In October, the development of Lorrainburg was completely on track, and Lorrainburg did not produce grain, so Martin took advantage of the affection formed during the capture of Gjint to place an early grain order to the three provinces of the Baden Forest to the west.

The purchase price, which is a premium of 20% over previous years, highlights Lorrainburg's deep pockets and makes the three public smiles.

It's been a good year. When the grain harvest is large, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing. If no one buys it, grain prices will plummet in minutes, resulting in a situation where rice is cheap and hurts farmers.

Grain storage in this era was also primitive, and the wooden barns standing on the surface of the ground were good to keep out the rain. With such storage conditions, there is no way to cause loss such as mold.

As a traverser, Martin prepared a large number of underground warehouses on the other side of the mountain early. Not only is the environment cool and dry, but the walls are also painted with plaster to prevent leakage.

Martin went through the books of the Millennial War and found something very important: the land corroded by the forces of chaos would crack everywhere as if it had been covered in lava, and tongues of fire and all kinds of poisonous gases would continue to spew out from the cracks.

Even the priests of Sigmar, the god of light, used holy light everywhere to drive out the power of chaos, but it still took a thousand days to restore the land that had not been completely corrupted by chaos.

As for the land that was completely chaotic, it could never be restored, and it became the land of chaos in the northeast of today's Kaos continent.

In the more than three years that the earth has been corroded by the forces of chaos, because of the long-term lack of harvest, the people who died in the famine were almost equal to those who died under the butcher's knife under the chaos army.

Martin wasn't sure if the situation would turn out like that, but he had money anyway, so he just had food in his hands and didn't panic in his heart.

Before you know it, Lorraine has become a large city with two knights, plus a garrison of 3,000 people, and 10,000 civilians.

It's a crazy gambler-like way of development, and if the expansion fails, it will fall into the typical sitting and eating mountain. Those 10,000 civilians alone could not support more than 7,000 professional soldiers.

On the other hand, Lorrainburg is not very self-sufficient, but it has a unique advantage.

By next year, Ggent's iron ore and newly discovered clay mines would be in full production, and Fort Lorraine would be able to export dwarven weapons and pottery in large quantities.

At that time, as long as Martin took the wasteland province, even if it was only one or two small cities, Lorraineburg's strength would increase rapidly, and its strength would be even stronger.

Things were going well in Lorrainburg, and the harvest festival in Bakaria was approaching, and Martin had to return to the royal capital, because Martin couldn't run away from the engagement ceremony with Princess Eliza, and it was at this time that Martin welcomed a special guest.

A fleet of seven Rick Empire merchant ships is heading down the river.

It is said that it is a merchant ship, and the ships escorted are not ambiguous. Those were two would-be cruisers. Slightly less tonnage than the Mermaid, but with more artillery. There are a total of 20 7-pounder guns on both sides, which is already a giant in this inland river.

On each merchant ship, there were no less than 50 musketeers and 50 sailors.

Such a big battle, because the big man in the ship, is very likely to become the next Empress of the Empire Karna Lopez.

From the ship's tower, Karna looked to the northwest, and although the legendary city that had been built in less than a year was still beyond the horizon, she seemed to be able to see the city of miracles in front of her eyes.

Gently picking at her blonde hair, which was softer than the Golden Fleece, and letting the long hair float in the river breeze, Karna smiled at the burly white-haired old general beside her: "Godfather, I'm always a little melancholy, my ally has done such a beautiful job, but I have a feeling of being trapped in the quagmire and unable to exert my strength." ”

"We're in a much better situation than we were back then, at least we've taken almost all of Rick's province. ”

"But it's not enough! Far from it! The civil war has gone on for too long. I don't believe that the orcs of the south, the vampires of the east, or the barbarians of the north can lie dormant for so long. ”

General Ram shrugged: "Then you can compromise." After all, it is indeed difficult for a strong man to overwhelm the other two electors with the strength of one elector. ”

"No—I can share a lot of things, but only men and the imperial power can't share in this world!" Karna was bright and her eyes were blazing, "So we need - cement!"

This is the pride of Karna Lopez, the flower of empire.

It is also the pride of the next Empress of the Empire.

Ram shrugged: "Why does it sound like you're going to Lorrainburg to rob a man, but people have a marriage contract to marry their own princess." ”

Choked by her own godfather, Karna's expression on her face fluctuated, and her originally picturesque golden eyebrows were raised, as if a sharp sword was raised and pointed obliquely at the sky, proudly puffing up her chest that was growing stronger and stronger: "There is no man worthy of me in this world." When he becomes the king of Baccaria, it will be about the same as a dowry for the whole of Bakaria. ”

Ram pretended to mutter, "After all, I don't agree with Martin......"

"You ......" Karna instantly turned into a little tiger, pulling Ram's white hair and whiskers, frolicking.

But the next morning, Karna was stunned.

"Sigma is on top...... What's that!?"

Under the rising sun, two thick gray lines appeared on the sparkling river-sea connecting line. It was like a man and a woman eager for a tryst, eagerly extending their arms from the banks of the Rick River to each other.

If you look closely, you can clearly see that it is a typical artificial creation.

"Oh my God, it's almost three miles here, right?"

General Ram was right. If you include the approach bridge, the total length of this [Martin Bridge] is more than three kilometers. However, this is an era of war, and as the main bridge for attacking the wasteland, Martin prioritizes using cargo ships to transport a large amount of cement to the other side, establishing a bridgehead on the other side in the standard sense.

In terms of scale alone, the bridgehead on the other side of the river is the size of the new Lorrainburg. Even if it is only a rudimentary shape, you can clearly see the outer wall that is more than a kilometer long and wide.

The bridgehead adopts a double-walled, double-bunker design. It looks like the Petronas Twin Towers.

Under the cover of a bridgehead at one end of the wasteland, the entire Martin Bridge was constructed in both directions.

Originally, Martin didn't want to be so prodigal. However, he found that he was driving piles under the water with the [Heavenly Lock] too quickly. The fixation of the bridge piers is faster than the construction of the bridge deck, and if he doesn't want the [Heavenly Lock] to be exposed early, then he can only wait patiently for the craftsmen to build the bridge deck full.

Martin simply ran to the east side of the river and continued to work on piling at the bottom of the river under the guidance of the system elves.

So what Karna saw was huge stone pillars standing firmly on the surface of the river.