Be a Lord in the World of Black Beasts

The news that Yi Cheng guessed that there might be saltpeter mines and sulfur mines in the upper reaches of the river could not be confirmed, because the upper reaches of this river were in the territory where the dark elves were.

Even if they found it, they couldn't mine it. The nature-loving elves would not allow Yi Cheng and the others to wreak havoc on nature. The kobolds that Yi Cheng sent over were driven back, disgraced.

This news is already the worst news Yicheng has heard this year. Fortunately, now that Yicheng has opened a business channel with the merchants, Yicheng can buy these two things from the merchants.

However, the price of saltpeter and sulfur are not cheap, and saltpeter is a precious ice-making material in summer, and the annual consumption is huge.

So this also means that Yi Cheng will spend a large sum of gold coins to buy these two minerals, which is an equally huge consumption.

Yi Cheng did some calculations, and the gold coins he earned from selling arms from the Pope Guangming could only turn over one book at most, and Yi Cheng trembled in his heart.

In my heart, I scolded my ancestors for eighteen generations at that damn dark elf, so I chose to be in his munitions mine if I could not die.

Because of the obstruction of environmentalists, Yicheng's dream of making a fortune from arms was shattered, and it seems that he still has to rely on building territories to obtain funds.

In winter, Xinri City has never been short of vegetables. Although it is not rich, it is still no problem to meet the daily consumption of the citizens.

A large part of the reason for this is related to Yi Cheng's frantic stockpiling of winter supplies when winter comes.

Originally, when Yi Cheng first came to this world, he set a small goal for himself to enable himself and Chloe to live a good life this winter.

Now Yi Cheng has overfulfilled this goal, not only his family, but the whole New Sun City, there are basically no people who can't eat.

As long as you are able to work and are willing to work, you will not starve to death. If you are willing to work hard, you can still live a very nourishing life.

In addition to storing a large amount of cheap and affordable Chinese cabbage, Yi Cheng also got a lot of seeds from the merchants.

Although it is winter, but here in the cement red brick shed that Yi Cheng built, it is as warm as spring.

The roofs of these cement greenhouses are covered with slabs, the entrances and exits are covered by thick straw curtains, and there are things like kangs underneath, which can greatly guarantee that the crops will not be frozen to death.

Yicheng grows some tenacious crops, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, which are easy to survive. In addition, Yicheng also cultivates some mushrooms for breeding.

The idea of ​​cultivating mushrooms came to mind from Maya. After adding her body to Maya that day, Yi Cheng wanted to have a bowl of mushroom soup.

So they began to breed these things. At first, this industry was in a half-dead state. Yicheng didn't know it, and other villagers naturally didn't know it either.

However, in front of the cattle orcs who are good at serving crops, these problems are quickly solved. Yi Cheng estimates that he will be able to eat fat mushrooms in a few weeks at most.

At that time, it will be stewed with pork bones, mushrooms and Chinese cabbage, and with the baked flatbread, life will be happy.

There is also another industry that has a good harvest in winter, which is also a source of meat, and it is almost cost-free.

That's Yicheng's Xinricheng riverside. For some reason, a lot of fish swim down from the upper reaches. This kind of fish looks pretty good, and the taste is not bad.

They are covered with silver-white fish scales, and the smallest fish must be as long as a forearm. Now the river is frozen, but under Yi Cheng's guidance.

The villagers dug out several ice holes on the river surface, and then these fish came out of their own heads, and once they were caught correctly, dozens of them could be caught in half a day.

On the riverside, Yicheng sent special people to catch them, each with a large bucket, and threw all the fish they caught into it, and then someone came to pull them back.

Now the daily source of meat for the laborers is basically these fat fishes, and they have very few fish bones.

Their internal organs, Yicheng, were not wasted either, and they were all fed to chickens, ducks and wild boars. They were rich in nutritional value, and chickens and ducks laid eggs very quickly, and they could lay two eggs a day.

take a day off

I have been cultivating immortals every day for the past month, and my body can't stand it any longer.

Take a day off today, change your daily routine, and change the midnight update to the morning update.

