Lawrence was now the administrator of Ferry City for the time being, and he, who had been the commander of the naval fleet, was now in charge of the three broken galleons that were not on the table.

He was now taking his own soldiers, and the conscripted civilians, to make something called a salt pan according to the blueprints.

Chris thought that this kind of thing could help Ferry City make a profit, so Lawrence became a temporary contractor.

"The gods are above...... These damn craters, and these inexplicable mineral powders, can really turn bitter seawater into table salt? Lawrence pressed his sword and grumbled as he watched the sun shine overhead, wiping his sweat.

In fact, he believed Chris's words in his heart, because after he saw Chris's cannon in person that day, he was convinced of what Chris said. A man with absolute force will not lie to his subordinates.

At least, the other party will not make boring deception on such meaningless things. It's a logical question, and Lawrence thinks it very clearly.

Later yesterday, a cavalryman from the city of Seris sent a letter explaining the establishment of the Duchy of Eranhill, and informing Lawrence that he was now the commander of the Duchy's navy......

In fact, he was still only in charge of a few wrecked ships, but Lawnes was really promoted, and he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of a country's navy, which seemed to be very stylish.

Before he could rejoice, he threw himself into the production of sea salt today, which is really a laughable thing, at least that's what Lawens himself thinks.

"Although those warships are a little dilapidated, it would be a bit too much to let these warships go out to sea to fish and supplement the food reserves of Ferry City......" The adjutant who came over with his hand fanning the cool breeze looked helpless, and complained to Lawns: "We are sailors, and it is a shame to be fishermen." ”

"Throw on whom? Who is not a fisherman when they are recruited? Lawrence grinned, squinted his eyes in the scorching sun and sighed, "Do whatever you want from above, we are all retainers of Iran Hill, what's the use of talking about this now?" ”

"My lord! My lord! A middle-aged woman with tanned skin ran over excitedly, with an expression on her face as if she had just slept with a handsome young man. She shook her fat buttocks all the way, with the fierce aura of a woman by the sea.

Leaning closer, the woman grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed into a beautiful flower: "My lord, the salt pan of the experiment has been shipped!" You see! ”

After saying that, she raised her right hand and spread her palm in front of Lawrnes, with a treasure offering: "It's made exactly according to the process, we tasted it just now, and there is no astringency at all!" ”

"Really?" The adjutant looked incredulous, poked his fingers in the center of the dirty palm, stuck a little shiny gray sea salt, and stuffed it into his mouth to taste it.

A salty taste rushed to his taste buds, blooming on his tongue, with incomparable joy and fragrance, making his eyebrows stretch all at once: "Hmm! My lord! Salty! ”

Hearing the adjutant's shout, Lawrence became curious, and pinched a pinch of sea salt in the woman's palm with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. In an instant, he also felt the salty and fresh taste, and his face became brighter.

"Good! All right! He looked at the broken salt left in the woman's hand, laughed and said, "Hahahaha, with this salt, Ferry City can earn at least thousands of gold coins this year!" ”

In this world, sea salt has always been inedible because of its peculiar smell. Because of this, the price of salt in this world is very high. In many places, taking a bite of salty taste is an extremely luxurious treat.

For example, Tubao and the North County further north and the Grassland Empire are all big consumers of salt, and they basically buy as much as they want. With this sea salt, at least a lot of money can be made from these northerners.

Even, for the sake of this salt, these northerners are willing to exchange strategic resources such as war horses - it is conceivable that the Duchy of Irlanhill will soon have a large number of cavalry, and the quality is still the best kind.

"Let's speed up the construction! The faster these salt farms are repaired, the higher our income! After a few seconds of self-absorption, Lawrence immediately gave the order.

The civilians of Ferry City, who saw the results, also accelerated their speed, which is closely related to their income, and naturally it is also the project that everyone cares about the most. Even in the scorching sun, the construction progress of the salt plant is still visibly accelerated.

In fact, this world has a certain industrial base, for example, there are many special metals in this world, which can improve the various properties of common metals. Pyrite, which is abundant in Seris, is one of them.

