The passage of time is always like a turbulent river, inadvertently flowing past.

It had been a full week since Chopin's return to Paris, and during that time, the island's buildings and facilities had grown like a blowout.

All the inhabitants of Paris were mobilized at this time, and in addition to the necessary defensive and patrol forces, even a number of Imperial soldiers joined the intense construction process.

For all the people of the French Empire, this time was undoubtedly full and compact, and as for the toil and fatigue involved, it was not much.

After all, all the dirty work that really needed to be done was done by the captured sailors and pirates.

For this most primitive method of bloody accumulation, Chopin had already accepted it calmly at this time.

More than 1,200 sailors, together with the pirates who had been captured, such a free and "sparing" labor force naturally played a decisive role in the construction of the island's facilities.

However, when one order after another and the plan were issued, Chopin became very entangled.

"It's not enough, the labor force is still not enough!"

More than 1,000 free laborers, who did not dare to slack off in the slightest under the threat of death, were still a big gap for Paris, which was now fully built.

As soon as he thought of this, Chopin regretted why he didn't capture more sailors to serve as free labor in the previous naval battles, after all, there were more than a thousand sailors on nearly thirty battleships, but it was futile to talk about these things now.

Roads, quarries, canals, outposts, horse farms...... The construction of the same kind of construction requires a lot of manpower, especially the construction of the road that stretches from the city of Paris to the island, and it is a huge project, even if it is just to build a few more simple levels as before and then pave them with rubble, the labor required is already a little desperate for Chopin, not to mention the many other essential buildings to be built.

The accumulation of events one by one makes Chopin also a little headache, even if Twill and those low-level officials arranged by the system at the beginning to deal with it, it is extremely energy-consuming.

However, as Chopin's orders were issued and executed, the entire city of Paris, and even the entire Drifting Island, changed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and almost every day, this ancient city became different.

The city's makeshift walls, which were more than five meters wide, have been further widened, and a large number of greenery has been transplanted on both sides of the road, interspersed with small flower beds full of colorful flowers.

The area of the city that seemed to have been deliberately vacated by the system has also been filled with several magnificent buildings at this time.

The most typical of these is naturally Chopin's newly built Naval Academy.

As a naval academy with the task of training command officers of synthetic units and drawing up operational plans, combat preparations, and force support plans for the navy, its scale will naturally not be small.

Towering spires, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and painted window panes are naturally unique to the Gothic architectural style of the Middle Ages, although it has fallen inexorably under the turbulent tide of history, but in the past, its influence was not insignificant.

The overall style of Gothic architecture is tall and thin, and pointed, with excellent architectural skills to express mysterious, mournful, sublime strong emotions, which have a great influence on other later arts.

After the construction of this naval academy, Chopin also let General Tver select among all the sailors for the first time, although there are many sailors under him now, and this number is bound to continue to increase with the construction of the city of Paris and the expansion of the island, but there is a lack of a large number of naval cadres, and those who have really received naval education systematically, except for Twill, the famous admiral, there are only some summoned captains of battleships, and only these manpower, It is clear that it is impossible to manage the navy, which is about to explode again.

The current construction of the Paris Navy needs such a group of grassroots officers of the Navy, so after some discussion with Admiral Twill, the first batch of 50 selected naval soldiers entered the Naval Academy for intensive education and study.

For these selected naval soldiers, they are naturally very aware of the importance of this education, so they are all like sponges desperately absorbing knowledge.

And outside the city of Paris, located on the edge of the mountains, the quarries are also running at high speed, and high-quality stones are being mined continuously, and before the big construction launched by Chopin, a large number of high-quality stones have been stored in the warehouses built before, but at this time, as the island's buildings and facilities begin to take shape, the stones stored in the warehouses have been consumed in a blink of an eye, even if there have been many new captured sailors in the quarries at this time, and they are running at full capacity. It is also a bit stretched to support the consumption of facilities and buildings in the entire city of Paris and the islands.

These captured sailors could only mine with outdated tools, so even though the number of people in the quarry had increased considerably, the efficiency was still too low, so that the improvement of the blacksmith's workshop had to be brought to the fore.

The thought in his mind turned, Chopin hesitated for a while, but decided to upgrade the blacksmith's workshop.

Although he had accumulated a lot of energy in the undead space, after returning to Paris, with the construction and upgrading of a large number of buildings, the energy he had on hand was also spent like water.

In just less than a week, more than 30,000 points of energy were consumed, which made Chopin, who was big at the beginning, obviously "constrained" a lot in the next construction, but the construction and upgrading of various buildings also made Paris's monthly tax skyrocket, from the original 1,800 gold coins/month to the current 3,000 gold coins/month, compared with before, it has increased by more than fifty percent.

The thought turned, accompanied by a feeling of uncomfortable dizziness, the familiar 3D picture resurfaced, and then as the data stream of countless 0s and 1s converged continued to jump, the blacksmith's workshop in Paris was also shrouded in bursts of golden light, and quickly changed.

"Level 2 Blacksmith Workshop Basic Steam Pump: Metallurgical Construction Cost -10%, Mining Cost -10%, Can Build Gold, Silver, and Iron Mines.

Currently available for research to unlock:

1. Coke Blast Furnace: +10% of the wealth generated by metallurgical construction, which can build a level 3 blacksmith workshop and increase the prestige of the country.

