Chapter 413 Black Fire Laboratory
In Lei Ze, with the arrival of the warm season, the originally vast ocean of water has evaporated, revealing a flat ground.
It is May.
Various weeds and saplings have emerged under the sunshine.
But the seemingly vibrant Lei Ze land is actually full of dangers. There are small puddles everywhere in the weeds. And the dry land next to the small puddles is actually a lurking muddy swamp, waiting for people and animals to fall into it.
"Roar!"
The black oil dragon Luo Sai flew slowly close to the ground, and occasionally let out a meaningless roar. It likes this warm weather.
On the dragon's back, the mark of the Lord of Thunder flashed on Russell's forehead, and snow-white wings appeared behind him.
He was observing his territory Lei Ze from a close distance. After Luo Sai flew around Lei Ze, he already had a clear idea.
"The outline of Lei Ze is not very regular, but it is roughly a circular territory, with endless flat ground and almost no high earth slopes." Russell drew a picture on the manuscript paper and began to outline.
"The lowest place is the depression southwest of the center of the territory, which is suitable for opening up a lake."
On the Lei Ze map he just drew, Russell drew an "×" to represent the lake.
Then he drew two straight lines through the "×" on the map: "Well, not only do we need to dig a lake, but we also need to dig two rivers to divert all the water sources in the territory into the lake and change the swamp landform."
After digging the lake and river, we need to further dig drainage canals to try to completely drain the large area of swamps.
In low-lying areas, if the water cannot be drained, we can also dig lakes on the spot or change to paddy fields for cultivation.
In short.
As long as there is sufficient labor, there is no field that cannot be cultivated.
"In the future, when the three territories merge into one, the accumulated water in Lei Ze may continue to drain out, which will be more suitable for farming." Russell is full of confidence in his territory. This is a foundation that can be passed down from generation to generation.
Even if he establishes his own country in the future, if he has many children and grandchildren, he can arrange for a second son to inherit this foundation.
"I just don't know if Lei Ze will gradually wither after Bao Li and I die of old age. If Lei Ze withers and loses the resonance of the warm enclave, will the large territory in the future shrink again into two small pieces of Youguang Valley and Black Fire Land?"
This is a question worth pondering.
However, there are too few Dragon Domain Lords in the records, so it is difficult to explain the changes in the warm enclave opened up by the pseudo-dragon.
"Forget it, Bao Li and I are very young, and Bao Li has just been promoted to a pseudo-dragon, so her life span will never be so short." Russell laughed at himself, "Quentin II has lived to be 195 years old, can I still lose to him?"
So
Russell's tentative goal in this life is to live to more than 200 years old. If possible, he wants to live for thousands of years like a dragon.
"Even if I merge with the ice cream, just like Seagroft merged with the Lost Dragon in "Volcano Song" and became a conceptualized revenge dragon, I can be immortal." Russell began to imagine.
Life is so good now. Like the emperors on Earth, he hopes to be immortal and enjoy eternal happiness.
And the extraordinary power of the Dragon Sleeping Continent is fully demonstrated by the dragon.
If you want to live forever, you have to become a dragon knight first.
"Okay, Rose, let's go back." Lei Ze finished his inspection and was not in a hurry to develop it for the time being. Russell planned to develop the Black Fire Land first.
Lei Ze could let it grow wildly first, and come over occasionally to see if it has bred elves and fantasy beasts.
"Roar!"
The black oil dragon flapped its wings and flew high, and returned to the Black Fire Land in a moment.
Looking down from the sky, the Black Fire Land is already lush and green. It was only opened up from the snowfield last year, and it is already full of vitality this year.
A road runs from the Dim Light Valley in the west, across the Broken Snowfield, and straight to the center of the Black Fire Land.
Thousands of workers, divided into different groups, are building Russell's castle.
