On the volcanic island, inside the Mid-Levels Garden Villa.

“...... Every month, at least one shipload of iron ore is brought in to the Black Iron Port, where the magic furnace melts steel much faster than the Black Iron Port, and consumes much less ore and fuel. ”

In the meeting hall of the villa, everyone was gathering to discuss the coordination between the various territories of the Northern Expedition, and Adès proposed some suggestions to Anna.

"That's no problem, as long as the volcanic island can be eaten, as many ships of ore can be transported, not only iron ore, but also copper ore can be transported here for refining. Anna agreed without thinking about it, the Black Iron Port used to be purely for the export of raw materials, and the ore was basically not refined, and then Ades came, and it began to slowly carry out deep processing.

Everyone understands that iron ingots are definitely worth more than iron ore, but to refine iron ingots is not something that can be done by talking, this involves all aspects, not only need technology, but also must have fuel, now that there is a magic furnace on the island, there is no need for additional fuel and input, you can produce a large number of iron ingots, of course Anna will agree to this construction.

"Your Excellency Clifford, but this will cause the problem of secondary transportation, how to calculate the increased cost?" Zina raised her hand a little weakly and asked, although this ore turned into a metal ingot was handed over to the right hand by the left hand, but it was more troublesome to verify the cost, and I didn't know how to calculate it.

"Just do it according to the ordinary transaction, this is the simplest, there is no need to calculate the cost at all, the ship to transport is our own, so that even if there is additional cost, the money is used by our own men, and we make a lot of money. They make a small amount of money so that people can serve us willingly. ”

Adès thought for a moment. I think this should be the best way to do it as an ordinary transaction.

"But it's a bit of a loss, if it's an internal accounting. The cost will be a little lower. Although she was a little scared, Zina expressed her opinion.

Molly smiled and said on the side, "Don't listen to Adès, just calculate according to the internal price, the transportation problem, those who come to the volcanic island use our ship, and those who go to black iron on the return trip after refining metal ingots will use his ship, and the sailors and the coolies at the dock will share the cost, so it's decided, let's discuss the next issue." ”

Ades shook his head. His original intention was to pay more taxes to the viscounty, and every specialty on the volcanic island had a huge profit, and he didn't think there was any need to save this money, but Molly refused.

Anna knocked on the table, looked at everyone and said: "Next, let's talk about the equipment, during this time, we have purchased the blacksmith shop in the Black Iron Port, recruited a group of blacksmiths with better skills, and improved the steelmaking process invented by Ades.

Therefore, the steel and equipment produced in our territory are relatively high-level products. It corresponds to the high-end products on the market, but the speed of our equipment building has not improved, which causes us to sell much more steel ingots than armor, which makes a lot less money.

But there is no way to do it. The Anslow family had not been in the business of forging equipment before, and they did not have enough reserves for blacksmiths, even for steelmaking. So now let's think about it, is there any good way. ”

At this time, Jane on the side spoke. She raised her hand, then turned in Evis's direction and said, "This problem, Lord Evis, should be able to solve part of the problem. ”

These days, Eves has to calculate the distribution of the army. It's busy and dark, and in addition to the army or the army in her mind, she has been hiding behind the crowd and is not active, and now she suddenly heard someone mention her name, and she looked up at everyone in a daze, looking at her at a loss.

Yunni next to her hurriedly described the question Anna said just now, and Evis suddenly realized: "It's very simple, as long as the weights and measures are consistent, each blacksmith only needs to forge one kind of armor parts, and even doesn't need a blacksmith, only an apprentice can make zuò."

After unifying the size, the created parts can be assembled into finished products, and my leather armor workshop does this, which can probably more than double the production, you ask Ades in detail, this is his idea, he came up with the solution. ”

Adès followed Anna's example, knocked on the table and said: "This method was conceived by me, this method of making zuò that I call a streamlined process, the biggest problem is that there is a unified weights and measures, and everyone who forges or makes zuò armor must use the same ruler, otherwise the parts are made, and they may not be matched."

I'll go back and change the work booklet of the leather armor workshop, Anna, you just follow the instructions in the booklet when you go back, Jane, you have seen it in the leather armor factory, and you will be responsible for the process improvement of the forging workshop. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. Jane nodded, jotting down Adès' orders in her notebook.

"Potions used on the battlefield, ...... Yunny"

"Logistical supply problems, Zina......"

"The integration and increase of the city defense force and the guard, Evis......"

"Establishment of the Mage Regiment, Ward ......"

"The Integration of Druids and Priests, ...... Molly"

From the easternmost estuary town to the westernmost Barony of Boden, from the port of Ambo at the mouth of the Hongshui River to the volcanic island in the sea, they all began to bite each other like gears, speeding up integration.

Watching things be solved one by one, one by one, before the meeting ended, Ades knocked on the table, attracted everyone's attention, and then said: "Finally, I have a question I want to discuss with you." As he spoke, he gestured to Yunni, who took out a leather map from the space container and spread it out in front of everyone.

"Look, this mountain trail can lead all the way to the north, and this is also the only way for us to go on this Northern Expedition, so Mr. Nancy, we have to ask the academy to lend that earth element magic item to expand this mountain path. ”

Nancy nodded, this question had already been greeted by Adès in advance, and the academy had agreed to lend magic items, and there was no obstacle to this question.

Pointing to the map, Adès continued: "Not only does this trail need to be expanded, but as you can see from the map, this trail is relatively long, and if we pass through the mountains, it will be very difficult to supply logistics, and it is very easy to have problems with such a long journey.

So I built a volunteer camp here, on a relatively gentle hill with a water source, where logistical supplies could be transported from Nawabira County to the camp for storage, and then from inside the camp when needed.

And with this camp, we can firmly control this path in our hands, even if the war is over in the future, we can also grasp the initiative, and whoever wants to pass this path, we can monitor it. ”

At the end, Adès said what he thought in his heart, and this was what he wanted. (To be continued......)