Working Prophet

It wasn't just Ilea who was busy after returning to Green Field, Li Yu also had a lot of things to do.

First of all, I gave the accompanying people a long vacation. This time I went out for a long time, and spent most of the time on the road. Li Yu arranged for a secretary to record all the rest days owed, and make up for it when I came back. .

In addition, he also selected sixteen people from the five major departments of the church, including monks, referees, craftsmen, businessmen, and the black dog guards responsible for protecting them.

Led by Fabre, who came in seventh place in the first Green Field Open Mike Missionary Event, they headed to Ferdinand's territory of Beze.

The latter has converted to Saturday, but the rest of the Bathory family, as well as the people in the territory, are still believers of Pisiya, the silver moon goddess.

Of course, Li Yu couldn't let go of these beliefs. This time he sent sixteen people there just to build a branch religious group there.

Fabre and others not only want to preach in the territory of the Bathory family, call on everyone to believe in Saturday together, and build a kingdom of gods on land, but also help Ferdinand develop agriculture and economy, and monitor whether anyone violates the commandments.

And this is also the first time Shuangxiu Education has truly taken root and developed in a place other than Green Field.

Li Yu also attached great importance to the sixteen people's business. Before they left, he called Fabre to his residence, chatted with him for a whole morning, and helped him formulate an action plan for him when he arrived in Beize.

He was allocated 6,000 Golden Lions as the first start-up capital, and he was also equipped with a radio station so that he could keep in touch with Lvye and ask for help in time if he encountered any difficulties.

In the afternoon, Li Yu and Ilea went to see the hematite mine that Lu Weijia found.

The vein was behind a small hill. When Lu Weijia passed there, he discovered the iron cap under his feet.

The so-called iron cap refers to some metal sulfide ore bodies exposed on the surface. Under the action of weathering, most of the metal sulfides will turn into easily soluble sulfates and carbonates and be carried away by rainwater.

Leaving unbearable limonite and the like attached to the upper part of the oxidation zone of the ore body, there are usually many holes.

Iron caps are an important symbol of metal deposits, and many mineral deposits are discovered through iron caps.

Since this part of knowledge is relatively professional, and Lu Weijia's common language is limited to daily communication, involving some more complicated vocabulary, especially vocabulary that does not exist on the continent of Bratis, he directly chooses to speak Chinese.

So what Miss Rabbit heard was in the clouds, but she still couldn't hide the excitement on her face.

At the beginning, Philip Snowpaw helped Alexandro, the Angry Lion, win the battle of the Blood Dragon's Wail and became the Lord of the Western Region.

Sealed part of the territory to a group of warriors under his command. Although the area of ​​the green field is not small, due to the special terrain, barren land, and the threat of the lizardmen in the swamp, no one cares about it.

Later, it became the fiefdom of the Arias family, but the Arias family could barely survive on this land.

There are many previous heads of the family who worked hard to rule the country, but no matter how hard they worked, they still couldn't find any other means of sustainable income besides selling radishes.

And this further confirmed the barrenness of the green field. Although this territory is now developed in Ilea's hands, it mainly relies on the special products of Shuangxiujiao.

Until the discovery of this hematite, it seems to have broken people's prejudice against this land hundreds of years ago.

Li Yu then asked Lu Weijia, "How do you plan to mine?"

"Considering our existing technical conditions, I think the fire mining method combined with the wedge splitting quarrying method is the most suitable." Lu Weijia replied.

"To put it simply, light a fire on the mine first, and then water it immediately. The ore will become brittle after being cooled and heated. At this time, inserting a wedge into the crack will accelerate the ore's fragmentation."

Li Yu nodded.

The appearance of iron ore is of course a good thing, which means that steel can be refined later. No matter in any era, people have a lot of demand for steel.

Weapons, farm tools, and construction all use steel. Even militiamen with some training can display considerable combat effectiveness as long as they are provided with a full set of armor and weapons.

However, these weapons and equipment are too expensive in the continent of Bratis. Even if you don't buy the best goods from those dwarf profiteers, you can just find a human or orc blacksmith and ask him to help build a set. You still have to pay a fortune. fee.

Except for those extremely wealthy big families, ordinary nobles, even the guards under them don't all wear iron armor.

But if Lvye can smelt iron, especially high-quality steel, the cost of producing weapons and armor can be greatly reduced.

The significance of it is self-evident.

However, mining iron ore, including subsequent smelting, required a lot of manpower. Fortunately, this trip to the capital brought back more than 20,000 people.

Li Yu intends to offer a high salary to recruit a group of miners from among them.

The Prophet of the Shuangxiu Sect is still discussing with the female lord the selection criteria and the location of the subsequent iron factory.

Miss Rabbit wants to put the iron factory in the new city to increase its popularity, but Li Yu is worried that the pollution will be too serious.

At this moment, the female lord saw a guard of the Arias family riding towards this side.

"What's going on, why do you look so anxious?" Miss Rabbit asked the visitor.

"Lady Ilea, the envoy from the Figuerola family is here. He said he has something very urgent and wants to see you."

"People from Figueirola?" The girl was a little surprised, but she didn't think too much, and said to Li Yu, "Then I'll go back to the castle first."

"Yeah." Li Yu nodded.

But not long after they finished speaking, another group of people came here.

This time, there were seven people coming. The leader was also a guard of the Arias family, but the six people following him were wearing the cloaks of the Figuerola family.

"Sir Ilea, Sir Ilea!" the leading knight shouted as soon as he saw Miss Rabbit, "Thank God, you are finally back. Please summon your vassals and soldiers immediately!"

"Why, is it the Marquis of Cullen who is looking for me? But is it too late for me to go there now? Their battle is probably over."

"No, Sir Ilea, Lord Marquis and they are missing." The knight brought an unbelievably sad news.

The female lord failed to react immediately, and after a while she said again, "Missing? How could it be? This is the Western Region, and doesn't the Marquis bring an army of ten thousand with him?"

"Six days ago, they chased the fleeing savages into the Dragon's Back Mountains. Then Sir Morse, who was in charge of logistics, lost contact with the army in front." The knight said with a serious expression.