Chapter 259: 258. Right of attribution
Chapter 259 258. Right of attribution
Suldak placed a very scribbled hand-drawn map on the table, the lines on it were messy.
He pointed to a triangular mark and said: "I have checked, and the area is not that big, at best it is only as big as the river bay beach, and all the sulfur mines are associated with the stalagmites exposed on the surface, but there are some sulfur mines. The mines are difficult to mine, and some quarrying tools are necessary."
Charlie and several other young people also said in one go:
"Well, that's right!"
“At that time, we found several large pieces of sulfur ore on the stalagmites, but unfortunately we couldn’t pry them off.”
"If we go again this time, we have to bring enough guys with us."
The old village chief waved his hand, "Don't worry about it. Every year after the Harvest Festival, some people in the village will go to the Tazewang quarry to work as stonemasons for a few months. They quarry in the mountains over there, and mining sulfur mines should be similar to digging marble. .”
The old village head smoked a cigarette, and said to Suldak: "The boys in our village may not have other things, but if they make efforts, there is absolutely no problem."
"This matter must be done as soon as possible." After the old village chief said this, he said to the youngest son beside him: "Charlie, please inform everyone to make preparations tonight. Those who are willing to go will leave tomorrow. Don’t force yourself to go, you must find those who have experience in quarrying.”
Charley stood up from the bench and strode out.
The old village head said to his nephew Luke: "Luke, you go to Beigou Grassland later and get your horses ready."
Luke nodded, and said to the three partners around him: "You have to help me, if you want to drive all the horses out of the pasture, someone must help me!"
When the three young men heard that they were going to Beigou Grassland, they readily agreed.
The old village head said to Suldak: "Let's get together 20 stonemasons to ride horses to Pustou Mountain, and wait for the first batch of sulfur mines to come back, and then transport the young people and materials in the village there."
Then he stared at Luke and the other three young people with a serious expression, lowered his voice, and said in a threatening tone: "The news about the sulfur mine cannot be disclosed to anyone. If anyone speaks loosely, Don't blame me for breaking his leg."
Luke and the three young men put away their hippie smiles and nodded fiercely in silence.
It seems that the old village head has accumulated enough prestige in front of these people, and his words carry weight.
The old village head tilted his head, indicating that Luke could go to the Beigou Grassland, and the four young people left quickly, for fear that they would be stopped by the old village head for a reprimand.
Suldak also stood up, ready to leave with Luke and the others, and said to the old village chief: "The living conditions on the pustule mountain are very poor, and I will go back and make some preparations."
The old village chief took Suerdak's arm and asked him to sit down in the slightly shabby living room again. He sat there and thought for a while, with a trace of embarrassment on his wrinkled old face: "Dak, this You discovered this open-pit sulfur mine when you were hunting salamanders, and you took the initiative to take people to investigate it. It is said that this open-pit sulfur mine should belong to you. Now you have gathered the whole village to mine it. The distribution of benefits must be determined in advance to avoid disputes afterwards. You own half of these sulfur mines, and the village takes half. What do you think of the extra salary of one silver coin?"
Unexpectedly, the old village chief thought of this. Suldak felt that since everyone discovered it together, there is no reason for him to monopolize half of the mine. Wouldn't it be unfair to others, so he refused: "Uncle Brett, I do these things. It's the same as everyone's thinking, and it's all for our village, so there's no reason to take this dividend."
Unexpectedly, the old village head waved his hand and said, "This will be your knight leader in the future, as long as you don't feel that the current agreement is a disadvantage."
He took a sip of the lemon tea on the table, moistened his throat, saw that Suldak was still hesitant, and said:
"Don't rush to refuse, without you, the lizard hunting group in the village would not dare to go deep into the depths of Mount Pagros, not to mention the monsters in the deep mountains, even the sand wolves on the outskirts of the barren land, we can't afford to provoke them!"
The old village head then said: "In addition, these sulfur mines in the land of no man belong to the Grimm Empire, and civilians have no right to mine them. Only knights and nobles have the right to develop territories..."
The old village chief said a lot, but in short, he didn’t let Suerdak find an excuse to refuse. In any case, he had to give Suerdak half of the open-pit sulfur mine.
Suldak felt that since he wanted to do something for Wall Village in the future, he didn't want to be entangled in this matter, so he didn't insist in the end, so he agreed half-heartedly.
Going out, Suldak remembered that he hadn't looked at the concrete wall in the yard of the old village chief's house.
After thinking about it, he decided to wait until Charlie finished his work.
…
The old village chief and his wife stood at the door, watching Suerdak disappear on the village road, the old village chief's wife asked hesitantly:
"Bright, will we become rich like Perezer Village in the future?"
The old village head replied firmly: "Of course, this time we discovered some sulfur mines. We need to dig these mines back before other villages know about it."
Seeing that he was full of confidence, he stood at the door with a waist, and the wrinkles on his forehead faded a lot.
The old village head's wife looked at the old village head with a blurred gaze. In recent years, it has been rare to see the old village head in such a good mood. The whole village of Wall is on his shoulders, and his waist has already been bent. In the past few years, he has walked so fast every step of the way. Difficult, hardworking, I want the villagers to live a good life with enough food and warm clothes, but in recent years, the situation has deteriorated year by year, and everyone's life has deteriorated day by day.
The wife of the old village chief sighed and said: "Suldak is really a good kid, he is different from those greedy knights..."
The old village chief immediately said: "Yes, after all, he is a knight who walked out of our Wall village."
"He has changed a lot in the past four years since he left, and I almost can't recognize him!" The old village head's wife wanted to recall Suldak's appearance before he joined the army, and then found that Suldak's appearance in memory, It can't be coincided with the present, so I can only sigh again.
The old village head also felt that Suldak had changed a bit. Thinking of seeing the scars on Suldak by chance yesterday, he said to his old wife:
"When you came back to take a bath by the stream yesterday, you haven't seen the scars on his body. I can't even imagine what kind of battles he went through to make him covered with scars. It's hard to find them on him. A good piece of skin!"
The old village chief felt that Suldak must have experienced unimaginable hardships on the battlefield before he was promoted from a commoner to a knight by the noble lord. This honor has never been achieved by anyone in Wall Village for so many years. "He's different from Charlie. He also served in the military for four years. Charlie has been a handy soldier for four years in a comfortable and peaceful plane, while Duck really came off the battlefield!"
"After all, he is a knight..."
(end of this chapter)