Link deliberately divided each process and arranged for workers to labor in different workshops, while also deploying Heavy Armor Shield Soldiers to guard the surroundings closely, preventing any private communication between workers.
This arrangement actually contained two layers of profound meaning.
Firstly, for the workers, they only needed to focus on the process at hand, greatly reducing the learning difficulty. They didn't need to master complex process flows; they just needed to repeatedly practice and become proficient to be competent for the job.
This not only reduced learning costs but also improved work efficiency, allowing workers to quickly enter production, and also lowered operating costs and improved management efficiency.
Secondly, Link was well aware of the principle that rarity makes something valuable. If the manufacturing processes of various products were mastered by too many people, a large number of similar products would inevitably appear on the market, competition would become increasingly fierce, and profit margins would be greatly compressed.
At that time, it would no longer be a monopoly, and the competitive advantage would be completely lost.
By breaking down the processes and dispersing workers into different workshops, each person only learned one process, which could effectively prevent them from learning the complete process and then making the products themselves.
Knowledge is not to be spread widely.
As for the final, crucial stages of integration and proportioning, Link personally entrusted them to his loyal and reliable Heavy Armor Shield Soldiers.
In this way, the entire production process was kept as confidential as possible, eliminating any future worries.
At the same time, Link had already deployed plans for the four mines.
First, regarding the gold mine, which held great wealth, Link immediately instructed Old Slo to select several experienced and skilled miner masters from Winterfell City and dispatch them urgently to the gold mine's location to conduct a comprehensive re-exploration of the vein situation, striving to ascertain every detail.
And for the iron mine shaft occupied by the Goblins, to be on the safe side and prevent triggering a game over CG, Link acted with extreme caution.
He specifically arranged for Lina to lead 300 fully armed Heavy Armor Shield Soldiers to go together, and even had Agnes accompany them.
This lineup virtually eliminated all factors that could lead to defeat.
It turned out that Link was indeed overly cautious this time.
When everyone stormed into the Goblin lair, they found there were only about thirty Goblins in total.
With 300 Heavy Armor Shield Soldiers arriving in full force, the scene was like using a cannon to swat a mosquito, easily wiping out the Goblins completely.
The difficulty was far less than the previous bandit suppression and the Ice Plains Wolf siege.
However, on second thought, such an arrangement was not necessarily a bad thing.
As the saying goes: better safe than sorry.
In this unpredictable world, acting cautiously is always the right approach.
After all, the background setting of this continent was an ACT eroge, and if anything truly went wrong, it would be too late to regret it then.
Therefore, Link always thought three times before making decisions, ensuring that no oversight would occur.
In the evening, the few master craftsmen who had gone to survey the gold mine returned, dusty and tired, bringing Link a worrying piece of news.
"My Lord, the situation is not good."
The leading master craftsman frowned, his expression solemn.
"More than two-thirds of the mine passages are buried under collapsed rubble. Clearing and re-excavating them will likely take a very long time. Moreover, we found this in the front section of the mine."
With that, he carefully pulled out two large iron nails, about the thickness of a pinky finger, from his bosom and handed them to Link.
These two iron nails, having endured years of erosion, were already heavily rusted and even broken in the middle, severely damaged.
Link's gaze swept over the nails, a hint of doubt rising in his heart, and he asked, "Is there anything unusual about these two nails?"
The master craftsman quickly explained, "My Lord, you might not know, but these nails are what we use to secure the wooden beams in the mine passages. They are usually thumb-thick and two fingers long, and are also used when building houses to secure main beams. Normally, even if a nail can't bear the weight, it would only bend and deform. We've never seen one break in the middle like this in all our years of work. Moreover, these two nails we found are thinner and shorter than the ones typically used, completely insufficient to support the mine's wooden beams."
"What?!"
Link's pupils suddenly constricted, his gaze instantly becoming solemn. He reached out, took the nails, and examined them carefully.
Indeed, the break in the nails was clean and sharp, clearly not caused by simple erosion over time.
According to the master craftsman, these nails had been tampered with; their texture was more brittle than ordinary nails, which is why this situation occurred.
"Are you saying that the mine collapse was not an accident, but rather deliberate?!" Link's gaze was sharp, his voice tinged with coldness.
The master craftsman nodded slightly, hesitated, and then said, "My Lord, back when we were excavating the gold mine, the former City Lord's health was already deteriorating, leaving him unable to personally oversee the mine's construction. Later, when the gold mine had an accident, the Old City Lord unfortunately passed away, and the investigation into the gold mine's collapse was thus shelved, dragging on for two years. You say, could it be people from the Iron Hammer Territory causing trouble behind the scenes…"
The master craftsman stopped talking at this point, only his eyes betraying a hint of suspicion.
Indeed, upon closer thought, this series of events was too coincidental, making one unable to help but feel suspicious.
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