Things seemed to be going a little smoother than expected, and by the time General Zorn got the information that Iran Hill was heading north to attack the earth fort, his troops had already begun to move south on a large scale.

Although he didn't take away a sufficient number of red-coated cannons in one go, because of the drawings and smelting recipes provided by Chris, the Arrant Empire still made 40 cannons and went south.

The Dothan Empire has been standing tall due to the dangerous terrain and has become a major problem for Alante. General Zorn has always wanted to take over a part of the Dosen Empire in order to prove his merits.

The Empire of Mortals can only live in the shadow of the Magic Empire, and this is something that cannot be changed - so the destruction of the Dosen Empire and the Arrant Empire dare not think about it. All they want is to take advantage of enough of them.

For many years, conquests between mortal empires have been in this pattern. If one nation is about to be destroyed by another, the Magic Empire will intervene to balance the power of these empires.

For the Magic Empire, a loose mortal empire that cannot be cohesed into a single rope can guarantee their fundamental interests - so, once a mortal empire rises, those terrifying dragon knights will appear and drive the mighty mortal empire into the abyss.

"It can only be used once." Looking at the red-clothed cannons that were dragged forward by war horses, General Zorn sighed with some reluctance: "It is estimated that as long as the Dosen Empire suffers losses on the frontal battlefield, it will stab the matter to the Holy Demon Empire." ”

The soldiers of the Arrant Empire held the reins of their horses and walked step by step on the road that was already not very smooth. Behind the carriage, the old and heavy steel cannons shimmered black in the sun.

Farther away, groups of soldiers carrying three-meter-long spears stretched across the hillside in orderly steps. An army of 100,000 is not a small number, and there are not even 20,000 soldiers in front of them, and many more soldiers are still walking behind, or even ahead.

A war of unprecedented scale is about to begin, and the grievances between the Dosen Empire and the Arrant Empire may be completely resolved in such a war. Of course, it could get worse.

"It's Iran Hill......" Removing his gaze from those red-clothed cannons, General Zorn pinched the information in his hand, his tone was full of coldness, and he said thoughtfully: "It's really not a worry-free grand duke." ”

"Isn't it okay to honestly wait for me to go back and kill you? …… I want to make a fuss. He crumpled the information in his hand into a ball and threw it into the dirt under his feet with disdain: "When I defeat Doson, I will teach you the principles of being a man!" ”

After saying that, he pulled the reins of his war horse, and surrounded by a group of guards, turned on his horse, and gave the order: "Let the troops continue to advance!" Keep it up at this pace and you're good to go! ”

"Plus!" While adjusting the posture of the warhorse, Zorn instructed one of his henchmen on the horse's back: "You send someone to love Ranhill!" Let them spit out the three places of Tubao, Beijun and Hanhai! If they don't agree, let them wash my neck and wait! ”

When he said this, General Zorn had a heroic air: by the time he returned to the capital of Arrant again, he might have more than 200 cannons!

At that time, a little Iran Hill was not a threat at all, and as long as there was a battle, that damned Archduke Iran Hill Chris would be tied up and kneel in front of Zorn, crying and shouting for a way to live.

Thinking of this, Zon snorted coldly and rode forward. He's going to get his troops south before winter sets in - and if he's lucky, he might win the war against the Dowson Empire before winter does.

As soon as next spring arrives, he will be able to go north to attack Alan Hill. This is a good rhythm that will allow him to gain more feats and prove his abilities to his brother-in-law, the Emperor.

"Woo...... a melodious trumpet sounded from the distant ridge, which was the order for the troops to move on, and all the soldiers continued to walk, man after man, until the end of the road.

……

"The production of the barrel was made with ferrite, and the workers experimented with the latest recipes...... Higher strength than the original. At the work report meeting, Smith began to talk about the recent good news.

Because of the existence of a new metal of unknown origin, Iran Hill's industry is developing countless times faster than expected. Many unsolvable problems can be solved with pyroxenite, which saves a lot of time.

The only problem is that the rigidity of the ferrite is very good, but the toughness is insufficient, so there is no way to replace copper to solve the problem of the cartridge case, otherwise, the bullet may be produced faster.

