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George took the two gems and looked this thoughtful guy up and down.That gaze was full of admiration.

Hei Xin knew that his flattery was the right one.

"Necklace Sophia will be satisfied. The bracelets I gave her before." George recalled the things he gave to the two girls when he was in Clear Water City: "But Lorna has a pair of bracelets herself."

Hei Xin heard that the big boss seemed to be planning to make this thing into a necklace for Lorna, so he couldn't help but hastily interjected: "It's okay to wear it on your feet, master."

George was slightly taken aback after hearing this, and then nodded, thinking that it is not impossible.

I really want to give necklaces to two people at a time, and also a pair of necklaces and a pair of bracelets for each person.Then this flattery of myself might really be slapped on the horse's leg.

After the episode, Black Heart told George about the current situation in the mining area on the road.

Now a large area connecting the mining area with the underground world has become the territory of the magic spider, and it has also been planted with the potion planting given by Anthony.Occasionally, the spiders would go underground to plunder, and with this abundant supply of flesh and blood, the spiders grew very well.

Over the course of the conversation, George had ridden deeper and deeper into Blackheart.Comparatively speaking, these tunnels on the road are not as wide as the lair of the demons in the valley, and the walls are also very crudely reinforced.It's not as flat and smooth as the Demon Spider's Nest.It can be seen that they have been rushing to work these days.

Soon, George and Black Heart came to the depths of the lair.

The mines that have been abandoned for many years have allowed their respective plants to gradually reoccupy the place. On the road, you can see many fungi and roots of certain plants.

The place where the center of the lair is located is a huge cave. Although it is not the largest cave here, the environment here is the best.Not only is it connected to the underground river, but there is also a small underground deep pool on the edge of the cave. The spring water on the wall trickles into the pool, and the surrounding fungi grow very luxuriantly.

0468 Tunnel network

Under the development of the magic spiders, there is a kind of vitality here.Many seeds that Black Heart brought from the 'Main Nest' (the Nest of Demon Spiders) have already grown seedlings. After a while, after bringing those small creatures from the 'Main Nest', this place will become another An 'ecological zone'.

Black Heart looked at the dots of fluorescence on the surrounding walls, and said: "Master, there are plenty of mineral elements here. The location we chose contains some 'Pandoran' elements. They are very important for the growth of potions. It has been of great help.”

George heard what Black Heart meant, and he said, "The next time the apprentices come to collect the goods, they will bring some magic fungus seeds. Take good care of them here."

"Master, please rest assured."

At this time, the unbranded demon spiders had already gathered here from various passages under the call of Black Heart.After branding them again, George went to the incubator to brand the colorful eggs that were about to hatch.This behavior has a great impression on the success rate of spider egg hatching, but the advantage is that the consumption is extremely low.

After finishing all this, George walked towards the working area. The mines he saw on the road were all originally built in the basin, with tracks and mine cars. After the spiders repaired the place, they have been working here for a while up.

In addition to many magic spiders busy here, there are also many slaves enslaved by the magic spiders.There are corrupted creatures like scavengers and even red goblins.These creatures have been parasitized by the alien monster, and when they are about to die from exhaustion, the spider larvae in their bodies will hatch, and there will be no waste of flesh and blood.

When the big demon spiders pulled in the mine, a pile of rocks and soil would often fall down.If you were a miner, working alone for a day would not be as efficient as a magic spider for a short time.

Those devil spiders whose chitin shells have not yet grown up are all behind the big devil spider's buttocks and are responsible for picking.After they sorted out the ores from the rocky soil, they classified them, and then either handed them over to the magic spiders responsible for transportation, or loaded them into mine carts, and let the slaves transport them to the storage room.

"Master, there used to be more than 60 tunnels here. We have dug out more than 160 tunnels in the past few months. After Gerry Jones helped us dig out some, the number has reached [-]. Three tunnels - Mr. Anthony ordered to find Mercury was also found in the deep layer, and the reserves are good. Now the underground network of the entire lair has been opened up, and the basic condition of the lair (tunnel network) is already close to the main lair.”

George nodded. He knew that it would not take many years for this lair to develop into Shiriak's lair.However, the most important thing in this area is not to allow the spiders to live, it is enough to be able to mine.

"What's the output now?" George said, picking up a basketball-sized ore.He couldn't tell what the content of the ore was, but it still looked pretty.

According to the records of the Black Pearl Manor, during the peak period of the Black Pearl Valley, there were 200 million catties of iron ingots, that is, more than 1000 tons.But the annual output is worth one-third of Rodenk's annual iron output.

But the spiders in the Devil Spider Nest can pull out more than 1000 tons of various ores in a week-this is still limiting their fertility and spending a lot of time in the underground potion garden.

