By the time another traveling businessman came, Wu Hui's camp had basically bid farewell to tents and turned into simple wooden houses. and a considerable amount of unprocessed bronze ore was accumulated.
Ore cannot be sold for much money. Unless it's very rare, you have to refine it into metal ingots to make it valuable.
But Wu Hui still sold it. After all, they were short of money to buy food and other daily necessities. We can't continue selling firewood.
Half a month had passed since the last traveling merchant arrived, and only seven refugees had joined the camp. It's okay, not too little. The key is that there is a carpenter among them, which makes Wu Hui very satisfied.
The craftsmen take the lead, and in the future, when the scale is large, they can set up assembly lines.
Standardization and assembly line are the basis of industrialization. Even if it is just preliminary industrialization, it can definitely take off with the territory.
Now, they are still in the difficult stage of selling raw materials. Not even the right to bargain.
Make these arrangements and wait for Lucas to come back. Wu Hui was about to go outside in person to inquire about the surrounding environment. Generally speaking, the lord of a city also has a very large influence on the surrounding wilderness camps.
They may provide asylum and collect taxes, or plunder your fuel and resources, or they may ask you to join their forces and serve as cannon fodder.
Small camps do not have much choice and can only choose to accept it under the pressure of force.
Wu Hui spent money to buy a map of the surrounding area. It was very rough, but it roughly marked the distribution of forces such as darkness, light, and embers. In most towns, the Illuminati are the formal religion, while the Dark sect is the cult. In a few places it's the other way around.
As for the Ember Faction, they are mainly lords from various places and people walking in the wilderness.
It can also be simply understood as centrist.
Centrists are the saddest people. They don't know what is right and can only swing between the two sides.
Lucas, who followed the traveling merchants to Blackstone City, began to look for opportunities to make money as a mercenary in the city. He had done similar things before moving. Although there were some differences between Blackstone City and the Twilight City where they originally lived, the essence of being a mercenary had not changed.
Get money and do things.
Lucas has no talent for building camps, and now his combat effectiveness may only be on par with Wu Hui's. That's why he came out to work first, while Wu Hui built the camp at home.
There are still one hundred and thirty-eight days until the firewood is exhausted.
Of course, there is no technical content to manage a camp with thirty or forty people.
"You want to join our exploration team?" A knight in black armor looked at Lucas, who was holding a rusty iron sword and covered in rotten leather armor: "Um..."
He began to think about how to tactfully persuade this guy to quit, but his team members were not so polite: "Hey, country boy, don't think you can just get money to join this matter. What we need is real combat power!"
Lucas frowned: "I want to fight you one on one to prove my fighting ability."
Captain Knight: "Yeah, that's fine. Vincent, come on. You all should be careful, it's best not to get hurt."
"Don't worry, I will keep him from getting hurt, but it will hurt." Vincent walked up to confront Lucas with his sword: "Come on, boy, look at you, you look like a naked girl in a tavern , a little precaution——"
Before he could finish his taunt, Lucas swung his sword, easily knocking off Vincent's weapon, and struck him in the neck with another sword. Stop firmly.
Vincent looked at the sword that was only two centimeters away from his neck. He felt weak in his heart and backed away repeatedly while yelling.
"How?" Lucas asked, looking at the knight captain.
"Very good." The knight captain nodded: "The spoils during the exploration process will be distributed according to merit, and the commission from the exploration will be equally divided. Welcome to join the Blackstone Knight Investigation Team."
Lucas works hard outside to earn money.
Wu Hui is also trying to smelt bronze, which is indeed not difficult to smelt. The melting point is relatively low among metals, so early civilizations entered the Bronze Age after passing through the Stone Age.
But it’s not that simple to make a professional weapon.
He needs craftsmen. A large number of craftsmen. Even if there is no way to create industry for the time being, handicrafts must be maintained.
Agriculture still takes time to be productive. There is not even a hint of industry. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and it is difficult for Wu Hui to solve all the problems in the camp immediately.
It seems that now, the only way to build the camp is through commercial trade.
Business trading requires start-up capital, well, three ways. The first is to sell firewood again, the second is to wait for Lucas to come back from work, and the third is to go out and rob.
It would be better not to sell firewood until the end. This is the foundation of the entire camp. Lucas will come back from his part-time job sooner or later, and he also needs to choose some targets to grab.
What he wants to rob most is the slave merchant. After robbing the money and food, he will have the population, but slave merchants are usually very good at beating them. Then you can only settle for the next best thing. See if there are other suitable goals.
If ordinary traveling merchants can't grab everything, fewer people will come here to do business. If you encounter a group of hunters or thieves in the wilderness, you're not sure who will rob whom... It depends on your luck.
Waiting seems to be the only thing Wu Hui can do. Going out hunting or something like that is a drop in the bucket for development. By the way, the only craftsman - a carpenter - builds metal tools at home.
If possible, he wanted to arm the farmers. At least it can be somewhat blocked in the face of external invasion. I am not a professional militia instructor, and I do not have the ability to quickly train farmers into soldiers.
So all Wu Hui could do was wait. Waiting for the refugees to arrive, waiting for the various constructions in the camp to be slowly completed.
Waiting for the power in his hands to grow stronger. Then think about how humans should deal with darkness.
But fuelwood is constantly being consumed. Is there really time for him to wait? How many years will it take for me to grow to the top?
The initial goal was to grow the camp to two hundred people, with a doctor's school, a blacksmith's shop, and a small army.
Of course, the most important thing is to upgrade the Sun Tower.
As long as they obtain enough industry and have the ability to make money, they can buy firewood in large quantities. There is no need to keep moving anymore. At that time, an exploration team will also be organized to collect people in the surrounding area and explore the distribution of firewood.
The current population of the camp is 47, including 30 males and 17 females. Minor 6. Craftsman 1. There are no intellectuals except Wu Hui. Except for Wu Hui, there is no fighting ability. The capital reserve is 3 gold coins and 60 silver coins. It can probably buy food for more than 40 people for a month.
There are 800 servings of firewood left, and I consume about 8 servings a day. There will be no problem after using it for a few months.
According to the food reserve, if one person uses one portion a day, there are still 300 portions left, which can only be eaten for a few days. There is only one month left until the crops are ready. For medicine, it will be slower.
A total of several hundred pieces of bronze ore were mined. One piece costs about two copper coins, and metal ingots can be sold for close to one silver coin. So let’s build the smelting workshop first. If you really can't do it, you have to spend money to buy a blacksmith slave.
ps second update today. Ask for that ticket and ask for that collection. No one voted, it’s sad
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