Apparently, the Brotherhood has its own cargo ship.
This is not surprising. There was originally a dock in the Western Wilderness, but due to various reasons, the Murlocs, Defias, and Orcs were destroyed. Having a dock and port is not a big problem.
It is reasonable for the Defias thieves to take over these things.
However, it was impossible to fully support him in building an ironclad ship. He was worried that Li Ke would eat his people and not do anything. Li Ke was also worried that if he gave him a ship, he would go directly to Stormwind City to open Wushuang.
So he refused directly.
"Impossible. The Western Wilderness needs a lot of steel now, and it won't be able to give it to you in a short while. If the miners can triple it, maybe it can be accelerated, but the current scale is impossible. And large-scale collection is also difficult.
We need to wait until the construction of the power station is completed to speed up the mining of iron ore. As for shipbuilding, we must have a ship that can go directly to Kul Tiras, but we don’t know the situation there, so Mr. Hesenway’s
Joining is a must.”
Li Ke knew what Van Cleef was thinking, but it was precisely because he knew what he was thinking that he would not let the other party succeed and let him monopolize the shipbuilding and construction industries.
"Then expand production!"
Van Cleef spoke excitedly. He had seen the kind of blast furnace built by the dragon people. The kind of blast furnace that used dwarves and technology he didn't understand had absolute confidence!
Yes, he is more confident than Li Ke! Because unlike Li Ke who just took a look at the output and put it aside, Van Cleef went to see it with his own eyes!
That kind of shock was something Li Ke couldn't understand, the kind of shock where piles of iron ore disappeared and then turned into steel easily.
Van Cleef still remembers his feelings when he saw the huge blast furnace:
The huge blast furnace was emitting thick smoke, and the hot molten iron was exuding the temperature of lava, but the craftsmen were carefully stirring the molten iron beside the molten iron, and using tools they could only half understand, they were constantly adding various additives, and making the
The temperature of the furnace reaches its limit.
When the molten iron reaches a certain level, these people pour it into huge crucibles and models, solidify the hot molten iron, and then manufacture steel plates, steel pipes and steel ingots on a large scale!
It's all fucking steel!
That kind of uniformity, that kind of precise combination and link, that kind of perfect combination of one step after another, made him feel an incomprehensible joy!
In just one day of trial operation, one month's steel production of Stormwind City was directly achieved, which made Van Cleef even more happy!
He had been to the dwarf city and saw the dwarf's huge furnace that used lava, but he was sure that it was nothing without the magma. This was why the dwarves were able to forge steel on a large scale, but Li Ke and these
The blast furnace created by the dwarf craftsmen does not require magma or a large number of dwarves. It only requires a few blowers and some designs that he cannot understand, but knows that it is for heating!
Although it is still not as much as the dwarves using magma, this thing can be copied! And there is obviously the possibility of improvement!
He couldn't even understand why Li Ke just took one look at the output and threw it aside in disgust, not intending to see the miraculous creation with his own eyes.
Why does he dare to dislike it!
If he were Li Ke, he would expand production at all costs now, and then use an invincible steel army to solve all problems!
But Li Ke directly rejected his idea.
"It's impossible. If we develop the steel industry unilaterally, we will die miserably. Fan... Fandal, my first goal here is to make the people in the Western Wilderness have enough food and clothing. We will talk about the rest later."
Li Ke shook his head. In his opinion, his current iron ore output was very low, and even if he was armed, he couldn't be defeated. It would be better to use all of it to develop agriculture and people's livelihood.
It is necessary to increase production, but there is no need to go all out. He is still in the period of peaceful development. Even if the undead disaster comes, Varian will go first, not him. As long as Stormwind City does not last for two months.
For those who can't live without salty fish, it's completely possible for him to make on-site transformation in time.
And the problem with current production is that there is no large-scale mining machinery, so the miners are still using their own pickaxes, which is very inefficient. That is to say, there are so many mines in Azeroth that it can even be mined from the ground.
If it grows, the current output will not be maintained.
The Vrykul Ironman is no match for the large excavators. Only the combination of excavators and people can be considered a serious mine.
As for buying gnome and dwarf mining tools.
It’s not that Li Ke wants to complain about these two races, but——
Why do they think that adding an engine to the connection between the pickaxe and the wooden pole to increase the force of the pickaxe hitting the ore can be regarded as scientific mining with the power of technology!!
"So... your steel production is very high?"
Hesenway looked at Li Ke and Van Cleef and couldn't help but interrupt.
How should I put it, he doesn't mind if Van Cleef steals a job. His fishing here is the best allegiance to Kul Tiras, but...
Having a lot of steel is very important.
"It's not a lot, just barely enough for us now, but... the output of woolen cloth in the future will be very high in comparison, so if you can get a caravan in a month, I might be able to use wool
Their ships will be stuffed with cloth. And there will be food too, and we will have a lot of rich food here."
Before Li Ke finished speaking, he saw Hesenway's eyes light up.
"You mean...you have enough food here?"
He sounded a little excited, because he had personally watched the price of food in Lordaeron skyrocket. If he could get a large amount of food and cheap woolen cloth at this time, he would definitely make a lot of money.
Seeing him looking like this, Li Ke quickly realized something, and just when he was about to flip through his notebook, Grayson suddenly appeared and spoke at the right time.
"Mr. Hessenway, my master's subjects still have a lot of accumulated cowhide and other things that can be sold. This is the cowhide that has been accumulated for a whole year, so if you have a way, I think you can definitely send more.
Some boats are coming."
While talking, Grayson opened a bottle of red wine and sobered up the three of them with a smile. However, not only did he do these things, his other voice also entered Li Ke's mind along with his contract with Li Ke,
"The general market price of your woolen cloth is 25 silver coins per pound, and the best wool is about 3 to 4 silver coins per pound, but your cost is extremely low, so you can put the price between 23 and 6 silver coins.
If so, those merchants will come here like crazy. The price of those cows and sheepskins is almost the same, but these things are war preparation materials. You can make other demands on him. As long as they are not excessive, Dai Lin will not
Rejected.
And if you don’t plan to compete with farmers and merchants for profits and let the caravan stay here longer, you can let them go to the farmers to buy it. As for wheat, it’s about 18 Stormwind City
Copper coins are one pound, but if you settle with Lordaeron gold and silver coins, the price can be reduced by almost 20%. As for the tariff, you need to give me a specific number so that I can help you propose a price that they can't refuse.
"
Li Ke was silent because he really hadn't thought about this!
But this Dread Lord has already figured it out!
but……
"Next time, remember to use kilograms as the unit."
