"Big bro, hey, big bro, can you not look at me like that? I feel a chill all over my body … "
Brian looked at Tang En in horror. Every time Tang En showed such an expression, he felt like an animal waiting to be slaughtered.
Especially now that he was hanging upside down from the ceiling …
Tang En suddenly laughed. "I have to thank you. Let me put you down."
"What?"
Brian felt a chill run down his back, except for the cold sweat on his forehead. He hurriedly said, "Big bro, don't be like that. I feel quite scared."
"Well, it seems like you still want to stay here. Then let's hang you up for a while."
Tang En withdrew his hand and rubbed his chin. "The problem now is that the mine's production can't keep up with the production demand …"
Brian wanted to cry at this moment, and he agreed with Tang En. "Yes, and we don't have any extra people to send to mine."
"Manpower …"
Tang En smiled. "It's actually easy to find enough manpower. We'll talk about this later. Now, let's talk about what we need to do here."
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"Tell Edgar to contact the factory and squeeze out some manpower. Hurry up and produce the magical drilling machines and mining equipment. We have to complete the technical upgrade of all the existing mines as soon as possible."
Tang En's plan was very simple. First, they started from the technical aspect. There were not many mines that had completed the technical upgrade. After the magical machine factory squeezed out some time to produce the mining equipment, which was the magical drilling machines, mine carts, tracks, cranes, and the like, they could upgrade the existing mines.
After the technical upgrade, the current production capacity would increase by at least fifteen times with the current manpower, which would be enough for a short period of time.
As for the problem of transportation, Tang En could set up a small teleportation portal for every mine without considering the cost. As long as it could accommodate Ellington's transportation personnel, they could complete the transportation of the ore in a short period of time through spatial equipment.
Since the core of all development revolved around Ellington, he did not even consider the problem of the export of the ore to the outside world.
After all, if he wanted to sell it to the outside world, he would need to further improve the existing cargo transportation system. Perhaps he would also need to lay a special freight railway line. The time and cost would be too high.
Although the railway was the lifeblood of the power hub economy with amazing transportation capacity, Prandal was vast and sparsely populated. The cost of laying the railway was too high, and the demand for both passenger and freight transportation was not strong. Therefore, Tang En did not consider laying the railway for the time being.
Moreover, he didn't have any extra steel to make rails now … Perhaps he would consider it if he needed it in the future.
"There are three plans to increase the production of raw ore. One is to upgrade the technology of the existing mines. The second is to increase the basic number of miners."
Brian was dumbfounded. "Didn't we say that the population is too small and the labor force is insufficient? How can it increase the number of miners? "
"Yes, the population is too small. But as for labor, it doesn't have to be humans, right?"
Tang En revealed a devilish smile. "I remember when we were in Slag Village, my old dwarf friend left a very deep impression on me."
"An old friend of the dwarves?"
Brian was stunned for a moment before he blurted out, "Kobold?!"
"Congratulations, you're right."
Tang En snapped his fingers. "I remember Village Chief Durum said that kobolds have amazing reproductive ability and a very strong need for food. That's why they frequently attack dwarf villages, right?"
"That's right …"
"And kobolds are natural miners. Their mining ability is on par with the dwarves, and their digging ability is even better than yours, right?"
Although Brian was a little inexplicably unhappy with Tang En's comparison of the dwarves and kobolds, he still said honestly, "That's right."
"Isn't that it? Amazing reproductive ability, huge population, natural miners, this is a labor force tailor-made for us! "
"But," Brian could not help but remind Tang En, "Big brother, you've overlooked one point. Kobolds are despicable by nature and have low intelligence. They hate almost all human-like creatures, especially dwarves and pygmies. They will also attack any intelligent creature that enters their territory. They eat everything, including captives. Most creatures don't trust them. How are you going to make them work for you?"
"That's easy."
Tang En smiled. "If you can't communicate with them in the way of intelligent creatures, then you can communicate with them in the way of taming wild beasts."
"Taming wild beasts?"
Brian was dumbfounded.
"Well," Tang En thought for a moment. Kobolds were somewhat intelligent, so he added, "I think, maybe it's easier than taming wild beasts?"
Although the dwarves also had hunters who were good at taming wild beasts, Brian could not figure out how Tang En was going to do it.
"You don't have to worry about the specifics. Go back to Hammerforge first and collect information about the areas where kobolds gather. I'll come to you later."
