At first, for Hilo, it was just the most ordinary uninhabited island in the Gulf Stream island chain.
The area of Gold Coin Island is about the same size as Hope Island, and there are fewer wild animals. If nothing else, this island could only be used as an abandoned island, or an island for growing crops in the future.
There is no need to give it a special name at all.
But the discovery of concentrated iron ore changed everything.
The essence of concentrated iron ore is still iron ore, but the grade is much higher and can be directly smelted into high-quality steel. However, ordinary iron ore can only produce iron first and then turn it into steel, which requires an additional process.
The quality of the steel is often inferior, and the blacksmith needs to work hard to remove impurities and refine it into fine steel.
There are many processes to go through, and although the selling price of fine steel is usually more than ten times that of iron ore, the cost is still high.
The refined iron ore on Gold Coin Island does not require so many processes. It has high purity and can be turned into high-quality refined steel through simple quenching, which is extremely convenient.
This is also the reason why Hannah Chamber of Commerce can sell a shipload of ore for a huge sum of 400,000 yuan.
Now, in addition to mining iron ore, Hilo has also built several blacksmith shops on Gold Coin Island to melt iron and make steel.
Since handing over the affairs of Gold Coin Island to Little Jack, Shiloh rarely interferes with the affairs of Gold Coin Island. Little Jack is indeed a talent. He has an incredible natural sensitivity to wealth. Coupled with his clever little mind, Gold Coin Island
The current iron ore output is increasing day by day.
At this moment, little Jack was huddled in a low, damp mine with a few sailors, supervising the slaves as they mined.
One slave was holding the iron drill, and another slave swung the hammer one after another, and it landed heavily on the iron drill, making a loud "clang" sound.
After a few hammer blows, some dark ore was seen crackling down. The slaves waiting behind put the ore into bags and put it on the cart to transport it out of the mine.
Little Jack looked at the hard work of these slaves, and couldn't help but recall the time when he just accepted this task and came here.
At that time, the mine had just been established, and the working conditions were extremely poor. The most important thing was that Hilo had not yet issued a decree to rebuild the class. The poor slaves were treated as tools without dignity. In addition to coping with heavy work, they also received
The food is the worst in Stormwind City.
Little Jack still remembers when he first came to the mine and saw the shacks where the slaves lived: that was the first time he saw the life of slaves with his own eyes.
As soon as he walked into the shack, little Jack almost fainted from the strange smell that hit his face. The young boy looked around angrily and saw that the shack was low, shabby and shabby, with various colors of sewage in it.
It's flowing everywhere, and that strange smell is coming from the sewage.
How can this be considered a place for people to live! Even disgusting creatures like fishmen would probably be disgusted!
The barely clothed slaves were shivering. They were all skinny, with wrinkles on their faces. Every fold was filled with black mineral powder. Their cloudy eyes flashed with fear and sluggishness from time to time, and their exposed skin was covered with black mineral powder.
Deep whip marks.
They are queuing up to get porridge.
A jet-black iron pot was set up outside the shack, and the pot was full of grey-green porridge-like stuff. An overseer distributed the "porridge" to the slaves expressionlessly.
Little Jack went over to take a look, and his stomach suddenly surged. Not only did the pot of porridge exude a strange smell of putrefaction, but there were also some white bugs in it, which kept rising with the bubbles.
Little Jack's face immediately turned green.
He is a hot-blooded boy, how can he bear to watch the slaves suffer such torture?
"Remember, everything is people-oriented."
Before he set off, the words Shiloh gave him rang in his ears again. Now, little Jack finally understood why Shiloh asked him to take over the Gold Coin Island.
Only he has the passion and can handle this matter well!
After announcing the work stoppage on the spot, Little Jack scolded the previous overseers, and then immediately began to drastically renovate the shacks where the slaves lived.
"Even if you can't build a wooden house like Stormwind City, make one for me! At least it can protect you from wind and rain!" Only a young man like Jack can make such a decision. If it were anyone else, he would have done it long ago.
It's no wonder that the solidified class is not strange, let alone dare to carry out such drastic rectification.
The stains in the shack were quickly cleaned up, and the newly transported wood and stones were piled together. It took little Jack two full days to renovate the shack where the slaves lived. Now it is at least clean and warm.
Already.
After that, it’s a matter of improving the food.
The original food is no longer allowed to be brought into the slave huts. The new food standards are as follows: the porridge must be clean and smellless, and the chopsticks must not fall over to be considered qualified.
After that, little Jack contacted his fellow sailors and was able to get dozens of kilograms of fish every week. He mashed the fish and mixed it into the porridge, which was both delicious and nutritious.
Under Little Jack's reforms, the slaves became no longer weak one by one. After resuming work, the output of the mine suddenly increased a lot.
At the end of one week, the output of ore was half as much as the previous week.
Little Jack actually didn't know that his actions would bring about such changes. He just relied on the passion in his heart to do something for these slaves.
But these things are exactly what Shiloh wants him to do.
After that, the Hannah Chamber of Commerce returned from the Kingdom of Pontos, bringing more manpower.
After adding enough manpower, the output of the mine increased every day, until it reached saturation in the past few days.
Subsequently, Hilo issued a decree to restructure classes and provide rewards according to work. These slaves learned that there was hope for freedom and became more diligent.
Everyone wants to collect a gold coin as soon as possible to redeem their freedom.
The most important thing is that I couldn't eat enough in the past, but now I have three meals a day, and the porridge I drink is no longer the kind of inferior and rotten sea shells, but the rice porridge that can really fill my stomach.
Sometimes, you can even eat fish porridge.
Slaves who have been oppressed have never enjoyed this kind of treatment. Shiloh and Little Jack treat them as human beings. This kind of kindness makes them work harder to repay it.
Today, little Jack walked into the mine to inspect as usual. The slaves showed respect for this young leader when they saw him.
at this time.
"boom!"
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the mine, and the ground shook a few times. Everyone was startled by the sudden movement, thinking that there was an earthquake. It took them two seconds to realize what happened.
.
The mine collapsed!
"What's going on!" Little Jack immediately jumped up and rushed towards the mine. He saw that the mine was filled with dust and the light of the torch was blocked.
"Are there any casualties inside?" Little Jack was so frightened by this unexpected incident that his heart beat like thunder. He didn't care about his safety and hurriedly went down to the mine to find out what was going on. He was so frightened that several sailors around him hurriedly held Little Jack tightly.
"Boss, you can't go down, it's too dangerous!"
"Shut up! There are people inside!"
No matter how hard Little Jack struggled, these sailors held Little Jack tightly, fearing that something would happen to him if he rushed into the mine.
Just as they were arguing, several slaves suddenly ran out of the mine. When one of the slaves saw little Jack, he immediately fell to his knees, pointed into the mine and stammered.
"Boss, boss... dig, dig, dig through! There is something in the mine!"
Everyone was stunned, and Little Jack immediately shook off the hand holding him and asked eagerly: "What's wrong? What happened in the mine?"