The weather cooled down.

In autumn, the heat subsides, and the sweltering heat of the south finally cools down.

But people's hearts are not yet cool.

After ordering Charles to develop a market economy, Luo Lan faced another problem.

Due to the use of explosive bombs, the manpower required for the Maokeng movement has been greatly reduced, and the original number of people was one or two thousand, but now a few hundred people are enough.

The extra workers had to have something to do.

The West Coast workers are temporarily saturated, and the East Coast workers can no longer be sent to the West Coast.

Luo Lan pondered on the city wall for a long time, and set his eyes on the road outside the city.

Compared with the old roads in the city, the roads outside the city can be described as dilapidated, no, they cannot be described as dilapidated, because there are almost no roads outside the city.

Stretching from Phuket City to Utan Pradesh, a huge piece of land, it is impossible to find more than ten kilometers of stone roads, and the places with stone roads were built by the nobles in the past for their own convenience.

The rest of the roads are completely rammed earth roads, and they are not rammed by workers, but "when there are more people walking, the roads are naturally formed".

Such a road, let alone a carriage, is difficult to even walk a donkey.

And to develop the economy, roads are indispensable, and the ancestors understood that truth very early: if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

However, Luo Lan was very hesitant, should he build the road in autumn and winter? There is no reason for hesitation, no money.

Charles must also understand the importance of transportation, but he did not propose to build the road, probably because he knew that Luo Lan had no money.

"Hey."

Luo Lan smiled bitterly, he felt that money was a curse, torturing himself all the time, and this torture gave him more headaches than the second prince Barron.

"Queen Iman, go back south early."

Luo Lan shook his head, he could only think about the pirate queen, and the road couldn't be remembered for the time being.

Three days later, after another visit to the rum workshop, Luo Lan took Barrett Horse West.

He calculated that it had been nearly two months since he had last returned, and that the West Coast should have achieved no small amount of industrial success.

All the way to the horse, Luo Lan arrived in the Rick District in the afternoon.

It's still in full swing, but unlike last time, this time there are a lot more shops.

Shops made of simple wood and stone were built by hawkers and merchants in Phuket City, who bought wheat and corn from farmers and processed them into mature food for sale.

Luo Lan smelled the fragrance and her stomach growled.

The merchant who found out that he was coming hastened to entertain him warmly and let him eat and drink for free.

Luo Lan and Barrett drank wheat porridge and ate grilled fish in a shop. Many people gathered around, all wanting to get close to this Prince Luo Lan.

Soon, though, they got out of the way, because the goddess came.

The goddess is naturally the nun of the church, Bina.

Instead of wearing her nun's dress, Bina wore a linen-colored cloth garment, which looked more relatable. And she has darkened a lot, and her originally snow-white skin has turned wheat-colored.

Luo Lan nibbled on the grilled fish and looked back at her, the bridge of her tall nose was covered with sweat, and her hair tied into a single ponytail was dangling.

Simplicity and simplicity, this is what Sister Bina is now. But her beauty can't be hidden in any way.

Luo Lan hadn't seen her for more than a month, and when she saw Bina, whose style had changed greatly, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The crowd laughed as Luo Lan stuffed the fish into her nose.

Bina sneered, two small dimples on her emaciated face.

"Hey, what are you stunned about, what's the situation in Phuket City?"

Bina sat down, and the crowd surrounded them, also very concerned about the situation in Phuket City.

Luo Lan naturally praised Buji City, and said that when the road here is built, everyone can go back at will.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Luo Lan followed Bina Zema to the coast, while Barrett went to the military zone to see the gunpowder first.

Along the thick and sturdy burnt earth road to the west, in the shouts of workers along the way, Luo Lan walked to the end of the burnt earth road.

It is full of workers, and truckloads of burnt earth and bricks are quickly transported, and a large earthen kiln has been built at the foot of the mountain not far away, and coal is also burned here.

It's less than five kilometers from the coast.

Nearly fifteen kilometers of road, with terrifying efficiency, were completed in full.

Luo Lan was a little surprised, and he specifically asked Bor why he was so fast.

Bor immediately found a young plasterer, pointed at him and said: "Your Highness, his name is Gulmis, not long after you left last time, Gulmis cut many small holes in the black stone, which actually increased the firepower and made our earth-burning progress several times faster. ”

The young man named Gulmis scratched his head honestly: "It's just a mistake......

Luo Lan smiled, it was nest bee coal, the original artificially made nest bee coal.

The principle is to increase the oxygen contact area and increase the firepower.

Of course, people in this world don't understand principles, they invent and create based on experience. This experience is common in the hands of farmers who have been exposed to firewood for a long time, but it is a great innovation when applied to coal.

"Gulmis, from today onwards, you are the baron of Phuket Island, three acres of land, one hundred gold coins, go to Rick to receive the reward."

Luo Lan said gently, he didn't go to the bee coal himself, and let the workers make it out, so he would naturally be rewarded.

As soon as this reward came out, the workers in the audience were stunned, and Gulmith was even more stunned.

Where would he have thought that in his lifetime, he would actually obtain a knighthood, a commoner would obtain a knighthood, or a baron who surpassed the knights.

Looking at the workers who were in a frenzy around her, Luo Lan raised her hand to signal quiet.

When everyone was quiet, Luo Lan raised a hand and said, "Gul Smith has improved the Black Stone and made a great contribution to Phuket, which he deserves." This prince has always valued talents, whether you are commoners or slaves, as long as you can invent good things like Gulmis, this prince will reward you with knighthoods and will never break your word! ”

The West Coast erupted in wave-like cheers, and everyone's eyes were on fire.

From now on, technology patents will receive substantial honor and wealth, guaranteed by Prince Luo Lan, and anyone's invention and creation will be rewarded.

It can be said that Luo Lan's initiative greatly promoted the enthusiasm of the people for invention and creation, and in the following years, the coal industry in Phuket Island developed rapidly, which is inseparable from this initiative.

After rewarding Gulmis, Luo Lan and Bina continued westward, and after crossing the path trampled by man in the dense forest, they finally reached the shore.

The pristine coast was greatly transformed, and at Rick's instigation, workers cut down the mountains and built a humble little harbor out of wood, burnt earth and stone.

There were many workers on the shore of the sea, and all around were wood and burnt earth, as well as stones that had been transported from the mines.

Luo Lan stood on a wooden bridge and could feel the cool autumn breeze.

From north to south, he swept past wooden trestle bridges, piles of burnt earth, and small fishing boats that fishermen had struggled to carry over.

"The port is expected to be 1,000 meters long, and the current construction site is only 100 meters, which is already the limit, and it should be able to accommodate Aiman's fleet."

Bina explained that the work at sea is different from that on land, the vast majority of workers have no experience, and they also need the guidance of fishermen, so the progress is very slow.

"That's fine, and then you can't ask too much at first. Pay attention to the safety of workers and pay wages on time. ”

Luo Lan smiled, and Bina glanced at him: "I don't know yet, I pay my salary every month." ”

Luo Lan snorted and asked where Rick had gone.

"He's obsessed with gunpowder, so he'll go to Daisy when he has time, and the shore here is from Daisy's bombs, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to build a wooden bridge now."