The forge house in Hedong Town has a red iron furnace and shirtless craftsmen covered in sweat while forging iron tools.
On the side, a thin, red-hot iron wire entered a mechanical slot. Several big-bodied workers pulled special metal pliers to cut the wire into iron skewers about one centimeter long, and waited for the iron skewers to fall into the net below.
, was put away and taken to another work area for careful polishing.
The small polished iron egg pellets, or iron sand, are the commonly used bullets for flintlock guns in this continent.
In fact, they are the slave musketeers of the city-state. They also use the standard flintlock rifles of the Southern Territory. The bullets are standard paper shells and are produced in the Southern Territory.
The flintlock bullets currently produced are not planned to be traded with the locals for the time being. It just shows that our own supplies do not all appear out of thin air.
It also gives the craftsmen slaves something to do, lest they think they are useless and lose their sense of existence and become anxious.
From a certain perspective, the mental state is similar to that of some working dogs in Lu Ming's previous life.
Thinking of this, Lu Ming could only shake his head helplessly.
The eyes of four of the five major village owners who followed Lu Ming to visit the craftsmen's housing area shone brightly.
The musket pellets they used were all polished piecemeal by the musketeers themselves, and they occasionally traded some iron sand with merchants from distant settlements, but the prices were astronomical.
But Ravni, one of the five village leaders, had uneasiness in her eyes.
Many dwarves in the Dwarf Hills are natural craftsmen. If there are enough raw materials, polishing firearms and iron sand bullets is not difficult for those dwarves, and their craftsmanship is very good.
She was also thinking about how to use this advantage to gain greater advantages for this settlement.
But not to mention the craftsmanship of the city-state people, the forging tools in various craftsmen's rooms are incredible. These tools can be used to make delicate things that are difficult to make by hand alone. However, how are these tools made?
But it's so puzzling.
What she didn't expect was that after the visit, she was quickly brought before the city lord by his beautiful maid Nana.
It was also the first time that she entered the incomparably magical living place of the city lord. It seemed that it could move like a carriage. It was a treasured carriage driven by gods that could only be imagined in myths and legends.
The interior of the sacred carriage was so clean and unbelievable. Although Ravni had been living in the city-state for the past two days, it was much cleaner than before, and she even took a hot bath comfortably. However, the moment she entered the sacred carriage, she still hesitated.
stopped.
The beautiful maid Nana was very considerate and handed her a pair of thin and transparent shoe covers made of what is called "plastic" material.
But this made Laphne even more embarrassed, because these thin transparent shoe covers were obviously a hundred times more expensive than her shoes, right? Why did they become shoe covers?
"You can use it!" Nana looked like she was about to squat down and put on her shoe covers.
"Ah, let me do it, let me do it, Miss Nana, please stop..." Laphne squatted down in panic and put the shoe covers on her shoes randomly. But when she got up and walked, she remembered the cost of the thing she stepped on.
It was so expensive that I felt a lot of guilt in my heart. I staggered when I walked, and I couldn't even stand still.
And after walking two steps into the reception room of the sacred car, the light blue wallpaper inside the carriage, the milky white sofa, the crystal-like low table, everything made Laphne dizzy. Compared with the dusty things she usually saw,
, the colorful world today seemed to be shrouded in a divine halo, making her unable to open her eyes for a while.
It was even less possible for him to have the courage to sit down. Standing in front of Lu Ming, he couldn't even understand what Lu Ming started to say, and his mind was in an extremely embarrassed and confused state.
Lu Ming said a few words and couldn't help but shake his head when he saw her expression. It would be better to talk in the yard.
"Let's go for a walk!" Lu Ming stood up and got out of the RV.
It took a while for Laphne to feel like she was being pardoned, and she hurriedly chased her for a few steps. When she reached the door, she hurriedly took off the transparent shoe covers and handed them to Nana as a treasure.
Nana couldn't say she wouldn't want any more shoe covers, so she put them away.
Nana was born as a slave in the Southern Territory. She was a slave who had not yet reached the age of marriage. She was just over ten years old. She did not know exactly how old she was, but she must have been under the age of fourteen for marriage. She might have been eleven or twelve years old, but
As a slave for generations, she has long been extremely mature, and she deeply understands that her current life is a paradise for her.
But compared with these settlement people, even the leader of the settlement, Nana felt as if she was herself before meeting her master. She was much happier than the leader of the settlement. At least, she didn't have to worry every day that she would be killed by a murderer tomorrow morning.
