Release that Witch - Chapter 552

[Chapter 543 Inflection Point]

When Roland saw Barov again, it felt like he saw another person.

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Not only did his demeanor look radiant, but his chest was also raised a lot. There was a clang between his steps, and a wave of confidence rushed over his face. He didn’t look like an old minister who was nearly fifty years old at all.

It seems that he is very contented these days in the capital.

“If I knew this earlier, I should have called you back later.” Roland joked.

“No, Your Majesty, no matter how prosperous Dawn City is, it can’t compare to the Neverwinter City built by you.” Barov said, shaking his beard, “No matter where I am, my heart will always be by your side.”

Why does this… sound so weird?

He coughed twice, then changed the subject, “How’s the situation over there?”

“Don’t worry, with my apprentices and the First Army, the newly appointed nobles can’t move even if they want to make trouble,” the manager said proudly, “I also deliberately relaxed the space for them to fight for power, as long as they don’t interfere with the people’s livelihood in Dawn City As long as the affairs are running normally, it is estimated that for a long time to come, they will be intriguing for power as small as a sesame seed—after all, before this, they were not even qualified to enter the city hall.”

“That’s a good way.” Roland laughed.

He also knows a thing or two about political checks and balances and control strategies, but knowing what he knows is obviously no better than these old foxes who have been in politics for a long time-even if they are not the most cunning foxes, they are better than their faces Thick enough and vicious enough.

It can be said that it was only now that Barov had unleashed his full talents.

With his status as the king of a country, Roland does not have to get involved in dirty political tricks. As long as he holds the power of personnel, law-making and military in his hands, no one will dare to covet his power.

“Your Majesty, may I ask, where did you send the Minister of Finance, Lauren Moore?” Barov sighed, “The ceremonial officer of the palace said that you did not execute him.”

“He withheld the relief rations allocated to the people, colluded with the former emperor, and he also had a part in the forced recruitment of refugees.” Roland shrugged. .”

“That’s really… a pity.”

“What, you want to use him?”

“Of course not, Lauren is quite influential in the capital, I’m not sure those little nobles can suppress him,” Barov smiled and shook his head, “It’s just that he, as my mentor, suppressed me for so long , I was a little regretful that I couldn’t see his surprised and remorseful begging expression.”

Roland couldn’t help laughing, “I think he will go to the Kingdom of Dawn with his family. Maybe you will have a chance to meet in the future. Let’s not talk about this. I recruited you to build a few factories. They are related to each other. To the next series of major renovations in Neverwinter.”

“A lot of people are needed?”

“That’s right, otherwise I just need to tell Karl,” he nodded, “at least about 3,000 people are needed.”

Barov smiled wryly, “Only you would ask for that. It’s impossible for other cities to have an industry that invests 3,000 people at once.”

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

“What do you want to build?”

Roland spread out the record book he had prepared in front of him, “The coke plant, steelmaking plant, and forging plant.”

“Miss Anna doesn’t produce enough steel?” Barov asked.

“It’s not enough, but it’s too wasteful,” Roland sighed. “Her magic power should be invested in higher-end manufacturing instead of being consumed in steam engine materials. I plan to realize basic industrial products this year.”

Now the industry of Neverwinter is at an inflection point. If we do not seek breakthroughs, it will be difficult to make progress. The reason is that the source power machinery is still inseparable from the support of Anna’s materials, which makes it impossible to further expand the scale-in fact, the steam engine is completely used. Less than such a good steel, the first generation machine in the small town was made of cast iron.

Now, however, the pre-conditions required for a breakthrough have been met. With coal mines, coking can be made, and coke is the main material for large-scale steelmaking; Simple smelting of steel in a converter, and then the steam hammer of the forge to forge components that can be directly processed by other factories – if this set of processes can be cycled, Anna can be completely liberated and production can be achieved with the participation of ordinary people process.

After Roland roughly explained the main work of the three projects, Barov quickly understood the meaning.

“I understand, but Your Majesty, can this really be achieved?” He wondered, “We can get steel so easily without relying on the power of the devil—ahem, the witch? You may not know, UU Reading www. sonicmtl.com In other cities, it is not uncommon for a piece of forged steel to be twenty times more expensive than pig iron.”

The steel in this era was hammered out by blacksmiths hammer by hammer. By repeatedly beating pig iron ingots, the excess carbon and impurities in the iron were oxidized by the air to form steel.

Of course, the efficiency of this process is extremely low, and a lot of raw materials will be wasted—a lot of iron will fall off due to oxidation, resulting in several iron ingots that can only produce one usable steel.

Therefore, a set of steel-cast full body armor is the lifelong pursuit of most knights, and it can also be passed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom.

From a certain point of view, the method can give people the illusion that concentration is the essence.

In the eyes of most people, Neverwinter’s ability to produce “a large amount” of steel is due to the witches. Barov’s suspicion is not difficult to understand, but to Roland, steel is nothing more than iron with different carbon content.

“Of course it’s not easy. Whether it’s coking or converter steelmaking, it’s a technology that needs to be explored repeatedly, but…” Roland paused, “These projects will definitely be realized. By then, there will be hundreds of chimneys in the industrial area. A month’s worth of steel can produce more than a full year’s output now. We will have an inexhaustible supply of steel, bicycles, ships, machines of all kinds, even houses, everything you see will be made of steel Manufactured, it will enter everyone’s home, even ordinary people can use steel utensils and tools.”

Barov was stunned for a long time before he answered, “I will draw up a recruitment plan and financial allocation as soon as possible for you to review.”

“Well, I’ll leave the preparatory work to you,” Roland encouraged.

When he walked to the door of the office, he suddenly turned around and stroked his chest again to salute.

“If I can really see such a world, it will be my honor, Your Majesty.”

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[End of this Chapter]