Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 70 Coal and Iron Mines

More than two hundred people took action together, and the originally devastated valley immediately changed its appearance.

All the body parts and remains on the ground were collected deep in the east side of the valley, ignited with branches and wood chips, and burned together. Although everyone looked at the flames with pain on their faces, they had no choice but to deal with it in this way in order to avoid causing an epidemic.

Although the giant wooden puppet was dead, its body was still there. Shang Ping led his men to piece together the usable wood and soon built a square wooden house that was more than 30 meters wide.

The furnace was quickly set up in the house, and Shang Ping led people to move hundreds of black coal stones from a small cave on the south side of the valley and put them into the furnace.

As the fire started, the cabin immediately became much warmer.

Xia Hong withdrew his gaze from the small cave on the south side, reached out and picked up a fist-sized piece of coal from the ground, weighed it for a few times, and a strange look suddenly appeared on his face.

"Coal stone is so heavy!"

The coal stone, which was obviously only the size of a fist, actually weighed about 40 kilograms according to Xia Hong's perception.

Thinking of Wang Ming's sword, which was only one and a half meters long but weighed 600 kilograms, Xia Hong quickly accepted it.

Obviously, the coal and iron in this world cannot be viewed with the concepts of the previous life.

"It can be converted into two units of coal resources, about twenty kilograms."

Xia Hong quickly understood the conversion ratio of coal resources through the system.

This conversion rule is probably based on the preciousness of the resources.

We have tried it before with wood, and it takes about a thousand pounds to exchange for a little; twenty pounds of coal for a little; and ten pounds of iron for a little.

While Xia Hong was thinking, Yuan Cheng next to him suddenly came over.

"Captain, the heat generated by burning coal is several times higher than that of wood, and the radiation range is also wider. I just asked the people in the Rogue Camp, and they said that each of the five large wooden houses previously only needed 150 kilograms of coal and some wood to maintain heating for a day."

Xia Hong nodded. He had also asked about this when Shang Ping led people to transport coal from the cave just now, so he knew about these things.

Yue Feng also came over at this time, looking at the coal with excitement.

"Not only for heating, if there is iron ore, it can be used for forging iron, casting tools, and forging weapons. And I just heard from them that Li Hu said that coal stone can also be used to soften the soil, and after softening, crops can be transplanted."

Xia Hong suddenly became interested and turned around to ask.

"Little brother, I haven't finished talking just now. According to what Li Hu said, softening the soil requires a lot of coal. When there were five Digging Realms before, we could only mine a thousand kilograms of coal every day. Now there are only three left. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."

It turned out that Luo Ming, who had finished his work, came over at some point.

Yue Feng and Yuan Cheng both scratched their heads. It was obvious that they had just heard the news from Luo Ming and relayed it to Xia Hong. They were caught on the spot and naturally felt a little embarrassed.

Luo Ming smiled and waved his hand, indicating that it didn't matter. Then he looked at Xia Hong and said, "Chief Xia, are you worried about not being able to find coal and iron mines?"

Xia Hong did not hide anything and nodded directly, asking, "After breaking through the Digging Realm, I searched the Redwood Ridge, the slopes around my camp, and even the mountain, but I didn't find anything. I hope that Chief Luo can give me some advice. I will be very grateful!"

After saying that, seeing that Luo Ming looked dazed and did not speak for a long time, Xia Hong thought for a while, then stood up and bowed to Luo Ming.

This startled Luo Ming awake. He quickly stood up and helped Xia Hong, who had not yet bent down, up. He smiled bitterly and said, "Don't misunderstand, Chief Xia. You have done such a great favor to the Roge Camp. How could Luo Ming not be grateful? Besides, it's not a big secret. I just remembered something else and was a little absent-minded."

After finishing speaking, Luo Ming did not explain what else happened. He just motioned Xia Hong and others to sit down. Then he turned around and called the four camp leaders, Hong Gang, Huang Zhao, Chen Ying, and Lu He, over.

The four of them were originally sitting somewhere else with their families. After coming over, they all greeted Luo Ming first, then gestured to Xia Hong, then looked around and sat down opposite Luo Ming and Xia Hong.

The temporary wooden house was of course not well equipped, and everyone sat on the ground. The interesting thing was that when Hong Gang and his four companions sat down opposite each other, the rest of the people also moved over, so Luo Ming and Xia Hong were the only two of them.

Xia Hong didn't feel anything, and the others didn't show any expression either. Only Luo Ming, seeing this scene, had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Everyone, Chief Xia asked me how to find coal and iron mines. I thought everyone would be curious, so I called you all here and I will tell you all. In the future, when you break through the digging realm, you won't be at a loss as to where to find coal and iron mines."

Hong Gang and the other four leaders, as well as some woodcutters of the same age as them, all smiled and shook their heads in response to Luo Ming's words. It was obvious that they did not think they had any hope of breaking through to the digging realm.

On the other hand, the young woodcutters behind them showed an eager look on their faces, and were obviously much more confident than their elders.

The most peculiar ones are Yue Feng and others behind Xia Hong.

Except for Lin Kai who was taking care of Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, Qiu Peng and Lu Yang all looked very excited. They even leaned forward a little, obviously intending to listen carefully to what Luo Ming would say next.

After taking in the reactions of the three waves of people, Luo Ming slowly spoke:
"Let's talk about the coal mine first. Jin Linshu, you should all know about it, right?"

When Xia Hong heard this, he suddenly looked strange, and a hint of speculation arose in his mind.

"Generally speaking, where there are Jinlin trees, there are coal mines, and the thicker the Jinlin trees are, the higher the coal content underneath!"

It really is.

Xia Hong shook his head secretly. He had searched for it for so long in Redwood Ridge but couldn't find it. He was wondering at the time that in this world, both animals and plants were much stronger and more numerous than in his previous life. Logically, there should be abundant mineral resources as well.

It turned out that he had never found the right place. The coal mines were hidden under the golden trees.

"Captain Luo, what about the iron ore?"

Xia Hong continued to ask about iron ore.

"Iron ore is also simple. Find a plant called black thorn. This plant usually grows in the cracks of rock walls and mountains. It is considered a companion plant of iron ore. Finding it is equivalent to finding iron ore."

Having said that, Luo Ming seemed to be afraid that others might not understand, so he turned around and gestured to Shang Ping.

Shang Ping hurried out and brought back a plant in a short while.

Luo Ming took the plant and showed it to everyone.

It was a strange plant with a dark body. Although it only had a single rhizome, it had at least twenty or thirty leaves on it. The leaves were feather-shaped and distributed in an even number on both sides.

"To be honest, this kind of black thorn is not easy to find. The iron ore that we are mining in the Rogue Camp is only passed down from several generations ago, and we have not found any new iron ore so far..."

When Luo Ming said this, he suddenly paused, then shook his head and said:
"Of course, there's no need to find new ones. Based on the strength of our camp at Redwood Ridge, if we find one, it will be enough for several generations to dig."

Hearing this, the others suddenly laughed softly.

That's right, the iron mine in Rogue Camp has been mined for several generations, but until now iron tools have not yet been popularized in the entire camp. This proves that the difficulty of mining iron ore must be terrifyingly high.

The others were chuckling, but Xia Hong frowned, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

Finding iron ore is difficult in itself. From what Luo Ming said, even if it is found, subsequent mining will be even more difficult.

This is not a good thing for him who needs massive resources.

"Chief, Chuan is awake!"

While thinking, Xia Hong was interrupted by Lin Kai's voice and hurriedly got up and went over.

Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng and the other three also hurriedly followed behind him.

(End of this chapter)