Lord Highlander

   Chapter 1201 1188. Bridgehead Camp

  There are nearly a hundred tribal youths left on the side of the iron mine, and they plan to build some wooden sheds at the foot of the mountain in advance. The future mineral processing and grinding machinery will be built at the foot of the mountain.

   Iron mines and copper mines have slightly different terrains.

  The three refining furnaces were originally built on the top of the first mountain in the copper mine because the ore vein behind it is much higher than the first mountain ridge. It is not so much a mineral vein as it is a long and narrow mine.

  The entire mountain on the side of the iron mine is full of iron ore. In the future, miners will dig all the way from the foot of the mountain.

  Suldak returned to Bena City this time, and he had to order these large magic machines with the local mineral business.

In the Grimm Empire, many machines originated from the age of hex technology in the goblin dynasty in ancient times. Many mechanical blueprints have been lost in the dust of history, but there are also many hex technologies handed down. The goblins designed and built a The most classic machine is the magic airship, which is widely used in almost all parts of the empire.

  The magic airship beats the Teleportation Hall of the Stargazer Union with its low transportation cost.

In addition, the magic cannons that have been in the hands of the Imperial Magic Union are said to be products of the era of Hex technology. Countless magicians have always wanted to imitate this kind of magic cannon, but the imitated magic cannons are far behind in terms of performance. Not as good as the magic cannon.

It is said that the core of the grinding machine is also Hex Technology, but probably the design drawings have been changed several times in the later stage. Now this kind of ore dressing and grinding machine has been simplified like a huge windmill. Many mining trading companies are agents of this kind large machinery.

  Marquis Luther doesn't know much about this, but Earl Clay Cushing knows it very well. The mining trading firm in Bena City was recommended to Suldak last summer.

Originally, Suldak planned to use the old equipment in the steel workshop, but this part of the grinding machine had already rusted into a pile of scrap iron in the mining area, and many parts that could be dismantled were even dismantled by the local villagers and brought home Forged into a knife and axe.

  So these need to be purchased by Surdak out of his own pocket.

This time when Suldak came to the iron mine, the first thing was to confirm whether the iron mine was worth vigorously mining, and the second thing was to determine the construction site of the iron mine. Young people from an indigenous tribe also wanted to level the foundation in advance.

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  It took another day for Suldak and Gulitum to reach the bridgehead camp of the Chain Bridge.

  Andrew and Wolfrider Tiger have arrived here ahead of time. In the two days since they arrived at the bridgehead camp, they took the cavalry stationed here and began to patrol the northern coast of the Great Rift Valley.

   Mainly attack two aspects.

   In the first aspect, in order to avoid the cost of crossing the chain bridge, some adventure groups secretly set up cableways in other narrow areas of the Great Rift Valley and secretly entered the area north of the Great Rift Valley to hunt ghost-striped red ants.

  This is absolutely not allowed.

   The first point is of course tax evasion, and the loss is the money that should have been in Suldak's pocket.

  The second point also left some safety hazards. Once the ghost-striped red ants enter the Invercargill Forest along this railway, it will be the most troublesome thing.

   Several commanders in the garrison camp were absent, and the cavalry just turned a blind eye to this. Now that Andrew has returned to the barracks, these things immediately entered the category of severe strikes.

  Besides, with the addition of wolf riding Tiger and Bonita, they are very good at tracking ghost-striped red ants and finding hiding places...

The second aspect is that some adventure groups are also engaged in slave trade at the same time. Although the Green Empire has strictly prohibited the indigenous tribes in the occupied areas from becoming slaves, some adventure groups just like to sneak into the fringes of the occupied areas and capture some slaves. to other provinces.

  Once these slaves enter the slave market and wear slave collars around their necks, it is equivalent to authentication of slave status. According to the laws of the Green Empire, noble lords are allowed to own slaves.

  These slave traders capture slaves in other areas, and Suldak has no control over them, but such things are not allowed in Invercargill Forest.

The specific reason is also very realistic. Most of the young people in these indigenous tribes will join the Suldak army in the future to serve in the army. In addition, almost all the indigenous young people hope to be able to work in the two mines Work.

  Slave traders are hunting slaves in Invercargill Forest, which is essentially digging the corner of Suldak.

