"Parchment will soon be a thing of the past, and this paper is the way of the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

What Roddy was holding in his hand was no longer the slippery and thick "parchment", but the real "paper" he had made from the "Elson City Magic Research Department".

"Papermaking" can be called one of the four major inventions, the important significance is not that Cai Lun invented paper, but that he improved the process of papermaking, so that the cost of paper has been reduced to an unprecedented level - low-cost paper means that the cost of disseminating knowledge is reduced, and it also indicates the leap forward of civilization.

However, Roddy did not plan to elaborate on the impact of "paper" on the whole country or even the world in the future, and the cabinet members present, including Sally, did not realize what low-cost paper meant. So he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to look at the contents of the paper.

These are all simple schematic diagrams, although they are not standard, but he can still figure out the proportions after learning engineering drawing. Estimates were made for loads, speeds, road standards, and building consumption, and after reading them, several lords quickly constructed a rough image in their minds, and at the same time felt that all this was incredible, they also asked their own questions: "Prime Minister, where are these things going to be built?"

The first phase is expected to start next year, stretching directly from Elson to Hollier, with the route roughly passing through these cities. Luo Di walked to the map of the territory on the side, directly stretched out his hand and drew one, and then pointed his fingertips downward, pointing to the southernmost coast of the territory: "The second phase will be postponed for a year, all the way to the south, all the way to this side." ”

"What are you doing there?"

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister... You're not going to build a port there, are you?"

This made everyone a little silent - Ivota is not a mountain of gold and silver, and the consumption of this railway system alone is appalling enough, not to mention the need to build a port?

If there is a port, you must have a ship, right? How to build a dock? Who will build the ship? At present, the only person who has shipbuilding technology can only find Charles II's royal family, and he may agree?

"That's right, I'm going to build a port here. And you must remember... This will be the most important city in the kingdom of Karen in the future, and I hope that this will become the crossroads of the world. ”

Luo Di pointed to the blank area on the map: "Everyone must wonder if we have enough manpower, material resources and money to do all this, in fact, the answer is here." ”

He took out a standard charged hedron: "Whether it's the Karen royal family, or the Rasiman Kingdom, or the Tasman... It's all going to be done. ”

While the situation in the kingdom of Karen calmed down again, Bergen's territory was the only region that was still stirring up.

Count Mirno was in a terrible mood, he no longer knew how many teacups he had smashed, but the messages that came made him more and more annoyed...

"Viscount Nusco said that his soldiers had suffered heavy losses, and two of the three knights were seriously wounded, so..."

"So this coward chose to be a deserter? huh?"

The butler didn't know how to answer Milnor's words, because this was already the sixth nobleman who did not want to be counted in the battle, so that a third of the nobles and knights who had gathered together from the Earl of Moore had chosen to withdraw - they would rather pay a huge amount of military expenses than go into battle...

Mirno had nowhere to vent his evil fire, his hair had turned a lot gray for a few days, and his eyes looked like half a skeleton soldier after his eyes were sunken. He waved his hand and said to the butler: "Forget it, after all, there are knights in the territory who are willing to fight, and I will make up the military expenses even if I smash the pot and sell iron." The soldiers are not expensive, and it is not enough to fight Ivota than anyone else. ”

These words were naturally comforting himself, but the butler's subsequent words made him almost spurt out a mouthful of blood: "Master, after Count Moore stepped down, the logistics of those injured knights and nobles have not been taken care of until now, if they are not settled... I'm afraid that the knights who were able to continue the battle will also choose to quit. ”

"This old fox who should eat!"

Mirno's shrill voice changed its tone - for an aristocratic army with cavalry, logistics was definitely an unbounded number... As the leader of this combat mission, you have to pay for your own manpower and material resources, and you expect that group of people to bring their own dry food to fight with you in the future? Don't dream! Slap your ass and leave in minutes!

The Earl of Moore had relied on the prestige he had accumulated over the years to quickly assemble such a team. But with Sauron's overwhelming charge, the demoralized troops were actually struggling to take on their responsibilities. Many of them rushed to fight in a hurry with their own logistics, and now that the battle is over, they haven't returned, who will pay for the money spent on eating and drinking by people from all walks of life? If Mirno doesn't serve well, this group of nobles who stayed behind will definitely make trouble as soon as possible...

To put it bluntly, this is the sequelae left by Moore's direct picking, and Mirno is now pinching his nose to swallow this breath.

"Give them what should be given, and at the same time tell them that what is going on now is a 'battle of conquest', not a 'battle to recover territory'!" Mirno waved his hand viciously, and the green tendons on his forehead were highlighted: "Everything in Evata, as long as you can take it, you can take as much as you want!"

As soon as these words came out, the housekeeper's face suddenly changed. Because the war within the Karen Kingdom has never stopped, there are frictions between various families and forces every year, but even if there are casualties, there are never bad behaviors such as robbery or even plunder, because the nobles are often directly captured after defeat, and used to exchange for ransom, even the soldiers can be returned by giving money.

But as soon as the "war of conquest" came out, it meant that Evta was dealt with as an enemy - no more ransoms, no more gentlemen's battles or duels, only naked attacks and plunder!

Although "what you grab is your own" can greatly increase the enthusiasm of the nobles participating in the war, if you want to really digest the territory of Ivta, such an act is definitely a move with endless troubles...

But the problem is that if Mirno wants to start a war as soon as possible, there is only one way to go.

Milno's decision also made him feel a little prostration, and he sat back in his armchair and asked a little tiredly, "By the way, what are those things called..."Newspapers", have you thoroughly checked them?"

The butler looked bitter and replied in a low voice: "It has been ascertained that it is the Palling Merchant Firm, but these Comptoir Firms in Bergen's territory have all been evacuated, and the Palling Merchant Firm in other regions is still protected, and wants to forcibly disperse them... It's more difficult. ”

"Who dares to shelter them?!"

Mirno suddenly felt that he was really stuffing his teeth when he drank cold water, and stood up angrily: "Which lord has to fight against me?" (To be continued.) )