In the evening, a small celebration party is being held in the lord's mansion.

Elsa sat in the corner and drank the juice in small sips. Iriya kept searching for delicious food next to her, preparing to bring some for her mother. Brian and Edgar drank red, and what's even better was that Fiona wasn't so angry.

Tang En threw out another message at this time.

"What? Are you going to build a charcoal factory?"

Fiona was stunned: "Are you crazy?"

"Of course I'm not crazy, what's wrong?"

"You asked me what's wrong?"

Fiona settled the accounts for Tang En with his fingers: "The previous farmers spent about 1,000 gold coins, and the guards' salary and bonuses sent out more than 2,000 gold coins. Then we have to establish a chamber of commerce and a mint factory waiting to be established. These conservatively cost 10,000 gold coins - My Lord, even if Hogg left a lot of gold coins, it can't stand you like this. Don't forget that we don't have much income yet! The total tax revenue this month is only less than 1,000 gold coins! If this continues, it will be only more than 10,000 gold coins a year, and you have spent it in just a few days!"

Tang En smiled faintly: "When the chamber of commerce is successfully established, you will have income."

Fiona sighed: "That must be based on our enough goods, and we must also ensure that our goods are attractive enough."

"You don't have confidence in peppermints and soap?"

"I have confidence, but it is not enough to rely on these two products to support a chamber of commerce and another territory."

Fiona stared at Donn: "We need more products, more valuable products...for example, magic scroll?"

Of course, Fiona did not forget that Tang En is a powerful mage. If he could make several powerful magic scrolls at will - such as the fourth-level magic scrolls used to scare Buck before, you can make a lot of money by selling them a few!

"Don't think about the magic scroll for the time being - at least it can't be sold."

Tang En shook his head. He didn't know what rules the magicians in this world followed. If he rashly intervened in the market of magic scrolls, he might be boycotted by other magicians, which would be very unfavorable to Tang En's development.

"Okay, you're the lord anyway, you have the final say."

Fiona turned her head angrily.

Tang En laughed silently. Fiona looked very much like a cute little girl when she was angry, which always made Tang En have the urge to tease her.

Fiona waited for a long time, but before Tang En's comfort, she had to glar at him angrily, this stupid fool who was confused!

"Tell me, why do you need to build a charcoal factory? Summer is coming soon. Even if the charcoal is burned out, it will be useless. It is a waste of gold coins!"

"Because, I want to make steel."

Tang En's answer is very concise.

"steel?"

Fiona had never heard of this rare word, so she was a little confused.

"Yes, a material that is harder than iron and more versatile, can be used to forge armor, or to produce other utensils, such as tableware, kitchenware, or other, in short, this material has a very wide range of uses."

Tang En explained briefly, but unexpectedly, Fiona had no reaction. When Brian and Edgar were drinking, they woke up a little when they heard Tang En talk about a new material.

"Big brother! You want to refine new materials!?"

Brian's eyes shone: "What do I need to do!? Just give me instructions!"

"Lord Lord! Does this new material have anything to do with charcoal??"

Edgar is paying closer to the core.

"Yes," Fiona frowned, "What does steel... have to do with charcoal?"

"Of course, iron ore and charcoal, and limestone are indispensable."

Tang En smiled. Although he had never learned to make steel, he had also heard of the original method of making steel, so he naturally knew the principle of making steel.

Steel, to be precise, is an iron-carbon alloy, and the difference between iron lies in the carbon content. When charcoal is blown in the furnace, the excess carbon in the iron is removed by using charcoal, and then quicklime is added to make slag to drain the waste. The rest is steel. Of course, Tang En doesn't consider the special steel now. Tang En has never seen rare metals such as chromium, manganese, and molybdenum, let alone find a way to extract them.

Now all he needs is some basic steel.

Don Neng did not explain much to Fiona. He just said: "The charcoal factory must be established, and the steel mill will be the top priority for Ellington's future development and must be put on the agenda. In addition, both factories must be built as far as possible away from towns, because they will produce a lot of pollution."[e1]

"……I see."

Fiona had to compromise with Donn.

Tang En also knew that he was like driving a duck to put it on the shelves, but it wouldn't work without making steel.

Although Plandal has magic metals with better performance, magic metals are too rare and expensive on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are also metals that are strictly controlled and monopolized, which are difficult to popularize.

