Chapter 6 Iron Ore

Derek left the base, but the training continued.

The training of recruits is led by the previous militia.

The efficiency is much lower, but with the support of the data panel, it is not slow.

On the contrary, little Tru's progress was slow. The blacksmith apprentice was fine for a few days at the beginning. As soon as Derek left, the progress immediately dropped to less than half.

However, with the support of the data panel, the overflow experience is added.

Ten days have given them the official military blacksmith level.

Little Tru soon found that the new apprentice was also a genius like himself.

No, he remembered Master Derek's words, genius? No, as long as the materials keep up, a pig can also become a qualified blacksmith.

He once secretly laughed at Master Derek, but now it seems that he is stupid.

In an instant, his attitude changed.

Since the blacksmith's craft can't be an exclusive secret recipe, be honest and obedient to avoid being cleaned up.

This means that little Tru is young. If it were old Tru, it would not be so easy to be persuaded by himself.

If there is a loyalty project on the data panel, Little Tru's loyalty will increase by at least 50% at this time.

Derek is in the City of Watch, and he can roughly guess what happened through the data panel.

So, this trick to control people is not bad?

Playing with the son of a country blacksmith is obviously not a sense of accomplishment. Derek began to sweep the streets the next day. The City of Watch has a large population, and the nearby nobles lived here.

There are also many kinds of stores, and the materials are very rich.

Derek can't afford to mess with any of them. His knighthood is just a ticket.

Credibility, strength and price are all issues that Derek needs to consider.

He is not going to buy too much iron ore at once. Xiaotru only consumes seven or eight catties a day, and the consumption will not be too much in the short term.

The City of Watch is worthy of being the largest city nearby. There are people from all walks of life doing business, and iron ore is not scarce.

There has been no war recently, and the price is even more stable.

A catty of iron ore is only about 10 copper coins, and about one-third of the iron is made.

In this way, a catty of iron is only 30 copper coins, but the market price has always been between 40 and 50.

Don't you think it's very profitable?

However, excluding labor, fuel, transportation and other costs, it is also hard-earned money.

Buying a ton of iron ore is only about 80 silver coins.

Take it back to the blacksmiths to practice and produce more than 300 catties of iron ore, which is enough to make 700 or 800 spearheads. It is almost worth more than 300 silver coins. Even three novice blacksmiths will take two or three months.

Then remove the insignificant labor and consumables of more than a dozen silver coins, and the net income of 250 can be dozens more.

Derek knows that he is 250 in this way.

Three months is a business of more than a dozen gold coins, but there are dozens of people eating horses. The salary plus maintenance expenses are three gold coins every month, which is equivalent to three months of work in vain.

Of course, there must be other ways to make money by maintaining dozens of people.

Ordinary nobles will not raise so many people, so they still have benefits.

For Derek, money is just a resource, and the most important thing is to strengthen his own strength.

Holding three small teams of regular troops in his hand, even Baron Ferrera has to face it.

Derek chose the target and soon bought a truck of iron ore.

This amount is not large, so no one cares about it at all.

This time I came to watch the city, like a mine, no one cares.

Derek knows that it won't be like this soon. The convoy squeaked back to the village of wheat stacks. Andrew was still not optimistic about Derek's insistence on training blacksmiths.

The school field was lent to Derek, and he rarely went there.

Keeping an appropriate distance is also the key to maintaining family affection.

It has been used back and forth for nearly a month.

There is not much difference between the level of the base and the soldiers who go out. The recruits are at level three or five, and the veterans are only at level five, six and seven.

On the contrary, the blacksmith has made rapid progress.

Tru

Occupation: Army Blacksmith Level 4 (17/100)

Experience pool: 22/100

The other two blacksmith apprentices also have two levels.

When we met again, Little Tru's waist bent lower.

"How many spearheads can you hit in a day now?"

"A dozen or so. My skills have improved a little recently. With the help of two apprentices, I can play more than a dozen spearheads a day."

"Try to make a few iron swords. You can use the iron ore I brought back. A good blacksmith can't be trained without training."

"You're right. I've made faster progress here than my father in the next ten years. I have some clues about the iron sword, but it may need to be tested several times." Xiaotru is full of confidence. Although his progress has been slow recently, he can also see that he has made progress. If he has given himself time, he will definitely be able to make a qualified iron sword.

Derek nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he saw that little Tru's talent was almost there.

I only make a little progress every day, and sometimes I haven't.

Rely on the experience overflowing from the experience pool to add points, otherwise you will only reach the top of the fifth-level blacksmith in your life.

This is still the result of the accelerated growth of the panel, otherwise I'm afraid it will be the life of a level 4 blacksmith, which is similar to his father.

But it doesn't matter.

An iron sword costs three or five catties of material, and the cost is only one or two silver coins, but it can sell five silver coins.

Even if you play an iron sword in one day, the profit will be doubled.

Of course, the premise is the blacksmith level five.

At present, it is a threshold, and the bottom is basically a country blacksmith, earning two or three gold coins a year.

Level 5 is a good one, which can create at least the value of forty or fifty gold coins a year.

Profit, this is profit.

Sure enough, increasing the added value is the way to make money. Otherwise, fifty gold coins are already the output of a small manor.

When three blacksmiths can make iron swords, with a few apprentices, they can earn 150 gold coins a year, which is enough to support six or seven soldiers.

Of course, in fact, there are various other expenses, and it is difficult to support four to five teams.

After arranging the blacksmith, Derek continued to practice hard, and the premise of everything was to be guarded by force.

Otherwise, such a business will be popular enough for many people.

It is not that you can expand unlimitedly if you have the ability to make money. In this feudal society, the nobles have mastered the basic resources and must act within the rules.

After a month and a half, Little Tru experienced countless failures and was finally able to build an iron sword.

Compared with cheap spears, iron swords are more valuable.

I have saved dozens of iron swords, and the iron ore has almost been consumed.

Counting the time, it has been three months in total.

Half of the gold coins in my hand have been consumed.

If you stay here, you will attract the attention of others.

Derek must find a place to stand.