C2806 The Fight for Iron Ore(part I)
C2806 The Fight for Iron Ore(part I)
Iron ore was the most common and cheapest type of ore in the game. The most common type of ore in Novice Village was ore. 98% of the miners dug out iron ore first.
Most of the iron ore's purity was relatively low, and the ore's purity was between 45% and 75%. Iron ore that could reach 80% purity was already very good, but iron ores above 85% purity were not uncommon. It was very little.
In the minds of many players, iron ores were only a type of excessive ore that could only be used when players' levels were low. In reality, this was also the case.
Iron ore could only be used to forge hite board and Black Iron equipment. A small number of top grade iron ore could be used to forge Bronze equipment. However, there were very few of them. Basically, it was still Black Iron. For the current players, Black Iron was already obsolete. As a result, no one cared about the iron ore.
However, this situation had changed during the Great Voyage Era.
There were many materials needed to build a warship: metal, wood, silk, cotton cloth and earth primeval stones, white bones, shell armor... If divided into smaller materials, there were more than 3800 types of materials.
Among them, the most used was metal. Iron ore accounted for 80% of the metal. There were countless materials better than iron ore. Why did he choose iron ore alone? There was only one reason, the price.
A light warship weighed about 9,500 tons, metal accounted for 7,600 tons. If you don't use iron ore but other metals... Even the cheapest ink-copper ore other than iron ore, the cost of a warship would be more than 3 million gold. This was still a light warship, medium-sized warships and heavy warships would only be more expensive. The cost of building a warship would easily exceed 5 million gold coins.
With such a high cost, if it was just one ship, gritting his teeth, he decided to give it his all. If it was mass-produced, this price would obviously not work. The engineers, the auditors, and a large group of people discussed for a long time. In the end, they still decided to use iron ore, which was the most cost-effective.
It was unknown if there would be cheaper and better materials in the future, but for now, iron ore was the best choice.
Using iron ore as the main material of a battleship, the price of the battleship immediately dropped. Currently, the cost of the latest light warships was only 260,000 gold, not even 300,000 gold. After choosing iron ore as the main material, the price of iron ore began to rise. It continued to rise without stopping.
Up until now, the price of iron ore was 110 times higher than the lowest price in history, incomparably terrifying. If not for the price of iron ore soaring, the cost of building warships would still have fallen.
Of course, the rise of iron ore was so exaggerated. It was not just about the warship, but also the cannons. In the past, the cannons were Thunder Fury, Dizun Cannon, Heavenly Royal Cannons, and then the Eight Desolate Cannons and the Chaotic Cannons.
However, the Thunder Fury and Dizun Cannon were obtained through missions. Occasionally, they would get a few blueprints. Since it was impossible to mass produce them, only the Heavenly Cannon and the Eight Desolate Cannon could be mass-produced. However, because of the technology, the production of the two types of cannons was very low. At that time, they did not use iron ore. After the construction of the city in Dream City, alchemist had made a huge breakthrough. The players could make the blueprints of Thunder Fury and Dizun Cannon themselves. The production of cannons suddenly increased. Using precious metals was too extravagant. After some research, iron ore entered their field of vision. In the end, everyone thought iron ore was suitable. After that, iron ore entered the second round of prices soaring. Both warships and cannons used iron ore. Iron ore was never popular. Now, it had become a treasure in everyone's eyes, and their status had undergone a tremendous change.
Be it the cannons or the warships, Green Wood Manufacturing had entered the game late. When they wanted to stock up on the ores, the price of the ores had already risen.
Xiao Yiren saw the high price of raw materials and was anxious. When he heard that mineral resources blueprints had appeared, he immediately could not sit still. He did not care about the construction of the port and hurriedly ran over to find Dongfang Qingyu.
"Where is Manjusaka? How many iron ores did they stock up on?" Dongfang Qingyu asked. He remembered that the earliest to build the cannon was Three Leaves Lotus Guild. He had given the blueprint to Mancha and Pearl Hua, and only then did the Tianzun Cannon appear. Some people said that the Tianzun Cannon had appeared first, but it was not as famous as the Ba Huang Cannon. That was why people mistakenly thought that the Tianzun Cannon had appeared later. However, that was not important. The important thing was, no matter what, the Eight Desolate Cannon appeared in front of the warship. Mancha Juhua was a hamster, so she should have made preparations beforehand.
"Yes, I contacted her. It's enough to make cannons, but it's not enough to make warships." Xiao Yi said. It couldn't be said that Mansajuhua didn't do well enough. It was just that no one had expected a warship to appear in the past.
A warship needed hundreds of times more iron than a cannon. They were not on the same level. Three Leaves Lotus Guild hoarded iron ore according to the demand for a cannon. If it was used to build a battleship, it was far from enough.
"Where's Han Shasha?" Dongfang Qingyu asked again. Han Shasha was the one who made the Tianzun Cannon.
"It's about the same as Three Leaves Lotus Guild." Xiao Yi said.
"In other words, we don't have much iron ore, and at the same time, we don't have any mineral deposits. Is that what you mean?" Dongfang Qingyu asked.
"Yes!" Desolate Yiren nodded.
"So, this mineral mine map must be obtained?" Dongfang Qingyu looked at her.
"It would be best if we could get it." Xiao Yi said.
