Not long after Shi Wansui left, Cui Yingyu walked into Ouyang Shuo's office. Ouyang Shuo smiled and invited her to sit down, and said teasingly: "Yu'er is coming to the door for nothing?!" ”

There's a reason why he says that. Through this period of getting along, Ouyang Shuo was stunned to find that this righteous sister turned out to be a workaholic. This has to be put aside in modern society, she must be a strong woman.

"Big brother, even you are here to make fun of others. The little sister works so hard, isn't it all for the territory of the eldest brother? Cui Yingyu's face was slightly red, and she said coquettishly.

Ouyang Shuo hurriedly apologized and coaxed: "Okay, okay, it's the eldest brother who is wrong." Yuzu, don't be angry. In order to avoid embarrassing her, he quickly found a staircase and took the initiative to ask, "What progress is there on the side of the primary mining farm?" ”

Although Yingyu is magnificent, after all, it is her daughter's family, and she is teased by her eldest brother, who is closest to her and trusts her the most, and she is also slightly embarrassed in her heart. Originally, I was going to report to work, but now it's hard to speak. Hearing Ouyang Shuo take the initiative to talk about things at work, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She collected her emotions and said calmly, "Yes." As early as three days ago, I approached Master Li, a blacksmith, and asked him to lead someone to start looking for the mine. Yesterday there was finally good news. At the foot of the hill to the southwest of the territory, they found an open-air iron ore quarry. Not only was the mine large and the ore stored abundantly, but it was also extremely easy to collect. Some of them are directly exposed to the soil, while others simply need to be scraped off a layer of soil to collect iron ore. ”

Ouyang Shuo nodded happily, "This is really good news. Although the current ore demand in the territory is not very large, when it is possible to craft weapons, the demand will skyrocket. Now with this open-pit mine, there will be no need to worry about iron ore for a long time to come. By the way, have you found skilled people who are more familiar with mining? ”

"Well, I came here today to report this matter to my eldest brother. Among the displaced people who were brushed out today, there was an intermediate miner named Yuan Shaoping, and Xiaomei suggested that he should be in charge of the operation of the primary mining farm. ”

Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate at all, "Yes." Bring him here, and I will see him. If there are no problems, he will be appointed as the director of the junior mining farm, and he will be placed under the management of your Material Reserve Division. ”

For Ouyang Shuo's trust, Yingyu was very moved, "Thank you big brother for such trust, hehe!" ”

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and said with a smile: "You are my little sister, you have strong ability and accurate vision, of course the eldest brother trusts you." It's just that you don't have to work too hard. ”

Yingyu responded in a low voice, and the two of them became a lot closer.

After Cui Yingyu left, Ouyang Shuo was not ready to stay in the office. He thought it was time to take a look at the woodworking workshop.

Since the last time he handed over the "Guide Car Manufacturing Technical Manual" to the carpenter Lu Guangzhi, I don't know how he has studied and whether there has been any progress. This guide car can be related to whether or not he can get that exciting reward in the first campaign map in the near future.

The carpentry workshop was built on the commercial street of the central axis, next to the blacksmith's shop. When Ouyang Shuo walked into the carpentry workshop, the carpenter, who was said to be a descendant of Lu Ban, was taking two apprentices around a wooden car.

Ouyang Shuo was stunned for a moment, not surprised, it was difficult for Lu Guangzhi to have already eaten the technical manual and built the guide car?! That's amazing, isn't it? You know, this is a difficult technical job.

Unlike modern compasses that use geomagnetic effects, ancient compass cars use the principle of differential gears. The guide car uses a gear transmission system to indicate the direction according to the rotation of the wheels. No matter where the car turns, the wooden man's hand always points to the south, so that although the car is back, his hand is always guided.

An apprentice carpenter looked up and saw Ouyang Shuo, and hurriedly reminded the master who was still staring at the car.

Lu Guangzhi came back to his senses, hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in a panic: "The little people were in a trance, and they neglected the adults. Please punish you! ”

Ouyang Shuo smiled, "Master Lu is selfless in his work, and he deserves everyone's admiration and learning." What is the sin? ”

Lu Guangzhi smiled and said embarrassedly: "Let the adults laugh!" ”

Ouyang Shuo didn't want to get entangled, and pointed directly to the wooden car, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the guide car described in the "Guide Car Manufacturing Technology Manual?!" No, in just three or four days, Master Lu has made such progress. ”

Hearing Ouyang Shuo say this, this man's swarthy face instantly turned red, with a shame that could not be concealed, "Xiaomin is ashamed, I really don't deserve such praise from adults." Xiaomin has indeed built a guide car according to the records in the book in the past few days. Unfortunately, the car does not give directions as recorded in the book. ”

Ouyang Shuo suddenly realized that it was just an experimental product, so it was more in line with reality. "Master Lu doesn't have to be like this. As far as I know, this compass is a very delicate instrument. Even if there is a technical manual as a reference, it is not something that can be mastered in a short time. You don't have to be depressed, and you shouldn't be ashamed. Anyway, there is still plenty of time, and there is no rush for a while. Master Lu can study slowly, and maybe he can take this opportunity to raise his carpenter level by one level. ”

