Path of light

Chapter 549 550.Contradiction

"This is impossible!"

In the hall of the city hall, Captain Craven stared at Roy with sharp eyes and said loudly.

He wanted to say that it was impossible for the military to give up the revenue from the mine, but as a Silver Moon Elf officer, he had to maintain his pride...

There was no expression on Roy's face. He didn't need to give the two Silver Moon Elf leaders any good looks.

When they evacuated the Pagisto Plateau, they did not leave a good impression on Roy. After receiving the evacuation order from the military department, they left the Pagisto Plateau almost without hesitation.

Captain Bullard, who was standing aside, saw that the conversation had reached a deadlock, and thought of Chief Kampfred's hint before leaving, he quickly said:

"Captain Roy, we were ordered to take over the mine. As for how to distribute the revenue from the mine, we have no right to interfere."

Roy didn't care whether he called him Governor, turned around and walked to a wall, stretched out his hand to open the curtain blocking the wall, and inside was a parchment map with a length and width of more than three meters. This parchment It is made of nineteen pieces of sheepskin stitched together. The irregular suture lines on the map look like centipedes connected end to end.

Picking up a wooden stick standing by the wall, Roy turned his head and said to the two group leaders:

"If you are not satisfied with this arrangement, you can also take a look at my second arrangement for you."

After speaking, he pointed to the map, and the other end of the stick landed on the Kaltim Mountains.

"Look here...this is the Kartim Mountains, located in the west of the Pagisto Plateau. This is a mountain range that runs north-south almost parallel to the Sudarso Mountains. The mine guards and plateau headhunters used to work in this mountain range. There was a bloody battle in the Blood Crow Ridge at the southern end. There are silver mines hidden in this mountain range. When the mine owners fled the Caldeum Mountains, all three silver mines were abandoned."

"If you want to put the abandoned mine into normal operation, I can promise you that after the mine operates normally, the revenue of the mine can be divided according to the ratio of four to three. The military department will take 40%, I will take 30%, and you will Of course, how to convince the military department to get 30% is your business. If you can’t convince the military department, then you can only get 20% of the share. "

Roy spoke very quickly. After listening to the two Silver Moon Elf leaders, they were ready to argue with Roy, but Roy turned around and stood the stick in his hand by the wall, closed the curtain smoothly, and then slowly He turned around and said:

"You don't have to rush to answer me. You can go back and think about it carefully."

"..."

The two Silver Moon Elf leaders looked at me, and I looked at you, but neither of them spoke.

Roy lowered his head and smiled, then walked towards the door of the hall:

"If you two have made up your mind and are ready to take over the Kaltim Mountain Mine, come to me and get a map. I will arrange a guide to take you there."

After speaking, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said:

"Of course, if the two captains do not accept these two arrangements of mine, you can board the magic airship back to Padstow at any time."

After saying that, Roy left the hall without looking back.

The two Silver Moon Elf leaders could only stand there looking at each other. They did not expect that even with the letter personally written by Commander Kempfred of the Military Department, this man who was affectionately called Luo by the mixed elves of the Partington plane would Boss Yi's young half-elf still didn't give them any good looks. He was completely businesslike and refused to hand over the normally functioning mine on the plateau.

The two captains returned to the camp, and the two thousand new mixed-blood elves in the camp looked at them expectantly.

Captain Craven was a little discouraged and said:

"What should we do? Should we go back to Padstow City and tell Director Kempfred about the situation here?"

Captain Bullard waved his hand and said: "If Commander Kempfred can suppress him, I guess he won't have such an attitude when he meets us this time. If we run back to Pagoda in despair, Desto City, what do you think... what will Chief Kampfred think of us? "

Captain Craven frowned and asked distressedly: "Then what should we do?"

Captain Brad whispered: "What we have to consider now is to choose one or two!"

Captain Craven shook his head repeatedly: "It is absolutely impossible to choose one. The military will never agree."

Then he added: "If you choose the second option, do you think the military department is willing to change the original 50-50 mining revenue sharing model into a 40-33 sharing model? In any case, the military camp's mining camp The harvest has been reduced!”