Killed by wild animals or starved to death.
With mixed feelings, Nana hurriedly prepared fragrant tea for her master and Sister Laphne.
In the courtyard, Lu Ming paced around and said: "You have many craftsmen in your department. It would be a pity just to mine coins and stones. You can consider taking a craftsman route in your settlement, such as producing iron sand, or something else.
When the time comes, you can use it to sell at the trading point. If you have a skill at your disposal, it will also give your settlement another way out in the future."
Laphne was stunned.
Lu Ming added: "You can rest assured that all the products produced by my craftsman house that can be used for military force, especially offensive weapons and ammunition, will not be sold to the outside world. I don't want to break the various balances in the extreme south in a short period of time.
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"Thank you, sir, I will seriously consider it." Laphne nodded repeatedly, her face full of gratitude.
"But in terms of defense, you and I can study the underground pits in the dwarf hills. What kind of defense is good?" Lu Ming said with a smile, "We can tailor it for you."
Dwarf Hill will be an important resource point for coin stones in the future, so it is natural to have a good defense system.
Otherwise, if the owner is changed, there may be some trouble.
After all, this Laphne is someone who has saved her life and cured her brother, and has a certain understanding of her. She is not ambitious and is someone she can control.
After hearing Lu Ming's words, Laphne's face was filled with joy.
However, Laphne couldn't think of any defensive device needed in the tunnel. Lu Ming was talking about it and inspired her.
For example, traps, iron gates, spears used to guard the corridors, giant iron balls that can defend against enemies in the corridors, and even small bunkers, etc., can all be discussed.
Laphne's eyes gradually widened. The extreme lack of supplies limited their imagination.
While Lu Ming and Lafni were chatting lively, Yaoyao led Osman into the courtyard.
Lu Ming smiled: "Ravni, after you go back today, think about it carefully, discuss it with your people, and make a list of the required defensive equipment."
"Yes, sir, thank you very much!" Ravni knelt down on one knee again.
Over there, Osman's eyes flickered. When Nana led Laphne away, he took two steps and knelt down on one knee: "Good day, sir!"
Lu Ming was slightly stunned, then shook his head helplessly and said: "Get up, I asked you to come here because I want to tell you that I want to go to your settlement to take a look."
"Ah, welcome, welcome, sir!" Osman was immediately overjoyed.
In the afternoon, the airship slowly landed in the Ottoman settlement.
There is a solitary thatched hut next to the yellow-brown mound. The other residents of the settlement sleep on the ground. The "family" is distinguished by different resting areas paved with black soil.
There is only one thatched hut in the entire settlement, which is where Osman lives, because hay is a treasure in this world.
Even digging a cave dwelling is not feasible, because sandworms are everywhere, and when they come out at night and give someone a bite, they may be fatal.
The beds made of black soil in settlement houses are dug from the riverbed, which can keep sandworms away.
However, riverbed soil cannot be built into a house at all, and the smell is very strong. If the riverbed soil in a closed space is covered in a room, you will definitely be poisoned after sleeping for one night.
Therefore, it can only be made into an open-air "bed".
Seeing this scene, Lu Ming was shocked. In fact, this was far worse than the living conditions of the dwarf Daqiu.
Although it is in an underground tunnel, at least it has a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and there is no grass growing near the dwarf hill, and sandworms are also very rare.
There are sixty or seventy people in the Ottoman settlement, and there are basically no elderly people.
It is not that the old people were abandoned like before in the New World. In the post-apocalyptic continent, the old people in the settlement are considered to be wise people blessed by the gods, and the settlement will provide them with good support. However, after the age of fifty, the life span of the settlement residents is basically over.
In the Ottoman settlement, there was no one over fifty years old.
The settlement is divided into more than a dozen families, but in fact the children are all together, just like the herd, and there is no distinction between which child is whose flesh and blood. All children belong to the future of the settlement, and the entire settlement will take care of and raise them.
As for the family model of the Ottoman settlements, they were actually between husband and wife, and there was no such thing as loyalty. There was no fixed family. Generally speaking, men and women lived together in a mixed manner. As long as they were willing to do so, everything was arbitrary.
Only Osman had a fixed spouse, called Osman Emma. When Osman was away, the affairs of the settlement were handled by Osman Emma.
However, once something unexpected happened to Osman, Osman Emma was possessed by the strongest man in the settlement within minutes.
