"Your Lord!"

Seeing Meria's figure, Will immediately gave a military salute, but it was this civilian who was going to come to see him, and after seeing Meria himself, he was a little nervous, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Let's go in and talk. Meria nodded to the two of them, lifted the curtain of the tent and walked straight inside.

"Just find a place to sit. Merial didn't say much and went straight to the point: "Do you have something you want to tell me?"

"My lord, my name is Morrison, and Lord Ron mentioned to our craftsmen in Boer City a material called cement, and after it was developed, there will be a reward for gold coins. That's what I'm here for. ”

Meria was somewhat disappointed in his heart, he also thought that this young man had Ron's information, after all, Ron's life and death, the three people who left Bonorton did not see it with their own eyes, although the probability of Ron's death was quite high, but Meria still had a trace of thought in his heart.

"My lord, you can come and take a look, what we have developed is also in the convoy of this condolence group. ”

Morrison led Merial to the back of the camp where various carriages were parked, one of which was stacked with small wooden crates, and Merria saw some black objects in the wooden crates. Morrison grabbed the bottom of the wooden box and shook it twice, and the black lumps fell to the ground, and there were still some black scum left at the bottom of the wooden box.

"That's what you call 'cement'?" Merial was surprised.

"At the beginning, Lord Ron said that this kind of thing was like mud, but when it dried, it was very hard, and it could even be used to build roads and houses, and we craftsmen really didn't know how to make mud harder than stone, but after more than a month of work, it finally got a little bit of shape. ”

Merial looked at the black squares on the ground, and Ron had mentioned cement to her many times, and Ron had said more than once that this material was no less important than gunpowder. If gunpowder is the strong, sharp spear of the Boer collars, then cement is their solid shield.

Meria didn't speak directly, but drew her saber from her waist and slashed it at the surface of the black square.

I only heard a crisp sound, although the black object had a certain degree of hardness, but it could not resist the sharpness of the sword, the blade cut directly into the square, Meria's wrist was slightly forced, and the piece was directly broken by the blade and split into two halves.

Morrison's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I admit your efforts, but this thing really isn't real cement. Meria smiled and sheathed her sword, "You craftsmen still need to work hard." ”

"My lord, this ......" Morrison plucked up his courage: "This is already the limit, there is no such thing in this world." ”

"No, it doesn't exist now, but it certainly exists, like the black powder we use, have you ever heard of this before?" Meria smiled, "I believe Ron, he wouldn't lie to anyone in this matter." You still need to continue to work hard, try more and do more research, as for the cost of research, you can apply directly to me, and I will arrange for you to pay it. ”

"My lord, Mr. Ron is not here, I would like to ask him directly. Morrison asked.

"Ron isn't here, he's gone to Westhale on an errand, and won't be back anytime soon. ”

Morrison clenched his fists: "My lord, I will definitely get the cement out!"

"Come on, I believe in you. Merial replied with a smile.

After sending the young man away, Meria returned to the camp with some weariness and sat down in her chair.

"My lord, it's hard for me to imagine that some mud can make the blade unreadable, and if it were me, I might have given up. ”

"The world needs some paranoia. Meria sighed lightly: "Although it is not a good thing to die with a goal, miracles are often created by these people. How's it going, Will?"

"My lord, I was just about to tell you about this. The expression on Will's face suddenly became serious: "In the past two days, the enemy's offensive has suddenly become fierce. ”

"Will our warriors be able to withstand it?" Meria asked.

"We can withstand it, but our casualty numbers are rising, and the enemy is attacking more frequently. They didn't care about the casualties of their troops, but the enemy didn't drive the refugees up for the past two days, and our mines killed many of the Roa Collar soldiers. ”

"I think Lord Roa should have come to the front line. Meria sneered: "Only if the lord is on the front line in person can the enemy be so crazy." ”

"My lord, if our troops can't withstand it, I think we can do a conscription in our territory. ”

"Conscription?" Meria was surprised, "The population of Bol City ......"

"My lord, you don't have to worry about this, the development of Boer City has definitely exceeded our imagination. ”

In fact, before Meria and Ron arrived in Ball City, the previous city lord had already promulgated a policy to stimulate the population to give birth, because Ball City is relatively remote, and the population loss is more serious, many young people are eager to go to bigger cities, for example, Hamp City is a good choice for them, and the people who stay in the city are relatively old, and after Merial and Ron arrived, they directly increased the reward measures.

During the war years, the demand for human resources was considerable, and the recruitment of soldiers, the hiring of workers by merchants, the conquest of artisans, and the production of the labor of hunters and farmers engaged in hunting required a large amount of labor.

If we want to increase human resources, the most fundamental way is to encourage childbearing, early marriage and early childbearing. At the same time, the level of medical care is improved to improve the survival rate of newborns as much as possible. Some of the newlyweds in the Bol Territory were only fifteen years old and could get married, and he was married now, and in two years he had children, and after fifteen years, his children would have been able to join the army, if the Bol Territory had existed at that time.

In addition to normal childbirth, there are also a large number of refugees, these immigrants from other places have brought rich human resources to the Boer Territory, which is why Lord Roa will directly block the border, and make a move to drive the refugees to the battlefield, many of these refugees are young and middle-aged, compared to the craftsmen, the soldiers' salaries are higher, and they are also eager to fight for such a wise lord. If you want to talk about "Shadow of Exile" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~