Chen Xuan came to the hilltop No. 17 that he was responsible for.
It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a mountain range consisting of more than a dozen mountains.
There are mines everywhere in the mountains, and the mountains are dug into ant caves, extending in all directions.
Chen Xuan came to the top of the highest mountain, which is where the mine guard lives. Standing on the top of the mountain, he can have a panoramic view of the mines in the entire mountain range. He can see countless miners working hard in the mines.
In and out.
On the top of the highest mountain here, there is also a spirit gathering array, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is even richer.
"I've met senior brother."
As soon as Chen Xuan came down, a disciple from the mine came up to him.
The mine is very large. In addition to a Foundation Establishment Realm guard on each hilltop, there are also many Qi Refining Realm disciples who serve as mine guards and maintain the order of the mine.
These Qi Refining Realm disciples are considered to be the outer disciples of the Yueyang Sect, so they call the mine guards senior brothers.
Under normal circumstances, the mine can be rotated once every five years.
However, it takes at least twenty years for the outer disciples in the Qi Refining Realm to rotate.
"Senior brother, this is the list of all guards, logistics personnel, and miners in our No. 17 mine, as well as the number of ores that have been mined this year. Senior brother, please take a look."
This mine disciple holds several books in his hand.
"May I have your name?"
Chen Xuan picked up a book, flipped through it, and asked.
"Reporting to senior brother, my name is Ji Hualiang. Thanks to the respect of the previous guard senior brother, I was promoted to the deputy supervisor of Mine No. 17, and I am in charge of all matters of the mine."
The mine disciple replied.
"Ji Hualiang." Chen Xuan used the Sky Eye Technique to check and found that this person's cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining. He nodded and said: "Since the last guarding brother promoted you to the position of deputy supervisor of the mine, I guess you will also be there.
What's great about me is that I have no interest in mine management. It was like that before. As long as you help me manage the mine well, hand over the ore on time every year, and complete the tasks, then you will still be the deputy supervisor.
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But if something goes wrong and the ore cannot be handed over on time, then I will take it upon you."
"Thank you for your trust, senior brother. I will manage the mine well and not let senior brother down."
Hearing this, Ji Hualiang's face immediately showed joy.
Becoming the deputy supervisor of a mine has many benefits. Not only does it control the life and death of the miners under you, but with the help of your position, you can also secretly hide some ore and sell it in the market outside.
In one year, you can earn at least thousands of low-level spiritual stones.
Of course, it's not just him. There are also deputy supervisors on various hills and ordinary guards in the mines who don't hide ore secretly. Even if the guards of the mines know about it, they just turn a blind eye.
If you want the people under you to work hard, you have to give them some benefits.
As long as he can complete the turn-in task every year, it is not a big deal for the deputy supervisor of the mine guard to hide some ore secretly. Anyway, this ore is not the private property of the guarding disciples. Once the five-year guarding time is up, he will leave.
"Why is there so little ore mined this year?"
Chen Xuan asked after looking over the number of ores mined this year.
Half of this year has passed, but the number of ores mined is actually less than one-tenth.
"Reporting to Senior Brother, the ore mined every month this year has been completed according to the task. As for why there is only such a small amount in the account, it should be related to the departure of the Guarding Senior Brother."
Ji Hualiang said truthfully.
At this time, he also knew that it was time to show his loyalty, so he did not hide it.
Moreover, if the matter is not made clear, then the ore mining task this year will not be completed, and Chen Xuan will blame him for the matter, then his position as deputy supervisor will definitely be unsafe.
"Related to the departure of the guard."
Chen Xuan frowned slightly.
If that's the case, it's really hard to track him down.
Even if he reports the matter to the Imperial Prefecture, there is no conclusive evidence, and the Imperial Preceptor's Office may not take care of it. Reporting it to the guards will probably be of no use, as these guards will definitely not admit it.
