In general, there may be some tension in the supply of materials in agriculture in the near future, but with the arrival of the harvest season, this problem is not big, but there will be a lack of meat in terms of meat.

After eating, Lelouch had enriched himself with trivial matters about the arrangement of the harvest and the training of the army, and left the castle, outside which were twenty horsemen on war horses, who would follow Lelouch to a place today.

After these war horses came to Limburg, Lelouch was happy and worried, happy that with these war horses, his cavalry was considered to have fallen, and the best thing was that these war horses were really edible, fortunately, there was more undeveloped land around Limburg, there was enough forage supply, and cabbage and potatoes, which were fine grains for horses, were slightly supplied, so the war horses were not out of their size, but they were not fat.

For the cultivation of war horses, Lu Luxiu is not in a hurry, anyway, there is a bumper harvest soon, with enough wheat and fine grain, it is only a matter of time before the war horse grows fat.

Lelouch took his twenty cavalry onto the street, and those who saw Lelouch along the way would stand politely on the side of the road and bow to show their respect for Lelouch.

The place where Lelouch is going today is not the plains of the Wind Helmet City and the Winter Castle behind, nor the north-wind dense forest of the Wooden Castle, but the sheltered mountain range in the northwest of Limburg, the sheltered mountain range is very large, and Lelouch is just going to the foot of his mountain, to be exact, a small peak at the foot of the mountain.

Lelouch's Limburg has solved the short-term external worries through a battle, and the bumper crop harvest has solved the problems of economic and internal stability, so the focus of Lelouch's attention is on industry.

It can be seen that Limburg used to be a commercial city, and there was almost no industrial heritage, so that after Lelouch took over, in addition to being able to engage in agriculture, he could only borrow the originally more developed roads, so that Lelouch was using wood in other places except for the army that could have a very small supply of iron, although wood could be used, but after all, it was not a long-term way.

Moreover, the progress of productivity requires more mechanized production and tools, and those handmade tools cannot be used on a large scale, and it is difficult to further increase the output, so in any case, the development of industry is an inevitable thing for Lelouch, and the basis for the development of industry, in addition to fuel, is the raw material.

The fuel problem is very easy to solve, although the coal is not easy to find, if it is not easy to develop the coal mine, there is no manpower to develop deeply, and the most important thing is that Lelouch has a large amount of high-quality fuel resources to replace the role of coal, that is, "charcoal", the charcoal is simple, the source is needless to say, there is not much else in the north wind jungle next to it, wood is inexhaustible, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, Lelouch is to squeeze out the value of the north wind jungle.

As early as the first day of Lelouxiu's reign, he had sent a team of veterans who had been cut out to find iron ore, and it had been almost half a year since the time had passed.

Although some were found during this period, because of the distance, the ease of mining, and reserves and other factors, are not very ideal, Lelouch has no intention of establishing a collection base somewhere, unless there is really no better choice, but, Huantian pays off, with the end of the battle, the exploration team finally found a careful iron ore that meets Lelouch's requirements, the amount is not large, but it is enough to support Lelouch's supply for a long time in the future, more importantly, he gave example that Limburg is very close, and it is very easy to mine, almost directly belongs to open-pit mining, and it is only covered with a very thin layer of soil.

And today, Lelouch is going to see this iron ore plant that has already begun to be built.

The iron ore factory is located on the nearest mountain peak northwest of Limburg, the specific location is on the mountainside, it took less than two hours for Lelouch to drive the horse, and he arrived at his destination, the road up the mountain is not very gentle, but you can also step forward in front of you, there is a team of workers building a canal at the bottom, this canal will borrow the stream from the top of the sheltered mountain range, and transport the ore down the mountain, which not only saves manpower, but also improves efficiency, of course, this method is also Lelouch thought.

The workers greeted Lelouch with great respect, and Lelouch responded with a smile, and then left his horse at the bottom of the mountain, where two soldiers guarded him, and the rest of the men went up the mountain on foot.

This mountain does not have a name, or it is not without but too general, in Middle-earth, all the peaks connected to the Shelter Mountain Range are called the Shelter Mountains, Lelouch didn't want to have any misunderstanding, so he took a special name, it is called Iron Mine, simple and straightforward, straightforward and clear!

