If the saying that the hearts of those who are not of our race must be different applies universally to the mortal race, then the gap between the gods and mortals has widened to the point that they are incomparable, and mortals cannot speculate about their thoughts and thoughts. In fact, what the gods think and do is not on the same plane as the mortals who have a limited lifespan and have to run around to support their families.

As a glorious, great, and correct traverser, the last thing he wants to provoke is a god who represents the highest level of power in the new world, but he often has friction with a certain god. To be honest, this is not a matter of any way, since the New World is a place where true gods exist, their influence will naturally extend and permeate every corner of this world. Unless Luo Zhengdao is willing to hide in a place where no one knows and never come out to see people, sooner or later he will clash with some strength attached to the gods, and this matter is essentially insoluble.

After reorganizing his thinking, Luo Zhengdao decided to act according to the plan, and the main goal of his trip was to win over this dwarven tribe for his own use, like the stinky and hard guys of the Drow Elves, he didn't bother to bother to take care of it!

"If you don't mind, can you show me around your workshop?"

The appearance is similar to that of a walking Humpty Fat Bear, and the Steelfist Chieftain has smashed at least five more talent points in the political attribute than his fellow clansmen, and when he heard Luo Zhengdao's words, he immediately said with a smile on his face:

"Of course, it's a great honor to welcome His Royal Highness the Regent, please come with me."

"Jingle Bell! Jingling! Jingle ......"

Before you reached the cave that served as a workshop, you could already hear the rhythmic sound of striking iron, and as the distance got closer, you could see the red fire of the furnace reflected on the stone wall, and the jumping and flickering fire mixed with the crisp and pleasant sound of percussion revealed a strange rhythmic beauty. Even the layman who does not understand metallurgy can feel the skill and devotion of these craftsmen who wield hammers next to them, and it would be hellish to say that they can't make quality products in the face of such awe-inspiring professionals.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway, you let Luo Zhengdao strike the iron by himself, he can pick up the hammer, but if you want to say that the skill of striking iron is not up to the standard enough, he can pat his chest and say that he is reliable.

"Well, your skills are great!"

Luo Zhengdao's praise will not make the dwarves proud, the dwarf race in the new world is synonymous with blacksmiths, which is also the root of their ill-fated fate, no matter which race dominates the new world, the dwarves are sad iron coolies.

The ironclad ship is different from the traditional wooden sail warship, this kind of large warship belonging to the industrial age requires a large number of skilled craftsmen and a stable and reliable supply of metal ingots, backed by the Yaling Empire, the big financier, Luo Zhengdao also has the filament used to make magic cloth This foreign trade weapon, plus the output of ordinary silk, paper and glass and other special products, basically do not worry about not being able to buy metal.

The key problem that hindered the expansion of production capacity was that there was nowhere to buy skilled craftsmen, the great powers had recently been rearmament, blacksmith slaves were priceless, and there were no training institutions such as Lanxiang Technical School in the New World to learn excavators...... No, recruiting skilled craftsmen is very problematic.

Although the Yaling Empire often engages in friction with goblins, but after all, everyone is not ready to go to war, and is not ready to tear their faces openly, even if the great god of Bann does not express his position, it is very difficult to provoke, on the premise of choice, Yaling would rather secretly lay black feet, and appear as a relatively neutral face on the surface. Even if the Yaling fleet had just beaten the combined fleet of Modo Blackwater and the Yogyakarta Kingdom some time ago, it was in the name of being invited to send troops, and Yaling did not directly declare war on the Goblin Second Empire. Therefore, the Yaling Empire will not send its own craftsmen to support Luo Zhengdao, as for whether it can provide foreign craftsmen? Dear, do you think that with Yaling's pride and pursuit of perfection personality, they will use foreign craftsmen?

In short, the matter of craftsmen has to rely on Luo Zhengdao to think about it himself, and sending people to recruit the few people who have mastered the skills among the displaced people and the patience to cultivate themselves is the main way to deal with it at present, and after all, it is a little slow.

Planning is always easy, but it's not easy to recruit artisans in the real world. The number of craftsmen among the displaced people is limited, and it takes more time to train a craftsman from scratch than it takes to train a qualified army that can go to the battlefield, and the recruits can be thrown to the battlefield after half a year of training, and they are good soldiers if they don't die in two battles. Because of this, it is reasonable for Luo Zhengdao to show a particularly high enthusiasm for the help of the Gray Iron Tribe, who would not know that in the new world, these dwarves who are addicted to alcohol are born to be good blacksmiths and good stonemasons!

After visiting around, at the welcome reception held in the evening, Luo Zhengdao spoke impassionedly, and then he lowered his voice and said tentatively to the Steelfist Chief:

"I'd like to hire a group of dwarven blacksmiths, is that okay?"

