Super Chief

　　 This hill is not all salt mountains, because the plants on the few hills next to this hill to the west of the hill are denser. Obviously, those hills are normal mountains.

　　 Riding a horse around this hill, Shi Xiong discovered chunks of limestone at the foot of several hills over there.

　　 This can be called "Double Happiness".

　　 The emergence of coal, kaolin and limestone have already provided the most basic conditions for iron smelting. As long as iron ore is found, even if the earth blast furnace of the *** era is used, as long as the raw iron can be smelted, steelmaking will be no problem.

　　 With kaolin, refractory bricks can be fired, then earth blast furnaces can be built, and coal, limestone and iron ore can be added to successfully smelt raw iron.

　　 While iron is being smelted, coking can be made in earth kilns. As long as coke and pig iron are produced, real steel can be produced by the frying method!

　　 This is a necessary step to smelt iron ore into steel! This was also the best and most efficient steelmaking method before the advent of the open hearth furnace.

　　In this age, coke steelmaking has just appeared in the UK for only half a century, and the British have been very strict with the method of coking steelmaking, so this method has not been completely spread on the European continent.

　　It’s just that, I am afraid that the king of the British Empire at this time would not have thought that there would be a monster in North America on the other side of the Atlantic. This monster was born with these steelmaking methods...

　　 But compared to steelmaking, what makes Shixiong most happy is the discovery of this small salt mountain.

　　In fact, the reserves of salt on the earth are huge. Even if sea salt is not mentioned, the well salt, rock salt, and lake salt produced on land alone are enough for all human beings to eat for thousands of years.

However, except for sea salt, most of the salt produced on land contains a lot of impurities, most of which cannot be eaten directly, and need to be refined before being eaten, otherwise the taste is bad, the thing is really poisonous. dead person's.

　　 This is the fundamental reason why there are so many well salt and rock salt in Europe, but the production of edible salt is still so small.

　　In this age, in addition to the method of boiling salt to remove those toxic impurities, other methods of refining table salt are not available!

It's like the Eastern Cherokee sent out caravans protected by many warriors every year to the Pamankis living in the eastern coastal area to exchange fur and food for salt-the Pamankis who lived in the Norfolk generation. I have mastered the method of making sea salt very early.

It is not an exaggeration to say that once the Pamanki cut off the salt supply to the Eastern Cherokee and Chekasha, these two Indian tribes who wished that their brains were turned into dog-heads would immediately fall into the trap. In trouble.

　　 And there is a great possibility that the two tribes who had hated for hundreds of years will unite and destroy the Pamungki people because of salt!

　　 Under the threat of existence, hatred is nothing at all!

　　 As long as all the salt in this small salt mountain is extracted, then the Gaoshu tribe will have one more strategic material.

　　Since there is a comprehensive plan, the most basic materials are necessary if the plan is to be realized.

　　The dynasties without strong material support are all buildings built on the beach, which is worse than the five types of scum!

　　 Any dynasty, whether it is the early stage of opening up the territory or the later stage of preservation, needs sufficient materials. Especially in the early stage of opening up the territory, without solid material support, opening up the territory and expanding the soil is a joke.

　　 As the saying goes, "Digging deep holes, accumulating grain and slowly becoming king" is the reason.

　　 If you want the small high tree tribe to become a big tribe, or even the largest Indian tribe in America, you must start with the most basic accumulation.

　　 The three dug up some limestone and brought it back to the village. On the way, they encountered the tribe who had been gathered by the spear. The sharp stone was sent by the stone bear to act as a guide. After the tribe digs enough kaolin, they bring back some more limestone.

　　 went back to the tribe and found the gray moose, the stone bear, the gray moose, and the Kuaima, the three of them holding their weapons and proceeding northward, the target is Bison Mountain.

Bison Mountain actually refers to the mountain range between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Tennessee River that consists of four or five small parallel mountains. Because there are many wild buffaloes living in this area, it is called the Bison Mountain by the Eastern Cherokee. .

　　 In fact, the height of Bison Mountain is not high, only a hundred meters. It is a bit too much to call it a mountain. Shixiong thinks that this fold mountain system should be called Bison Ridge.

　　I used to come here when I was playing around Knoxville in my previous life. It's just that in the previous life, it was full of people, the low hills were full of dense trees, and the valleys were full of crops.

　　 At this time, the Bison Ridge is completely pure original ecology, no one can be seen, tall trees are everywhere on the mountain, and the foot of the mountain and the foot of the mountain are covered with weeds.

　　 At this time, the leaves of those trees are almost gone, and the weeds on the ground are also withered. But it is this large area of ​​weeds that cannot be seen at a glance, which feeds many bisons.

Anyway, before Stone Bear arrived at the foot of the mountain, he saw dozens of huge bisons gnawing at the dry grass on the ground at a leisurely pace~www.wuxiaspot.com~ For these bisons, they were beginning to change. In the cold late autumn season, being able to eat such withered grass is already a gift from the cow god.

　　 American bison mostly live on the prairies of midwestern North America. Although there are traces of bison in the Appalachian Mountains, it is rare to see so many bison at once. The grasslands in the valleys of the Bison Mountain and the nearby plains, as well as the dense rivers around them, are the main reasons that attract this group of bisons to linger here.

　　 Regarding the approach of Shi Xiong and the three of them, the bison just raised their heads slightly and ignored the three "little guys" again. That's right, in front of these huge bisons, Shi Xiong and the three of them are really "little guys".

　　 You must know that the American bison is one of the largest bison on the planet, and the weight of an adult male bison can reach one ton. And don't look at the pair of horns on the top of the bison's head is not very long, but even the most ferocious brown bear in North America and herds of wild wolves are unwilling to easily provoke an adult male bison.

　　 These guys can run up to a speed of 60 km/h. Coupled with the huge weight, once a guy is topped by a running bison, even a Kodiak brown bear can't stand it. Therefore, these carnivorous overlords in North America will only target the small bison and old bison as their hunting targets. No one dares to attack an adult male bison.

　　Even the North American Indians with weapons in hunting wild buffalo, they usually start with small buffalo, and if you want to hunt a wild buffalo, there are no ten or twenty strong fighters, it is impossible to successfully hunt a bison. .

　　 Therefore, in the eyes of these "bull demon kings", there are only three stone bears and they are really nothing...