Chapter 38: Go south

Things seemed to be going smoother than expected. When General Zorn got the intelligence of Ailan Hill going north to attack the Tubao, his troops had already begun to go south on a large scale.

Although he did not take away enough red cannons in one go, because of the blueprints and smelting formulas provided by Chris, the Arante Empire still made 40 cannons and moved southward in a mighty manner.

The Dothan Empire has always stood firm by virtue of its difficult terrain, which has become a major concern for Arrant. General Zorn has always wanted to seize a portion of the Dothan Empire in order to prove his merits.

The mortal empire can only live in the shadow of the magic empire. This is something that cannot be changed, so the Arrant Empire can't even think about destroying the Dothan Empire. All they want is to take advantage, take enough advantage.

For many years, the conquests between mortal empires have been in this mode. If a country is about to be destroyed by another country, the magic empire will send troops to intervene to balance the power between these empires.

For the magic empire, a loose mortal empire that cannot be condensed into a single rope can guarantee their fundamental interests. Therefore, once a mortal empire rises, those terrifying dragon knights will appear, pushing the powerful mortal empire into the abyss. .

"It can only be used once." Looking at the red cannons that were being dragged by the war horses, General Zorn sighed reluctantly: "It is estimated that the Dothan Empire only needs to be in the front. If you suffer a loss on the battlefield, you have to take the matter to the Holy Demon Empire."

The soldiers of the Arante Empire took the reins of the horses, and walked step by step on the already uneven road. Behind the carriage, the old and heavy steel cannons shone darkly in the sunlight.

Further away, groups of soldiers carrying three-meter long spears, stepped 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.

An unprecedented war 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 can also get worse.

"It's Ailan Hill..." Taking his gaze away from the red cannons, General Zorn squeezed the information in his hand, his tone was full of coldness, and he said: "It's really not a peace of mind. Lord."

"Honestly waiting for me to go back and kill you, wouldn't it?... I want to make trouble." He squeezed the information in his hand into a ball, and threw it into the mud under his feet with disdain: "Wait until I have defeated a lot. Sen, come and teach you the principles of life!"

After speaking, he pulled the reins of his horse, surrounded by a group of guards, turned on his horse, and ordered: "Let the troops move on! Just keep this speed!"

"Also!" While adjusting the posture of the war horse, Zorn ordered one of his henchmen on the horseback: "You send someone to Ailan Hill! Let them spit out the three places of Tubao, North County, and Hanhai! What if they If you don't agree, let them wash my neck and wait!"

When he said this, General Zorn carried a breath of heroism: when he returned to the capital of Arante again, he might have more than 200 cannons!

At that time, a little Ailanhill was not a threat at all. As long as there is a battle, the **** Archduke Ailanhill Chris will be arrested, kneeling in front of Zorn, crying and begging for one. Stay alive.

Thinking of this, Zorn snorted coldly and rode forward. He must hurry to bring his troops to the south before winter comes. If he is lucky, he might win the war against the Dothan Empire before winter comes.

When next spring arrives, he can go north to attack Ailan Hill. This is a good rhythm, allowing him to gain more combat exploits, and to prove his abilities to his brother-in-law, the emperor.

"Woo..." The melodious horn sounded from the distant mountain ridge. It was an order for the troops to move forward. All the soldiers continued to move forward, and people were connected to the end of the road.

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"The production of gun barrels has been added to Hui Iron, and the workers have experimented with the latest formula...higher strength than the original." Smith began to talk about the recent good news at the work report meeting.

Because of the existence of a new metal of unknown origin, Ailan Hill's industrial development speed is countless times faster than expected. Many unsolvable problems can be solved with ferrite alloy, which saves a lot of time.

The only problem is that the rigidity of spoiler is very good, but the toughness is insufficient, so there is no way to replace copper to solve the problem of bullet casings. Otherwise, the production speed of bullets may be faster.

