Chapter 490 Go over and see if there is any iron ore
The wind in the sky began to change. The north wind blew for a long time, but it was soon pushed back by the south wind. There were cargo ships in the fjord preparing to go south. Start shipping all kinds of goods to the south.
From the top of the fjord, Frederick had a bird's eye view of the water dozens of kilometers wide, and shook his head slightly in his heart.
The sailors in the north are not good enough. They have only upgraded from rowing sailing ships to two-masted sailing ships and three-masted sailing ships in recent years. Very few people have mastered the method of sailing against the wind.
Beside him, Feisen said proudly: "Our place has developed rapidly in recent years. More and more freight is going to the south, and more goods are bought."
Frederick echoed and said a few nice words, and then said: "I plan to go to the grouse forest."
Frederick's request left Fusen confused.
Feisen asked doubtfully: "It's far away from here. What are you doing there?"
The grouse forest is thousands of kilometers away from here and is colder than here. Apart from buying deer skins businessmen, few would go there.
Frederick said bluntly: "I judge that there are iron ores there, so I want to build a tribe there, and at the same time build another port tribe at the end of the fjord in the west and connect it by railway."
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There is no need to hide anything about this matter in general, just speak openly and frankly. Not many people have the concept of "colonies" and "treaty ports" these days. Most of them only think of landlords who are eager for more territory.
Feisen didn’t think too much, just thinking that Frederick was looking for a place to make money.
He carefully recalled the situation in the grouse forest and said: "I have heard about the situation there. Some people did pick up iron ore in the pine forest, but the forest was too big to find the veins. "
"I also heard that in recent years there has been a group of pirates inside. Now they go out along the river to rob in the summer and come back to hide in the winter. "
Frederick looked at the sailboat below. , the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said in a very low voice: "Really?"
The tribes here were originally half people and half bandits. The pirates were farmers who herded cattle and cultivated crops in the summer. The farmers went south to work as pirates and robberies in the winter. This group of people was the other way around.
Frederick had already studied things at sea and knew all about it.
Feisen saw that he understood very well and stopped fooling him. He said without changing his face or heart: "That group of people are from the Suomi Kingdom on the other side of the Danhai Sea in the east. They seem to be looking for iron ore."
The Fresh Sea he is talking about is the narrow sea area running north-south in the easternmost part of the North Sea. It is sandwiched in the middle of the continent. Only a strait between the Kingdom of Sverrier and the Kingdom of Danma is connected to the North Sea because of the inflow of water from the surrounding land. There are many rivers in the country and the sea water is lighter than outside.
The Kingdom of Suomi is located to the east of the Danhai Sea. The land is connected to the Sami Union to the north. It is adjacent to the Kingdom of Piast and the Principality of Yelgarrod to the south. It is often crossed by the Kingdom of Sverrier. Beat him up.
The Principality of Wesson has some trade with them, mainly importing copper ore.
Frederick wondered if his demand for ore had stimulated other places to actively prospect for minerals.
It is estimated that the foreign gangs are not abiding by the rules, which makes the Sami Alliance very unhappy with them, but they cannot defeat them, so they can only let them go for now. Now they are going to kill with a borrowed knife.
Frederick said to Feisen: "Let me go and take a look first. If it is just a scattered small vein, forget it. If the vein is enough, then build a tribe there."
" If those people from the Suomi Kingdom are not on the main mine, then I won’t care. Maybe I can let them work for me.”
"If they are on the main vein, I will go talk to them."
Frederick thought to himself and decided to take a look before talking. Digging shallow iron ore is a hard job. If those people really find the vein, he will Build the railway and then sell the machines. Anyway, the largest iron ore purchaser in this place is me now. I can sell it to Weisenberg City, or I can sell it directly to myself locally. I don’t have to worry about the ship being robbed or sunk along the way.
Seeing that he had no plans to send troops, Feisen felt a little regretful, but he could not force it.
"Winter and long nights are coming." Feison said, "The grouse forest is not small, and it is not easy to find veins of minerals in the dark night and snow."
Seeing that Frederick was just going to prospect for mines, he didn't ask for anything more, but he still reminded him that the snow in the north was very thick in winter, and the ground couldn't be seen at that time, and prospecting couldn't be found.
Frederick smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, I have my own way, one winter is enough."
"I still have a lot of things to do next year. Only by finding the veins can I Determine the direction of future work. After this matter is decided, I will send someone to handle the follow-up matters."
Seeing his persistence, Feisen said nothing more, as long as he established a tribe here. , we will talk about the future later.
Then Feison said: "The winter here is different from that in the south, especially in the wild, it is easy to be blown to death by the wind."
"I'll send some people to go with you. Manpower is needed to build winter shelters, cut firewood, hunt and defend against monsters."
Frederick nodded and agreed: "Thank you very much, this is exactly what I lack. , I originally planned to recruit people in the next two days. "
The winter in the north is no joke. He has heard from many people that the ice and wind elements in the cold wind are particularly high in content and are absorbed into the body when breathing. In the mild case, the lungs may be uncomfortable, and in severe cases, the brain may be affected.
In winter, many people do not freeze to death, but die from various problems caused by brain problems, such as forgetting to breathe while sleeping.
In addition to the cold, there is also food in winter. Food with enough calories is needed in winter. If you don’t have enough, you will freeze to death.
The quantity carried by oneself is limited, and there is not enough food for a long winter, so hunting is needed.
Hunting also consumes the body's energy. How to hunt with low energy consumption is a science. Young hunters may not be proficient in it, let alone Frederick, an outsider.
In addition, there are local monsters. Winter is a time when food is scarce. Not only people need to eat to keep out the cold, animals also need to eat to survive the winter.
So the only thing the animals in the forest have to do is to eat as much as possible. At that time, either you eat others, or they eat you.
Wild animals have lived here for countless years and have their own way of survival. Ambushes and sneak attacks are commonplace.
As a foreigner, Frederick certainly didn't know where the dangers were. Going alone was no different from delivering food.
Taking risks is one thing, but blindly impulsively committing suicide is another. In his two lifetimes, Frederick had seen many "alice friends" seeking death, and he did not want to open a separate page in the negative textbook. .
Now the Nature Church is better prepared. Now is the time for cooperation between the two parties. There will basically be no problems in terms of personnel and materials.
Fuesen said to Frederick: "Please wait three to five days. We are in a hurry to prepare manpower and supplies, as well as a ship to the north. We will notify you when we are ready."
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(End of this chapter)