"Yes, sir, this is indeed silver ore. To be more precise, it should be silver ore."

Vidor and Buso studied the ore crystals in the cave for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.

Samwell suddenly smiled and asked quickly:

"Do you know how to refine this kind of silver ore?"

Victor stroked his beard, shook his head with embarrassment and said:

"Sorry, sir. There is nothing we can do about this. There are no silver mines in Highland City, and we don't know how to refine it."

"Then where should I find someone who can refine silver ore?"

"A bachelor from the city should be able to."

"Bachelor..." Samwell suddenly felt a little emotional.

Without his time travel, the original owner would have become a bachelor in the end.

It seems that I still have to go to Old Town.

"Okay, I understand, you can go out first."

"Yes, sir."

Regarding this newly discovered silver mine, Samwell did not let the two of them keep it secret.

Because the mining, refining, and casting of silver mines involve too many people, it is too difficult to keep it secret.

Besides, in Westeros, privately mining silver is a serious crime.

If Samwell was willing to take this risk, why didn't he just agree to Lady Olenna and become a pirate?

Getting caught is a consequence anyway.

Of course, the silver mine was discovered on his property, and no one could take it away.

However, if you want to mine it, you must obtain the king's permission.

Silver mines are generally mined, and apart from a small amount used to make luxury goods such as silver jewelry and silver tableware, most of them are used to mint silver deer coins.

The power of coinage was of course firmly in the hands of the royal family.

After discovering the silver mine, he must obtain the authorization from the king before he could mint silver coins. The king would also send someone to supervise the minting of silver coins and take a part of it as authorization fee.

Most of the profits from this silver mine still belong to Samwell.

Why is the Lannister family the richest family in the Seven Kingdoms? It’s not because of the gold mine under Casterly Rock.

The silver mine in front of me is of course not as valuable as the gold mine, and it is not known how much reserves there are, but it has already surprised Samwell.

After all, everyone thought that the Crimson Mountains were a barren land with nothing, and Samwell initially only planned to make money by brewing brandy.

Now with this silver mine, the development speed of the territory will surely reach a new level.

He was worried just now because of the sudden increase in the population of his men, but now he is not worried at all.

With this silver mine, he will be more confident to "attract investment".

Moreover, the significance of this silver mine to Samwell is not only wealth.

According to his previous conjecture, the real effective substance that increases the strength attribute is probably the silver in the silver leaf grass.

So, why not just eat silver?

Samwell bared his teeth and hesitated.

However, he just ate so much silver leaf grass that his silver intake should not be low. He did not feel any discomfort in his body. On the contrary, he could clearly feel the increase in strength, as if he had endless energy all over his body.

It seems that he can indeed digest silver.

Thinking of this, Samwell picked up a small piece of ore in front of him and seemed to put it into his mouth, but hesitated and put it back.

This kind of silver ore has too many impurities, so eating it directly may cause problems.

So he took out a silver deer coin from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

Gudu——

The hard silver coin scratched Samwell's throat.

But the next moment, he no longer cared about this, because the strength attribute increased by 0.01 as expected!

It’s really silver at work!

From this point of view, the silver content of five silver-leaf grasses is about the same as that of one silver deer.

What about golden tail shrimp?

Samwell had specifically inquired before that golden tail shrimp was a specialty of Brightwater City and could only be caught in a lake connected to the Mead River.

Therefore, Samwell suspected that there might be a gold mine under the lake!

The shrimps growing in the lake have long-term devouring the sediment mixed with gold at the bottom of the lake, causing the gold element to be enriched in their bodies, and they become gold-tailed shrimps.

Of course, even if he guessed that there might be a gold mine at the bottom of the lake, Samwell would not be able to mine it. After all, it was the territory of the Florent family.

Even if Samwell's mother actually comes from the Florentine family, things there have nothing to do with him.

However, you can try to see if eating gold directly can also improve your strength attributes.

Thinking of this, Samwell took out a golden dragon coin and threw it into his mouth.

After a while, the strength attribute increased indeed, and the increase was 0.02.

Good guy, I’ve really become a gold-earning player this time.

Wait a moment.

Samwell suddenly realized that if gold and silver were fine, what about other ores?

So he took out another copper plate and threw it into his mouth.

After waiting for a long time, there was no response.

It seems that copper is not good...

As for other metals, Samwell decided to wait until later to try it slowly, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to stand it.

However, I guess there is little hope.

After all, with Golden Finger, there is no one who is not picky about food...

After learning that gold and silver are the materials that truly enhance strength attributes, Samwell fell into the trouble of happiness.

These two substances are not actually rare, they are—

expensive!

But it's not Jinyin's fault that it's expensive, it's his own fault...

You still have to make money as soon as possible.

Samwell's heart was filled with excitement when he thought about the extent to which his strength attributes would be improved by directly swallowing gold and silver.

Calculated based on the fact that one golden dragon increases strength by 0.02, if the effect decline is not considered, as long as there are a hundred golden dragons, the strength can be increased by a full 2 ​​points!

Of course, this cannot be calculated.

According to previous experience, tolerance will develop for the same substance. The more you eat, the worse the effect on improving attributes will be.

Fortunately, although gold and silver are precious, the total amount is still a lot. As long as he keeps eating, one day he will be able to accumulate his strength attributes to a terrifying level.

When the time comes, even if you really meet a giant dragon, you will be able to give it a try.

Let’s start with the silver mine in front of us.

Of course, it cannot be eaten directly, it must be refined first.

Samwell originally planned to go to the Arbor Island, but now it seems that he has to go to Oldtown again to see if he can trick a bachelor back from the academy.

In the next two days, Samwell personally visited all the thirteen newly surrendered tribal camps. While appeasing people, he appointed village chiefs, affairs officers, tax collectors, sheriffs and other positions, and assigned some important positions.

All matters are dealt with.

After finishing these tasks, he took Todd Flowers and Qi Man, accompanied by twenty guards, and left the territory.

The reason for taking Chiman away is simple. Samwell does not trust this "mad dog" and must keep him by his side to keep him at ease.

As for Todd Flowers, although he is not trusted, at least Samwell is not worried that this person will cause trouble for him. The reason why he took him with him this time is entirely because he is the illegitimate son of Qingting Island.

The group of people headed west along the north shore of the Summer Sea, and soon walked out of the Crimson Mountains and arrived at Yangwu City, the territory of the Kui family.

In fact, at first, Samwell planned to go straight to the Arbor Island, and did not plan to go into the city to visit the Kui family.

But now, after the territory's population has increased dramatically, the food shortage problem is extremely serious. It may not be too late for him to rush to Qingting Island to buy food and then transport it back.

Therefore, he decided to stay in Yangwu City for a while and buy some food to transport back for emergency purposes.
Chapter completed!