Tang En snapped his fingers, and Brian fell to the ground with an "ouch". He got up from the ground trembling, and his legs were shaking.
Tang En glanced at him lightly. "Why are you always talking about the truth … Bah, I mean, don't spread rumors all the time."
Brian felt that he had been wronged. "I didn't spread rumors …"
Tang En said darkly, "The next time you can't control your big mouth when you drink, I'll make sure you can't drink a drop of wine for the rest of your life!"
Can't drink a drop of wine for the rest of my life!? How could that be!?
Brian's expression changed, and he said very seriously, "I swear! I will never tell the truth that I know! "
"Well? The truth? "
Brian immediately changed his words. "I mean, the things that I know."
"Go, go!"
Tang En did not believe that this guy would change his bad habits so quickly. As far as he knew, the dwarves' bad habits of being talkative and addicted to alcohol would probably never be changed.
He did not expect Brian to change completely. He only hoped that he would be more restrained in the future. This guy really knew how to cause trouble.
After Brian left, Tang En thought for a moment and directly teleported to the Red Stone Cavern.
"Oh? My friend! Why did you think of coming to my place as a guest — "
Before Barod could finish speaking, Tang En grabbed him and teleported him directly to Shar 'Hera.
"Darling!?"
Rowling, who was sitting on the throne and playing with her silver hair, saw Tang En suddenly appear. She immediately cheered and rushed over.
With a thud, she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
"Ugh!"
Rowling covered her nose and floated up. Her long silver hair flowed behind her like a waterfall. She simply flew over.
"Darling, why are you here?"
However, just as she was about to jump into Tang En's arms, Lola, who was like a ghost, snatched the position one step ahead of her. Her slender and fair fingers gently stroked Tang En's cheek, and a charming smile appeared on her face. "Did you miss me?"
"Mother!"
Rowling screamed in protest. "How can you do this!"
"My daughter, you have to admit that your charm is far inferior to mine."
Tang En said a little unnaturally. "Don't be like this. I have something to talk to you about."
"What is it that we can talk about in bed … Barod?"
Only then did Lola notice Barod beside her. "Sorry, your height hasn't changed at all. It's hard to notice you."
Barod's expression became very ugly. "You damn —"
Considering that Tang En was beside him, Barod forcibly changed his words. "— Bastard, do you want to fight with me?"
"We've fought so many times. When have you ever won? If I hadn't let you win, you would have died countless times. "
Lola was a Legendary powerhouse. Although Barod was also very strong, he was still a step away from Legendary. Thus, he had never won against Lola. This time, Lola opened up his wound again, and Barod was even more annoyed.
Seeing that the two rivals were about to quarrel again, Tang En could only say, "Alright, quiet."
"Darling, I'll listen to you."
Tang En's words immediately turned Lola into a well-behaved little lamb.
Even though Barod was gnashing his teeth in anger, he still closed his mouth at this time.
"How's the situation in the underground world recently? Is the supply of food still sufficient? "
Tang En first brought up an unrelated topic to ease the atmosphere. After all, the Dark Elves and Redrock Dwarves were now concerned about the problem of food.
Rowling rushed to answer. "Of course there's no problem. The supply of food is very abundant. Our people can now eat their fill and live very comfortably."
Our people?
Tang En felt very awkward when she used this word.
Barod said, "Just as the little queen said, everything in the underground world is good. The mining of light crystals is also very stable. Thanks to the abundant food, we are now exploring the underground world."
Lola spread out her hands. "Indeed, if there weren't those annoying lizardmen, our lives would be better …"
Tang En smiled. "This time, I came to talk about the lizardmen."
Lola was stunned. "What's there to talk about the lizardmen …"
"That depends on how you look at them."
Tang En said with a smile, "Although they are like wild beasts, they have a bit of intelligence and are easier to tame than wild beasts."
This time, even Barod scratched his head. "You want to tame them? What's the use of lizardmen? "
"Since they live in the underground world, it means that they are very good at digging, right?"
"That's right."
"With this kind of specialty, if I tame them and make them help me mine, wouldn't they be a very good labor force?"
Tang En said with a smile, "The lizardmen's reproductive ability is also very strong. This way, on one hand, it can reduce the harm they do to the underground world. On the other hand, it can also indirectly control them. At the same time, it can also solve the problem of my labor shortage. It can be said to be killing two birds with one stone."
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