Hilo finally arranged all the important things at hand: such as making salt, taming wild animals, and military training.
The matter of making salt is easy to solve. Hilo has not been involved much in this aspect, but the sailors are different.
Many of them grew up in coastal areas, and boiling sea salt is a piece of cake for them.
It didn't take long for them to choose a location, create soil, pour brine, and burn firewood to boil salt.
Taming wild beasts is even simpler, just find a new island and let the hunters show off their skills.
Military training takes the most time and energy.
Connor carefully selected, and finally selected 50 people from the slaves, plus those who had been trained before, to form the first batch of professional soldiers in Stormwind City.
It will take more than a year and a half to train these slaves into qualified soldiers, but it is impossible to see results, but Hilo has made up his mind and plans to implement a compulsory military system in the future.
It is simply wishful thinking to gain a foothold in the Gulf Stream Island Chain without strong power to protect itself.
The blacksmith shop has already developed a prototype of the new agricultural tool columbine and is waiting for fine-tuning after experiments. If there are no accidents, large-scale production can only be carried out within a week.
This incident was simply the greatest news that Shiloh had heard in the past few days. He was so excited that he ran to the blacksmith shop whenever he had something to do, and watched eagerly as the blacksmiths corrected the errors little by little.
Under the voluntary supervision of their lords, the blacksmiths naturally did not dare to be careless at all. They worked from early in the morning to late at night, and actually finished the columbine two days in advance.
"Your Highness, this is the columbine you want."
Shiloh looked at the half-height farm tools placed in front of him and couldn't suppress the smile on his lips, saying: "Okay, you all did a good job, exactly as I imagined."
The entire columbine is made of solid wood, but the shaft head is made of steel to form a sharp plowshare, which is convenient for cutting soil and digging furrows for sowing.
Shiloh tried to hug it. Although it was a bit heavy, it was not in the hand and quite convenient to control.
Next, just practice and see the effect.
I couldn't wait to bring the columbine to the cultivated farmland. At this time, the farmers were working hard with their hoes to cultivate the land. Big beads of sweat were sliding down their foreheads. It was so hard.
"Your Highness!"
As soon as they saw Hilo arriving, everyone immediately knelt down and saluted, regardless of what they were doing.
Shiloh waved his hand, found a farmer, and said excitedly: "Here, you try this."
The farmer looked at the columbine brought by Shiloh, scratched his head and asked, "Your Highness, what is this thing?"
"This is called a columbine. It's used for digging furrows and sowing seeds... Just think of it as an improved plow."
"Put the seeds into this seed box, and then pull the columbine at a constant speed to see if it works."
When the farmer heard this, he rubbed his hands and immediately called his two companions.
The two people stood in front of the columbine and grasped the rope connected to the front end of the columbine with their hands. The farmer held the handrails to control the balance. When the three of them exerted their strength, the columbine suddenly started to move.
The plowshare made of steel easily dug through the hard soil and plowed three straight seed furrows.
The three of them worked hard and plowed the column back and forth several times. When they looked back, they saw that they had created a large newly opened field.
The most surprising thing is that this field has already been sown.
Grain seeds are evenly distributed in the land, so there is no need to bend down to sow them one by one.
"Your Highness...this, this is unbelievable!"
"I have never been able to clear a field so easily. Even if I rented oxen and mules from the noble lord, and used plows to clear the land, it would still be nothing compared to this... columbine!"
The farmer's face turned red, and there was undisguised joy in his eyes.
Shiloh also nodded solemnly and said: "From now on, we in Stormwind City will use columbines to cultivate fields!"
With the columbine, Stormwind City's agricultural development can be said to have changed from a shotgun to a cannon, and there has been a qualitative improvement.
After finishing the columbine, the craftsmen in the blacksmith shop thought they could finally be freed from the huge pressure of the lord's overseer. Unexpectedly, after giving them the reward, Hilo threw another blueprint to them.
"Your Highness, what is this mirage...?"
Shiloh waved and motioned for several craftsmen to come over.
"Mirage is a building material that is superior to lime mortar."
"On this paper, I remember the method of making mirage ash. Calculate oyster shells into ash to form ash. Then add lime, sand, and gravel according to the proportions on the drawing. Stir with water. After drying, mirage ash can be formed."
"Starting from today, in addition to making columbines, you also have to make mirages."
"From now on, Stormwind City will be rebuilt with mirage ash!"
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Several more kilns were set up in the blacksmith shop, which were emitting white smoke all day long.
Under the supervision of supervisor Shiloh, the production of mirage went smoothly, and it didn't take long for the test to be successful.
The mirage produced is off-white, no different from the cement commonly seen in Hilo.
“How is the experimental study going?”
A bearded craftsman patted the white dust on his body, took out two solidified bricks, and said: "Your Highness, please take a look."
"This one is made of bricks made of mirage ash."
"This brick is made of common lime mortar."
Shiloh took a closer look and saw that the surface texture of the bricks made with mirage ash was fine and smooth, but the bricks made with lime mortar had uneven surfaces and even some bubbles.
Shiloh broke off two bricks with his hands. The mirage gray bricks were so hard that even a layer of ash could not be removed, while the lime mortar bricks cracked with several cracks and could be crushed easily with more force.
Bricks made from mirage ash are not much harder than cement.
"Okay, very good, from now on we will use mirage as building materials!"
The most indispensable thing in the Gulf Stream Island Chain is limestone and oysters. With sufficient material supplies, the mirage ash produced every day can be calculated in tons.
Hilo ordered the craftsmen to make large quantities of mirage ash, the main purpose of which was to build roads.
Repair the road in Stormwind City and repair the road to the Gold Coin Island Mine.
As for the construction, it will have to wait a while longer.
Having settled the two things that were on his mind, Shiloh seemed a lot more relaxed. He returned to the executive hall. Not long after he had rested, he heard Rowan's request for permission to see him.
"Your Highness, today is the day you have decided to pay that...salary. Here are the accounts. Please take a look at them."
Shiloh clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I have been running to the blacksmith shop for the past two days, and I almost forgot about this matter." After saying that, he took the account book and looked at it carefully.
He looked through his accounts and saw that the number of gold coins paid out in the first month was about 2,000, which was about the same as his budget, so he nodded.
"No problem, just send it according to this number."
After Rowan accepted the order, he did not retreat. Shiloh asked doubtfully: "What's wrong? Does Rowan have anything else to do?"
Luo Wen gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, although we are not short of the money now, it goes against tradition to distribute property to the citizens."
"The property of the nobles only belongs to the nobles. There is never any talk of distributing property to the citizens, let alone..."
"And slaves."
Shiloh laughed and said: "Rowan, Rowan, I never expected that Connor did not ask me to raise this issue, but you, a poor peasant with thick eyebrows, came to me first to discuss the interests of the nobility."
Luo Wen hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Your Highness, it was my subordinate who overstepped my bounds!"
Shiloh shook his head and said: "It's okay, you are very loyal."
He pulled up Luo Wen and said with a smile: "If I don't pay the citizens, how can I develop the economy?"