Twenty-One Ask

Laurens is now temporarily acting as the manager of Ferry City. He was originally the commander of the naval fleet, and now he has no longer cared about the three broken sailboats.

He is now taking his own soldiers and the people he recruited to build something called a salt field according to the drawings.

Chris believed that this kind of thing could help Ferry City make a profit, so Laurens became a temporary contractor.

"The gods are above... These damn pits, and these inexplicable mineral powders, can really turn bitter seawater into salt?" Laurens pressed his sword and looked at the scorching sun overhead, while He moaned while wiping his sweat.

In fact, he believed in Chris's words in his heart, because after seeing Chris's cannon that day, he was convinced of what Chris said. A person with absolute force will not lie to his subordinates.

At least, the other party will not make boring deceptions on such meaningless things. This is a logical question, Laurens thought very clearly.

Late yesterday, a cavalryman from Serris City sent a letter that told about the establishment of the Duchy of Ireland Hill, and told Laurens that he was now the naval commander of the Duchy...

In fact, he still only managed those few broken ships, but Laurens was really promoted. He was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the navy of a country, which seemed to be very pompous.

It was too late to be happy, and he devoted himself to the work of producing sea salt today. This is really a funny thing, at least Laurens himself thinks so.

"Although those warships are a little tattered, it's a bit too much to let these warships go out to sea to fish and supplement the food reserves in Ferry City..." The adjutant who came over with his hands fanning the cool wind looked helpless, and said to Lawn "We're sailors, and it's a shame to be fishermen," complained S.

"Who lost? Who wasn't a fisherman when they were recruited?" Laurence grinned and sighed under the scorching sun, "Let's do whatever the top tells you to do, we are all from Alan Hill. The retainer, what's the use of talking about it now?"

"My lord! My lord!" A middle-aged woman with tanned skin ran over excitedly, the expression on her face was as excited as that of a handsome boy who had just fallen asleep. She swayed her fat buttocks all the way, with a sturdy air of a seaside woman.

When 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 her palm in front of Laurens, with an expression of offering a treasure: "It is made according to the process, we have tasted it just now, and it tastes astringent at all. No!"

"Really?" The adjutant had a look of disbelief. He poked at the center of the dirty palm with his finger, stuck a little bit of shiny gray sea salt into his mouth, and tasted it.

A burst of salty taste rushed to the taste buds, blooming on his tongue, with an incomparable joy and fragrance, which made his eyebrows stretch out at once: "Mm! Lord! Salty!"

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 broken salt left in the woman's hand and said with a big laugh, "Hahahaha, with these salts, Ferry City can earn at least thousands of gold coins this year!"

In this world, sea salt has always been inedible 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, the earth castle and the northern county and the grassland empire further north,

They are all large 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 the Duchy of Ailan Hill will soon have a large number of cavalry, and the quality is still the best.

"Let everyone speed up the construction! The faster these salt fields are built, the higher our income will be!" Lawns immediately gave the order after a few seconds of self-intoxication.

After seeing the results, the commoners of Ferry City 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 has accelerated visibly to the naked eye.

In fact, this world has a certain industrial base. For example, there are many special metals in this world, which can improve various properties of common metals. The Ferrite that Serris is rich in is one of them.

The alloy with this added iron can have better strength and lighter weight - better and more perfect than aluminum alloy, it is simply a cheap version of super titanium alloy.

Because of the more powerful attacks that may appear, the metallurgical processes such as casting and calcining are also very developed, which is still higher than the early level that Chris is familiar with. This is also the reason why Chris was able to produce cannons immediately - what the people here lack is just a systematic scientific framework, and there is no lack of corresponding application level.

At the same time, alchemy is also prevalent in this world. Many alchemists have basic knowledge of chemistry. They are not surprised by some chemical reactions, and it is easy to accept the advanced chemical results provided by Chris.

But even so, Chris still couldn't eat into a fat man. He can only build his own territory little by little, and let the industry begin to penetrate every corner. In the current city of Serris, the commoners have become accustomed to all kinds of new things, and they have become accustomed to the outrageously cheap textiles and daily necessities.

With the support of a large amount of money brought by Des, the return of Stried, and the talent of Gurlo in planning and development, Serris's industrial process is orderly and is growing little by little.

At this moment, a group of knights appeared outside Seris Castle. 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 envoys of General Zorn, the commander-in-chief of the Arlantean Empire, to convey General Zorn's order." Without dismounting, the leading officer raised his chin and looked down at the soldiers standing guard at the city gate.

The soldiers on duty also knew that the envoys from the empire could not be neglected, and immediately ordered people to spread the news. He ordered the soldiers to let go immediately, and he personally led a few people to lead the way, and led these knights to the castle of Seris.

Chris has been relatively free these days, because the planning has been completed, and many equipment have to be abandoned because the technology is not yet mature. He no longer has to worry about drawing drawings, and can go to the barracks to see the training of the recruits.

But today, instead of going to the barracks, he was studying in the castle to gain a deeper understanding of this strange and magical world. In his cognition, many books in this world are similar to the strange novels, so it seems that he can also enjoy it with relish.

For example, the book he is holding now contains the life of the mage Gremel III. This great mage even used a giant dragon that can speak words as his mount, and created a powerful magic kingdom by himself...

If this book is placed in the world before Chris travels, it must be a very popular Western fantasy magic novel. While admiring the wonderful stories inside, Chris imagined the impact that modern civilization may have on the world.

"Your Majesty! The envoys of the Arlantean Empire came to visit suddenly... They asked to see you, and they wanted to convey the order of the imperial general Zorn." A waiter pushed open Chris's door, and stood at the door and bowed his head respectfully to report. .

"Huh?" Chris couldn't possibly know what these envoys who visited suddenly were talking about it. He closed the book in confusion, pressed the book on top of a stack of drawings about generators, stood up and did two chest expansion exercises. : "I'll go see them right now..."

Walking 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 looked at him, and the two of them looked at each other a few times before they started talking.

"I don't know... You... came from a long way to pass an order." Chris didn't know how to call the other party. After hesitating for a while, he spoke first and stammered seriously.

The other party took out a letter with a red seal from the leather letterbox at his waist and handed it directly to Chris: "Grand Duke Alan Hill, General Zorn ordered you to present all the new weapons in your hand to Arrant. empire."

"What?" Chris heard the other party's words clearly, but he really couldn't believe his ears-he was desperately trying to expand the army to protect himself, but someone came directly to ask him for what he could rely on. A life-saving weapon...

"Archduke Alan Hill, because you are still a vassal of the Arlantean Empire, so you'd better obey the empire's orders and hand over those new weapons." The other party had a faint sneer on his face, and he repeated it again. Your own 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 face, so he could find a reason to delay, and then go to Des and others to discuss the countermeasures.