After thinking about it, Liu Ergou habitually turned his head and instructed Erantst on the side: "You can implement this matter and help that kid from Budley repair the chimney as soon as possible, no matter what, the working environment still has to be guaranteed......"

But he didn't want Ellanster to wave his hand, "No, I have to strengthen the city wall with Abel during this time, I really don't have time, boss, you can find someone else!" ”

"Then Bufax, you're in charge......" "I can't either, boss, I still have to watch the forward base!" And Winston has discovered a new hunting ground these days, and I'll have to check it out with him. Bufax didn't have time.

"Boss, just go find Bodley yourself." Hoffman scratched his head and said to Liu Ergou.

"I can't either, I've made an appointment with the smelting furnace in the past few days, and I can't pull away." Liu Ergou himself shook his head.

"I'm going to help Brother Boudley!" In the end, it was the well-behaved emir who took the initiative to stand up.

"Hey! It's my grandson, so good! Elantst smiled and took little Emir in his arms.

......

The forging furnace is also one of the several production facilities that were newly built after the renovation of Kitahara Castle.

Originally, at the level of Abel and Boudley, the houses were nothing more than holes in the earth or shacks made of tree branches, and did not require any complicated tools.

But since Driss's people took over the construction work, they found that with the tools they carried, they couldn't meet the scale of construction of Kitahara Castle at all!

Therefore, under the auspices of Ayastun, a large area was set aside under the southeast wall of the northern original city, and a huge smelting furnace was built.

In fact, in addition to the huge furnace, there are many other facilities for carving molds, forging blanks, and finishing in the entire area. It's just that the central melting furnace is so conspicuous that the term "melting furnace" is simply used to refer to the entire area.

The head of the smelting furnace was a Bison bison blacksmith named Hammer, who was accompanying Liu Ergou at the moment, briefing him on the progress of the work here.

“...... To sum up, the existing supply of iron sand can basically meet the forging demand of construction tools. However, the reserves of iron sand are not large, and there are many impurities, and this output is the limit in the current situation. ”

The iron sand that Hammer is talking about is an open-pit iron mine found not far from the castle of Kitahara. Due to years of weathering, most of the ore is scattered on the surface like coarse gravel, so it is called iron sand.

"If we build a well-equipped standing army of about 1,000 men according to the ideas of the adults...... IMHO, the existing production scale should be at least doubled, and the output of iron ore should be increased by at least five times! And that's not counting the demand for several rare ores......"

"yes, I see." Liu Ergou nodded, "In this regard, I will try to think of as many ways as possible." Now you can follow the original plan and prioritize the construction needs of the city! ”

After thinking about it, Liu Ergou asked again: "How is the progress of the research on that batch of waste parts?" ”

The "batch of waste pieces" in Liu Ergou's mouth naturally refers to the discarded guide rails that were shipped back.

"The time for the adults to come, we have already made a trial production of something according to the nature of that batch of raw materials, and please take a look at it!" After Hammer finished speaking, he owed Liu Ergou slightly.

"Okay, you lead the way!" Liu Ergou nodded.

So, under the leadership of Hammer, Liu Ergou walked through a large area of hot forging sites and came to a rather quiet house.

"My lord, this is our refining workshop, and some utensils with special manufacturing requirements will be carefully manufactured here."

"Please come with me." Pushing open the door, Hammer made a "please" gesture.

What appeared in front of Liu Ergou's eyes was a crossbow arrow that was five meters long and thicker than his thigh!

The arrows are extremely smooth and silvery-white, and are made entirely of metal. The body and tail of the arrows are all engraved with an intricate magic array, and the edges of the arrows are also shining with a sharp cold light!

"My lord, this is the charged crossbow arrow we made with that batch of raw materials, which can be fired with the dragon hunting crossbow in the city!"

"Tell me more." Liu Ergou pointed to the giant arrow.

"Yes. Although the batch of materials brought back by the adults cannot be analyzed at all with our process, let alone restore their original fine structure, it is still not a problem to refine them. ”

"This material has excellent magical guiding properties, and when properly processed, special containers made of this material can be used to store mana."

