Luo Lan slept for two days.

In fact, he hadn't slept well since he drove away the lord, because he was too busy.

Now it was rare to be stable, he slept in the dark, on all sides, and had a sweet dream.

As a result, he rolled out of bed and woke up directly.

When I opened my eyes, Ellie was close in front of me.

"Stupid Prince, what are you doing? Scared me. ”

Ai Li helped Luo Lan up, Luo Lan's brain was a little groggy and she slept too much. He rubbed his temples and twisted his neck comfortably, "How many days have I been asleep"?

"It's been two days, and you haven't woken up every time I come over."

Ellie complained, but her tone was very gentle, not like the coquettish woman she used to be.

Luo Lan snorted, "I also estimate that it has been two days, and the western development policy is fine, right?"

"No problem, everyone has started to migrate, and the funds for repairing toilets have begun to be in place, which should last for more than half a year."

"The cavalry returning from the mines said that Mr. Rick had made the first wheat and was to be tested in the nearby plains, where the peasants trusted the prince and that everything was at your disposal."

"So fast?"

"Mr. Rick himself brought a lot of materials for the wheat fodder, so the progress is fast, but it will be slow in the future, Mr. Rick needs a lot of leather, and the Guards are running to hunt."

"Good!"

Luo Lan was overjoyed, Rick was too powerful, and the first batch of wheat was produced in two or three days, and the efficiency was simply terrible, as for the future wheat, there was no hurry for the time being.

"It's finally on the right track. What about Gandalf? What's going on with the division of the fields? ”

Luo Lan asked about what she was more concerned about, and Ellie shook her head, "I don't know, Gandalf left two days ago, and you know, we have too few officials, Gandalf is under a lot of pressure, and we may only be able to let the farmers of Uttar Pradesh use wheat before the end of the autumn planting."

"I know that the roads in the south are not smooth, and the wheat is difficult to transport, so I don't have the luxury of it, and the focus is on ridge farming. By the way, you tell Barrett that he doesn't need to protect me, and he will go south with all the guards to propagate the ridge cultivation method, and let all the peasants use the ridge cultivation method, as long as they obey the order, they can get iron hoes, and they will be issued next year. ”

Luo Lan was really worried that the publicity was not enough, and she missed the autumn planting of the year, which was too much of a loss.

Seeing that Luo Lan was so eager, Ai Li couldn't help but reassure, "What are you anxious about?" And how could the Guards be allowed to leave Phuket City? Take your time. ”

Elle used to bury Luo Lan before, but now she secretly felt distressed, this stupid prince had never thought about himself.

Luo Lan laughed and said, "I know you're worried about my safety, but think about it, there are no nobles on Phuket Island anymore, so why is it dangerous?" And we have the church's Miss Bina, she's a patron saint. ”

With a wave of her hand, Luo Lan asked Ellie to inform Barrett that he would take a shower and then inspect the situation in the city.

Ellie sighed to herself, and went to inform her brother.

In a short time, hundreds of Guards left the city, most of them riding together on two horses, and headed south to assist Gandalf in promoting ridge cultivation before the autumn planting was over.

And Luo Lan left the palace with her little hands after washing her hands.

It's time for the sun to set.

The city is full of people building toilets. As soon as these workers saw Luo Lan, they excitedly ran over to greet them and shouted long live the prince.

Luo Lan easily blended in, not only shaking hands and hugging the workers, but also inspecting the toilets under construction.

It is a toilet under the southern wall of the city, which can be used by 200 residents in the vicinity, and is the largest toilet designed by craftsmen.

However, after so long of construction, the toilet was only dug less than a third. The pit was full of hard dirt and some rocks, and because of the excellent location, the craftsmen did not intend to avoid the rocks, so the workers were digging the rocks every day.

They beat with hammers, dug the bottom with shovels, were exhausted and panting, and many times the iron tools were damaged.

Luo Lan deliberately checked everyone's tools and found that half of them had been damaged, and most of the stone tools they were using were currently used.

What is this concept? The continent of Norran is already in the Iron Age, and stone tools are still widely used in Phuket.