The mountainside of the iron mine has become a large construction site, a cart of materials through the stone road urgently laid at zero hour to transport over, specially gathered by Lu Luxiu workers, the construction of the base in full swing, a large number of solid half-stone and half-wood buildings quickly established, and the first to establish the blacksmith shop, has begun to forge in Ulala, after all, Limburg is currently in urgent need of iron, so even mining, at present, are mostly wood tools, these iron ore factories themselves blacksmith shops, is used to solve the problem of iron ore tools。

Now is production, after the establishment of the Mubao Industrial Zone, the most here is maintenance, after all, as a modern person, no matter how good the iron tools are, they will never be able to compare with stainless steel, these iron tools are just excessive products, in fact, the Terran is not without steel materials, on the contrary, the steel weapons of the Terran are widely used, but the output is relatively low, and it is impossible to achieve scale and low cost, so the effect is average, steel armor has, but as the most widely used at the grassroots level, it is still iron.

At this time, at the entrance of the mine, there happened to be a team of ores coming out, and the crowd was cheering out of the mine, because this batch of ores was more than the previous ones, and it was very easy to mine.

Lelouch walked over, the entrance of this mine, is in the middle of the entire base, close to the side of the hillside, the outside is reinforced with wood, at this time at the entrance of the cave, a cart of ore, is lying quietly where, Lelouch casually picked up a piece, the ore is very heavy, Lelouch pinched hard, in addition to pinching some of the attached gravel soil outside, the ore inside is intact, it looks very hard.

Of course, Lelouch didn't know how to look at the quality of the ore, so he could only use such a stupid method to at least prove that the fineness of these ores was good, and Lelouch nodded with satisfaction

"Yes, the quality of these iron ores is very good, everyone has worked hard, add dinner tonight!"

Lelouch's words made the workers laugh, not that they cared about the extra meal in the evening, after all, they only followed Lelouxiu, but they never treated them badly in terms of food, and the extra meal was dispensable for them, what really made them happy was Lelouch's affirmation of their work, which made them feel that they did not live up to Lelouch's report on the good life they gave, the ancients may not have a lofty vision as modern people, but they are definitely simpler than modern people.

Now the mine is already using iron production, so the work efficiency is much happier, and Lelouch is also trying to supply this side in terms of manpower, but to be honest, there are not many skilled people, except for a few people in the blacksmith shop who have some skills, everyone else is just some strong labor, after all, mining does not require too much technology.

After learning about the production of minerals, Lelouch was ready to go to the wooden fort, which is the industrial zone in Lelouch's planning, and only where did all the excellent blacksmiths in Lelouch's hands gather, although the canal has not yet been built, but the ore has begun to supply the wooden fort, although the efficiency is relatively low, and the amount is not much, but at least the preparations for the industrial zone can be carried out.

And there is one thing that does not need to be transported by canals, that is, limestone, limestone generally has a certain reserve in almost all mines, so iron ore mines not only produce iron ore, but also produce a certain amount of limestone, which is the cement can be produced in large quantities, there is also a stone road between Mubao and iron mines, and the railway may be expanded to cement roads in the later stage, but that is after next year, and the main cement use direction this year is still commercial road construction.

It only takes an hour from the iron ore to the wooden fort, and Lelouch didn't have time to rest, so he rushed here, compared to the iron mine, Lelouch cares more about the wooden fort, after all, the supply of raw materials for Lelouch is completely sufficient at present, even if the population continues to climb next year, there will definitely be no shortage of iron ore.

But production is not the same as not keeping up, in Lelouch's view, it is a good thing that there are enough raw materials, but if there is not enough digestion capacity, then it is just a pile of waste.

Lelouch has not been to the wooden fort for a long time, at this time the wooden fort is no longer a small temporary base like it was at the beginning, the walls have been reinforced and thickened, many places also have guard towers, the internal scope is larger, a river of people flows, under the deliberately designed water flow, more than a dozen huge waterwheels are rolling slowly, next to each waterwheel, there is a huge big house, the junction between them, the workers are using the latest iron tools, assembly, the tool is very simple, that is, gears.

I have to say that the physical fitness of the Middle-earth people is developed, and the slightly sophisticated gears are directly built with backward blacksmith shops, although the efficiency is touching, but it also solves the initial problem, at this time there is already a factory building and the waterwheel linked, and began to produce, the huge chimney is constantly emitting gray-white exhaust gas.