Chapter 121 - 25: Nothing at All
Iron and coal mining required manpower.
The size of the army also needed to increase.
Roman’s demand for steel wasn’t enormous in the early stage; he only needed enough to equip five or six hundred men.
He had calculated that each Heavy Shield Warrior would need about 50 pounds of steel, while the remaining warriors would need approximately 20 pounds of iron each.
That amounted to roughly 6 to 10 tons in total.
Every industry’s output was linked to manpower.
Roman divided the paving team.
He first selected a group of laborers with decent physiques to assist with Forging at the ironworks.
people followed the construction crew to build the Breeding farm.
And 600 people joined him in coal Mining and Coke Refining.