After hearing Old Kate's words, Zhang Quan couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of crisis from the bottom of his heart. It was not as easy as he had imagined that he had thought. The food, drink, defecation, and urination of this large group of people in the team, the buying and selling of various materials, and even the future power management were challenges he had never faced before.

I remember that in the few months since he started to have the time and space shuttle, he got up early and went to bed, slept and slept, and worked hard... The huge pressure brought by all kinds of things he had never encountered before made him, the ordinary otaku in the earthly society, who had quickly matured in this short period of time.

He also felt that the expansion action he had decided to be too radical this time has brought unimaginable crisis to his small cause. Whether it is the internal stability problems brought about by population expansion or the external threats brought about by the news of a large amount of food, they are all very serious problems. If it is not handled properly, he, the so-called promising cross-time and space trade group, will probably face the risk of premature death.

The most urgent task is undoubtedly internal stability. Only when one's own management is improved and the population brought about by this continued expansion can one quickly unite the internal forces and be consistent with the outside world. In that case, Zhang Quan believes that the external danger will be solved naturally by relying on the unlimited supply of materials from the earth's world.

As for this management problem, what method should be used to solve the orcs from hundreds of primitive tribes of nomadic peoples?

With this problem, Zhang Quan returned to the earth again. This time he had to find a way to solve the problem of mine mining. Although his small iron ore is a high-grade open-pit iron ore, which is extremely simple to mine, and the workers he has are all extremely powerful and hard-working, which is much better than the best mine workers on the earth. But this does not mean that he does not need to improve the efficiency of mine mining.

The so-called mining technology of the backward civilization of the orcs is too simple and crude, and it is directly chewed by human power. This is really how Zhang Quan, a modern man of higher civilization, can accept it? Not to mention anything else, even if there is no possibility of large-scale modern machinery, the simplest metal tools should always be available! This question is even required by the Taurus Gailon to remind him that this really makes Zhang Quan very suspicious of his ability!

Therefore, Zhang Quan learned from his mistakes, and if there is, he would be more encouraged. Although he agreed to Gailon's so-called iron smelting shop that day, in fact, he did not take the metal smelting and mechanical processing technology of the primitive man seriously. Just look at the overall productivity level on the wasteland, you will know that the "blacksmith master" that the orcs themselves highly praised may not have good skills, otherwise how could the productivity on the wasteland be so back?

It should be noted that in the long historical development of human primitive civilization, metal smelting and processing technology have always been one of the important indicators of social productivity!

The only solution is probably to find a solution from the earth. As for the problems of size and shape, there are always ways to solve them.

2015, Earth.

In a private small machining factory in Mian County, Zhang Quan watched the masters work together.

"How is it, Master! Do you think this job is easy to do?"

Hum? His words obviously made the workers in the factory feel some kind of insult, and they raised their heads one by one, and looked at him with a very unhappy look.

"What's the point of doing here? Isn't it just the things we make on weekdays bigger? Isn't this just pickaxe, shovel, axe,... do you really think my eyes are not good?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Quan smiled, "Those things are just enlarged."

"Yes! Isn't it just these things? What's hard to do? You said that the fine work is not fully equipped in our factory and may not be able to process it. But there are so many things - ones that are stupid, ones that are thick and ones that are not hard to do." The masters obviously felt that their skills were insulted by Zhang Quan, and they all answered bluntly.

"Okay, okay, just process it." Zhang Quan was only polite, "Then, when will you get this batch of things for me?"

Master Wang in the factory thought for a while, "I'll finish it in a few days. I'll finish it for you in a few days. Isn't it just a few broken things? What's there to put in place?"

The other workers also looked at him one by one, looking at the rich man with contempt.

Zhang Quan looked at the workers in the broken factories in the countryside. They were not well-managed and their wages were not easy to pay, and they were still very angry! If it weren't for the convenience, they really didn't want to deal with these people. No wonder the business of this processing factory was always half dead.

The factory Zhang Quan found is near Zhangcun, located in the westernmost part of Chengguan Town, Mian County. It is specially designed to make various small hardware and farm tools for rural farmers. In the past, it was once quite prosperous. However, now, as the market economy reform of this dynasty is becoming more and more deepening, market competition is really everywhere. The salesmen of large processing plants are now almost omnipresent. Soon, with excellent craftsmanship and low costs, these small processing plants in the countryside who make money by local protectionism, naturally declined.

Zhang Quan came here just for convenience. The processing of what he wanted was not difficult, but it all needed to be customized.

These are naturally the various mining tools needed by the orcs in his base, such as iron picks, shovels, iron rakes, axes... These things are all huge in shape, far exceeding the standards originally used by humans on earth. Those iron picks, just picks, have more than ten kilograms, and no matter how strong humans are, they cannot move. In human society, there will be no use at all.

It will naturally be a bit troublesome to find someone to process such things. Not to mention anything else, it is also very unpleasant to just look at you with a fool-like expression.

Zhang Quan was too lazy to find someone to explain, so he simply found a small processing factory in the countryside. Anyway, the processing technology requirements for this kind of thing are very low. The small processing factory has completely processed it, so there is no need to worry about quality. Another additional convenience is that it is very close to Zhangquan's warehouse, and it is very convenient to ship goods back.

The processing cost of this batch of tools is also very cheap, basically all of them are steel. Zhang Quan, who is short of money, can also afford it.

By the way, Zhang Quan also brought back a batch of more than 20 tons of ore and drove it to Maling Steel Factory, earning his first pot of gold from another world.

This time, Maling Steel Plant also brought him good news. After a few days of laboratory tests, the steel plant had already established a new smelting process from the iron ore brought by Zhang Quan and obtained a new steel type. Although the parameters of this steel are not very good, it is not much better than most building materials on the market for steel performance, it is worth reminding that this steel uses high-grade new ore from Gaia World and the smelting process is extremely simple, so its cost is much lower than that of any steel on the market, and its ex-factory price is incomparable, which is enough to have a great price advantage in the competition with other manufacturers on the market, and it also has high profits.

This is just the product obtained by the laboratory with the old process in just a few days, which already has high market value. What's more, what about the high-level steel that may be obtained after more experiments? It can be said that just this first product with low added value, Zhang Quan brought new ore is already very competitive, fully demonstrating its greater potential in the future.

This news undoubtedly made Maling Steel Plant very excited, and Zhang Quan was also very happy.

After discussing with Director Zhang Quan and Lao Li, they decided to renovate the production line in the factory on the spot, use new ore, and directly enter the market. The money they get is the real money. From this point of view, Zhang Quan and Lao Li are not far-sighted people. At least after the restructuring of the Maling Steel Plant, the most important thing is that the two companies can immediately obtain considerable benefits.

Two days later, with food and processed tools, Zhang Quan returned to Gaia World again.
Chapter completed!