What I owe today will be made up tomorrow, see you~

Chapter 150 Six Fuyuan Cave and the Punks

The entrance of the Heisuojin Coal Mine has not been seen for a few days. There have been more than a dozen simple large earthen houses built here that can shelter from the wind and rain.

These are not so much houses as cave dwellings. It is too troublesome to build houses here, and it is very inconvenient to transport materials from the mountain.

So the dwarf eldest sister led a few sisters and a group of laborers to find some low-lying and obvious places, and then built them into cave dwellings.

The bottom is hard stones and compacted soil, and the top is a shed made of cement and stones. Although it is airtight, it has a first-class thermal insulation effect.

These cave dwellings are large and small, and the number of people living in them is also different.Now, there are already many people in these dozen or so large sheds, and all kinds of mining tools are constantly being transported here.

The entrance of the Hesuojin Coal Mine has been developed into a large entrance that is more convenient to enter and exit, and tentative mining is already in progress.

"Go and send this cart of coal to the blacksmiths, and let them burn the stove quickly. The village head said that the thing called the railway will start from us."

The eldest sister was very excited. As a dwarf who loves blacksmithing and casting, the five sisters are all very interested in the steam engine and train designed by Yi Cheng.

The dwarves have always only made weapons such as swords and armor, and this is the first time they have seen such a novel thing. Perhaps this is a historic moment.

Now the only steam engine in the village is being visited by blacksmiths. Every blacksmith will have the opportunity to visit the steam engine, but not every blacksmith will have the opportunity to learn how to make a steam engine.

The blacksmiths who can get the opportunity to learn how to make steam engines are almost all old blacksmiths who have been working for seven or eight years, and they can make as much iron as they say.

The most important function of this small steam engine so far is to allow the blacksmiths to learn, and the second is to help Yicheng's territory complete many chores.

For example, for things like grinding flour, it would take a long time to grind a little bit with a stone mill if it was manpower, but a steam engine is much simpler.

With the grinding machine made by Yicheng, a bag of rice or wheat can be ground into powder in at most 10 minutes, which is much more efficient than manual or livestock grinding.

And it does not consume much fuel. A bag of flour is about five or six copper coins, and the villagers can afford it.

Every afternoon is when the steam engine starts, and at this time every day, a special person will transport the grinding machine and connect it to the steam engine.

The villagers brought their own grains to grind. Refined flour is much more expensive than rice and wheat.

Now every household can make some bread and pancakes with white flour every day, and it is not unthinkable to have a meal of noodles every day.

And in the warehouse, Sherlock is organizing the construction of another large steam engine, which is bigger than the previous one.

And the power will be stronger, because Yi Cheng has gained experience, combined with the products of this world, and discovered that there are many metals that can be used in steam engines.

For example, now Mithril is almost omnipotent. Yi Cheng found that it is not only strong, guides magic, but also extremely wear-resistant, it is simply a super ideal industrial metal.

It only needs to cover such a thin layer on the steel parts, and the service life of the machine can be increased by a large amount.

Although the price is impressive, as long as it is a metal with a special function, is it so cheap?You must know that a rivet on an aircraft carrier is worth hundreds of thousands.

The price of Mithril is still cheap, and Yi Cheng contacted a dealer who specialized in selling this magic material through the merchants.

Large quantity favors the best, Yi Cheng has already planned to count his net worth and buy it for thousands of gold coins at a time, a local tyrant once.

After several days of hard work for this large steam engine, Sherlock finally produced all the parts, after using up the last trace of magic power.

Sherlock hangs limply on Yi Cheng's shoulder, triumphantly asking Yi Cheng for credit.

"All right, all right, Sherlock is the best." Yi Cheng verbally praised her, making Sherlock's mouth crooked with joy, and Yi Cheng has been urging her for the past few days.

Sherlock also tried his best to help Yi Cheng with his construction wholeheartedly.In the high-intensity use of magic power, Sherlock felt that his magic power was more comfortable to use.

In the past, because Sherlock inherited the magic power of a certain dead mage, Sherlock always felt that it was not his own, and it was very difficult to use it, as if the magic power was disobedient.

Well now, Sherlock has been able to accurately consume every ounce of magic power, which not only reduces the meaningless consumption of magic power.

