Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0038 Going South
Things seemed to be going more smoothly than expected. When General Zorn received the intelligence that Ireland Hill was heading north to attack the earthen fort, his troops had already begun to move south on a large scale.
Although he did not take away enough red cannons in one go, thanks to the drawings and smelting formulas provided by Chris, the Alante Empire still manufactured 40 cannons and marched south in a mighty force.
The Dosen Empire has always stood firm due to its strategic location, and has become a major concern for Alante. General Zorn has always wanted to seize part of the Dosen Empire's territory to prove his achievements.
The mortal empire can only live under the shadow of the magic empire, this is something that cannot be changed - so they dare not even think about destroying the Dosen Empire and the Alante Empire. All they want is to take advantage, and take enough advantage.
For many years, the conquests between mortal empires have always been in this mode. If one country is about to be destroyed by another country, the magic empire will intervene to balance the power between these empires.
For the magic empire, only a loose mortal empire that cannot be united can guarantee their fundamental interests - so once a mortal empire rises, those terrible dragon knights will appear and push the powerful mortal empire into the abyss.
"It can only be used this once." Looking at the red cannons being dragged forward one by one by the war horses, General Zorn sighed reluctantly, "I guess if the Dosen Empire suffers a loss on the front battlefield, it will report the matter to the Holy Demon Empire."
The soldiers of the Alante Empire held the reins of their war horses and walked step by step on the uneven road. Behind the carriages, the ancient and heavy steel cannons shone darkly under the sun.
Farther away, groups of soldiers carrying three-meter-long spears marched in neat steps, stretching across the entire hillside. A hundred thousand troops was not a small number , and the soldiers in front of them were not even 20,000, with more soldiers still behind or in front.
A war of unprecedented scale is about to begin. The feud between the Dosen Empire and the Alante Empire may be completely resolved in such a war. Of course, it is also possible that it will get worse.
"It's Ailan Hill..." General Zorn turned his eyes away from the red cannons, holding the intelligence in his hand, his tone full of coldness, and muttered: "He is really not a worry-free Duke."
"Why don't you just wait for me to come back and kill you?... Why do you insist on making a scene?" He crumpled the information in his hand into a ball and threw it into the mud at his feet with disdain: "Wait until I defeat Dosen, then I will come and teach you a lesson!"
After saying that, he pulled the reins of his warhorse, and surrounded by a group of guards, he jumped on the horse and gave an order: "Let the troops continue to move forward! Just keep up this speed!"
"In addition!" Zorn adjusted the posture of his warhorse while instructing one of his confidants on horseback: "Send people to Ailan Hill! Ask them to spit out the three places of Earth Fort, North County and Hanhai! If they don't agree, ask them to clean their necks and wait for me!"
When saying this, General Zorn spoke with a heroic tone: when he returns to the capital of Alante again, he may have more than 200 cannons!
At that time, a little Elanhill would not be a threat at all. With just a battle, the damn Grand Duke Elanhill Chris would surrender, kneel in front of Zorn, and cry and beg for a way to live.
Thinking of this, Zorn snorted coldly and rode forward. He wanted to take the troops to the south before winter came - if he was lucky, he might win the war against the Dosen Empire before winter came.
As soon as next spring comes, he can go north to attack Ailan Hill. This is a good rhythm, which can allow him to gain more military merits and prove his .
"Woo..." A melodious horn sounded from the distant ridge. It was the order for the troops to keep moving forward. All the soldiers continued to move forward, one person after another, until they reached the end of the road.
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"Pyrite is added to the production of gun barrels, and the workers have experimented with a new formula...it is stronger than the original one." Smith began to talk about the recent good news at the work report meeting.
Because of the existence of ferroxene, a new metal of unknown origin, the industrial development speed of Ailan Hill is countless times faster than expected. Many unsolvable problems can be solved with ferroxene alloys, which saves a lot of time.
