"God of war, news has come from Chunwu that a large number of ships have landed at other ports on Wu Island. Preliminary assessment is that they are the fleet of the Dragon Scale Tribe."
"Well, Kirishima is so big, it's not our home. Whoever wants to go can go. We are few in number, so we can only watch." Ma Yue's answer was still helpless. The White Mist Branch only has a hundred acres of arable land. How many people do you think should be left?
If the sea outlet was not suitable for salt boiling and was not small in scale, Ma Yue would have withdrawn long ago.
"Just Kirishima?" Firestone asked.
"Of course, the Poseidon City has such a small outlet to the sea, and it is blocked by our Stone City, so it is useless for them to land. As for Lingguo Island, Lei Qing has already built a basic defense at the cliff. Even the most powerful team can climb up the cliff that is a hundred meters high? Haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile.
"So the charlatan had already made plans for Spirit Fruit Island." The navy also has a sense of territory. The Dragon Scale Tribe's entry into Mist Island made the navy uncomfortable. And if they enter Spirit Fruit Island again... As for Sea God City, although it's a bit small, Sea God City wouldn't be afraid if the enemy launched a naval landing operation.
Of course, Poseidon City couldn't withstand a prolonged siege, as it still had the navy. No matter how large a tribe was, it wouldn't easily attack the Sea Tribe's territory if it couldn't be taken down quickly.
Many tribes, big and small, from various regions came to Haifan City to trade. After witnessing the majesty and strength of Haifan City, it was no longer the same as before. With such a large population, ordinary tribes could not afford to offend the Hai Tribe.
The mainland's coastline is huge, so there's no need to compete with the Sea Tribe, right?
If someone really lands on Lingguo Island from other sea outlets, the Hai Tribe will be helpless. You can't say that you went to Lingguo Island first, and then such a big Lingguo Island belongs to your Hai Tribe alone, right?
I really don’t know how big Lingguo Island is.
"You charlatan, how about our navy circle around Lingguo Island first?" Shuichong said.
"You guys take care of the arrangements. It's easier and more convenient for the navy to search for coastal outlets than for Lei Qing's army." Ma Yue had no objection. Didn't the navy go around in circles in Kirishima back then, wasting more than a year, and still couldn't find a more suitable place to live at the outlet?
The table went to explore the interior of Kirishima's river and has not returned yet.
"Where is Hai Rui? I haven't seen that guy for a long time." Ma Yue asked.
"Hai Rui, under the banner of commerce, continued to explore eastward along Xishui Bay, hoping to see what lay beyond that."
Baipi explored the southern coastline, while Hairui, unwilling to be left out, headed eastwards to explore Xishui Bay. They were two truly adventurous explorers. Whether the land over there was an island or a continent, it seemed the people of Xishui Bay couldn't tell.
Once upon a time, the Dragon Scale Tribe also explored eastward along the coastline, but fought a fierce battle with the naval coalition of Dongshui Bay, and they no longer had any intention of exploring eastward.
The people in that area were very wary of large-scale fleets. Hai Rui only brought a small fleet of seven ships, which should not cause misunderstanding.
"Spirit, Ma Han from Qiu Haicheng suggested that we split the copper workshop into two parts. The initial smelting should remain in Qiu Haicheng. After the copper ingots are made, they will be transported back to Haifan City by coal ships. A copper processing plant will be built in Haifan City. I think this is a good idea." The second priest also spoke.
"Oh?" Ma Yue smiled. "This Ma Han is really thoughtful."
"This way, we can transport less coal to Qiuhai City. The copper workshop consumes too much coal."
"Yes, this is a really good idea. The real talents of the copper workshop are those who forge copper tools. Moving them to Haifan City will also help protect the copper-making talents."
Everyone spoke at once, saying that this would save coal transportation capacity and help protect talent.
Transporting the coal from the Northern Branch was already a chore, and getting it to Qiu Haicheng was even more arduous. Of course, primitive people considered waste shameful.
Ma Yue thought this was a good idea. He remembered that in ancient times, copper ingots were also transported from local areas to Beijing for processing.
In terms of the stability of the copper-tin ratio, the Hai tribe's copper-making technology is already leading, and the hardness and flexibility basically meet the requirements. The relatively stable production ratio greatly reduces waste.
"It's better this way, so that the professionals from the Tool Manufacturing Bureau don't have to stay in Qiu Haicheng all the time. It would be terrible if they all lost something." The top leaders of the Hai tribe now pay more attention to professional and technical personnel. A slight improvement in technology means an increase in productivity, which is of great significance.
"Okay, Second Priest, Shuichong, you guys make the arrangements and build a copper workshop here." Ma Yue thought for a moment and said, "To the east of Haifan City, we'll build a small stone city. From now on, the tool manufacturing detachment, pottery brigade, and copper workshop will all be stationed in that small stone city."
"There is a place, just demolish part of the trade zone." said the second priest.
"Let's call it Tool City. The tool factory only has one door leading to Haifan City. Got it?"
"Understood. Protect our technology."
"Spirit, why don't we build a materials city? Not only coal, but also limestone, fish skin, bamboo for making weapons, etc. This will be more standardized." Shuichong said.
"Very good, Haifan City is now inhabited, and it's well-regulated and clean." Ma Yue immediately praised Shuichong. People with good intentions and thoughts are the ones who are useful. "Not only materials, but also some finished pottery, bows and arrows, flying spears and other weapons..."
"In this case, there's a lot of space cleared in Haifan City, more than just 30,000 people can live there."
It turns out that although the planning of Haifan City is pretty good, everything is in the city, so it is indeed a bit messy. Ma Yue’s idea is to make the place where people live separate places for living, and the place where production takes place has its own production area, so that it would be more orderly, right?
Ma Yue and everyone basically decided on the major policies and guidelines, but Ma Yue did not participate in the further implementation.
The second priest is very busy, but fortunately, he has a good assistant, Niutou. Niutou has built a city before, so he just needs to take charge, which saves the second priest a lot of worries.
The Tool City itself is not big, so considering the construction speed of Haifan City, isn’t it a piece of cake?
With the construction of the Tool City, the copper-making branch of Qiu Haicheng's copper workshop moved here. The only thing left of Qiu Haicheng's copper workshop was the workshop for rough processing of copper ingots.
Even if Qiuhai City was taken by the enemy, as long as the copper-making talents were still in Haifan City, it would be much easier to fight back and rebuild. Each department could also study the tools used by each department in the tool store in Haifan City, which was indeed much more convenient.
This measure is indeed a good one as it reduces the amount of coal shipped to Qiuhai City by sea and saves a lot of transportation capacity.
Ma Yue attached great importance to the Tool City. Almost every time he had a break from cultivation, he would go to the Tool City to look around and, whenever possible, would offer his own suggestions. Don't underestimate Ma Yue's suggestions. Although Ma Yue didn't know much about manufacturing technology, he was from the 21st century after all, and his advanced thinking was incomparable to that of primitive people.
A seemingly insignificant idea may lead to a significant increase in productivity.
As Ma Yue gradually standardized and refined the production of the tool city, the output of both curved plows and copper plowshares was greatly improved through the roughly crude assembly line division of labor.
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