Broad World

Chapter 49 Iron Ore and Mage

Soon the first group of slaves were sent ashore. They were taken to take a bath, eat, and rest in a wooden house according to their gender. Henry watched the whole process proceed in an orderly manner. He turned around and said to Hawke who had just gone ashore: “My admiral, I will leave it to you here. Let these slaves take a good rest. They are very tired along the way. . I’ll take care of some things first.” Hawke looked at the tiredness of the slaves and said, “No problem, there is a team of barbarian fighters that are enough to deal with emergencies.” Hearing the captain’s affirmative reply, he said to the dwarf: “Kagan, I heard that you found an iron ore in the forest? And you also found an elf mage with a little mental disorder?”

“Haha, that was discovered when I was hunting. We dwarves have a special instinct for mineral deposits. That is a small amount of mined traces around an open-pit iron ore mine. I think it should have been done by the werewolves before. I also found an elf with abnormal nerves there.” The dwarf said with a smug expression.

“Then you take me to take a look at this mineral vein, and by the way, see the spirit that is not very normal.” Henry said while thinking that this spirit should be the navigator of Bodean, this guy can be alone here. Live for more than five hundred years.

Kegan touched his beard with a worried expression and said, “No problem, but I want to remind you that the wizard is really dangerous. I found a scary recipe book in his room and found some in the kitchen. Little cakes and some messy things. Moradin, my god! I only added those beautiful little cakes and they were poisoned and fell on the ground. Fortunately, Robert poured me antidote in time, otherwise you might see you. Not me anymore.”

Henry smiled and said to the dwarf: “Don’t worry about the old friend. We will just go and have a look. I promise not to eat anything in his kitchen.”

“A wise choice, then let’s go. The mine is a long way from here.” After that, Cagan turned and led Henry to the forest.

The island in early summer seemed a bit lively, and various animals began to recover. A large number of birds flew over the sky and brought bird droppings. Henry thought maybe this was the reason why the land on this island was so fertile. If so many seabirds bring a lot of manure every year, even the fertilization of the field can be saved. The dwarf walked in front and kept cursing: “Damn! Damn! I hate these unhygienic birds. But the helmet I just wiped is now all guano. The truth shoots them all down with a crossbow.”

“Don’t complain about Kagan, you will like them in the future. These dung will make the crops here better, and will not be the same as in Belgost. After a few years, the harvest will start to decline year by year.” Henry Said comforting the grumpy dwarf.

The dwarf took out a cloth and dried the dung on his helmet and said, “You won’t like them anymore when your city is built, because these birds can’t tell where they should be. Your city becomes a huge cesspool.”

Heng patted his forehead with his hand and thought: Oh my goodness, this is a big problem. No one likes to live in a city where bird droppings will fall from the sky at any time. He asked Kagan: “How did Baldur’s Gate and other port cities solve this problem?”

“They raise some raptors in the city to drive off seabirds. But there are too many seabirds here, and the number of raptors is too small. You still think of his way, no matter what.” The dwarf said to him after thinking for a while. Henry walked and considered that he finally decided to raise birds of prey. First, it can balance the ecosystem around the island so that there are not too many seabirds, and second, it can form a new food chain in line with the professional characteristics of the druid.

After walking in the forest for more than an hour, he finally arrived at his destination. Kegan pointed to a large number of black striped stones on the ground and said: “Look here, the finest iron ore. Just a little smelting can become fine steel.” Henry squatted down and picked up a few pieces of ore and observed that most of them were black. It has a metallic luster. He took out a dagger to try the hardness and found that there was a strong magnetic force on it. Soon he confirmed that it was a magnetite, and judging from the distribution status, the huge reserves may penetrate the entire island directly to the seabed. “It’s really a rich mineral vein. If I give you a certain amount of manpower, Kagan can help me mine it?” The dwarf patted his chest proudly and said, “No problem. Just clear the nearby forest and build it. The iron furnace will soon be able to produce a large amount of steel ingots. And I am also very happy to do this kind of work.” Henry looked at Kegan a little excited and said, “Then I will send you a thousand people to clear the forest tomorrow. Then we built a blast furnace against this hillside.”

“Blast furnace? What is that?” Kegan asked with some confusion.

