An outcropping magnetite vein extends from the ravine of the valley, the real magnetite, Bata used his perspective induction to confirm a huge vein, now Lord Menes is going to be excited, the iron ore he has been looking for is actually not far from the coal mining town, the fuel and ore are complete, and now he can go all out to enter the age of steel.

Bata stood in the valley and gazed at the entire mine.

The third child cautiously asked, "How is it?" I'm not wrong, is this the stone that Lord Menes wanted?"

Bata smiled and said, "That's right, take the bounty." ”

After speaking, he threw out a small bag of silver coins, and the third man caught it with a smile.

The Boss stood aside and rolled his eyes and asked, "My lord, can you ask Lord Menes what is the use of this stone?"

"Yes, let me tell you, this stone can be used to smelt black iron, which is the metal of the dagger you have in hand. ”

"Ah, really, black iron, this stone is black iron?" said the Boss in surprise.

"No, this is not black iron, but we Menes have a way of turning him into black iron, and Menes also said that this can be made into a harder steel, harder than the black iron dagger in your hand. ”

"Still hard?" said the Boss, playing thoughtfully with the dagger in his hand.

The black iron dagger in the boss's hand was bought for two silver kitts, and if so many stones on the scene were turned into daggers, how much would it cost?

The boss said with a smiling face, "It's harder than black iron, that's an artifact, can it be sold for a lot of money?"

"In the future, it should not be expensive to produce it on a large scale, but the quantity is huge, and all soldiers in our territory can be equipped with iron weapons, and Lord Menes has said that all farmers will use iron tools. ”

"What a waste of iron tools for the farmer!" exclaimed the Boss, in horror.

"Lord Menes said that these black irons will spread to the entire kingdom in the future, and now is only the first step!"

"This ...... Look, my lord, we have found this stone deposit, can you let us participate in this business?"

"We don't ask for much, just give us the right to mine and transport!" The boss immediately understood that this was a big business, and this time even changed Bata's title to "Lord and You"

"This ...... I can't call the shots, but normally as long as you work hard and do what your lordship asks, Mistress Menes should hand over the right to mine and transport to you. ”

"Really? That's great, this ...... We don't want it, you can give me a few kind words!" the boss snatched the money bag from the third child's hand and stuffed it to Bata.

"No, this is what you should do, it is our lord's request that speaking counts, so let's just return to the territory with me, and you yourself will talk to Lord Menes, and you will not agree to see Lord Menes. ”

"Okay, good, good, you're welcome, we don't want this money, as long as you take us to meet Lord Menes!" the boss still wanted to return the money to Bata.

Bata has been with Menes for a long time now, and this money is not rare for a long time, and Bata himself has a stake in Menes' industry, and has already made a lot of money.

The boss saw that Bata didn't charge money, and thought to himself that this Menes person was really different, and he couldn't figure out that he was really with the right person, this was going out to meet a nobleman, and the third child had picked up a treasure.

Confirming the existence of the mine, Bata immediately returned to the state of Saint Cat and went straight to Menes' residence.

Menes held the ore and couldn't close her mouth, it was really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it.

Before, Menes was worried that even if iron ore was found, if it was far away from the coal mine, this transportation problem would not be easy to solve, and large-scale production would become a problem, and the cost of black iron would be too high to be popularized, and it would be troublesome.

Without further ado, Menes immediately summoned Bute Harmon and Jet to prepare for the construction of a coal mining town, and to build the coal mining town into a major Krupp steel town in the Kemert Kingdom, which is the Baoshan of Menes and the Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant of Menes.

Bute Hamon was responsible for raising funds to build a new Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant, Jet was responsible for personnel deployment and recruitment, and Dai Dia was responsible for technical support, and a large number of red bricks, cement, and various materials were quickly transported to the coal mining town.

The three people who discovered the iron ore got their wish and got the business of transporting the iron ore, as for mining, they didn't have the technology to mine.

The two territories of the holy cat and the ram were originally small, and each family did not own much land, and many people had to leave their hometowns in order to make a living.

The two territories of Menes have coal, iron ore, and copper mines, as well as the manufacture of glass, cement, and red bricks, which brings a lot of employment opportunities to the territory.

In just a few months, the first batch of steel in Menes' Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant was released, and the steelmaking does not have this capacity at present, but Menes has been able to smelt liquid molten iron, so that it can be directly cast and formed, and there is no problem at all to meet the use of the foundation, with fast production efficiency and high output.

The entire Kemert Kingdom basically produces only two tarrants per year, which is about a thousand kilograms, and Menes produces these quantities of cast iron in just one month, this is still the beginning, there will be more blast furnace smelting in the future, and the output will be increased, which will be the steel center of the kingdom.

Initially the situation was very good, and soon Menes' steel mills were running out of manpower, and Buthamon suggested buying slaves to use in the mines, as the kingdom's main mining workforce was made up of slaves.

Menes did not agree, which was completely inconsistent with Menes' concept, but there was an urgent shortage of manpower, and Menes could not solve it even if he hired people at a very high price, because the people of the Kemert Kingdom were bound to their own territory and could not leave without the consent of the lord, so it was difficult for Menes to hire people from other territories.