In the northwest of the territory, a slag road also extends to the black oil vein, and the convoy transporting black oil is like a long dragon. There are also several brick kilns, pottery kilns, porcelain kilns, and even glass kilns under construction around the mine.
Whoosh!
The black oil dragon Rose swooped down and landed next to a row of slightly strange houses.
"My lord!" Katie, the fantasy knight in charge of supervising the mine, rode over and saluted Russell with his chest.
"How is the order here in the mine?" Russell jumped off the dragon's back, with his hands behind his back, and inspected the progress of the project like a leader.
Katie praised this generously: "The new knights are very good at management. They manage serfs in the form of knight formations, making the work of the entire mine in order... They are indeed talents from the Dragon Blood Knights."
"Yes, the Dragon Blood Knights are still very training." Russell nodded.
This can be seen from his elder brother Roland, who learned his management methods from the Dragon Blood Knights.
This knight group directly under the Red Castle trains reserve lords of the Grand Duchy.
So they not only teach how to conquer the snowfield, but also how to manage the territory. Even if you can't win the title of lord, you can go to the manor to be a knight commander.
"You should also learn more from them. In the future, the entire Black Fire Land and even Lei Ze will be handed over to you to patrol. The burden is heavy." Russell patted Katie's shoulder affectionately, "And Jerry, you also need to strengthen military training."
"Yes, sir!" Katie pounded her chest solemnly, with great force, making her armor bang.
This made Russell wonder if she would have chest pain.
"In addition."
"Please tell me, sir."
"You should also observe these knights carefully to see if there are any who are not useful or have bad character. I will eliminate a group of knights in the future." Russell ordered. Although he lacked talents, he would not take in all knights.
"Yes!" Katie responded.
"Okay, you go and do your work. I'll go to the laboratory." Russell waved his hand and went to the row of slightly strange houses.
This row of houses was built with slag bricks, and the walls were not painted yet. There was a sign hanging on the gate of the courtyard - Black Fire Laboratory.
"Sir Russell!" The knight on duty at the door saluted quickly. This was a knight sent by the fluorescent mushroom family to support Russell.
Entered the house.
A group of scholars and apprentices in white coats were busy doing various experiments, and the types of experimental instruments were varied.
"Ah, Master Russell, you are here." A man in a white coat spotted Russell.
"It's Kirov. I'm here to take a look. Where is Mr. Placido?" Russell recognized the other party, the polymath Kirov.
"Teacher is here. I'll take you there." Kirov led Russell enthusiastically and respectfully.
This enthusiasm was due to Russell's financial status, and respect was because Russell was about to become a great polymath.
Recommended by the elected son Mel, Russell's promotion to the title of great polymath has been discussed at the Great Polymath Roundtable.
It takes a total of three rounds of meetings to discuss and pass before the title of great polymath can be officially awarded.
However, Russell's problem is not big.
The composting technology has been fully promoted, and the benefits it brings are obvious. With this credit, you can become a great polymath without doing anything.
"Teacher, Master Russell is here." Kirov entered a laboratory and shouted to the old man in a white coat who was fiddling with a device similar to an iron furnace.
The old man in the white coat turned around and saw Russell, but he did not stop to salute.
Instead, he quickly said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Russell, I can't spare my hands to salute you. This distillation furnace always breaks down every now and then... But the distillation plan you proposed has produced preliminary results. We really decomposed a special liquid from the black oil!"
Then.
The great scholar Placido turned his head and shouted to the outside: "Dun, Dun, quickly bring the distilled samples to Mr. Russell!"
"Here, here, teacher." Dunn is also a scholar. Like Kirov, he is a student of the great scholar Placido.
He trotted over with a few bottles and jars, put them on the table, and immediately took off his hat to salute Russell: "Dunn meets Mr. Russell."
"No need to be polite." Russell waved his hand and looked at the bottles and jars. "Are these the products of the distillation and decomposition of black oil?"
Dunn explained: "Yes, the experimental tools are still a bit rough at present. We only got four distillation products."