During the time that Eren was away from Storm City, Edward did a few great things.

The first was to mobilize the inhabitants of Sur City to move to Storm City, and Edward's idea was that there were no important mineral veins near Sur City, so there were few conditions for development. As for cotton farming, there is too much land in the vicinity of Storm City that could be used for agricultural farming. Moreover, the relocation of residents can reduce the cost of urban management and concentrate industry.

This is much more convenient than two cities, both in terms of management and operation. In addition, Storm City has begun to expand, and there are new academies that will allow children to receive a better education. Therefore, it is very necessary to integrate the two cities, and the most important thing is that. After evacuating all the inhabitants, Sur can be converted into a landing base.

With the trade of goods between the Heavenly Star and the Earth, it is foreseeable that in the future, more and more transport starships will travel between the two planets. A landing and supply base is very necessary, and this base can be completely transformed with Sur City. In Edward's plan, Sur could even be built into a general-purpose base, which could become a temporary base for other family hunting groups to enter Paradise.

After the relevant facilities are established, Alan can also collect fees from other families for the use of the base facilities. You can even provide some information, which of course is also available for a fee.

In general, the program is already underway. At present, most of the residents of Sur City have been relocated, and the rest are expected to be evacuated within a month. As a result, the renovation of Sur City can begin next month. As for the task of renovation, it was left to Lins, the workshop supervisor who was already working on the design of the base, but given the resources that Alan currently had at hand, the completed base had only the most basic functions.

As for the other functions, the facilities that need to be used will have to be purchased directly from the other side of the earth, which will be a long-term improvement project.

Secondly, Lins's weapons workshop has recently completed the development of a batch of weapons. One of the most commendable is the cannon called "Thor", which is a technical improvement on the original artillery of the Empire. The Thor gun is smaller in size, and under Lins's design, it can be combined with several main components for rapid transportation.

In this way, the Thor artillery becomes portable, and can even be transported separately through guò components, so as to serve the strategic purpose of obscuring intelligence.

In addition, Thor's rate of fire, accuracy, and power are 50% higher than the normal artillery used by the Empire. The most important thing is that the basic components required can be made to order in any workshop. It's just that some of these precision parts need to be processed by the processing machine tools in the workshop, which cannot be made in other workshops. In this way, Thor was able to produce in large quantities, but the core technology was in Allen's hands.

In addition to the Thor artillery, another important weapon is the Thunderfire Heavy Rifle. Edward's sketches of the design show the prototype of the revolver, the Thunderfire rifle with three barrels, a rotating shaft firing system, and a large drum designed by Lins to hold fifty rounds at a time. When a soldier shakes the shooting shaft, he is able to fire a bullet quickly.

Now that the Thor Gun and Thunderfire Rifle have been put into production, the breech components of the Thor Cannon have been purchased from several chambers of commerce in cooperation with Allen in Port Violet, and the Weapons Workshop in Storm City only produces the main parts, and there are currently ten Thor guns that can be assembled and used. Judging by the speed of the workshop's output and the delivery rate of the breech components, Storm City can produce ten to fifteen Thor guns per month.

There are thirty Thunderfire rifles, but the recoil of this heavy rifle is so great that it can only be used without damage unless it is a warrior of about five to seven levels. After ordinary fighters use it, there is a high chance that the arm muscles will be strained or even fractured. As a result, production was temporarily discontinued, and Lins was working on a shooting mount for the Thunderfire rifle that would reduce the recoil of the shot and make it available to ordinary fighters. Now this kind of support member has entered the practice stage, and it is believed that after a period of adjustment, it can be produced.

However, compared to the above, Alan thinks that Edward has done the best job by opening an educational academy in Storm City. The Dawn Blade of the Federation had taught Eren how important the transmission of knowledge was, and the yet-to-be-named academy might not be able to see its usefulness by now. But if the time is measured in 10 or 20 years, then this is a talent training base.

You can even get some theological tutorials to increase the loyalty of your students and make them available to Allen after graduation. As the territory expanded, Alan had become apparently aware of a problem, and that was the obvious lack of talent to be loyal to him. The establishment of this college has undoubtedly solved some of the shortcomings in terms of talents. Of course, that takes time to cultivate, not something that happens overnight.

Others are even more fragmented, such as Father Miró's church, which has now grown into a church army of about 300 people. The army, which Miró named the Crusaders, was still in its infancy, and Edward had already installed a number of people in it who had no problem with loyalty, and intended to eventually develop them into officers of the Church Army. However, the Crusaders lacked a truly strong man to sit at, and such a man would have to be completely loyal to Allen in order to keep the Church in his hands.

When it comes to loyalty, the first thing that comes to Allen's mind is Belmode. As his own servant, Belmode has no problem at all in this regard. It's just that Belmode is a master of dark killing, and it is obviously not appropriate to put it in the position of Crusader commander.

"Maybe you might want to consider Regess." Edward said, "Your brother is a dignified man in terms of appearance and martial arts. The important thing is that Regess's heart is very pure, which is close to the so-called divinity that Father Miró always talked about. Let him preside over the armed forces of the church, I think it is only fit. ”

Alan nodded: "This mention can be considered, but I'll have to talk to Regis first." ”

"This is not in a hurry, the force of the church is a matter of importance, and the choice of the commander of this army must be carefully considered, and people cannot be used arbitrarily." Edward smiled, "Alright, that's how Storm City is doing. Sir Alan should also tell me about your territorial expansion, so that I can plan for the future. ”

"I was about to tell you, but before that, there is one thing that we need to pay attention to, and do our best."

Hearing him say it strictly, Edward asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The question of our identity." Alan Yan said: "We need to fabricate a better identity for ourselves, as the territory expands, and enters the imperial political circle." Our identity will be followed by many people, and if we don't have a tenable identity, it will not be good for our future development. ”