Quadruple split.

Chapter 671: The Kobold Rebellion

Many people know that in the south of Hongyun Terrace, which is also around Artisan Town, there is a large-scale ore vein, which is rich enough to support the metal consumption of the entire northwest one-third. There are everything from the largest iron ore to rare metals such as mithril and fine gold. The annual export volume is astronomical, and the surrounding mining areas are as numerous as stars, even in the entire innocent continent. very large mining area.

In view of the fact that there is no clear reason why this area belongs to power, countless people have used their brains here for profit for thousands of years. Among them, the largest conflict even involved a large number of legendary powerhouses. A total of seventeen forbidden curses were smashed, which not only caused a large number of casualties, but also caused an extremely rare phenomenon of elemental collapse, causing the surrounding sky within hundreds of kilometers to be dyed crimson by the fire element.

The real clouds have been burned away long ago, and the runaway fire elements turned into pieces of flame clouds, burning the sky and the earth, and it lasted for three days and three nights before gradually dissipating, and the name "Hongyuntaidi" was derived from this Come.

After that, the major forces that found that if they continued to rob like this, they would blow up the entire mining area sooner or later finally woke up, shifted the battlefield from the top of those rare mineral deposits to the negotiating table, and after a long period of time until two people were killed. After negotiations between the leaders of the two forces, it was finally decided to attribute this area to the neutral organization 'Miners' Association', supervised by the largest gold coin chamber of commerce and the steam consortium, which do not fight each other very well, and open bidding every five years form to divide the mining area.

To put it simply, as long as you have money, anyone can set up a mining area here with a mining period of five years. During this period, except that extreme means are not allowed for destructive mining, you can play whatever you want. How to play.

The gold coins obtained from the bidding will be used for basic personnel security, a new round of exploration, and maintenance of the mining area. There is basically no money to be made in this link, and the accounts are completely open and transparent. In terms of interests, the miners association, gold coins The chamber of commerce and the steam consortium each have 1% of the bidding proceeds to take, and the other 97% is considered public expenses. Although this amount of money is definitely an astronomical figure among ordinary people, it is really not enough Flower, the reason is very simple, the cost of maintaining such a large mining area is also astronomical, very astronomical.
All in all, Hongyun Terrace has finally restored peace, and its mining work is on the right track, making countless people earn a lot of money.

Today, the mining area of ​​this mining area has been divided into one hundred and forty-three, of which the wealthy Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and the Steam Consortium occupy twenty-seven and thirty-five mining areas with precious metals as the core, and the other six The sixteen mining areas are occupied by more than thirty forces, and Artisan Town is one of them.

No. 12 C+-level comprehensive mining area and No. 28 A-level comprehensive mining area are exactly the sites that Craftsman Town won four years ago. Therefore, as long as these dead houses with good money raise a little bit of funds, it is really not difficult to get two mining areas near the water tower, and other forces are also very face-saving, and usually they will not tear up with this 'small workshop' He made an embarrassing price call. After all, the circle of engineers is not big or small. If they are really offended, whether it is the chamber of commerce, the country, or even the major neutral organizations, it is all the same for them. It's a worthwhile thing.

And the masters in Artisan Town are also very sophisticated. Although they can save a lot of money every time with the humility of other competitors, they are never greedy and always only take two small-scale mining areas. After the mining is settled, the miners' association is fully responsible for the mining affairs. The income issue is entrusted to the gold coin chamber of commerce and the steam consortium in turn. The money earned is directly distributed to individuals in the form of materials, ore or cash according to different needs and investment ratios. How will it be calculated in the end? How to make money, everyone is happy.

Until a gang of troubles appeared.
"You also know that although the kobolds are not as good as us dwarves, they are also good at mineral exploration and mining, so not only us who are entrusted by Artisan Town, other people with mining rights also like to hire those guys to help dig Mine, the result. Ugh."

Father Kag rubbed his rosacea vigorously, and complained with a sigh: "As a result, a while ago, the No. 12 mining area to the east of the town suddenly rebelled, um, to be precise, the gang of kobold miners rebelled , They drove away all the miners of other races, destroyed a large number of raw ores that were just about to be transported back to the town, and then blocked the mines, causing us huge losses. We really have nothing to do, so we went to the Adventurers Guild The task was issued."

Several members of the Wang Wang team (more serious) looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Well, Daddy Kag, I have a question I want to know,"

After briefly understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Mo Tan, who was defaulted to be the speaker of the Wangwang team, coughed lightly, and asked the old dwarf, "Why did those kobold miners rebel? Could there be any misunderstanding?"

"For example, Ye Ge sent meals to those ugly and smelly guys?"

The slightly drunk Yaya grinned, and then the angry Ji Xiaoge pinched her small face and ravaged her vigorously.

Mo Tan gave a dry laugh, feeling that although the reason Ya Ya just said is valid in a certain sense, it is still a bit unrealistic. If he really ate the big pot of rice cooked by Ji Xiaoge, he probably would have died to rebel.

So what he suspects is another aspect, that is, the content of 'exploitation', 'squeezing', and 'abuse' that ordinary people always subconsciously associate with the word miner.

Everything is not groundless. To give a simple example, chefs and miners use their own hands to make money, and when people joke, they will say, "XX hasn't seen you for so long, have you been sent to XX to mine" instead of "I haven't seen XX for such a long time, did I send XX to cook?" Obviously because the former is more likely to reflect "being tricked", "sold", "deceived", and "unlucky". and other meanings.

That's why Mo Tan asked this question.

To his surprise, Kag's father really replied straightforwardly: "I don't know if there is a misunderstanding, but I know the reason for their rebellion, it is because of the treatment."