Moreover, the construction speed of the parts has been greatly accelerated, and the ability of metal shaping and metal extraction has become more and more proficient, which is already at the level of a real intermediate mage, which is gratifying.

Satisfied, Sherlock was going to take a good rest. He had been up for several days and slept only a little bit of time every day, and there were dark circles around his eyes.

It looks so ugly, not beautiful at all.

"By the way, hurry up and come here after sleeping, there are other things that need to be busy." Yi Cheng threw out a sentence without looking back, and Sherlock's figure suddenly froze.

"What! Didn't you say that this steam engine will be gone after it's finished?" Sherlock asked with wide eyes.

"Uh, it's coming soon, you have to be more fortunate." Yi Cheng could only apologize for this, the time spent on this large steam engine was already enough.

Now the machine for making firearms must be manufactured immediately, and the machine for drilling gun barrels must be manufactured as soon as possible, otherwise this item will cost too much manpower.

"This..." Sherlock originally wanted to complain, but when he saw the blood in Yi Cheng's eyes, he swallowed it back. During this time, Yi Cheng was much more fortunate than her.

At least she could rest for a while after the mana was exhausted, while Yi Cheng was busy with various things almost all day long.

Yi Cheng has only a handful of days off in the past few days, and the total may not even reach double digits.

"Okay, then you should hurry up and rest."

Sherlock and Yi Cheng went back after talking, while Yi Cheng stayed and continued to teach the blacksmiths how to assemble the steam engine.

Yicheng divides the parts of the steam engine that can be separated and cast independently into several parts, and a group of people learn to assemble some parts, and then combine these assembled parts into a whole.

Yi Cheng had been drawing machine drawings before, and stipulated the size of each part. Yi Cheng had already taught the blacksmiths how to use the drawings, and they learned well.

They were already familiar with the operation of the steam engine. After the steam engine was assembled, the trial run began.

When the hot water boiled, the intake valve was opened, the smoke outlet made a roar, and thick white steam gushed out, instantly making the entire room enter a fairyland.

The pull rod drives the wheels, from slow to fast, full of mechanical beauty, it is simply perfect.

The next day is to make rails. Good rails require a lot of steel. Yi Cheng thinks that he doesn't have the wealth yet. Fortunately, the coal mine is not too far from the iron furnace in the village.

Such a small distance can take a little shortcut, and the train track does not need to be made entirely of rails.

Yi Cheng asked people to choose the strongest and hardest trees in the mountains, and made them into two long strips, with a section of wood in the middle.

At the same time, a layer of iron sheet is wrapped on the wood used as the track, so that a proposed rail is made, but its service life is very short, so using it is not a long-term solution.

Fortunately, as long as the coal mine is started, the iron-making furnace here can be started. When a large amount of iron ore is put into the blast furnace, high-quality pig iron will be continuously produced.

At that time, as long as it is processed again to reduce the carbon content, steel can be processed.

The use process of the steam engine must be regulated, otherwise it is easy to cause serious mistakes due to some small mistakes, not only may cause casualties, but also the machine may be damaged.

In the eyes of everyone, this large steam engine was transported to the iron smelting furnace, carrying many people to the Hesuojin Coal Mine.

Yi Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, more than a week had passed from the production of the steam engine to the laying of the railway tracks, and Yi Cheng had done a lot of things during this week.

He selected the location of the pharmaceutical factory, about 500 meters away from the village, and announced the recruitment of employees.

The recruitment of employees in pharmaceutical factories is mainly divided into three parts. One part is the production workers, who make medicines. This aspect is confidential.

At present, drugs are still one of Yicheng's main sources of income. This aspect must be paid attention to. Each worker is responsible for a different section.

Workers in different sections are absolutely not allowed to go door-to-door with each other. If they find out, they will be expelled immediately and will never be hired.

There are also some people who are responsible for supplying medicine, and this part is divided into two small parts. The cattle orcs are best at growing crops, and medicine is also counted.

There are also cattle orc women and children who used to collect medicine in the mountains. They are familiar with the situation in the mountains, and even a child of cattle orcs is stronger than a grown man.