Shiloh didn't care whether Claire understood what he meant by landmines. He galloped his horse along the way and soon arrived at the dock with his escort.
At this time, there were three ships docked at the dock, and people were constantly carrying the bodies of the lizard men onto the ships. They were so busy that Shiloh came running on horseback. The sailor in charge of the dock operation immediately saw Shiloh and hurriedly came over to salute.
"Quickly, prepare a boat for me. I'm going to Gold Coin Island."
The sailor hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness, there are corpses of lizard people on the ship now. I will ask them to clean them up immediately!"
However, Shiloh couldn't wait for that long now. He immediately shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, let's go now. I have important things to do on Gold Coin Island."
The sailor gritted his teeth and immediately had the body of the lizard man put back on the ship to make a clean place for Shiloh to stay.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the sailor ran over panting and informed Hilo that it was time to set off. Without saying a word, Hilo immediately took the people on board and sailed towards the Gold Coin Island.
The matter of making landmines was a plan that Shiloh came up with in a flash. Gunpowder has been born in this world, and there are even some simple cannons that can be used in the army, so they will definitely not be too far behind in terms of weapon casting, such as
Things like landmines can definitely be developed using some indigenous methods.
Shiloh has some knowledge about landmines, but he only became very interested in it when he watched the two movies "Tunnel War and Mine Warfare" in his previous life, so he studied how the militiamen made landmines during the Anti-Japanese War.
, I didn’t expect it to actually come in handy like now.
The craftsmanship and technology required for normal landmine production are definitely far beyond the current technological level in this world. However, what Hilo is planning to make is not the kind of landmine made of high-explosive gunpowder, iron sheets and perfect technology, but a real mine.
For earth mines, steel is cast into a spherical shape, and then gunpowder is filled into it. After detonating, it can scatter the iron pieces and kill the enemy.
If it doesn't work, just make a stone mine!
Choose some larger stones, dig a hole in the middle of the stone, and then fill it with gunpowder. When detonated, four or three stone fragments are enough to tear a human body apart.
Although this method is clumsy and crude, it can definitely make these lizard people drink a pot!
The lizardmen are entrenched in the intricate underground, which happens to be a confined space. As long as they can create mines, they can definitely help Stormwind City completely eliminate the hidden dangers of this war.
The merchant ship filled its sails and moved forward at full speed. Just when Hilo was impatient, he finally saw Gold Coin Island. At this time, Gold Coin Island had been built by Rowan and Little Jack into a real industrial base, with a large number of blacksmiths built inside.
After the discovery of coal, the blacksmith's firemaking speed became faster and faster, and smoke could be seen rising into the sky from a distance.
Although it is not environmentally friendly, we can no longer care so much due to limited conditions.
Because they were afraid that the lizardmen would also appear on Gold Coin Island, there were now two warships constantly patrolling next to Gold Coin Island. About 200 sailors were sent over. After seeing Hilo's side approaching, they immediately raised a flag to communicate.
Hilo also waved the flag in response, and not long after, he saw two warships approaching, escorting Hilo to the dock of Gold Coin Island.
The sailor in charge here saw Hilo arriving and hurriedly came to greet him. He was quite frightened and immediately called Little Jack, the person in charge of the Gold Coin Island, to come and see Hilo.
Naturally, Shiloh didn't care about these complicated etiquettes and let the sailors continue to do their own thing. He asked for a few horses and immediately headed towards the mine.
The Golden Coin Island has not become more prosperous in a few months. A large area of the forest has been cleared, and a flat road has been paved with mirage. Several warehouses have been built on both sides of the road. Did you see someone pulling a car?
Car after car of iron and steel ingots are delivered to the warehouse.
These formed refined iron will be the focus of Stormwind City's continued foreign trade in the future, and can be exchanged for large sums of gold coins.
Hilo galloped all the way and finally came to the mine again, but this time the mine no longer looked as dilapidated as before and had been almost completely renovated.
To the left of the mine are more than a dozen rather tall gray-white houses, shaped from solid wood and covered with a layer of mirage ash. Little Jack and the citizens who volunteered to serve as workers live here, while on the other side of the mine
On one side, there are a large number of standard small houses, which are where slaves usually live.
Shiloh glanced around and found that little Jack had indeed done a good job. The slaves did not live as pitifully as before, but there was still a gap between them and ordinary people, and they would not arouse unnecessary public anger.
