Chapter 99: Open-pit Mine
Lindsay did not persuade Anrui or express his opinion.
Because he knows it very well.
As a lord who has managed a border town for hundreds of years, Anrui must have a very deep-rooted will in some aspects.
His words could not sway An Rui's mind.
Besides, the purpose of coming to the Lord's Manor today is to find out what the other party is thinking.
Lindsay's goal has been achieved and the current situation of the town has been confirmed. This is enough.
So after the conversation ended, he stood up from An Rui.
Before leaving, Lindsay asked one last question:
"Uncle Anrui, I plan to try to sharpen some arrowheads recently. I heard that there are places around the town where I can see ore. Can you tell me the location?"
Anrui raised his eyebrows. :
"Can't we just leave this kind of matter to the blacksmith in the town, or go to Joel?"
Lindsay replied calmly:
"I also want to try it myself."
"..."
An Rui looked at it with interest. Lindsay glanced.
Because of the experience of adventure together in the Black Mountain World, he also knew that Lindsay's skills had very diverse abilities, and now he naturally connected everything.
But this time, An Rui didn't go into details and simply replied:
"That place is just north of the town."
"Go straight from here. You can get there in two hours at your speed."
Tell Lindsay the location of the mine. Later, Anrui pointed to the manor kitchen behind him:
"By the way, some nut cakes were baked in the kitchen today. You can take some to eat on the road."
Lindsay nodded and thanked:
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Anrui. "
After ending the conversation, Lindsay walked to the kitchen of the manor.
It was still early and only the cook Reina was busy in the kitchen.
This person can also be regarded as an old acquaintance of Lindsay.
Because in the initial stage of his cooking skills, he learned from him.
Lindsay is seen walking into the kitchen. Reina, who was washing the radishes, immediately had a smile on her face. She put down the vegetables in her hands, wiped her hands on her apron, and greeted her warmly: "Lindsay, why are
you here?"
Reina's welcome was not It's polite, but it comes from the heart.
Because Lindsay has always respected her very much and had a humble and serious attitude when learning cooking.
As an ordinary cook.
How could Reina not like such a young awakened person?
Lindsay also smiled and said hello, and then said the reason for his visit:
"I plan to go north."
"Uncle Anrui said there are baked nut cakes here, and asked me to take some to eat on the road." "
Okay. Ah!" Reina nodded, turned around and took out a few nut cakes from the basket next door and handed them to Lindsay, "Take them and eat them. By the way, I also cooked some porridge in the morning. Do you want to have a bowl? Are you leaving again?"
"I had breakfast before going out, so I won't drink the porridge for now."
Lindsay declined, said goodbye to Lena, and prepared to leave the kitchen.
But at this moment, the cook called Lindsay from behind:
Reina walked forward mysteriously and reminded Lindsay in a low voice:
"Lindsay, you should be careful when you come here recently."
"Master Anrui has been in a bad mood these past two days. He had a quarrel with other people in the house last night, and I could hear it clearly downstairs!" "..."
Lindsay
nodded and left. The mood at that time was even more complicated because of this small episode.
Reina's reminder seemed to be just a well-meaning advice.
And she herself has no ill intentions towards An Rui.
But this is actually a subconscious change. People in the Lord's Manor would never tell others about An Rui without permission in the past. Even if the other party is Lindsay, this should not happen.
The changes in the town are changing everything in detail.
...
Two hours later.
Lindsay found the mine that Anrui mentioned in the north of the town.
This is an open-pit mining area, but hidden deep in dense forest.
In the past few years, the border town has not sent people to clear the woods, so it has been difficult to mine.
Lindsay probably knew the history of this when she was studying with Finn.
Given the size of a frontier town, the demand for ore used to be small. During the period when communication with the outside world was smooth, all the needs of the town could be met with only a small amount of imported iron ore.
A border town is just an outpost and does not need to develop its economy.
In the absence of urgent needs in many aspects, the place is basically in a state of neglect.
Until contact with the outside world is lost.
The town was no longer able to import iron ore, so it was redeveloped.
But even so, the mine still maintains a very original look. Lindsay walked in here and could see several large open pits that had been cleared along the open mine veins.
If necessary, the town will organize manpower to mine here.
Thirteen years have passed, and not much of the ore has been mined here. Unprocessed red-black coarse ore can even be seen on the surface.
Lindsay walked a little further inside.
Only then did I see a familiar hunter's cabin on the roadside.
This simple wooden house was originally owned by a hunter, but now it is occupied by the guards sent to the mine and transformed into a temporary cabin.
Lindsay knocked on the door and said hello.
The other party's name was Suna, and he was also an awakened person, but he was only in the second stage and was strong enough to deal with some beasts, so he got the job.
Suna also knew Lindsay.
After explaining his purpose, he stopped paying attention here and ran back to the hunter's cabin to sleep.
Lindsay didn't mean to trouble the other party too much.
He directly took out the pickaxe he had prepared and walked to a large dug hole nearby.
Lindsay raised the pickaxe, then stopped.
He doesn't even have to dig down hard!
Just next to the exposed surface, Lindsay saw a dense block of steel-gray ore. He bent down and grabbed the surface of the ore, and with a simple tilt, he pulled the ore out.
[Ore: Hematite]
[Ordinary ore, which can refine metals. 】
【Common rough ore on the market has low value. 】
"This is much simpler than I thought."
Lindsay sighed, and then started digging in the pit.
Not long after, four pieces of ore were placed in front of him.
Lindsay took out the furnace that had been prepared in advance and placed it on the ground. When the ore was put in, the corresponding formula appeared.
[4 Iron Ore = Iron Ingot]
Lindsay immediately chose to smelt, and a perfect iron ingot appeared in his hands.
"It's a rare trip here, so just pack enough stuff before going back."
Lindsay weighed the iron ingot, stuffed it into her backpack, turned around and started digging again.
This open-pit mine isn’t the only place that produces hematite.
There are also small amounts of magnetite, limonite and a very small amount of ilmenite.
Lindsay didn't want to make the scene too shocking.
So after excavating part of the ore in this pit, he moved to another pit to reduce his changes to the open-pit mine.
After all, with his efficiency.
If you focus on digging in one place, you will soon create a huge scene.
But even so.
One morning passed, and Lindsay's hands were filled with ores of various shapes.
According to the smelting efficiency of four to one, these harvests are enough for his planned use in the future.
I originally planned to spend a whole day here, but ended up finishing my work early.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Lindsay felt ice on her hand.
He looked up to the sky.
Spots of white snowflakes were found falling from the sky, and the gloomy sky seemed like a gray curtain pressing downwards.
This scene can only mean one thing:
"Winter is coming..."
(End of Chapter)