The first voyage of the Blackstone was just a trivial matter. Compared to this small ship, the current Blackstone Collar and Daotan Town are becoming more prosperous than ever.

The River Ness provides an abundant source of water for irrigation, and a pumping station with a crystal power unit was officially opened yesterday to draw water from the excavated canals to the harvest fields around the statue of Luna - this is the name of the local farmers, who see the statue of Luna as the goddess of harvest, and their food as the gift of the goddess of harvest.

The farmers have adapted to the new way of farming, and they are all motivated and happy. The reason for this is simply because most of the harvested grain can be kept by themselves, which is too tempting for farmers who have never had enough to eat.

The rows of neat red brick houses were built in full accordance with Qin Song's planning, and the farmers who were qualified to move in really felt the unprecedented warmth and tranquility.

They really make this their home.

"Hello, lord!"

"Hello, lord!"

"Alice-sama, good!"

When passing by the ridge, the farmers and peasant women who were working greeted Liya and her group warmly, and it seemed that the wrinkles on their faces were relaxed, and they were full of energy and vitality.

Leah nodded to them slightly, seeing the hope of life on their faces, and seeing their gratitude to themselves, the satisfaction was more than ever.

"Haha......" Luna's eyebrows fluttered with laughter, and she coaxed angrily: "They are planting Luna No. 2 wheat now, and they will harvest three percent more than No. 1, and they can harvest it in about a month." ”

"Yes, hunger has been wiped out by our Luna. ”

"Hey, let's work together, work together. ”

The Holy Spirit forces pulled out the town, and the orcs hid in the jungle, and finally ushered in a temporary peace. The only regret is that Qin Song has been meditating because he sensed the revelation of the gods, and he hasn't gone out for several days.

The situation has basically stabilized, and the designated plans are progressing gradually. Among them, the issue of education is not only related to future development, but also related to the deepening and consolidation of the belief in the stars.

For this reason, Veronica, who focuses on education, has to assist Alice in her work in her spare time, and her energy and time are really limited, so she has to find some suitable helpers.

In the end, it took a lot of effort to select a few surprises from the captured pirates and navies - all of them were educated in the Duchy of Vendôme and were downtrodden for various reasons, including two aristocratic ladies who were taken captive as the ladies of the village, who were literate and hyphenated at the same time, and had no special feelings for the Holy Spirit, and were more receptive in faith.

The conditions are also very simple, they can be paid to do heavy work, no more battlefields, and they are permanently immune to the effects of the curse.

This is an unimaginable preferential treatment for the pirates who are already displaced, and they all gladly accept it.

The prototype of the teaching team has finally set up a stall, and the papermaking work is also in full swing, and at present, it is possible to produce relatively coarse paper from trees, and mass production has basically been completed. Printing technology is still in technical research, in order to make the final preparations for mass production, the first batch of printed matter is not currency, but textbooks.

Textbooks are not only carriers of knowledge, but also carriers of public opinion. Exposing the hypocrisy of the Holy Spirit and promoting the greatness of the Temple of the Stars is a basic operation, and it is easier for children to accept.

Riya became more and more comfortable with the management of the territory, and began to understand that the plans made by Qin Song, regarding education, transportation, agriculture, commerce, and military affairs, were not nonsense, but full use of knowledge.

The Blackstone Collar was the foundation of agriculture and was responsible for the main food supply, while the town of Daotan was the military and commercial center. The functions of the two areas were differentiated, and it was imperative to build a road connecting the two areas.

In fact, with an inexhaustible supply of cement, building a hard road through Blackstone Canyon was not a problem.

The road, named Avenue of the Stars, was under the sole responsibility of Sir Weimar, who was in charge of industry, and was built with a mixture of crushed stone and river sand and cement on a solid foundation according to the construction method provided by Qin Song. At present, the construction progress is good, and the load-bearing capacity of the tested road surface is also very good.

As for the military issues, Alice is currently in full charge, and in order to prepare for the future war, an arsenal has been established in Daotan Town, and while recruiting apprentices, she is also working hard to design some simple machining tools, preparing to gradually move towards standardization and scale.

The next is the commercial issue, which is currently being handled by Karrick, and the original Daotan Town Wharf will be expanded outward and transformed into a large market with port functions, and the local goods of the Blackstone Collar will be sold in the name of the Blackstone Firm, and will be responsible for the daily management of the market.

