When Suldak was talking about the development of the Invercargill Forest, almost no tribal leaders were willing to discuss it. But when he talked about opening an iron mine, almost all the tribal leaders rushed to stand up and wanted to contribute to their own tribes.
Strive for more employment shares.
Everyone has obviously tasted the benefits of miners, but no one is willing to develop Invercargill Forest.
Suldak made it clear that because the value of iron is far less than that of copper, iron mines cannot afford such high wages like copper mines.
These tribal leaders would rather cut their salaries in half to get a share of employment.
After discussing the issue of hiring manpower, Surdak only stayed at the copper mine for one night, and then led a group of people to continue north, heading towards the iron ore vein near the edge of the rift valley.
Now that a bridgehead camp has been built on the north bank of the Great Rift Valley, the red ants have little chance of crossing the Great Rift Valley.
There are very few monsters in this jungle. The adventure group is hunting everywhere in the jungle, which also makes the beasts in the jungle flee immediately when they see humans...
Along the way to Surdak, apart from seeing many birds in the forest, we rarely saw snakes, ants and poisonous insects.
The entire forest was full of lush vegetation. Before the group reached the mountains of the iron ore vein, some tribal leaders had already mobilized a group of young people from the tribe to follow Surdak to explore the iron ore vein.
Starting from the copper mine, Suldak walked for two consecutive days. After passing through a valley, he saw a red mountain range. The lush trees in the Invercargill Forest became sparse when they arrived here.
The two blacksmiths invited from Duodan Town saw these red rock formations and quickly walked a few steps forward to the foot of the mountain. They took out the hammer stones from their waists and knocked them on some gravel that rolled down from the mountain.
Some pieces came down.
When Surdak came over, the two blacksmiths nodded heavily to Surdak and said, "Lord, this mountain range is indeed an iron ore vein..."
"Are these ores rich in iron?" Surdak asked the two blacksmiths.
"This ore does not contain much iron, but it is relatively normal. The excavated iron ore needs to be beneficiated and ground to become iron ore that is convenient for smelting..." One of the blacksmiths told Surda
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Several tribal leaders followed Surdak to the Redridge Mountains. They heard from the blacksmith that there was indeed an iron ore vein here. Looking at the excited expressions on their faces, they seemed even more excited than Surdak.
If it weren't for the boundary monument not far away, it clearly shows that this mine belongs to Lord Surdak.
Seeing how happy they were, others might mistakenly think that they had discovered an iron ore vein in their territory.
Surdak immediately arranged for people to set up a temporary camp at the foot of the mine.
These young people from the indigenous tribes have lived in the Invercargill Forest since childhood, so they are very adapted to the environment here. Even the area of the iron mine is just a barren mountain range. For these young people from the tribes, just one
A basic wooden house can be built in a week.
Because there is a water-gathering metal rune plate, there is no need to consider drinking water in the forest.
Almost all the monsters in this forest have been hunted by the adventure group. There are no monsters around, and only a few simple sentries have been set up.
The last time Suldak came here was when he and Wilkes City Bureau of Land Management officials were setting up boundary markers here. At that time, the iron ore ridge was what we see now. The Bureau of Land Management official also
It is a bit regretful to say that this place is too far away from the Duodan Canyon and the mined iron ore cannot be transported out at all.
Surdak directly led a group of people to climb up the Redridge Mountains. After climbing to the top of the mountain, they discovered that there was a large rift valley behind the mountain ridge. There was only a few hundred meters wide gap between here and the Great Rift Valley.
dense forest.
"Is there a way to replicate the model of a copper mine and use a refining furnace to directly refine iron ore into iron ingots here?"
It seems that no matter who sees the three huge furnaces in the copper mine and then looks at this iron ore vein, they can't help but ask this question.
Surdak shook his head and explained to a group of people around him: "It's impossible. The added value of iron ingots is not that great. The refined iron ingots cannot be exchanged for the burned magic crystals."
Hearing what Suldak said, the blacksmith nodded repeatedly and echoed:
"Many iron ore owners are expanding production scale, extremely suppressing mining and transportation costs, and continuing to mine as long as the revenue in the mine is stable. They mine iron ore regardless of cost, mainly hoping to be able to mine iron ore at the core of the vein.
Magical black iron is dug up in the veins. As long as this kind of associated magical metal can be found, the mine owner will make a profit."
Surdak said to the people around him:
"I am planning to build an iron ore mine here, and I am also planning to build a large-scale grinding equipment that integrates mineral processing and grinding. By then, what we will transport out from here will be some selected mineral sand..."
In order to build an iron mine, Surdak also specially communicated with the magicians of the Alchemy Guild in Bena City.
