Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 61 Bison leads the iron mine

After clearing away useless distractions, Owen came to the entrance of the Devil's Horn Forest Avenue.

This is the first place to redeem super farmland, so it is naturally the most affected and the most representative, so he will check it every time he comes.

Grabbing a handful of soil, Owen suddenly frowned because he found that the viscosity of the soil had decreased again, from fertile humus soil that was oily with a pinch to crisp loess that crumbled with a pinch, so he stood up and Said to the Goblin General.

"All farmland in this distance has stopped planting. Next time we find that the surrounding soil has seriously deteriorated, we will stop immediately. Then we will transport humus soil from the surrounding area to increase the fertility of the land. After spring, soybeans will be planted in the normal way to cultivate the land. In addition, we will wait for the weather to get warmer. Immediately start building a wooden wall to block this place and prohibit anyone from entering, and any offender will be shot."

The reason for stopping the cultivation of some super farmland is because Owen's purpose is not to destroy this forest. In fact, the magic horn tree is a rare and precious resource. It is impossible for him to kill the goose to obtain the eggs. Instead, he will try his best to maintain the surrounding environment and ensure that the surrounding magic horns Trees will not die in large areas.

As for prohibiting outsiders from entering, it is just a precautionary measure to prevent adventurers and dark forces from discovering the ruins deep in the Devil's Horn Tree Forest.

Who knows what is inside the ruins? The treasure is okay, but what if there is some big devil sealed in the seal, and it is released by those cheap adventurers, and they cause trouble and walk away, Owen will be deceived and cry, so Be careful in advance to prevent adventurous adventurers from entering.

Through this inspection, Owen found that the Goblin tribe was developing well and had good potential. He was very satisfied with this, so he rewarded the Goblin General and asked him to make persistent efforts. If he performed well, he would be promoted to the Goblin leader, which provoked The Goblin General immediately knelt down to show his loyalty.

Then, in addition to building a new underground city secret room as a food storage warehouse, Owen also asked the Goblin General to transport a batch of food to the Devil's Horn Forest Village, and then he would send people from the territory to escort it back.

Taking advantage of the cold weather and desolate land, Owen planned to secretly increase the food reserves in the territory. Firstly, he would increase the population absorption in the spring of next year, and secondly, he would also prepare for war.

Although Irving estimates that he still has at least a year, the problem is that this is just his guess, not a prediction. He will not take his hope for granted, so the best way is to prepare for the worst in advance. .

Under the power of the system, the heavy snow did not completely stop the development of the territory. Instead, it quickly became stronger in invisible places.

Thanks to the large amount of food provided by the Goblin tribe, Owen let the soldiers in the territory go to training. At the same time, bags of food were baked into hard bread and sent to the farmers' homes to fill their bodies that were depleted when they were serfs. , making them more robust.

In fact, Owen was ready to let the farmers form a reserve force and send them to the battlefield immediately when necessary.

But this is not enough. In addition to soldiers, he also needs to reserve more weapons, equipment and production tools, so he is bound to get the iron ore in the Buffalo Territory.

As soon as the ice and snow melted, Owen couldn't wait to lead people along the North Boundary River to the Bison Territory.

It is said that the North Boundary River was formed by the melting of glaciers in the far north. It spans most of the Northland. It suddenly draws an arc near the border and turns eastward, becoming a natural dividing line.

Most of the barbarians originally lived on the south side of the Northern Boundary River. However, they were ambushed several times by the imperial border troops. After suffering heavy casualties, they had to cross the Northern Boundary River and move further north.

Because the wide North Boundary River is simply a natural border line, the initial footsteps of the Northland Development Group stopped here.

Water is the source of life. No territory can be separated from water. The irrigation of farmland alone is a threshold that cannot be bypassed.

Although the North Boundary River can provide sufficient water sources, it is too far from the empire's border. Who knows when the barbarians who were forced to migrate will come back. Then they will be the first wave of victims, so many people came and decided to stay. Only a few dozen people established territory here, and only five persisted or survived to become lords.

Of course, now only Viscount Hydra and Swan Baron are left.

The buffalo territory is not far from Owen's territory. It only takes half a day by horseback and a day by caravan, so he arrived at his destination before his patience ran out.

In order to facilitate irrigation of farmland, everyone's territory is built along the river, and the Bison Territory is no exception. However, the terrain here is a bit special. In the mostly flat Northland, the Bison Territory has a raised hill. This hill The shape is weird, with a high bulge in the middle and two ends that go down. Because it bends forward, it looks like a cow's horns, so it is called a buffalo collar.

The mine of the bison collar is located in the concave middle of the horns. A large pit has been dug here, but if you look closely, you can see that not much iron ore has been dug out.

Owen stepped forward to check. Under the shallow layer of soil was full of dark iron ore. When he knocked it, there was a metallic sound, which showed how high the purity was. No wonder the Buffalo Baron had occupied it for so many years but had little mining, because of the lack of tools. The loss is too great.

And no matter how much iron ore is mined, it is useless without refining methods. As for transporting it to the empire to exchange for money, haha, if there is a direct railway to the empire, it will be almost the same. Just transporting it by carriage will make you lose your pants.

But this is not a problem for Owen. He has a blacksmith, fuel, and now iron ore.

Now that you know the value of the iron ore, let's take it.

It's just that Owen originally wanted to build a defensive building here, but there was no suitable place no matter how he looked.

Niujiaoling is not very high, and the top is not wide and flat enough. It is impossible to build a large building unless the top is leveled. However, the soil layer of the hill is only about a foot thick, and the bottom is full of gravel. If you want to build a foundation, , which consumes too much manpower.

Owen simply took a shortcut and found a hidden place behind Niujiao Ling to exchange for the secret passage of the dungeon. After going deep underground to find the mineral vein, he directly exchanged it for the secret room of the dungeon to create an underground living space, and then sent a group of farmers to garrison here. Mining iron ore.

This is not only convenient, but also less likely to be discovered.

It's just that although the farmers are hardworking and very loyal, Owen is not crazy enough to let them work in the dark place until they die. Therefore, he not only built a small garden underground, but also planted fruits and sunflowers, so that the farmers would not suffer from the long hours. Being underground leads to depression.

In addition, the underground mining farmers rotate once a month, and every time the convoy comes, they have to dig in the previous mine as a cover. In this way, even if they leave any traces, they will only think that they came to mine iron occasionally. mine.

Of course, doing this is very troublesome, and it has to squeeze out part of the already tense progress value. Owen's hair has become greasy, and his face has pimples.

Although this kind of change is normal for someone of his age, the question is whether he has a woman. No matter how strong your hormones are, they will be smoothed out, so you won't have the energy to get acne.