The gray dwarf danced and explained what a rotating knife was, but Zhou Qingfeng rolled his eyes, patted its head, and said in a deep voice: "Bruno, next time you speak, talk about the good things first. Otherwise, I will be mad at you."
Zhou Qingfeng is very satisfied with improving mining efficiency not to mention ten times, but two or three times. After all, the entire Northland is extremely poor, and the market is only so big, even if the productivity is backward, it can meet the demand.
Bruno also wanted to explain the elves' wonderful inventions, but Zhou Qingfeng gave serious instructions: "I seized the territory of the entire human settlement in the Black Forest and liberated enough people.
The former slaves have become freedmen, and I will send some people to mine. At the same time, I will ask Wilson to come and help you, and sign employment contracts for all the miners, so that they can have enough food and drink, enough room for advancement, and can mine happily."
Zhou Qingfeng's words sounded a bit complicated, but Bruno understood instantly, "Sir, I understand what you mean. I was a slave under the dark elves back then, and I know very well how difficult it is to live in fear.
The dark elves are masters at playing with people's hearts. I have learned a lot from them and know how to make the miners work hard and not be lazy. You are just more merciful, so I don't need to use such cruel methods."
Bruno patted his chest for assurance, and Zhou Qingfeng felt that he might have hired a gray dwarf who was good at management. He could escape from the hands of the dark elves to the ground, and at least he was not a fool.
With limited food and limited population, Zhou Qingfeng can only take the route of elite soldiers. This requires enough iron ore and enough steel. Only with enough steel can the small forces under his control become more resilient.
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There is a saying that ‘steel is the country’, and this is unmistakable.
With the usual elegance of the elves, it is unimaginable for them to wield mining picks in the pitch-black mines. In order to obtain the necessary ores, the elves of Silverleaf City tried their best to use their proficiency in arcana and alchemy to increase efficiency.
For Zhou Qingfeng, the wind machine left by the elves can still be used, but the mining machine driven by magic power is completely dumbfounded. Xili is not a great arcanist, so she cannot provide stable arcane energy, so she can only.
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"The method for us dwarves is simpler. Pull a few draft horses to drive the ventilation device, and get some oxen to push the mining rotary cutter. The mined ore is loaded onto the mine cart, and the wind is used to drive the winch to drag it out of the mine. This is the same.
It saves effort and is cheap.”
Earthly methods can still be used. The gray dwarf Bruno assured Zhou Qingfeng that his method will definitely work, "Arcane energy is too expensive, and only the elves on the surface can afford it. The dark elves underground are very economical."
Harmony Village raises nearly two hundred cows and horses. There is no fodder in the Black Forest. The feed for the cows and horses is the same as human rations, and it is all obtained through foreign transactions.
In order to serve these beasts, Uncle Zhou almost died. But even if he died, he still had to grit his teeth. Otherwise, it would be even worse if he relied on human power.
A cart of high-quality iron ore left the mine in Ironforge Village and was pulled by a carriage to the iron-making furnace in Harmony Village. The improved furnace burned wood cut from the Black Forest, turning the ore into fiery red molten iron.
The wood also needs to be retorted to make charcoal, which requires a retort kiln. Retort can also obtain methanol and wood acetic acid, which are primary industrial products. In the eyes of the Mechanical Witch, they are all rare alchemy potions.
Molten iron is poured into the mold and solidifies into a red-hot bar of iron.
The current bar iron is much stronger than sponge iron, but it is still full of impurities, and the carbon content cannot be estimated. This must be sent to a pneumatic forging machine for forging to remove impurities and eliminate internal loose defects.
The forged iron bars are sent for subsequent processing. The blacksmith apprentices in the forge will use these iron materials to produce swords, shields, and plows, pots and pots. With sufficient iron ore, the first thing Zhou Qingfeng needs to do is
The thing is...
Promote iron tools to the residents of the Black Forest.
Have you ever seen several households that together don’t even have a pot? There is one in the Black Forest.
Have you ever seen a polished stone used as a machete to cut down trees? There is one in the Black Forest.
Have you ever seen a kitchen knife that can be used as a family heirloom, and the handle is broken and replaced repeatedly for decades? There is one in the Black Forest.
Zhou Qingfeng had long known how poor his villagers were. But before he could get the liquid iron, he could only watch - the previous sponge iron output was too low and the quality was poor.
The production capacity of the other world is too poor. In the past, the output of a village was too little. It was so little that it could not survive or expand externally.
After being able to fully control enough manpower, material resources and strong prestige, Zhou Qingfeng immediately turned against him. Before he dealt with Cyric, he ruthlessly told the obstructive "wall-guards" to get out and eliminated the original ruling system of the Black Forest.
The original production system was too inefficient and backward, and was simply abandoned. With the addition of the Elf Mining Farm and the wind-powered forging machine, the production capacity increased by ten or even dozens of times compared to the past.
Villagers in Harmony Village can finally have one pot per household and one knife per capita.
Simple tasks like felling trees and logging can be done faster and better. Zhou Qingfeng finally no longer has to spend precious points to purchase the most common iron tools from Succubus, successfully achieving import substitution.
"Is it easy for me to do this?" Zhou Qingfeng held a steel saw blade in his hand, bending it repeatedly to test its toughness. Beside him were the blacksmiths and apprentices in the forge, all of them laughing happily.
Relying on Zhou Qingfeng to get high-quality iron tools from the real world, he couldn't get much even though he was exhausted. But he could bring some key components, and Sophia and Arcee could solve insurmountable difficulties in the technology tree.
These key components can in turn become technical obstacles. Any person or force who wants to imitate the manufacturing system of Harmony Village will face confusion and embarrassment.
Compared with rough axes, saw blades are considered "high-tech" products with technical content. The ax can be made of ordinary iron materials, but the saw blade must be made of steel. Because the working environment of the saw blade is much worse than that of the axe.
The quality of the bar iron produced in the forging field fluctuates greatly. According to the formal standards, this thing is not even as good as the "strip steel" whose production capacity has been eliminated. But in the other world, all of Uncle Zhou's bar iron are high-quality products.
Select the best from the forged bar iron and select some of the best quality saw blades for production. Because the bar iron used to produce saw blades needs to be cold rolled, quenched and tempered, if the quality is not good, it will break.
"Oh, we used to buy saw blades from outside. Not only were they expensive, but they were often out of stock. I wanted to buy more, but they didn't sell them. Now we can finally produce them ourselves. This saves us a lot of gold coins."
Zhou Qingfeng was very satisfied with the apprentices in the forging field, "Okay, you have done a good job, and your salary will be raised by one level. In addition, each person will receive a bonus of five gold coins."
Most of the apprentices in the forge are armed attendants in the past. They sound majestic in name, but they are actually just handymen who eat scraps. It's great to follow Uncle Zhou, enjoy good food and drink, and live a much better life.
Chapter completed!