Watt was a little disappointed when he heard that Duke did not let him continue to develop a higher level of steam engine, but directly asked him to find a way to mass produce it.

After all, he was a scientist, not a businessman. The scientist's pursuit of science and technology is endless, and he is far from satisfied with the steam engine at this stage.

But Watt also understood that in the current situation of Storm Castle, it was not easy for Lord Duke to lead Storm Castle to survive and grow in the cracks, and urgently improving the strength of Storm Castle was the most important thing, so he nodded and replied, "I understand Lord Lord." ”

Seeing that Watt didn't seem happy, Duke probably guessed what was going on in his mind. For this kind of scientific and technological talents, it is still necessary to properly appease them, so as not to dampen their determination to scientific research.

So at this time, Duke patted Watt on the shoulder and said, "Watt, I know what you have in mind, but you have to believe that Storm Castle will definitely be the frontier of science and technology in this world, and the exploration of future technology will never stop." So this is only temporary, my lord's vision is not only satisfied with this kind of steam engine, after the mass production of a batch of mines to increase the output, I will continue to support your improvement of the steam engine!"

Hearing Duke say this, Watt's face showed an embarrassed smile, he was just a momentary disappointment in his heart, and he did not doubt Duke's meaning.

"I'm sorry Lord, but I thought too much. ”

"It's okay, keep up the good work!"

Duke smiled back, and then began to continue his inspection of the mine, trying to meet with the miners at the bottom. Because Duke understands that the mortality rate of miners in this world is extremely high, after all, when you go down to the mine, life and death are left to God.

Therefore, Duke has always been very good for the miners, and since the current mine output is all produced by Fort Storm, these miners are also considered "state-owned employees", and their wages are much higher than before, even if it is a dangerous type of work, they are also very motivated.

After the trip to the mine, Duke went to the hydroelectric factory again, after all, the year is now over, and the matter of the ice demon is almost done, and the hydroelectric factory will be in full construction stage. However, due to the freezing in winter, the hydroelectric plant has an extra job every day, which is to break the ice and make the water wheel rotate.

If it were the same as before, this kind of icebreaking is also one of the very dangerous actions, after all, if you fall under the ice hole, it will definitely be a lifeless situation. But now it's different, with the addition of the Sea Clan warriors, there is no longer any problem with de-icing.

At the same time, now that Storm Fortress and Storm New Town are being built simultaneously, the demand for building materials such as cement and steel bars has increased exponentially. In addition, the Storm Armor needs to be started, and there is a great demand for steel, so in order to cope with such a scene, the hydroelectric factory has been expanded a lot, and several smelting blast furnaces have been added to ensure steel production.

However, the quality requirements of construction steel are far lower than the quality of storm armor and weapons, so these smelting blast furnaces are not end-of-life blast furnaces, but ordinary blast furnaces controlled by dwarves, which also makes the demand for Storm Castle magicians not vacant again.

Duke planned to first build the armor of the Sea Clan's five thousand elite fish-man warriors, because now the entire 100,000 people of the Storm Sea Clan were huddled in a small place at the mouth of the Seine, and it was really impossible to use it. Moreover, with the overfishing, the supply of fishery resources is becoming more and more insufficient, and the demand for food in Storm Castle is also increasing, and the Ministry of Agriculture is under pressure.

The sea is where the sea tribes should be, and Storm Fortress is just a haven, but it's definitely not a place to retreat. Only by letting the Storm Sea Clan go to the sea can the food problem be completely solved, and even more fish can be caught to make up for the current lack of meat in Storm Castle.

But if you want to enter the sea, you must face the mad shark tribe blocked at your doorstep. After more than two months of troop deployment, there are now more than 10,000 fish-man warriors from the Shark Tribe on the periphery of the Storm Fortress. And with the retreat of the Sea Giant Tribe, the Shark Tribe will put all its forces on Storm Castle in the future, and there will be more than 20,000 fish-man warriors blocking their doorstep.

It's not a way to be blocked like this, but you have to find a way to get out after all. In the case of Storm Fort, there are no warships, and if you want to fight out, you can only rely on the Wave Tribe itself. But Duke has absolute confidence, and with the full version of the Storm One Warframe, this well-trained Storm Navy will have no problem fighting against the 10,000 Shark Tribe Fishman Warriors.

As for being able to deal with 20,000, Duke can't guarantee this. Therefore, he must give priority to the production of the Storm Navy's armor before all the members of the Shark Tribe assemble, so that they can first defeat the 10,000 Shark Tribe soldiers blocking their doorstep, so that the Shark Tribe will not be able to form an absolute superiority over the Storm Fort.

Everything is going according to Duke's plan, and the Storm Force is also doing intensive training to best prepare for the upcoming expedition. Taking advantage of this period of final preparation, Duke came to Nicole's seed lab, because when he left, it was the time for spring ploughing, and if he wanted to completely solve the food problem next year, Nicole's magic seeds would play a vital role.

After all, Duke is not satisfied with the scale of 300,000 people in Stormcastle, and raising so many troops under this population base is basically sacrificing the free commercial development of Stormcastle and a complete militaristic system. Once Stormfort does not make a war move, this all-out militaristic economy will eventually slowly crush Stormfort.

Duke is naturally very familiar with the principle that warlike battles will perish, and forgetting war will be dangerous, so he must expand Storm Castle to grow, and then expand domestic demand to digest some of Storm Castle's production capacity. At the same time, it also dilutes the conscription ratio and prepares for the future source of soldiers, so in the next time, Duke's action to absorb displaced people and bankrupt farmers in other territories will not stop, and even increase the population inflow!

Coming to Nicole's Seed Lab, this is the first time Duke has been here since the lab was built. However, although Duke has not been to this laboratory, Duke has always had suggestions from the beginning of construction, such as building a greenhouse with double wall heating, as well as ensuring sufficient lighting to allow plants to maintain photosynthesis indoors, and various botanical concepts that are only available in later generations, Duke told Nicole in advance that it is to shorten the research time and allow the seeds to germinate and grow in winter!