15. The First Step To Getting Rich Is Iron Ingots!

I heard Gan Yu shouting that there was iron ore.

Jiang Xuan and Ke Qing immediately stopped chatting and hurried over.

Jiang Xuan also understood what Gan Yu meant.

To be honest, I have been mining in the MC world for so many years.

Jiang Xuan has never been to such a wealthy place.

An entire wall of iron ore is out of the question.

but……

Half the wall is made of iron ore...

If you dig them out and throw them into the furnace, a group of iron ingots won't be enough, but half a group will definitely be enough.

Jiang Xuan has some doubts about life.

Although iron ore is not very precious, when did it become so worthless?

This densely packed area seemed to be emitting a unique silvery white light against the backdrop of the torches.

It's like a steel barrier.

Very tempting.

Jiang Xuan glanced at Gan Yu strangely. The latter had a silly look on his face, as if he had no idea how many amazing mineral deposits he had discovered.

But since it’s Gan Yu…

It must be the lucky attribute taking effect.

After all, Gan Yu has always been very lucky.

When Jiang Xuan got along with Gan Yu this year, he often saw Gan Yu picking up a bunch of molas while walking.

If you open a box in the wild, you can find a bunch of rare leyline materials.

Um……

Luck is indeed a good helper for mining. Otherwise, how could there be luck enchantment?

When it comes to enchanting, Jiang Xuan feels that with Gan Yu here, he will have to pull her along when he enchants in the future, and he will definitely be able to enchant top-notch entries.

"Jiang Xuan, are these iron ores too much or too little?"

This time, Keqing did not dare to assert that there were very few mineral veins. In fact, the coal mine just now gave her a lot of experience.

Jiang Xuan took back his thoughts and couldn't contain his excitement.

He didn't show off and simply solved the arithmetic problems for Ke Qing and Gan Yu.

"This wall is roughly estimated to be more than ninety square meters, and the iron content of half of it means that it contains at least forty square meters of iron. One square of iron ore can smelt one unit of iron ingots."

"Do you remember the weight of the iron ingots I told you?"

Keqing's eyes lit up, and after thinking for a while, she murmured:

"One cubic meter of iron weighs more than eight tons, and nine iron ingots form one iron cube. Therefore, one unit of iron ingots is...more than nine hundred kilograms!"

"Then there are at least... about forty tons of iron ore here?!"

After calculating this result, Ke Qing and Gan Yu felt a little numb.

Looking at the iron mine in front of me, I was even more shocked than seeing Morax's Immortal Ancestor Magic Transformation.

"bingo."

Jiang Xuan rubbed the cat's head happily and then reminded:

"This is just what we have seen. After the iron ore, it is still unknown whether there is excess iron ore."

"However, as a guarantee, we already have more than half a group of iron ingots!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Qing excitedly picked up the pickaxe and rushed to the iron ingot.

"Hurry up! Jiang Xuan! Gan Yu, let's act quickly!"

Looking at the excited Ke Qing, Jiang Xuan burst into laughter, but after all, he was digging into the wall, so Jiang Xuan had to say a few words when he should be reminded.

"When digging mines on the wall, you must pay attention. Some monsters are hidden behind the wall. There may even be a monster spawner behind the wall."

"When you are mining, be sure to listen to the sound. If there is any movement, don't do anything. Call me first."

"do you understand?"

Seeing that Gan Yu and Ke Qing both nodded in agreement, Jiang Xuan felt relieved and let them go mining.

It takes more than an hour to enter the mine.

Not only are there enough coal mines, but they also have so much iron.

This is what it means to get rich suddenly.

However, Jiang Xuan feels that the wealth of this mine is more or less due to Gan Yu's luck.

To describe it in the MC world, Gan Yu's fortune is too strong.

But if we really say that there are a lot of iron ores, that's not the case.

Think about how much iron Jiang Xuan needs?

You need to prepare more tools, especially iron pickaxes, after all, you have to mine diamond mines and obsidian.

You have to prepare iron traps. Even now, they have to be equipped with one for each of Ke Qing and Gan Yu.

Jiang Xuan also needs to make iron buckets to hold water and magma.

