Digging a pit was easy to say, but it was not always easy to do.
Choosing a suitable location, avoiding soil that was too hard or too soft, and avoiding underground water veins was a basic skill. Digging the tunnel into a suitable shape to facilitate entry and exit, as well as to facilitate the transportation of soil and stone, was a compulsory course. Reinforcing the tunnel while digging to prevent it from collapsing was the first priority.
These were things that had to be done, and they had to be done well. Otherwise, either the digging could not go on, or there would be an accident while digging.
The most common accident, of course, was collapse.
It was the most common and the most terrible.
The tunnel was buried deep underground. Once it collapsed, almost everyone in the tunnel would die. Even those professional adventurers would find it difficult to survive in the collapsed tunnel until rescue arrived.
In the past, such accidents had occurred more than once in Pyroxene Town, so that mining became the most feared profession. It was not until the arrival of Mayor Felix, who led the new era of Pyroxene Town that the mining technology was improved and this danger was avoided.
The cost of mining was greatly increased, at least three times that of the past.
There were also veins around Gold-Panning Town, but unlike Pyroxene Town, its veins were shallow and generally open or semi-open. Mining itself was less risky, and the harvest was slightly more.
This was also the reason why Pyroxene Town had been slowly ruined, and Gold-Panning Town had been able to maintain itself.
But there were advantages and disadvantages. Because it was easy to mine in the past, Gold-Panning Town lacked senior miners, and they could only be regarded as beginners in the mining industry. If it had not been for sending some people to Pyroxene Town, later Pyroxene City, to study over the years, perhaps they would not even have been able to enter the mining industry.
After all, the technique called "pyroxene mining" was really complicated. It involved not only the judgment of soil quality and the construction of support works, but also a set of very detailed inspection techniques to ensure that the tunnel could be firmly supported and would not collapse.
Using pyroxene mining was safe, but the work efficiency was not high. Over the years, Gold-Panning Town had recruited as much manpower as possible, but only a small underground farm had been dug, which could only raise about one pond of ice fish.
This kind of slow-growing fish needed three years to grow big enough to be sold. During these three years, it needed to be taken care of continuously, which cost a lot of manpower. But every time the fish meat was on the market, the price would drop a lot due to the higher production volume. Currently, the gluttons in the main plane had even gotten used to this, and they wouldn't pay as high a price as they did in the past when they waited to eat the ice fish in the summer once every three years.
Under such circumstances, the mayor of Gold Panning Town had been thinking of digging another underground farm. But he really couldn't transfer any more people. Currently, there were only four or five people working on the construction site. The progress was so slow that it made people sigh.
If the workers were replaced with skeletons, these problems would be much easier to solve.
Collapse? If it collapsed, so be it. Anyway, he could just summon more skeletons after they were crushed to death. Moreover, he might not even be able to crush them to death. After all, skeletons did not need to breathe.
Lack of manpower? Anyway, he didn't have to pay the skeleton a salary, and he didn't even have to pay for food and lodging.
The only thing they had to pay attention to was that the area around the construction site had to be designated as a restricted area and no one was allowed to approach. Only those with the Tuya 'an's artifact that could conceal the aura of living beings could occasionally come over to check on the progress of the project.
"The skeletons' work efficiency won't be very high." Tuya 'an summoned the skeletons and gave them an order. Then, he said, "You can't rely on them to dig out the tunnel quickly."
"I'm not in a hurry." Mayor Almack said with a smile. "This is just like the saying, 'If there are dates, there are no dates'. If there are dates, it's good, but if there aren't, it doesn't matter. After all, it doesn't cost anything. "
Tuya 'an also smiled. It was good that Mayor Almack had such a calm attitude.
He had seen too many people fail what they could have done well because they were too impatient. For example, there was a senior who entered the school earlier than him and had more achievements than him. However, because of his impatience, he failed to break through to the Legendary Realm. He didn't even manage to transform into a Lich and died.
He thought for a while and reminded, "Be careful of the signs around the area that forbid people from approaching. Of course, there will be people who accidentally enter."
"Don't worry." Mayor Almack said, "The people of the northwest are reasonable and follow the rules. As long as I tell them once, no one will dare to approach. You have to know that we are actually traumatized by skeletons! "
As he said this, he laughed heartily.
"If someone deliberately lured these skeletons out …" Tuya 'an said with a frown.
"If they are lured out, then so be it." Mayor Almack said nonchalantly. "There is a purification array around the town. The skeletons won't be able to enter."
"But … what if they are lured to the construction site?"
"There is also a purification array around the construction site."
Tuya 'an shook his head. "The purification array can be destroyed."
Mayor Almack laughed out loud. "You worry too much! If there really is someone with such ability, why bother? He could just kill them one by one. Who knows, he might even be able to kill them faster than a group of skeletons. "
He pointed at the skeletons that were slowly digging with bone tools and said, "Look, there are about 200 skeletons here. It sounds like a lot, but the skeletons don't walk fast and their fighting strength isn't that strong. With just 10 strong men, they would be able to escape from their encirclement. What is there to be afraid of? "
Tuya 'an thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed reasonable.
A small number of skeletons was actually not dangerous to humans.
It was just that he had misunderstood and thought that the undead were too dangerous to humans. In fact, at least for skeletons, unless they were caught off guard or formed a large group, it was almost impossible for a normal human to be killed by them.
Even if they could not defeat them, they could still run away.
Of course, it would be a different matter if the skeletons advanced. But with Tuya 'an around, he would definitely not let these skeletons have the opportunity to advance.
If there were skeletons that could advance under the watchful eyes of a legendary necromancer like him, it was simply looking down on his professional skills!
Not to mention advancing, as long as there were signs of advancement, he would capture the skeleton and summon more ordinary skeletons to replace it.
Advanced skeletons were quite useful, and it would be a waste to use them for mining …
After doing this, Mayor Almack began to discuss the matter of remuneration with Tuya 'an.
Of course, Tuya 'an did not want remuneration. Firstly, he felt that His Majesty Void Mask had already given him remuneration, and it was more than enough. Secondly … he really did not care about a small place like Gold-Panning Town. It was just a small town, how could it have the resources to pay a legendary mage?
But Mayor Almack's words dispelled his thoughts.
"I intend to split the profits of this breeding farm into three parts. One part will be handed over to the Republic, one part will be left for the development of the town, and the last part will be your remuneration. You can use it as a good asset for your descendants, or your relatives, friends, or students … Even if you do not need it, they might be able to use it. "
Tuya 'an felt that it was indeed reasonable. Of course, he did not care about this bit of money, but he would definitely have students in the future. When his students graduated, it was not a bad idea to give them a portion of his family's assets as a present.
Even if he did not have any students, Tessa would still need a dowry after she was revived. With a portion of his family's assets as a dowry, how prestigious would that be!
But … when he thought about his sister getting married in the future, he could not help but frown, and his mood became unpleasant …
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