Chapter 1228: Chapter 1222: Extra – Gold Mine_1 Chapter 1228 -1222: Extra – Gold Mine_1 By the time Finn Lewis reached the vicinity of the port, he was dumbfounded—before him lay nothing but desolation, not a hint of civilization in sight save for the plumes of smoke that, as it turned out, came from a native tribe.
Even this tribe was not populous, numbering barely a few dozen people.
“Why is there no one here?” Finn asked, eyes wide and mouth agape.
“Young master, in 1869, there were only 169 people settled here.
It wasn’t until the discovery of a gold mine in 1880 that this place began to thrive,” Wise Lewis quickly explained.
“There’s a gold mine here?” Finn’s eyes immediately lit up, gold!
Was there anything more profitable than bringing back gold?
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“Yes, there are two main gold veins, with an estimated total yield of about 654 tons, though the gold that is easy to mine is only about 300 tons,” Wise Lewis reported to Finn like a faithful steward, informing him about the situation of the place.
“300 tons!” Finn couldn’t help but swallow hard.
With the current price of gold around 240 Flame Nation coins per gram, 300 tons would be equivalent to roughly 72 billion Flame Nation coins, about 12 billion Federal coins!
That meant, a whopping 1.2 million points!
Damn, there was no need to worry at all!
However, Finn’s optimism was short-lived as he looked around and realized that including himself, there were only 12 of them.
Moreover, how long would it take to mine 300 tons of gold?!
Suddenly, Finn felt like choosing to time travel to Aozhou might have been a mistake.
Damn it, not enough experience!
Tears streamed down Finn’s face.
No matter how rich the resources of this world were, it seemed he needed a sufficient population to exploit them!
Before Finn could come up with a solution, the bodyguards standing behind him swiftly moved to his front, encircling him for protection.
Finn was startled and looked ahead, only to see that over a hundred natives living here had discovered their presence.
About thirty adult men clad in animal hides, carrying wooden spears, were approaching.
“(&*…%&ï¿¥%.” The leader of the natives shouted loudly at Finn and his group as he approached.
To these words, Finn could only helplessly admit that he couldn’t understand a thing.
Although Finn spoke nearly seven or eight languages, they certainly didn’t include the native language.
“!@#%ï¿¥%” Wise Lewis suddenly shouted something back in fluent native language.
It dawned on Finn that for these intelligent robots, language was a trivial matter; they could easily have it programmed into their systems.
Perhaps no one from this era would understand native speech, but there would definitely be research on these languages in the modern era.
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“What did they say?” Finn asked after Wise Lewis exchanged a few words with the group of natives.
“They asked who we are.
I told them, young master, that you are a divine emissary sent from the heavens to save them!” Wise Lewis quickly replied.
“A divine emissary…” Finn felt overwhelmed, unbelievably linked to being a divine emissary now.
Yet seeing the natives looking at him with a mixture of fear and wariness, Finn understood that this was the best course of action, as the natives clearly couldn’t comprehend their presence.
And Finn was no butcher.
But Finn hadn’t forgotten one requirement for his mission—to have a successful base establishment, there needed to be a population exceeding 5,000 people.
Well then, a divine emissary it would be; but to play the part convincingly, the “divine emissary” had to know how to bluff.
“What…
should I do?” Finn was at a loss, tearful and without the slightest idea on how to act the part, turning to Wise Lewis for guidance.
Damn, get him to act like a thug and Finn could certainly pull it off perfectly.
But a divine emissary…
Alright, if he must.