Chapter 21
My Empire Chapter 21
2020-11-03
Chapter 21 21 RequestLaurens is now temporarily acting as the manager of Ferry City. He was originally the commander of the naval fleet, but now he has Regardless of the three broken sailboats that are not on the table.
He is now taking his own soldiers and conscripted people to build something called a salt field according to the blueprint.
Chris believed that this thing could help Ferry City make a profit, so Laurens became a temporary contractor.
"The gods are above... These damn pits, and these unfathomable mystery mineral powders, can really turn bitter seawater into salt?" Laurence pressed his sword, Looking at the scorching sun above his head, he complained while wiping away his sweat.
In fact, he believed Chris's words in his heart, because he believed in Chris's words after seeing Chris's cannon in person that day. A person with absolute martial power will not lie to his subordinates.
At least, the other party won't make boring deceptions on this kind of meaningless thing. This is a logical question, Laurens thought very clearly.
Late yesterday, a cavalryman from Serris City sent a letter that recounted the formation of Alanhill dukedom, telling Laurens that he was now dukedom's naval commander Now...
In fact, he still only manages those few broken ships, but Laurens has really been promoted. He has been promoted to the commander-in-chief of a country's navy, which seems to be very pompous. kind of.
It's too late to be happy, he just threw himself into the work of producing sea salt today, which is really a thing that people didn't know whether to cry or laugh, at least Laurens himself thinks so of.
"Although those battleships are a bit tattered, it's a bit excessive to let these battleships go out to sea to fish and supplement the food reserves of Ferry City..." Adjutant Yi, who fanned the cool wind with his hand, came over. With a helpless face, he complained to Laurens: "We are sailors, it's a shame to be a fisherman."
"Lost who? When they were recruited, who was not a fisherman?" Lao Ence grinned, squinted his eyes under the scorching sun and sighed, "Go ahead and do whatever you want. We are all Alanhill's retainers. What's the use of talking about this now?"
"Sir Sir!" A middle-aged woman with tanned skin ran over excitedly, with an expression on her face that was as excited as a handsome boy who had just fallen asleep. She swayed her fat buttocks all the way, with a sturdy air of a seaside woman.
As she got closer, the woman grinned, revealing her white teeth, and a beautiful flower bloomed from the wrinkles on her face: "Sir, the salt field for the experiment has been shipped. Look!"
After saying that, she raised her right hand and spread out her palm in front of Laurens, with an expression of offering a treasure: "It is completely done according to the process. , we have tasted it just now, and there is no astringency at all!"
"Really?" The adjutant had a look of disbelief, and poked the center of the dirty palm with his finger, A little bit of shiny grey sea salt sticks up and tastes it.
A burst of salty taste hit the taste buds, blooming on his tongue, with incomparable joy and fragrance, making his eyebrows stretch out at once: "en! Lord! Salty Yes!"
Hearing the adjutant's shout, Laurens also became curious, took a pinch of sea salt in the palm of the woman's hand, and stuffed it into his mouth. In an instant, he also felt the salty taste, and his face became brighter.
"Good! Good!" He looked at the crushed salt left in the woman's hand, laughed and said with a smile: "Hahahaha, with these salts, Ferry City can earn at least thousands of dollars this year. gold coin!"
In this world, sea salt has always been uneatable because of its peculiar smell. Because of this, the price of salt in this world is very high. A savory bite in many places is an extremely luxurious treat.
For example, Tubao, Beijun and Prairie Empire further north are big consumers of salt, and they basically buy as much as they have. With this sea salt, at least a lot of money can be made from these northerners.
Even, for these salts, these northerners are willing to exchange strategic resources such as war horses - it is conceivable that Alanhill dukedom will soon have a large number of cavalry, and the quality is still the best.
"Let everyone speed up the construction! The faster these saltworks are built, the higher our income will be!" After a few seconds of self-intoxication, Laurens immediately gave the order.
The civilians of Ferry City who saw the results also accelerated their speed, which is closely related to their income, and is naturally the most dedicated project for everyone. Even with the scorching sun, the construction progress of the salt field is still speeding up with naked eyes.
In fact, this world has a certain industrial foundation. For example, this world has many special metals, which can improve various attributes of common metals. Serris is rich in iron ferrite, which is one of them.
