Lord Highlander

   Chapter 1200 1187. Iron Mine

When Suldak talked about the development of the Invercargill Forest, almost no tribal leaders were willing to discuss it, but when he talked about opening an iron mine, almost all the tribal leaders stood up and wanted to fight for their own tribe. to a greater share of employment.

  Everyone has obviously tasted the benefits of the miners, but they are unwilling to develop the Invercargill Forest.

  Suldak made it clear that because the value of iron is far less than the copper, there is no way for iron mines to have such high salaries like copper mines.

  These tribal leaders would rather cut their salary in half, but also strive for a share of employment.

  After discussing the issue of hiring manpower, Suldak only stayed in the copper mine for one night, and then led a group of people to continue northward to the iron ore vein near the edge of the rift valley.

  Now that a bridgehead camp has been built on the north bank of the Great Rift Valley, the ghost ants have little chance to cross the Great Rift Valley.

   There are very few monsters in this jungle. The adventure group is hunting around in the jungle, and the beasts in the jungle will flee immediately when they see humans...

  On the way to Surdak, apart from seeing many birds in the forest, even snakes, ants and poisonous insects were rarely seen.

  The entire forest is full of lush vegetation. Before the group reached the mountain of the iron ore vein, some tribal leaders had already mobilized a group of young people from the tribe to follow Surdak to explore the iron ore vein.

  Starting from the copper mine, Suldak walked for two consecutive days. After passing through a valley, he saw a red mountain. The lush trees in the Invercargill forest became sparse here.

The two blacksmiths invited from Duodan Town saw these red rock formations, and quickly walked a few steps forward to the foot of the mountain. Some pieces came down.

   When Suldak came over, the two blacksmiths nodded heavily at Suldak and said, "My lord, this mountain is indeed an iron ore vein..."

   "Are these ores rich in iron?" Suldak asked the two blacksmiths.

"This ore does not contain a lot of iron, but this is quite normal. The iron ore excavated must be beneficiated and ground to become iron ore that is convenient for smelting..." one of the blacksmiths told Surdak Said.

  Several tribal leaders followed Suldak to the Red Ridge Mountains. They heard from the blacksmith that there was indeed an iron ore vein here. Seeing their excited expressions, they seemed even more excited than Suldak.

  If it weren't for the boundary marker not far away, it clearly stated that the mine belonged to Lord Suldak.

  Seeing how happy they are, others may mistakenly think that iron ore veins have been discovered on their territory.

  Suldak immediately arranged for a temporary camp at the foot of the mine.

These indigenous tribe young people have lived in the Invercargill Forest since they were young, so they are very adaptable to the environment here. Even if the area of ​​the iron mine is just a barren mountain, for these young tribesmen, it is only a short period of time. The most basic wooden house can be built in a week.

  Because there is a water-gathering metal rune plate, there is no need to consider drinking water in the forest.

  The monsters in this forest were almost hunted down by the adventure group. There were no monsters around, but a few simple outposts were set up casually.

The last time Suldak came here was when he and the officials of the Wilkes City Bureau of Land Management were making boundary markers here. At that time, the iron ore ridge was as it is now, and the officials of the Bureau of Land Management still It is a pity to say that it is too far away from the Dodan Canyon, and the mined iron ore cannot be transported out at all.

Suldak directly led a group of people to climb up the Red Ridge Mountains. After climbing to the top of the mountain, they discovered that there was actually a big rift valley behind the mountain. jungle.

   "Is there a way to replicate the model of the copper mine, using a refining furnace to directly smelt iron ore into iron ingots here?"

   It seems that no matter who saw the three huge furnaces in the copper mine, and then looked at this piece of iron ore veins, they would not be able to help but ask this question.

  Suldak shook his head, and explained to the group of people around him: "Impossible, the added value of iron ingots is not that great, and even the refined iron ingots cannot be exchanged for the burned magic spar."

   Hearing what Suldak said, the blacksmith nodded again and again, and said in agreement:

"Many iron ore owners are expanding their production scale and extremely suppressing mining and transportation costs. As long as the income of the mine is flat, they will continue to mine. They mine iron ore regardless of cost, mainly hoping to be able to mine at the core of the vein. If the magic black iron is dug in the veins, as long as this kind of associated magic metal can be found, then the mine owner will earn money."

  Suldak said to the people around him:

   "I'm going to build an iron mine here, and I'm also going to build a large grinding equipment that integrates beneficiation and grinding. At that time, we will ship some selected ore from here..."

  In order to build the iron mine, Suldak also deliberately communicated with the magicians of the Alchemy Guild in Bena City.