I saw Smith turned to the next page, with a bigger smile on his face, and continued: "The transformation of the power plant is going well. The DC power has been fully converted to AC. The scale of our use of electricity is not large, so the improvement is very simple. ."

"There are some problems on the electric lamp side. Our production has encountered some technical troubles, but because there are formulas and drawings, it can be solved in a short time." After he finished speaking, he looked at the first Chris: "Our problem now is that we lack professionals in all fields."

Gurlo heard this and knew it was time for him to play, so he coughed, cleared his throat and said, "This matter is very urgent. The first batch of graduates that we have urgently trained has long been divided up. Now, we will have to wait until next month at the earliest before another batch of newcomers can graduate."

"These graduates are not really talented people. They just know how to operate some machines and understand some principles. There is still a long way to go before they can develop or do some experiments on their own." He knows these talents. Not optimistic.

It's not just that he is not optimistic, in fact, Chris is not optimistic either. Those who have lowered the 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 no room for improvement.

Chris also knows that this problem is not anxious now. He has to wait for the real elementary school graduation as soon as possible. The group of children who have completed middle school and high school will grow up. The problem is that this will have to wait seven or eight years later, and the shortest one has to wait. Two or three years, it makes people wait very worried.

Chris, who has mastered countless knowledge, knows that practice and knowledge are two different things, and there are ready-made talents to use, and it is always faster than he goes to search for economic books to study thoroughly. He lacks everything now, and what he lacks most is all kinds of talents.

The current Ailan Hill is actually no different from a large training base: soldiers who have been on the battlefield and heard the sound of artillery are bringing a group of newcomers to training; old workers who have fiddled with machinery and understand basic operations are carrying A group of novices train, even in the school, a group of teachers teach another group of teachers how to impart knowledge.

The disadvantage of this is that Desaier has to raise some apprentices who cannot work and cannot immediately expand his profits. This money was completely spent in vain, and it was considered a loss-making business.

But there is also an advantage, that is, on the one hand, it can attract the unemployed population, and on the other hand, it can make the future worker group immediately grow. At least Mr. Gurlo is very optimistic about this. He believes that in a year's time, the group of workers in Ailan Hill will expand ten or even thirty times its current size.

"The improvement of AC power makes the power generation equipment simpler. The thermal power plant has already been done, and we are also considering a large-scale power grid..." Smith took the conversation and talked about the power grid.

This power grid is also something Chris is considering. Only with electricity can modern cities be truly modernized. Only with electric lights can people work day and night, and with electric lights, people can extend their work and rest time, and have more time to learn and supplement.

But now, only the factory itself has electricity to use, most of which are still used in machines, and even the lighting is pitiful. Chris feels that allowing the arsenal to start production at night is an effective way to immediately increase production capacity.

"Stay for dinner before leaving! Don't say anything!" After the meeting, Chris left everyone behind and said, "Let the chef prepare the sea fish. It was just delivered today. It was recommended by Lawnes." !"

The current construction of Ferry City is also very good. Lawnes has built a huge saltworks there, and the salt provided has been exported to the Prairie Empire and the Higgs Kingdom, and can even radiate to the north of Arrant.

At the same time, two modern docks are still being built there, as well as a lot of processing plants. Including glass factories and ceramic factories, the daily necessities produced by these factories have also been added to Ailan Hill's best-selling products, and they have begun to bring massive amounts of gold coins to Ailan Hill.

"Okay! Let's eat together." Desaier really likes seafood. Hearing that there are delicious ones, naturally, he won't leave. In fact, it's hard for him, the young master of the Longtaite family. Since I started with Chris, his living standards have been worse than every day.

Although he took a huge amount of gold coins and went to Chris, the profits were all rolled back into the construction, so the one he lived recently was called a poverty, and his original life was simply not on the same plane.

"It's great, there are fish to eat." Gurlo and Dians also laughed, and put their arms around Engineer Smith who was about to leave. The smiles on their faces became deeper: "The last time you did it! It's the last time. How to do it! The super delicious one!"