Chapter 52 Iron Felt
After awakening the two-word bloodline skills, your life span will increase a little. If you awaken twice, you can live to about 120 years old. After only one hundred years, you will not be able to fight with others.
Rossetti was thinking well, because he heard that the family now had only one sacred land to marry into. After he advanced to the sacred land, he had the first heir to the Marquis of Raphael. He could also use the surname Raphael.
Of course Rossetti didn't know that Link was a legendary powerhouse and could live at least 2,500 years - of which five hundred years were the effect of eating the fruits of the Golden World Tree.
Rossetti may not be able to survive even if he advances to the legend.
Aida: "By the way, cousin, which profession are you?"
Rossetti: "I have practiced swords, guns, bows and arrows, and I use swords and shields in the mercenary group."
Link: "Okay, let's be the captain of the sword and shield soldiers first."
After opening a note and asking the butler to see Rossetti away, Link asked, "What are your cousin here for?"
Allen took a sip of tea: "What are you doing? It's not for inheritance. But I think he's overthinking."
Aida: "That's right, let him practice in the army for decades first. It really became a sacred realm, which is the surname of Raphael."
Alan Ada actually made a profit. Originally, they either got married or went out to be adventurers by themselves, and could only go home and get the surname Raphael unless they became a sacred land.
If adventurers are so easy to do, the Allen Ada sisters would not be single. The fact is that it is difficult for women to do whatever they come out to do unless they are better than most men.
Although the Allen Ada sisters are not talented, they are not at the point of crushing most male adventurers.
Link was still very satisfied with these two wives. Both of them were senior soldiers, with strong muscles, soft bones, and well-proportioned figures. Many positions could be unlocked, such as standing a horse, so the intelligence officers in the hotel could not play with them.
The territory has temporarily stabilized. After looking for dinner, Link pulled a portal to His Highness Helena's mage tower.
Link is also a minority who allow the recording of magic coordinates of the Mage Tower.
His Highness Helena saw Link coming out of the portal: "You're going to get a meal."
Link changed his mind: "I've just finished my work on the territory recently."
After finding a seat to sit down, after finishing the dragon meat meal, it was time to drink tea, and Link began to complain.
Link said: "I recently looked at the income and expenditure of the Marquis of Raphael, and the situation was not good. The point is that there is no mine, only farmland income and a little commercial tax. How can we hold on?"
His Highness Helena: "That place is considered a barren land of the Holy Empire. It has been opened for more than a thousand years. The royal family and the marquis in the middle have asked people to find minerals, but no valuable minerals have been found."
In theory, marble can be dug for carving and selling for money. The floor tiles of the Marquis Raphael's house are all made of marble with anti-slip patterns hand-carved. However, minerals are also divided into poor ore and rich ore. Poor ore is the kind with small reserves and high mining difficulty and great value. Rich ore is the kind with open-pit ore and huge reserves.
The main demand for rich ores by humans is coal, iron, gold and silver. Copper ores are generally gold ore or associated mines. It is a bit of a loss to specialize in mining copper ore, but copper ore often has silver ore and gold ore as companion mines, so it is made up.
Link: "I'm still unwilling to give up. Even if I find a mine outside the territory, it's good to occupy it."
His Highness Helena: "Lucy, go and invite the Master Iron Felt."
"Yes, Your Highness." Lucy opened the portal and left.
His Highness Helena said: "Master Iron Felt is a dwarf. In fact, all prospecting masters are dwarfs, because dwarfs live underground. Dwarfs use underground iron ore and underground combustible gas to build weapons. Seventy percent of the fine weapons on the market are from the hands of dwarfs. Ten percent of the legendary weapons are from the hands of dwarfs."
After a while, Lucy brought a bearded and short fat man who was 1.2 meters tall. The short fat master Iron Felt bowed: "I have seen His Highness Helena, I wonder what's wrong with me, the dwarf?"
Link: "I am Marquis Link Raphael. Actually, I am looking for you to explore the territory of Marquis Raphael."
Master Iron Felt: "I am bluntly speaking, five hundred years ago, the territory of the ninth Marquis Raphael conducted a mine exploration. I participated at that time, and I could even say that I was one of the leaders. At that time, we searched all the territory of His Royal Highness Marquis Raphael, but we found no valuable minerals.
This is not because we have not found mineral deposits. There are still some coal mines and iron ore in the territory of the Lafite Marquis, which are of good quality, but the buried deep and the value of mining is not high. After calculation, it is better to buy iron than to mine the coal mine iron ore.
The mines in the Marquis of Raphael are buried relatively deep, and the shallowest veins are also 100 meters. In this way, you can only dig down ore under inclined shafts. The inclined shafts also need to be supported by strong wooden beams. The deeper the dig, the more wooden beams are used. The higher the cost.
Several other coal mines and iron ores in the Holy Empire are open-pit rich mines, and the mining costs are unmatched."
Link: "I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear just now. Actually, I want to prospect outside the Marquis of Raphael. As long as I find the rich mine, I can't just wipe out the monsters around it."
Master Iron Felt: "That would be fine, but if you want to go out to explore, you have to find a few masters to protect me. Although I am also a sacred domain, in the wild, a sacred domain is not enough to ensure my safety."
Link: "No problem, this is what I should have done."
Master Iron Felt: "The other is the price issue. This time, the prospecting is set to be a year. I will collect one thousand gold coins. If I find a rich mine, I will pay me another three thousand gold coins."
Link: "It's a reasonable request."
The Iron Felt Master has his own space equipment, and all the prospecting guys are inside. Since there is nothing to take, you can leave directly.
That night, when he arrived at the Marquis of Raphael's mansion, Link asked the old housekeeper to arrange a guest room for the dwarf Iron Felt Master.
The next day, Link ordered a squadron's cavalry, with the focus on letting the squadron's cavalry be alert and work hard at that time. There was also a half-elf archer Constance, a team of people, Link and the dwarf Iron Felt Master, set off like this.
Not to mention the space equipment of the dwarf Iron Felt Master, Link has two space equipment on him. After installing a large amount of food and grass to eat water, he doesn't even need the logistics and supplies troops. In addition, Link is still a legendary strongman, and his safety is guaranteed.
Chapter completed!