An iron gate is also a necessity, otherwise the home will not be able to protect the villagers.

The materials for the cauldron must also be prepared in advance. The potion will be used sooner or later.

Not to mention, Jiang Xuan needs iron puppets as bodyguards for the MC world stronghold.

This is a big expense.

Although this thing can breed villagers and spawn it, Jiang Xuan obviously has no time to harm the villagers now.

therefore……

Iron, this thing may not be a very valuable thing.

However, it must be the most scarce in the early stage.

If you can dig more, you still have to dig more, not to mention that Ke Qing and Gan Yu are accompanying you to dig.

Although they are good friends, we can't let them work for free.

Mutual benefit is a must, and when they leave the MC world this time, they must take some with them.

It's better to go back and negotiate with Ningguang and the others.

This is also for Jiang Xuan to develop the MC world on a larger scale.

There was no deception in what Jiang Xuan and Ke Qing said.

The MC world is so big that it has no boundaries.

On his own, even if he lived for thousands of years, he would not be able to fully cultivate the world.

Of course, Jiang Xuan doesn't need to finish cultivating the world, just Tongzi's achievement tasks that can easily be multiplied hundreds of times.

Jiang Xuan felt that there was no need to work so hard that he would risk his life.

Thinking about things, Jiang Xuan dug mechanically.

Until there was a crisp cracking sound in my ears, and the stone manuscript in my hand shattered.

Only then did Jiang Xuan react.

Jiang Xuan curled his lips after looking at the only stone pick left in the bag.

Who would want to live such a disgraceful life when they already have the iron?

"Ke Qing, Gan Yu, please pay attention to yourselves. I will start the furnace to smelt iron first, and then renovate this place. It will be more convenient for mining next time."

Keqing was totally absorbed in mining and just waved her hand.

Gan Yu actually took the time to say hello.

This time, Jiang Xuan did not build the furnace in a coping manner like before.

Observing the surrounding environment, Ganyu and Keqing are still mining on the left, so don't worry about that.

On the right side is a whole stone wall, which is fairly regular.

Behind is the road we walked on before, with torches on both sides, which can barely be regarded as a regular passage.

Directly ahead, there were originally two mine tunnels.

Jiang Xuan blocked one.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xuan first set up a workbench under the right wall.

Then, dig out all the messy stones around to make this space a complete rectangle.

The excavated stones were used as workbench to make ten furnaces.

Neatly piled on the other side.

Jiang Xuan conveniently placed the bed near the workbench.

I also built a big box to use as a bedside table under the mine, and put some food in it to avoid having to find it temporarily when I went to the mine later.

And then……

Ten furnaces are activated at the same time!

The great cause of burning iron has officially begun!

In other words, without redstone, we can't make minecarts, pistons, etc.

Otherwise, Jiang Xuan will build a fully automatic iron-burning machine.

Taking advantage of this period, Jiang Xuan briefly decorated the mine space.

The main thing is to plan the space and place the torches.

However, as he was doing the simple work, Jiang Xuan felt that it didn't look good, so he started working on it.

After doing all this, Ke Qing and Gan Yu had almost finished digging the iron ore over there.

It's a pity that the iron ore on the surface is really all there is.

Inside, it's all stone, and if you dig deeper, there's granite.

Um……

There was granite in such a shallow mine, and Keqing didn't understand it.

However, in comparison, the heavy harvest made Keqing more satisfied.

I opened my own grid and took a look. Seventeen iron ores were lying quietly in a grid.

Keqing laughed happily.

"Gan Yu, I dug seventeen, where are you?"

Gan Yu also put down the broken manuscript, wiped his sweat, and looked at it with a frown.

"I only have thirteen iron ores..."

"It doesn't matter."

Keqing smiled and shook her head.

"The harvest is already good! Thirteen iron ores are only more than ten tons! We only wasted about ten minutes of work!"

"Two people dug out twenty-seven or eight tons of iron in about ten minutes. No one would believe such efficiency!"

Keqing put her hands on her hips, thought for a while, and then said:

"The next step is to ask Jiang Xuan to process these iron ores, right? I remember that the ore processing in the layered rock abyss requires a very complicated process."

"Jiang Xuan's side...eh!!!"