In the end, it was agreed that slaves could be bought, but once they were bought, they would be hired on a contract basis, and they would be paid according to normal standards, and Jett was responsible for negotiating with the lords to recruit people by means of expatriate labor, and of course they needed to pay the lords.

With the construction of Baoshan Town, the originally depressed small village became lively, and steel and coal fed thousands of people.

Merita's steam engine research was also quite fruitful, the colloids of cow tendon and animals and plants replaced rubber as sealing rings, the pressure gauge was made of pistons and springs, and the initial boiler was relatively small, and the experiment was successful before it was upgraded.

Today is the test demonstration of Boiler No. 1, because there was an explosion when we were doing experiments before, so everyone is cautious to stay away today.

Merita's face was full of disdain, and she said angrily, "It won't explode, I've already done the test, and my machinery is absolutely safe!"

No one believed her, even Menes hid far away, and kept persuading Merita not to take risks, this kind of talent is too precious for Menes to have any mistakes, but Merita stubbornly refused to listen to Menes's advice, and had to operate at close range.

Menes had no choice but to arrange for the divine punishment mummy to protect Merita, in case the explosion was to stop her, anyway, the mummy was not afraid of death, and this kind of explosion probably couldn't hurt them.

Merita's steam engine No. 1 is spliced together with several iron plates, and the overall casting is not strong enough to explode, so it can only be forged in parts and connected together with rivets and screws, and the water inlet pipe, outlet pipe, and linkage piston are all hand-built by Merita herself, and she is the creator with the ability to work finely, so that the piston made is perfectly fitted.

Jett sat at a distance watching the demonstration, he was very curious about Menes's machinery, is this what Menes Menes said mechanical magic? It looks like a strange big iron pot and nothing special at all.

How could this big iron cauldron push that huge blower? Could it be that a mummy was used to help push it? In addition, Menes did not use a caba for her magic, and there were no spells, so it was said that anyone could operate it, and if it was indeed as he said, what would a magician be needed for it in the future? Everyone was a magician? What kind of world would this be?

Jett muttered to himself, even expecting a failure of the Menes experiment.

Bute Hamon didn't think so in his heart, in his opinion, this machine was a huge steel hen, a hen that could lay golden eggs, Menes said that this machine could be used to produce many things in the future, donkey carts that could walk autonomously, ships that ran at high speeds, looms unattended, cloth that could be woven by the entire kingdom every day, and many other uses, how much money would it make?

Daidia knew that this steam engine would definitely work, and he was involved in the research with Merita, so he was very confident, but without Menes not letting him get close, what if something happened? Menes couldn't afford to lose two super scientists at the same time!

Merita had already started to demonstrate, the furnace at the bottom of the boiler was blazing, the crushed coal was thrown into the furnace, and soon the water in the boiler began to boil, and the air pressure was constantly rising, and it was not long before I saw that the barometer was about to reach a critical point.

Menis yelled, "Alright, alright, hurry up and deflate, just demonstrate and don't play with fire!"

Merita ignored Menes' shouts, he calculated that even if a critical point was reached, the boiler would not explode easily, and the so-called critical point was just an artificially calibrated safe air pressure value, not a real critical point.

You said it would explode, so I'll show you how it works.

After breaking through the critical point, Merita happily turned around and saluted everyone, and said with a smile on her face, "Welcome to the demonstration of Steam Engine One, where I will demonstrate the most amazing mechanical magic, now let's witness the miracle together!"

The valve was opened, and the steam whistled cheerfully and emitted white smoke.

The powerful steam engine force pushed the piston, the piston was connected to the external crank, and the crank was linked to the bellows, which slowly pushed up, and a wind blew towards the crowd.

"Oh my God, look, the bellows are moving on their own, it's magic, Mistress Menes will use magic again!" someone shouted.

"No, Mistress Menes doesn't use magic, it's my mechanical magic. Merita immediately corrected everyone's opinions.

"The bellows are moving on their own, really, Mistress Menes didn't use magic, look!"

"That's not a small force, but it's still a bit small compared to a hydraulic bellows, and it's so slow?" someone questioned.

Merita didn't explain, she looked at everyone with a smile, and instructed the mummy to continue to add coal, the steam continued to be output, the bellows became faster and faster, and the wind blowing out became more and more intense.

"It's getting faster, you see, it's like a god punishing a mummy, gods! bless us, it's a miracle of the gods!"

Such praise made Merita float with excitement, and continued to urge the mummy to add fuel.

The powerful wind blew so hard that everyone couldn't open their eyes, and Jett suddenly had a fear that his hurricane magic would be replaced.

"Stop, it's too windy!" Menes shouted.

Merita was smug and didn't listen to Menes' advice at all.

"Bang ......"

The hurricane has stopped!

A group of people were so frightened that they lowered their heads and hid around, but fortunately it was not the explosion of the steam engine, but the bellows could not withstand such high-speed operation and completely disintegrated.