Chapter 273 Jointly Exploring Mining
Chapter 273 Jointly Exploring Mining
"How many bricks have you guys worked on these past few days?"
"It feels like they didn't do much; these animals are too lazy."
"There's not enough to build houses anyway."
"They eat a lot!"
As soon as the caravan set off, the goblins, who had been busy all day, couldn't help but start chattering amongst themselves.
The saintess looked around and found that the nearest person was only a few steps away.
She nudged Li Mosi with her elbow.
I wonder what this craftsman was thinking?
Tsk.
Li Mosi was a little annoyed when she was interrupted just as she was starting to think.
He turned his head to look to his side.
It was Hagiwara causing trouble, just as expected.
What are you doing?
He's busy thinking about important matters.
When the saintess saw that he agreed, she leaned her head closer.
"Is it sunny where you are too?"
Alas--
Hearing her breathe into her ear, Li Mosi felt goosebumps rise on her skin.
Why all the secrecy? And this is all they said?
How can crops grow without sunlight?
Li Mosi waved to her.
Don't bother me.
But Hagi Saint seemed not to understand what he meant.
She moved closer again.
"You also believe in the God of Light? Was it an oracle that instructed you to do so?"
Is this never going to end?
Seeing that Hagi Saint hadn't spoken for a long time, Li Mosi thought she had learned her lesson.
So he was left here waiting for him.
"If the god of light you speak of is the sun, then my ancestors once worshipped it. During the Shang dynasty, that was the time. It is said that a large black bird descended from the sun, laid an egg, and hatched a person from the egg. He grew up and established a kingdom."
Li Moss had long understood that when dealing with someone like Hagiwara who liked to debate mythology, one had to resort to ambiguous legends to fob him off.
It's unclear whether he was just trying to evade the question and spoke too quickly, or whether Hagi Saint simply hadn't processed it.
She grasped one word.
"once?"
The saintess frowned.
"And what about you now?"
Li Mosi casually offered an even more vague answer.
"We are now descendants of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, and also descendants of the dragon."
He pronounced all three nouns in Chinese.
Sure enough, Haki Saint's expression changed to "loading".
Li Mosi no longer wanted to waste any more time on her.
He pulled Hagi Saint forward, quickly getting close to the old man.
Hearing hurried footsteps, the old man subconsciously turned around and met Li Mosi's gaze.
"grown ups?"
Li Mosi walked to his side and then resumed her normal pace.
He looked at the old man.
"How long does it take to transport the stone bricks from over there to here?"
"Yes, sir, let me think about it."
The old man pondered for a moment, then began to mutter to himself.
"We finished loading the bricks last night and set off at daybreak this morning. It will take about half a day to get to Stern and back to Buffalo. But we still have to unload, so the return trip will be slightly faster with the truck empty..."
After recounting his experience, he quickly arrived at a general conclusion.
"Sir, including loading and unloading, it takes about a day to travel from Stonewall to Stern Town and back."
After he finished speaking, he added.
"The main problem is that oxen walk slowly, while donkeys, although they walk fast, can't pull very heavy loads."
Li Mosi listened silently, nodding occasionally.
There is a significant disparity among livestock.
Warhorses have strong explosive power, while packhorses are even stronger but weaker in explosive power.
Cows have good endurance and strength, but are slow.
Donkeys are the weakest, but they are easy to raise.
To achieve higher efficiency, in addition to planning team divisions, it is indeed necessary to optimize the team structure.
We can no longer use them all together like we used to when we had livestock.
The old man is quite something; he managed to bring back all the supplies from the slave-catching team's stronghold despite the team's composition.
"Eh."
Li Mosi heard Hagi Saint's soft call and felt her clothes being tugged at from behind.
He could sense that Hagi Saint wanted to speak privately.
But he just didn't want Hagi Saint to speak.
Li Mosi opened [Leshan Shui] again and began to think.
The town of Stern is not in the very center of the Stern Baronial estate, but rather in the southwest of the center.
The fortress looked like it was built to stop the Talis family from invading.
The location is quite strange.
Lakeside Manor is closer to the center of Baron Stern's estate.
However, after the merger of Baron Stern's territory, Baron Taliss's territory, and the surrounding knightly territories, Baron Stern's town was once again located close to the center.
It's at least closer than Baron Talis Town.
Li Mosi pondered for a moment.
Soon, the groom and the others gathered together.
Tsk.
Does the team's business need to be this complicated?
The saintess frowned impatiently when she saw that there was another person beside her.
Is this craftsman deliberately ignoring me?
As Li Mosi walked forward, he gave orders to the two men.
"After so much time, the people in each manor have widened the roads, and they are not in a hurry to transport too much stuff for the time being. We can use the livestock from the manors."
He looked at the groom and pointed to the packhorse.
Do you know how many packhorses are on each of the estates?
"this……"
The coachman shook his head.
"Sir, the packhorses in the manor are managed by grooms from various manors, so I don't know the specifics. But there are at least five, and at most, I think there are ten."
Every year a foal is born, but whether it survives depends entirely on the skill of each groom.
Li Mosi was not surprised by this.
He didn't really care about the exact number.
"You'll come with me today to transport grain to the town and distribute it to the various estates. Bring along the packhorses from the estates. The cattle and donkeys will be distributed to the estates as well."
"Yes, sir."
Ignoring the groom carrying the luggage, Li Mosi looked at the old man.
"You know how to get to Talis Town, right?"
"Talis Town?!"
The old man's voice immediately rose as soon as he heard the name.
The saintess's face scrunched up, and she raised her hand to cover her ears.
Why are you speaking so loudly?
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm so sorry."
The old man immediately realized he had offended someone.
But he really hated the name.
He couldn't help but get angry whenever the children mentioned what happened during that time.
Li Mosi raised her hand to indicate that she didn't care.
"We took over Baron Talis yesterday, and it is now under the control of Zi Yi, the chief of the tribe."
"Okay, okay."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly in approval.
The coachman next to him was a little stiff.
Should I stay here?
Can I hear this myself?
Li Moss pointed westward.
"Baron Talis and his family have fled. They took the town's livestock and wagons with them. Since you're free now, you can go over there and transport supplies."
He said this in a very casual tone.
To the old man, it sounded like he was being asked to go eat.
"Yes, I'll go by myself then. If I'm unsure of the way, I'll ask the locals."
He looked west and nodded.
Seeing that the old man could handle it himself, Li Mosi didn't say anything more.
"They should have cleared the road by now, then you can bring the packhorses from the estate into your caravan and trade them for cattle and donkeys."
These donkeys and oxen worked alongside the packhorses for many days.
Finally, I can relax a bit.
By noon, the caravan had returned to Stern, and the old man led the tribe's caravan westward.
After quickly loading the supplies, the convoy from Stern set off again.
They continued westward along the same route as before.
However, the road is now twice as wide as before, making it much easier to travel.
Looking at the gathered people, Li Moss announced the next plan.
They need to come together and work together to quarry stone bricks.
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