Captain Bullard was silent for a moment and then said: "I think option two is fine, but are we sure that we can restore the abandoned mine to its original state?"

Without waiting for Captain Craven to answer, Captain Bullard said again:

"Looking at it now...the only thing we can do is try it!"

"The news just came from the family. I hope we can hide in the Partington plane for a while. The Legion headquarters has dispatched the Second Silver Pegasus Knights to Golfito. It is conservatively estimated that there will be two infantry guard regiments. I will accompany you with the auxiliary soldiers, I don’t want to guard the gate of the dark place.”

This matter is what the two infantry leaders are most worried about. They don't want to go to Golfito, so they come to the Partington plane through the family's operations.

Captain Craven frowned and asked with some uncertainty:

"Can the military agree to a four-three-three sharing model?"

Captain Brad smiled bitterly before saying, "Of course it's unlikely, but we can privately change the profit-sharing model to 50:30! The military gets 50%, Captain Roy gets 30%, and we get 20% for now!"

"..."

...

The next day, the two Silver Moon Elf captains took the initiative to find Roy and said in person that they accepted the second distribution method and were willing to go to the Caltim Mountains to restore the abandoned mine there to normal operation.

Roy also kept his word and handed two maps of the Caltim Mountains to the two Silver Moon Elf captains, and also sent a Dark Moon Elf team to take them into the Caltim Mountains.

However, before setting off, according to an inadvertent reminder from a Dark Moon Elf captain, the two Silver Moon Elf captains learned that although the infantry regiment they brought here was fully armed, it lacked the living supplies to survive in the Caltim Mountains.

The Padstow Silver Pegasus Military did not open up a supply line on the plateau.

So once they entered the Caltim Mountains without any preparation, their biggest problem was how to lead two thousand half-blood elf warriors to survive.

You can't just take a group of half-blood elf warriors to collect wild fruits all over the mountains all day long!

The two Silver Moon Elf captains only realized at this time that Roy could so confidently reject General Kempfred's proposal because the Padstow Silver Pegasus Military Department never provided living supplies to the Padstow Plateau Mine Guards.

The economic source of the daily expenses of the Mine Guards on the plateau is the profit of these mines on the plateau.

These things were decided by Earl Swinburne a long time ago.

General Kempfred asked them to come to the Padstow Plateau, and did not talk about whether the logistics supplies could keep up after they arrived at the plateau...

Now it seems that after they led this new army composed of half-blood elf warriors into the Padstow Plateau, the military department actually stopped providing subsequent supplies.

They were able to successfully arrive at the Plateau City, in fact, thanks to a pack team of the Mine Guards. If it weren't for the pack team that provided them with some food on the road, it would be difficult for them to reach the Plateau City.

Now Captain Craven and Captain Brad want to lead the army into the Caldeum Mountains, so they have to bring some living supplies, but they can't take them out at the moment.

"I'll borrow it!" Captain Brad gritted his teeth and said with a somewhat ugly face.

Captain Craven didn't understand and asked, "Borrow?"

Captain Brad didn't explain much, and he came to Roy's office for the third time.

"Captain Roy, can you provide us with some living materials? I need this batch of materials now before I can set off to the Caldeum Mountains. After the mine is running normally, I will repay it with ingots or magic crystals."

"Okay, you make a list, and then I'll let Mulin prepare it for you."

Along with the list of items, Roy was handed a promissory note signed by Captain Brad and Captain Craven.

When Captain Craven saw the promissory note, the strange expression on his face was like constipation.

Unexpectedly, they had a not-so-light debt just after arriving at the Pagisto Plateau.

The team left the Plateau City in a mighty manner. When some elven merchants learned that they were going to rebuild the silver mine in the Caldim Mountains, they took the initiative to come over and wanted to cooperate with their team further.

Crossing the barren wilderness, Captains Craven and Brad led two thousand half-blood elven warriors to the foot of the Caldim Mountains. When the Dark Moon Elf Warrior Team told them that they would have to cross this mountain range next, the two captains couldn't help but take a deep breath...

