Chapter Seventy-Four: Iron Ore

This treasure may be even stronger than Didia, because this one is a creator, a craftsman with a godhead.

The creator is not considered a popular godhead in the Kemert Kingdom, that is to say, it is not very useful, of course, this is the statement of the Kemert Kingdom, Menes does not approve.

The creator mainly exists as a high-level skilled worker in the Kemert Kingdom, and the ordinary creator is probably like the top worker from the Lanxiang Technical School, and the super creator is equivalent to the scientific and technological R&D personnel who make high-end products.

But the kingdom of Kemert was a society with a serious lack of creativity, everything was controlled by the temple, shrouded by the gods, and their work, research and creation revolved around the gods, serving the gods or rather serving the temple, so they could only repeat what had been before again and again, and what was produced was only for the temple.

The primary creator has a natural perception of ordinary hand-made, and the short answer is to know the whole picture at a glance, and can quickly learn to copy other people's things, and the ability to continue to deepen is super production ability, they basically do not need long-term training, they can accurately make all kinds of things.

For example, stone statue carving, if people in the normal world want to have the ability to do a good job of sculpture, they need to continue to train for many years, but the second-level creator can quickly learn the skills, and the improvement of proficiency is also very block.

The third-level creator has the ability to produce at an ultra-high speed, and the control of details is very precise, almost like the computer numerical control technology in the previous life.

Creators who enter the fourth level can have the ability to construct souls, the so-called soul structure is also called the ability to present the human brain, that is, as long as your brain can come up with it, they can draw it at high speed with the pen in their hands, which is the ability to use the brain to compose and think to build.

It is said that reaching level 5 can have the ability to make dreams come true, and after preparing materials, you can directly create physical objects through brain imagination, just like you enter a program in the computer and then produce it mechanically automatically, which is even more awesome than three-D printing technology.

To put it simply, I can create things out of thin air as long as I design and structure them in my head, but of course, the premise is that you have to prepare the basic materials, and the stronger your ability, the more complex the things you create.

Merita doesn't have this ability yet, he's just a basic second-level creator, and there is only one third-level creator in the entire artisan village, and it's said that there are more advanced creators who have been deceived by the temple.

Menes has been looking for a demigod with this ability, because in Menes's eyes, this kind of talent is too useful, this is a talent that can change the world, but unfortunately this kind of high-level talent has never been seen.

Merita was recognized and praised by Menes, and excitedly ran to the craftsman to understand the craftsmanship and basic properties of the metal before drawing, otherwise the actual production of the thing might not work at all.

The production of red bricks and cement in the territory has been completely formalized, and a large amount of cement has been produced, and some people have begun to buy Menes cement, but the transportation of this thing is really difficult, or the old problem is that the water transportation in St. Cat State is blocked by the waterfall, and the cost of transporting it with animal carts is really a bit high, which is not conducive to the transaction of such low-value items.

Once the steam engine was developed, railroad tracks could be laid, so that the transportation problem could be solved, but Menes still did not find iron ore.

The Rashen Fortress has heard about the Menes cement red bricks, and sent a messenger to ask Menes to fulfill his promise to help repair the Lashen Fortress.

Don't think about the red brick thing, thousands of miles to transport red bricks?

Menes arranged for Bata to go to the fortress to teach the local army to make red bricks, but as for the cement, there was no way but to forcibly transport it, and there was no limestone in the local area, so it could not be produced.

The huge camel team transporting cement? It is really tiring for the camels, a camel desperately carries 300 kilograms of cement, and a hundred are only 30 tons for a trip.

There is no road between the fortress of Lashen and the state of the holy cat, you can only walk in the wilderness, the first half is fortunately mainly desert steppe terrain, the cart can barely be used, Menes' coal is transported by four-wheeled camel cart, but the second half is desert terrain, four-wheeled vehicles are not good, the wheels have to sink into the sand, so it can only be transported by camels.

Bata has walked on this route three times, and every time before leaving, Menes did not forget to instruct Bata to look for iron ore, so that Bata rode around every day on horseback, constantly using his explorer's godhead ability, iron ore was not found, but the ability to improve a lot, and the perspective perception ability has greatly improved whether it is depth, time and subtle discernment.

Some areas of the inner wall of the fortress have collapsed, because the fortress wall is particularly high, and the temple must use magic to maintain the towering state before, and the current spell failure part of the platform has collapsed, Menes found another way, without spell technology, digging deep tunnels with stone and cement to build the foundation, and then using red brick wall cement bonding, and some areas simply poured direct cement.

After completion, the surface of the brick wall is smeared with a layer of cement, the whole wall is extremely hard, and can be built to a very high height, although this construction method is not comparable to the stone city wall under the blessing of magic, but the cost is relatively low, although the cement is transported thousands of miles, but it is still cheaper than the magic city wall that needs to consume a lot of kaba, and this construction method can be solved by itself without relying on the temple.

Bata transports the last batch of cement to the fortress, and Heron warmly receives Bata warmly, and this time Heron convinces Zose to give you and Bata a better life.

In the evening, Heron took Bata to the hotel for a drink, and the two sat at the bar while drinking and chatting.

The tavern was full of people, and today there were a lot of people, because today there was still a coal transport team into the fortress, the coal mine found by Menes was now a bestseller, and the entire Kemert kingdom was in an arid region, so the trees were extremely scarce, resulting in an extreme shortage of fuel, and the coal of Menes soon became popular, and the fortress metallurgically made weapons, as well as daily use in the city, so soon there were people who specialized in the coal mining business.