"It's just that the stored mana is very unstable, and it will explode if you are not careful! Originally, we wanted to use this energy storage as an energy source for the Magic Crystal Cannon, but we tried several times and failed. ”

"But then we thought, since it's easy to explode, it seems like a good idea to use it as a bomb? So there is this trial-made charged crossbow arrow! ”

"The whole of this crossbow is a hollow metal tube made of sand iron, and the inside is filled with processed magic guide materials."

"Through the outer magic array, the crossbow bolt can be charged when used, making it full of unstable magical power, and then launched with the dragon hunting crossbow."

"As soon as the bolt hits the target, the unstable mana stored in it will explode instantly! So as to achieve the goal of killing and injuring the enemy. ”

Liu Ergou immediately reacted, this is the *** of another world!

"How's it doing?" After calming down the slightly excited emotions in his heart, Liu Ergou began to ask some key questions.

"It's a pity that my lordship has not tested it yet, and the crossbow arrow that my lord saw is actually the only finished one so far. So whether it is range, accuracy, or lethality, it is currently unknown. ”

"What about capacity? How many of these bolts can be made? ”

"Due to the limited number of magic guide materials as the core energy storage components, according to our estimates, if all the materials are put in, about 100 can be built."

"As for the production speed, since the outer magic array needs to be carved by craftsmen by hand, it can basically produce three pieces per day."

After listening to Hammer's report, Liu Ergou nodded.

Not too surprisingly, this charged crossbow bolt was born entirely out of the scrap pieces, a product of chance.

Such a thing is okay to meet some special purposes, but if it is used as a standing armament, it is far from enough.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou instructed Hammer: "Allocate half of the materials to produce this charged crossbow arrow, and the other half should not be moved yet, maybe there are other uses." ”

"In addition, you can organize some people to study whether you can make crossbow arrows with the same function without using this special material? It doesn't matter if the effect is a little worse, the focus is on mass production. ”

"The matter of weapons and armor...... Let's put it first! The priority is to meet the construction of the city, and this matter is also left to you. I will find a way to solve the problem of iron ore as soon as possible. Leaving the smelting furnace and finding a place where no one was, Liu Ergou began to call the system in his mind.

"Al! Give me a map of the distribution of ore veins in the entire Northern Plains! ”

"The host doesn't have enough permissions to call the feature!" Al immediately rejected Liu Ergou's order.

Liu Ergou knew that when Al came up with the reason of insufficient authority, it meant that in the eyes of the system, his strength needed to be improved.

But now, compared to the improvement of his own strength, Liu Ergou needs to build this Beiyuan City as soon as possible!

"What about the situation around Kitahara Castle? This should work, right? Liu Ergou asked Al tentatively again.

"Ding!"

A prompt sounded, and several charts immediately appeared in Liu Ergou's spiritual world.

With the appearance of the chart, Al also began to explain to Liu Ergou: "With the central church of Beiyuan City as the center, within a radius of 50 kilometers, there are six kinds of ordinary mineral resources, and there are a total of 11 resource points with reserves of more than 500 tons. ”

"There are three kinds of rare minerals, and there are a total of five resource points with reserves of more than ten tons."

"According to the systematic analysis, the most valuable vein at the moment is: Moria's iron ore concentrate."

"Reserves: about 350 tons"

"Mining Difficulty: Easy"

"Location: About forty-five kilometers west-northwest of Kitahara Castle."

"Potential threat: Cave goblin tribes, about seven hundred adult goblins."

Goblins again!

When Dries and her party fled to the Northern Plains, they were robbed by goblins and had to give up a large amount of supplies to escape.

Originally, in Liu Ergou's plan, in order to recapture this batch of materials, it was inevitable to have a fight with the goblins...... Now it's about Moria iron ore again!

Liu Ergou couldn't help but rub his forehead. It seems that this goblin is really a hurdle that he must overcome.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou's mind came up with all kinds of information about this race that he had heard before.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the demons sealed by the gods were unwilling to endure their own defeat, so they used the dark power to infect some fallen humans, elves, and orcs.

