Chapter 290：

Shi Lang sneered: "There is no miracle, no future? Human beings have come from barbarism and have never relied on miracles. They use their own hands to dig the way to the future! As the restraining power of human beings, you are denying humanity!"

"I don't have an army, I don't have enough people, and I don't have food, but I still have...I still have..." Shi Lang was taken aback, and a flash of light flashed in his head.

"Hahahahaha!"

Shirou laughed loudly.

Laughing cheerfully.

——What are you laughing at?

"I'm laughing, I still have mines! I still have mines ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

"I'm still laughing, the defense device of the human law does not understand the human law! This is really a big joke, I am laughing to death!"

Shirou laughed and went away.

"Merlin! Merlin! Where did you go? Hurry up and die for me!"

In the palace, Wang Chang's laughter sounded.

Chapter 74 Hope, and encourage each other!

As early as the Western Roman Empire, the Romans had a good grasp of the secrets of iron manufacturing technology. However, they adopted the method of low-temperature smelting of wrought iron. Steel could not be melted, iron and **** could not be separated easily, and carbon could not infiltrate quickly. As a result, the iron production capacity of the empire could not be increased.

In fact, there are also palace mages. The magicians in the wild have used alchemy to refine a lot of good iron, even mithril, and then attach the magic style to it, which is a magic sword.

But it is a pity that it takes a lot of time to refine such a magic sword. Moreover, magicians are rare after all, and for a country, they cannot become the main force of metal refining.

In other words, ironmaking means that the time required for social labor is extremely long and the efficiency is extremely low.

The most important thing is that the iron tools and weapons produced are prone to rust, cracks, and not strong. Although handicrafts are constantly improving, and higher quality iron tools and weapons have appeared, bronze is more suitable for making most metal objects.

Therefore, most commonly used utensils are made of bronze.

Therefore, the weapons of the Western Roman Empire were mostly a mixture of bronze and iron, and the agricultural tools were simply wooden, a bit like the Warring States period of the Heavenly Dynasty.

The Tian Dynasty was able to popularize ironware in the Western Han Dynasty because of the invention of the method of frying steel.

In fact, Shirou has also observed the weapons and supplies that Yulfis presented to him. Indeed, most of them were bronzes and very few irons.

The raw materials for making bronze are copper and tin!

Tools and weapons made of red copper are not tough and cannot keep sharp for a long time, but the addition of tin can make the red copper strong, and it is easier for the molten metal to be completely poured into the mold, which can be cast into useful objects such as an axe. , Hammer and jewelry!

However, these two resources were the cornerstone of civilization and prosperity in the ancient century!

Cornwall has nothing but tin ore and red copper!

Now that the Western Roman Empire has collapsed, the Bhagavad movement in Gaul, the Agniest movement in North Africa... the European continent has ups and downs, and wars, big and small!

In addition to mysterious disappearance, no Warcraft, no [God], it is estimated that the noise is even more lively than Britain!

And this time--

Surely they all need strategic materials such as tin and copper, right?

Shi Lang deliberately asked Merlin to look at the situation in the European continent with his clairvoyance, and what he got was very gratifying.

On the other side of the English Channel, in the Gaul region, the king of Benwick and his brother, King Bose, are at war with King Claudes!

Merlin also deliberately projected the battlefield of the three-way warfare for Shirou to see.

Shi Lang saw a familiar figure in this battlefield.

A young and mighty purple-haired knight is holding a holy sword on the battlefield to kill!

Seeing this familiar purple-haired knight, Shi Lang squinted his eyes and uttered a name: "Lancelot!"

Shiro asked Merlin to look at other areas. There was no war on the island of Ireland, while on the European continent, the Burgundians bordering the Gaul region fought with the Basques.

The Western Roman Empire, which was dwindling to the west, fought in naval battles with the Vandal Kingdom that had occupied Carthage in North Africa, and the Visigothic Kingdom in the southwest.

Eastern Gothic Kingdom, Slavs, Lombards, Thuringians...

Melee!

Except for the fact that there are few magic cannons, the degree of excitement is more than that of Britain!

And at this time, everyone must be in need of mines, right?

Shiro tapped the table with his index finger and said, "We will choose Gaul first."

It’s too far to go, and in three days there is only enough food from Gallula.

Shi Lang approached Gerante and asked him about Cornwall's current mine reserves.

The news is very gratifying. Because Camelot was attacked by Vottigung, Cornwall’s minerals have not been handed in this year, and several tons of tin ore and copper, as well as some galena and sphalerite are still stored. Mine and other associated mines.

It’s just that Shilang is very strange that these Cornish people can’t get enough to eat, so why is the mineral production still so abundant?

Gerante said: "Sir Baldwin issued an order that the mines produced in Cornwall can be exchanged with Camelot, and—"

Gerant hesitated.

Shi Lang said: "Just say it, everything in the past is wrong, and this king will not investigate it."

After hearing this, Gerant said: "Moreover, we will also privately trade with surrounding kings, pirates, and mercenaries in exchange for food."

Gerante carefully looked at Shilang's face, but found that Shilang's face was very calm. He breathed a sigh of relief, and said to his heart, this is a king with great strength!

"So that's it," Shilang nodded, and asked again: "It's just that you are selling mines like this, haven't any kings targeted you? No matter how bad, is there no merchant to buy and sell mines?"

Gerant said: "Yes. In fact, in the Kingdom of Cornwall, this situation was particularly frequent, especially businessmen, there was a lot of contact. Only in recent years it has become extremely rare."

"Why?" Shirou asked.

"I don't know." Gerant said: "According to some mainland businessmen, in recent years, they have been very uncomfortable after going to the island, vomiting, vomiting blood, getting sick, and even died directly. They all said that the British Isles were cursed, so Few people came."

Shi Lang frowned and asked: "Then our people go to the European continent?"

Gerant said: "The situation is almost the same. In fact, because of being too poor, people here always steal mines and sell them to the European continent, but I don't know how it is. Our people will also go to the European continent. In this case, nausea, nausea, and breathing difficulties. It’s okay in Gaul. If you go further, you will die on the road. Therefore, people generally trade in Gaul."

Shilang's brows frowned.

He pulled Merlin aside and asked, "Is this the influence of the end of the God era?"

"Yes." Merlin nodded, and said: "The gods of the European continent have ended. [True Ether] has begun to disappear. It is okay for Gaul to be close to Britain. If it is further away, there will be no [True Ether]. Now, the people of Britain can be regarded as creatures of God's generation, and they can't adapt to the environment without [True Ether]."