Path of light

Chapter 395 396. Harold Mine Owner

Not many elves can understand the bad taste in Harold's mine owner's heart. Even though he is about to be judged by the Silver Moon elves, he can't stop the secret feeling in his heart.

Harold, the mine owner, seems to be used to the young half-elf mine owner being busy in the backyard recently.

Every morning, he would stand on the balcony of the third floor with a cup of vanilla tea, staring at Roy as he arranged for the mixed-blood elf miners and gray dwarves to work in the backyard mine.

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The mixed-blood elves carried mining pickaxes, brought water and dry food, pushed the mine cart into the mine, and started the day's work.

Their mood now is completely different from when they were mine slaves. When they were mine slaves, they were forced to work for Harold's mine owner. At that time, they didn't have much idea about whether they were good or bad, and they just hoped to start from scratch. When you come out of the mine, you can get your share of food.

Now they can get a salary for mining, and they are still free. As long as they no longer want to do it, they can leave at any time.

The mixed-blood elf miners just want to make some money before the logistics team arrives at the North Mithril Mine, so that they can at least find a place to stay after arriving in Padstow City, so as not to end up sleeping on the streets. As for going to the orchards in the suburbs to steal apples.

As the owner of Harold Mine said, this mine was dug just under a layer of rock crust, and this mithril vein is under the rock crust, so even if there is no support frame in the mine, there will be no support here. Causing landslides.

In addition, the owner of the Harold Mine has laid a light rail in the mine. This light rail goes deep into the mine veins along the main mine tunnel for nearly one kilometer. Roy followed the light rail into the mine this time. The mithril ore at the entrance of the mine has already Hollowed out.

The mine tunnel is very spacious, and some dots of silver light can be seen on the cave walls on both sides.

The mixed-blood elf miners pushed the mine carts all the way forward. Every time they reached a fork in the road, there would always be a few mixed-blood elf miners leaving the team and entering the forked mine tunnel.

At the end of the mine tunnel is a huge mine pit, which is a rich mining area of ​​mithril veins. The mixed-blood elf miners dug out a space the size of a basketball court.

After more than a hundred mixed-blood elf miners arrived here, they immediately dispersed. Everyone was accustomed to working in groups. The mixed-blood elf miners used chisels and sledgehammers to carve out cracks in the mithril ore on the cave wall, and then the mixed-blood elf miners holding mining picks Elf miners dug out the mithril ore piece by piece.

After the mine cart is filled, a mixed-blood elf miner will pull the hemp rope in front of the mine and pull the mine cart out...

Normally, the furnace workshop can smelt about one hundred carts of mithril ore every day, and a cart of ore will be transported out of the mine every six minutes or so. Of course, that is the result of the cooperation of 350 mixed-blood elf miners. Digging in the mine for ten hours a day can just meet the smelting needs of the furnace for a whole day.

Now, although the number of mixed-blood elf miners in the mine has been reduced to two hundred, it is said that the amount of mithril ore mined may be reduced.

But in fact this is not the case. The enthusiasm of the mixed-blood elf miners has increased a lot, and the output of ore has increased slightly.

When they were resting in the mine, they would discuss what they would eat for dinner, and they would make an appointment to collect some red berries outside the mine on their rest day. They would discuss how to spend the Kohler money they earned, and they would also discuss the things they had been doing for a long time. No contact with family members.

Many mixed elves planned to write letters to their families to report that they were safe, because the mixed elven warriors in the mine told them that the owner of the mine, Roy, had the ability to send these letters to the elven continent... This was amazing.

Those mixed-blood elven miners who originally wanted to make a fortune and leave now plan to write letters to their families and write the mailing address as 'Sudarso North Mithril Mine'. From then on, they will be in the mine. They worked a little longer because they still had to wait for a reply from their family.

The freed mixed-blood elf miners began to cautiously contact the outside world.

Roy's hard work these days has finally paid off. The mithril ore transported from the mine can not only meet the needs of the furnace, but also accumulates a pile of mineral materials. The yard of the North Mithril Mine is not that big. , the place where mithril ore is stored is also extremely narrow, and part of the mithril ore can only be placed in the mine.

In any case, the situation in the North Mithril Mine is much better than that of the South Mithril Mine.

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The gray dwarf miners only know that the Mithril Mine has been changing frequently with new mine owners in recent times.

They have become accustomed to working in the furnace workshop every day. Even when the mine was in chaos the first two times, they stayed by the furnace and worked honestly. This is the way for the gray dwarves to survive...

Before they find an opportunity to escape, they will not pay attention to the frequent changes of mine owners in the mine.

