When Roland saw Barov again, he felt like he had seen someone else. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only did his demeanor look radiant, but even his chest had been raised a lot, and his steps were sonorous, and a full of confidence came to his face, not at all like an old minister who was nearly fifty years old.

It seems that he has been living a very comfortable life in the royal capital these days.

"If I had known this was the case, I should have called you back later. Roland quipped.

"No, Your Majesty, no matter how prosperous Dawning City is, it can't compare to the Neverwinter City that you created with your own hands. Barov shook his beard and said, "No matter where I am, my heart is always by your side." ”

Why do you say that...... Sounds so weird?

He coughed twice and changed the subject, "How's it going over there?"

"Don't worry, with my apprentices and the First Army here, the newly appointed nobles won't be able to move even if they want to make trouble," the chief said proudly, "I have also deliberately relaxed the space for them to compete for power, as long as it does not interfere with the normal operation of the people's livelihood in Dawning City." It is estimated that for a long time to come, they will be intrigued for power the size of a sesame seed - after all, before this, they were not even qualified to enter the town hall. ”

"That's a good idea. Roland laughed.

He also knows a thing or two about political checks and balances, but he knows that he will obviously not be better than these old foxes who have been involved in politics for a long time - even if they are not the most cunning foxes, they are better than being thick-skinned and vicious enough. It can be said that only now Barov has brought out all his talents.

As the king of a country, Roland does not need to get involved in dirty political tricks, as long as he holds the power of personnel, law and military affairs, no one dares to covet his authority.

"Your Majesty, may I ask where you sent Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lauren Moore?" said Barov, sighing intently, "the courtesy officer of the palace said that you did not execute him. ”

"He withheld relief rations allocated to the people, colluded with the former prime minister, and forcibly recruited refugees. Roland shrugged, "The sin is not death, and he is too old to distribute the mining area, so he will simply be deported." ”

"That's really ...... Pity. ”

"What, you want to use him?"

"Of course not, Lauren is quite influential in the royal capital, and I am not sure that those little nobles can suppress him," Barov smiled and shook his head, "It's just that he, as my mentor, has pressed me for so long, and I feel a little sorry that I can't see his expression of surprise and remorse and begging for mercy." ”

Roland couldn't help laughing, "I think he should move his family to the Dawn Kingdom, maybe you will have a chance to meet in the future." Not to mention that, I'm bringing you back to build a few new factories, which are related to the next series of major renovations in Neverwinter. ”

"A lot of people are needed?"

"That's right, otherwise I'd just have to tell Karl," he nodded, "at least three thousand or so." ”

Barov smiled bitterly, "You are the only one who asks for this, and there is no industry in other cities that invests 3,000 people at one time." ”

"The good news is that these 3,000 people don't have to be literate, as long as there are more than 200 people who have completed their primary education. ”

"What do you want to build?"

Roland spread out the notebook that had been prepared in front of him, "Coke mills, steel mills, and forging mills. ”

"Isn't Miss Anna enough steel?" asked Barov.

"It's not that it's not enough, it's too wasteful," Roland sighed, "and her magic should be put into higher-end manufacturing, not on the materials of the steam engine." I plan to "de-Witch" basic industrial goods this year. ”

Now that Neverwinter's industry is at an inflection point, it will be difficult to make progress without seeking a breakthrough, because the source power machinery is still inseparable from Anna's material support, so the scale cannot be further expanded - in fact, the steam engine does not use such good steel at all, and the town's first generation of machines was built from cast iron.

Now that the preconditions for a breakthrough have been met, coking can be made with coal mines, and coke is the main material for large-scale steelmaking, and the dozen or so blast furnaces in the furnace area can also supply enough pig iron ingots, and the steel can be smelted by simple converters, and then forged by the steam hammer of the forge factory to produce components that can be directly processed by other factories -- if this set of processes can be circulated, Anna can be completely liberated to realize a production process that relies entirely on the participation of ordinary people.

After Roland gave a rough explanation of the main tasks of the three projects, Barov quickly understood what "de-witchification" meant.

"I see, but is this really possible, Your Majesty?" he wondered, "and we can get steel so easily without the power of the devil - awell, witches?" you may not know, but in other cities, it is not uncommon for a piece of wrought steel to cost twenty times more than pig iron. ”

Steel in this era was hammered out by blacksmiths, and by repeatedly beating pig iron ingots, the excess carbon and impurities in the iron were oxidized by the air to form steel. Of course, this process is extremely inefficient, and it also wastes a lot of raw material - a lot of iron will fall off due to oxidation, resulting in several iron ingots producing only one piece of usable steel. Therefore, a set of steel-cast full-body armor is a lifelong pursuit of most knights, and it can be passed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom.

In a way, the method of "forging steel from 100 forged" can give people the illusion that concentration is the essence. Neverwinter was now able to produce "a lot" of steel, which was the work of witches in the eyes of most people, and Barov's suspicions were understandable, but for Roland, steel was nothing more than iron with a different carbon content.

"Of course, it is not easy, whether it is coking or converter steelmaking, it is a technology that needs to be explored repeatedly, but ......," Roland paused, "these projects will definitely be realized, and by then, the industrial zone will have hundreds of chimneys, and the steel output in one month will exceed the output of an entire year now." We will have an inexhaustible supply of steel, bicycles, ships, all kinds of machines, even houses, everything you see will be made of steel, and it will enter everyone's home, even ordinary people, with steel utensils and tools. ”

Barov was stunned for a long time, and only after a long time did he respond, "I will draw up a recruitment plan and financial allocation for you to see as soon as possible." ”

"Well, I'll leave the preparatory work to you," Roland encouraged.

As he walked to the door of his office, he suddenly turned around and saluted his chest again.

"It would be an honour for me to see such a world, Your Majesty. ”

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