The only problem is that pyrophyllite has good rigidity but lacks toughness, so there is no way to replace copper to solve the problem of the cartridge case. Otherwise, the production speed of bullets might be faster.
Smith turned to the next page, his smile widening as he continued, "The transformation of the power plant went smoothly. The direct current has been completely converted to alternating current. We don't use electricity on a large scale, so the improvement is very simple."
"There are some problems with the light bulbs. We have encountered some technical problems in production, but because we have the formula and drawings, we can solve them in a short time." After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris who was in the first position: "Our current problem is that we lack professional talents in various fields."
After hearing this, Gullo knew it was his turn to make his debut, so he coughed, cleared his throat and said, "This matter cannot be rushed. The first batch of graduates we urgently trained have already been divided up. The earliest we can have another batch of new people graduate is next month."
“These graduates are actually not really talented. They just know how to operate some machines and understand some principles. They still have a long way to go before they can develop things on their own or do some experiments.” He, who is aware of the situation, is not optimistic about these talents.
It wasn't just him who was not optimistic. Chris wasn't optimistic either. These people who were allowed to graduate with lowered training standards were actually similar to the migrant workers in the 21st century. They could work in factories, but there was no room for further advancement.
Chris also knew that this problem could not be solved in a hurry. The soonest he had to wait was to wait until those children who had graduated from elementary school and completed junior high and high school grew up. The problem was that this would take seven or eight years, and the shortest would be two or three years, which was very distressing.
Chris, who has mastered countless knowledge, knows that practice and knowledge are two different things. Having ready-made talents to use is always faster than him looking through economic books and studying them thoroughly. He lacks everything now, and the most lacking is talents in various fields.
Today's Ireland Hill is actually no different from a large training base: soldiers who have been on the battlefield and heard the sound of cannons are training a group of newcomers; old workers who have tinkered with machinery and understand the basic operations are training a group of novices; even in the school, one group of teachers teaches another group of teachers how to impart knowledge.
The downside of this was that Des had to support some apprentices who were unable to work, and he couldn't immediately increase his profits. This money was completely wasted, and it was a losing business.
However, there is also an advantage, which is that on the one hand, it can attract unemployed people, and on the other hand, it can immediately expand the future working group. At least Mr. Gurlo is very optimistic about this. He believes that in a year, the working group of Ailan Hill will expand ten or even thirty times its current size.
"The improvement of alternating current has made power generation equipment simpler. Work is already underway on thermal power plants, and we are also considering large-scale power grids..." Smith took over the conversation and talked about power grids.
Chris also considered the power grid. With electricity, modern cities can become truly modern. With electric lights, people can work day and night, and with electric lights, people can extend their work and rest time and have more free time to study and supplement.
But now, only the factory itself has electricity, and most of it is used for machines, with even lighting being pitifully scarce. Chris thinks that allowing the arsenal to operate at night is an effective way to immediately increase production capacity.
"Stay for dinner before you leave! Don't be so formal!" Chris kept everyone together after the meeting and said, "Ask the chef to prepare the sea fish, which was just delivered today. It's a delicacy recommended by Lawrence!"
The construction of Ferry City is also very good now. Lawrence built a huge salt field there. The salt provided has been exported to the Grassland Empire and the Higgs Kingdom, and even radiated to the north of Alante.
At the same time, two modern docks were 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 were also added to the best-selling products of Ailan Hill, and began to bring a large amount of gold coins to Ailan Hill.
"Okay! Let's eat together." Des really likes seafood. He won't leave when he hears there's something delicious. In fact, it's hard for him, the young master of the Longtate family. Since he followed Chris, his living standard has been getting worse day by day .
Although he brought a huge amount of gold coins to join Chris, all the proceeds were rolled back into the construction, so his recent life was extremely poor, which was completely different from his original life.
"Great, we have fish to eat." Gurlo and Deans also laughed and hugged Engineer Smith who was about to leave. The smiles on their faces deepened a little: "The same method we used last time! The same method we used last time! It was super delicious!"
