Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

After coming back, Shi Anan went to the village chief to ask for the person.

"What! You said you found an iron mine!" When the village chief heard Shi Anan's words, he thought he was dreaming.

That is an iron mine, a highly sought-after iron mine. How could a small village like theirs own that?

"Hush, keep your voice down. It's best to find a few trusted people to mine the iron mine. The place is close to Changle Village. If there is too much noise, it might attract attention from outside."

There are few people in Guangming Village. In addition to using the iron ore for a small amount of daily necessities, it is mainly used to develop cement. Cement is made of more limestone and clay, and iron powder only accounts for a small proportion. Therefore, they only mine enough iron ore for the temporary use.

"But if this gets out and those officials outside find out, our Guangming Village will be finished. This is a capital crime." The village chief was a little scared. Ordinary people were not allowed to occupy the iron mines in the Tianqi Dynasty privately. The only people who could own the iron mines were the emperor and some royal relatives who were specially rewarded.

He was just an honest country man, and suddenly he was related to an iron mine, so how could he not be nervous?

Shi Anan said angrily, "Why are you panicking? The emperor of the Apocalypse Dynasty is gone, so who is going to take care of us? It's a mess outside now. If one of these forces finds the iron mine, do you think Guangming Village will have a good life? I'm afraid we will all be captured and forced to do hard labor to mine the ore."

"Letting people we trust to mine is to prevent too many people from knowing about this. After all, if too many people are around, someone might accidentally leak the news and attract the attention of some powerful forces. There are only 70 people in Guangming Village and us. How can we go head-to-head with those powerful forces? We have to develop under their noses."

The village chief was still a little confused: "What if we don't tell anyone here and they find out?"

"That's why I asked you to keep quiet! Don't worry, I've checked that place out. Although it's not far from Changle Village, it's still hard to find. I had to ask a Changle villager to lead the way to find it. But you can rest assured that person, he is also afraid that the news will be known by outsiders, so he won't spread it around. As for if other Changle people find out, we will give them some space to mine. As for whether they can mine it themselves or go out and inform on others, you can imagine what they will choose."

In fact, there was one thing Shi Anan didn't say. She planned to bring the people of Changle Village to Guangming Village sooner or later. After all, her task of building the primary village had not been completed yet. The nearest village to Guangming Village was Changle Village. So where else could she attract those people if not from Changle Village?

If there is an opportunity to become a village, then it would be reasonable to give them the minerals.

Although the village chief was still a little hesitant, his heart had gradually leaned towards what Shi Anan said. The iron ore was really very tempting.

"Girl, what should we do after mining the iron ore? There is no blacksmith in our village." The village chief raised another question.

Speaking of this, Shi Anan was a little speechless. Guangming Village was really too small. Not only was there almost no one here, but even some basic craftsmen had almost run away.

In addition to the carpenter, there is also Hao Ren who supports the village. If the villagers want to buy iron products or see a doctor, they have to go to Changle Village or even the town.

No wonder everyone in Guangming Village wants to leave; life here is really too inconvenient.

Fortunately, the system gave Shi Anan an iron smelting technology manual. Without a blacksmith, he could only train one himself.

"Don't worry, I have a method to smelt iron. It doesn't matter if you don't have enough experience, as long as there is someone who is willing to work hard and learn." Iron smelting is not an easy task. Without enough patience and perseverance, it would be difficult to stick to it, but she believes that there must be such a person in Guangming Village.

"By the way, village chief, in addition to the iron mine, I also found a limestone mine. It is hidden near our Guangming Village. The amount of this thing needed is relatively large. Please take some time to organize people to bring some back." Shi Anan continued.

The village chief had become numb from listening to it. How could it be so easy to find a mineral from Miss Shi’s mouth? They had lived here for so many years, how come they hadn’t discovered any?

No matter how complicated the village chief's feelings are, searching for minerals is already on Guangming Village's agenda.

It just so happened that the development of the terraced fields had come to an end, and there were extra manpower available, some of which could be assigned to mining.

