Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 6 Jade Mine
Jack thought that it was Baron Dex's men who were chasing him, so he resigned himself to his fate and threw his rapier to the ground.

Seeing that he was so sensible, the soldiers immediately lifted him up and dragged him into the depths of the forest. Jack felt uncomfortable being dragged, but he tried to walk on his own several times, but he couldn't catch up with the soldiers' speed, so he simply gave up.

Soon, the road ahead opened up and we arrived at the border of the forest.

Jack looked up and saw a mine in front of him. Hundreds of miners were under the supervision of supervisors, constantly transporting ore out from the mines deep in the mine.

This made Jack feel that it was good news. They were not Baron Dex's men, so he would not have to die.

But there was also some bad news: I had to work as a laborer again.

Unlike last time, this time he was sober.

The soldiers dragged him into a shed and threw him a set of dirty miner's clothes, "Put it on."

Jack changed his clothes obediently, then pointed at the lucky rabbit's foot and the compass and asked, "These two are relics of my relatives. Can I keep them?"

The soldier came over to check and found the blood-stained lucky rabbit's foot and an ordinary broken wooden compass, neither of which were valuable.

"can!"

"thanks, thanks!"

Jack thanked him quickly, so that he wouldn't have to do anything to get them back.

He followed the soldiers into the mine, and they handed him over to an overseer.

The supervisor looked at him with disdain, "Can't you find someone stronger?"

"The strong ones are all locals. There have been a lot of refugees coming from the south recently. We just need to gather more people so as not to delay the mining progress."

The supervisor was somewhat helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

Jack said at this time: "Perhaps you can go to Nanhai Town and have a look. The nobles in Stormwind City have captured many refugees to help transport goods, but they don't want to pay. Perhaps you can get some free labor from them."

The supervisors and soldiers looked at Jack in surprise, somewhat confused about his intentions.

Jack spread his hands, "This is my situation. The baron didn't want to pay, so he wanted to kill us. If you could take in people like me, maybe a lot of refugees would not die."

"You have a kind heart!" The soldier looked at him with some admiration, and as he turned and left, he was still thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

The supervisor sneered and said, "Even if you get here, you may not be able to get out alive."

Jack said optimistically, "After all, we can live longer, right?"

The supervisor was stunned for a moment, and felt that what Jack said made sense. For a person who was about to die, being able to live a few more months was also a blessing. Although during these months, they would dig for ore day and night.

"Let's go! I'll take you to identify the ore first."

Jack followed immediately, not caring at all about the possible forced labor that was to follow.

When we arrived at the entrance of the mine, there was a long table with a row of mineral samples on it.

Supervisor: "The Jade Mine Cave is a gold mine. This is a sample of the gold ore. It also has several associated minerals, silver, copper and lead. Silver is relatively precious, so you need to pay more attention to it. Copper and lead are not abundant and are not very useful, so you just need to pay a little attention to them."

Jack picked up several samples of ore, examined them carefully, and asked casually, "This should be the property of the Barov family, right?"

The supervisor frowned slightly, "How do you know?"

"Although I am from the south, I also know that the Barov family is the richest and most land-owning family in the human kingdom. They own large tracts of land around the Alterac Mountains and to the east of the mountains, even more than some small kingdoms." The overseer's eyes flickered, "You don't look like a refugee."

"What kind of people are like refugees?" Jack asked rhetorically.

The supervisor couldn't answer and looked a little embarrassed. He said coldly: "Okay, follow me to your workstation."

Jack put the sample back and followed naturally.

After entering the mine, Jack found that it was not as small as he had imagined. There was a lot of space inside. In addition to the tracks for transporting mine carts, there were also some wooden equipment. Some of them were broken and had not been repaired yet. It seemed that this was why the mine needed a large number of miners.

Jack looked around the equipment and asked, "Didn't you find someone to repair it?"

The supervisor frowned. He was very suspicious whether this guy was a nobleman from the south.

"These machines are all made by dwarves. It will take a month for the dwarf craftsmen to come back. It will also take some time to repair them, so someone must ensure the amount of ore mined during this period."

Jack: “Are there any blueprints?”

"No."

The supervisor's tone gradually turned cold. If Jack was really a noble, he would never let Jack leave here alive. He was just a small supervisor. If he really brought a noble into the mine, he would definitely not be able to resist the other party's revenge.

Jack shrugged and continued to follow the overseer.

After arriving at the workstation, the supervisor handed him over to the supervisor there. Jack followed the instructions honestly, but the hoe went down and made his hands numb.

Mining is definitely not an easy job, especially when it is done with primitive tools.

After a hard day's work, Jack was exhausted. The food in the mine was also poor, and he was tired and hungry when he rested.

Even so, he did not rest immediately, but went to the broken equipment to find out what went wrong.

After ten days of research, he finally found the problem. He excitedly found the supervisor, who couldn't believe it and said, "Can you really fix this big guy?"

"Why don't you try it and see? If it's fixed, you can exceed the task. If it's not fixed, it's just a waste of time and materials."

The supervisor was persuaded by Jack and asked Jack to take a few miners to prepare materials. Soon, Jack found a replacement material in the mine, which was a long log.

After transporting it to the mine and replacing the broken unknown metal transmission shaft, the machine started to operate. Although it was not running fast enough, it was enough to save a lot of manpower and material resources.

"Because there is no better material, this is the best we can do. This transmission shaft needs to be replaced frequently. We can wait for the dwarf craftsmen to come and make a better one."

Jack told the overseer about his shortcomings, and the overseer asked hesitantly, "Are you a noble?"

"Noble?" Jack was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Man, have you ever seen such a destitute noble?"

"Then how do you know this?"

Jack pointed to his head, "I just like to use my brain."

The overseer had some trouble understanding Jack's strange words, but as long as he was not a noble, it was fine.

Thanks to this achievement, Jack finally no longer had to dig for ore. However, he still liked to stay in the mine, studying the large equipment and the characteristics of the ore.

(End of this chapter)