After returning to Luye, it was not just Yin Leya who was busy, Li Yu also had a lot of things to do.
The first thing is to give the people accompanying him a long vacation. This time he was out for a long time, and he spent most of the time on the road. Li Yu arranged for a secretary to record all the rest days owed, and make up for them when he came back.
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In addition, he also selected sixteen people from the five major departments of the church, including monks, referees, craftsmen, businessmen, and the black dog guards responsible for protecting them.
Led by Fabre, who came in seventh place in the first Green Field Open Wheat Missionary Event, they headed to Ferdinand's territory of Beze.
The latter has converted to Saturday, but the rest of the Bathory family and the people in the territory are still believers of Pisiya, the silver moon goddess.
Of course, Li Yu could not let go of these beliefs. This time he sent sixteen people there just to build a branch cult there.
Fabre and others not only wanted to preach in the territory of the Bathory family and call on everyone to believe in Saturday and build a land-based kingdom of God, but they also wanted to help Ferdinand develop agriculture and economy and supervise whether anyone violated the precepts.
This is also the first time that Shuangxiu Education has truly taken root and developed in a place other than Green Field.
Li Yu also attached great importance to the group of sixteen people. Before they left, he called Fabre to his residence, chatted with him for a whole morning, and helped him formulate a plan of action after arriving in Beize.
Six thousand golden lions were allocated to him as the first start-up capital, and he was also equipped with a radio station so that he could keep in touch with Luye and seek help in time if he encountered any difficulties.
In the afternoon, Li Yu and Yin Leya went to see the hematite mine that Lu Weijia found.
The vein was behind a small hill. When Lu Weijia passed there, he discovered the iron cap under his feet.
The so-called iron cap refers to some metal sulfide ore bodies exposed on the surface. Under weathering, most of the metal sulfides will turn into soluble sulfates, and the carbonates will be taken away by rainwater.
Leaving unbearable limonite and the like attached to the upper part of the oxidation zone of the ore body, there are usually many holes.
Iron caps are an important symbol of metal deposits, and many mineral deposits are discovered through iron caps.
Since this part of the knowledge was relatively professional, and Lu Weijia's common language was limited to daily communication, involving some more complex vocabulary, especially vocabulary that was not available on the continent of Bratis, he directly chose to speak Chinese.
Therefore, what Miss Rabbit heard was vague, but she still couldn't hide the excitement on her face.
When Phillip Snowclaw helped Alessandro the Raging Lion win the battle of the Blood Dragon's Wailing and became the Lord of the West, he was rewarded for his merits.
A part of the territory was granted to a group of warriors under his command. Although the green field is not small, due to the special terrain, barren land, and the threat of the lizard people in the swamp, no one cares about it.
Later, this became the fiefdom of the Arias family, but the Arias family could barely survive on this land.
Many of the family's successive heads have worked hard to manage the business, but no matter how hard they work, apart from selling radishes, they have never been able to find any other means of sustainable income.
This also further confirmed the barrenness of Green Field. Although this territory is now developed in Yin Leya's hands, it mainly relies on the special products of Shuangxiujiao.
Until the discovery of hematite, people's prejudice against this land hundreds of years ago seemed to be broken.
Li Yu then asked Lu Weijia, "How do you plan to mine?"
"Considering our existing technical conditions, I think the fire mining method combined with the wedge quarrying method is most suitable." Lu Weijia replied.
"To put it simply, light a fire on the mine first, and then water it immediately. The ore will become brittle after being cooled and heated. At this time, inserting a wedge into the crack will accelerate the fragmentation of the ore."
Li Yu nodded.
The emergence of iron ore is of course a good thing, which means that steel can be practiced in the future. No matter in any era, people have a lot of demand for steel.
Weapons, farm tools, and construction all use steel. Even militiamen with some training can display considerable combat effectiveness as long as they are provided with a full set of armor and weapons.
However, these weapons and equipment are too expensive in the continent of Bratis. Even if you don't buy the best goods from those dwarf profiteers, you can just find a human or half-orc blacksmith and ask him to help build a set. You still have to pay a fortune.
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Except for those extremely wealthy families and ordinary nobles, even their guards do not all wear iron armor.
But if iron can be smelted here in Greenland, especially high-quality steel, then the cost of producing weapons and armor can be reduced a lot.
The importance of this is self-evident.
However, mining iron ore including subsequent smelting requires a lot of manpower. Fortunately, this trip to the royal capital brought back more than 20,000 people.
Li Yu planned to recruit a group of miners from among them by offering high salaries.
The prophet of Shuangxiu Cult is still discussing with the female lord the criteria for selecting people and the location of the subsequent iron factory.
Miss Rabbit wants to put the iron factory in the new city to increase its popularity, but Li Yu is worried that the pollution will be too serious.
At this moment, the female lord saw a guard from the Arias family and rode towards them.
"What happened? Why do you look so anxious?" Miss Rabbit asked the visitor.
"Lord Yin Leia, the envoy from the Figuerola family is here. He said he has something very urgent and wants to see you."
"People from Figuerola?" The girl was a little surprised, but she didn't think too much and said to Li Yu, "Then I'll go back to the castle first."
"Yeah." Li Yu nodded.
But not long after they finished speaking, another group of people came over.
This time, there were seven people coming. The leader was also a guard of the Arias family, but the six people following him were wearing the cloaks of the Figuerola family.
"Sir Yinlea, Sir Yinlea!" the leading knight shouted as soon as he saw Miss Rabbit, "Thank God, you are finally back. Please summon your vassals and soldiers immediately!"
"Why, is it Marquis Cullen who is looking for me? But wouldn't it be a little too late for me to go there now? Their battle is probably over."
"No, Sir Yinlea, Lord Marquis, they are missing." The knight brought unbelievable bad news.
The female lord failed to react immediately, and after a while she said again, "Missing? How could it be? This is the Western Region, and doesn't the Marquis bring an army of ten thousand with him?"
"Six days ago, they chased the fleeing savages into the Dragon Crest Mountains. Then Sir Morse, who was in charge of logistics, lost contact with the army in front." The knight said with a serious expression.
This chapter has been completed!