2. Measuring tools: +5% of the city's wealth from all buildings, +5% of the wealth from all industrial buildings, and gravel roads can be built. ”

In fact, a construction such as a gravel road that does not require technical support can naturally be built by Chopin's workers, but after all, without the blessing of the system, the effect will naturally be much worse.

And the level 2 blacksmith workshop is also limited in the mining and improvement of stone, and Chopin naturally cannot be satisfied with this, after all, in this case, his original measures will be meaningless.

"Ascension, Level 3 Blacksmith Workshop!"

As Chopin's mind moved, the data bar representing energy storage suddenly shrank downward, and then in Chopin's retina, countless 0s and 1s beaten, and the original level 2 blacksmith workshop also changed again in a diffuse golden light.

"Level 3 Blacksmith Workshop Mechanical Tools: -15% cost per unit cost for all land, +5% city wealth from all buildings, boosts national prestige. Can be built: Lumberyard, Ceramics Factory.

Currently available for research to unlock:

1. Furnace: -15% cost of all artillery, +20% wealth generated by metallurgical buildings, which can increase the prestige of the country.

2. Steam Engine: +15% of the wealth generated by all industrial buildings, which can be used to build various steam-powered gold mines, iron mines, silver mines, garment factories, dry docks, engine factories, and sugar factories, which can increase the prestige of the country. ”

That's it, steam engine!

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Chopin was not going to cut down the newly integrated forest area on the west side of Drift Island, but now he had to abandon this green forest in order to speed up the construction of the island.

As soon as Chopin made this decision, a squad of hundreds of line infantry and spearmen was the first to set out, but their task was naturally not to cut down trees, but to watch over the hundreds of captured sailors.

Although the life of these captive sailors before this time could not be called a spring breeze, it could basically be said that they had no worries about food and clothing, and the long-term wandering at sea was naturally not easy, but compared with the situation they were in at this time, it was much better.

These sailors, who have been reduced to prisoners, whether they want it or not, the heaviest dirty work and tiring work on the island will naturally be handed over to them.

Such a hard life was much more difficult than when they were adrift at sea, and all the sailors naturally did not want to, but under the great threat of death, all sailors became cautious and kept to themselves, at least on the surface.

It's not that there are no sailors who can't stand it and want to escape from this terrifying cave, but what awaits them is naturally the roar of the flintlock pistol and the torture of the sharp blade enough to shake the soul.

The first sailor who tried to escape tried to escape while the guards around him relaxed, but before he could run a few tens of meters away, he fell miserably under a volley of the line infantry on the side.

With only a few terrible howls, the sailor fell asleep without even having time to struggle.

However, although the death of this sailor made all the sailors shocked and angry, all kinds of thoughts of escape did not disappear, but took root in their hearts like seeds, and then grew stronger and stronger.

And for the next week, there were intermittent undead sailors who wanted to escape from the cave, either by trying to escape through the shroud of color, or by secretly bribing the Imperial soldiers who guarded them, or ...... In short, there are all kinds of solutions.

However, without exception, the final fate of all sailors ended in a cold bleakness, and excluding the cold corpses that fell to the ground, the blood-stained earth may be the only trace of their existence.

And with this constant surge of blood, a sailor who was still thinking about it before slowly calmed down from his original anger and madness.

In the current situation, it was almost impossible for them to escape, and even if they managed to escape from the guards of the guards, they were still trapped on the lazy island.

Without boats, no matter how much they go around the Drifting Island, these sailors will not escape the fate of being captured.

While a sailor's mind is floating, he is also continuing to wait and see.

However, a massacre that followed made all the sailors obediently hide their thoughts.

Of the more than 1,200 sailors, sailors responsible for building roads, mining stones, and cutting down trees naturally accounted for the majority, but in addition to these three, there were also many sailors in other areas.

This was the case in the area responsible for the construction of the horse farm, because the number of sailors was not more than a hundred, and the number of Imperial soldiers in charge of the care was naturally much smaller, only about thirty.

However, who would have thought that the hundreds of sailors in this area would rebel in unison, and when they were working the next day, these guys would actually try to use their numerical advantage to kill the Imperial soldiers who were in charge of guarding the vicinity.

In the end, these sailors naturally did not succeed, how could these frail, defenseless and hungry guys be the opponents of the Imperial soldiers who were full of physical strength and equipped with sophisticated weapons and armor, and with a frenzied, rapid, but short battle, the team of nearly 100 sailors finally fell in a pool of blood.

As for the Empire's side, apart from a few soldiers who were slightly wounded, there was no battle damage at all.

Also, a flock of weak sheep actually tried to fight a flock of raging lions, and what awaited them was naturally the end of destruction.

And when the bloody corpse was hung up as a warning, all the sailors were truly honest.

After all, although the current days are extremely tormenting, their lives, no matter what, are still saved after all, and once there is any change in this situation, the sickle of death is afraid that it will fall silently.

And at this time, under the command of these imperial soldiers, these captured sailors began a new day of intense labor.

Carrying heavy logs on their shoulders to and from the forest to the warehouse, the sailors had a painful look on their faces, for a week's hard work had caused a pile of blood to blister on their shoulders and palms, and at night they returned to the makeshift dilapidated houses, and each one could not help but let out a low, hoarse wail because of the soreness of their bodies.

However, with the bloody killing before, although these sailors were miserable, they didn't dare to reveal much at all, they were really afraid.

ps: Thanks to the "Poor Lonely" pro-reward of 100 coins.