Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 64 Cheese is Power
The weather in summer is hot and only the gentle mountain breeze can make people feel a little cool.

Levi on the watchtower looked into the distance. Past the dense mountains and forests in front of him was the vast grassland with high sky and vast land.

In fact, the location of the Fed tribe is just on the outskirts of the Kas Mountains, so you can easily see the scenery of the grassland by standing on a high point.

The clouds under the sun cast shadows on the earth and rolled slowly. After the bright ground was covered by the shadows, it would become bright again soon.

Everything on this earth is changing all the time, but the earth itself has never changed. It has always been like this and will always be like this.

The northern and southern territories are about to go to war. The position of the Derby royal court is unclear. The wilderness is full of dangers and the forces are complex. From ancient times to the present, no king has unified it.

I feel the insignificance of my own body, the vastness of the universe, and the ever-changing situation.

Li Wei's heart was filled with lofty sentiments, and he could not help chanting to the oncoming mountain wind:
"Today, there are madmen sharpening their knives at night, the imperial star is swaying high in the sky, and this is a world of great contention..."

"Levi what are you talking about?"

A voice was heard, and it turned out that Bai Ruishi Tina had appeared behind him without anyone noticing.

The Lord said expressionlessly: "I said I want to eat steamed cheese, preferably a big piece."

"What kind of dish is cheese? Is it delicious?" Beristina looked confused.

“It’s not a question of whether it tastes good or not, but…knowledge is power!”

"By the way, what are you doing here?"

"As for me, I wanted to find a place to get some fresh air, and I didn't expect you to be here too." Bairistina smiled and gathered her white hair that was blown by the wind.

"Then blow slowly. I'm going to increase my strength."

Beristina was stunned, watching the lord disappear in a flash. She couldn't understand, could cheese be so delicious?

Some people may not understand that when a boy's middle school spirit explodes and he is caught in the act, the embarrassment is enough to make someone dig out a three-bedroom apartment with their toes.

……

The lord didn't expect that he would actually make it in time for lunch, and several acquaintances were there.

The diet of the Feder survivors is much lighter than that of the orcs, mostly bread with goat milk, plus some berries, which is enough to fill them up.

Zat and his companions grabbed the roasted lamb chops with their big hands and took big bites of them. Surprisingly, this kid Mil mixed with the orcs and ate like the orcs, without any elegance of the remnants of Fed.

Levi really didn't understand. This kid had the physique of a warrior and ate like a warrior, but he just liked to tinker with design.

"Brother-in-law, come and have some meat to fill your stomach. The meat that Aunt Lizhen roasted today is delicious." Mir held up the roasted leg of lamb in his hand, his mouth full of oil, and the collar of his clothes was stained with a lot of grease.

Levi sat on a stool and picked up an unfamiliar berry from the plate and ate it in one gulp: "Mil, take me to see the iron ore you found."

He had been in the Fed tribe for almost a day. He had just rested last night, but the people from the Evil Fang tribe attacked him again just after he woke up. It was not until now that he had time to check out the target of this trip - the iron mine.

"Okay, brother-in-law." After seeing that Levi did not refuse this title, Mir called him more and more diligently and naturally: "Come with me."

After quickly finishing the food, Mir took the lead and walked towards the rear of the camp.

When Zat and Muto, two country bumpkins who had never seen an iron mine, heard that they were going to see the iron mine, they quickly finished the meat in their hands and followed.

The camp of the Fed survivors was built in a flat canyon with cliffs on both sides.

The shape of this camp is like a gourd. The entrance is only a few dozen feet wide, but it becomes more spacious as you go inside.

"This iron mine is behind the camp. We discovered it because of the mudslide. Most of the houses in the camp were collapsed by the mudslide. Fortunately, these houses were built in advance and are empty."

Mir explained, and soon brought a few people to the back. Behind them was a slightly low sloping mountain, where some of the Feder survivors were mining ore bit by bit with iron pickaxes.

There is no doubt that this is an open-pit iron mine, and there is no need to dig a mine hole to mine inside, or the entire mountain should contain iron ore.

This made the lord slightly happy. After all, open-pit mining was much safer and simpler than mining in a mine.

"In fact, we discovered this iron mine only a month ago, so even if the enemy attacks now, we are still mining ore and making equipment day and night to improve our strength."

Mir said with a little helplessness.

After discovering the ore, they were pleasantly surprised, but they did not get carried away. Instead, they strictly forbade anyone to leak the news to the outside world.

But there is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. The news was discovered by the Dara tribe after being kept secret for just over half a month, and then spread further and further.

Mir even felt that all the forces in the Cass Mountains now knew that they had discovered iron ore.

Levi nodded. There were collapsed houses everywhere on the flat ground. It was obvious that time was tight and there was no time to clean them up.

After just one look at the iron mine, Levi, feeling at ease, rushed to the place where the remnants of Fed were smelting iron.

Before I got close, a wave of heat hit me in the face.

On the flat ground stood a row of disposable furnaces made of clay. The survivors of Fed threw pieces of ore into the furnace, which was one and a half meters high, and then kept pressing up and down a simple bellows made of cowhide to keep the furnace high.

In fact, iron smelting is far from as simple as it seems.

The mined ore cannot be used directly, but must be repeatedly calcined in a furnace to reduce the impurities in it to the point where it becomes an iron embryo before it can be used to make weapons.

And this is just ordinary ironware. If you want to get fine steel ingots, it will take more time and the process will be more complicated.

Therefore, it takes at least several months to manufacture a set of mature plate armor.

Come to think of it, a set of plate armor costing hundreds of gold grams is actually not that expensive.

"There is definitely not enough time to make armor now, so we are all making some iron spear heads or iron arrowheads."

Mir explained as he led Levi into a small room.

Zat and Muto also lowered their heads and squeezed in.

"Fuck."

As soon as he entered, Levi was shocked.

It was equivalent to a small room as big as a living room in the previous life. The walls were covered with drawings of various weapons, lances, long swords, etc.

There were even detailed drawings of various types of armor. What shocked Levi the most was that he actually found the design drawings of a crossbow on the work table in the middle of the house.

It is so detailed that every required part and their coordination are marked out.

The meticulousness and details contained therein cannot be created by sheer imagination alone; it must be a work that was created through countless studies and attempts.

"Genius... Genius! A genius that is one in a million!"

The Lord opened his eyes for the first time and murmured.

The corners of Mil's mouth unconsciously lifted slightly, and he gently stroked the drawing with his hand, as gentle as a mother taking care of her child.

(End of this chapter)