Standing in the harbor and seeing the boxes of silver coins brought ashore from the ship, the young duke felt the importance of introducing the banknotes as soon as possible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not to mention the handling of these silver coins, even counting them is a big problem.

However, in order to issue banknotes, there must be a strong economic foundation to support it.

There are two ways to issue banknotes: the gold standard and the paper money standard, the former is directly linked to gold, and the latter itself has no value.

Although the gold standard had long since collapsed in the era of forest leaves, it was the result of the high development of productive forces and the proliferation of paper money.

In the Miracle Continent, where productivity is still very low, the gold standard is undoubtedly the best choice.

But the premise is that Lin Ye must control the major gold mines in Warcraft Mountain.

There have been many expeditionary forces in history into the Far East, they are not to seize iron ore and coal mines, after all, the utilization rate of coal mines in this era is still very low, iron mines will not let them spend a lot of manpower and material resources to fight.

The staggering gold deposits of the Far East are their real purpose!

However, many crusades have ended in failure, and the rich gold reserves are still dormant in the land full of monsters and orcs.

Lin Ye set his eyes on this piece of fat early.

But he knew that cultural assimilation was a more acceptable way than barbaric plunder.

Of course, war is inevitable.

He is also actively preparing for this.

"My lord, the temperature of the stove is too high, please stay away. ”

In the blacksmith shop of Crescent Village, the apprentice pulling the bellows is sweating profusely.

The bellows were modified by the young duke, and the use of coal allowed the furnace to keep the temperature high day and night.

"How's the newly shipped iron ore?" Lin Ye flicked the broadsword in the corner.

The lines on the sword body are smooth, like flowing water.

There's still a warm afterglow on it.

The blade has not yet opened, and the texture is tough and makes a crisp humming sound.

Although Lin Ye didn't have much research on these weapons, even the most amateur could see that this was a good sword.

And it's just an ordinary one of the newly released swords.

"The quality of the iron ore just delivered is very good, but Master Bard said that the temperature of the iron-making furnace is still a little insufficient, and if you want to make steel according to your method, you must have a new furnace. The apprentice replied.

He wiped his sweat from time to time, he was a native of the Far East, with the smelting technology passed down from Undercurrent Island.

The quality of the swords they create is already very good.

Much more than the configuration of a normal army.

But the young duke still didn't seem to be satisfied with this, and he came up with steelmaking technology.

To be precise, it is fried steel.

According to his method, the pig iron is heated at high temperatures, heated to a liquid state, and additives are added to remove impurities.

The carbon content is controlled to a certain percentage.

Then quenching and forging are carried out.

Although the little duke only proposed a method, Master Bard tried it after serious consideration.

However, due to the temperature of the furnace, the test was never successful.

"The new steelmaking furnace is being built and will be ready for use in a week's time, and it's all hard work. Lin Ye patted the young man on the shoulder.

It was their day and night work in the blacksmith that provided the army with invincible weapons.

Although they did not appear on the battlefield.

But in the inscriptions of glory, their names will be inscribed.

He left the blacksmith shop and moved to another nearby foundry.

In fact, the entire Crescent Village was filled with iron furnaces, and the open space of the village was filled with iron ore that had been brought in, as well as weapons and armor that had just been baked.

Even the arrows were piled up, and soldiers pushed carts to sort the weapons and transport them to the newly built armory.

The child ran around barefoot and even hid the cat in the pile of weapons.

They're used to everything here.

Lin Ye clenched his fists.

"In order to stop these children from going to war one day, the next few tough battles must be won!"

"What are you talking about, Lord Duke?" Depay, a blacksmith from Undercurrent Island, is crafting traditional chain mail.

Two apprentices were on hand to help, which was very time-consuming.

"It's nothing, did Eight Feet hand over the drawings of the plate armor to you?" Lin Ye asked.

Plate armor is a major change in the history of armor.

Compared to traditional chain mail, plate armor has more outstanding defensive power.

It can effectively prevent close-range killing.

And the most important thing is that plate mail is more time-saving than chain mail, and it is easier to mass produce.

But the corresponding consumption of materials is also very large.

Compared with the plate armor that was shaped all over the body, Lin Ye and Bachi chose three-quarters of the armor after discussion.

"I've already got the drawings, just wait for the steel you said to come out, and then start forging. Depay said as he wiped his sweat.

"Thank you for your hard work, there are still a few drawings sent over today, and the Mithril Mine will be delivered in the near future, if you need something, go find Eight Feet. ”

If the strong Far Easterners are protected by plate armor, they are definitely like a tiger.

However, in order to deal with different opponents, various styles of armor need to be crafted.

A lightweight round shield and a square shield that can form a defensive formation are all essential.

Lin Ye is not satisfied with a single-equipment army.

Cavalry, infantry, or archers alone might be able to win a battle.

But to win a campaign, it is necessary to cooperate with a diverse army.

"I think the most depressed thing now should be Lancelot, the equipment of the archers and infantry is in large quantities, and the spears and armor of the cavalry are also forged, but the horses are ...... It's always a problem. Lin Ye smiled bitterly.

At this moment, the cavalry elder who was stationed in the Panshan Coal Mine probably had a worse face than him.

The number of war horses in the Far East is really limited, after all, it is not a steppe, there is no natural pasture.

Coupled with the rugged terrain, it was not conducive to cavalry combat at all.

"On the west side of Warcraft Mountain, to the north of Falcon Town, is the Hurricane Grassland, where there is a large amount of pasture, which is an excellent place to train cavalry, or when the time is ripe, send someone over there to purchase a batch of high-quality war horses?"

Lin Ye pondered for a moment, and it was already dusk at this time.

Yuffie was handing out food in the distance.

People who had been tired from a long day stopped to laugh and laugh.

There were also young men who didn't care about eating, and immediately rushed to the improvised shooting range to practice archery.

The height of this longbow is more than 1.5 meters, and the largest is even more than 2 meters.

To pull such a bow requires extremely strong arm strength.

The corresponding arrows are also cast in iron, and the arrow clusters have two wings, three edges, four edges, and cones.

Not only does this longbow have a longer range than a normal four-foot bow, but it also has a very strong penetrating power.

It can easily penetrate the cuirass of a cavalryman.

"The equipment will basically be in place, so the next step is ...... Training in the army?" (To be continued.) )