But steel is different. The steel made of iron can not only be used to produce armor and weapons in the early stage, but also has powerful power in the later stage, and has magic metal ore veins. The steel can continue to shine and heat in the civilian field.

This is something that has been verified on the earth. Steel can be regarded as the material basis of modern society and has important uses in every field. At that time, steel production even measured whether a country is powerful, so Tang En did not doubt this.

"Uh, that, it's certainly a good thing to refine steel, but I want to tell the Lord one thing..."

Edgar raised his hand weakly.

"you say."

Edgar looked embarrassed: "Lord, we... have no iron ore anymore."

"puff!"

Tang En was stunned: "How is that possible!?"

"Lord!"

Edgar was very aggrieved: "Didn't you calculate how much iron ore consumed recently? First, I made a large number of iron tools and farm tools, and then built such a large water truck. You also took away some iron ingots - Oh, Lord Lord, I have handed over the bills for those iron ingots to Miss Fiona - I have been in Ellington for so many years, and this is the largest batch of iron ore I have consumed in a short period of time!"

Edgar said with a wry smile: "If the Lord wants to use iron ore to make steel, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy a new batch of iron ore after a month."

"You're teasing me!?"

Tang En widened his eyes: "If you don't talk about it in Ellington, I remember there is an iron mine not far west of Ellington! There is an iron mine, and you will actually have no iron ore!?"

"Ah? Lord Lord, do you know which mine?"

Edgar was stunned for a moment: "But didn't anyone else tell you?"

"Tell me what? Fiona?"

Fiona looked confused: "I don't know...what happened to that mine?"

Edgar said with a strange look: "That iron mine... was occupied by Baron Duvier of Fort Caspami in the north."

Don Eun looked like you were teasing me: "The Lord of Caspami Castle, I reached here, and that Hog didn't react at all!?"

At this time, Elsa interrupted and said, "When Hogg was in office, the mine was occupied by a group of monsters, so he abandoned it directly. Later, a group of mercenaries from Fort Caspami cleaned up the mine. Baron Duvier learned the news and took the iron mine and started digging. It was too late to get the news. Baron Duvier's soldiers and slaves had occupied the entire mine. Baron Hogg attacked several times and died dozens of people, but then he simply gave up."

After listening to Elsa's explanation, Tang En was in pain. He had never asked about the mine before. He thought the mine was operating normally and was transporting iron ore to Ellington.

Unexpectedly, this damn Hogg was still terrified and left such a mess for himself!

Tang En was unhappy. That mine belonged to Ellington's property, that is, it belonged to him!

Now that Baron Duvier dared to openly plunder his own wealth, how could he tolerate it?

Although iron ore and copper ore are one of the most basic ores, they are also very important, especially the iron ore is also related to Tang En's steelmaking plan, which must be recaptured!

"Elsa, tomorrow's training plan will be cancelled."

"ah?"

Elsa was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Tang En meant: "Lord, you want to..."

"Yes, no one can take away my things. If anyone dares to touch my things, I will ask him to return them ten times a hundred times."

Don En said lightly: "What's more, even in the Imperial Law, that iron mine belongs to me. Baron Duvier ignored the Imperial Law and openly robbed my wealth. Fiona, what can I do in the Imperial Law?"

Fiona looked at Tang En's side face and smiled: "Of course, you should snatch it back with tooth and blood."

"Yes, the imperial law is very clear about this rule. If a noble's private property is violated, he can use force to defend his rights and regain his wealth."

Tang En smiled, his smile a little cold: "I guess Baron Duvier had already thought of this result when he started."

Brian laughed: "Big brother, it seems that he is not afraid of you, otherwise he should be more restrained after hearing the news of your taking office."

"Then let him know how terrible the wrath of Lord Ellington is."

Done patted Brian: "Dwarfs should be very interested in mines, right? Are you interested in going for a walk with me this time? Relax?"

"certainly!"

Brian drank all the ale in the wine glass and slammed on the table: "My warhammer has been overwhelming!"

"Elsa, gather the guard tomorrow, and I will see everyone there."

Tang En shook his glass and drank the wine in one sip. With a "bang", the glass turned into pieces in his hands.

Tang En said calmly: "We are going to take back the iron mine."

"Wow!"

Yiliya exclaimed, her eyes shone brightly, and she applauded hard: "Lord's elder brother is so handsome! Let's have another one! Let's have another one!"

Donn, Elsa, Fiona, Brian, Edgar, Tina: "..."===

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