones with intoxication. Then he picked up the wooden wine glass and tasted it. A sip of ale…

At this moment, the old dwarf Putkis seemed to be alive again.

While eating, his hand always held the wine glass.

After taking two sips of ale, the old dwarf's eyes regained some luster. When he looked at Roy, he no longer looked wary. He put the last piece of cheese into his mouth and licked the cheese on his fingers. Scum, then he said to Roy:

"Can you tell me now? If you still don't tell me... what you want me to do, I might not even be able to sleep well!" the old dwarf urged.

Roy smiled and motioned to the half-blood elf cook to remove all the plates from the table.

After the table was cleared, Roy took out a roll of parchment from his magic belt bag, untied the rope tied to the scroll, and showed the parchment in front of the old dwarf.

The scroll shows what the mine will look like after it has been expanded. There are some supports built around the shaft, and there are two elevators inside.

What Roy drew was only a simplified diagram, and the structure of the elevator was not drawn at all.

The old dwarf's eyes fell on the scrawled drawing. He did not say anything, but looked at it for a while, then raised his head and asked Roy:

"You want to build a two-car elevator in the mine?"

Roy nodded and added: "My original idea was to build an elevator with more reliable performance. Later, I thought that one elevator might not be enough, so I changed it to two cars, one up and one down. One car When going up, the other car will stop underground, and they can be connected with pulleys and cables..."

Roy told the old dwarf his initial thoughts, and the old dwarf kept nodding.

After Roy finished all the requirements, Putgis said: "I will draw the drawings as soon as possible. After drawing the drawings, I will also make a simple model for verification. It is estimated that it will take about three weeks to complete."

Roy said to the old dwarf: "Looking forward to your first set of design drawings..."

The old dwarf's eyes looked extremely determined, and he should be very confident in designing this elevator that can run up and down without a manual winch.

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Although there are currently only more than twenty gray dwarf miners in the first mine, basic order has finally been restored in the mine.

Roy found a warehouse full of spinel from the gray dwarf bandits, so he was not worried that the output of the spinel mine would be seriously low in the recent period.

The Dark Moon elves underground in the first mine, in addition to mining every day, also monitor the work of the two dozen gray dwarves.

Although the mine can be maintained for the time being, the obvious problem is: there is a serious shortage of miners in the mine.

First, the mixed-blood elf miners were rescued, and now the gray dwarf bandits have also been killed and injured, leaving only more than a hundred Dark Moon elves... Can Roy still expect them to dig many spinel mines?

There was no way, these problems were left by the previous mine owner, and now that Roy had taken over the mine, he had to find a way to solve them.

The elves are not mining material, and he needs more gray dwarves to enter the mines.

Hearing that dwarf pirates have been frequenting the Queen Egwene Islands recently, Roy wanted to write a letter to Earl Swinburne and ask him if the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion had captured gray dwarf prisoners of war. If so, He really wanted to add it to the mine of the first mine.

Roy stamped the envelope addressed to Lord Swinburne and mailed it out while the logistics team was transporting supplies to the mine.

The first mine can operate normally again. Lambo has also managed the first mine guard team in an orderly manner. Not only the internal guard work of the mine, but also the patrol teams arranged around the mine. These mixed-blood elf warriors have to work every day. Conduct patrols within a ten-mile radius of the first mine.

Once everything was on track, Roy left the first mine with twenty mixed elf warriors and ten dark moon elf warriors.

In fact, this battle not only changed the situation underground in the First Mine, but also changed the minds of some Dark Moon elves.

Especially the ten Dark Moon Elf warriors who followed Roy on the mission. After this battle, they felt a strong desire to fight in their hearts.

They don't even want to go back underground and live that hard and dull life.

The other twenty mixed-blood elf warriors were also discussing this battle along the way. For them, being able to defeat those gray dwarf bandits was definitely a major event worth publicizing everywhere.

Returning to the second mine, the expansion project of the mine here is nearing completion, but the shaft is still empty, and it is not known when the elevator will be installed.

The stables built outside the mine fortress have also begun to build roofs. The only shortage of materials that affects the progress of the project is that there is still no news about the wood that was supposed to be delivered this week.

