Chapter 139 (1/2)
You can take a look.
You can take a look.
Even Fiona, who didn't know Brian's identity, was stunned by this fact.
Brian's unreliable appearance all day could be the former king? It's a miracle that the dwarf country hasn't collapsed yet!
Not to mention that he has sons!
This news can definitely make the headlines of Datang daily tomorrow!
”I was scared when I first knew...”
Donne spread his hands and said with a bitter smile: ”to tell you the truth, when I first met Brian, I doubted his identity. I thought he might be a dwarf prince. As a result, when I arrived at forge hammer castle... He really gave me a big surprise...”
Fiona just got back to her senses and said, ”it seems that we have invited a great man in Ellington...”
”No, no, no, not a big man.”
Donne shook his head: ”Brian is still Brian. They dwarfs don't care about this. Brian after leaving office is like the most ordinary dwarfs, which is very different from us humans.”
”OK...”
Fiona tried to calm herself down from the shock of the news: ”so, what's the good news you want to say?”
”Don't worry about recruiting dwarves. I'm sure I can recruit many dwarven craftsmen this time.”
Donne said proudly, ”the specific number is uncertain. However, dozens of dwarves on the road are sure to work in Ellington.”
”Well, it's really good news!”
Fiona is very happy. The more dwarves Donne recruits, the faster Ellington will be built, the stronger it will be, and the stronger her sense of achievement will be. The glory of the golden rose family will shine here again!
”No, no, that's not the good news I want to say.”
Donne shook his head, interrupted Fiona's beautiful fantasy and continued: ”on the way, we passed a place in the dwarf country called the black swamp, and then I found that the black swamp was a huge natural asphalt lake!”
”Natural asphalt lake? What's that?”
”It's a complex material. You don't have to worry about what it is. You just need to know that this kind of thing can be used to pave roads and lay very flat high-quality roads. The efficiency will be greatly improved whether it's carriage transporting goods or soldiers!”
Donne said excitedly, ”I have proposed to durandon that he wants to develop the asphalt lake. He originally wanted to give me the asphalt Lake -”
”Unacceptable!”
Fiona said decisively: ”on the one hand, this kindness is too great, on the other hand, we don't have so many people to mine there!”
”That's right!”
Donne was very pleased to look at Fiona, worthy of being the heir of the golden rose family, and saw through the problem at a glance.
”I refused and put forward another plan, that is, to jointly develop the black swamp with the dwarf kingdom. I provide technology, they provide the property right of the black swamp, and the income is divided equally...”
”It's a good proposal,” Fiona said. ”Although it seems that we have lost a great benefit, after getting the benefits brought by the black swamp, the dwarf kingdom will certainly appreciate our proposal, which will make our relationship closer and stronger. In the long run, this is the best proposal.”
Donne let go: ”but they refused because they were too troublesome.”
”Ah?”
Fiona was silly: ”what should I do?”
”So, I think of another way. Since they are too troublesome, let's develop it...”
”But didn't you just say that? We don't have so many human resources... Wait! Are you --”
Fiona's eyes widened, not sure of her guess.
Donne said with a smile: ”I suggest that although it is developed by us, it is not appropriate for humans to enter here, so we should hire dwarves to mine for us. We will directly pay them the salary, which is also the price of mining asphalt lake. Durandon and they are very satisfied with this proposal. If there is no accident, this should be the final way.”
”Isn't it... They're so lazy?”
Fiona couldn't cry or laugh: ”isn't this abandoning the basics?”
Don shrugged: ”who knows?”
”Well, if the asphalt lake can be developed successfully and the paved roads are really good, we can even do business with the imperial family.”
Fiona's eyes glittered: ”if we can improve the efficiency of transporting soldiers, we can strengthen the power of the central government. It must be of great interest to the extremely weak Ilus royal family.”
It has also been said before that in prandal, magical means will be used for communication unless it is very important news. The high cost of magical remote communication means and the backwardness of ordinary remote communication means have led to the unprecedented weakness of centralization. Almost all major territories are governed by their own governments, which makes the Ilus royal family very distressed.
If Donne could lay a convenient and flat road connecting all the major cities in irus, the royal family of the business empire would be happy to pay for it.
”Not only that, in fact, we can make money by laying roads.”
Donne smiled and told Fiona about the toll highway hated by everyone on earth. Fiona was excited immediately after hearing it: ”there's still this way!”
”Yes, it's called gathering the power of the people to build a flat road. Although the cost borne by individuals is very low, once more people use it, it's a treasure house that continuously produces gold coins.”
Donne said with a smile: ”what's more, our cost is very low. Only the dwarfs need to be paid at the asphalt lake, and they will help us mine it. The cost of raw materials is almost negligible. It's estimated that we can recover the cost in a short time.”