As expected, this request was stuck at the chief of the dwarf dundun, and the thick eyebrows of the steel fist were twisted into a ball, and he snorted and said:

"The Tribe is under threat from the Drow, and we need manpower...... Yes! Of course, if the war is over, the craftsman can go out. ”

Even the dwarves, who have always been known for their generosity, have shown the other side of cunning in the face of stakes, presumably the Steelfist Chief does not have enough brain power and cunning talent to climb to today's position. Even among the piles of stupid people, you can pick out a few who are not so stupid, not to mention that the dwarves are not stupid, they are just stubborn. Steel Fist's words are equivalent to clearly telling Luo Zhengdao that if you want to hire a dwarf craftsman, it is absolutely no problem, and if you can't settle the drow elves, then you don't mention anything, that's wishful thinking!

Tilting his head and thinking for a moment, Luo Zhengdao turned to say:

"Then I'm going to buy a batch of metal ingots, this matter is fine, right?"

The metal production of the New World is quite tragic, but for historical reasons, the stock is relatively considerable. The record for the highest steel production capacity in the Old World before the Industrial Revolution was left in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is said that it is as high as 120,000 tons in modern units of measurement, which is only the highest record for a single country, and the total global steel production at that time must be about 200,000 tons.

The Yaling Empire is the largest steel producer in the New World, and according to the latest figures released by the Royal Privy Council of Yaling, the total production last year was just over 14,000 tons, even if this statistic is limited to steel products, which shows how pitiful the total metal production of the New World is. The steel production of the Elven Federation is roughly the same as that of Yaling, but the output of metals such as copper, tin, lead and other metals exceeds that of Yaling, such a tragic output does not mean that metal materials in the New World are scarce to the point of extremely expensive, don't forget that this is a place with a history of civilization of tens of thousands of years, even if steel will corrode in the air, the metal utensils accumulated over the years are not small, so durable goods such as metal cannons are not too scarce, and consumables such as cannonballs are really too luxurious.

The seemingly honest Steelfist Chief weighed the scales in his heart, and said with a bright smile:

"His Royal Highness the Lord Regent is a friend of our gray iron dwarves, of course it is okay to buy metal......"

"Boom ......"

Before the chief could finish speaking, a muffled explosion was heard, and a lot of rubble and dust fell from the top of the cavern. Keenly squatting down and pulling out a gun in his hand at the first time, Luo Zhengdao scanned the surrounding situation with a nervous expression at this time, and said:

"What exploded?"

Suddenly coming to his senses and being attacked, the steel fist jumped up violently, and shouted:

"Oops, that's in the direction of the warehouse."

"Chief! The black skins of the chief drow are here again! ”

The dwarven sentry was armed with a bronze musket in the shape of a flare, one of the most classic designs since the invention of the musket, and fired shotguns with great efficiency, and the dwarven sentry ran all the way to the corners of his mouth foaming at the corners of his mouth, shouting for warnings. Putting aside what the Steel Fist Chieftain who was stunned by the black tiger's heart-wrenching attack on Drow thought, Luo Zhengdao was already in a hurry, how did the Drow Elf infiltrate the Gray Iron Dwarf Tribe? The outside direction was breached? Who are these undisciplined black skins for?

The sequelae of using the magic card prompted Luo Zhengdao to use his ability carefully, and no one liked the matter of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, so he immediately rushed out of the cave in three or two steps, and shouted loudly:

"Zola! Where are you? ”

"We're here, come and meet."

Hearing the sound, Luo Zhengdao held the sword in his hand, and the cloak on his body that was purely for showing off his style was also thrown on the ground, and he rushed towards the source of the sound quickly. As soon as the two sides met, they found that the faces on the left and right of the boatswain were a little unfamiliar, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help frowning slightly, and said:

“…… Are they all their own people? ”

"These are their own people, don't worry!"

At this moment, shouts sounded outside, and a voice that looked like a dwarven sentry shouted loudly:

"The black skin is in!"

Seeing this scene, Luo Zhengdao also took out the inventory weapons in the space bag and distributed them to his subordinates, this accident came in a hurry, not everyone could find their weapons in time, and there were many people who ran out with a wooden stick.

After a few short words, Luo Zhengdao patted Zola Hegel on the shoulder and said:

"It's all up to you this time, and everyone is at the boatswain's command."

Zola Hegel was not polite, drew his broad-bladed saber and pointed in the direction of the tunnel, and said:

"All ready to shoot, one platoon comes forward to aim, the second platoon prepares, and the third platoon rests."

Weapon technology dictates tactics, and before breech loading techniques, lining up to shoot is the only correct musket tactic, and even after the innovation of weapon technology, the old tactics will remain stubbornly for some time.

The new musket produced by Wake Reef itself basically realized the design of fire cap firing, breech reloading and metal fixed ammunition, of course, the technical change was limited to the metalization of the cartridge case, the bullet continued to use stone bullets, and the rifle was still the old smoothbore gun construction. The firearm is not rifled, which means that the bullet with unstable trajectory cannot maintain the accuracy of the shot, and the tactic of lining up to shoot is the most practical standard method of warfare. Fortunately, with the vastly increased reload and rate of fire, the lethality of the musketeers also increased exponentially. For Luo Zhengdao, it is better to equip a weapon with a design flaw than to replace it with a musket that fires metal bullets in batches, and then list the bill after a battle and tell him to declare bankruptcy.