Only a small part of the coal mines found by Menes are exposed, but the entire coal mine area is large, and the burial is not deep, so it attracts many people to mine, and Menes cannot completely control the entire coal mine, so it is simply released, you dig yours, I dig mine, anyway, Menes' mining technology is advanced and organized, so the price is relatively cheap.

Others also mined coal in the surrounding area, and in just half a year several coal mines had been erected, and the coal was transported to the fortress at a high price.

Everywhere the guys from the coal mine go, they are very iconic black, and a few merchants who come to sell coal stretch out their black hands to grab the leg of mutton and gnaw it.

"Third child, I said that you can be civilized at all, and you grab food without washing your hands, how can people eat when you go down?" said one of them.

"Hey, you can eat as much as you want, you don't have to eat with your mouth, I don't care about you. The guy who was called the third replied.

"You're just eating with your ass*, boss, you tell me about him, even if we do coal business, we don't have to turn ourselves into coal, right?"

"The third is right, isn't it dirty for you to eat like this?" said the boss.

"What's dirty? Don't we all eat like this in the coal mine? It's just that the second child has a lot of things, don't do this business if you are dirty, as if you can't do it without you!"

"You ......," the second said angrily.

"Hey, forget it, forget it, just take it, you don't eat what he touched, just take a break today and return tomorrow to continue to transport coal, the demand for the fortress has been particularly large recently, hurry up and make money." ”

"Coal is too dirty to make money, and it would be nice to have clean coal. The boss said casually.

"Clean coal? The third threw out a black stone.

", this thing can burn, it's just a broken stone. The boss said with a sip of ale.

"Broken stones, this thing is very interesting, you see he can suck on your knife, I am looking for it, it is estimated that it is a gem, I will go to the gem shop later and ask if it can be sold for money?"

It's not that your broken stone can be attached to my knife, it's that my treasure knife is good and attractive, and this is an imported iron knife bought from Lily Harbor. The boss said disdainfully.

The conversation between the three of them attracted Bata, a stone that can absorb iron? Isn't it the magnetite that Lord Menes often says?

In order to let Bata find iron ore, Menes did not give Bata less knowledge of iron ore, and also bought some samples from the port and came back for Bata to identify, so as to avoid Bata not knowing the ore and missing the opportunity.

Now that it is really used, Bata heard the conversation between the three of them, walked over with a wine glass and said, "May the gods bless you, the three brothers are mining in the coal mining town, and the business is good?"

The three of them looked up at Bata and said, "Who are you, what do you care about us?"

"Hahaha...... The three brothers don't need to be nervous, I also ran the transport, and I only entered the city today to transport a batch of cement from Lord Menes to the fortress. ”

"Oh, Mistress Menes' house? haha...... Thank you, Mistress Menes, for the mine, do you have anything to do with us?" the Boss asked.

"It's a little curious to listen to the three of you chatting, I want to see the stone you just talked about. Bata said straight to the point.

When the third child heard that someone was asking about the stone, he immediately cautiously touched his pocket and said, "This is what I picked up, what do you want to do?"

"Oh, I'll help Mistress Menes collect some stones, and if you're good, maybe Mistress Menes can pay a high price!"

After Bata finished speaking, he said to the waiter, "Pour wine for the three brothers, it's all mine, I'll treat you!"

The atmosphere on the table was much better, and the third child knew that Lord Menes was generous and rich, and liked some strange things, and people wanted to see it and couldn't snatch it, so give it a look.

Bata took the stone and looked at it a few times and said, "Well, this stone is good, can I ask you where you found it?"

Bata asked where people picked it up, and the third child was not happy, and if you wanted me, I would sell it to you, and you asked me where I found it, and tell you how I could make money?

The third said with a smile: "There is only this one piece picked up in the coal mine, and the price is negotiable, but if there are more, there will be none." ”

Without thinking much about it, Bata sighed and said, "Hey, forget it, Lord Menes also has this stone in his house, if there is a large area of this stone in the place where you pick up the stone, it will be somewhat useful, it is estimated that Lord Menes is willing to pay a lot of money for your information, if this is a single piece, it will be useless." ”

"Hmm, a large area of stones, isn't this one enough?" asked the third child.

"One is not enough, this kind of stone is actually not very useful, but Lord Menes can turn this kind of thing into a useful metal, but the amount is too small to be interesting, forget it, let it be bothered. Bata got up to leave.

Bata really didn't pretend, because Bata had also met people who had this kind of stone before, but there was only one stone, and they didn't know where the stone came from, and many times they used this stone as an amulet.

As soon as the third child saw that Bata was leaving, he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't be in a hurry to go, I was just joking, I know that there is a place where there are many such stones, I can take you to find them, but this ......"

The third child pinched out a silver coin and said with a smile.

"I'm sure there's a lot, I'm talking a lot, it's a lot, it's like a mountain, it's as much as you dig coal. Bata double-checked.

"It's a lot, it's really a lot, I'm not sure if there's so much coal, but there's a mountain that there are. The third added.

"Okay, you can make an offer, take me to see if it's as you said, I'll give it!"

"Hmm...... Ten, not thirty silver coins!" said the third man categorically.

"Thirty, you want a lot of money, huh?"

"It's not high, Lord Menes is rich, if you think it's too high, I'll find someone else. The third said deliberately.

Bata pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, according to what you said, thirty kites, we will leave tomorrow, yes, I will give the money immediately." ”

The third child smiled and said, "You give the money first, otherwise I won't be able to rob it if you don't admit it?"

Bata smiled, took out ten silver coins, handed them to the third child, and said, "One word is decided, you have to fool me, don't try to run out of Lord Menes's territory!"

"Don't worry, how dare I, we still want to carry coal on the adult's territory!"