Game Transmigration: Saving the World Again 1000 Years Later (ON-HOLD)

Chapter 19: Silverstream Mine

Translator: CKtalon

Compared to the previous, indecisive duke of Thorn City, Duke Simon was much tougher when it came to matters of personal interest. Sometimes, he even didn't hesitate to have friction with the royal family of the Riel Empire.

For example, the ownership of the Silverstream Mine. Legally speaking, ever since Terra I conquered the Blackwater Kingdom and changed it to the Blackwater Province, the few larger Elementium Silver mines with the Silverstream Mine being the leading mine should've been considered the royal family's assets. The city lord of Thorn City was only managing them on their behalf.

However, the first thing Simon did after taking over as Duke of Thorn was to remove all the factions the royal family had planted in the Silverstream Mine, making it Duke Simon's private property. The royal family could only collect a trade tax on Elementium Silver exports every year.

This matter had once caused the citizens of Thorn City to feel insecure. They were afraid that he knew no fear being young, Duke Simon would publicly oppose the royal family and stir up war on this cursed land again.

But strangely, the royal family chose to compromise. They eventually signed a trade agreement that prioritized providing high-quality Elementium Silver ingots to the Imperial Battle Mage Academy and the Astral Council.

The security in the Silverstream Mine were elite Bramble Guards. The miners were hired from locals without any background, and even the supervisor was assigned to his Palace Mages.

To the duke, this industry was indeed firmly in his hands, but to the supervisors, they inevitably had a lot of complaints about being a supervisor in the mines despite being a magic chanter.

This was especially so for the supervisor who was being provoked by the new miner in front of him. As a magic chanter with the title of Expert, he should've been the attention of many in the palace or continued his research at the academy.

He was sent to this mine to manage a group of dirty commoners because of a mistake in his political leanings.

Nobody would have a good temper here.

Therefore, the first rule he set here was that anyone who addressed him had to add 'sir.' Although it was difficult for him to acquire any sense of superiority from these miners, it could at least slightly alleviate the humiliation of being deployed here.

As for the new transferred miner in front of him, he actually dared to joke with his rule.

Everyone looked at the bold rookie.

The supervisor didn't flare up immediately and said with a gloomy expression, "Show me your transfer order."

Every miner who came to the Silverstream Mine would have their identity strictly reviewed by the Elementium Silver Chamber of Commerce. This prevented the possibility of other factions planting spies in the Elementium Silver mines. Even if they were transferred from other mines, they needed a transfer order with a rose seal.

William took out a folded transfer order from his pocket.

It was an empty piece of blank paper.

It wasn't right to call it blank paper. The moment the supervisor opened it, dense words appeared on the paper, but they only appeared for an instant before disappearing. The supervisor's eyes also fell into a daze for a few seconds.

When he came back to his senses, he folded the paper again as if nothing had happened and handed it back to William.

"Join the team first. We'll talk about your rebuttal when you return,"
the supervisor said calmly.