"There's still half a year left. Do you have any good way to mine enough ore?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"The simplest way is to increase the number of miners and mine overnight." Ji Hualiang said: "There are two types of miners in the mine. One is the prisoners who have broken the law in Zhao State. These people are not paid for mining ore, and the other is
They are hired miners, and the wages are paid by the mine. Zhao prisoners are sent once a year. A group of prisoners have been sent here this year. If we want to increase the number of miners, we can only go to the nearest market to recruit casual cultivators.
To be honest, senior brother, when the last guard came here, he encountered the same situation as senior brother. He had to go to Fang City to recruit casual cultivators. In half a year, he barely completed a year's mining volume and completed the turn-in task."
"Go to Fangshi to recruit casual cultivators." Chen Xuan nodded slightly and said, "In a few days, I will go to the nearest Fangshi. In addition, is there anything else that needs attention in the mine?"
"Yes." Ji Hualiang said: "The location of our mine is in the wild mountains of Zhao State. Deep in the wild mountains, there are many monsters. Among them, there is a group of monsters called gold-eating beasts, which use gold and iron.
For food, he especially likes to stay in places with metal veins. He can swallow gold and iron to improve his cultivation.
It is said that this mineral vein was originally occupied by a group of gold-eating beasts. The mineral vein was discovered by the monks of the Zhao Kingdom. The National Preceptor's Office took over and drove away the gold-eating beasts and fled deep into the wild mountains.
But every once in a while, the gold-eating beasts will attack in groups, plunder the ore we mine, and devour our miners. If we can't resist it, too many miners will die, and we won't be able to complete the task."
"Why not wipe out all the gold-eating beasts?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"Because there is a great demon of the Core Formation Realm deep in the Wild Mountains, the golden-eating beast tribe fled deep into the Wild Mountains. Neither the monks of the National Preceptor's Mansion nor the guarding brothers dared to continue the pursuit for fear of causing trouble in the depths of the Wild Mountains.
A great demon in the Dan Formation realm."
Ji Hualiang explained.
"I see."
Chen Xuan nodded slightly.
In Zhao State itself, there are no real people in the Dan Formation Realm.
Only the Yueyang Sect's national master who is stationed in the Zhao Kingdom is a great demon in the Dan Formation Realm.
Therefore, it is natural not to provoke the great demon of the Danjie Realm without provoking him.
Although it is not difficult for the Yueyang Sect to kill a great demon of the Core Formation Realm, the demon clan does not only have the Great Demon of the Core Formation Realm. There is also a Nascent Soul Realm Demon King and a Demon Master of the Transformation God Realm in Shiwan Mountain.
Therefore, after discussion with the top leaders of the Yueyang Sect and the Monster Clan, they have set rules. When they reach the level of the Dan Formation Realm, both the Human Race and the Monster Clan are prohibited from actively provoking wars. Unless they run wild on the other side's territory, they can directly
Behead.
For example, if a human monk goes to the territory of a great demon in the realm of pill formation, the great demon in the realm of pill formation can be killed directly. If the demon tribe goes to the capital of Zhao State and goes wild, the national preceptor stationed in the capital can also take action to kill it.
Under normal circumstances, even if the monster beast chaos breaks out, it will basically be a fight between the monster beasts and human monks under the realm of pill forming. The outbreak of the monster beast chaos is actually to consume a large number of low-level monsters and avoid the monsters from being destroyed.
Clans kill each other.
In the chaos of monsters and beasts, there are basically very few big demons in the Danjie Realm and real people in the Danjie Realm participating in the battle.
Therefore, even if the Zhao State has the ability to destroy the gold-eating beasts, the gold-eating beasts will not dare to pursue them even if they flee deep into the wild mountains.
Seeking death.
Since it is impossible to completely eliminate the gold-eating beasts, it can only withstand attacks from the gold-eating beasts again and again.
"How strong is this group of gold-eating beasts? How often does it attack?"