At the southern end of Wells, the new province of Burgundy, Arte, who thought he was far from the center of power, did not know that he was already in a whirlpool, and he was reviewing the maps drawn by various survey teams in a makeshift tent at the foot of a barren mountain beside the road.

"Second, you have drawn the wrong direction of the stream, and the distance between the two hills is not right, and if you have a wrong finger on the map, the distance on the field will be a thousand feet, and dozens of acres of land will be missing from the land books of the future government. Look at how many acres have been erased from this map booklet? ”

"You are all apprentices from the parish school, and I have taught me how to draw maps, how do you all listen to the lectures?"

Art threw the second set of maps over, "Tomorrow the second group will recheck the maps of this area." ”

"You learn from the third group, in order to make the survey as accurate as possible, they drilled in the thorn bushes under the scorching sun for a long time, and climbed to the top of the mountain to look down on the whole area.

"The third group will each have two beers tonight."

Art put down the draft map book, and said to the people in the camp in a serious voice: "You are all elites I selected from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and this time I personally took you out to survey and map the terrain with the intention of training you, be careful!"

The officials bowed their heads and looked ashamed.

"Okay, go back and trim it, and continue to push south tomorrow."

When the tent was quiet, Art lay down on a wooden folding chair, which he had personally directed in the carpentry workshop, folded like a plank, and unfolded to spread a blanket to make a small bed, perfect for marching and traveling. A large number of carpentry workshops have been copied for officers in the army who have access to military tents alone.

Just as he was about to take a nap, there was a rush of horses' hooves from the north side of the camp......

......

“...... Lord Earl, Lord Odo, who had stayed behind in the military office, thought that this letter was too important and did not dare to put it on hold, so he ordered his own soldiers to send it quickly. ”

By the time Ron reported on the side, Art had already read the secret letter written by Earl Galvin himself.

"Master, what's the big deal in the north?" Ron asked.

"Lord Marquis, let's be more forbearing, and don't take the initiative to provoke the Lombards for the time being. In addition, the Marquis asked me to practice archery diligently, and invited me to hunt with him in the east next year. Art put down the secret letter and savored it.

"Hunting in the East? Lord Marquis also likes to hunt? "Ron didn't taste it.

"Ron, I'm afraid I can't take you to map our new frontier, there is about to fall into a trap in the north, and we have to prepare to hunt with Xinjun."

Ron didn't know.

"Alright, the order is for everyone to come to my camp after dinner, I have a new arrangement."

Evening.

"Ron is going to follow me back to the north to deal with more important matters, and the guards of the survey team will be handed over to Matthew to lead. All the officials stayed behind to continue the survey, and I will send someone to lead you when I return to Mubao tomorrow. Remember, it's better to be slower than fine, and in the future, you will rely on the map in your hands to reclaim the land and build castles and villages......"

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The wooden castle in the valley welcomed Atlant's return from his journey south was not greeted by the affectionate embrace of Lottie, Countess of Wales, but by an earth-shattering bang and flying wooden tiles.

A large explosion occurred in a heavily guarded wooden house compound at the foot of the hillside on the eastern side of the wooden fort......

Art hurriedly jumped off his horse and rushed to the hut with Ron and Odo's heralds.

"Don't get close, there may be danger inside." Art stopped Ron and the others who were about to rush into the courtyard.

For four years, Yate secretly studied the fiery gunpowder for four whole years, and finally came out shockingly.

It was really shocking enough, and the entire wooden castle was shaken out......

............

Cooper, the governor of the government and the old butler of Art, who had just finished treating the wounded, walked into the mansion of the lord of the wooden castle with a tired face, "Master, the alchemist can't die, he was stunned by that kind of thing, and he hasn't woken up yet. One of his two apprentices was blown up on the spot, and the other seemed to be fine, but now the guy was extremely excited, and he said everywhere that they had created Thor, and he was afraid that his brain had been shattered. The two soldiers in charge of martial law were slightly injured and sent to Dr. Fana for treatment. ”

"Fortunately, according to your request, the courtyard was far away from the wooden fort, and it was all a wooden structure, otherwise the rocks that were shaken would have injured the people in the wooden fort."

"The yard has been cordoned off by the army. The reason for the accident was also clarified, and it was the shattered apprentice who did not follow your strict orders. ”

"Master, that courtyard is directly under the government government, and I should be fully responsible for the death and injury of so many people, you can punish me." The old man in his fifties had tears in his eyes.

Art got up from the chair behind the desk, walked around to the old man, patted him on the shoulder, and pressed him to the wooden chair in front of the table and sat down.

"Old fellow, you've been with me for seven years, and you've always done your best, and until now I still have the same opinion of you. However, this matter is under the direct management of the government government, and someone must be responsible for it, and I will fine you two months' salary. ”

Cooper felt that the punishment was too light, but Art raised his hand to stop it, "The next three things to do, one is to block the news and give a gag order to everyone who knows about it; The second is to make every effort to save the alchemist, and from today onwards, he will send someone to protect the alchemist every step of the way, and call me as soon as he wakes up, and he will change the world. Third, a secret order was issued to the European Merchant Firm, and from now on, the European Merchant Company added a secret mission - to collect sulfur and saltpeter at any cost, and transport it back to the cave east of the wooden castle for secret storage. ”

"Old fellow, I'm taking off, sir." Art couldn't contain the excitement in his heart.

Old Cooper nodded.

Art remembered something, "By the way, that exuberant apprentice has broken his internal organs, and you can ask Healer Thomas to show him if he can save it." ”

"Uh-huh?"

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“...... The gunpowder per livr (pound) is divided into 100 units, of which 10 units are for α, 15 units for β, and 75 for γ...... The storage of gunpowder had to be carried out in sealed wooden barrels and driven away from moisture with white lime......"

After writing a thick piece of parchment, Art slowly wrote on another piece of parchment, "...... The α material is sulfur, the β material is charcoal, and the γ material is saltpeter...... Sulfur is characterized by ....., and saltpeter is abundant in ....... Characterized by...... The simple way to make it is ......"

There weren't many words written on the two pieces of parchment, but it took Art a morning.

The two pieces of parchment will be stored in the government treasury and the Beiguan Military Fort Armament Warehouse.

"Someone!"

"Lord Count."

"Hurry up and get ready for Welsburg, I'm going to the weapons workshop."

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