[Is it really a matter of treatment? 】

The three players, Mo Tan, Ji Xiaoge, and Dabs exchanged surprised glances, while Jadka, who is a native of the Innocence Realm, looked normal. One person is dozing off, and the other is also dozing off.

"Uh, Daddy Karg, since those kobolds feel that they have been treated unfairly."

Ji Xiaoge scratched her cheek and suggested, "Then why don't we sit down and talk about their treatment, such as raising their wages or something."

Kag rolled his eyes: "I said, little pigeon, do you know what the average salary in our mining area is?"

The little pigeon shook his head blankly.

"Ordinary miners get 80 copper coins per day, including food and lodging, 20 copper coins for every [-] catties they dig, and one day off every ten days. This is basically the case in the whole mainland."

Karg sighed, and asked again: "Then do you know how I treat those kobolds in mining area 12?"

The little pigeon continued to shake its head blankly.

"They are all ordinary miners. I won 1 silver coin per person per day for those guys, including food and lodging, 1 copper coin for every extra catty dug, [-] days of rest for two days, and wine!!"

Father Kag patted the table angrily, gritted his teeth, and said, "I saw how pitifully that kobold tribe was squeezed out, and the engineers in our town didn't care about such a small amount of money, so I tried to give them more trouble." I gave some treatment so that those guys could have enough food and clothing, but in the end they even bit back and said that the treatment was not good. Damn it, if I release this treatment now, people will trample on the threshold of the association tomorrow! This is called Bad treatment!!"

The three players were taken aback at the time. Not only did the father Kag not exploit the working class, he even gave those kobolds a lot of special treatment. They were lying, so they all became dazed.

After a while, Ji Xiaoge, who was relatively familiar with Kager, broke the silence, and asked the old dwarf who was drinking: "If this is the case, why do they rebel? Is it really like Mo just now?" Is there any misunderstanding in what you said?"

"There's a fart misunderstanding! It's just a bunch of white-eyed wolves! @#￥!%&@!"

Karg first cursed loudly, and then put the wine glass on the table angrily: "Let's put it this way, there are actually a group of kobolds from outside, and the total number is less than twenty. When I came to our Artisan Town and said that I was looking for work, people saw that they were kobolds, so they directly introduced them to me, and guess what happened?"

Dabs asked in a very cooperative manner, "What's the matter?"

"The leader actually said that they wanted a mother. What did he say at the time? Anyway, he said that he wanted to protect us and let us give them money every month. Don't you think this is nonsense? Who are the people who live here? All the explosives that people carry can kill those smelly dogs (Fath let out a threatening whine at this point) Uh, sorry, killed those kobolds ten times, who needs their protection!"

Kag curled his lips, shrugged and said: "So I ignored his nonsense, and directly introduced the work of mining in the mining area, and told them that there are many kobolds of the same kind, and working together can make a difference." Take care, it turned out he was @#! The leading kobold turned over the table on the spot, cursed and left."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, and guessed with his chin: "Then they went to the mining area you mentioned, Mr. Kag, by themselves? And they incited the kobolds who were working there to rebel?"

"You are quite clever, young man."

Kag took out a glass from under the table, poured half a glass of wine and pushed it to Mo Tan: "Yes, you are right, in the next few days, it is probably because the little pigeon just came to our artisan town to find the ice that can't melt. At that time, I got the news that the twenty or so kobolds ran to the No. 12 mining area. I don’t know, how to settle the bill when the time comes.”

'Papa Karg is such a nice guy'

Ji Xiaoge sent a message to Mo Tan.

'Well, it can be seen that the old gentleman is actually very kind-hearted. '

Mo Tan nodded slightly, and replied in seconds.

'So there must be something wrong with the kobolds?Shall we help? '

' That's what I thought too, but let's listen again, and if you really want to help, I think we can start with a conversation. '

'Just talk to me? '

"hold head high."

After the brief exchange between the two of them, Kag, who had just taken a gulp of spirits, continued: "Ten days have passed, and I don't know what happened, but those kobolds turned back Yes, and it’s getting louder and louder. Now it’s not just our miners’ association, but the entire artisan town. There are some basic ores that are easy to mine in the No. 12 mining area, and they are used very quickly. It's over, everyone can't be bothered."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Carger."

Jadka interrupted him suddenly, and said suspiciously: "You mean, there are more than [-] kobolds in the mining area who rebelled together, causing the Artisan Town a headache?"

Kag nodded vigorously: "That's right."

"That's not right."

The old mage stroked his beard, frowned and said: "As far as I know, the average strength of the kobold race is basically not very strong. Not counting a few geniuses, most of them can't even touch the high-level threshold. A mining area There are more than [-] kobolds here, I think the average strength is the elementary level, even if there are individual middle-level or even high-level powerhouses, it is not scary for the great engineers here? Why is the situation so stalemate? To the extent that you have to issue missions in the Adventurer's Guild?"

"Is there nothing to be afraid of?"

There was a wry smile at the corner of Kag's mouth, and he shook his head, "I thought so too at the beginning, how strong a bunch of kobolds can be, at worst, we can clean them up and then try to reason. The result is... oh."

"What happened?"

Dabs expressed curiosity.

Uncle Kag had no expression on his face: "Naxam Brando, a well-known craftsman in the town, has brought a large number of high-level engineering artifacts, and intends to 'reason' them with those kobolds."

"and then?"

"Then that despicable and shameless instigator set the negotiation venue in the mine."

"And then what?"

"collapse."

"what?"

"Master Brando blew up that place with one detonator. He was seriously injured and unconscious. He was taken hostage by the leader, a kobold who called himself Brother Aliang."

"Who?"

"Brother Liang."

Six hundred and sixtieth chapters: the end

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