Dongfang Qingyu had a headache, although he hadn't spent too much time with her. She had to abide by the rules. She was good at doing things. She would never ask for help for anything that she could handle. Since she had come to him, it meant that she couldn't handle the blueprint. Something she couldn't even handle must be very troublesome.
He looked at the time and said to Xiao Yiren, "Let's go to 'Toad House'. We'll talk as we eat." Xiao Yiren didn't object. He followed behind. The matter of iron ore was very important, so he had to make it clear to Xiao Yiren face to face.
The main store of Toad House was originally in Azure Dragon City. Later, it moved to Azure Sand City. After Dongfang Qingyu built Black Tortoise City, Toad House moved to Black Tortoise City.
Everything in his territory was easy to negotiate with. Toad's Home was located in Black Tortoise City. The best location in the commercial street, Toad Princess did not embarrass Dongfang Qingyu. Toad's House had the most space, and the renovation was the best. The service was the best. Compared to Happiness Inn, Zhuangyuan Mansion, Supreme Pavilion, and so on and so forth, the service was the best.
Other cities could not be compared, but in Black Tortoise City, it was a complete victory. The salary of the employees working in Toad House was the highest in the entire industry.
Toad Princess was very happy to see Dongfang Qingyu come over.
"I have something good for you!" Dongfang Qingyu took out the black gold alligator snapping turtle's meat. Toad Princess blinked her beautiful eyes. Immediately, she was overjoyed. She did not recognize what kind of meat it was. However, she could feel that the level of this meat was very high. As a Grandmaster chef, ordinary ingredients were no longer in her eyes. Only top ingredients could arouse her interest.
"You guys take a seat first. I'll go and study how to make this turtle meat to taste good." Toad Princess did not care about Dongfang Qingyu anymore and brought the black gold alligator snapping turtle meat to the kitchen.
"Do you want to drink?" Dongfang Qingyu asked Xiao Yiren.
"Just a little bit." Desolate Yiren wasn't sure if Dongfang Qingyu was being polite or if he wanted to drink it himself.
Dongfang Qingyu asked the waiter to serve him a jar of fruit wine, which had a relatively low alcohol content. The taste was good. It could be drunk as wine or drink as a drink. As for the dishes, there was no need to worry. Every time they came to eat, it was Toad Princess who personally chose the dishes.
The waiter knew Dongfang Qingyu. Apart from the fruit wine, he also served the fruits and snacks he liked.
"Tell me, what's the matter with the iron ore mine map?" Dongfang Qingyu poured himself a glass of fruit wine. When he was about to pour some for Xiao Yiren, xiao Yiren took the jar, but he did not pour it. There was no need to be so polite when two people were eating.
"The map of the iron ore mine is in Tang Zhiqiu's hands now. "What Desolate Yiren said made Dongfang Qingyu frown. He thought that the problem with the map would be very troublesome, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome.
Tang Zhiqiu, Tang Wan'Er, and her three billion brother were his enemies, and they were enemies that couldn't be resolved.
The map is basically impossible to obtain in Tang Zhiqiu's hands.
"Didn't you give me a difficult problem?" Dongfang Qingyu glared at Xiao Yiren.
"It doesn't matter if you really can't get it. It's not just our family that has no ore." Desolate Yiren said.
"What's your plan?" Dongfang Qingyu asked.
"It is best to get the map from Tang Zhiqiu. It will greatly reduce the cost of our battleship. If we can't get it, we can only think of other ways. Cooperate with people who already have useful minerals and ores, or purchase them. But with the current situation, the price of doing so was too high... The safest way is for us to look for new mineral resources ourselves." Xiao Yi said.
"If you want to find a mine by yourself, you have to find a professional Prospector." Dongfang Qingyu said.
"I am already looking for it." After saying that, Desolate Yiren revealed a worried expression. "Prospector has a big appetite, and most of his character isn't very good. It would be best if we nurture Prospector ourselves."
Dongfang Qingyu did not say anything. He had dealt with Prospector's character before. When he was searching for the conical silver ore and earth essence stones, Tian Huang had told him about it many times.
Prospector himself didn't have any wealth, so he needed the support of the consortium if he wanted to improve his skills and mine exploration. The consortium had trained Prospector, but Prospector had his own ideas. If he did not say it, no one would know. After Prospector left his post, he would develop the mine himself, or sell the mine. Such a thing had already happened several times.
In the game, the various large financial groups loved and hated Prospector. It was enough to produce a few big movies. But there was no other way. Other than Prospector, no one else could find any mineral deposits. If they wanted to find mineral deposits, they could only take a gamble. They had to bet on Prospector's technique. They also had to bet on Prospector's character.
Prospector was faced with too many temptations, apart from his own ambition. After the Three Realms Corporation entered Yan Huang, it wasn't that he didn't want to come into contact with the mining business for a long time. It wasn't because they didn't care about the profits of the mining business, but because they had been scammed by Prospector a few times. He was afraid.
"Can we not find the mineral resources? I'll just use money to buy it!" Dongfang Qingyu asked.
"Okay, just spend more money." Xiao Yi said.
... "" Dongfang Qingyu said. At this moment, Toad Princess pushed open the door and entered. "The dishes are ready!" A waiter carrying a tray followed from behind. A rich fragrance drifted in.
- The content came from [Miegu Reading]