The previous feudal lords did not promote the concept of iron tools at all, and they were reluctant to spend a penny more.

Luo Lan was depressed and annoyed, such backward production tools would greatly limit productivity, and perhaps this Maokeng Games would completely drag down the economic construction of Phuket.

Luo Lan hadn't thought about production tools before, but now it seems that he found himself in a strange circle of costing money.

Poor tools – less efficient – workers take longer – get paid more.

It will definitely harm the economy of Phuket, a fragile island that is in danger of bankruptcy at any time.

When it was dark, Luo Lan returned to the palace with a heavy heart.

Ai Li immediately ran over and shouted excitedly: "Luo Lan, the income from the sale of land has been counted, a total of 75,000 gold coins, and the per capita bought three acres of land, it's terrible, it turns out that everyone is so rich!" ”

Luo Lan smiled slightly, "Many of these residents are related to aristocratic families, or they are merchants, although they are not as good as real nobles, they are definitely far better than farmers, of course they are rich."

"Yes, too...... This money is enough for us for a long time, maybe it can be delayed for a year or two, and we don't have to worry about running out of funds until the Maokeng movement is over. ”

Ellie smiled like a flower, happier than anyone else.

However, Luo Lan shook his head, "I can't delay it for a year or two, I can endure it for half a year at most, and the Maokeng Movement can't exhaust our finances."

Elle was stunned for a moment, she thought for a moment and smiled wryly: "You finally know the value of gold coins, but the workers are so efficient." They weren't lazy, but ......"

"Production tools are not good, we need more iron tools, workers need it, farmers need it."

Luo Lan pointed out the key point in her words, and Ai Li clapped her hands violently: "That's right, we want to buy ironware, take out part of this money to buy ironware from the land, you should be able to buy a lot, iron hoes, shovels, iron hammers, everything!" ”

Elle thought of foreign trade.

Phuket lacks everything, so you have to trade with overseas and buy what you need from overseas.

However, what Luo Lan thought was absolutely that.

If you just buy ironware, then the iron-smelting industry in Phuket will not be developed, which is not good for the long-term, once the purchased ironware is damaged, then you have to continue to buy overseas ironware, which is a vicious circle.

"I want the mines on the West Coast to make my own iron."

Luo Lan groaned and said an astonishing sentence.

Ellie was dumbfounded, "What? Does that mine have the ability? Don't be whimsical, stupid prince, don't you even have iron ore on the West Coast, and we don't have many blacksmiths?"

Elle was no ordinary farmer, and she saw through it, and in her eyes, the West Coast did not have the ability to make its own iron tools, especially those made on a large scale.

Luo Lan smiled lightly, he didn't think so, because he had mastered the key thing: coal.

The world's iron-smelting industry uses charcoal, which is not only low in energy, but also unable to make high-temperature furnaces reach a specific temperature, which ultimately leads to the overall backwardness of the iron-smelting industry.

And coal can change a lot of things because the energy it provides is immeasurable.

So, if you have coal and then you have iron ore, most of the problems will be solved.

Thinking of iron ore, Luo Lan frowned again, iron ore is also a big problem.

There are not many iron ore mines found on Phuket Island, and it is not realistic to explore iron ore with current technology and funds, and there are no explosives for mining here.

"It would be nice if there was gunpowder, whether it was mining or digging toilets, it was a breeze."

Luo Lan couldn't help muttering, and Ai Li on the side leaned over and said, "What is gunpowder?" ”

Luo Lan, who was pondering, couldn't help but be startled: "Why are you still here." ”

"Huh? What do you mean I'm still here? I've been waiting for you to speak, what are you talking to yourself, disgusted with me? ”

Ai Li immediately crossed her waist and scolded, and Luo Lan hurriedly surrendered: "I'm sorry, I was thinking too much just now." You go and tell Miss Bina that I'm going to land, and ask her to accompany me. ”

This surprised Ellie, and she hurriedly asked Luo Lan why she was going to land.

Luo Lan spread his hands: "No way, we need to pull a little investment." ”