Yan Zheng named the area where the ore was first discovered Tieling, and he had his people dig more than a hundred pits around a center.

The distribution of minerals was probably understood, and a lot of mineral samples were collected.

Overall, the mines here are enough to make weapons and farm tools, but if you want to play steelmaking, it's better to save it!

And these ores have a very mixed metal composition. Iron ore is almost all iron sulfide, which is more difficult to forge.

This is also why, the island civilizations in history did not have high smelting technology, because when they first started playing with iron, they did not know how to remove the sulfur in it.

If there is too much sulfur, it will directly make the iron brittle, and it is not easy to remove it by forging. As a result, their interest in iron has greatly decreased.

However, this is nothing to Yan Zheng, but it allows him to get the important mineral sulfur at the same time as iron.

What he wanted most was a coal-steel complex, because it was the foundation of the Industrial Revolution.

The essence of the Industrial Revolution is that it uses chemical energy and machinery to summon productive forces that are otherwise unattainable.

As long as the coal-steel complex is realized, then the technology driven by steel and coal will enter a virtuous circle.

If enough steel is produced, it will be possible to make a machine out of a machine, and then a product can be made from a machine.

And to have enough steel, you have to burn more coal. In order to burn more coal, machines are needed to intervene in the mining and transportation of coal, so as to overcome the obstacles of natural geography.

Therefore, once the coal-steel complex is formed, it is actually a step in the door of the industrial revolution.

All Yan Zheng can do now is to realize the "wood and iron" complex, and with more iron, he can make more saws, axes, and weapons.

Fight for more hunting grounds with your weapons, then chop down trees faster with a saw and axe.

More of the charcoal produced will be turned into iron, which will make more tools to achieve the purpose of increasing productivity.

This system of Yan Zheng's self-naming seems to be backward, but in fact, it has lasted for thousands of years in human society.

Before returning home, Yan Zheng asked his people to pile up some dry firewood in a forest that looked relatively dry.

Although Lu Wan and An San were reluctant, they still silently let people light the fire.

The fire soon erupted, first burning the grease oozing from the pine trees, and then igniting the dried leaves.

After Yan Zheng observed for a while, he sighed silently, he planned to never mention the stupid thing of setting fire to the mountain again.

Ansan and Lu Wan were pleasantly surprised, the raging fire was slowly getting smaller, and when the dry wood was finished, the ignition could no longer shake the entire forest.

Yan Zheng didn't talk much, for him, the fire can't be burned, so he can only rely on chopping and chopping!

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After returning to the tribe, the envoys of the Taduobu, the Adaobu, and the Reed Tribes were already waiting.

Yan Zheng first went to the small earthen furnace, took out a few pieces of ore, and asked the iron-making clansmen to take them to the smelting first.

He also commanded his people to crush all these ores.

Then he summoned the three envoys in a hurry, and as soon as they met, he asked sharply: "I heard that you Douwei Society want to plot against our Mona Department together?" ”

When the three messengers heard this, they began to defend themselves frantically before they came to their senses.

"Son of God, our tribe doesn't know about this matter, and we have always lived in harmony with Monabu."

"Yes, we have sworn to the ancestral spirit, we will never break the oath, and since we have started trading, we will never plot against your Monabu!"

"We wouldn't have thought that the headquarters of the Douwei Society would actually plot against you!"

Yan Zheng snorted coldly and said, "In that case, why did you want to reveal the secret of my Mona Ministry? If it weren't for you, how would he know that my Mo Mina has bamboo armor and an iron axe? ”

"You still say that you don't want to use the power of the Ministry to weaken our Mona Department?"

The three envoys were stunned, and the envoy of the Taduo Department stood up violently and said: "This matter has nothing to do with our Taduo Division, but it was leaked by the Reed Division!" ”

The envoy of the Reed Department was momentarily stunned, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly retorted: "He is lying!" This was obviously done by their Tadobu tribe. ”

Yan Zheng looked at the envoy of the Daoist Ministry and asked, "What about your Daoist Ministry?" ”

The envoy of the Taoist Ministry looked left and right in a little panic, a finger, not knowing where to point.

"So, you're all guilty?" Yan Zheng said sharply.

The envoy of the Daoist Department was startled, gritted his teeth and pointed, "It's the Reed Ministry!" It was they who leaked it, they have always been friendly with the headquarters, and the daughter of their leader is also married to the chief of the headquarters! ”

The envoy of the Reed Department was about to cry in a hurry, and hurriedly swore: "If the Reed Ministry plots against Monabu, let the heavens rain fire for three days and three nights, and incinerate our souls!" ”

When the other two messengers saw this, they swore together.

Yan Zheng said angrily: "Just an oath to convince people? Don't you think we're easy to bully? From this day we will cut off trade, tomorrow I will inform the other tribes, and the day after tomorrow I will have our warriors ask your leaders! ”

The faces of the three envoys changed greatly, and the envoys of the Taduobu hurriedly pleaded: "The Son of God is angry, our Taduobu definitely has no intention of plotting against you!" ”

The other two also begged bitterly, for fear that in a few days, they would become the second Sinaibu.

Yan Zheng was furious and shouted: "Send a few messengers back!" ”

After that, he turned around and left, and the maximum diplomatic pressure can bring unimaginable benefits.

The three messengers began to beg for their fathers and mothers, and they were unwilling to leave Monabu like this.

Not long after Yan Zheng left, the leader hurriedly ran over.

He pushed away the pulling armor soldier and lifted the three messengers up respectfully.

"The Son of God is very angry, he said that we are willing to trade and share with you with good things, but you still want to plot against our Monabu!"

The three messengers hurriedly grasped this life-saving straw and explained the truth of Fang Cai to the leader one by one.

After hearing this, the leader let out a long sigh and said, "But you have finally leaked the situation of our tribe to your headquarters, and they have indeed sent people to plot against us!" Fortunately, it was recognized by the Son of God, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable! ”

The three envoys calmed down and understood why Yan Zheng was so angry.

"So be it!" The leader soothed: "After you go back, you will apologize with a generous gift and explain the misunderstanding, maybe the Son of God will be soft-hearted at that time!" ”

"Generous gifts?"

"Well, our tribe has recently produced refined salt, I will send you some back later, and then you will persuade your leader, prepare a generous gift to make amends, and then swear not to have more contact with the headquarters of the Douwei Society, I believe that the Son of God will forgive you!" The leader said kindly.

"What kind of gift will the Son of God like?"

"The Son of God likes young men and women the most, especially the young man, and the Son of God is even more happy!"

The three messengers all bowed their heads and pondered, and after a moment they all said that they could go back and discuss with the leader.

So they returned to the tribe with a pot of refined salt......

And the leader's face also had a look of stealing fun, and he returned to the thatched house and informed Yan Zheng of the situation.

Yan Zheng was very satisfied, and suddenly felt that diplomatic blackmail was really cool! No wonder every hegemon in later generations liked to play this hand.

And this time with such fanfare, it is also to let these tribes understand that they should not have the intention of conspiring.

The current Mona Department is not afraid of any tribe, but it is afraid that they will engage in this set.

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