Chapter 764: Chapter 297: Return to the Territory, the Magical Vines (5800)_2

Those goblins that had their gemstones taken would trade them with surface merchants, exchanging for meager supplies to sustain their clan’s survival.

However, as it’s often said, there’s no business without deceit.

Every time these merchants purchased gemstones from the goblins, they would press the prices to extremely low levels and shortchange them with supplies.

For these merchants, controlling the source of sales meant that the goblins had no choice but to trade with them, allowing the merchants to exploit them at will.

Naturally, the goblins understood this, and some boldly emerged from underground.

They began selling gemstones themselves to avoid being exploited by those merchants.

During this time, they endured many, many hardships.

If one were to recount the development history of goblins in detail, it would take three days and nights.

However, in the end, they overcame these difficulties.

Thus, the role of the goblin merchant was introduced.

As the number of goblin merchants increased, they established a trade guild for themselves.

The overall living standard of the clan improved.

However, it was only the upper echelons of the goblins whose living standards improved.

The lowest-level laborers experienced no change at all.

They still had to stay underground for 24 hours every day, dedicating themselves to the development of the entire clan.

So, in this territory,

not only did this Lord provide these goblin laborers with accommodations, but also offered them abundant food—an incredible thing!

Even the most prosperous goblin tribes couldn’t offer such treatment to their laborers.

At this moment, he bowed respectfully to Cao Xing.

“You are truly a benevolent Lord, may the Earth Cave God bless you…”

“Rock Richie will wholeheartedly work for you from now on.”

[Due to your words and actions, you have won over the subjects: Rock Richie. The loyalty of the other party has increased, current loyalty: 71]

…

Cao Xing smiled, then nodded slightly.

“It’s alright, why don’t you go get some rest now.”

“Cao Yi, first take him to arrange accommodations, then tomorrow, take him to the mechanical factory to familiarize with the environment.”

“Yes, my merciful Lord.”

After speaking, Cao Yi escorted Rock Richie to arrange his accommodation.

At this moment, Du An came over to report, “Lord, as per your instructions, after we finished building the cowshed today, we began upgrading the city walls with full force.”

“Currently, over 70% of the walls have been upgraded to Frost Walls, and it’s expected to be completed by tomorrow.”

“In addition, the big melting furnace has been upgraded to level 17, and your Lord Mansion has also been upgraded to level 7…”

Du An’s series of reports filled Cao Xing with joy once again.

“Well done, Du An, your efficiency remains consistently high.”

Du An respectfully replied, “It is our honor to contribute to the territory.”

Meanwhile, Dazhuang came over to report, “Lord, today, as per your instructions, we drove the transportation vehicle to that mine.”

“However, it was occupied again by a group of Mole Men.”

Hearing this, Cao Xing was slightly surprised.

The last time, that group of Mole Men had been driven away by them, and he didn’t expect them to return so soon.

It seemed that the resources inside that mine were very enticing to them.

Dazhuang continued, “But don’t worry, Lord, our Centaur Warriors are all very strong, and they easily dealt with this group of Mole Men.”

“That mine now belongs to us!”

“In addition, the goblins’ mining efficiency is very high.”

“Today, they extracted a large amount of iron ore, copper ore, and even a small amount of Magic Energy Crystal Ore, almost filling three transportation vehicles!”

“One day’s mining output is comparable to four or five days’ worth of efficiency from before!”

“We’ve already transported all these ores back and are now sorting them in the ore processing plant.”

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing felt a surge of joy.

This was the benefit of the transportation vehicle.

With the efforts of over a hundred goblin laborers, he could receive a substantial amount of ore resources every day.

And these resources would be the foundation for the territory’s development from a small settlement to a town.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, praising, “Well done, Dazhuang.”

“The goblin laborers have also been working very hard.”

Receiving praise from their Lord, everyone had joyful smiles on their faces.

Then, Cao Xing continued, “Alright, you’ve all worked hard during the day, now go and rest.”

“Yes, Lord!”

Everyone gradually dispersed.

Soon, only Cao Xing remained alone.

He was pondering over what he needed to do next.

“This time, I acquired a strong Divine Warrior Altar in that camp, allowing all my warrior profession ranks to break through to the fourth rank.”

“In other words, those Ascalon Soldiers, Wild Boar Warriors, and even Centaur Warriors can all break through.”

“However, the materials needed for this breakthrough are too many, requiring 50,000 crowns, 1,000 portions of food, 100 mithril, and 10 advanced elemental crystals.”

Cao Xing glanced at the reserves of these supplies in his territory and backpack.

[Coins: 5,740,000]

[Food: 127,321]

[Mithril: 3,512]

[Advanced Elemental Crystals: 743]

…

“Damn, all four resources are in serious shortage.”

“The resources I have can at most allow over thirty warriors to break through to the fourth rank.”

“The most lacking are mithril and food.”

Comparatively, the resources consumed to let a third-tier warrior break through to the fourth are already quite minimal.”

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