My Empire

My Empire Chapter 38

2020-11-03

Chapter 38 38 South

Things seem to be smoother than expected. General Zorn is getting Alanhill and heading north to attack the earthen fort. At the time of intelligence, his troops had already begun a large-scale southward movement.

Although, he did not take away enough red-clothed cannons in one go, but because of the blueprint and smelting formula provided by Chris, the Arrant Empire still made 40 cannons, and the grandiose went south. .

The Dothan Empire has always stood firm by virtue of the terrain, and has become the scourge of Arrant. General Zorn has always wanted to take part of the Dothan Empire to prove his exploits.

The mortal empire can only live in the shadow of the Magic Empire, which is an unchangeable thing - so the destruction of the Dothan Empire, the Arrant Empire, dare not even think about it. All they want is to take advantage, take enough advantage.

Conquests between mortal empires have been this pattern for many years. If one country is about to be destroyed by another, Magic Empire will intervene to balance the power between these empires.

For Magic Empire, a loose and uncohesive mortal empire can guarantee their fundamental interests - so once a mortal empire rises, those terrifying Dragon Knights will appear , to plunge the mighty mortal empire into the abyss.

"It can only be used once." Looking at the red-clothed cannons being dragged forward by warhorses, one after the other, General Zorn sighed reluctantly: "It is estimated that as long as the Dothan Empire suffers losses on the frontal battlefield, it will stab the matter to the Holy Demon Emperor."

The soldiers of the Arrant Empire are holding the reins of the war horses, and the step by step is already Walking on a not so smooth road. Behind the carriage, the ancient and heavy steel cannons shone darkly in the sunlight.

Farther away, groups of soldiers carried three-meter long spears, striding neatly across the entire hillside. An army of 100,000 is not a small number. There are not even 20,000 soldiers in front of them, and more soldiers are still behind, or walking ahead.

A war of unprecedented scale is about to kick off, and the grievances between the Dothan Empire and the Arrant Empire may be completely resolved in such a war. Of course, it could also get worse.

"It's Alanhill..." Away his eyes from the red-clothed cannons, General Zorn held the information in his hand, his tone was full of ice, mutter incantations said: "It's really not An archduke who gives you peace of mind."

"Isn't it okay to wait for me to go back and kill you obediently and honestly? ... I want to make trouble." He squeezed the information in his hand into one piece. The regiment, disdainfully threw it into the soil under his feet: "When I defeat Dothan, I will teach you how to be a human being!"

After he finished speaking, he pulled the reins of his war horse, Surrounded by a group of guards, he got on his horse and gave an order: "Let the troops continue to move forward! Just keep this speed!"

"Also!" Zon adjusted the posture of the war horse while riding on the horse. On his back, he told one of his confidants: "Send someone to Alanhill! Let them spit out the earth fort, Beijun and Hanhai! If they don't agree, let them wash my neck and wait!"

When he said this, General Zorn had an air of heroism: when he returned to Arrant's capital again, he might have more than 200 cannons!

At that time, a little Alanhill is not a threat at all. As long as there is a battle, the goddamn Archduke Alanhill Chris will be captured, kneeling in front of Zon, crying and begging for a fight. way to live.

Thinking of this, Zorn coldly snorted and rode his horse forward. He wants to get his troops south before winter comes - with good luck, before winter comes, he may win the war against the Dothan Empire.

As soon as next spring arrives, he will be able to go north and attack Alanhill. This is a good rhythm, allowing him to gain more military exploits and prove his ability to his brother-in-law, the emperor.

"Woo..." A melodious horn sounded from the distant ridge, which was the order for the troops to continue to move forward. All the soldiers continued to move forward. end.

 …

"The production of the gun barrels incorporates iron ferrite, and the workers experiment with the newest formula ... which is stronger than the original." Smith at the work report meeting , and began to talk about the recent good news.

Alanhill's industry is growing countless times faster than expected thanks to the presence of a new metal of unknown origin. Many unsolvable problems can be solved with Ferrite, which saves a lot of time.

