Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 916 913. Complaints in the Iron Mine

On the afternoon of January 1, the iron mining town was completely covered with snow. Most of the population rested in the caves of the mine. Only a small number of knights and dwarves lived in the castle next to the mine and the surrounding houses.

When Lant arrived at the iron mine riding the fire, he was quite dissatisfied with the living conditions here. However, when he actually called a meeting with several managers of the mine, they also started to complain.

"Your Majesty, the population in the iron mine is too large now. When Laniya left here, there were only a few thousand people in the entire iron mine, but now there are nearly 2 people. The resettlement has not been completed yet. There are still many people. Tens of thousands of people are waiting near West 7 Castle."

As soon as the meeting began, the dwarf Alozag, who had been staying in the iron mine, began to complain.

"Now the five or six post stations near West 7 are very difficult. In winter, the Benma River is completely frozen, boats are blocked, and all caravans have returned to the city for the New Year. The supply work of these stations can only be done We rely on people riding black-scaled horses and carrying space rings to deliver food everywhere, but even so, we can only store food for a few days."

Rant sat at the conference table and listened to the dwarf with a solemn expression. During the truce with the orcs two months ago, in order not to affect the functions of Iowa and Yeqi City, he sent most of the goods from Hindukel to The returning humans were all placed in the iron mines, and the original humans and barbarians in the iron mines were resettled.

The first batch of Hindu Ker immigrants were miners from the Jiaolang tribe and were very adaptable to life in the mines. Their arrival can be said to be a reasonable arrangement for everyone.

However, the second group of immigrants, that is, the human slaves from the orc tribe that Lant exchanged for slaves from the south, were not only miners, but most of them were servants, farmers, and people with no skills at all.

It is now the middle of winter, and ore mining has completely stopped in the mine. Only a few smelting furnaces are still running, providing the most basic heat. Such a large population has accumulated in the iron mine and West 7 Castle, providing food for both. Both reserves and policing caused great distress.

After the dwarf finished talking, it was the turn of Dolyaev, the assistant of the demonless person who followed Lanya and the administrative director of the iron mine, to speak.

"Your Majesty, a month ago, Iron Mine and West 7 requested grain transportation from Yeqi City and Iowa. Originally, 20 shipments of grain were shipped. The turnover was not a problem until January. However, recently there have been more than a dozen shipments in a row. The children have inspired their blood, and they have to wait until school starts in March before they can go to Galloping Horse Academy. The canal is completely frozen again, and food is suddenly not enough."

Lant nodded. This was actually the first time for his subordinates to spend the winter on the entire plain. Even last year near Lot Castle, they encountered the problem of river water freezing, but the entire river was not completely frozen. Neither Niya nor Little Cardinal could predict this.

Not to mention that the administrative staff now live near Yeqi City. The surface temperature of the big city is much higher than that of the surrounding plains. If you are only in the city, you don't even know that the plains are already covered with snow.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Seeing that everyone was emphasizing the difficulties, the representative of the lords in the iron mine, Villiers Galloping Horse, immediately said loudly, "There is no heavy physical activity in the iron mine now, the miners Eating too much will only cause trouble, and those little kids don’t need to eat too much!”

Villiers Galloping Horse was the first time when Lant went deep into Hindukel, he wiped out an orc tribe that entered the forest, and brought along the captive human race. His subjects were all miners who served in the various mines of Jiaolang. .

Later, more and more miners were rescued by Rant. These human races had their own demon-supporting lords. The most distinguished among the lords was the senior knight Heinelton Galloping Horse, followed by Villiers. Therefore, in Iron Within the mine, Villiers can be said to be the talker of all the miners. "Your Majesty, I can express my position here. Starting tonight, the rations for all miners will be halved, and the rations for the non-demon people will be halved again, so that we can last until late January no matter what!"

Villiers stood up for tens of thousands of demon-wishers and non-demon-free people without anyone noticing, not realizing that Lant was looking at him like an animal.

Although he was a little angry, Lant still calmed down and said: "Knight Villiers, when you are with your subordinates, you only need to express your stance. When it comes to the territorial meeting, you have to fight for the treatment of your subordinates, right?"

"When I come back tomorrow, I will bring an extra batch of supplies. Starting from the 5th, the caravan will resume operations. Yeqi City has made a sled. The beasts of burden pulling the sled are no slower than sailing."

Lant gave his own solution, "After the 5th, White Tree City will prepare a camp that can receive 5000 people who do not have mining skills. The food there is more abundant.
  In addition, I will order Benma Academy to make preparations so that all children under the age of 14 can be sent to Yeqi City at that time, so that the food problem will be solved.

As for the overpopulation problem here, Lanniya has given me a plan to build a number of projects in the iron mines and West 7, which will just use these tens of thousands of people. "

"Yes! Your Majesty!" The meeting ended with Lant's final decision. No one dared to question his decision. However, after the meeting, the dwarf Alozhag and the demon-free Doryav stayed.

When there was no one else around, Doryav whispered: "Your Majesty, Alozag has tested the veins of magic black iron in the past two days. He said that the reserves of black iron can support mining for up to 20 years, and it will be more and more." From now on, there will be more and more need for dwarf miners."

"Twenty years is not a short period of time," Lant said with some disapproval. "Not to mention 20 years, even in five years, I should have at least four new mines."

"But you planned this place to be a count city, not to mention there is a magic furnace here, which should be better utilized," Doryav said. "It is difficult for other mines to have the advantage of water sources here, such as salt mines and water sources. It’s a bit nervous, and even if we want to expand, it’s unlikely.”

Although Dolyav has not been in the iron mine for a long time, he thinks very deeply about it. In his eyes, the iron mine and the West 7 Castle can form a coordinated urban group, and the distance between the two places The plains are intertwined with water networks and can be used to grow food.

The Demonless One talked about his ideas, and Lant listened with interest. Although his ideas still have a lot to be improved on, he is indeed a rare talent.

Lant admired his subordinates who wanted to do things like this: "I can give you a catalog of industries in the current territory. You can choose some suitable industries for the iron ore and West 7. The area around the iron ore is not suitable for heavy industry, and the lakes here are It is indeed a very scarce resource. I may place some sea beasts here in the future. You can give me a planning plan."

(End of this chapter)