Xu Yi stayed in Faraday City for just one day before setting out for the three mines slated for sale, guided by Angklu and two ministers sent by the Grand Duke of Stantin.
There, Xu Yi met the two Dwarves from the Norma Tribe whom he had sent ahead a month earlier.
According to the findings of the two Dwarves, who had come in advance to survey the three mines, all three held extremely rich deposits. The two iron mines were even much larger than the mine Xu Yi had previously wrested from the Falkor Merchant Guild.
Based on that iron mine's estimated price of seven hundred thousand gold coins, these two iron mines alone were worth over one and a half million gold coins.
Moreover, that valuation had been made the previous year. With iron ore prices now soaring, these two iron mines were probably worth more than two million gold coins.
Although the increased cost of mining in the Stantin Duchy also had to be considered, the duchy was selling permanent mining rights to all three mines, unlike the time-limited rights offered in the Lampari Kingdom. All things considered, it was still a very good deal.
Of course, so-called permanent mining rights were nothing more than empty words in the face of state authority.
But considering the condition of the other mine, the copper mine, those risks hardly mattered.
According to the two Dwarves' report, the copper mine held even richer deposits than the two iron mines.
That was an unexpected delight for Xu Yi.
His main objective on this trip was the copper mine. With such abundant deposits, it truly was a rich haul.
Since the two Dwarves had already surveyed the mines, Xu Yi's visit was little more than a formality. He took a casual look