In fact, it's not that the gray dwarves didn't think about taking advantage of the chaos to escape, but no matter what the situation, there were some elven guards armed with longbows guarding the wall in the backyard of the castle, so the gray dwarf miners couldn't find any chance at all.

As the silver water in the furnace continued to flow out, the heat wave baked the gray dwarf's face red.

In the past few days, the gray dwarf miners have heard something worth celebrating, that is, they also have a rest day every six days, but the activity area can only be inside the mithril mine.

No matter what, the boring life always has a little change.

The gray dwarf miners have already begun to think about what they will do on their rest days.

If he knew Roy's true thoughts, he would definitely shout to Roy: 'You are really a devil! ’

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Compared to the gray dwarves who were busy working beside the furnace, the family members of Harold's mine owner who lived on the third floor of the castle lived in worry every day.

Nearly eighty family members live in a dozen rooms on the third floor.

Among these family members, there are immediate relatives, as well as distant relatives who have come to join him one after another in the past few years.

After the Partington plane was completely sealed off, those slave traders had no living space. Among Harold's distant relatives, several were slave traders from Padstow City.

The owner of Harold's mine had three wives, all of whom were half-blood elves, who gave birth to him six sons and four daughters.

Now all five sons and four daughters have married, and they all have children of their own. Only the youngest son, Tandupu, is not yet an adult.

There are still a lot of elven children in the castle. Mixed-blood elves are like this, and their fertility is much better than that of Silver Moon elves...

Harold, the owner of the mine, knew that he was facing the harshest court trial, so he was the most open-minded and lived the most calm life.

He treats every day as the last day of his life, so that when he opens his eyes the next day, he will be secretly grateful in his heart: he has lived one more day!

The sons of Harold's mine owner placed their hopes on Earl Swinburne, hoping that when they arrived at Padstow City, they would have the opportunity to have a good talk with the commander of the Silver Pegasus Legion. The mithril mine must be exchanged for the freedom of the whole family.

Harold, the owner of the mine, did not stop his sons from this unrealistic idea. Instead, he felt that the mine had experienced so many things recently, and his sons, who used to only know how to enjoy themselves, seemed to have grown up a lot overnight.

The wives and daughters of Harold's mine owner just sat on their chairs and kept lamenting. Many times they just sat quietly, and couldn't help crying when they thought about their future lives.

Some distant relatives of Harold's mine owner have been as anxious as ants on a hot pot these days.

They are even secretly brewing an escape plan, but they have many worries. They are not only afraid of plateau headhunters, but also of the monsters that infest the Sudarso Mountains. They are also worried that they will be captured by the Silver Pegasus warriors, so although they are doing careful planning every day Escape plan, but no one dared to put it into action.

Some family members also wanted to build relationships with the new mine owner and asked Harold the mine owner to learn about the young mine owner to see if they could build some strong relationships.

They are used to enjoying themselves in the mines. Even if they are not imprisoned, they do not want to live a hard life outside.

But everyone knows that selling elven slaves is a serious crime. This matter is widely implicated, and it even has some involvement with the Silver Moon Elf nobles in Padstow City...

Those Silver Moon Elf nobles were all taken to Buenos City for trial. How could they escape?

In fact, the owner of Harold Mine also thought about it. If he had given the mixed elves in the mine a little salary every week, even if it was just a small amount, he would be able to defend himself in the trial and buy these mixed elves mines. The slave relationship is just an employment relationship. Even if it is forced employment, it will be easier when you go to court.

But it's too late to say anything now.

Who would have thought that Lord Alves would bring this matter to a head and even force the mixed elves to launch a riot. It made people panic for a while. Later, the Silver Moon Elf army entered the Partington plane and the whole situation completely got out of control.

As Lord Alves and other Silver Moon Elf nobles were escorted back to the Elf Continent, the owner of Harold's mine lived in worry every day.

After spending three years in worry, I thought that the Pagisto Plateau had been completely forgotten by the upper echelons of the Silver Moon elves. The biggest problem in the Mithril Mine gradually became the accumulation of large amounts of Mithril ingots that could not be sold, and the Harold Mine The owner thought the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, the Silver Moon Elf army rushed into the Pagisto Plateau, like a torrent, and the plateau headhunters were defeated when they rushed in.

In just a quarter of an hour, he completely lost the North Mithril Mine.

He thought that the Silver Moon elves were not good at managing this type of mine and would eventually give him a chance to negotiate. Now that he saw the pile of ore growing larger, Harold the mine owner realized that the young man standing next to the furnace in the backyard The half-elf has successfully taken over the Northern Mithril Mines and the Forge Workshop.

He just hoped that Roy would remember his kind reminders and that there would be no negative words in the report.