Chapter 138 (1/2)
Donne thought about what to say for a long time before he opened his mouth.
”In fact, the so-called black swamp is a complex substance called asphalt.”
”Oh! I see!”
Brian suddenly realized: ”big brother, you are an alchemist, so you want to refine some substance in it? Is it very precious!?”
”Don't interrupt if you don't understand!”
Brian muttered, ”I didn't interrupt...”
Did this guy do it on purpose?
Donne's brain jumped and he finally calmed down: ”although the black swamp looks dangerous, the asphalt constituting the black swamp is actually very useful in some way -”
Brian exclaimed, ”Oh! I see!”
What do you know!?
”Big brother, do you want to use that... Er, asphalt on the battlefield!? well, asphalt, its smell should be toxic and useful. Big brother, you are a genius!”
”Shut up!”
Donne, durandon and Abram couldn't bear it. They all drank violently. Brian shrunk his neck and wilted
Durandon motioned, ”ignore him and continue.”
Donne nodded: ”although the asphalt doesn't look good, after it is burned in a large pot, it will become molten. At this time, it can be mixed with some stones and slag to pave the road.”
”Paving the road?”
Durandon and Abram looked at each other. Didn't they all use broken stones or slate to pave the road?
In fact, it's not just the dwarves here, but all the countries in prandal, paving roads is like this. Ordinary stones are used, and stone slabs are used where there is money. Those poor places simply don't pave roads. Once it rains, the whole town is muddy roads
”Yes, asphalt is high temperature resistant, friction resistant, not easy to deform, and it is very flat after pressing. It is a good paving material.”
”Frankly, I saw a black swamp... No, when I saw such a large asphalt lake, I thought of paving the road,” Donne said
”I see.”
Duranden waved, ”the black swamp is yours.”
”I... what?”
Donne was stunned.
”I said, it's yours. You can develop it as you want.”
Durandon said carelessly, ”anyway, we don't know what the thing is for. It looks like it's inconvenient and takes up space. If you can dig it out, we still have more land to use.”
”This...”
Dunn was embarrassed. Durandon was so generous that he disrupted Dunn's plan. He thought it would be easier to cooperate with the dwarves. As a result, he sent him the black swamp directly
”What's the matter?”
”In fact, your majesty duranden, I want to cooperate with you to develop the black swamp. The benefits can be shared. I provide technology and you provide manpower. As a human, even if I can attract employees, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for a large number of humans to enter the dwarf country? So it's most appropriate for you to provide dwarf labor.”
Dunn simply told durandon all his thoughts in one breath. After a moment of meditation, durandon said, ”if you want to develop that place, I can give it to you. But if so, I'm afraid I can't promise you immediately. I need to discuss it with the king's parliament. After all, it's related to the labor of dwarves.”
Donne smiled, ”if they feel embarrassed, they can change another way of cooperation. I hire dwarves from the dwarf country to work at home and pay them. They mine black swamps for me and transport them to Ellington. How about it?”
Durandon clapped his hands: ”it's simple and straightforward. I think it's OK. Let's do it. The mining right is given to you, and I don't care about the income. You can pay the dwarf employees directly. We'll let them clean up the black swamp!”
Abram stroked his beard and said, ”I also think it's simpler and simpler...”
Donne couldn't laugh or cry. Obviously, the benefits of cooperation and sharing are greater, but I didn't expect that durandon and Abram prefer the way of employment. Obviously, the black swamp is their property in the dwarf country
”In that case, there's another thing I'll just tell you.”
After Donne entered the forge hammer castle, he had this idea and said with a smile: ”you people of the earth dig minerals every day. I don't know if you have copper here?”
”Copper mine? Yes, quite a lot. Do you need it?”
Duranden scratched his head: ”in the past, there were many copper mines, but since the large-scale use of iron ore and magic metal, the copper mine was useless. Basically, it would only be used to make some living utensils. The consumption was very small, and most of them were stacked there.”
Donne was overjoyed: ”it's just right that my territory Ellington is being rebuilt, and it is estimated that a large amount of metal copper is needed. Therefore, I want to trade metal copper with the dwarf country. If I can, it's best to open up trade routes. We can also provide all kinds of living goods for hammer forge and dwarf villages along the way.”
”Well...”
Duranden hesitated to trade with mankind? The last time there was cooperation was during the chaos invasion war. Since the end of the war, the dwarf country has no large-scale trade with the external human countries, so he is very worried about whether it will cause any bad impact.