There are no steel resources in the Green Empire, but there are many iron mines on other planes. Many iron mines will build large-scale grinding equipment on the mines. After screening and grinding, the high-quality iron ore will be transported back to the Green Empire. .

  Suldak plans to relocate the steel workshop in Ruyt City to Dodan Town, where high-quality iron ore will be smelted into steel ingots.

  A group of people were talking about the iron mine on the top of the mountain, when they saw a follower climb to the top of the mountain and report to Surdak:

   "Lord Suldak, a businessman from Malakom wants to see you."

   Surdak was shocked, waved to the follower and said:

   "I've been waiting for him for a long time, let him come over quickly..."

  …

When the businessman Malakom climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, he saw Surdak and a group of executives from the copper mine surrounding a rock. talking about something.

  The Malakom trader gritted his teeth and walked up quickly.

   Climbing such a long mountain road, I almost tore my intestines.

  Suldak heard footsteps behind him, so he turned around, saw Malakom approaching, and immediately opened his arms and said to Malakom:

   "We haven't seen each other for probably over a year!"

  Malakom was a little moved and leaned forward to hug Suldak. For a businessman, this is a great honor.

  The other mine supervisors looked at Malacombe again with different eyes.

   "A whole year and four months, Lord Suldak." Malakom replied.

"Did you see it? This is here..." Sulda held Malacomb standing on the edge of the rock, pointed to the ridge extending to the east under his feet, and said to Malacomb: "I am going to build an iron tower here. Mine, but limited by geographical location, I just plan to build the steel workshop at the north exit of Dodan Canyon, so a huge amount of iron ore will be shipped out from here in the future.”

   Malacombe felt a little cold, and asked with some concern: "Do you want to set up a huge transport team?"

   After all, this piece of cake is too big. He is now in charge of the Thunder Rhino caravan transporting copper ingots from the copper mine to the outside world. You must know that they are only refined copper ingots, which currently account for 90% of the orders of the Thunder Rhino caravan.

  The iron ore here, it is estimated that if Suldak wants to make a profit, the transportation volume is at least several times that of the copper mine, or even more...

  That's why Malakom thinks that Suldak is likely to set up his own transport team.

  Suldak laughed and said:

   "Hehe, I don't have the energy to manage the transportation team. If you are willing to accept this commission, then I can hand over all the consignment orders to you!"

  Businessman Malakom seemed to be knocked out by a pie falling from the sky, and he didn't react for a while.

"what did you say?"

   "I mean, I want to hand over the iron ore transportation bill to you, but I want me to hand over this order to you, and there are some conditions!" Suldak said to Malakom.

   "What conditions do you have? If you can agree, I will definitely agree..." the merchant Malacombe said.

   Then he felt guilty again...

   "Build a road from the copper mine to here in this mountain. I mean a flat road that can drive four-wheeled carriages." Suldak said to Malakom.

   "Is that all?" The businessman Malacombe was slightly taken aback, and asked uncertainly.

  Once this consignment note is handed over to him, even if Suldak doesn't make this request, Malakom will spend his money to repair the road. He is not going to use the Thunder Rhino to carry the iron ore out of the mountain.

   There are many pastures on the Bailin plane, which are rich in horses.

  So as long as a mountain road is built and a large number of four-wheeled carriages are purchased, the transportation cost can be reduced. After all, the monsters in the mountain are almost extinct.

  Thunder rhinos are more suitable for transportation in barren meadows without any roads. They don't like living in mountains and forests.

   "Yes, as long as you are willing to build a flat road and be responsible for daily road maintenance, I will give you the order to transport iron ore!" Suldak said firmly.

   "It's settled, what is your iron mine going to start?" Malakom asked Suldak.

   "Just this month..." Suldak replied.

   "Then I will go to build this mountain road right away..." the businessman Malakom readily agreed.

After discussing the transportation of the iron ore, Surdak walked around the iron mine for a long time accompanied by a group of people. By evening, young people from the indigenous tribe had already built a camp at the foot of the mountain. In addition to the suggested tents set up, there are three wooden houses.

  The young hunters of the indigenous tribe hunted in the mountains and brought a few grouse and a deer, and the two-headed ogre Gullitum took the initiative to undertake the cooking work.

  Early the next morning, the stewards of the copper mine, the businessman Malakom, and the two blacksmiths hurried back to the copper mine.

Suldak and Gulitum still have to go to the bridgehead camp to inspect. I heard that there was a small situation there. Andrew and Tago have rushed over to deal with it in advance. Suldak is busy here and is ready to rush over there immediately...

  (end of this chapter)