Komer's sharp gaze quickly detected the trap hidden in the other party's words.
Unlike metal mines such as iron and copper, the mining and processing of gem mines were not nearly as complex and difficult, nor did they have the high transportation requirements of coal mines. Gems and other precious materials like diamonds, amber, jade, and agate had always been major exports for the barbarians in exchange for food and other essential goods for production and life.
Such a mine should never be thrown out as a thing to be used, even if they needed his support badly.
However, this fellow was actually so generous as to offer shares in the gem mine in exchange for concessions on his military supplies quota, which could not but arouse suspicion.