I saw that Smith turned to the next page, and the smile on his face was even worse, and he continued: "The transformation of the power plant has gone well, the direct current has been fully converted into alternating current, and the scale of our use of electricity is not large, so the improvement is very simple. ”

"There are some problems on the electric light side, and we have encountered some technical troubles in production, but because there are formulas and drawings, we can solve them in a short time." After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris, who was in the first place: "Our problem now is that there is a lack of professionals in all aspects. ”

When Gurlo heard this, he knew it was time for him to appear, so he coughed, cleared his throat and said, "This matter is in a hurry. The first batch of graduates we urgently trained has long been carved up. It will be necessary to wait for next month at the earliest, so that another batch of new people can graduate. ”

"These graduates are not really talented, they just know some machines, understand some principles, and there is still a long way to go before they can develop or do some experiments on their own." He is in the know, but he is not optimistic about these talents.

It's not just that he's not optimistic, in fact, Chris isn't too optimistic. Those who have lowered their training standards and are barely allowed to graduate are similar to the migrant workers of the 21st century, who can go to work in factories but have little room for improvement.

Chris also knows that this problem is urgent now, and he will have to wait for the children who have actually graduated from primary school and completed junior high school and high school to grow up - the problem is that this will have to wait for seven or eight years, and at the shortest will be two or three years, which is very worrying.

Chris, who has a lot of knowledge, knows that practice and knowledge are two different things, and that it is better to have a ready-made talent to use than if he were to dig through economic books and study them thoroughly. He lacks everything now, and what he lacks most is talents in all aspects.

The current Iran Hill is actually no different from a large training base: soldiers who have been on the battlefield and heard the sound of artillery are training with a group of newcomers; The veteran workers who have tinkered with machinery and know the basic operations are training with a group of novices, and even in the school, one group of teachers teaches another group of teachers how to impart knowledge.

The downside of this was that Deser had to keep some apprentices who couldn't work, and couldn't immediately expand his profits. This money is completely spent for nothing, which is a money-losing business.

However, there is also the advantage that on the one hand, it can attract the unemployed population, and on the other hand, it can immediately expand the future worker group. At least Mr. Gurlow is very optimistic about this, and he thinks that in a year's time, the group of workers in Irlanhill will expand tenfold or even thirty-fold to its current size.

"The improvement of alternating current makes the power generation equipment easier, the thermal power plant is already being done, and we are also considering a large-scale power grid...... "Smith took over the conversation and talked about the power grid.

This power grid is also something that Chris considers, and with electricity, modern cities can be truly modernized. With electric lights, people can work day and night, and with electric lights, people can extend their work and rest time, and have more time to study and supplement.

But now, only the factory itself has electricity, and most of it is still used for machines, and even the lighting is pitiful. Chris felt that making the arsenal ready to work at night was an effective way to immediately ramp up production capacity.

"Stay for dinner before leaving! Don't be so outward! Chris left everyone behind at the end of the meeting and instructed, "Let the chef prepare the sea fish, just delivered today, the delicacy recommended by Lawns!" ”

The city of Ferry is now very well built, and Lawrence has built a huge salt pan there, and the salt supplied has been exported to the steppe empire and the Higgs kingdom, and even radiated to the northern part of the Arante.

At the same time, two modern shipyards are being built there, as well as a large number of processing plants. Including the glass factory and the ceramics factory, the daily necessities produced by these factories were also added to the best-selling products of Iran Hill, and began to bring a large number of gold coins to Iran Hill.

"Good! Eat together, eat together. "Desel likes seafood very much, and when he heard that there was something delicious, he naturally didn't leave. In fact, it's hard for him, the little young master of the Dragon Tate family, since following Chris, the standard of living is really worse day by day.

Although he brought a large amount of gold coins to Chris, the proceeds were rolled back into the construction, so his recent life was called a poverty, and his original life was simply not on the same plane.

"Great, there's fish to eat." Gullow and Dean also laughed, hugging Engineer Smith who was leaving, and the smile on his face deepened: "That was the last time!" That's what I did last time! The one that's super delicious! ”