The next morning, Henry stood on a makeshift platform made of wooden barrels, and there were countless slaves with numb expressions standing below. He used an illusion to increase his voice and exclaimed, "You are all slaves I bought back to make you work until you die without being paid." But I am a benevolent lord, and I am giving you a chance now. Twenty people who work the best every day can get rid of slavery and become a commoner, and the commoner can get a salary and a piece of land to cultivate after the city is built. Now tell me that you want to be my people? The slaves began to stir slightly, and they wanted to speak but were afraid to speak for fear of being whipped or killed. When Henry saw that there was some effect, he exclaimed, "Don't you want to get the status of a commoner?" If there is no answer within ten numbers, I will retract what I just said. Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four. When he counted to four, a teenager shouted, "Me! I don't want to be a slave. I'm going to be a civilian. ”

Henry looked at the young man and said, "Very good, you stand up now." Tell me your name. The young man slowly walked up to the stage and said to him, "Master, my name is George." is a slave to you. Henry patted him on the shoulder and said, "Very well George, I now declare that you are no longer a slave, and here I give you the status of a commoner." You are now my lord, and you can earn one silver a day if you work hard. Hearing this, George couldn't believe it, and he twisted his arm vigorously to realize that he was not dreaming. Then he said to Henry in tears, "Thank you for rewarding my lord, I will work hard for you in the future." Henry looked at him with satisfaction and then said to the rest of the audience, "I'm sure you've all seen that I'm a person who pays attention to commitment." As long as you meet my requirements, I will not be stingy in granting you civilian status. Now go and work hard, and I'm looking forward to promoting twenty people to be my lords tonight. The slaves cheered loudly, and their numb eyes began to fill with hope.

According to the custom of this world, Henry named the two islands before the construction began, the largest was called the Emerald Isle, and the smaller one was called Hart Island. Then, according to yesterday's arrangement, Cagan, Amy, and Robert all led their men to work, and Hawke sent two boats and forty sailors out to sea to fish, and began to direct the slaves to start building the dock according to the drawings. Because of the promise just now, they are very enthusiastic about their work, and they are desperately rushing to work. When Henry saw that everything was on the right track, he blessed himself with a flying spell and flew into the sky and began to find a hidden place on the other surrounding islands. After two hours of wandering, he found a relatively remote island, about 350 square kilometers, mostly made of shale. On one side of the island there is a relatively high mountain, and on the other side there is a large rock that has been very smooth and washed by the sea. There are no sandy beaches on the island, and a little processing of the large rocks along the sea can make a very good salt pan.

The recent large amount of spending has severely reduced the gold in Henry's Dimension Bag, and he begins to consider the need for a trade to make up for his losses. If you think about it, there is only one way to dry salt. Before the crossing, even in modern times when the price of salt was so cheap, drying salt was still a profiteering industry and was monopolized by the state. Most of the places in Feron still rely on seawater to boil salt or salt mines and salt lakes for salt, which is an opportunity for him. This is the best way for him to make money in a territory with a large number of islands, as long as he runs this for a few months, there will be a steady stream of gold coins that can be used to build the territory. After choosing the address and making a magic mark, he began to plan and lay spells around the island to hide the entire island. It's a big project, and it will take at least three months. At that time, as long as a small number of residents are left on the island to dry the salt, and Amy regularly carries the dimensional bag to transport, the salt island can be avoided from being discovered by others.

At noon he flew back to the village and asked Captain Hawke for a boat and three hundred men and three hundred women, and commanded the slaves to sail the ship to Salt Island. When he arrived on the island, he had his slaves start digging an aqueduct to divert the water to the rocks with tools equipped with demonic weapons, and when the water was introduced, the bumps gradually turned into inlets of different sizes according to the shape and size of the rocks. In just one afternoon, a large area of salt pans was built. After a few months, a large amount of coarse salt can be harvested here, and then it can be dried on the stones behind it and ready to eat.