Alloys with the addition of this iron-fired alloy have better strength and lighter weight - better and more perfect than aluminum alloys, it is simply a cheap version of super titanium alloys.
The metallurgical processes such as casting and calcining are also well developed due to the more powerful attacks that may arise, which is still more advanced than the earlier level with which Chris is familiar. This is also the reason why Chris was able to produce a cannon immediately - what the people here lack is just a scientific framework of a system, and there is no lack of corresponding application level.
At the same time, alchemy is also prevalent in this world. Many alchemists have primary level chemical knowledge and are not surprised by some chemical reactions. They are very easy to accept the advanced chemical results provided by Chris.
But even so, Chris couldn't eat a fatty in one bite. He can only build his own territory little by little, and let the industry begin to penetrate every corner. In Serris City now, civilians have become accustomed to all kinds of new things, and have become accustomed to cheap textiles and daily necessities.
Because of Dez's large financial backing, Stryd's return, and Gurlo's talent in planning and development, Serris's industrial process is in order and is growing little by little.
At this time, a group of Knights appeared outside the Serris City Fort. They were wearing the green king flag representing the Arrant Empire. They were wearing bright armor and looked curiously at the merchants from all over the world.
"We are the special envoy of General Zorn, the commander of the Arrant Imperial Army, to convey General Zorn's order." Without dismounting, the leading officer raised his chin, overlooking the soldiers standing guard at the city gate. .
The soldiers on duty also knew that the envoys from the empire were not to be neglected, and immediately ordered someone to pass the news. He ordered the soldiers to let go immediately, and he personally led a few people to lead the way in front, and walked towards Serris's castle with these Knight grandiose.
Chris the past few days is relatively leisurely, because the planning has been completed, many equipment can only be abandoned because the technology is not mature, he does not have the trouble of drawing blueprint, he can go to the barracks to see the training of the new recruits.
But today, instead of going to the barracks, he was studying in the castle to learn more about this strange foreign world with magic. Many books in this world are similar to the novels in his cognition, so it seems that he can also enjoy with keen interest.
For example, the book he is holding now, which writes about the life of the Master Gremel III. This great mage even used a giant dragon that can speak human's words as a mount, and created a powerful magical kingdom by himself...
If this book is placed in the world before Chris traveled through, it must be a This is a very popular Western fantasy magic novel. While admiring the wonderful stories inside, Chris imagined the impact that modern civilization may have on this world.
"Your Majesty! Envoys from the Arrant Empire are visiting unexpectedly... They have asked to see you and to convey orders from the Imperial General Zorn." A waiter pushed open the door of Chris's room and stood in the doorway Respectfully bowed his head to report.
"en?" Chris couldn't know what these envoys who came to visit suddenly were talking about it. He closed the book in confusion, pressed the book on a stack of blueprints about Generator, stood up and did two things. A chest expansion exercise: "I'm going to meet them..."
All the way to the hall for the reception of guests, Chris saw the messenger of the Arrant Empire in armor from afar. The other party was also looking at Chris when Chris was looking at him, and the two of them looked at each other a few times before they started talking.
"I don't know...you...come all the way, what order are you here to deliver." Chris didn't know what to call him, hesitated for a while and then spoke first, stammering and asking in a serious manner.
The other party took out a letter with a red seal from the leather pocket around his waist and handed it directly to Chris: "Grand Duke Alanhill, General Zorn orders you to present all the new weapons in your hand. The Arrant Empire."
"What?" Chris heard the other party's words clearly, but he really couldn't believe his ears-he was trying his best to expand the army and protect himself, but someone came directly Relying on Red Mouth and White Fang to directly ask for his life-saving weapon...
"Archduke Alanhill, because you are still a vassal of the Arrant Empire, you better obey the Empire's orders and hand over those new-style weapons. Weapons." With a faint sneer on the other side's face, he repeated his order: "You better know that disobeying the orders of the Arrant Empire is not good for you."
"My weapons were also bought with money, your envoy." Chris thought about it carefully, and then replied: "If the weapons can be converted into tax tributes at the actual price, then I can hand them over to the imperial military."
He felt that it was not the time to turn his back, so he could find a reason to delay, and then go to Dez and the others to discuss the countermeasures.
(end of this chapter)