When Roland saw Barov again, he felt like he saw another person.
Not only did he look radiant, but his chest was also raised a lot, and his steps were sonorous, and a burst of self-confidence came to his face, not like an old minister in his fifties at all.
It seemed that he had been enjoying himself in the capital these days.
"If I had known this earlier, I should have called you back later." Roland joked.
"No, Your Majesty, no matter how prosperous the Dawn City is, it can't compare to the Neverwinter City you built by yourself." Barov shook his beard and said, "No matter where I am, my heart is always by your side."
Why does this... sound so weird
He coughed twice and changed the subject, "How is 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 compete for power and profit, as long as it does not interfere with the livelihood of the people in Dawn City. As long as things are running normally. It is estimated that for a long time in the future, they will be intriguing for sesame-sized power. After all, before this, they were not even qualified to be stationed in the city hall. "
"That's a good way." Roland laughed.
He also knows a thing or two about political checks and balances, but he knows it, and it's obviously not better than these old foxes who have been in politics for a long time, even if they are not the most cunning foxes, but they are thick-skinned. , the means are vicious enough. It can be said that until now, Barov has exerted all his talents.
With the status of the king of a country, Roland can completely avoid his own dirty political tricks. As long as he has the power of personnel, law and military in his hands, no one will dare to covet his authority.
"Your Majesty, can 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 deducted the relief rations allocated to the people, colluded with the former prime minister and the former emperor, and he also had a share in the forced recruitment of refugees." Roland shrugged, "The crime does not kill him, and he is too old to be distributed to the mining area, so he was simply deported. ."
"That's really... a pity."
"What, do you want to use him?"
"Of course not, Lauren is quite influential in the capital, and I'm not sure that those little nobles can hold him down," Barov smiled and shook his head, "It's just that he, as my mentor, held me down for so long. , I didn't see his surprised, regretful and begging expression, so I'm just a little sorry."
Roland couldn't help laughing, "I think he should 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'm bringing you back because I want to build a few factories, they are related To the next series of major renovations in Neverwinter."
"Need a lot of people?"
"That's right, otherwise I just need to tell Carl," he nodded. "At least three thousand people are needed."
Barov said with a wry smile, "You're the only one who would ask for this. It's impossible for other cities to see an industry that invests 3,000 people at one time."
"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 already prepared in front of him, "Coke plant, steel mill and forging plant."
"Is Miss Anna producing 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, rather than being consumed in the materials of steam engines. I plan to realize the de-wizardization of basic industrial products this year. "
Now the industry of Neverwinter City is at an inflection point. If you don't seek breakthroughs, it will be difficult to make progress. The reason is that the source power machinery is still inseparable from Anna's material support, resulting in the inability to further expand the scale. In fact, the steam engine is completely useless. Such a good steel, the first generation machine in the town was made of cast iron.
Today, the preconditions for breakthrough have been met. Coking can be made with coal mines, and coke is the main material for large-scale steelmaking. The dozen or so earth blast furnaces in the kiln area can also supply sufficient pig iron ingots. If the process of smelting steel in a simple converter, and then using the steam hammer in the forging factory to forge components that can be directly processed by other factories can be cycled, Anna can be completely liberated and a production process that relies entirely on ordinary people.
After Roland roughly explained the main work of the three projects, Barov quickly understood the meaning of de-wizardization.
"I understand, but Your Majesty, can this really be achieved?" He wondered, "Without relying on the devil's cough, witch's power, we can get steel so easily? You may not know, in other cities, a piece of forging It is not unusual for steel to be twenty times more expensive than pig iron."
The steel of this era was knocked out by a blacksmith with a hammer and a hammer. By repeatedly beating the 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, so that several iron ingots can only produce one piece of 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 as a family heirloom from generation to generation.
From a certain point of view, the method of forging into steel can give people the illusion that concentration is the essence. Now Neverwinter can produce "a lot" of steel, which in the eyes of most people is the work of witches. Barov's suspicion is not difficult to understand, but to Roland, steel is just iron with different carbon content.
"Of course it's not easy. Whether it's coking or converter steelmaking, it's a technology that requires repeated exploration, but..." Roland paused, "These projects will definitely be realized. By then, there will be hundreds of chimneys in the industrial area. The monthly output of steel will exceed the current output of a whole year. We will have an inexhaustible supply of steel, bicycles, ships, machines of all kinds, even houses, everything you see will be made of steel , it will enter everyone's home, even ordinary people can use steel utensils and tools."
Barov was stunned for a while, before answering for a long time, "I will draw up a recruitment plan and financial allocation as soon as possible for your review."
"Well, the preparatory work for this matter is left to you," Roland encouraged.
When he walked to the door of the office, he suddenly turned around and saluted again.
"It would be my honor to see such a world, Your Majesty."
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