The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course, it wasn't all good news for Captain Kinsen. For example, although the Bakens lead-zinc mine has been found, the road is too difficult.

Most of the roads along the way are mountainous, and they also need to cross the Grande Lake, so the traffic is very inconvenient. However, this is not possible. Who made the Bakens deposit the most accessible lead-zinc mine in Marin? The No. 12 deposit in the New Brunswick area not far from Newfoundland has a zinc metal reserve of more than 10.7 million tons, which is almost the same as Bakens. Mine 10 times. However, the No. 12 mine in New Brunswick is deep inland, where there are many Indians, and it is also close to the territory of the fierce Iroquois Indians, and the security is not as good as Newfoundland.

You know, the same Indians, the difference is also very big. The Beotuks of Newfoundland are stupid, good people who are enthusiastic about everyone they meet. There are some Indian tribes on the North American continent, but they are very warlike, such as the Iroquois Alliance.

This is mainly because the Beotuks in Newfoundland have fewer people and less competition. The Indians on land were different. Because of the large number of Indian tribes on land, the situation of competition for territory often occurs, so it is much more fierce than the Indians on Newfoundland. The Indians of Newfoundland, together estimated to be no more than 10,000 people, occupy a huge area of ​​111,000 square kilometers. In addition, there are Newfoundland fishing grounds that are extremely rich in fishery resources. Therefore, the Indians on Newfoundland cannot eat enough food and do not need to fight and compete for prey resources like the Indians on land. Therefore, there is also a lack of Indians on land. Human agility. Even the Beotuks, who herd reindeer in the interior, are not as aggressive as Marin imagined.

So, to be on the safe side, Marin is currently mining lead and zinc in Newfoundland, where the Indians are relatively stupid and friendly. The Beotuk people on the island, Marin only needs to trade some necessary goods with them, and he can coax them.

For the difficult road, Marin has no choice. He doesn't have machinery, he can meet mountains and open mountains. If you want to transport the lead and zinc ore out of the Bakens deposit, you can only rely on a team of mules to pack it out of the mountains and send it to the west of Corner Brook Harbor.

Corner Brook, as a seaport, is easy to transport coal from the neighboring island of Cape Breton. After the lead-zinc ore is transported out, the blast furnace can be set up directly in the local area, and it can be smelted.

Of course, in order to obtain zinc metal, it is necessary to add a condenser pipe to the air outlet above the blast furnace to condense the evaporated zinc metal vapor.

In any case, the Bakens Mine also has 1.08 million tons of zinc metal reserves, and the average zinc content of the ore is as high as 6%, which is very convenient for smelting and extraction. In addition, the Bakens mine also contains about 234,000 tons of lead metal. The average grade of lead is 1.3%, which is not high, but it is also worth mining. After all, Marin's demand for lead is not small, and he needs to provide a large number of lead bullets to the musketeers.

In addition to lead and zinc, the Bakens mine also contains 374,000 tons of copper metal, with an average copper grade of 1.57%, which is slightly higher than lead and worth mining. In addition, there is about 27 tons of gold with an average grade of 1.5 grams per ton. And 1,800 tons of silver with an average grade of 100 grams per ton.

All in all, the reserves and taste of this mine are not high, but they are not low, and they are more valuable for mining.

The trouble of developing the Bakens lead-zinc mine is not only the traffic difficulty, but also the interference of the Newfoundland white wolf on the traffic line.

At this time on Newfoundland Island, the Newfoundland white wolf was not extinct, but was rampant. Moreover, Newfoundland white wolves are tall and strong, and they like to live in groups.

Before, the team sent to the prospecting team brought a large number of mules to carry the goods. However, when they were camping at night, they were attacked by Newfoundland white wolves and eaten several mules, which made the prospecting team feel distressed. Fortunately, there were no casualties. After all, a few mules are enough to feed a pack of Newfoundland white wolves for a long time.

But the problem is, fortunately, the prospecting team brought a lot of mules.

If it weren't for the large size of the mules, who died on their behalf, the people in the prospecting team might be unlucky.

In the future, after the development of the Bakens lead-zinc mine, the line from Bakens to Corner Brook must be continuously transported. If the wolves of the Newfoundland White Wolves are not disturbed, it will be a loss for Marin whether it is eating the mules or the people who carry the goods...

Originally, Marin was a little reluctant to attack the Newfoundland white wolf, an extinct animal in later generations. But after thinking about it, Marin gave up the childish idea of ​​protecting the Newfoundland white wolf. After all, the Newfoundland White Wolf was a serious threat to the safety of Marin's men.

Marin is not an animal protector, but a pragmatist. It doesn't matter if you protect animals or not, if you endanger people, kill them all. For an animal like the Newfoundland white wolf, which is a great threat to humans, being kind is definitely harmful.

After thinking twice, Marin decided to send troops to kill the Newfoundland White Wolf. Of course, not the entire island of Newfoundland, but only the area around the road from Corner Brook to the Bakens lead-zinc mine. As long as this shipping line was cleaned up, Marin didn't bother to go to the Newfoundland White Wolf. After all, if there is no conflict of interest with him, Marin does not want the Newfoundland white wolf to go extinct. Newfoundland is the size of the island, Newfoundland white wolves do not come to the west, there are always places for them to live in other regions.

However, wolves move fast, and it is not easy to kill them. Even if they can't beat them, they will run away. Therefore, the most suitable unit to kill the white wolf of Newfoundland, Marin believes that it is the black-shirt knight, the black-shirt knight who uses a clockwork musket.

White wolves run very fast, and if they want to catch up with them, riding a horse is the only option. Moreover, using muskets on horseback is also a good way to hunt. Moreover, when the clockwork fires, the loud noise can also fully shock and frighten those Newfoundland white wolves.

In the end, Marin decided to send 200 black-shirted knights with high aiming accuracy on horseback, riding horses back and forth to clear the transportation route, and repeatedly hunted white wolves and bears approaching the road with clockwork guns. , to ensure the safety of transportation routes.

The Newfoundland White Wolf is no more flexible than a bullet. No matter how many they are, they can't compare to 200 black knights. With these black-shirted knights patrolling with 5 carbines each, it would be difficult for the White Wolf to not be defeated.

However, the blind bear on the island is more difficult to deal with. The bear skin is thicker and softer, and it is easy to cause problems when the bullet hits it. If you make the blind bear so fierce, you might die.

Therefore, when those black-shirted knights slaughtered Newfoundland white wolves and bears on Newfoundland, they needed a large group to act together. In this way, even if you encounter a mad blind bear, you can't kill with one shot, so let's shoot with multiple muskets. In the face of the hail of bullets, no matter how thick the bear's skin is, it must be pierced...

In order to prevent the black-shirted knights from being attacked by wolves at night, Marin also planned to let the black-shirted knights bring the ancestor of the German Shepherd, the Alsatian wolf dog, for vigil, to prevent the night raid of the Newfoundland white wolf, and Keep the soldiers safe...

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