All those who intend to buy and sell in the bazaar, whether sellers or buyers, need to report to the trading house, obtain the corresponding identification, and learn the rules of stall management.

In Qin Song's conception, agriculture, industry, and commerce are the focus of development and an important foundation for their rise. On the basis of perfecting agriculture, industry, and commerce, we should popularize basic education and propagate culture, completely eliminate the influence of the Holy Spirit, and gradually establish the belief in the stars.

The territory is very considerable, the length of the east and west is at least forty kilometers, the north and south are slightly narrower, and there are more than thirty kilometers, minus the mountains and forests in the territory, it is conservatively estimated that there are five or six hundred square kilometers, which is equivalent to a small county in later generations.

However, the current population is less than 3,000 people, not to mention a township, not even a large village. War needs soldiers, farmers need to develop land, and workers need to develop industry.

According to Qin Song's vision, a truly prosperous city must have a population of at least 100,000.

According to Liya's description, the population of the entire Tia Kingdom is only four or five hundred thousand, and the largest cities basically have a population of about twenty or thirty thousand.

Capturing pirates to replenish the population was a completely expedient measure, not to mention the fact that after several rounds of plunder, the Fracture Rock Islands fell, and those pirates were either routed by the principality's navy or fled to the land and became rogues, and there was basically not much left.

The slave trade in the Duchy of Vendôme is another way, which requires a large amount of gold to procure, and the current sea monster problem can only be put on hold for the time being. However, there is another important source of population, that is, the Kurminsk Empire, according to various intelligence, this once powerful magic kingdom is in a state of war, and all forces are divided and fighting.

In a country in turmoil, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees who lack food and clothing, but for various reasons, they cannot leave their hometowns. As long as the Blackstone Collar can provide food, shelter, and work, then there is every chance of absorbing a large number of refugees.

A new order is steadily taking shape!

......

The waters around Guano Island are a natural marine base with plenty of food and inaccessibility.

After leading the Pipi shrimp team with a total of 50 to eat in the coral reef, Qin Song felt extremely relieved to look at the shrimp soldiers who were thriving one by one, especially the six elites.

After giving the elite an order to hunt only nearby, Qin Song hid his body back in the humus sediment layer in the distance, and decided to go back to see the progress of the Black Stone Collar.

In the evening, Qin Song walked out of the room, not far away was Alice's workshop, which was still burning with a shining candlelight, and it was no surprise that Alice was still working diligently.

Candle......

Qin Song shook his head, in the absence of electricity, the lighting problem could only rely on candles. But the light is too dim, and it is very damaging to vision.

When I walked to the door and gently pushed the door open, I could see Alice looking down at the table, writing and drawing intently, and the sides of the table were full of all kinds of small parts.

Perhaps she was so focused that Alice didn't even notice someone coming in. Qin Song came behind her quietly, and in front of her was a piece of paper that had only been made by the paper mill in the last two days, a little rough and with a lot of burrs, but the quality was far stronger than the papyrus used before.

With a quill in one hand and a ruler in the other, she was drawing a slightly more complex mechanism, not a weapon, but a somewhat strange, mold-like device.

After looking at it for a while, Qin Song somewhat understood, this was a part of a machine gun-bolt mold.

The war with the Templars proved that machine guns have an inherent advantage. However, its structure was too complex, and there were countless parts, all of which were made by Alice by hand, which was not only inefficient, but also had problems with accuracy.

For example, the last machine gun, in a training session not long after Hunn finished firing, it malfunctioned, and the shortcomings of poor durability were exposed.

In order to solve this problem, Qin Song proposed the concept of standardization. The manufacturing of key components cannot rely entirely on manual labor, and the machine has more consistency advantages.

The answer is to design molds.

With the help of the Plasticized Metal Sigil, Alice can plasticize the metal and then use it as a raw material in a mold for cold rolling and forming. The work of cold rolling can be handed over to the apprentice to complete and reduce the burden.

The most important thing is to design molds with high precision.

After looking at it for a while, Qin Song discovered the problem that Alice encountered - threads. The bolt she designed had threads at the ends, and then during the cold rolling process, the fine threads were very prone to misalignment, that is, misalignment.

"Try making a standard thread tapping device. ”

"Hmm, tapping device?" Alice muttered to herself, thinking for a moment, suddenly realizing something, and immediately turned her head with joy, her clear eyes shining.

"Qin!"