You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 246 The enemy of my enemy is my friend

boom! !

A thunderous explosion resounded throughout the valley.

Wow!
The solid rock was violently shaken, and the shock waves reflected off it, splitting it into many pieces of different sizes.

Some rocks came down like a landslide.

When the smoke and dust cleared and the aftershocks disappeared.

The miners swarmed onto the rubble pile, breaking the larger pieces of gold into smaller pieces and placing them in their baskets.

Each basket can hold an average of nearly 100 kilograms of rock gold, and a person can carry 3,000 kilograms of rock gold a day.

Workers carry the gold in baskets to the processing plant, where it undergoes crushing, grinding, refining, and smelting to produce a gold brick of relatively high purity.

As for the metallurgical process, it all depends on the goldsmith's experience.

With Roman overseeing things the whole time, there shouldn't be any major problems.

He has been here for more than a month, during which time he has conducted five test explosions, blasting down more than 10,000 tons of gold.

That sounds like a lot.

But it was just a small gap, about a hundred meters long, twenty meters wide, and two or three meters thick, which Roman blasted out along the ore vein.

For a mineral vein, this is basically just peeling off a thin layer.

This type of rock, which is very hard but brittle, cannot withstand the explosive impact of gunpowder.

In comparison, the metallurgical process is still somewhat unfamiliar.

Gold mining yields not only gold, but also various byproducts.

The dust-sealed crystal spheres that Roman valued highly can also be included.

Perhaps because gold is relatively scarce in nature, the probability of finding crystal spheres has increased considerably.

It contains high-quality resources such as rubies, jade, and diamonds.

In the end, it all boils down to one sentence—

Exploding the mines! Awesome!

……

It was great, as great as it was.

However, metallurgical production was far from sufficient to meet Roman's needs.

After all, this is only the beginning.

Therefore, he increased the workforce and boosted gold production.

Subsequently, one thousand families were relocated from Origin City.

We should try to build a town next to this gold mine as soon as possible.

They will continue to live here as long as the gold mine is still operational.

These people are not farmers; they receive wages.

These gold miners received a monthly salary of five copper coins, and there was also a large compensation for their deaths—people inevitably die when mining.

But once someone dies, they're dead; there's nothing that can be done about it.

The only way is to establish rules and regulations and standardize production processes to minimize the probability of accidents.

Roman also regularly delivers various daily necessities, just like Coal and Iron Town. They do not engage in agricultural production and rely entirely on Origin City for supplies.

Of course, this place is not completely sealed off.

They have four days of free time each month, during which they can go to Origin City to buy things.

Compared to the value of their production, what they receive is only a drop in the ocean.

Therefore, Roman was not stingy with giving out money.

However, increased resources also bring their own set of problems.

If he wants to pass on complete knowledge and skills in blasting, mining, metallurgy, etc., he cannot just teach them to one person.

The knowledge is too vast and too advanced; it will be overwhelming.

For management positions like this, it would be better to have each person responsible for one specific role and to teach in stages.

But at this moment, it's no longer blue gemstones that are limiting Roman.

Instead, there is a lack of apostles with more potential.

One was an apostle in his forties or fifties, and the other was an apostle in his early twenties.

The former simply lacks potential.

Of course, if Roman were given another clever and quick-witted apostle who was nearly fifteen or sixteen years old, then neither the former nor the latter would have any potential.

The worst thing is being compared to others.

Therefore, Roman began preparations for the seventh recruitment.

Offer as many options as possible.

For this seventh recruitment, Roman plans to directly recruit five hundred apostles. Unlike before, he no longer needs to rely on signing in to accumulate resources.

Now you can directly exchange Magic Stones for gacha resources.

Bricks fly with great force!

With this bucket of water, I should at least have a few grains of gold.

Just as Roman was preparing for this.

He received a message.

Someone is seeking an audience with the King of the Valley in Origin City.

The visitor was somewhat unusual.

Unable to make up his mind, Seth could only inform Roman.

Upon learning of this, Roman didn't delay and immediately set off back to Origin City.

……

the next day.

After resting for the night, Roman received the person who requested an audience.

It's that guy nicknamed Scarface.

From the beginning to the end of the pirate tournament, until the pirate king launched a massive invasion of the land.

Roman hadn't seen this former pirate slave trader for over a year.

Although they hadn't met many times in total.

As soon as Scarface entered the manor hall, he said to Roman with a fawning expression, "Lord Roman... ah, no, now I should call you King of the Valley."

Roman sat in the chair, his fingers interlaced and placed on his abdomen.

He raised his chin slightly, arrogant and disdainful, and said calmly, "Since you have seen a king, why do you not bow?"

Scarface was slightly taken aback, thinking back to how they used to chat and laugh so easily.

Many days have passed, and things are not what they used to be.

He was still an insignificant slave trader, while the latter had already ascended the throne.

My family members have fallen on hard times.

Scarface was stunned for a moment, then after thinking it over, he knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings, Your Highness, King of the Valley."

"Hmm." A faint nasal sound rang out.

Scarface felt quite uncomfortable, but since he had received a response, he still stood up and spoke.

"I've come to offer you a big business deal!"

Sais had already explained the specific details to him, but to begin negotiations, both parties still needed to speak out in person.

Roman said, "Speak."

“Your favorite business is slavery.” Scarface revealed a mouthful of yellow teeth. “What do you think?”

Roman said, "I acquired quite a few people last year, you should have heard that my demand for slaves is no longer insufficient..."

Scarface's heart sank.

Then Roman said, "So, how many people are you going to send me this time?"

His feelings were in turmoil, and he no longer wanted to be polite or try to test the waters. He simply held up five fingers: four on his right hand and one on his left.

"A five-figure sum of slaves!" Scarface awaited the Valley King's response with anticipation.

Roman paused for a moment and then said, "What do you want? Do you need salt? I can give you a hundred times the amount of salt."

"No, no, no! You've misunderstood," Scarface waved his hand first, then said cautiously.

"I'm not here for the salt... In fact, I'm here on behalf of Pirate King Alex to cooperate with you..."

"Hmph, Pirate King Alex? You've got some nerve," Roman scoffed.

Cooperation?

Do you know who I am?

Lord Conqueror!
The Hand of War!

Hit hard!

All evil will be brought to justice!

Hanging the Pirate King's messenger here would be a fitting punishment for those titles.

Of course, Roman felt that Scarface wasn't a proper envoy of the Pirate King, and probably just someone who was using the king's authority to bully others.

But I just don't know the specific path.

"Compared to you, it is still insignificant. You were able to lead four thousand elite soldiers to defeat ten thousand enemy troops. Such a glorious achievement is widely known in the north. This is why the Pirate King hopes to establish a cooperative relationship with you."

Scarface's implication was: everyone is Gale's enemy, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

(End of this chapter)