"Master, we haven't been able to work at full capacity in the past few months. In the past few months, we have only excavated about 200 tons. Including the remaining ore in this mining area, as well as the ore and iron tools collected in the town, there are about 300 tons. tons"

Judging from the busy work of the black hearts around the mining area these days, there is indeed very little time and labor that can be invested in mining in the early stage-not just cleaning up the surrounding area, giving birth to children, and dealing with underground creatures.There is also the restoration of abandoned mines.

In addition, according to what Hei Xin said, the open-pit mines in the mining area and the minerals in the old tunnels have been exploited by miners for centuries, which makes the number of precious mineral deposits extremely small.Therefore, if the ore is to be of higher quality, the tunnel network must be excavated.

So these more than 200 tons are actually a by-product of mining the network.

However, now Gerry Jones has helped the Black Heart Clan open up many new tunnels, and the Demon Spiders are also digging deep into the mine veins on the basis of the original mine site.After a few months, when the little devil spiders gradually grow out, the output will increase exponentially.

At that time, the output of the valley plus the basin will not need to be purchased in the future, and it will be enough to meet the terrifying consumption of the shelter's increasing metal quantity.

"I took away [-] tons this time, and left the rest to the basin. The surrounding towns will slowly settle in many people. They need ore. You should also get along well with them." George thought for a while and said .

At present, the ore in the basin mine is accumulating. Because of the large-scale land reclamation of Dome Eagle, the ore resources were transported to various territories by Wendell and the others, so George planned to take a batch of ore here, so that those idlers in Dome Eagle Fort The workshops that come down can work.

These more than 200 tons of ore are almost 100 tons of metal after smelting.It is used to build equipment, which is probably to arm more than 2000 soldiers-and these ores, iron ore and copper, each contain a lot of lead.

But if it is used on muskets and artillery, it is not a small amount.

At present, Eldar's technology is mainly copper cannons, and iron cannons cannot be made yet.George estimated that the copper used for the three-pound cannon should not exceed two hundred kilograms, and the iron used for the wheels should not exceed ten kilograms.Fifty tons of copper is enough to make more than 300 cannons.

If all the remaining iron is used to make muskets, it will be more than enough to satisfy the troops of the new army-the excess can be used to make some other weapons.

There are some gaps in the number of guns, but they can be purchased.If all of them were forged, the productivity of Qiongying might not be enough.

So he couldn't help feeling better.

Seeing that the big boss didn't blame him for the output, Black Heart couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and he mentioned another thing: "Master, those survivors are now worshiping the Spider God"

Those who can absorb this power of faith need at least the level of Xiyak.So Black Heart has no taboo against this kind of thing.Don't worry about the boss jealous of yourself.

George was slightly surprised after listening, and then he suddenly realized.

This worship should be spontaneous.Under George's urging, the shackles brought by the branding prevented the spiders from eating humans.And the devil's pardon that George planted for the newborns through the spider queens also has the same constraints.

And the cleaning work of the demon spiders around them did make these survivors prone to this kind of worship of powerful creatures.So it shouldn't be a Misty Cultist.

"Pay attention and observe. Don't intervene for the time being." George said: "When your people are patrolling the mountains, the survivors you will encounter will also gather here and the spider god will attract them."

The population of the Basin is so small now, if they 'intervene' with their unscrupulous means, then the survivors who have managed to accumulate in the nearby towns will all run away into the mountains again.

As for this belief, the consuls of the basin will manage the refugees after Alfonso transfers them to the mining town.

Having said that, George thought for a while: "Is that town open?"

There are several small towns around the mining area, but there is only one suitable for smelting.The small town is close to the official road, and the road leading to the mining area is also very wide.However, it would be more efficient to directly open the tunnel from the ground.

"It has been opened, master. Gerry Jones' convoy is loading there-you can take it away this evening."

0469 Treasure Cave

"Master, most of the residents of those small towns are miners who used to live nearby. But now there are very few living people left here."

After the black hearts came, the survivors around here had room to live.Driven by the demon spiders, the survivors gathered in the small town where smelting could be carried out.

After discovering that these 'Magic Spider Gods' seemed to be repairing the mine vein, these silly survivors also spontaneously repaired a lot of tools and contributed them to these 'Magic Spider Gods'.But because there are too many little devil spiders in the lair, there are different types and they are highly poisonous.So Black Heart didn't let these people participate in the mining deep in the mine, but arranged them outside the mine to repair the track.

These tracks have been repaired, and now the residents are developing trees in the nearby deep forest, preparing to follow the instructions of the 'Magic Spider God' to build wooden tracks for the tunnel leading to the town.

At that time, the underground and the road surface will be transported together, and the efficiency will increase many times.

During the conversation, Black Heart had already carried George to the storage area.There are not only some magic spiders in the storage area, but also more than a dozen apprentices working here.These apprentices were rolling up their sleeves, checking the condition of the ore.The mud and sweat on his face were mixed together, and the gray robe on his body was pitch black.The girls even tied their braids into ponytails - covered in sand.