Lu Guangzhi's face turned slightly pale, and he said gratefully: "Thank you for your trust." Xiaomin will definitely seize the time to study, and strive to make a guide car that can really be used as soon as possible, in order to repay the kindness of adults. ”

"Then I'm relieved. Then you guys are busy, I won't bother! ”

Coming out of the carpentry workshop, Ouyang Shuo walked into the junior blacksmith shop next to him. For Li Tiezhu, a junior blacksmith, to be honest, he doesn't pay much attention to it. The reason is simple, junior blacksmiths cannot craft weapons and armor. At most, you can make arrowheads, and it's not the more complicated Mitsubishi-shaped arrowheads.

Because military supplies are contraband in the market, there are only three ways for leaders to obtain weapons and equipment. The first is the simplest, that is, when you change jobs in the barracks, the system directly gives away a set of basic weapons and equipment. For example, after a farmer becomes a militiaman, the system automatically gives away spears and leather armor.

The system is set up in this way just to avoid the embarrassment of soldiers being naked, which is a basic security system. Of course, the disadvantages of this approach are also obvious. The weapons and equipment donated by the system are not of high quality and are easy to be damaged or destroyed.

The second way is smuggling, cooperating with the big chambers of commerce in the royal city. As long as the starting price is paid, those big chambers of commerce with deep backgrounds will dare to take risks. They will arrange for a private escort to escort you all the way and transport weapons and equipment directly to your territory.

This is certainly not without a cost. First, in order to contact these large chambers of commerce, it is necessary to upgrade the primary market to the advanced market, and only then can the fourth platform of the market be opened - the negotiation and cooperation platform. Second, the price of smuggled weapons and equipment is very perverted, and if you are not a lord with strong financial resources, you can't afford it at all. Any smuggling can bring the territory close to bankruptcy.

Those big chambers of commerce are not living Lei Feng, but natural vampires. They will not be satisfied if they take the risk of raiding your home and destroying your territory, and they will not be satisfied if they do not make several times or even more than ten times the profit. To make matters worse, the Chamber of Commerce is only responsible for the sale of weapons and equipment. They are not responsible for later maintenance. If you want after-sales service, that's all there is to talk about.

The last way is to build your own military industry. Once the territory has its own military industry, it naturally does not need to be controlled by others. You can produce as much as you want.

This path may seem beautiful, but it is actually the most difficult of the three. Why?! Because weapons and equipment are prohibited items, as long as they can be called by a specific name, they need a corresponding technical manual to create. For example, the Mingguang armor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which is more famous in history, needs to have the "Mingguang Armor Manufacturing Technology Manual" to be able to build.

In general, these technical manuals are not available on the primary market. There is only one place to buy it. That is the third platform opened after upgrading to the mid-level market - the limited-time auction platform. The system will hold limited-time auctions on this platform from time to time. At that time, there will be some items that are rarely seen in normal times.

And more than half of the technical manuals of weapons and equipment flowed out of this auction. Ouyang Shuo clearly remembered that the first auction held in his previous life was in the third month after the server was launched. That is, on the day when the credit and in-game currency trading platform was officially opened.

Back to the front. In Ouyang Shuo's plan, to start a weapon workshop, at least one high-ranking blacksmith was needed to preside over it. Therefore, he has no expectations for Li Tiezhu, a junior blacksmith. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the blacksmith shop, Li Tiezhu gave him a surprise.

As soon as the burly blacksmith saw Ouyang Shuo, he said happily: "Haha, what a coincidence! Xiaomin was about to look for the adult, but he didn't expect the adult to come unexpectedly. ”

"Oh? I don't know if Master Li is looking for me, what do you have to report? Seeing this usually calm and capable blacksmith with such an excited expression, Ouyang Shuo looked surprised.

"Hehe, there's good news for you. Yesterday afternoon, when I was building farm tools for the Reclamation Division, I naturally broke through the bottleneck and was officially promoted to a mid-level blacksmith. ”

Hearing him say this, Ouyang Shuo immediately thought of the territorial characteristics attached to the gold-level village building order - the skill proficiency of production residents was increased by 20%, and the success rate of territorial talents breaking through the bottleneck was increased by 10%. I didn't expect it to play a role so quickly, and it was really strong enough.

"Hehe, congratulations to Master Li! I would like to ask, what special feelings did you have when you broke through? ”

"Feelings? It didn't feel like anything, it just seemed like it was falling into place. Since coming to Shanhai Village, I feel that my iron-making skills have become more and more proficient. The puzzle that I had been puzzled about all of a sudden became easier when I got here, and it was as if I had been helped by God. For his breakthrough, Blacksmith Li himself seemed very surprised.

"Well, either way, that's a good thing. Next, Master Li can try to craft some arrowheads and spears. It won't be long before the territory will be used. ”

Li Tiezhu gladly agreed, and it was a great honor for the blacksmith to be able to build weapons. After a brief explanation, Ouyang Shuo left the blacksmith shop.