I slept until noon, and in the afternoon, I took the cubs to the forest for training.

Su Tang also went to see the progress of papermaking, and it was only during dinner in the evening that she talked to Hu Shen about mining magnetite.

"Magnetite? Is it a stone similar to the stone used by the Bamboo Bear tribe to make weapons? When Hu Shen heard this, he was also a little eager to try.

He had seen the iron tools on the farm, the daggers that Ah Tang carried with him, and even the pots and knives in the kitchen, all made of that kind of stone.

This kind of stone is much harder than ordinary stones, and if it can be mined in large quantities, it will definitely be beneficial to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

"Yes," Su Tang nodded, "It's just that I want to use it to make something else." ”

Su Tang organized the language and told Hu Shen about the idea of making steel and building a railway.

Hu Shen's expression was a little surprised, for steelmaking, he probably probably understood that it was like making those iron tools, making magnetite into different shapes, but listening to Su Tang, it seemed to be more complicated and difficult than this.

But the railway, this is not in his cognition.

"You mean, from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts to the farm, something made of this stone, paved a road? As long as the orcs sit on it, they can reach the farm, and the speed can be several times faster? ”

Hu Shen summarized the information he extracted from Su Tang's words in disbelief.

Is there such an amazing thing in the world?

The biggest reason why there are so many barren tribes on the road is that countless tribes are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and some are even thousands of miles or tens of thousands of miles away.

These tribes have difficult contact with the outside world, and even going to the big tribes to exchange supplies takes ten days and half a month.

Hu Shen didn't dare to imagine how great the benefits would be for the orcs if the "railway" in Ah Tang's mouth was really built.

They are no longer limited by distance, they can travel between tribes, transport and exchange the supplies they need, and most importantly, they will not waste countless days and nights on the road.

"Yes." Su Tang nodded seriously.

And that's just a conservative estimate she gave.

Even so, it was already a surprise to Tiger Shen.

"Ah Tang, if you can really build the railway you said, I will send half of the orcs in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain for Su Zhiwei to send." Tiger Shen said heroically.

"Nope."

"Less? Then I'm ......"

"It's not less, it's too much, a small part of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain is females, cubs and elderly orcs, and the rest of the orcs also have to live, how can they all go to build a railway."

Looking at Hu Shen's impatient appearance, Su Tang couldn't cry or laugh.

Why is this guy more anxious than her.

"As long as you agree, I will tell my brother that let him use the least number of manpower and try not to affect the normal life trajectory of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, if it doesn't go well, it may take a few years, ten years or more to build it, and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain can't be dragged down because of this."

Su Tang said matter-of-factly.

The original intention of building the railway was to make the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain better and improve the quality of life of the orcs, but it was impossible to put the cart before the horse.

After listening to Su Tang's words, Hu Shen also felt that it made sense.

"Okay, listen to you."

He felt that this railway might not be able to be built in his own hands, and he had to teach the cubs well in the future, and when he left the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, let the cubs continue to work.

This kind of thing for the benefit of orcs, even if he is not in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, he can't stop.

Thinking like this, Hu Shen became more and more satisfied with his decision.

Sure enough, it's most appropriate to leave things to others, otherwise what's the point of raising cubs.

Following.

Tiger Sun began to prepare for the mining of magnetite.

In the face of these things that he didn't know anything about, Hu Shen even humbly asked Su Shiwei for advice and took the initiative to learn.

For this reason, Su Zhiwei also specially asked him, "I will help you with everything about mining magnetite and building railways, as a beastmaster, you don't have to do these trivial things yourself, why do you spend energy to understand these?" ”

Hu Shen said righteously, "As a beast king, I can't even know what my beast people are working hard every day. ”

Seeing that Hu Shen was so humble in asking for advice, Su Zhiwei showed a smile of relief.

Tangtang's vision is really good, but he is in a high position but can ask questions without shame, just with Hu Shen's heart, he feels that Hu Shen will definitely make a big difference in the future.

As an elder brother, how could he not support it.

Therefore, every time Su Zhiwei proposed a job, he would explain the process and role to Hu Shen in detail.

At first, Hu Shen didn't understand anything about what carbon-iron alloys, solid fuels, and high-temperature dry distillation, which he had never heard before.

But the orc has a super learning ability, he quickly understood the meaning, and wrote down what Su Zhiwei said with his own understanding.

After some study, Hu Shen also had a general understanding of the difficulty of building a railway.

After making the initial plan, it is time to gather the orcs to work.

Su Zhiwei originally thought that labor was the biggest obstacle to the construction of the railway, after all, the orcs in this world were still struggling to fill their stomachs, and they would not be willing to let them stop hunting and do other things.

Who knows.

Hu Shen brought him two hundred orcs the next day.

Su Zhiwei was shocked and asked the little couple, "Why did you bring so many orcs here, and these orcs are willing to come to work?" Didn't you force them to come? ”

"They all volunteered." Hu Shen looked a little proud, "It was Ah Tang's idea." ”

"Originally, I was going to send a thousand orcs, but Ah Tang disagreed, saying that as long as two hundred, the orcs of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain would rush to come, and now there are still many orcs in Ten Thousand Beast Mountain who are waiting to expand their manpower next time."

Su Zhiwei was a little incredulous, "They all know that these jobs are not only done for a day or two, but may be years?" ”

"Of course you know."

"Also, these jobs are not easy, very hard, and there are certain dangers."

"Don't worry, I told them before I came, and the orcs here will work hard."

Hu Shen assured calmly.

Seeing that Su Zhiwei's face was full of surprise and doubt, Su Tang no longer sold Guan Zi, and explained with a smile:

"I'm just asking Tiger Shen to give them food while allowing every orc who participates in the work to have the priority to exchange cloth, coal, and build stone houses, and the share is twice as high as that of other orcs."

"Now the orcs of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain are self-sufficient in food, but the scarce goods such as cloth and coal are effective, and everyone wants to exchange them for these materials."

"Moreover, I don't limit the strength of orcs, even orcs with poor hunting ability can come and sign up."

After listening to this, Su Zhiwei quickly understood Su Tang's intentions.

Orcs with poor hunting ability mean being disliked, despised, and unable to find a mate.

But cloth and coal, in the eyes of the female, are scarce goods, and if they can exchange these goods before other orcs, the female will look up to them.

And these materials, like the method of building the stone house, are controlled by Tiger Shen.

Which female doesn't want to wear thin, cool clothes in the hot rainy season, and which female doesn't want to live in a stone house and be in a warm house during the snow season.

Su Tang asked Hu Shen to spread these "benefits" as soon as he didn't need to summon them, and some orcs rushed to work.

Those powerful orcs may still hesitate, but when they hesitate, the other orcs have already snatched up the quota, and when the quota is gone, they even regret it.

As for these orcs who are not strong, they are not the little fresh meat in the world that can't be carried on their shoulders or carried in their hands, and they won't even be able to hold a woman who is less than a hundred pounds.

Carrying a heavy load of three to five hundred pounds and running wildly in the forest is not a problem for them.

There is no need to worry that they will not have the physical strength to work.

"Yours is yours." Su Zhiwei sincerely admired, these two hundred orcs may be able to use the effect of six hundred.

As long as the other orcs see the benefits of this group of orcs, it is very simple to expand the manpower in the future.