The reason why the terraced fields were completed so quickly was because Shi Anan had temporarily only arranged one side of the slope for them to cultivate. Not only because they were short of people now, but also because of the problem of the protective shield.

At present, the terraced fields they are cultivating are still under the protection of the protective shield. If they open them further out, they will probably go beyond the protective shield.

Shi Anan guessed that the expansion of the protective shield must be related to her primary village mission. Since she hasn't completed it yet, she can only cultivate the land here temporarily. After all, these fields are enough to support them.

After finishing these more difficult tasks, Shi Anan finally remembered the waiter who had been locked up in a small dark room by her for a long time.

During this period of time, she had to take care of many things, and there was no one else to ask for help except her. She was so busy that she wished she could create a clone.

After she started doing research and development, the waiter would ring from time to time, which gave her a headache, so she simply turned on the message do not disturb function.

Now that she has some free time, let her see what new changes have been made to the system.

The first thing I did was to open the store and look at the currency. If I remember correctly, it should be 1000... Hmm? Wait, how many zeros are there?

One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand? Hey, how come she has ten thousand silver coins!

——Waiter, waiter, what's going on? Did you miscalculate? I saw that Xiao Piaoliang's wooden sculptures were only sold for 1000 silver coins. Did you give me an extra 0? I'm telling you, you have to admit that you miscalculated. You can't take it back after you give it to me!

[Host, would you like to check other system message prompts first? ]

It was clearly a mechanical system sound, but it made people feel a sense of helplessness.

System prompt, what prompt? Shi Anan opened the message log and was immediately flooded with messages. She scrolled to the top and started reading:

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully bake bricks. Reward: 10 pairs of canvas gloves, system currency +2000 silver coins]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully open up terraced fields. Reward: 10 hoes and 10 sickles]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully deliver a pregnant sow. Reward: Pig Castration Guide*1]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully develop soap. Reward: 10 whitening handmade soaps, system currency +1000 silver coins]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully develop the curved plow. Reward: 7 hens, 3 roosters, system currency +2000 silver coins]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully develop the sledgehammer. Reward: 10 nail rakes, system currency +2000 silver coins]

[Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully develop a seed drill (plow), and reward you with 100 corn seeds (cold-resistant), and +2000 silver coins as system currency]

……

Ah, this currency reward is too high!

Shi Anan was excited that he had escaped poverty and became well-off all of a sudden.

Ten thousand coins, as long as she doesn’t buy those high-tech products, it will last her for a long time!

Although he became rich overnight, Shi Anan did not spend money recklessly. The feeling of having money in pocket was really too fascinating.

Moreover, she still has the kang, papermaking, Jenny spinning machine, and Zhuge crossbow that have not been manufactured yet, and cement is still under development. Once these are produced, she will definitely earn a lot of money again.

The other rewards are also very practical. Canvas gloves can be given to people responsible for burning bricks. Hoes, sickles, and rakes are all necessary agricultural tools. The ones given by the system are of better quality than those made locally.

The whitening handmade soap was only ten yuan, so Shi Anan planned to keep it for use in her yard. As for the roosters and hens, they could be sent to the breeding farm together. The hens given by the system were all at the right time to lay eggs. By then, they could breed more chicks, and they would no longer be short of chicken and eggs.

Corn is a high-yield and delicious crop, and once it is grown, it will add another dish to their diet.

There is also a guide to pig castration. Pigs in this era were not castrated, so it was difficult for them to grow meat, and they tasted fishy. Generally, upper-class people liked to eat mutton more than pork. Only ordinary civilians who could not afford mutton would occasionally buy some pork to get a taste of meat.

When she was at the Shi Mansion before, Shi Anan rarely saw dishes made with pork.

But it’s different for castrated pigs. After being castrated, the pig’s personality will become more docile, and it will grow meat peacefully, and the quality of the meat will be much better.

If you want the pork to taste good, you have to cut off its testicles, Shi Anan laughed sinisterly, all the piglets drinking milk always felt as if they were being stared at by something strange...