rise of empire total war

Chapter 14 Iron Ore
Richard's two decrees were well implemented in the next few days. Under the threat of fines and the temptation of money, the dirty and smelly streets in the past changed almost overnight, although The smell still lingers in the air, but at least you don’t have to worry about stepping on human and animal excrement while walking on the road, and a wave of justice will come from above your head.

The appearance of the city has become better, but the pockets of those sewage workers and Richard have suffered. The former has a mountain of garbage to clean up, and the latter has an extra [-] dinars overnight. Expenditures—Eight hundred dinars are almost the money of a grain merchant and a town militia.

The increase in workload has also increased the wages of the sewage workers a lot. This has allowed the civilians in Nuremberg to find a job opportunity. They ran to apply for the job, but soon it was full of people, and those who were not selected could only leave disappointed.

While they were disappointed, the general guard sent by Richard to investigate the entire island had good news.

In order to better control Cuban Island, Richard sent his early general guards to disperse around Nuremberg. After all, those on horses are always faster than those on two legs.On the second day after dispatching the cavalry, the team of knights heading to the central mountain ridge brought good news. They found a two-person-high cave hidden behind a dense forest from the west of the mountain. some exposed iron ore.

Iron ore!
When Richard got the good news, a system prompt sounded in his mind, and the mine was unlocked!
【Mine

It costs 2000 dinars to build

1 month completed
Supply: Minerals +160
Description: Although ore can be found on the surface in some areas, its output is extremely limited if it is not mined deep underground.Therefore, once a mine is built, the city can significantly increase its metal ore production.

(Note: The mine does not have its own miners. It needs to recruit miners from the common people in the city. The more miners there are, the more income will be. However, due to the high death rate of miners, there are only a handful of people who are willing to become miners. )]

Looking at the system's remarks on the mine, Richard felt a little bit nervous.

If no one is willing to become a miner, then building a mine is useless, and it can only cost him 2000 dinars for nothing.But Richard thought about it again, the source of the miners is not mandatory to require civilians from the system, the natives of this world can also be employed.

In this world, to be precise, in the memory of the original owner of Richard's body, the Vadasia region has never lacked enough labor force. In the trade markets of various countries, those who have a lot of force and slaves in their hands The slave traders in China are undoubtedly the most active group of people.

As long as Richard can connect with those slave traders, won't there be a steady stream of miners who can mine for him?
In addition to slaves, he can also throw soldiers captured in the war into dark mines, but he has not yet had a war with any force, so this method has been abolished.

However, the lack of it now does not mean that it will not exist in the future. In future pirate invasions, Richard is very confident that he will be able to capture a group of prisoners of war for his own use.

However, all of this is only a matter of the future. Now Richard not only has to deal with the government affairs of the city, but also learns horsemanship and swordsmanship from his general guard captain Kondra.

Although it is said that in the Middle Ages, noble boys would definitely receive instruction in horsemanship and swordsmanship, but on the way Richard was receiving instruction, the Jutian rebellion broke out, so he can be said to be incapable of learning in these two areas.

Therefore, re-training after settling down is a must.Compared with Magnus, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Richard still prefers his guard captain Kondra. Magnus is better at foot combat and spears, and Kondra is a knight.

In addition to accepting Condela's teachings, there is another thing that Richard must worry about.As mentioned before, before leaving Ravana, Osrita gave him a merchant ship and a weaving workshop in Bell City. The weaving workshop can be placed there to make money by itself, but the merchant ship cannot Put oysters in the port.

Richard was actually very ignorant. It was the first time he owned a merchant ship of his own. He didn't know which faction to trade with, and what valuable things to sell with the merchant ship.

Fortunately, Osrita did not withdraw the captain and sailors on the merchant ship, so that Richard could rely on these experienced navigators to conduct his first sea trade.

……

Temporary port on Kuban Island.

At this time, the merchant ship "Paul" from the Griffin family was mooring quietly in the port, and the flag of the Griffin family fluttering on the sail was also replaced by Richard's flag.

The model of this "Paul" merchant ship is the most common Gar-type cargo ship in the countries of the Vardasia Peninsula. This ship is a large three-masted sailing ship, usually with two decks, and equipped with two small ballistas and forty or fifty combat sailor.

These combat sailors are equipped with crossbows, bows and arrows, javelins and various melee weapons. Even so, their combat effectiveness is still not high. Stop the ship for "inspection".

Therefore, the countries of Vardasia will also send some warships to protect the merchant ships while sending merchant ships to trade. However, some private firms cannot afford the cost of hiring warship escorts, and choose to pay protection fees to the Moor pirates in this area to avoid further damage. Big loss.After the Moore pirates' stronghold was taken away by the Ravana Navy, this sea area suddenly entered a safe period.

This is also one of the prerequisites for Richard daring to send a merchant ship to trade. He does not have the ability to create a Kirk warship to escort the merchant ship, so he can only let such an unprotected merchant ship go on the road alone.

The captain of the "Paul" merchant ship is a dark-skinned middle-aged man. Although he has only entered middle age, his head is covered with stars and white hair after days of hard work, and his skin that has been damaged by the sea wind for years is also covered with pimples. Wrinkled and look old.

This is a seasoned and seasoned fisherman.This was Richard's first impression after seeing the captain. His impression was very accurate. The captain named Shelly had become the captain of the "Paul" as early as after it was launched. Nearly 20 years have passed since his nautical career.

After raising his hand to signal Captain Shelly to take his seat, Richard sat in the office of the temporary port, crossed his hands and rested his chin, looked at each other, and said, "Captain Shelly, welcome to join my team, I hope that in the future we will have Pleasant cooperation."

(End of this chapter)