Henry suddenly thought that most of the world’s steel smelting technology is small workshops, he hurriedly explained the basic principles of blast furnace steelmaking to the dwarf. Kagan’s eyes began to shine after hearing this. He laughed and said, “Moradin is here! Henry, you are a genius! I swear that I will build this place into the world’s largest steel producer.” Henry smiled and said: ” Alright, my friend, now we should go to see the wizard wizard. I still have a spell book that was seized last time, which should belong to him.” Kegan heard that he was going to see the wizard with abnormal mentality. Subconsciously touched his axe and said, “Forget it, go by yourself. He lives in the wooden house behind this hillside, and I am waiting for you here.” Henry stood up helplessly and walked towards the hut alone. go ahead.

After ten minutes, he saw a forest hut. The house is very dilapidated, and there are several large holes leaking from the roof. He stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly, and the people in the room began to shout: “Get out! You beasts. I won’t let you in.” Henry said to the door, “Mr. Master, please open the door. The werewolves on the island have been wiped out. And I found a spell book on the wreck of the ship.” “Did you find my spell book?” The door was kicked open, and a man with gray beard and hair was rushed out. Asked the elf. “Of course, but you should know the value of this spell book. I hope you can exchange it with something equivalent.” Henry took out a book from the dimension bag and shook it. The wizard mage fixed his eyes on the book in Henry’s hand and said, “Damn! I shouldn’t have gone to sea with Bodean. Okay, I will use all of my things in exchange for my book.” Then he took off. I finished my own cloak, then the robe, and finally the amulet. The naked elf shouted: “I have removed all the magic items, now return my spell book to me.”

Henry looked at the wizard mage who just said to take off, he also felt that the other party’s spirit did have some problems. Picking up a few magic items on the ground, the robes of the neutral archmage, the sacred cloak, and the amulet “Wolf Killing Spell” returned the book to the mage. After the elf got the book, he stood in place and jumped happily. He laughed and said, “It turns out that not wearing clothes makes people feel so relaxed. I decided not to wear clothes again.” After that, he used a teleportation. The surgery is gone. Henry looked stunned and thought: I hope he will not be directly teleported to densely populated cities, otherwise he will soon be regarded as a messenger and written as a story by a bard. After collecting all the magic items, he turned back to find the dwarf and then returned to the village together.

When I returned to the village, I saw that all the slaves had been sent to sleep in the wooden huts. A dozen barbarians formed a patrol to patrol the outskirts of the village. Hawke saw Henry and walked over and asked: “How is the quality of the iron ore? Is there a lot of reserves?” Henry smiled as he looked nervous and said, “Don’t worry, my admiral, it’s an open-air fine iron ore. I probably observed that there are many mineral veins that lead to the seabed. I decided to send a thousand people to clear the surrounding forest tomorrow. This is the ore I got back. You can take a look.” Hawke took the ore with some excitement. Observing carefully, he has been a captain for so many years and has a deep understanding of how profitable a rich iron ore mine is. Moreover, as long as the territory has enough steel and food, no one can catch the lord’s neck. “It’s really a good iron ore, with a very high iron content.” Hawke said, passing the ore to the person next to it.

Henry saw that everyone was here and said: “Gather all the slaves together tomorrow morning I want to announce one thing to the public. Now assign tomorrow’s task, Kagan, you take one. Thousands of men took their axes to cut down the trees around the forest. Robert, you took two thousand men and 1,500 women to take care of the fields. Hawke, you are responsible for leading the rest to build the port and transform the village Into a city. By the way, organize some sailors to go fishing and improve the food for the slaves. Amy, you take five hundred women in charge of everyone’s food.” Seeing everyone nodded and said he understood the task, Henry said, “So today Go back and rest early. Tomorrow will be very busy.” After speaking, he returned to the house and took out a piece of parchment paper and began to draw a plan of the city.

first draws a deep-water pier, and then draws a large number of architectural areas around the entire pier. After planning the construction area, leave a lot of space to ensure the smooth flow of roads, and finally the city gates and city walls. After simply designing an underground drainage system, this simple design drawing is completed. This is just a rough sketch, but it is ready to start construction. Tomorrow morning he is going to announce to the slaves that the twenty people who work the hardest every day can become civilians, get a piece of land and own their own property. In this way, he could convert all the slaves into territorial residents in just over a year, not only to get rid of the hidden dangers caused by a large number of slaves, but also to improve their enthusiasm for work. He plans to gradually transfer more than 10,000 people to the villages around the island, leaving the city free for scholars, craftsmen, businessmen and professionals who have knowledge. In this way, a large number of immigrants from Baldur’s Gate and Amn can be quickly strengthened.

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