bestfiction Chapter 206 Large Salt Mine!
Chapter 206 Large Salt Mine!
Inside the inner city, within the city lord's mansion.
"Phew! I finally succeeded!"
Xiao Yu looked at the lifelike sketch on the table, then at the black charcoal pencil in his hand, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.
After several attempts over the past few days, I finally succeeded in making a charcoal pencil.
If you don't look closely, charcoal and pencil writing look almost the same.
The characteristic of charcoal pencils is that their surface is rough and non-reflective, giving them a stronger visual impact than pencils.
Moreover, it has strong adhesion and is not easy to erase, making it more suitable for sketching and portraiture.
Most importantly, charcoal pencils are much simpler to make than pencils.
It is made from incompletely burned wood.
Xiao Yu now has a strong ability to control fire, making charcoal pencils is a piece of cake for him.
After one last test, he can start mass production of charcoal pencils.
If we can mass-produce charcoal pencils, literacy education will be much simpler, and they'll be good for selling.
"Lord Xiao Yu, someone else wants to see you at the city gate!" At this moment, the rabbit-eared girl's voice rang out at the gate.
"I won't see you! You can handle it yourselves!" Xiao Yu waved his hand and refused without even thinking.
He continued doodling on the paper, oblivious to everything else.
There was nothing he could do; every day, a huge number of people were trying to see him, which annoyed him greatly.
Unless it was something particularly important, he delegated everything to Honglian and the others.
"Lord of the city, the other party is the leader of the Wanyan tribe. They say they have discovered a large salt mine and want to sell it to us. Are you really not going to meet them?" Although Xiao Yu said he would not meet them, the rabbit-eared girl still came in and gave a brief report on the matter.
"The leader of the Wanyan tribe?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu paused slightly, looked up at the rabbit-eared girl, and asked, "Is that... that small tribe that makes a living by salt mining?"
At this trade fair, Longcheng acquired a large quantity of salt, enough to last for several months.
The seller is a small group called Wanyan Tribe.
According to the intelligence gathered by the three rabbit-eared girls, the Wan Salt Tribe operates around Black Soil City, and Black Soil City cunningly seizes most of the salt they collect each time.
However, during this trade fair, the Anhui Salt Tribe sold all their salt to Longcheng before Heitu City could even make a move, making a huge profit.
Therefore, the Anhui Salt Tribe is also one of the biggest winners of this trade fair.
“Yes! That’s the tribe!” The rabbit-eared girl nodded and asked again, “Want to meet them? They don’t seem to be lying.”
If it's anything else, she'll go directly to the deputy city lord, Honglian.
Salt is crucial for any power! Much more important than vegetables!
Because people can live without vegetables, but they might die if they don't eat salt!
Although Dragon City is powerful, it is also extremely short of salt!
Therefore, a large salt mine is undoubtedly a huge treasure!
"Bring him in first!" Xiao Yu thought for a moment, then put down the charcoal pencil, gathered water in his hand, and washed the charcoal ash off his hands.
The salt traded previously was worth hundreds of thousands, but Longcheng could only afford it for one or two months.
After we finish using all this salt, we'll have to buy more.
The prerequisite is that you can buy it; if you can't, it's very troublesome!
"Yes!"
The bunny-eared girl nodded and immediately went out.
After a moment, Xiao Yu's sharp eyes scrutinized the bearded middle-aged man opposite him, and he asked, "You said the Wanyan tribe discovered a large salt mine? Why don't they mine it themselves, but instead sell it to us?"
A large salt mine, of immeasurable value...
Why would a professional salt miner not mine the salt himself, but instead sell it?
Something doesn't seem right no matter how you look at it.
"Respected Lord of Dragon City! My name is Ba Qing, and it's like this..."
The middle-aged man with a thick beard looked at Xiao Yu and briefly explained the situation of the salt mine.
According to the survey and analysis of the Anhui Salt Tribe, that mine is worth at least 20 million energy stones!
But... that large salt mine is located deep within the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range!
The area was teeming with ferocious beasts, and the Wanyan tribe was too weak to mine it.
"The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range? That's perfect, I'll be heading there!"
After listening to the bearded middle-aged man's words, Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes.
He stared intently into the other person's eyes but couldn't detect any sign that the other person was lying.
This person was very sincere and spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
The conversation was brief; Xiao Yu neither agreed nor refused outright.
To be honest, he was genuinely moved.
A salt mine worth 20 million energy stones should be enough to keep Dragon City eating well for at least a few years!
After leaving the city lord's mansion, Ba Qing went straight back to the Dragon Gate Inn.
"Chief, how did the talks go?" As soon as Ba Qing entered the room, a short, weasel-faced man peered around the doorway. After confirming that no one was following him, he quickly closed the door.
"hey-hey!"
Ba Qing's previous sincere expression vanished, replaced by a cunning smile. "The Dragon City Lord has taken the bait! Now we just need to wait for Dragon City to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range and start fighting the orcs... then my Black Earth City can reap the benefits!"
Previously, everyone knew that the Wanyan tribe had always been oppressed by Heitu City.
More than half of the salt deposits collected at great personal risk were plundered by the Black Soil City.
Black Soil City sold the salt to Flame City and Hurricane City, earning a huge amount of energy stones.
Everyone assumed that the Wanyan tribe must hate Heitu City to the core.
However, what no one expected was that it was all just an illusion!
Like the Black Demon Tribe, the Wanyan Tribe is also under the control of Black Soil City!
Even before the trade fair, the Anhui Salt Tribe had discovered a large salt mine in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains.
However... that salt mine has been seized by a group of orcs, and Black Earth City cannot be captured by force.
But now... Ba Qing has found a powerful henchman and sent Long Cheng to attack that mine!
After both sides are severely weakened, Black Earth City will come out to pick up the scraps!
"Our leader is wise! This is another great achievement!"
"Yes, this matter is of great importance and we must not take it lightly!"
The two men smiled sinisterly as they discussed their detailed plan to swindle Longcheng.
Unbeknownst to them, three figures were staring at them coldly from behind the wall.
The three are naturally a rabbit-eared girl, a cat girl, and a wolf girl.
Even Xiao Yu was very interested in large salt mines.
Naturally, people needed to be sent to monitor the Wanyan tribe.
After thoroughly listening to Ba Qing and the other woman's plan, the rabbit-eared girl immediately returned to the city lord's mansion to report the truth to Xiao Yu, while the beautiful June and the wolf girl Qi Sha stayed behind to continue monitoring.
A moment later, inside the inner city, in the city lord's mansion.
"I see!" Xiao Yu suddenly understood after hearing the rabbit-eared girl's words.
He had suspected Ba Qing of having problems before.
Now I finally understand, this guy is actually from Black Soil City.
"Heh! Black Soil City is truly full of talented people!" Thinking of his former enemy, the Black Demon Tribe, and the three leaders of Black Soil City who had all infiltrated Dragon City to steal the Night Glow Tree, Xiao Yu's lips curled into a cold smile.
Although I was a little annoyed to have been tricked by a small tribal chief.
But... as long as it's confirmed that there really is a salt mine worth 20 million, then it's worth it!
"Keep a close eye on the Wanyan tribe. Report any suspicious activity immediately!"
"Black Soil City has repeatedly schemed against us, so we won't hold back! Let's turn the tables on them and seize the salt mine! A salt mine worth twenty million energy stones!"