Chapter 186 - Developing Friendship!

Nearly a week later, a small unit of 10 Guards arrived in Bale Town, respectfully the ones sent by King Zar. Their presence here was made clear once the first Guard got out of the Wagon and clarified their presence here, they need to deliver the Horses along with the empty Wagons back to Pameres Kingdom. These Wagons weren't all given to Bale Town for free after all, only a Horse and a Wagon were. They didn't heavily concentrate on transportation in the beginning since they simply thought that Bale Town won't need to deliver much items, they weren't aware of the Coal mine.

Guard Commander Delrus Aze highly disagreed at first of course, the Town needs these Wagons now more than they ever did before, but so does Pameres Kingdom for an agreed upon Project by King Zar. With about 10 Crates filled with Coal, ready to transport he wanted to acknowledge King Zar what BaleTown can really provide, the Town has been progressing tremendously.

10 Crates filled with Coal equals somewhere around two tons in weight! Multiply that by 5 Gold Coins per Kilogram, it equals to 10,000 Gold Coins. They managed to prepare all of this in 7 days once they officially started mining! 7 days! The progress is no joke. Even the first Section of the Cave has greatly expanded to the point where the Mining team had to break the Surface in some portions. Luckily it didn't come with any problems and will make transportation a little bit easier. As for the main entrance, it's around 5 to 5 meters wide now.

Even the Crates, of which Gustav found it as a problem at first, aren't a problem anymore. The only little bit of Problems they faced was in the first couple of hours when they didn't have anywhere to put some of the Mined out Coal. At day one, the team of 5 newly established Crate Constructors (Plus their more experienced temporary teacher.) managed to make 4 stable reliable Crates. For a team of complete beginners, this is amazing progress. As for day two, they managed to make 6! I suppose they got the hang of it enough to cut some tasks short, acknowledged all their basics. Seven days later, 10 Crates in total were used and 40 empty Crates were ready to either be used or sold elsewhere.

Yes, sold! The Crate Constructing team, became so productive that they can actually manage to sell their product somewhere else instead of just piling them up here or worse, not being able to provide enough in Bale Town. But at first, Delrus found it reasonable for them to prepare 200 spare ones before they can start offering other Domains. When they start running out of them here, they can always make more, take on two tasks at once.

No matter how strong their progress is however, the Horses and Wagons still belong to King Zar, they belong to Pameres Kingdom. The Town doesn't have a single right to keep them even after considering the Contract, they aren't donated but lended. So Delrus decided to send the Horses and Wagons back with a message.

"King Zar. I'm happy to announce that the Town is tremendously progressing in many aspects. We even discovered a Cave packed with Coal, it is rich enough for us to Mine out 2,000 Kilograms of it in a week! Please enjoy this Crate full of Coal as a thank you from the Citizens of Bale Town, I'm sure it will come in handy. I'd like to point out that's all the first small Section could provide(2,000 Kilograms.). A drop deeper in the Cave, leads to a tremendously bigger Section which  includes a lot more deposits of Coal. What we mined out until now is nothing compared to what we will mine out in the Near future. We also established a team of women to build Crates, so we can more properly organize the Coal we mine out, we divide them by 200 Kilograms and throughout some tests, we found out that a Wagon can fit three Crates without malfunction. To be exactly sure about the stability, we need to put a Wagon to the test. This little Donation to Pameres Kingdom is also a little trial. These ladies were fast enough to make 40 spare Crates as well! I think that your Kingdom and Gaster Kingdom too might need these unique Crates. They are amazing for any kind of delivery and quite sturdy too, reliable! If we sell these in a mass amount to the Zamerians, I think the Town can make a good side profit with them. As for the prices, it is up to you to decide since you know their economy a bit better. But I recommend to sell them for 50 Gold Coins each with an order of Coal and 75 Gold Coins if the Crate is ordered empty. We also have another smaller Project in mind, it might prove less profitable compared to the Coal Mine, but I still see promise. We plan to open a Tailoring business, Construction Workers are already making a little workshop for them and we plan to hire 20 Women to keep the place running. Let me know of your thoughts about this Project and please try to figure out business opportunities for this Town as well! Putting the requests aside, this time we are actually ready to provide you with an offer. We need 400 Kilograms of Iron Ingots and a lot of Wagons along with Horses too. We can exchange those items with Coal, I'm not aware of the total price but you can figure out and tell us how much Coal we need to send. For now, we need 5 Horses along with 15 Wagons. I hope this request is easy to tackle, and I hope you will be able to help us with this amazing opportunity. Respectfully, Guard Commander Delrus Aze." It was the best idea to deliver such a letter, at least Zar will be well informed of the amazing opportunities.

Getting back to the progress all these teams made under a week. The Miners have 20 Spare Pickaxes, luckily they didn't break any as well. After making the Pickaxes, the Blacksmith team used their last bit of Iron Bars they brought from Pameres Kingdom to make those Iron Torch handles.

They only managed to make 15 of them, not enough to provide enough light for the entire second Section but its still better than nothing. They should last until more Iron arrives from Pameres Kingdom. Now the Town would be more proud about the next delivery coming from them, because for once it won't be a Donation but a purchase instead.

This delivery might work to their advantage time-wise because the Staircase isn't finished yet. It's only about 60% done, the Miners can lend a hand to speed up the process instead of just wasting time sitting around. It isn't easy to build a ten meter tall Staircase but the Experienced Construction Workers managed to make everything stable with a few unique techniques that didn't require rock or dirt penetration, but did require a lot of long Nails and a bit more Lumber instead! The Construction Workers and everyone lending a hand can even use the foundations to climb out of the Cave instead of using the Rope. Rather usual in this form of Craft but it proves stability.

To speed up this process, both Delrus and Gustav are lending a hand without expecting a pay (Of Course). They both are quite good with organizing these Projects but there is nothing else left for them to do at the moment! The least they could do is lend a hand in this impactful task. The most they can do is help lift Planks, but still!

This little teamwork between the two started forming a friendship, this is worth pointing out. It was nice to see, especially when they figured out that they both don't know how to Hammer a Nail without a foul result. They both hit their own thumbs and broke a couple of planks too. Thankfully their thumbs are in tact, they can wiggle them.

They decided to not use any Tools since they will just slow this project down, they can just lift instead. At least, they can now after one of the Experienced Construction Workers tried to teach them a bit more about the safety procedures they need to take once they grab a 7 foot Plank and put it over their shoulders. Gustav for example, almost hit other people with a plank several times. Most of which were accidental! Most! After that man made some rules straight to the two, their help actually sped up the process, since they basically save the Experienced Construction Workers from the trouble of climbing up and down all the time. With so many hands at work for this task, the Staircase Construction requires just a few more days.