With the addition of this ferric alloy, it can have better strength and lighter weight - better and more perfect than aluminum alloy, it is simply a cheap version of super titanium.

Metallurgical processes such as casting and calcination were also well developed in the face of potentially more aggressive attacks, compared to the earlier levels that Chris was familiar with. That's why Chris was able to produce a cannon right away – what is lacking here is just a scientific framework for a system, not a level of application.

At the same time, alchemy is still prevalent in this world, and many alchemists have rudimentary knowledge of chemistry, are not surprised by some chemical reactions, and are easily receptive to the advanced chemical results provided by Chris.

But even so, Chris still can't eat a fat man. He could only build his territory little by little, so that industry began to penetrate every corner. In the city of Seris now, the common people have become accustomed to all kinds of new things, and they have become accustomed to the ridiculously cheap textiles and daily necessities.

Because of the large amount of money brought by Desser, the return of Steward, and the talent of Gurlo in planning and development, Seris's industrial process is in an orderly manner and is developing little by little.

At this moment, a group of knights appeared outside the castle of Seris, they were waving the green royal flag representing the Arrant Empire, their armor was shining, and they looked curiously at the merchants from all over the world.

"We are the envoys of General Zorn, the commander of the Arrant Imperial Army, to convey General Zorn's orders." Without dismounting, one of the officers at the head said, with his chin held high, looking down at the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the city.

The soldiers on duty also knew that the envoys from the empire could not afford to be negligent, and immediately ordered someone to deliver the news. He ordered the soldiers to be cleared immediately, and he personally led a few men to lead the way, leading the knights to the castle of Seris.

Chris is relatively idle these days, because the planning has been completed, and many equipment can only be given up because the technology is not yet mature, he has no trouble drawing drawings, and can go to the barracks to see the training of recruits.

But today he didn't go to the barracks, but read in the castle to learn more about this strange world of magic. Many of the books in this world are similar to Zhiwei novels in his cognition, so they can also seem to be relished.

For example, the book he is holding in his hand now is written about the life of the mage Gremel III. This great mage used a tongue-speaking dragon as a mount and founded a powerful magical kingdom on his own......

If this book were set in the world before Chris traveled through, it would have been a very best-selling Western fantasy and magic novel. While admiring the wonderful story inside, Chris imagines the impact that modern civilization may have on the world.

"Your Majesty! An envoy from the Arrantic Empire made a surprise visit...... They have asked to see you, and they are to convey orders from Imperial General Zorn. A waiter pushed open Chris's door and stood in the doorway, bowing his head respectfully.

"Huh?" Chris couldn't possibly know what these sudden envoys were talking about, so he closed the book in confusion, pressed it against a stack of drawings about the generator, stood up and did two chest expansion exercises: "I'm going to see them......"

All the way to the reception hall, Chris saw the messenger of the Arrant Empire who had come from afar, dressed in armor. The other party was also looking at Chris when he looked at him, and the two of them looked at each other a few times before they began to speak.

"I don't know...... You...... He came from afar to deliver some orders. Chris didn't know what to call each other, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke first, stammering solemnly.

The other party took out a piece of letter paper with a red seal from the leather letter box on his waist and handed it directly to Chris: "Grand Duke of Elanhill, General Zorn orders you to present all the new weapons in your hands to the Arrant Empire. ”

"What?" Chris heard the other party's words clearly, but he really couldn't believe his ears - he was desperately expanding his army to protect himself, and someone came directly to ask for the weapon he relied on to save his life......

"Grand Duke Eranhill, since you are still a vassal of the Arrant Empire, it is better for you to obey the orders of the Empire and hand over those new weapons." With a faint sneer on the other party's face, he opened his mouth and repeated his order again: "You better know that it will not be beneficial for you to disobey the orders of the Arrant Empire. ”

"My weapons were also bought for money, Your Excellency." Chris thought about it carefully, and then replied, "If the weapons can be converted into taxes and paid according to the actual price, then I can give these weapons to the Imperial Army." ”

He felt that now was not the time to turn his face, so he could find a reason to delay it, and then go to Desel and others to discuss countermeasures.