Chapter 370 Rhythm

Three days later, Roland received an affirmative answer from Honeysuckle's eldest son.

"I am willing to continue working for you, and so will the Honeysuckle family." He bowed, "I will convince my father that he is different from the other families..."

"Is that so?" Roland immediately felt happy, "This is the best."

"These days, I have witnessed the astonishing changes in your territory... Probably, this is the city I expected," Pei Luo said bluntly, "If the honeysuckle can become so prosperous, my father will not mind. The family and the new city become one."

This sentence touched the prince a little. The purpose of calling the other party was originally due to two points: one is that it is more sincere to explain such a major event face to face, and the other is to observe his attitude towards the transfer order. Can have this effect. He nodded, "Of course, as long as time passes, every piece of land in Graycastle can become a comfortable place for people to live."

"Then I will return to the fortress as soon as possible and tell my father the news."

"There are the other four families, as well as all the nobles in the western region," Roland added. "Any family that is willing to accept this condition, Xincheng will accept them regardless of the past. You can hold a banquet in the fortress castle and spread my words. "

"You mean, let me inform them?" Peiluo was startled.

"That's right," the prince said with a smile, "This time...you will be my ambassador."

"As you order, Your Highness," the eldest son of Honeysuckle stroked his chest in salute.

Just as he was about to leave, Roland stopped him, "By the way, you have done a good job with the witch, and now you don't need to hide it anymore. Even though universal education is up to now, you still have expectations for the church and are obsessed with it." You can clear them all out of the Western Territory. How to do it is up to you to decide.”

"yes."

After Pei Luo Hermon resigned, Roland stretched his waist and continued to look through the statistics of the various projects in the city hall.

Affected by the heavy snow, the Kingdom Avenue has long been suspended, and the construction of residential buildings has also slowed down. Basically, only some decoration work is carried out indoors. Fortunately, a large number of earthen cave dwellings built before Lianzou basically met the needs of subsequent refugees. Even if the number of refugees continued to increase, they only needed to stuff more people into each cave dwelling. .

According to the Ministry of Construction, at least 60% of the workers are currently idle, which makes some temporary recruitments issued by the city hall more popular, such as clearing snow on the streets, transporting ore in the blast furnace area, and so on. In other cities, it is unbelievable that there are so many people enthusiastic about work during the evil month. You must know that winter is the most difficult time for civilians. Most people stay at home and rely on the food saved in autumn. It is normal. However, in Roland's eyes, seeing so many idle laborers always feels unwilling, and he thinks that maybe he should do something to make full use of them.

After all, the Margaery Chamber of Commerce dragged away the last batch of steam engines this year, and the city hall has plenty of money and food, and he has a lot of plans to implement.

Thinking of this, Roland asked his personal guards to call Minister of Construction Carl Vanbert.

After explaining his idea, Carl couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Do you want stonemasons and masons to build a boat for you?"

He nodded and said solemnly, "That's right, the location is near the pier. A temporary factory building is set up with wood, and a brazier is set up inside to ensure the temperature. After construction, it can be pushed directly into the water."

"But Your Highness, how could they know how to make such a thing?"

"Of course, it's the same as building a witch's building," Roland pulled out a piece of paper and drew a picture to indicate, "Support formwork, lay steel bars, pour concrete... I will guide you how to build the first ship, and the subsequent ships will be built by you." You are in charge of supervision, so that all workers can be used.”

Carl looked at the sketch in doubt, "Is this... a basin?"

He couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "That's right, a huge cement basin."

Since Karl did not participate in the construction of the Township, it is not surprising to have such an idea. In fact, the ship has undergone several changes in form during the long development process, and there is not even much inheritance. Asking Roland to design a classical wooden boat with a keel, he naturally knew nothing about it, but building a cement boat is essentially no different from making a model out of mud, as long as it can float. The same is true for steel ships. Due to the advancement of welding technology, most modern hulls have abandoned the practice of laying keels, but are instead spliced ​​in sections of steel boxes. The overall force of the bottom plate does not need to be mastered in advance. method.

He has been thinking about the new batch of cement boats for a long time—whether it is mining coal resources near the snow-capped mountains or transporting refugees, a batch of inland river boats with a higher load are needed to perform tasks, so the flat-bottomed design with a low draft is still the best. suitable choice. Compared with the conservatively designed Small Town, the hull of the new ship can be longer, which can increase the speed while ensuring the load and stability. At the same time, in order to reduce the difficulty of construction, Roland finally decided to use the paddle wheel propulsion system. This has been tested on wooden boats, and it is easier for craftsmen to get started.

"Your Highness, how many people do you plan to invest in building this... cement boat?" Karl asked with some awkwardness.

"Call together all the idle workers, just like building a residential building, you can start several ships at a time."

In this way, even if the steam engine newly assembled in the factory cannot be sold, it has a place for use. The kiln area can also continue to burn cement without stopping the shutdown, which can be said to serve multiple purposes. In the coming year, if we can have a large-scale cement fleet, the First Army will have reliable logistical support no matter where it attacks.

After explaining this matter, Roland planned to go to the back garden of the castle to have a look.

The olive trees and vines planted with leaves provide shelter from the wind and snow. If there is no work at hand, witches generally practice their abilities in the garden, and the newcomer, White Paper, should be no exception.

According to Wendy's report, her ability is neither like temperature control nor substance reduction, except for water, it has little effect on other objects, which makes Roland quite curious. Now that three days have passed, the little girl should no longer be as timid and shy as she was when she first arrived, so it's better to go and see for herself.

As soon as he entered the garden, Roland noticed something strange.

The area of ​​sight is lush and lush, as if it is completely isolated from the snow-white world outside - the olive tree is an evergreen tree with vines twining between its branches, it is not surprising that snowflakes cannot come in, but these plants are too vibrant up. And unlike the silent woods, there is obviously no cold wind blowing, but the plants and trees are swaying gently, orderly and full of rhythm.

He thought it was an illusion at first, but as he went deeper into it, he saw the branches of the olive tree hanging down, as if bowing his head to him, and the green grass at his feet fell to one side, as if welcoming his arrival.

This feeling made Roland's hair stand on end, and goosebumps appeared on his back. He felt that he was not walking in the garden, but walking through the body of a certain huge creature.

The whole garden seems to be breathing.

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