When the airship landed, the people in the settlement were so frightened that they stayed away.
After Osman came down, a woman in ragged clothes and covered in black dirt hesitantly came up to him, it must be Osman Emma.
Through these few days of interaction, Lu Ming felt that the Ottoman settlement should be a very weak cultural heritage of the settlement.
That is to say, they live within the influence of the Fly God Cult, and the conditions are extremely poor, so the powerful settlement will not provoke them.
But similarly, the Ottoman settlement does not have the courage to move away from here. If it really moves away, it will be divided up by the hungry wolf settlements outside soon.
However, living within the Terror Mountain Range requires providing for the children of the Fly God. This is the dilemma they face.
Next to the airship, Osman specially brought two eight or nine-year-old children to Lu Ming. A boy and a girl were chosen by lot to be sent to the Terror Mountains.
The time for worshiping should be during these days, in the autumn before the onset of winter.
The two children seemed to have understood what kind of outcome they would face after they were sent away. When they mentioned the Terror Mountains, the boy burst into tears, but the girl was very brave and comforted the boy from time to time.
Dimensionally speaking, the extreme southern region of the Third Continent is located in the southern part of the planet. When the deep winter came, it was the summer of 973 in the Northern Empire.
The Third Continent no longer has a calendar. According to the Northern Empire calendar, today is April 6, 973.
"How do you usually communicate with the Fly God Cult?" Lu Ming asked Osman.
Osman's face showed bitterness, "Sir, it has always been the divine sect that sends envoys to my settlement. We cannot contact the divine sect."
Lu Ming nodded: "I'm going to take a look above the Terror Mountains, hoping to find people from the Divine Cult and talk to them."
That being said, I feel like Zi Wu Mao Yin cannot be related to a sect that eats human flesh. Let’s investigate their details first.
"That's great! Sir!" Osman beamed with joy. For the terrifying and mysterious religious sect, perhaps only the powerful city-state people have the capital to negotiate with it.
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The old rule on the airship is that the standing combat force is ten slave assaulters and ten slave musketeers.
The pilots of the airship are Yuan Ba and Yuan Qing, and the scout is Jack.
The four noble girls of the New World were all sent back to the Southern Territory to continue their school life. I thought that a trip to the Apocalyptic Continent for just a few days would bring them not only novelty, but also meaningful growth for their future lives.
Without the four girls, the servants following Lu Ming became Nana and Yaoyao.
Both of them are now equipped with a small Browning-like pistol with eight bullets in the magazine. They can fire continuously in close combat. Within a range of twenty or thirty meters, the lethality is still sufficient.
Although they have no fighting talent, it is better to have some self-defense ability in the post-apocalyptic continent. Therefore, Guiying personally trained them how to shoot and react when encountering various dangers, which may be short-term.
In a short period of time, the two women were more able to adapt to actual combat than those female soldiers who rarely had access to real firearms in the military.
Nowadays, the calm-looking Guiying stands next to Lu Ming with her hands behind her back. She has a tall and sexy figure like a supermodel. She is dressed in a snow-white military uniform with heroic appearance. Her wavy long hair is red and sexy. She is even more attractive hidden in a big-brimmed hat.
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Lu Ming looked out the sightseeing window. In the distance, the endless black mountains that looked endless from a high altitude were slowly approaching.
But the sky above the Terror Mountains was shrouded in thick fog all year round, so it was difficult to see anything clearly.
"Your Majesty, I'm going to the cockpit now." Guiying also caught a glimpse of the Terror Mountains getting closer and closer.
There are many legends about the Terror Mountains. Although most of them are exaggerated, Guiying suggested that we should be cautious and keep the airship no lower than 500 meters to avoid encountering any danger.
Yuan Ba and Yuan Qing were both a little reckless in character, so Guiying wanted to go to the cockpit and keep an eye on them.
Lu Ming nodded slightly.
The light in the cabin suddenly dimmed. Naturally, the spacecraft entered the thick fog over the mountains. But strangely, in the thick fog, the window outside the window became blurry. It was not as if it was far away, and the outline of the mountains could be seen.
The communicator soon buzzed, "Your Majesty, I propose to leave here, and Jack also strongly suggests it." It was Guiying's voice.
"Okay..." Lu Ming shook his head helplessly. It's too dangerous now. It's easy for the airship to hit the mountain and cause the airship to be destroyed and everyone killed.