After the tent meeting was over, Tork returned to his tent, and as soon as he walked into the tent, he directly kicked over the table in front of him, and roared angrily: "Those sea tribes are all waste, giving them the opportunity to occupy a stronghold on the mainland, and they didn't even capture Storm Castle in a sneak attack!"

Seeing Teucer's angry appearance, Baron Colin, the sergeant major of Maple Leaf City, who had been standing silently on the side, said gloomily: "Lord City, they were originally just a small tribe in the Sea of Death Territory, although the Storm Castle was not strong at that time, but it was still very difficult for the Sea Clan tribe who did not have sophisticated equipment to conquer the fortress. ”

"Are we just watching Duke develop step by step? Just now, my father has clearly revealed his surprise at Duke's performance, and if he continues to do so, maybe his father will pay attention to him and return to the heir to the title. ”

"Of course we can't have one more competitor, but the Sea Clan doesn't know what deal they have reached with Duke, and they don't want to attack Stormcastle again. As for the other Sea Clan forces, I have already tried to contact them again, but they are too far away from the Storm Fortress, and maybe the price we pay will be much higher than the previous Fasqi tribe. ”

"It doesn't matter what the price is, as long as I can sit in the duke's position one day, it's all at my fingertips. And I'm not a father, and I'm stuck in the duke's position. Colin, this continent is so rich and wonderful, what is the meaning of life in just a corner of peace, my father's fighting spirit has been consumed in the years!"

When Teucer said this, his tone was full of a careerist arrogance, he had never agreed with his father's ideas, since he was already a great man and controlled the army, why not go any further?

"Lord Castle, I'll help you do it. Colin replied with a feverish look on his face, which was why he was loyal to Teucer, because he was also unwilling to stop at a small barony.

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In fact, not only Duke Otto, but even the court of the French Empire was surprised by the strong appearance of the Storm Army. However, they were not surprised by how powerful the Storm Army was, after all, these ministers of the palace really didn't pay attention to the Storm Army of a thousand people.

But Duke's reputation in the imperial capital was too stinky, and most officials knew that Duke was almost at the bottom of the second-generation group of officials in the imperial capital, and this kind of straw bale could also defeat the Spartan army, which was really shocking.

Among them, there are a small number of high-level executives who know the real reason why Duke went to Storm Castle, this kind of back-handed man not only did not die in Storm Castle, but became famous, how could he not be surprised.

The same is true of the Emperor of the French Empire, but in front of the minister, he praised Duke a few words, but he was afraid in his heart. Henry VII originally wanted to knock the mountain and shock the tiger, but Duke took the blame to Duke Otto to achieve the goal of weakening the Duchy of Berry. As a result, in addition to Baker's powerful Silver Moon Army, Duke's Storm Army has appeared, but it is the strength of the strong Duke Otto, so how can Henry VII not be afraid.

And he also knows the nature of this group of gentlemen in the imperial capital very well, and they are basically characters who do not learn and have no skills. Duke was able to get the title of straw bale with them for so many years, either because he was very clever and hid himself very deeply, or because the storm army had the shadow of Otto's help behind him, otherwise Henry VII would not believe that Duke could change so much. Henry VII felt that the latter was more likely.

But now Henry VII has no way to do anything to Duke except for awards. Because more than half of the empire's military strength is under the command of Duke Otto, and they are all elite troops, he has to throw a rat trap!

This encounter of the Storm Army has had an impact and fluctuations on all sides of the French Empire, but Duke of Storm Castle has no idea about all this. Or even if he knew, he didn't care, because only by developing Storm Fortress and controlling a more powerful force could he respond to all changes with the same.

In the past few days, Duke has been in the preliminary preparation and coordination work for the construction of a new Storm City, after all, with the financial and material resources of Storm Castle, it is definitely not a simple matter to build a new city that is larger than itself.

However, the materials of Storm Fort can be produced by themselves, and the labor costs are all paid for by the displaced people, and the construction is also their future residence, so it is enough to provide food, and it also saves a lot of money. As for the specific construction aspect, with Michelangelo joining, basically no need to worry about Duke, his professionalism in construction is beyond doubt.

Duke is also glad that there is an ascetic like Michelangelo among the homeless, otherwise he has to do everything by himself, then he is estimated to be exhausted, as long as he prepares his own materials, he basically has nothing to check the progress of the project, which is much easier than going into battle himself.

The new city is under construction, but Duke's eyes moved to the hydroelectric factory, because the dwarf Copperbeard roared loudly to find himself, saying that the Ordnance Laboratory has made a breakthrough in stages, and it can stably smelt the manganese steel needed to forge weapons!

Manganese steel has always been the steel alloy that Duke expects to build weapons, but the level of the blacksmiths in Stormcastle was not enough before, even if it has the effect of a magic blast furnace, the quality of the steel has improved, but the exploration of the principle is still zero. With the alchemist Serra and the dwarven craftsman Copperbeard joining, through the cooperation between the metal laboratory and the ordnance laboratory, the basic data and research on metal smelting are finally available.

For example, the difference in carbon content in steel, the influence of other metals on steel, etc., now Stormcastle began to have experimental data archiving and analysis, which is basically the prototype of later metal technology. Because in the past, there were no standardized steps and accurate data for the quality of steel, either it was to rely on fate to refine good steel, or it was the personal experience and technology of craftsmen.

Now with these basic data, it means that any ordinary blacksmith can refine a furnace of good steel after further training, just like the school of later generations, and it is no longer the primitive inheritance of master-apprentice experience, which is a revolutionary breakthrough.

In Duke's vision, this revolutionary breakthrough in metal smelting will come sooner or later, and manganese steel, a basic alloy steel, is not very difficult for copper whiskers. It's just that Duke didn't expect this day to come so quickly and so suddenly.

The stable production of manganese steel also means that the weapons of the Storm Fort will be reloaded, and in the future, in addition to feeling the defense of the Storm Armor, the mainland will also soon taste the sharpness of the Storm Army's long sword!