There are no steel resources in the Green Empire, but there are many iron mines in other planes. Many iron ore mines will build large grinding equipment on the mines. After screening and grinding, the high-quality iron ore will be transported back to the Green Empire.
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Surdak planned to move the steel workshop in Luyt City to Dodan Town, where high-quality iron ore would be smelted into steel ingots.
A group of people were talking about the iron ore mine at the top of the mountain, when they saw a follower climbing to the top of the mountain and reporting to Surdak:
"Lord Suldak, there is a merchant from Malakom who would like to meet with you."
Surdak was shocked, waved his hand to the attendant and said:
"I've been waiting for him for a long time, let him come here quickly..."
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When the businessman Malacom climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, he saw Suldak and a group of copper mine supervisors gathered around a rock. There were many stones placed on the rock, making gestures to mark the ground.
What are you talking about.
The Malacom merchant gritted his teeth and walked up quickly.
Climbing such a long mountain road, I almost tore out my intestines.
Surdak heard footsteps behind him, turned around, saw Malacom approaching, and immediately opened his arms and said to Malacom:
"We haven't seen each other for probably more than a year!"
Malacom was moved and moved forward to hug Suldak. For a businessman, this was a supreme honor.
The other mine supervisors looked at Malacom differently again.
"Exactly one year and four months, Lord Surdak." Malacom replied.
"Did you see it? It's right here..." Suldak pulled Malacom and stood on the edge of the rock, pointing to the ridge extending to the east under his feet, and said to Malacom: "I am going to build a building here.
Iron ore, but due to geographical restrictions, I only plan to build the steel workshop at the north exit of Duodan Canyon, so huge amounts of iron ore will be shipped from here in the future."
Malacom felt a slight chill in his heart and asked with some concern: "Do you want to set up a huge transportation team?"
After all, this cake is too big. Now the Thunder Rhino Caravan has been responsible for transporting copper ingots from the copper mine to the outside world. You must know that those are only refined copper ingots, which currently account for 90% of the orders of the Thunder Rhino Caravan.
For the iron ore here, it is estimated that if Surdak wants to make a profit, the transportation volume will be at least several times that of the copper mine, or even more...
That's why Malacom thinks that Surdak is likely to set up his own transportation team.
Surdak laughed and said:
"Haha, I don't have the energy to manage the transportation team. If you are willing to accept this commission, then I can hand over all the consignments to you!"
Businessman Malacom seemed to be knocked unconscious by a pie falling from the sky, and he didn't react for a moment.
"what did you say?"
"I'm saying that I want to hand over the iron ore transportation bill to you, but there are some conditions for me to hand over this order to you!" Surdak said to Malacom.
"What conditions do you have? If I can agree, I will definitely agree..." said the businessman Malacom.
Then he felt a little guilty...
"Build a road from the copper mine to here in this mountain. I mean a flat road that can drive four-wheeled carriages." Suldak said to Malacom.
"Is that it?" Businessman Malacom was slightly taken aback and asked uncertainly.
Once this consignment note is handed over to him, even if Surdak does not make this request, Malacom will pay for the construction of this road. He is not prepared to use Thunder Rhino to carry iron ore out of the mountains.
There are many pastures in the Bailin plane and are rich in horses.
Therefore, as long as a mountain road is built and a large number of four-wheeled carriages are purchased, transportation costs can be reduced. After all, the magical beasts in the mountains are almost extinct.
Thunder rhinoceros is more suitable for transportation in barren meadows without any roads. They don't like to live in mountains and forests.
"Yes, as long as you are willing to build a flat road and be responsible for daily maintenance of the road, I will give you the order to transport iron ore!" Surdak said firmly.
"It's settled, what are you going to do to start construction of your iron ore mine?" Malacom asked Suldak.
"Just this month..." Surdak replied.
"Then I will start planning to build this mountain road right away..." Businessman Malacom agreed readily.
After discussing the transportation of the iron ore, Surdak, accompanied by a group of people, spent most of the day wandering around the iron mine. By nightfall, young people from the indigenous tribe had already built a camp at the foot of the mountain.
In addition to the proposed tents, there are three wooden houses.
The young hunters of the indigenous tribe hunted a few grouse and a deer in the mountains, and the two-headed ogre Gulitem took the initiative to take on the cooking work.
Early the next morning, several stewards of the copper mine, businessman Malacom, and the two blacksmiths hurried back to the copper mine.
Suldak and Gulitem were still going to inspect the Qiaotou camp. They heard that a minor situation had occurred there. Andrew and Tago had already rushed over to deal with it. Suldak had finished his work here and was ready to go.