Rise of the Empire Total War

Ulif Collar, Arelte Silver Mine, the station of the Second Heavy Sergeant Brigade of the First Legion.

After half a month of construction, the first batch of silver ore was finally mined from this silver mine named by Richard Arlert (since the name of the person who discovered the silver mine was Arlert, in order to In recognition of his achievements, Richard named him the name of the silver mine), this silver ore will be transported to the Royal Mint on the outskirts of Nord City for refining and extraction under the escort of two companies of heavy sergeants.

After sending off the two companies transporting silver ore, the brigade commander of the Second Heavy Sergeant Brigade, Beaufort Bowen, welcomed another unexpected guest—that is His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Winster, Richard Stuart.

The purpose of Richard coming here is not only to inspect the development of the new silver mine, but also to choose a site for the construction of the Royal Research Room. As mentioned above, Richard wants to collect the black powder that is automatically refreshed every day by the Firearms Battalion , used to develop and test new weapons, and since it is necessary to develop and test, a new site is needed, and this site must also be an inaccessible place, otherwise the rumbling explosion sound when the gunpowder is used will cause panic among the surrounding residents. Therefore, Richard set his sights on the area of ​​the Arelte Silver Mine, which is at the foot of a small mountain range in the territory of Urif, and is also deep in the dense forest, except for the possibility of going deep into the forest to hunt. Naturally, there are no other residents outside the hunter. In addition, the venue here is large and not easy to approach, so it becomes a suitable location.

Moreover, Richard also has to consider the factor of secrecy. Research in other places is likely to be mixed with spies or other things. Here, the strictest military martial law measures will be adopted, and anyone who dares to approach without authorization will be shot directly.

This was the first time that Richard came to the silver mine being mined. Accompanied by Beaufort, the commander of the second brigade, he passed through the three or four meter high wall and entered the emerging mine. It is worth a restaurant, so the miners all gather together to eat a rough lunch, why say rough, which has to mention the black bread and clear soup they eat, although under Richard's rule, black bread no longer It is the traditional hard one that can be used as a weapon, but it is also very rough, and the throat will not be able to stand it alone, so it can only be used with a very light soup with only a few leaves floating in it. The miners who were eating gathered together and chatted while eating. Many people saw Richard and his party. Although they couldn't recognize Richard's identity, seeing that Beaufort, the highest status here, was by his side, they could guess Richard's identity is special.

"Your Majesty Caesar, there are a total of 621 miners in this silver mining area, and the garrison has 560 people. They have to consume a lot of food brought in from Fort Hovinni every day. It is really a bit tight."

Hearing Beaufort's complaint, Richard smiled slightly and said: "My dear Captain Beaufort, as far as I know, the resources in this forest are very rich, why don't you organize a team to go hunting in the forest?" What about wild animals and wild fruit gathering?"

"Before this, we did this, and it also relieved the urgent need for food, but as time went on, the weather became colder and the animals in the forest became less and less, and the soldiers I sent out could only go empty-handed." Gui—even just a few days ago, there was a soldier who happened to step on the sleeping snake, and was bitten by the snake instead, and he is still lying on the bed to recover from his injuries."

"Well." Richard was silent for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "Well, I will notify Fort Hovenny to increase the food distribution as much as possible, but you also know that winter is coming soon, if it snows , the road was blocked by heavy snow, I think the food transport team might not be able to get in." "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, stock up on more food now, or you will have a harder time waiting until winter," Richard said.

While talking, a group of people came to one of the mines. Due to the problem of light, the interior of the mine was very dark. Only the burning torches inserted in the wall could provide faint light.

It is worth mentioning that the method of strengthening the mine is the same as what Richard has seen in TV dramas in his previous life, and they are all reinforced with wooden planks.

"Your Majesty Caesar, this is the No. 1 mine." Beaufort pointed to the mine and introduced: "A large part of the first batch of ore was mined from here."

"Well." Richard nodded, with his hands behind his back, and asked: "How about the safety performance? I don't want to receive reports of mine collapses from here."

"Although 100% safety cannot be guaranteed, as long as the pillars supporting the mine are not deliberately damaged, there is generally no danger," Beaufort said.

"That's it." Richard said, then turned around, walked towards the road when he came, and said at the same time: "Take me around, do you know if there is a place with a larger site nearby that is suitable for construction?"

Hearing Richard's question, Beaufort thought for a while, and replied: "Yes, there is an open space not far from the northeast of the brigade's garrison. I often let the soldiers conduct training there."

"Oh? Go and have a look." Richard said.

Soon, a group of people came to the open space that Beaufort said. The scene here is really big, but only part of the site has been opened up by Beaufort's second brigade. If Richard wants to build a research institute here, he will need to Clear out excess trees.

After just one glance, Richard decided to build a research institute here.

"The firearms research institute is located here." He turned his head and said to Mobutu, a gunpowder expert behind him, who looked a little clumsy with a disabled right leg.

"This is your freedom," Mobutu said.

Seeing that he had no objection, Richard nodded, and then said to a guard knight: "Simmons, go and inform the commander of the Firearms Battalion, Sandro, and ask him to bring the troops to station here and prepare to clear the weeds and trees. .”

"Of order, Your Majesty." The knight named Simmons agreed, turned around and ran quickly to the place where the firearm battalion was located.

Forgot to say, before departure, Richard asked Sandro to follow him with his firearms battalion, so that the construction could start directly after the location was selected. About ten minutes later, the large group of infantry entered the field. After reporting to Richard, Sandro gave an order, and the hand artillerymen and arquebus soldiers of the firearms battalion put down their weapons, picked up tools, and cleared the surplus land on the field. Before the construction craftsmen and laborers arrived, their task was to clear the site and set up the garrison barracks by the way.

Well, the garrison system of the Arelte Silver Mine and the garrison system of the Firearms Research Institute will not interfere with each other, so the barracks of the two will also be established independently.