Nearly a month later.
"Leaving the city so early again today?"
The guards at the city gate saw that Joey was all alone, having not brought anyone with him for nearly a month, with only a sleepy black cat perched on his head.
He was standing at the city gate exit at dawn, so I greeted him as usual.
"Yes, let's go for a walk!"
It was the same lame excuse, but neither side really cared whether it was true or not; they were just going through the motions.
Pay taxes and open the city gates.
After leaving the city, Joey ran straight east.
It's not convenient to conduct reconnaissance within the city; it's better to go outside and take a closer look.
For the past month, he has been leaving the city once a day to travel to a desert to the east.
An hour later.
Still under this withered tree in the desert, Joey lay in the shade beneath the tree, skillfully opening the binoculars he had borrowed from Carter, and carefully observing a distant tobacco field.
During the nearly month-long investigation, he did not bring anyone else with him.
Dig Dig was originally a good detection radar, but he was too uncontrollable. Big Beard had been working too hard these past few nights, and his dark circles were already very obvious, so he was allowed to catch up on sleep during the day.
Xiao Hei was the best choice, otherwise Joey wouldn't dare to go out, especially in a place with shadows. He wouldn't dare to stay there at all, and he would always walk far away from it. This shows how deep the psychological trauma Lan had caused him.
"That guy with glasses must be Leggins. He looks like a refined scoundrel, but if you offer him enough benefits, it's not impossible to turn him against you!"
"As for those Draenei, they all have iron rings around their necks, which is probably why they are controlled by others!"
After observing for so long, Joey has roughly figured out the layout of the tobacco field and the relationships between the people inside, but how to infiltrate it still needs to be carefully considered.
He didn't want to crash and burn in this sandstone city. He came here to make a fortune, and he couldn't afford to have his plans ruined before he even got rich.
As usual, he stayed up until evening before returning to Sandstone City.
"You're back?"
The soldiers guarding the city were used to seeing Joey return at this time.
"Yeah, today was the same as yesterday, nothing fun happened!"
Joey chuckled and got away with it. Having to come up with an excuse every day must be really tough on him.
Fortunately, these soldiers were just doing their jobs for money and didn't care at all about his going out.
Pay the money and they'll let you through.
Joey returned to the Carter family's workshop.
"Joey, I want to go out with you tomorrow!"
Joey was spotted by the bearded man as soon as he entered the house.
He had dark circles under his eyes and seemed to have lost some weight.
"What's wrong? Are you already tired of each other after just getting married?"
Joey picked up a glass of water from the long table and gulped it down, while looking at the bearded man with a mocking expression.
"I'm not tired of him, but Martha said there's nothing to do during the day, so he wants me to go back to his room to sleep during the day too!"
puff!
The water that Joey hadn't even had time to swallow sprayed out.
"Is the demand for Maserati really that high? You've got a tough job, Bearded Man!"
"I could manage if I rested during the day, but I tried today and I felt a bit overwhelmed!"
"Uh... well... it must have been tough on you. After all, there's no such thing as land that's been over-plowed, only oxen that have died from exhaustion!"
"Even with your burly physique, as strong as a wild bull, you can't withstand this kind of abuse!"
Joey patted the bearded man on the shoulder with great understanding, feeling sympathy for his plight.
Only then did he notice that the once straight mustache on the man's face was now drooping limply.
"Sam!"
Martha's voice suddenly came through.
Joey felt a tremor in his hand on the bearded man's shoulder.
The bearded man looked at Joey with pleading eyes, and Joey could only nod slightly.
"Hold on for tonight, I'll figure out how to save you tomorrow!"
At this moment, the bearded man was like a soldier about to go to the battlefield. When he said goodbye to Joey, his eyes were full of farewell.
The bearded man looked back every three steps, and finally, after Martha called out to him again, he stopped looking at Joey and walked towards Martha.
It seems that not only is restarting the smelting furnace urgent, but saving Big Beard is also a pressing matter.
...
"Lord City Lord, nothing unusual was found at the Carter family's residence today!"
The dwarf knelt on one knee before the city lord, Saril, and reported on the day's events.
Every day after sunset, Shariel would have the dwarf report on the day's surveillance, a practice that had been going on for a month.
"It's been a month, and there's still no discovery?"
"Did the Cartel's smelting furnace never light up again?"
Lord Shariel's tone was filled with dissatisfaction. He understood the profits that the smelting furnace could generate, and he absolutely could not allow this lucrative business to fall outside his control.
Carter was the one who kicked him out of the mansion, but he understood that what was needed to restart the smelter was not fuel, but a continuous supply of ore. What he needed to know now was where this ore came from, not whether the smelter was actually turned on every day.
"I'm sorry, my lord!"
"Nothing has been found in the past month. Cartel is working in the workshop every day as usual, and apart from the residents who come to buy tools every day, no other suspicious persons have been found!"
The dwarf didn't look up, keeping his head down the whole time. He understood that Sariel was like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment.
"orchid!"
Sarriel called out into the shadow of the pillar.
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