In the evening, Henry and six hundred slaves sailed back to the village, and the people began to eat dinner after a busy day. Henry had all the slaves elected to each other, and twenty of the men they thought were the hardest at work, and publicly pardoned their slave status as commoners. The slaves became excited when they saw him keep his promise, and many said that they would work hard tomorrow and strive to become a lord as soon as possible. After all the slaves returned to the house to sleep, Hawke walked up to Henry and asked curiously, "Boss, what did you do with the six hundred slaves during the day?" Henry put down the book in his hand and looked at him and said, "I can't answer you yet, but I can tell you that it's a very profitable thing." You'll see results in a few months. The old captain was a little puzzled, but did not continue to ask. He knew that people who liked to go around asking for secrets usually didn't live long. Whatever, it doesn't matter what he can do as long as he can earn gold.

In the days that followed, Henry took people to dig new salt pans every day. Cagan also cut down the forest around the mine and began firing refractory bricks to build blast furnaces. The brick factories in the suburbs fired a large number of bricks twenty-four hours a day, and the method of making earth cement was also used by Henry. With all the building materials ready, Hawke quickly built the dock and docked all the ships in. A large number of wooden houses in the surrounding area were demolished and replaced with small brick buildings of three to four storeys. The whole city began to take shape. Three months passed quickly, and a large number of slaves were given the status of commoners. Henry paid them a salary of one silver coin a day, which made them all more enthusiastic about their work. After a long magical arrangement, Salt Island has been hidden by Henry, and from a distance you can only see a vast ocean. If you get close to this area, you will be changed by the force of magic, and you will unknowingly go around the island. All 600 slaves had been converted into civilians, and he had placed them on the island to work as salt dryers. The construction of Cagan's blast furnace did not go well, and the first ignition caused the entire furnace to collapse due to the heat-resistant clay in the furnace. He has now found a better clay to rebuild.

The construction of the entire territory was in full swing, but it was quickly interrupted. Salt on Salt Island was produced for the first time. Hyung used his dimensional bag to contain almost thirty tons of salt. Coming to the city under construction, he found Hawke and took him to the warehouse and said, "I remember asking me a few months ago what I was going to do with six hundred people, and now I'll give you the answer. With that, he poured all the salt on the ground, and gradually a hill was formed. The old captain was dumbfounded, and the pipe in his hand fell without noticing. When Henry had poured out all the salt, he gently grabbed a little and added it. Then he excitedly grabbed Henry's shoulder and said, "Oh my God! O my God! Is this all salt? Have you found a natural salt mine? Or a salt well? Henry laughed and broke free of his hand and said, "Calm down Hawke, I just used some special method to turn the sea water into table salt." Now I need to join you in taking the fleet back to Baldur's Gate and shipping this salt back for gold. ”

The old captain picked up the pipe on the ground, tried to calm himself, and said, "No problem, I will arrange for someone to take over the command of the city construction for me." Tomorrow I will have all this salt carried to the ship in wooden barrels, and we can leave the day after tomorrow. These table salts can be exchanged for at least 300,000 to 400,000 gold coins. Henry looked at the captain's still trembling hand and said, "Then we will set out the day after tomorrow, and the construction of the sewers of the city shall begin as soon as possible." I don't want my city to be full of feces and dirty water. With that, the two of them left the warehouse. Henry was patrolling his territory along the newly built streets, when the dwarf ran panting and shouted, "I've made it!" I finally built the blast furnace. Come with me and see if the first molten iron is about to come out. ”

"Really, take me there." Henry was also a little excited to hear the news that the blast furnace had finally succeeded after several failures. The two soon came to the vicinity of the mine, and Henry saw the huge furnace at a glance, and the slaves were desperately pouring air into the furnace with several iron fans along the iron compartment that protruded from the blast furnace. The surrounding heat is starting to be unbearable. A large amount of smoke came out of the chimney above the blast furnace, and everyone around looked at the huge iron furnace with stunned expressions. The dwarf walked over and carefully looked at the temperature in the furnace through the small hole, and it didn't take long for him to turn his head and shout, "Open the gates!" The strong men who had been waiting beside them began to turn the iron winch to tighten the thick iron chains. The huge furnace was slowly pulled out, and the bright red molten iron emitted a violent heat. Soon the molten iron was poured into the mold prepared in advance, and the steel blocks were quickly formed. Cagan danced excitedly, and he shouted at Henry, "See! Do you see it! The lump of steel we smelted in one go was equal to four months of Nasikai's production. Henry hugged the black-and-gray dwarf and said, "Yes, we succeeded. Now you pack up and hand over the work here to the others first, we need to go home. I'm going to take my mother and sister over, and it's time for your hammersmith shop to move. ”

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