"This ...... Are there so many high-ranking knights here?" Mide asked.

"There must be, I recruit no race on my side, dwarves, humans, orcs, and even half-elves, elves, and gnomes. Luo Heng said.

"This is too big, this is at least tens of thousands of tons of steel, but I am afraid it will take several years. Mide spoke.

"Speed up the construction of smelters, steel plate plants, forging plants. "As soon as Luo Heng thought of the collusion between the Sea Clan and the Dark Empire, then the Dark Empire didn't have enough energy to produce ships.

Luo Heng, the ship of the Dark Empire, also saw it, the key is that Luo Heng not only has to face the threat of the Dark Empire, but also the threat of the Sea Clan, don't think about the deep sea, the waves of a hundred meters high can overturn any ship.

It can only be in the offshore waters, but in the offshore waters of this world, basically the depth of 500 meters is considered shallow.

"Alright then, let's try our best, this requires magic materials, and it's also a massive number. Mide spoke.

"This is no problem, it is to start construction in winter, does it have any impact?" Luo Heng asked.

"Yes, the progress is only half of the previous one, first of all, the weather, there is nothing in the stone, but the installation link, the price is slow, the temperature is too low. Mide spoke.

"Then let's do it, save some time is time. "What else can Luo Heng do, he can only do this first, relying on nanorobots to make an entire steel giant ship, that is unrealistic, but if you want to talk about welding, it is still possible.

"How's it going?" asked Alicia.

"The progress is not very big, the weather is too cold. Luo Heng said.

"Can it be built somewhere else?" asked Nicole.

Luo Heng shook his head and said, "This winter is beneficial to us, even if the Sea Clan harasses us, there is a safe time." ”

This is also a matter of no choice, the strength of the sea clan Luo Heng has seen it, in the sea, it is really a hegemon.

Nicole and Alicia didn't say anything, Luo Heng stared at the construction of the factory, the factory used strips of stone, then added steel beams, and the roof was also made of iron sheets.

The smelter was basically out of stock, and even the weapons and equipment were stopped.

All kinds of processing machinery are manufactured by Luo Heng, of course, there are no motors, basically driven by steam engines, or manual, lathes, planers, milling machines, etc.

When encountering something very sophisticated, Luo Heng also opened it and used nanorobots to know.

Turning tools, molds and so on.

Luo Heng also has his own laboratory here, and the things that are tinkered with in it make the dwarves and dwarf engineers stunned.

When Luo Heng was in the Mine City, the Bright Sect received a secret protection and had a spy from the Dark Empire.

Immediately dispatched, the Knights of Judgment, the Knights of Judgment, and the Inquisition were dispatched one after another, and the spies of the Dark Empire continued to fight.

There were hundreds of these spies, and the entire continent was shaken, and the temples and countries raised their vigilance.

The Dark Empire, this is what the entire continent fears, and where the Dark Empire passes, there is not a single living person.

The price of weapons has skyrocketed, the price of food has also begun to rise, everything is rising.

Luo Heng had to return to the Dukedom, and Nicole and the others also returned.

Various countries and nobles are buying supplies one after another, Luo Heng has a lot of material reserves here, and the price of dried fish has also risen.

"What now?" Nicole asked, the Dukedom bought the most grain, wine, and meat.

Especially meat, now in winter a horse-drawn cart buys fresh meat and then makes it into jerky.

"Looks like I'm going to the Satsuma Islands once. Luo Heng said.

"There's no other way, why don't we sell weapons too?" asked Alicia.

When Luo Heng heard this, he shook his head and said: "The price of all materials has risen, this is definitely not a good phenomenon, and these nobles have so many materials to reserve, in fact, it is not of much use, unless there are some big cities, small cities can't resist the army of the Dark Empire at all."

"Then what should I do, now that the price of everything has risen, it's useless for you to go to the Satsuma Islands, I really found someone from the Dark Empire, and that's even more panic. "Nicole doesn't want Luo Heng to go over there, the Satsuma Islands, it was very chaotic over there before, and Luo Heng was worried about both of them last time he went.

Luo Heng frowned, and Alicia spoke: "We must produce more materials as soon as possible and exchange them for more food." ”

"No need, give me three months, at the beginning of spring next year, I invite the major temples and empires to board my warships, the dark empire has no chance to come over from the sea at all. Luo Heng shook his head and said, the rise in prices in the whole world must be suppressed, otherwise, next year, the dukedom and the ice and snow fortress may collapse, because of the food!

Next year, no matter how much grain there is, there will be no one to sell.

"Well, thankfully it's winter. Nicole nodded.

Luo Heng continued to return to the side of the mine city and began to build a dock, tens of thousands of orcs and dozens of giants moved.

Dock construction, port construction, marine steel plates, steel beams.

Fortunately, Luo Heng established two smelters some time ago, and the smelting furnaces were all made by nanorobots.

The price of magic materials has also skyrocketed, but fortunately, Luo Heng Shipbuilding has already planned it.

Three months is simply too short for shipbuilding.

Originally, it was planned to build battleships, but now only cruisers can be built, with a displacement of 10,000 tons, the length is about 150 meters, and the length of the waterline is about 170 meters, and the height is not high, similar to a littoral combat ship.

Because of the need to break the ice, it is propelled by a steam engine, and the design of three turrets is adopted, which is not the kind of rapid-fire gun, but the kind of naval gun of more than 205 mm, one with three guns, front, middle and rear, that is, three, nine guns.

The middle one is about six meters higher, there are no other facilities on the front and rear decks, the personnel live below the deck, and then below are the ventilation system, the propulsion system, as well as fuel, food.

As for what machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and others are not wanted, and what **, are not wanted.

There's no radar or anything, but there's a chimney.

Just a metal shell, equivalent to the one on a cargo ship.

The full load can reach more than eight thousand tons, most of which is fuel.

Luo Heng's reserve energy continued to decline, and he had to change the three naval guns in the middle to 125 mm single shells, saving space.

The biggest problem is the engine propulsion system, Luo Heng has to optimize the whole drawing with the battle armor, consuming three, that is, the entire full energy is three.

"The speed reaches 50 knots?" Luo Heng looked at the optimized plan and was stunned.

"How can there be a plan two....... Luo Heng saw the second plan again, and then Luo Heng found that there was also a third plan, the biggest difference between the three plans was the difference in input, and the shape of the battleship had also changed somewhat.