Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 880: Chapter 336: Cultivation, Enlightenment Lotus Platform, Major Building Upgrades

This is not a baseless speculation, the rodents in the Beipo Silver Mine on the mountainside have been dealt with by Xia Chuan leading the army. Five days ago, Xia Hong personally sliced open the belly of a high-level rodent there and saw the silver that hadn’t been fully digested.

“If that’s the case, it means that all silver mines, as long as they’re occupied by the Cold Beast clan, have a high probability of producing Beast Kings. The ones that already exist might give birth to more. This means that the two new silver mines Li Tiancheng and Hou Jing discovered this year, plus the two original ones in Long Mountain, are like four ticking time bombs. If not dealt with in time, once the Cold Beasts become strong…”

Thinking of this, Xia Hong’s brow furrowed slightly, and he felt an increased sense of urgency.

Just then, the voice of the maid Han Yue came from below.

“Lord, Minister has returned, he is waiting for you in the Political Hall.”

“Finally back!”

Xia Hong’s eyes instantly lit up with joy, quickly got up, and hurriedly walked down the Star-picking Platform towards the main building.

“Big brother, the first batch of silver is all here, totaling 1,096,247 pounds!”

Upon entering the Political Hall in the main building, Xia Hong was immediately drawn to the eleven boxes of silver ores in the middle of the hall, paying little attention to Xia Chuan’s words and quickly stepping forward, directly picking up a piece of silver roughly half the size of an adult’s fist, his expression subtly brightened.

During the Longyou battle, Great Xia exchanged 400 pounds of silver from Zhaoyang and Long Mountain using the Solidified Fire Oil, so Xia Hong was not entirely unfamiliar with silver.

Under equal volume, silver is about four times the weight of iron ore, so the piece the size of half a fist weighed over eighty pounds.

“Small in volume, heavy in quality, combined with its super strong toughness and hardness, silver is evidently more suitable for casting weapons than iron ore, especially for those at Cold Resistance Level exceeding one mane.”

Xia Chuan was clearly excited, evidently aware of the value of this batch of silver ore.

“Casting weapons?”

Xia Hong slightly raised his eyebrows, with a hint of smile on his face: “For now, that might not be possible. By the way, what is Mu Dong’s estimate of the output?”

Great Xia has extracted iron ore from dozens of veins, and Mu Dong long since figured out a way to estimate the output of ore veins, basically getting it almost right. Five days ago, upon acquiring the silver mine, Xia Hong immediately sent Mu Dong to estimate the total output.

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan’s expression immediately dropped, saying solemnly:

“The output is estimated to be between 50,000 to 70,000 tons, it’s a miniature silver mine!”

The Craftsmen Department classifies the ore veins based on estimated output, below 100,000 tons is miniature; 100,000 to 500,000 tons is small; 500,000 to 3 million tons is medium; 3 million to 10 million tons is large; over 10 million tons is a giant ore vein.

Currently, no giant ore veins have been found within Great Xia territory, the highest estimated output of the three large iron mines, two in Long Mountain, one in Redwood Ridge.

Upon hearing it’s a miniature ore vein, Xia Hong’s face did not show any surprise, he had a premonition seven days ago when he first saw the silver mine.

Regardless, this silver mine was already a pleasant surprise from the heavens, having it at all is good fortune, who has the right to be picky?

Moreover, 50,000 tons is 100 million pounds, if it can all be converted into system silver resources, that’s 20 million points, isn’t that a lot?

Besides, the Earth-digging Realm Limit’s daily mining capacity is just around 100 pounds, Great Xia currently has over four thousand Earth-digging Realm Limits, even if all are sent to mine, it’s just 400,000 pounds a day, 50,000 tons will take eight to nine months to mine.

The Earth-digging Realm Limit as the backbone of Great Xia currently, sending them all to mine is clearly unrealistic, so based on the camp’s current development trajectory, Xia Hong expects it will take at least three to five years to mine this silver mine.

“It’s enough, weapon forging has to wait, and your three armies can’t all be stuck there mining. How about this, leave one army there, and also inform Qiu Peng, let the Camp Supply Department change the monthly iron ore quota to a lower proportion of silver ore for the Earth-digging Realm Limit and those whose Basic Strength exceeds twenty thousand pounds, encourage them to mine.”

“Understood, big brother!”

After speaking, Xia Hong directly reached for the first crate, and the approximately ten thousand pounds of silver ore in the box instantly disappeared.

“Big brother, you are going to perform a miracle again!”

Seeing this, Xia Chuan’s face showed no surprise, even hinted at some anticipation, Xia Hong’s ability to absorb various resources to upgrade those special buildings within Xia City was no secret in the camp.

Not just Xia Chuan, those Great Xia people who had witnessed the buildings’ upgrades called it a miracle, a miracle wrought by Lord Xia Hong.

Martial Arts Hall that enhances cultivation speed; Medicine Workshop, identifying drugs and automatically performing alchemy; Artifact Refining Workshop that crafts Beast Suppressing Attribute Weapons; the resilient Black Soil Wall appearing out of nowhere; Yellow Earth that boosts transplant success rates; Heroic Spirit Monument to monitor stationed areas… and most crucially, that Holy Tripod!

If these aren’t miracles, then what are?

These miracles are the reason for Great Xia today, including everyone like Xia Chuan, having ardent feelings towards Xia Hong, the lord.

Putting aside Xia Chuan’s thoughts for now, Xia Hong over here, looking at his brand new resource panel, his eyes brightened, extremely excited.

[Resources: Wood 19724 million Coal 12762 million Iron 1421 million Silver 20 million]

Finally, five years since arriving in this world, Xia Hong has achieved initial silver freedom, the only unseen resource being gold.

[Currently unlocked buildings 7: Cold Ruins Tripod (Level 4), Martial Arts Hall (Level 3), Medicine Workshop (Level 3), Artifact Refining Workshop (Level 3), Black Soil Wall (Level 2), Heroic Spirit Monument (Level 3), Yellow Earth (Level 1)]