Three days later, the people, who were running around in the mountains like cats with their heads covered, finally found traces of their destination. Polu, who was drawing a topographic map on a cliff, squinted his eyes to measure the distance when he discovered
A hidden valley. The entrance of the valley is behind a rock. If you hadn't seen from a high place the many radiating paths formed by long-term trampling at the entrance, you might have been deceived by the obstruction and missed this hidden valley.
Polu turned around and waved: "Come and see, what is there in this valley!" Tezier and Leonardo came over, lying side by side on the ground, with only their heads exposed. Polu also lay down,
Point out the place to two people.
"This place is really hidden. If it were on the same level, you might not be able to find it even if you walk right in front of you."
"Thankfully the path is so obvious, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed it."
"Couldn't this path be made by the group of people who built the experimental center before?"
"Isn't it possible? If this was about the same age, it wouldn't be so clear. We didn't find any roads extending out of the experimental center. There must have been people walking through this place recently. Let's stay here for a while and see what happens.
What's going on?"
"Then you lie down first." Bolu crawled back on his hands and knees behind a boulder where several other people were squatting.
"What did you find?" Several people looked over with concerned eyes.
"We found a road intersection. The strange thing is that it has no intersection with the route we passed. We are still not sure what the situation is and where they are waiting for people to pass by. We can rest for a while. Hey, we have been in the mountains these days.
My whole body hurts from climbing.”
"I'm soaked in sweat and blown by the wind, I'm dry and sweaty again, and now I want to take a shower!" After walking on the dirt road in the mountains for several days, Leah now looks like a little mud monkey again.
"I also think, I also want to sleep well in a place with a soft mattress and a roof. There will be no cold wind passing by my face when I sleep. I can wear soft slippers after getting out of bed and don't have to wrap myself up in smelly clothes.
There is no need to beat the smoky foot wraps or the hard and frozen boots. You can also set up a small stove, cook something, and eat it when you want, without chewing on the hard and hard teething bricks."
"Bolu, your fantasy requirements are quite high, hahaha."
"Yes, this must be at least a minor noble."
Bolu's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
"I'm still out of touch with reality. I've been in a military unit since time travel and haven't experienced civilian life for a single day. My original memories are still too vague."
It was Leah who comforted him, "It's okay. When you go back, won't you be made a knight? You alchemists make money so fast and improve your life in minutes."
"I still have to go back to study. Didn't I say that the library materials in Ibrček belong to me? I still have to go see if I can transport all the materials back."
The air suddenly became quiet.
"Ibulcek is now occupied by Naziva. You may not be able to go for the time being. They do not welcome outsiders. If you go, you may be captured and used as a slave." Dyke answered with a cold face.
"??? Randomly seize people as slaves? Is this place so barbaric?"
"That's where I escaped."
Bolu was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said sorry.
"fine."
"Before we talk about it, which cooling duct well's steel production you mentioned will require the kingdom to use it for one year? Don't we have any mines?"
"Yes!" Leah looked at Polu in surprise. "Didn't you learn it when you were in school?"
"I...I just went to a general school, maybe I didn't learn anything."
"Government general education? That place is really just for literacy."
"Okay." Leia sighed. "Our southwest border is close to the royal capital. You always know where the royal capital is, right? Well, that's okay. There is a huge iron mine that can produce millions of dollars every year.
Jin of iron, tens of thousands of kilograms of steel. If it weren't for this iron mine, we might not be able to gain a foothold in this world surrounded by powerful enemies. The combined output of other countries on the mainland is about the same as ours. After all, our area is not very large.
, and the population is not very large.”
Polu casually answered: "That's really a lot." But he was thinking in his heart: "Only 500 tons? Isn't that too miserable?" Then he thought about it, "No, no, I'm working in a production company now."
In a handicraft society, 500 tons is a big number, and we need to be more powerful. System, is there an item for steelmaking in alchemy?"
"Crucible method retrieved."
"It's no wonder if there's only a crucible."
Polu said to Leia: "Then I think the soldiers' equipment is pretty good. Is it because all the steel is used to make armor?"
"It is true that they are all used to make armor and weapons, and other projects are basically out of reach. The full set of armor distributed by our knights weighs 120 kilograms, including the shield and weapon accessories, which add up to almost 160 kilograms. We will lose it in a year
Once the equipment is complete, adding another 100 sets is the limit. Ordinary soldiers don’t have armor. They can hang half a page of iron armor on their chests.
It's already pretty good. Finistere fought every year, so they only had such armors issued by key personnel. The only ones in the Royal Army who can wear steel plate armor are squad leaders. Others use more leather armor. It's too heavy.
The knight's steel armor will also affect the movements of ordinary soldiers. But the light weight and thin armor is too expensive and we really can't afford it." Tezier couldn't help but started chatting.
"How long does it take to make a suit of armor?"
"Look, if the request is not complicated, a blacksmith and two apprentices can make it for you in about a year."
"Isn't this a bit slow?" The speed was so slow that Polu couldn't understand it at all.
"There's no way, it's too laborious to shape the steel. You see, in order to rush for time, this armor is made of a plate that I smashed out of a steel ingot with a hammer. After it was hot, the hammer was cold and then heated.
Just a few boards took half a month, and then the blacksmith took his apprentice to change the shape and grind them.
It took two months to complete it. This is already amazingly fast. The person who ordered the armor had to swing a hammer to catch up. Fortunately, the iron ore is a royal asset, and the armors distributed to us are free. Otherwise, I
I feel like we can’t afford it very much. It takes two months to repair after a battle. We must have a rotating armor.”
"Royal assets? Then if we come up with a new production process, won't we be able to touch the minds of this industry?"
"How could it be? The royal family has been suffering from lack of manpower and being unable to increase production for a long time. There is also a reward. If you have a way, you can try it when you go back. It's worth it!"
"How much is it worth?"
"The title of viscount, the position of director of the iron mine, 10% of the profits, and a manor. Isn't it a very generous reward? But the premise is that the output can be doubled without increasing the manpower. By the way, slaves are not allowed.
Casadoria does not accept any form of slaves. As long as it can be improved, there will be rewards. No one has achieved the top reward in 200 years. Of course, if you waste a lot of resources but fail, you will be sentenced to hanging. Do you want to give it a try?
"Leah pointed at Polu.
"I'll go when I get back to prepare." If there are only 500 tons of steel a year, this game can't be played at all. If we don't have steel, how can we use other rare materials? We can't even match the armor! Boru has a dream of wonders in his heart
Almost without much thought, he decided to solve this problem first. As a modern Chinese, oh, now is the consciousness. Polu has a mysterious insistence on steel production.
"What are you talking about?" Leonardo sneaked back from the cliff. "Something has appeared, come here quickly."