"Understood, lord. ”

Fedor's request for Duke didn't make any sense, as he also felt that the current Storm Armor was not producing enough and that more Hydraulic Hammer Forging machines were needed to meet the demand.

But the biggest problem now is that the location of the lower Seine River estuary where the Storm Castle is located, the water area where the best hydraulic machinery can be used has been placed with hydraulic rollers, after all, the Storm Castle is not just a storm armor demand, such as weapons, cement, and farm tools, all need hydraulic hammer forging machines to replace the ability, so that more people are digging mines.

After all, with the substantial increase in population, Storm Castle is also undergoing drastic changes, the original residents only need to have a mouthful of whatever food to satisfy, now that the living conditions have improved, they have begun to ask for white flour to make bread and other better ingredients, so water-powered mills are also everywhere, but the number of humans in Storm Castle alone is now more than 250,000 people, not to mention the two other races of fish people and dwarves.

More importantly, the large increase in war horses has also greatly increased the demand for grain and bean cakes, and water resources can not only be used for the military, but also for agriculture. When there is no big war, people's livelihood is fundamental, and now Storm Fort wants to attract manpower on a large scale, and it is necessary to ensure the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of residents, so as to change the reputation of Storm Fort as a dead place before.

After talking about some of the situation about the Storm Army, Duke remembered the problem of Alpine City that he had told Andy before, so he turned to Ferdo and asked, "Fedor, how is the situation in Alpine City now, especially Count Filip, how is his condition?"

For the changes in Alpine City, Fedor has always been concerned, and the reason is simple, that is, the ambition of the Prince of Andorra has aroused Fedorra's vigilance. Not only did he control Alpine City, but even the other minor lords in Andorra's kingdom were in a state of submission.

After all, the current army of the Prince of Andorra has more than increased several times compared to when it first came to the fiefdom a few years ago. And what he accepted was not a ragtag army, part of the Imperial Eleventh Legion, a part of the Imperial Frontier Knights, most of the Third Imperial Legion, almost all of the Alpine Legion, plus his own Andorran prince's army and a few thousand miscellaneous small lords, the Andorran prince's army has gone from 10,000 to 30,000 at the beginning, and now it is 50,000.

This military strength is almost very exaggerated, in a sense, it is not weaker than the eldest son of the empire, Prince Edward, and it may not even be as good as the Prince of Andorra in terms of the number of soldiers in the legion directly under the Emperor of France, especially now that Storm Castle can be called the only independent force in the Prince of Andorra, after annexing Alpine City, the next step may be Duke's Storm Castle, how can you not be vigilant.

"Lord Hui, during this period of time, I have been in a state of close surveillance of Alpine City. About half a year ago, there was a mutiny in Alpine City, and some of the soldiers led by the second son of Count Filip directly opened the city gate and let in the army of the Prince of Andorra. ”

At that time, Count Filip still thought that there was the existence of His Majesty the Emperor, and the Prince of Andorra did not dare to do anything to him, but he did not expect that the Prince of Andorra did not do anything, but his son Ott directly killed his brother and became the direct heir of Count Filip, and declared that Alpine City was completely loyal to the Prince of Andorra, and the control of the Alpine Army was also taken away by the Prince of Andorra, and even Count Fili himself had been imprisoned in the castle and became a de facto puppet. ”

"Now in the civil administration and external name of Alpine City, it is still Count Filip, but the actual controller is Ott. In terms of military affairs, it has been completely controlled by the Prince of Andorra, and there are almost 5,000 troops of the Prince of Andorra also stationed in Alpine City, which can be regarded as monitoring the previous subjugated Alpine troops. But in a sense, Ott is also a puppet, and all his decrees require the consent of the Prince of Andorra, but according to one of the castle servants I bribed, Count Fili is still very angry and awaits the day of revenge. ”

After listening to Fedor's story, Duke knew the details of the incident in Alpine City after he left, and at the same time, Duke also knew what he wanted to know the most, that is, Count Fili's rebellious heart, since the Prince of Andorra could use this to occupy Alpine City, then he could also use this to swallow Alpine City.

It can be said that the current development of Storm Castle is two paths, one is to forcibly break into the Valley of Monsters, kill all the ice demons and hellish creatures, and then open a new territory to come out. In fact, Duke is doing the same now, building a wall in the Valley of the Monsters and occupying the most fertile and irrigated land on the banks of the Seine.

But the overall area of the Monster Valley, as far as the current speculation goes, is almost the same as that of the French Empire, and no one knows if it extends on the side of the Sea of Death. In addition to the Ice Demon, there are other more powerful existences inside, and the human race is currently unknown. With the current power of Storm Castle, trying to forcibly occupy the entire Monster Valley is simply a snake swallowing an elephant.

The second way is naturally to develop towards the interior of the Fran Empire, originally Duke had this idea, but he was not sure of this, so he built the wall of the Monster Valley. But now it's different, the French Empire has experienced a battle on the northern defense line, not only lost troops, but also entered the freezing point of the relationship with Duke Otto, plus their plan against Duke was also directly poked out by Duke, and the current Duke Otto still took the original friendship and did not take precautions, which can be described as stupid.

Duke believed that Duke Otto would not be stupid to this extent, and the rest of the empire would not believe that the Emperor of France would not be more wary of Duke Otto's counterattack, so the force he placed on the northern defense line would inevitably affect the available troops in the hands of Henry VII.

The continued decline of the Franco-Rangian central power led to the rise of the Prince of Andorra, and even the substantial annexation of Alpine City. In addition, after the arrival of winter, the Milan Empire is estimated not to give up this good opportunity, Prince Edward Duke has seen it once, although he looks a lot better than the Prince of Andorra, at least he can afford the title of prince, but he will definitely not be a naïve and kind person, it can be seen from the fact that he will not let go after the military power in his hands, and he is no longer willing to be lonely.

So if the Prince of Andorra can swallow it, I Duke can do it!