A large number of blacksmith shops are built on the outermost periphery and are connected together. You can see the smoke rising from the chimneys on the roof.
Shiloh looked at the sky and saw that it should be around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He didn't know where Little Jack was at this time. He was about to ask someone to ask when he saw Little Jack and someone walking out of the mine.
After just a few months of not seeing each other, little Jack has obviously matured. The childlike color on his face has faded, and the feeling of being a little boy has also faded a lot. He has become more masculine. At this time, he is talking to the people around him.
What? I raised my head and saw Shiloh. I was stunned for a moment, and then ran over with an excited smile.
"Little Jack meets His Highness!"
Shiloh jumped off the horse, pulled little Jack up from the ground, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Not bad, it feels a bit like being an official. You are running the Gold Coin Island very well."
"Hey, thanks to what His Highness reminded me, now both miners and slaves are working hard to mine iron ore every day, and nothing can stop them."
Shiloh nodded and said: "Yes, no matter what you do, remember to put people first... Ah, I'm going too far. Little Jack, who is the person in charge of the blacksmith here? Bring him here quickly... No, bring me here quickly.
Go see him, I have an important matter that needs to be resolved now."
Little Jack nodded immediately and led Hilo towards a blacksmith shop, not forgetting to continue talking to Hilo on the way.
"Your Highness, I heard that you killed those lizardmen as soon as you came back and killed them all. When can Your Highness take me to fight?"
Shiloh noticed that little Jack's eyes lit up when he talked about the war. He thought that he didn't realize that this boy was still a militant, so he asked, "What, you can't hold on after staying on Gold Coin Island for a long time?"
Little Jack shook his head first, then nodded, and said: "Your Highness, you don't know, when I heard that Stormwind City was besieged by the Lizardmen, I wanted to bring people to support immediately, but the boss said, since it is from Gold Coin Island,
The person in charge must guard this land and wait for you to come back. You must not leave your post without permission.
I can't argue, so I can only hide here and watch my little brothers fight bloody battles on the front line, which makes me feel bad."
"Your Highness, you are back this time. Can you think of a way to let me return to the front line and kill the enemy for Your Highness?"
Shiloh noticed that little Jack was beaming when he said these words. It was obvious that his character cultivation was immature, so he smiled and said: "You should be responsible for the work of Gold Coin Island with peace of mind. When I think the time is right, I will naturally send you to the front line."
He who leads the army in battle."
When Little Jack heard the first half of the sentence, his brows immediately dropped. After hearing the second half of the sentence, he suddenly became cheerful again. This allowed Shiloh to have a good experience of what changing faces is. After chatting for a few words, the two came.
Arrive in front of a blacksmith shop.
Little Jack said: "Boss, these blacksmiths are all stupid. They can't say a word for a long time. Especially their leader, the one named Hill, who is just like a stone. If there is any rudeness in a moment,
, please don’t take it to heart, Your Highness.”
Shiloh nodded and asked little Jack to open the door.
As soon as he exposed a crack in the door, he felt a stream of heat overflowing from it. He felt a little hot on his body. When the door was fully opened, he only saw a blazing fire, and several naked and muscular men were waving their hands.
The big hammer hit the hot iron ore one after another, causing the iron block to deform continuously and causing sparks to fly everywhere.
On the other side, there was a man who used iron clamps to clamp the reddish-shaped iron block. He put it in the water and made a "squeak" sound. Countless hot steam came out. When the clamp was lifted up again, a dark piece of iron could be seen.
The ingot is formed.
None of these men seemed to notice that the door was opened and they continued the work at hand without paying any attention to anyone. In a corner, an old blacksmith was leaning against the wall, smoking a pipe and puffing out smoke from time to time.
Coughing sounds like a crackling sound in the bellows, which is quite uncomfortable.
Little Jack coughed and said loudly to the old man who was enjoying the tobacco: "Hill, your highness is here."
Hill didn't even raise his head, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Hey, little Jack, you're here to tease the old man again. Your Highness has so many things to do, how could you come to this shabby blacksmith shop like mine?"
Little Jack hurriedly said: "Old man, who lied to you? Your Highness is really here, why don't you come and salute!"
