Duke had already spoken about the existence of witches in the barracks before, and due to the peculiarities of the army, it didn't cause much of a stir. And through the spread of the army, in fact, Storm Castle almost knew that the lord was not taboo about witches, and even witches served in the city.

However, these were only "verbal agreements", and the witches still did not receive the identity of Stormcastle, unlike the citizens and peasants, who had a wooden plaque issued by the town hall. Because in terms of the law, Stormcastle has not yet recognized the witch's citizenship status, and it is still a "black account".

Now Duke has finally made good on his promise, using the First City Lord Decree to declare the legitimacy of the witches' identities, and will give them the same formal treatment as the residents of Stormcastle.

One can imagine how much movement this city lord's order will cause when it is announced in Storm Castle. After all, this layer of window paper, the responsibility and pressure that need to be borne after piercing will be a world of difference.

To take the simplest example, the previous default attitude, even if it was an investigation by the Holy See, Duke could turn his face and deny people, and directly sell the witch and there would be nothing to do. But once the lord's decree is issued, this is the evidence of the decree, and Duke will bear all the consequences.

"Lord Lord......"

After Rose shouted, her voice choked up and she couldn't speak anymore, because she could never have imagined that Duke would do this.

In the face of Rose's excitement, Duke said calmly: "This is the respect you deserve. ”

The contribution of witches and dark mages has been indelible to the development of Stormcastle, and without them, Stormcastle would still live in fear of being attacked by ice demons at any time, or it would have been breached.

If there is no respect for the most basic identity for someone who has made such a contribution to Storm Castle, then how can Duke recruit other people on the continent to serve him in the future? And Duke understands that his scientific heart will never succumb to the oppression of religion, and sooner or later there will be an outbreak.

The issuance of the No. 1 City Lord Order of Storm Castle, even if many people were mentally prepared, it still caused an uproar. After all, this is something that has never been done on Europa for hundreds of years.

But in the face of Duke's current dominance and personal prestige, the influence of the Holy See has been weakened to the extreme in Stormcastle. Even the residents of Stormcastle were shocked, more surprised by their own ideas and habits since childhood, than by their rebellion against Duke's decree, and the effects of this matter would quickly dissipate over time.

The edict of the city lord to liberate the witches was issued, and Duke officially accepted the allegiance of all the witches, even Hera, because they were already subjects of Stormcastle. However, this matter may be unbelievable in the eyes of others, but Duke does not take it seriously, he has more important things to do.

After issuing the City Lord's Order, Duke found Watt and Copperbeard, who had come to Stormcastle yesterday, and led them to the hydro factory outside the city, which was the real technological core of Stormcastle.

After seeing the tall steelmaking blast furnace of the hydroelectric factory, the precise hydraulic power composition, and the surging mechanical power brought by the hammer forging machine, Watt was deeply impressed by the scene in front of him. As a fanatical admirer of mechanical power, there is nothing more refreshing than the rudimentary form of industrial production in front of you!

Not only Watt, but Copperbeard was also shocked after seeing the hydraulic hammer forging of Storm Castle! He never thought that there was such a crazy hammer forging method in the world, even the dwarven craftsmen who claimed to be the continental hammer forging race, in front of the power and efficiency of the hydraulic hammer forging machine, they were only the light of fire.

"Lord Duke, this ...... Did you really build it?"

Watt stammered, still a little unable to believe his eyes, the hydroelectric factory had given him a completely different way of production, and even broke his perception. Because even the steam engine, due to its low thermal efficiency, was only a "toy" with low practicality in this era, and it did not become the source of power for industrial production at all.

"Your eyes already tell you the truth. Duke also replied proudly, it can be said that the hydroelectric factory is his greatest pride and achievement in this world.

"By the way, I'm going to introduce you to you, Serra, you should all have heard of it, a famous alchemist in the continent, but now the chief scientist of the Stormcastle Metal Laboratory, specializing in various metal alloys, will improve the metal craftsmanship of the entire Stormcastle. ”

"This Bruno, once a heretic of the Staunch Heliocentrism, is now a mechanical engineer in a hydraulic factory. You can see that the gear set and crank shaft of the hydraulic machine were made by him, which created the foundation for the development of the hammer forging machine. ”

After introducing each other, Duke turned to Copperbeard and said, "Copperbeard, you are a master dwarven craftsman, if you want, I can build you an weapons laboratory in the Water Factory, or even a special arsenal, and you will be responsible for the weapon forging of Storm Castle in the future." ”

The forging ability of the dwarven master craftsmen is famous in the continent, and their entire race exists in forging, and if the future Storm Castle weapons are handed over to the copper whiskers, it will be much more reliable than the current ones, after all, the complexity and requirements of the weapons are much higher than the armor of plate armor.

Duke had been thinking about how to transform Stormcastle's weapons craftsmanship before, and now it was a ready-made one.

The Copper Whiskers have long been conquered by the mechanical hammer forging of the Hydro Factory, not to mention the magical blast furnace smelting of Storm Castle, which is no less than the level of the dwarves. So he patted his chest on the spot and agreed, saying, "No problem, Lord Duke, I will build you the sharpest blade on the continent!"

"Lord Duke, what can I do for you?"

Hearing that Duke had already arranged the task of Copperbeard, Watt also asked anxiously, because everything in front of him was simply an alchemist's paradise, and he couldn't wait to participate in it now.

"I have only one task for you, and that is to develop a steam engine, and you have a priority, and both Copperbeard and Sierra can work with you. ”

"Steam engine?" Watt was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Duke's request to be this.

"That's right, it's to develop a steam engine, but it's not an existing steam engine, I need you to modify the condenser and cylinder, and even the transmission system to crank gear transmission, no matter what method you use, what help you need, at least to increase the efficiency to more than twice the existing steam engine, surpassing the steam engine of the goblin engineer. ”

In fact, the steam engine on this continent far exceeded the level of the Middle Ages on the earth, and even the level of the early improvement of watts on the earth. Because goblin technology has widely used steam engines in mining, gravel, drainage, etc., but most of the human beings are ignorant of this except for a few people.

But Duke was not satisfied with this efficiency, he needed a more practical and miniaturized steam engine, or even a steam turbine, to build the foundation for future ship power. Therefore, if you want to truly enter the steam revolution, you must make the efficiency of the steam engine greatly improved again and become a real source of power!