Chapter 587
2021-01-06
Chapter 587 Stand by Commander"Margaery Tyrell?" Igor raised his eyebrows and chuckled , "No, let's talk when I'm done."
Little Rose, can you be considered a friend?
Judging from the frequency and capital inflow and outflow of her business cooperation with the Night's Watch industry after oneself left King's Landing and went north to the Wall, there is no doubt that it is; but for today, she has devoted herself to Dragon Queen As far as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch is concerned, she is by no means the same.
Igor has even guessed why she didn't act with the official mission of Reach, but secretly ran to find oneself first, but unfortunately, one of the two is an authentic native noble, and the other is an authentic nobleman. They are the leaders of the new forces who are supporting Queen to break the wheel of history. They are destined to have no common language and cooperation goals with each other.
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(Even if Queen is worried that her succession will be affected, so she is reluctant to recognize Prince Aegon, but Reach is such a strong aid that can't threaten her status, she should always work hard Go for it?)
Nina doesn't quite understand why Igor's attitude is so indifferent, but she at least understands that a oneself man is much more powerful than her, and what he thinks and decides to do, oneself better not Talking nonsense.
So the pearl in the palm of Tyrell's house was completely ignored, and the camp managers gathered around Igor to report to him more about the offensive and defensive situation of King's Landing before his arrival, while accompanying him. Enter the Black Wall Fort and start the tour from the saltpeter warehouse.
Because the war cut off the north-south communication route, the ship of nitrile that Igor took by boat to the south was the only batch of large-scale materials provided to Wall by the Southern Night's Watch Industrial Park in the past two years. However, although the transportation was suspended, the communication did not stop. Under his repeated instructions, the saltpeter yard maintained a full-rate uninterrupted production until the temperature was so low that it could no longer be started. The people who produced this thing did not know it at all. What's the use, I can only hand it over and store it up without thinking, and it's accumulated to this day...
Compared with other civil and structural buildings inside and outside the castle, the saltpeter warehouse is not large, but it is particularly solid and heavy. ——It is made of stone from the walls to the top, and it is simply a pocket castle whose scale has been reduced without weakening its defense. Because the walls are too thick, the interior space appears to be extremely small. On the moisture-proof shelves made of stone strips and rising from the ground, there are large and densely packed cans of purified saltpeter. I'm afraid there's more nitrate in it than the Night's Watch Legion used in the entire war against the Others!
"There have been many accidents in handling and storing this thing, and there have been casualties. Fortunately, after several bloody lessons, we have now basically figured out how to store it safely. This building prohibits any torch type Protect the light source from entering, and do not allow any combustibles, and the design also lays a ventilation tunnel to cool down - of course, this is only useful for Summer, and the eyes can't see it." Nina's big brother Neil Langsheng introduced, this matter has always been introduced by him. Personally responsible, "For safety reasons, it cannot be stacked tightly, so each warehouse only stores two hundred cans. And there are two identical warehouses in Black Wall Fort. It was originally planned to build a fourth one, but later I found that the extra dozens of cans can be put in the temporary warehouse of the nitrile factory, anyway production has stopped and it is no longer used, so there is no more wasted money."
That's all irrelevant. The details, Igor nodded in approval, approached the shelf, carefully picked up a large clay pot and weighed it a few times, it was heavy, estimated to be thirty or forty.
Even if each can of 30 catties of nitrate is good, there are more than 600 cans, that is nearly 20,000 catties, or ten tons.
This is just saltpeter. After mixing it with charcoal and sulfur to make gunpowder, it will expand to several tons.
A dozen tons of gunpowder!
Even though he had already estimated the approximate number, Igor couldn't help but get a little excited.
It is true that in the modern world before the crossing, this amount is not enough for the people in Igor's hometown to set off fireworks and firecrackers on the first day of the new year. Time can be regarded as an inexhaustible gunpowder mine!
Igor doesn't have to worry about enough gunpowder now, but has to rush out more weapons that can consume gunpowder.
"Qyburn, these four warehouses are handed over to you."
"Wrap it on me, my lord." Qyburn still had a kind and great grandfather smile, not at all. Like a character who has just been authorized to take over one of all the gunpowder raw materials in this world. The so-called handing over to him naturally means that he will turn all the nitrates into real gunpowder—just because the formula of gunpowder is still secret for the time being, so it cannot be stated explicitly.
Igor put down the big pot and calmed down his excitement: "Okay, let's go to the foundry."
As the second stop of the inspection, Black Wall Fort foundry Nothing compares to the one at Queenscrown, both in terms of size and staffing - the latter, after all, was designed to forge artillery from the moment construction began. The former... It is said to be a foundry, but it is actually more like an oversized Smith shop. It is mainly responsible for making metal parts for various production equipment in the industrial park, and from time to time, it produces some iron weapons and armors to supply internal personnel. Just some iron farm implements.
But metal processing is metal processing, and the low level of technology has the advantage of being low-that is: the division of labor in the industry is not so detailed that it is difficult to be compatible and substitute. For the layman, forging artillery and forging swords are naturally not the same thing, but in the eyes of the layman, most of the things that should be here are not lacking, as long as blueprints and personnel are provided, and then the facilities are slightly modified and some tools are added. The same workshop can become the second firearm Arsenal of Westeros and the entire world of ice and fire in an instant.
Igor brought Qyburn and core technical staff to the South from the land grant for this purpose.
Queenscrown, a frontier town at the end of the world, has completed its mission as oneself's fortune. Although its identity as the "Northern Industrial Center" and Igor's base camp is still unshakable, oneself will not be shaken in the short term at least. Go back again. The second-generation, third-generation, fourth-generation, larger and more advanced artillery will all be here - Night's Watch Industrial Park will take the lead in R&D and production, and transport them to the battlefield nearby, roaring and smashing the old era!
A man with dreams and ambitions has a lot of energy, and with a large number of subordinates, Igor turns around in and out of Black Wall Fort.
He first confirmed the design of converting the casting and forging workshop into an artillery production base, and then went to condolences to the security team newly trained in the industrial park in the past two years—actually reserve officers, who formulated the plan. Integrate them into the Land Granter scheme; then plan the other two gunpowder raw materials - the charcoal production preparation area and the sulphur route from Dragonstone around King's Landing to Black Wall Fort, and do it all with fun I vigorously rode out of the industrial park, went to the wilderness not far away, and provoked the site selection of the artillery test field. I was busy and tossed until the night fell and my stomach screamed, and I returned to the Black Wall with no end in sight. Fort, ready to go to dinner.
"The second-generation artillery will definitely not be able to keep up with the attack on King's Landing. The industrial park is now crowded with soldiers, which is not conducive to confidentiality, so don't rush to start work, make preparations first, and wait for King's to be taken down. Landing, after the garrison leaves here, I will close this area and designate it as a forbidden area. When the time comes, a separate department will be set up to be responsible for the specific security work.”
Even if your mouth is dry , when entering the restaurant of the Black Wall Fort, Igor was still outlining and explaining oneself's ideas about the reconstruction of the Black Wall Fort... until a slightly familiar silhouette suddenly appeared from the side, with a soft touch A tactful, somewhat complaining but not angry anger interrupted his eloquence.
"Lord Commander, you're so busy with your daily life, please tell me to wait!"
Margaery Tyrell couldn't wait for Igor's appointment, so she simply stayed with him The high-level staff restaurant that is bound to come has come to wait for the commander!
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