Chapter 30 Iron Ore

As Snow expected, he got up in the morning and went out, and saw many residents with panda eyes, apparently not sleeping very well last night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIt's no wonder that there are four beasts that want to kill people squatting at the door of their own town, can they sleep soundly.

However, Snow slept soundly, because he knew in his heart that the four-headed beast would not only not threaten the town, but would also serve as a deterrent to some small beasts. With them, the town of Rook would be safer.

Nodding to the yawning residents along the way, Snow came to the north gate. Abra was scattered behind the fence with a team, and he really couldn't sleep last night, so he got up to help before it was time for the rotation.

"How?" Snow asked, holding his hands behind his back.

"One night, they didn't even move, they just lay on their stomachs. As soon as it was light, they went together. Abra said, "I don't know what these four big guys are trying to do." ”

"As long as they don't attack the town, it doesn't matter what they're up to." Snow patted Abra, who was already yawning, "I've been busy all night, leave the deepening trap to someone else, and let the big guys go back to rest." Maybe tonight, these beasts will come. ”

As soon as the beasts left, the members of the patrol breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as the highly tense nerves relaxed, a wave of exhaustion crept up in my heart.

"Yes." Abra nodded, and went back to rest with the patrol.

Randolph and Brissy led the residents to the front of the town, and after saluting Snow, they said with some anxiety: "Lord Townsman, are we still fishing today?" The appearance of these four beasts made the big guy very worried. "There's no guarantee that the beasts won't come back suddenly, and if the inhabitants go out fishing and happen to catch the beasts sealing their doors, it's dangerous.

"In a little while, it will be time for wild beasts to be frequent, and we must hurry up and store enough food." Snow looked up and saw that there was no sign of any wild beasts, "In this case, let Mandasen bring more people with you." Bring weapons with you except the tools you need for fishing. ”

Snow knew in his heart that the Panthers would not come back during the day. But in order to prevent the attack of other beasts, it is better to be fully prepared before leaving the town.

"It seems to me that most of these beasts gather in front of the door, and if we find them coming back, they will blow the warning whistle. Then you will go around to the south side of the town, and I will have people carry wooden ladders to meet you. Snow added.

"Okay." Randolph nodded, and instructed the residents to prepare their netting tools. Although the big guy is still a little worried, he can only take some risks in order to survive.

"By the way, Randolph, let me ask you something, is there any iron ore left in our town?" Snow turned his head and asked, at this time, if you want to enter the iron ore mining, I am afraid that the residents will be very opposed. After all, the iron mine is on the periphery of the mountains and forests, and it is too dangerous to enter.

"Iron ore? What do you want iron ore for? Randolph asked, confused.

"I'm going to build a batch of bows and arrows, and the weapons and equipment in our town are really poor. But now it's too dangerous to go to the mines in the mountains and forests. Snow stretched out his head and asked with some expectation: "After so many years of digging iron ore, you and my grandfather didn't have some private hiding?" ”

"Mayor, with the conditions of our town, it is not enough to refine a large amount of iron ore, and it is difficult to dig up the ore every year to reach the amount specified by the fortress, so how can we deduct it privately." Randolph smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, if we detain iron ore privately, we won't hide it from you." ”

"Yes." Snow looked disappointed, in his memory, his grandfather had indeed never privately withheld iron ore.

"But in addition to going to the mines, there is another place where there is some iron ore." Randolph paused and said, "Every time we mine iron ore, there are some very poor quality ore. There are a lot of magazines in this ore, and sending them to the fortress will not count as our production. But it is a pity to throw it away like this, so when the mining comes out, the old mayor will always store these inferior quality ores in a place on the edge of the mountain forest. ”

"yes, I didn't think of that." Snow's eyes lit up, he knew about it, maybe it was because he didn't take it seriously in his previous memory, so he didn't think about it.

Because the iron ore is stratified differently, the quality is also good and bad. When the ore was sent to the fortress in the first year, the inspection team said that they had deliberately overused the stock. Poor-quality ores are confiscated directly and not included in the production.

But these poor quality ores should not be piled up in the mines, which would block the road. Everyone worked hard to transport these ores, although they couldn't get a grain of food, but they were not willing to throw them away casually. So Lao Ske asked people to transport all the ore of poor quality to a clearing at the edge of the mountain forest.

Lao Ske felt in his heart that maybe in the future, the mine would lose its mining value, and the border fortress would lower some standards. At that time, these ores of inferior quality may be able to be exchanged for some rations. Unexpectedly, he guessed correctly, these ores are indeed useful now, but they are not exchanged for food from the fortress.

"My grandfather was so prescient." Snow was excited, and although he remembered that there were many magazines in these iron ores, they were not in good condition. But fortunately, there were many of them, and Snow could have extracted enough iron from them to meet his current needs. The steel is then obtained by the steel filling method, and then it is made into a steel arrowhead.

"Go fishing, I'm going to work on iron." Snow first asked one of the residents to gather all the people in the town who had worked as masons. Then he turned and ran to Abra's room, and cried into his ear, "Abra, get up quickly." ”

Abra, who had just fallen asleep and was snoring, stood up with a stirring at Snow's shout, drew the inseparable long sword at his waist, and asked, "Lord Town, is it a beast?!" ”

Snow looked at Abra drawing his sword in his hand, looking panicked, and couldn't help but shake his head, it seems that he has been tossed by wild beasts for this time.

"No, it's just that there are some things that need the help of the escorts." Snow said, "You go and wake up the big guy, and work harder." ”

"Oh, it's not a beast." Abra retracted her sword with some embarrassment, scratching her head and leaving the room to wake up the members of the Guardian who had just fallen asleep.

Snow smiled bitterly and shook his head, if Abra knew that he wanted them to take someone to the Endless Mountain Forest to pull ore, I don't know how he would react.