Bathed in the morning light, Dilios led forty Spartan Warriors into the forest once more..
They began another day of fighting and leveling.
The Ordinary Territory Inhabitants no longer needed Huang Yu to make arrangements for them.
Under the village chief's leadership, they worked in an orderly fashion, jointly developing Huang Yu's territory.
Huang Yu entered the Blue Mountain Workshop.
The eighteen Apprentice Level Blacksmiths had split into two groups under Cang Yun and Baili's leadership.
One group was responsible for forging Leather Armor, shields, and other defensive equipment.
The other was responsible for developing offensive weapons such as swords, spears, and pikes.
The entire Blue Mountain Workshop was filled with bustling activity.
After inspecting every project,
Huang Yu returned to the castle.
Several notifications arrived in succession on his friends list.
The battle between Lord Galo and the dwarves must have reached a conclusion.
Lord Huang Yu, I have good news for you.
With your help, after a night of fighting, I have now occupied the Large Iron Mine!
The Large Iron Mine can currently accommodate fifty miners, and can produce up to 5,000 units of Iron Ore a day!
A daily output of 5,000 units!
The Large Iron Mine truly deserved its Rare Grade resource status.
The output of a Common Iron Mine was utterly incomparable!
After reading these messages,
Huang Yu's mood grew even more cheerful.
If fully utilized,
a Large Iron Mine could produce enough ore to smelt 2,500 units of Fine Iron every day.
Even if Huang Yu could only obtain half of it, that would be enough to solve his current shortage of Fine Iron.
But...
Huang Yu scrolled down through Lord Galo's messages.
His brows gradually furrowed.
Yesterday's battle with the dwarves cost me six territory inhabitants...
I now have only twenty-four territory inhabitants in my territory, so I can mine at most 2,400 units of Iron Ore each day.
Furthermore, one of the dwarves destroyed their Steel Furnace before dying...
I just bought a Steel Furnace, so I temporarily have no resources to increase my population.
Therefore, I may not be able to provide you with much Iron Ore over the next few days.
Looking at Lord Galo's message,
Huang Yu frowned.
Now that he had the Fine Iron resources,
the problem of Lord Galo's insufficient productivity had been exposed.
If the Large Iron Mine were in his own territory, Huang Yu naturally would not need to worry.
He had 141 territory inhabitants.
He had plenty of manpower for mining.
But the Galo Territory was far away.
He could not send his territory inhabitants to provide support...
However,
to avoid affecting his territory's rapid early development,
he had to take all the Fine Iron!
After thinking it through,
Huang Yu replied,
I will subsidize you with 500 Soul Crystals. Use them to purchase territory inhabitants.
My condition is that before the protection period ends, you must give me 3,500 units of Iron Ore every day!
What do you think?
After sending the message, Lord Galo did not reply immediately.
In reality,
according to the Chaos Mall's prices,
just 5,000 units of Iron Ore were worth 500 Soul Crystals.
Including today, there were still five full days left in the protection period.
If Lord Galo agreed,
Huang Yu would obtain a total of 17,500 units of Iron Ore over the next five days.
That was worth as much as 1,750 Soul Crystals!
He would gain 1,250 Soul Crystals without having to do anything else!
Although it seemed that Huang Yu would be getting the better end of the deal,
without Huang Yu's subsidy,
Lord Galo could only waste the mine's production capacity for the time being.
Therefore, Huang Yu believed that Lord Galo would definitely agree to his terms, at most haggling over the amount of ore.
Huang Yu did not have to wait long before receiving her reply.
I have some thoughts about the amount of Iron Ore transferred each day.
Just as expected!
Seeing Lord Galo's reply,
Huang Yu smiled knowingly.
However, 3,500 units of Iron Ore per day was his bottom line. He absolutely would not yield.
At most, he could offer some compensation in other areas.
For example, helping her smelt Fine Iron or something.
Before Huang Yu could bargain,
Lord Galo's message arrived first.
If not for the equipment you provided, I would never have been able to defeat the dwarves.
Besides, I cannot use 1,500 units of Iron Ore in a short period of time.
Rather than storing it or trading it to someone else, I might as well give the excess to you.
Before the protection period ends, I will provide you with 4,000 units of Iron Ore every day!
What do you think?
What do I think?
Of course there is no problem!
After seeing Lord Galo's message,
Huang Yu was surprised, but also moved.
People who knew how to repay kindness without being insatiably greedy were rare.
Huang Yu promptly transferred the 500 Soul Crystals to Lord Galo.
He did not impose any further conditions.
Although the two of them had only reached a verbal agreement this time,
Huang Yu believed that Lord Galo would not casually violate their agreement.
After receiving the 500 Soul Crystals, Galo replied to Huang Yu:
Before nightfall, 4,000 units of Iron Ore will be transferred to you through the trading platform!
Good!
Huang Yu did not waste any more words.
He still had other matters to attend to.
Now that he had Iron Ore,
the only Steel Furnace in his territory was far too inefficient and could not be relied upon at all.
He needed a more efficient building.
He opened the Chaos Mall.
Huang Yu was just about to look for a better steel-smelting building
when he suddenly remembered that Lord Galo had just said she had only twenty-six territory inhabitants.
What could twenty-six territory inhabitants do?
A single accident could cause the Large Iron Mine to fall.
A favor should be repaid with a favor.
Huang Yu remembered that he still had two sets of Xiu Lan Barracks in his shop that had yet to attract any buyers.
He made a decision.
On the boundless grassland,
Galo stood atop the Large Iron Mine with a longbow in hand.
She wore Crimson Crocodile Armor, and the armor added a hint of majesty to her cold bearing.
After the battle ended last night, she had led her territory inhabitants in guarding the mine throughout the night to prevent a counterattack by the dwarves.
She did not spot any dwarves even by dawn, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
She sent Huang Yu a message informing him that the Large Iron Mine had been occupied.
Looking at the 500 newly added Soul Crystals in her account,
a trace of excitement was impossible to conceal amid Galo's fatigue.
She was not a greedy person.
After successfully eliminating the hidden danger and gaining a large amount of resources, she was already completely satisfied.
Moreover, taking into account the excellent equipment she wore,
a careful calculation showed that after the two of them began cooperating, Huang Yu had contributed far more than she had.
This made her feel that she owed him something.
That was why she had given up part of her own profits and transferred four-fifths of the Large Iron Mine's daily production to Huang Yu.
"After five days, we'll be even!"
Galo muttered to herself, immediately feeling completely relaxed.
Compared with fighting, she hated owing other people favors even more.
In some ways, she was a little like Huang Yu...
Ding!
Galo was just about to return to her territory and purchase fifty territory inhabitants to mine
when a notification suddenly appeared on her friends list.
Your friend, Lord Huanyu, has gifted you a set of building blueprints. Please check it!
Galo froze.
She opened her friends list.
There, she saw the building blueprints for the Hulan Barracks.
There was also a message from Huang Yu.
The Large Iron Mine must not be lost. You have too few people, and I'm worried you won't be able to defend it.
Since I own half of the Iron Mine, I'll contribute as well!
Take these blueprints and use them!
Looking at the Hulan Barracks building blueprints awaiting receipt,
Galo lightly bit her lip and remained silent.
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