The only problem is that Ferrite is very rigid, but not tough enough, so there is no way to replace copper to solve the problem of bullet casings, otherwise, the production rate of bullets may be faster.

Smith turned to the next page, with an even bigger smile on his face, and continued: "The transformation of the power plant is going well, the direct current has been fully transformed into alternating current, and the scale of our use of electricity is It's not big, so the improvement is very simple."

"There are some problems with the electric light, and we have encountered some technical troubles in our production, but because of the formula and blueprint, it can be solved in a short time. ." After he finished speaking, he looked towards Chris who was in the first place: "Our problem now is that we lack professionals in all aspects." So he coughed, cleared his throat and said, "This matter can't be rushed. The first batch of graduates from our emergency training have already been divided up. We will have to wait for next month at the earliest before there will be another batch of graduates. Newcomers can graduate.”

“These graduates are not really who, they just know how to operate some machines and understand some principles. There is still a long section before they can develop or do some experiments on their own. of the road to go." Knowing him, he is not optimistic about these talents.

It's not just that he doesn't like it, but Chris doesn't like it either. These people who have lowered their training standards and are barely allowed to graduate are actually similar to those migrant workers in the 21st century. They can go to factories to work, but there is little room for improvement.

Chris also knows that this problem cannot be rushed now, and the fastest time is to wait until the real primary school graduates, and the group of children who have completed junior high and high school grow up - the problem is, this will take seven or eight years. Going, the shortest has to wait two or three years, which makes people very anxious.

Chris, who has mastered countless knowledge, knows that practice and knowledge are two different things, and having ready-made talents who can use it is always faster than his thorough research on economic books. He lacks everything now, and the most lack is talents in all aspects.

The current Alanhill is actually no different from a large training base: soldiers who have been on the battlefield and heard cannon sounds are training with a group of newcomers; veteran workers who have played with machinery and understand basic operations , is training with a group of novices, and even in the school, a group of teachers teach another group of teachers how to impart knowledge.

The downside of this is that Dez has to keep some apprentices who can't work and can't immediately expand his profits. This money was spent completely in vain, and it was considered a losing business.

But there is also the benefit of attracting the unemployed on the one hand, and the immediate expansion of the future workforce on the other. At least Gul Mister Luo is very optimistic about this, he thinks that in a year's time, Alanhill's workforce will expand ten or even thirty times its current size.

"The improvement of alternating current makes the power generation equipment simpler. The thermal power plant is already being done, and we are also considering a large-scale power grid..." Smith took the conversation and talked about the power grid. matter.

This power grid is also something Chris considers. With electricity, modern cities can be truly modernized. With electric lights, people can work around the clock, and with electric lights, people can extend their work and rest time, and have more spare time to study and supplement.

But now, only the factory itself has electricity that can be used, and most of it is used in the machinery, even the lighting is poor. Chris believes that making the arsenal available for night work is an effective way to immediately increase production capacity.

"Stay and have dinner before leaving! Don't be so outgoing!" Chris left everyone after the meeting and instructed: "Let the chef prepare the sea fish, which was just delivered today, Lao Enns recommends delicious food!"

The construction of Ferry City is also very good now, and Laurens has built a huge salt field there, and the salt provided has been exported to the Prairie Empire and the Higgs Kingdom, and even Can radiate north of Arrant.

At the same time, two modern shipyards are being built there, as well as a large number of processing plants. Including glass factories and ceramic factories, the daily necessities produced by these factories have also joined Alanhill's best-selling products, and began to bring a lot of gold coins to Alanhill.

"Okay! Let's eat together." Dez really likes seafood, so he didn't leave when he heard that there was something delicious. In fact, it is difficult for him, the young Master of the Lontate family. Since he started with Chris, his living standard has been getting worse day by day.

Although he went to Chris with a huge amount of gold coins, the profits were all rolled back to the construction, so the one he lived recently was called a poor man, which was not in the same position as his original life. noodle.

"Very good, there are fish to eat." Gullo and Deans also laughed, hugging the engineer Smith who was leaving, and the smile on their faces deepened: "That's what I did last time! That's what I did last time! It's delicious!"

(end of this chapter)