Luo Bai was also excited about the overall situation of the copper mine, and he insisted on following Ma Yue and Tie Lin to Xingxing City. Okay, going with fewer people wouldn't work either. Luo Bai was bringing two thousand cavalrymen, and the nearby Xingxing City would have to be garrisoned. Protecting the copper mine was very important.
"Okay!" Ma Yue rode his spiritual horse to inspect the copper mining area. His spiritual consciousness kept exploring. There were many rich mines and shallow buried areas. It was indeed easy to mine.
"Tie Lin, don't go back. Stay in Xingxing City and lead the copper mining here."
"Dick, go back to Sun City, find those twenty guards, and form a new balloon team."
"Luo Bai, these two experienced copper furnace coppersmiths are now in your care. The new balloon copper furnace must be forged safely in Sun City. You must provide them with a closed area for forging copperware. This is the last remaining secret of our Sea Tribe. Got it!"
"yes!"
Although Star City also has a garrison of 2,000 troops, the primary defense is in Sun City, where Luo Bai's 6,000 cavalry are stationed. Sun City is equally important, and the salt production there is growing rapidly. In short, the Sea Tribe is currently short of both copper and salt.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of people in the Sun City area.
As for scale, it won't be able to be expanded anytime soon. The main reason is that the navy's fleet is too limited. There's no leather to build balloons, and the black oil needs to be transported in, which presents many problems.
Of course, the most difficult part of making a balloon is the copper furnace, which is what burns in the sky and generates propulsion. The technological limitations at that time were too great. Why else would Ma Yue stop making balloons after the first batch of twenty balloons? Building this copper furnace is incredibly difficult.
It’s different now. Without the balloon team, I don’t feel safe.
The grassland people retreated, and on land, there would be no major threat to Sun City for the time being, which finally gave Sun City a chance to catch its breath.
No matter what, development takes time. After these difficult two or three months, Sun City will see the arrival of winter's ice and snow season, and after the autumn harvest in Haifan City, large-scale grain shipments will be possible...
Haifan City couldn't provide any support for the time being. Whether it was Poseidon City, Sun City, or Star City, they would all be on their own for the next two months. As for copper mining, they could only rely on Sun City's salt to pay the miners' salaries.
Of course, those who are willing to wait for food can also do so, maybe two or three months. Fortunately, the reputation of the Hai tribe is still good. When Tielin first came here, the people of the surrounding tribes also trusted Tielin. In this way, the mining of the copper mine finally went smoothly.
The miners were willing to get the salt first, but the Hai tribe said, you don’t need the salt for now. After two or three months, when the Hai tribe’s food arrives, you can use the salt to exchange for potatoes.
As long as you're willing to put in the work, whether it's salt or potatoes, they're all needed by the surrounding poor tribes. Even if you make your own charcoal, both Sun City and Star City will buy it with salt (Star City needs to refine the copper ore it digs into ingots to make it easier to transport to Sun City). Whether boiling salt or forging copper ingots or copper furnaces, charcoal is required.
In general, the salt boiling and copper mining in the Hai tribe have driven the development of many poor tribes in the surrounding areas, providing them with an additional way to earn a living by working.
After arranging everything, Ma Yue returned with Bing Yueshui. After all, their foundation was still in Haifan City. Without the large-scale grain production here, everything else would be meaningless. Who would work for you for free? It's because your Hai Tribe has the grain, isn't it?
"It is very troublesome to make a copper furnace and it takes time. The copper production in Xingxing City will increase soon, and the production of copper plowshares will not be delayed at the same time." Ma Yue returned to Haifan City. This was all good news.
"That's great! Our Sea Tribe's copper plow shovel reserves are almost exhausted." The third priest was the happiest. Agriculture is the foundation for the development of a large tribe. The copper plow shovels will not work if they are constantly consumed.
"Spirit, since the focus of the copper workshop has been transferred to Sun City, we should transfer the coppersmiths of Haifan City there as much as possible. After all, it takes time to train skilled coppersmiths." said Daka, the director of the Mining Bureau.
"You make sense." Ma Yue nodded. "We can't wait for the fleet to come back any longer. Yueshui, you have to make another arduous journey. Use my water spirit boat to bring as many experienced coppersmiths as possible to Sun City. You won't need horses. They have horses in Sea God City."
"Okay!" Bing Yueshui is certainly not afraid of hard work. Everyone is busy working for the Sea Tribe.
"Daka, you go there too. You are most familiar with the coppersmiths' personnel. From now on, you will be stationed in Sun City."
"Okay, I'll go and arrange the staff." Dhaka certainly had no objection. A copper workshop would only be useful if there were a copper mine. Otherwise, what would you, the director of the Mining Bureau, do? Dhaka was the most experienced not only in copper production but also in copper mining.
As for other professional talents, Luo Bai brought some with him when he went there.
"What's going on in Thunder God City?" Ma Yue continued to ask.
"Not bad. The crops in the fields have not been abandoned. Wu Qi and the militia organized by the second priest have taken good care of the crops on a daily basis. It is expected that by the end of the year, there will be a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes." The third priest said that the area of Lei Shen City is suitable for growing sweet potatoes. The Sea Tribe now has a lot of food, but there are also many places that need food.
"That's great. By the end of the year, we'll need a lot of food to support Poseidon City and Sun City. Three Priests, you need to make a plan."
"Don't worry, charlatan!" This is the duty of the three priests.
Although the past two or three months had been a difficult period, as long as the arrangements were made and the Sea Tribe was kept in a strict and orderly state, Ma Yue generally didn't need to worry about it. After a few months of exhausting work, Ma Yue's mentality had calmed down, and it was time to focus on his cultivation.
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