Driven by the forces of darkness, these fallen people performed a ritual in which they sacrificed their bodies to demons! And on top of this ceremony, the first goblin was born.

Whether or not this legend is the true origin of goblins, it is a good description of what goblins look like: the appearance of a human, the body of an orc, and the long ears that resemble an elf, this is a goblin.

And just like their appearance, the goblin race has both the cunning wisdom of humans and the strong body of orcs!

I don't know if this thing inherits some of the elven qualities, but the combination of the two, combined with its innate brutality and bloodlust, is enough to give the goblins a place among the dark races on the continent.

The goblins in the wasteland, according to Ellanst, seem to be much bigger than the other goblins out there.

These goblins dig holes in the wasteland, and in addition to hunting everywhere, they run into the territory of other intelligent creatures to wreak havoc and plunder!

Even the Mauss have suffered from it! Later, it was Elanster himself who drove the incoming goblin out of his territory.

Obviously, this is not a race where friendly communication can be. And to fight against such a large number of races, which also have good strength and wisdom, it is far from enough to rely on Liu Ergou's personal strength.

He needs an army, a well-trained and well-equipped army!

But when it comes to equipment, you have to find ways to increase the supply of ore!

Except for the refined iron ore vein occupied by the goblins, several other resource points are either steep and difficult to mine; Either there are too many impurities and too little output......

After all, we still have to find a way to snatch this refined iron ore from the goblins!

Seeing that the problem fell into a dead loop, Liu Ergou suddenly became a big one.

After thinking about it, Liu Ergou decided to put this matter aside and solve the food problem first.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

......

After studying in the alchemy workshop for five days, Liu Ergou finally found a way to release the essence of life steadily.

In these five days, there was even a miscalculation in the middle of the process, which caused the fully activated life essence to "stain" the entire house in an instant!

This originally plain wooden house was once as leafy as a big tree, and branches were growing everywhere. Liu Ergou had no choice but to find a group of people from the construction site and cut down the workshop for a whole afternoon before cleaning up the workshop.

And in Liu Ergou's hands, the original unruly essence stone was lying quietly on a magic pattern plate at the moment, exuding a warm and constant aura to the surroundings.

This magic pattern plate is the final result of his five days. As long as a small magic crystal is inserted, the activated magic array will activate the Essence Stone to a stable level, and the Essence Stone will leave the rest to the Essence Stone itself.

Just as he had planned for a long time, Liu Ergou came to the church square, dug a pit with his own hands, and then put the magic pattern board and a tree seed into it properly.

After inserting a magic crystal, Liu Ergou covered the magic pattern board with soil, and then waited quietly with the people around him.

Within minutes, however, a new leaf broke through the ground. The emerald new leaves proudly bathed in the scorching sunset, unafraid of the hot wind and sand on the wasteland.

Then, in front of Liu Ergou's eyes, this new leaf quickly pulled out a still young branch, and at the end of the branch, there were already strips of equally tender roots, spreading along the surface.

Seeing this, Liu Ergou picked up a large bucket of water that had been prepared and poured it on the head of the little sapling.

The clear water poured on the long-dried loess, slowly seeping into the surroundings, dyeing the originally gray ground a little brown.

But the little sapling in the middle seemed to be stimulated by something, and the roots suddenly agitated, and they actually penetrated deeply into the soil in an instant, absorbing all the water!

Having lost its moisture, the brown soil has regained its original grayish-yellow color. And the little sapling seemed to be full of energy, growing rapidly under the gaze of everyone!

In just a few breaths, the original little seedling has grown into a verdant little tree! Liu Ergou had to lead everyone backwards to leave enough space for the tree, which was growing bigger and bigger.

This seed, hand-picked by Dries in the Sunset Mountains, is the offspring of a giant tree called Salvison.

In the continental language, "Salvison" has the meaning of "salvation". The tree absorbs a large amount of water from its surroundings, filters it through its body, and then excretes it through its trunk to form a small, clean pool.

As its name suggests, finding such a tree in the dense forests of the poisonous pond is undoubtedly a salvation for the traveler.