...

In fact, Roy knew very well that these two Silver Moon Elf captains were the two nails sent by General Kempfred to the Pagisto Plateau.

In the past six months, the speed of development of the Pagisto Plateau has given the military some other ideas. They need another pair of eyes on the Pagisto Plateau to silently watch the changes in the plateau.

So the application submitted by General Kempfred to the Legion Headquarters was not rejected by Earl Swinburne.

Roy did not hand over the existing mines, but was willing to throw out the abandoned mines in the Caldim Mountains and let the two Silver Moon Elf captains slowly open up.

On the table was an application form for military equipment. Roy wanted to replace another batch of elves' military equipment for the mine guards. Roy's name was already written on the application form.

The military equipment applied for last year had not been fully issued, and this time Roy made another long list.

He put the application form into an envelope and stamped it.

"Do you think the Padstow Military Department can send this batch of military equipment to us this time?" Mu Lin sat on the chair opposite the desk and asked helplessly.

"I guess not. The military equipment applied for last year is still withheld by the Padstow Military Department. This batch of military equipment is even less likely to be delivered!" Roy said, leaning back in his chair.

"You know they won't send the military equipment to us according to the list, so why do you still submit this application?" Mu Lin stretched his neck and looked at the letter on the table, asking in confusion.

Roy smiled, put the application aside, and replied:

"We still have to go through the normal application process. We can't give up the right to apply for military supplies in advance just because of their obstruction!"

Mu Lin blinked: "Do you have other plans?"

Roy nodded and said:

"Claire helped me contact a trading company that sells the standard arms of the Silver Moon Elf regular army. I plan to go back to Castletown City with Moira and the others to talk to that businessman!"

…

Moira, Miss Tiffany, Woods and Sabrina's vacation is coming to an end. They are preparing to take the magic airship back to Padstow City, then go through the portal back to Partington Island, and then take the boat back to Cass Erdon.

Roy flew to Padstow City with everyone this time. He first submitted an application form for military supplies to the military department.

Chief Kempfred had a sullen face and sat behind his desk to receive Roy.

He unfolded the application form that Roy handed over and read it carefully.

The sunshine outside the window shone on the table, and there was a sense of ridicule on the face of Chief Kempfred. Without even raising his eyes to look at Roy, he took out a quill pen from the ink bottle and wrote it on Roy's hand. A cross was drawn on the application form, and the application for military supplies submitted by Roy was directly rejected...

"The legion is currently rebuilding the defense system of the Queen Egwene Islands. Almost all funds are invested there. You participated in the naval battle of the Queen Egwene Islands, and you should also be aware of our difficulties, and... the current situation on the Pagisto Plateau The war has calmed down a long time ago. Even if the equipment of the mine guard group is damaged, there is no rush to replace it. Your armament application cannot be approved by me, so you can wait! "

Director Kempfred lowered his eyes on the table and said to Roy.

Roy curled his lips secretly, but still had a stiff smile on his face and asked:

"Since the military is unable to provide this batch of military supplies, can I purchase some military equipment from the market on the Elf Continent?"

In fact, before this, Roy also purchased two batches of weapons and equipment from imperial merchants, and the Silver Pegasus Military Department gave their tacit approval.

But this time the relationship between him and Chief Kempfred was somewhat tense, so these things had to be spoken out in advance.

Chief Kempfred frowned. Although he was a little reluctant, the previous words had been spoken and there was no reason to refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and said:

"If you can buy the Silver Moon Elf standard armaments, I can still get this purchase permit!"

Roy obtained a permit from the Silver Pegasus Military Department to purchase armaments in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, and left the Padstow Silver Pegasus Military Department with a relaxed expression.

…

So far, the number of magic airships entering Partington has increased to five. There are currently only four magic airships traveling between Padstow City, Plateau City, and Sun Island Bay. The other one is parked. On the pier of Sun Island Bay.

The main reason is that the shipping cost of the magic airship is too high.

Although Roy has opened the magic airship to the elves in the Partington plane, the only ones who can afford the tickets are the elven merchants...