Everyone in the salt mine was still cheering, but Rand did not stop. There was another camp in the northeast of the salt mine, and there were hundreds of barbarians inside.
Lant led the cavalry and knights around him and moved forward directly, preparing to directly attack another camp a few kilometers away. First, he had to bypass several stone houses used for mining brine, and then there was only a dry river bed on the ground.
The Salt Mine Canyon narrows severely at the southwest and northeast entrances. The narrowest point is less than 100 meters, and the middle is relatively wider at 200 meters. The entire canyon is bare with no vegetation.
The mountain wall on the west side is like a huge boulder, and the slope on the east side is gentler. Now the double sun is slowly rising from the east to the sky, and the temperature has also increased.
Lant led the cavalry to the north, approaching the North Camp 10 kilometers away. From the mountain, they looked like a group of black spots. Only the shadows on the ground could tell that they were a group of people on horseback.
In the entire 15-kilometer canyon, the main mines and production and living facilities are located in the south within 2 kilometers of the south exit. The camp in the north seems to only guard the north exit of the canyon.
Because of this, the relationship between the North Camp and the salt mine is very alienated. According to Laniya, she does not settle the accounts of the North Camp. They have their own human slaves, their own vassal tribes, and even their own output. .
The North Camp sent coal to the salt mine every month in exchange for grain and long-haired sheep, but the proportion of sheep and grain exchanged was different every month.
Lanya's guess about the North Camp is that they should also be mining salt mines near the camp, but there is no means of purification, so this mining is not successful.
When Lant arrived at the North Camp, there were only some old and weak demon-free people left in the North Camp.
Lant asked the old and weak people who were left behind, and learned that there were not many barbarians in this camp for a long time.
Although the North Camp of the Salt Mine guards the northernmost entrance of the canyon, after exiting the canyon to the north, there is still a canyon. It can be said that this north entrance is a gap to the west in the entire canyon that stretches for more than 50 kilometers. There is a canyon further north. This coal mine is the main source of fuel for the entire salt mine.
There used to be more than a hundred barbarian cavalry in the North Camp. In addition to defending the canyon, they also tried to form cavalry teams to loot the surrounding or northern camps; they also excavated the rocks inside the mountain in search of coal mines, but the results were not very good.
A mining disaster occurred in the mine a month ago, causing a small number of barbarian casualties. However, this mining disaster had a great impact on the confidence of the barbarians in the camp. Gradually, some barbarians fled the camp. Therefore, a few days ago, the barbarians in the northern camp had already Not much left. This morning, when the barbarians saw Lant approaching in a menacing manner, they all ran away. The most powerful barbarian in the camp, Touyan's uncle, took his old and young children and rode away on the few black-scaled horses in the camp.
Although Lant was very interested in the coal mines dug by the barbarians, he could not stay for a long time now. He asked Neil to lead the cavalry to collect all the demon-free people and valuables. Lant himself ran to the main tent to think. Check to see if there is a magic-sealing box buried under the tent of the leader of the North Camp.
But Rand was disappointed. The place where the magic box should be buried had been dug up, leaving a big pit empty.
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Four hours after Lant rushed into the camp, the salt mine humans gathered on the sixth floor of the cave. Lanya Mane Wolf, the former actual manager of the salt mine and the wife of the mid-level knight Peter Mane Wolf, was once a prominent member of Dragon Tooth City's Frost Frost. Makoto Frostwolf, the daughter of the wolf family and Neil's mother, Wendy and Lili, disciples of the old priest Gray Goose, are sitting next to the 4-meter-high 4-meter-high bed in the most luxurious room in the cave.
The original animal skins on the bed were piled aside, and now the bed was covered with white paper. Outside the door of the room, Albert, Rohr, and the intermediate knights in the camp were all standing together.
"I said Lanya, why is our account so messed up?"
"Sir, I am a non-demon, and I have to manage the accounts of more than 2,000 people. It's good to be able to count like this."
“I understand, it’s not good to bully barbarians.”
"You misunderstood. I didn't bully them because they couldn't count. I bullied them because they couldn't count."
That's right, Lant is now taking all his people who can do multiplication to look at the accounts.
When Lant took over the camp, Lant went to Lanya and asked to check the list of supplies in the entire salt mine. Lanya happily took out a list, but Rand discovered it after looking at it. . . Laniya made a miscalculation. . .
Not only was there a problem with the first list Lanya showed to Rand, but the next three or four lists had various problems, ranging from the production of salt to the stock of food to the input of gold coins. Basically, every one of them had problems. There are problems with all orders.
So Lant asked Laniya why there was such a big problem with the settlement.
Lanya was very calm, "I'm just average at settling accounts. What I'm good at is managing my subordinates, not settling accounts. The barbarians asked me to settle accounts because they don't even know how to count."
"Then if you think this is the case, won't there be any problems when distributing supplies?"
"There are often problems, but the population in the camp is fixed, the food is about the same, and the monthly output is also about the same, so just receive an approximate amount of food and send an approximate amount of salt every month."
“Then the Gray Goose camp won’t check?”
"I'm also settling Gray Goose's account!"
"Then what should you do if your account in Gray Goose Camp is over-calculated or under-calculated?"
"They don't understand their own numbers. If it's too much, I'll take some away. If it's too little, I'll just make up for it next month."
Seeing Lanya speaking the truth without any scruples, not only Lant was shocked, but also Albert, Peter, and Gandalf who were standing by were shocked and speechless. They couldn't imagine managing two camps in Lanya. After obtaining the financial and material supplies, she actually dared to make false accounts under the eyes of the barbarians.
"Then those demon-embracing members of the Gray Goose Tribe really haven't found anything?"
"I checked once before," Laniya recalled. "Touyan took people out of the camp two months ago. Before leaving, he checked how many armors there were in the camp. I gave him a number, which was 20 less than the actual number in the camp. sets, and then he found 32 sets of armors in his Demon Holder tent."
Due to the chaos in the accounts in the entire camp, Rand originally planned to directly count the supplies, just like he did after occupying the barbarian tents, but soon Rand found that it was completely unrealistic to count without accounting.
According to the traditional strength level of the Dragon Kingdom, a knighthood with more than 1,000 demon-free citizens, more than 100 demon supporters, and 50 knights can reach the level of a tetrarch. The entire human race in the salt mine has more than 2,000 people. There are no demons, more than 200 demon possessors, and 51 intermediate to reserve knights.
There are many cave warehouses on each floor of the cave, which store a large amount of animal skins, wood, metal, stones, wax blocks, cloth and other materials. There are also a large number of cooking pots sent by the Imperial Salt and Iron Company to support the operation of the salt mine. , iron picks, shovels, mine carts, gears, wires and other equipment and tools, as well as some alchemical tools, magic scrolls, rune boards, etc. that have been preserved in caves for a long time. Some of these materials have been strictly sorted However, some are piled up and discarded indiscriminately. In other words, if there is no bottom account, Rand does not even know what is there.
So Lant took all the people in the camp who were good at calculations to Laniya's room and asked Laniya to find out all the accounts in the camp.
Dozens of accounting sheets and item lists were spread out on Lanya's bed, and Lant and the other girls looked at them with big eyes.
Lanya looked at Lant spreading his hands and said, "Sir, I have been calculating accounts for several years. I am really not suitable for this job. Otherwise, you can just find someone to take over."
