Warlord: King of All Clans

While Freya was taking the Elf Queen around for fun, Leo was not idle either.

As the snow melted away and the temperature rose, the entire River Bay became busy. A large number of refugees poured into the River Bay Territory and the United Knights Territory. They were assigned to various natural villages and knight fiefs and began to participate in land reclamation.

Because of the deterrence of the River Bay Lord's Army and the planning of the River Bay Craftsmen Group, there was not much disturbance throughout the process.

But there are definitely some unsatisfactory details. The locals dare not resist the River Bay Lord's army, but they do not take the refugees seriously.

Especially in the former knight lords, many retired soldiers from the lord’s army were not good people. The militia they formed had combat effectiveness no worse than that of ordinary bandit groups.

These people did not rob others, which can be considered as kind. Now seeing a large number of refugees pouring in, of course they want to protect their homes.

According to the simple justice of the people, how could they easily give up the village where they had lived for hundreds of years to others?

The refugee group was able to survive this cold winter, which certainly meant they were not completely without any ability to survive. The benevolent lord allocated land to them, but it was forcibly occupied by the locals, so they had to fight.

Therefore, armed fights involving dozens or hundreds of people would occasionally occur, and resistance was prevalent.

At this time, the deployment of the River Bay Lord's army becomes very important. When reason fails, force is undoubtedly the most effective means.

But these are not the main problems. The core issue of the entire refugee resettlement is their food source.

The food reserves in Hewan are not that much, and at most can only provide half of the food for the refugees. The other half needs to be purchased from Isenpol.

Therefore, Leo's main focus during this period was on gold mining.

With gold, the financial pressure on River Bend could be greatly reduced.

There has not been a large-scale war in Isenbol for many years. The landlords have a lot of food reserves, but there is little that they would voluntarily take out.

Gold happens to be one of them.

After a period of exploration, Fraser's golden sniffers determined the location of the gold mine.

This place is located in the deep mountains west of Gravel Castle. The terrain is very rugged. Leo can't even ride a dragon-scale horse, so he can only follow the group of kobolds and enter on foot.

Extending from the great barrier, huge mountain ranges crisscross the area, with cliffs, rift valleys and deep ravines everywhere.

The straight-line distance is less than five kilometers, but the mountain road is more than twenty kilometers long.

There are many wild beasts living here, and only wild folk and dog-headed people dare to enter.

Long before Leo arrived, Fisa had already led an advance team consisting of two hundred kobold miners, fifty kobold craftsmen and fifty human craftsmen into the mountains.

By the time Leo crossed the mountains and arrived at the location of the gold mine, a small camp had been built there, with densely packed ogres coming in and out.

In addition to studying human culture in Riverbend, Frasa's domestic affairs skills have also been steadily improving, and her team of 300 people is under her command in an orderly manner.

The mining camp has been surrounded by a large circle of wooden fences, which can effectively block wild beasts. There are also several watchtowers standing on high places around it, with a few dogs standing on them to keep watch.

The camp was located on a river beach under a cliff. Seeing Leo coming, the head human craftsman of the camp hurried out to greet him.

The fifty human craftsmen are all mining-related technicians, and were specially assigned to Fraser by Leo.

The mining technology mastered by the kobolds is primitive and barbaric, relying purely on racial advantages.

Their mines are like rat holes. No one tells the miners which direction to dig. It all depends on their own preferences.

The kobolds' mines are dug everywhere inside the mountain. As for when a landslide will occur, it all depends on where the next kobold miner's pickaxe lands.

Human mines are much more majestic. They know how to use support pillars for reinforcement and have basic planning. The mining tools are more than just a pickaxe.

So Leo transferred a team of craftsmen who were good at mineral mining to provide guidance to the kobold mining camp.

"Where's Fraser?"

"King Fraser is building a steam boiler room in the mining area." Although the chief craftsman was a human, the title of "King" sounded natural to him.

"Take me there."

"yes."

Walking upstream along the river beach, the road ahead became narrower and the water became increasingly turbulent. After walking a few hundred meters, Leo heard a loud noise.

The ground was shaking slightly and the river water was becoming increasingly turbid. Leo looked up and saw that at the end of the distant stream, a cliff had mostly collapsed.

This was obviously not caused by a single explosion. When Rio was conducting his armed patrol, Fraser had already led his men into the mountains and had been staying there for half a month.

When Leo walked over, he saw Fesa carrying her small school bag and a group of Kobold Demomen. They all wagged their tails and looked up at the cliff, waiting for the rolling rocks to subside.

Seeing Leo coming over, Fisa shouted excitedly: "Leo, look! It's a gold mine!"

Leo's eyesight is now no worse than the kobold's. He opened his eyes and looked. Under the sunlight, the lower half of the exposed cliff was reflecting a faint golden light.

A kobold miner rushed over without waiting for the rockfall to subside. He rummaged through the rubble and brought back a stone, presenting it to Leo like a treasure. "Woof woof woof! Shining golden!"

Leo took it and looked at it. He saw a thick layer of gold flakes mixed in with the grayish-white stone.

He used force with his fingers to crush the ore, rubbed it for a while, took out the gold flakes, and weighed it casually. It felt like it weighed at least two taels.

The gold produced from just this piece of ore is equivalent to two Imperial Gold Sols!

Leo was overjoyed. With this gold mine, Hewan would never be short of money again.

When the rocks stopped rolling, the remaining kobold miners rushed over, rummaging through the rubble and finding their treasures.

They carried the glittering gems they had harvested back to Fraser and put them in a backpack. Some of the kobold miners even tried to snatch their companions' gold ore and began to bite each other.

At this time, the human foreman came out, holding a whip and shouting loudly, dispersing the fighting ogre miners, and asked them to clean up the rubble in the mine according to their own teams.

Regardless of whether the ore contains gold or not, it will be moved away from the blasting site, and the next blasting will be carried out after the area is vacated.

The kobold miners had no idea of ​​this at all. After finding the shiny crystals they liked, they ignored the rest of the rubble and turned it from left to right, and from right to left.

Only under the whip of the supervisor would they be moved to the designated location reluctantly.

If there is no one to direct them, they would actually prefer to search for naturally occurring gold ore in the river, or simply use small iron pickaxes to dig.

Fisa looked at it for a while, then said to Leo, "Follow me!"