The old man raised his head suspiciously, and finally found Shiloh standing behind little Jack. He was so startled that he dropped the pipe in his mouth. He immediately ran over and saluted: "Hill, pay homage to your highness!"
The blacksmiths around him also turned around. When they saw Shiloh, they hurriedly threw down their hammers, knelt down and said in unison: "Greetings to Your Highness."
Shiloh nodded, walked into the blacksmith shop, and said, "I have something here, see if you can make it."
As he said that, he took out the drawings and found a place to unfold them.
Hill bowed his body and leaned over respectfully. He looked at the drawing drawn by Shiloh carefully. He only glanced at it twice and let out a light sigh.
"This thing...can actually do this?"
Shiloh was anxious and couldn't help asking in a deep voice: "How about it? Can this thing be done?"
Hill held the drawings in his hands and said nothing. He just looked through them one by one carefully without missing any details. After a while, he replied: "Your Highness, the ideas in your drawings are too great."
Ingenious, at the current level, we cannot build something with this kind of structure."
Shiloh was already prepared and immediately asked: "If you can't make these things with iron, then what about using stone? There's no problem using stone."
Hill nodded and said: "There is no problem if you use stone, but even if this thing is made, I don't know if it will be effective. After all, the drawings you gave me only recorded the ideas and did not mention how much should be used.
Whether there are any restrictions on the use of gunpowder, the problem can only be discovered through testing."
"How long does it take to test it out?"
"At least, it will take a week."
One week... Shiloh immediately frowned and spent a week making the test stone mine. It took too long.
"Three days, I will give you three days at most. During this period, I will prepare whatever materials you need. After three days, you must make a stone mine that can meet my standards!"
Hill was still ready to fight for a little more time, but seeing the determination in Shiloh's eyes, he gritted his teeth and finally nodded.
"Okay, within three days, I promise to give an explanation to His Highness!"
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Although due to technical limitations, it is impossible to make an earth mine with iron as the main body, if the stone mine can be really made, it will also be of great help to Hilo's subsequent raids on the lizardmen.
The materials prepared include fuse, gunpowder and stones of suitable size.
The lead thing is easy to solve. As long as it is something flammable, just dip it in kerosene and grind it into a rope. Stones are not a problem. The most indispensable thing in the mine is stones. Some stone scraps are also suitable, as long as they are on top.
It's totally fine if you wear it empty.
As for gunpowder…
Although Shiloh had forgotten how to make gunpowder, Hill, a veteran blacksmith, happened to know how to make gunpowder. In this world, gunpowder was first invented by the dwarves. After the dwarves disappeared, the spread of gunpowder on the mainland decreased rapidly.
However, there are still some blacksmiths who know how to make gunpowder, but the gunpowder they make is far less powerful than the dwarves. Therefore, until now, the firearms that can be used on the mainland are still imitated from the cannons exported by the dwarves.
Simple cannon.
All the materials were taken care of, and all that was needed was to prepare the appropriate tools to make the stone mine. Hilo simply settled down on the Gold Coin Island, waiting for the day when the stone mine was completed.
The blacksmiths did not expect that the supreme ruler of Stormwind City would personally supervise the work. They couldn't help but muster up their energy and work day and night. Even late at night, they could still see the blazing fire in the blacksmith shop.
Only then did the blacksmiths who had recently joined Stormwind City remember the rumors that their seniors had mentioned before about His Highness Hilo being a stubborn overseer.
He had supervised the production of columbines and mirages in this way before, which made the blacksmiths at that time miserable.
Under the leadership of Hill, everyone immediately began to divide the work. Hill took charge of the production of gunpowder, while everyone else took chisels and began to desperately create holes of suitable sizes in the stone.
The problem of saltpeter is easy to solve. With Hill, an experienced person, he naturally knows where to get saltpeter. At his request, everyone started digging the cesspool in the toilet and got some white crystals from the floating soil.
, this stuff is extremely flammable and will emit sparks when touched with fire.
Sulfur is also very convenient. The coal discovered by Luo Wen and others contains a lot of sulfur and is golden yellow. If it is collected and refined, sulfur with good purity can be extracted.
As for charcoal, it is a better solution. The Gulf Stream Island Chain has the most trees, and burning wood into charcoal is not easy.
On the third day, under Hill's urgent efforts, the first batch of gunpowder was finally formed.