So this matter is not allowed. When these adventure groups enter the town of Dodan, the sheriff in the town will officially notify these adventure groups, but there are still adventure groups willing to take risks for this. How profitable, but the prejudice against the aborigines in their hearts is almost deeply rooted in their bones.

The wolf knight Tiger also hated those slave traders. In the past two days, Andrew and the wolf rider Tiger successively discovered two ropeways hidden in the dark, and Bonita also found the smell left by the ropeway. Two adventure groups sneaked into the northern region of the Great Rift Valley to hunt, and one of the adventure groups was a slave hunting team.

  Facing Andrew and Tago, the two second-rank powerhouses, chasing and killing them from behind, the two adventure groups had no choice but to catch them without a fight.

  Actually, in terms of the personalities of Andrew and Tago, they didn't want these adventure groups to surrender, because only when they resisted would they be killed. Bringing the captives back to the chain bridge camp was far from killing them directly.

When Suldak came to the bridgehead camp, the members of the two adventure groups were tied to the wooden cross outside the camp by Andrew. They had been hanging here for a whole day, and now they didn't even have the strength to cry for mercy. , both arms were dislocated, and the person had become in a trance under the severe pain.

  Suldak came to the camp, first asked the guards guarding these crosses about the basic situation, and then entered the camp.

  However, Andrew and Tago were not in the camp. The two of them led a cavalry squadron into the west side of the Rift Valley to capture the slave hunting team hiding there.

   As soon as Suldak arrived at the barracks at the bridgehead camp, the leader of the adventure group begged to see him outside the camp.

"Lord Suldak, this is Job Hurst, the leader of the Pteris Blossom Adventure Group. I am here this time for the entire team of the Stone Castle Adventure Group. I pray that the Lord Lord can forgive their crimes. For this reason The Stone Castle Adventure Group is willing to pay a certain amount of fines."

  The leader of the adventure group walked in, saluted Suldak and said.

  Surdak sat on the chair, leaned his elbows on the armrest of the chair, put his fist on his jaw, and stared quietly at the man named Job. Head of Hearst.

   "Then tell me what the Stone Castle Adventure Group did wrong?" Suldak asked casually.

   "They entered the hunting area in the northern part of the Great Rift Valley without authorization through the ropeway." Job. Captain Hearst said immediately.

"As far as I know, they were not only arrested because of this, but they also arrested some women from the aboriginal tribe in the Invercargill Forest. These people completely ignored the warning of the Sheriff of Dodan Town. Under the prohibition, they are still catching slaves..."

  Suldak's tone kept rising.

   That Job. Seeing Suldak's angry look, Captain Hearst knew that this visit would return in vain, and he said unwillingly:

"My lord, they are only local aborigines, and they are also a resource that can be used by the adventure group. Besides, the women in the tribe are now in a state of surplus. They have captured some tribe women, which will not be too big for these tribes. Impact…"

   "So that's why they captured slaves?" Suldak lowered his arms, facing Job. Commander Hearst asked sharply.

   "...Well, many adventure groups have always done this, but no lord or mayor had such a request before!" Job. Captain Hearst said neither humble nor overbearing.

   "So you think I should, like other mayors, be silent about the slave-hunting adventure group?" Suldak turned his eyes cold, and turned to Job. Captain Hurst said: "I can tell you responsibly, that's impossible, step back! Before I change my mind, you can leave!"

   Job. Hearing what Suldak said, Captain Hearst immediately left Suldak's room in despair.

  Surdak turned pale with anger, and ruthlessly threw a silver tea cup off the table.

   The ogre Gullitum poked his head from the outside and looked into the room. Seeing that there was no sign of fighting in the room, he immediately retracted his head.

"Command, all slaves found in Invercargill Forest will be tied to wooden crosses and dried in the sun for three days, and then tied to Dodan Town for trial like slaves!" Suldak shouted to the bridgehead The squadron leader of the cavalry battalion on the camp side gave orders casually.

   "Yes, Commander!"

  The squadron leader is a veteran of the cavalry battalion, and he still uses his previous title when facing Suldak.

   Job. Captain Hearst never expected that these slave traders outside would hang on the cross for another two days just because of his pleading.

  The squadron leader of the cavalry battalion received the order and was about to leave.

  Suldak thought for a while, and called him back: "As for the adventure map that was just smuggled here, let them pay some fines, and let them go!"

   "Yes, Commander!" The squadron leader replied loudly.

   Then saluted and left.

  (end of this chapter)