It is said that the first batch of wood has arrived at the valley camp, but the logistics team has not yet made a transportation plan...

After Roy returned to the second mine, Lysander's pack team arrived at the second mine the next afternoon. His pack team of argali sheep had expanded from the original thirty or so to more than seventy.

Moreover, there are several young mixed-blood elves around Lysander, who are all Lysander's assistants.

Lysander rushed to the second mine and met Roy first. Roy handed Lysander a prepared purchase list. The purchased materials listed in the list were mainly food supplies-fruits and fish.

The distance between Padstow Plateau and Padstow City was too long, so Roy suggested that Lysander go to the Barrier Village to purchase these supplies.

After Lysander accepted Roy's commission, he didn't even stop at the second mine and rushed directly to the first mine. He planned to take a look at Lambeau and then lead the pack to Barrier Town...

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The thing that made Roy scratch his head the most was that after Captain Berkeley went to the hinterland of the plateau, he never returned.

Since Roy offended the adjutant last time, his relationship with the Logistics Department has become increasingly tense. All kinds of supplies have been detained in the valley camp and have been reluctant to be sent to the mine.

Roy submitted an application to the Logistics Department: He hoped that the Logistics Department could purchase a batch of salted fish from Castletown Port.

Because most of the people living in the mine are mixed-blood elves, and unlike the Silver Moon elves, they are not opposed to eating fish.

This application has not received a response from the Logistics Department.

Moreover, in the Second Mine, although Mu Lin led the patrol out every day and searched for bushes to collect red berries, the food reserves in the mine were still being consumed rapidly. There was no way, only the mixed-blood elves in the Second Mine were There were almost seven hundred people.

The officer of the guard regiment responsible for guarding the third mine recently wrote six consecutive letters to Roy. The only content in the letter was that he hoped that Roy could rush to the third mine as soon as possible and take over the mine.

Roy always ignored it...

In fact, the third spinel mine has not been handed over. It is considered that Roy did it deliberately. The relationship with the logistics department was so tense. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Roy to take over the third mine.

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The officers of the guard regiment responsible for guarding the third mine did not want to stay in the mine fortress all the time, so they applied to the Valley Camp Military Headquarters to send another mine manager to take over the third mine.

How dare the military headquarters in the valley camp easily change the manager of the mine? Not to mention how difficult it is to find such a manager, the manager of this spinel vein was personally appointed by Earl Swinburne.

Unable to replace the mine manager, the military sent an investigator to the second mine to learn about the situation from Roy.

It was under such circumstances that Investigator Yalilo came to the second mine alone.

Yaliluo is an overseer of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion. Due to the poor performance of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment on the Padisto Plateau, Captain Hercules is currently under investigation in Padstow City, so Many officers of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment were given new assignments at Valley Camp.

This is why Yaliluo became an investigator, mainly to investigate and deal with those officers who had a negative attitude within the legion and refused to carry out military orders.

Yaliluo rode to the second mine. There were only two followers beside him. The three of them rushed to the second mine from the valley camp. They saw the magnificent fortress-like building on the ridge in the distance. Investigator Yaliluo asked Sighed.

Everyone knows this is troublesome.

Among the investigators in the valley camp, only Yaliluo had no background, so the matter was assigned to Yaliluo.

"Head, it seems that the second mine is ahead."

After the attendant finished speaking, he took off the kettle on his back and handed it to Yaliluo...

Yalilo nodded. He had just left the outskirts of this fortress last month. Captain Hercules failed to capture this fortress. This incident was not only a stain on Captain Hercules, but also made the cavalry vanguard All the elf warriors in the group couldn't hold their heads up...

Now that Yaliluo saw this mining fortress again, he naturally had a lot of thoughts in his heart.

He pulled on the reins, threw away the random thoughts in his mind, and rode towards the second mine.

As I got closer, I discovered that construction was in full swing outside the second mine. There were at least four hundred mixed elves working outside the fortress. A group of mixed elves were building stables, and another group of mixed elves were building a shooting range.

It is also worth mentioning that a mountain trail outside the fort looks newly built.

Investigator Yaliluo entered the mine fortress directly, and the mine was also being expanded in the courtyard...