When Duke heard Hera's words, he immediately became excited, and hurriedly asked her, "Who will?" ”

However, Duke turned his head and just saw a piece of snow-white skin, the medieval court dress was not conservative, and Hera was still wearing a modified outfit that highlighted her figure. As a witch with magical powers, she is also much more resistant to the cold, and to put it bluntly, she wears a low-cut gown dangling in front of Duke.

Normally, Duke can still do indecent looks, but now Hera leaned down, and it was difficult not to pay attention. Damn, this is a sixty-year-old grandmother, I can't be such a beast!

Duke thought so in his heart, but he didn't look away.

Hera also instantly sensed Duke's gaze, she immediately stood up straight and pushed Duke's head away, and said in an angry tone: "Little guy, you still dare to take advantage of your sister." ”

"Don't blame me!" Duke explained aggrievedly, it was simply sent to the door.

"The next time you dare to do this, I'll gouge out your eyes and make you understand what an evil witch is!" Hera warned viciously.

"Okay, I'll tell you directly, Viscount Serra of the Milan Empire's Fora Alchemy Laboratory is on his way to Storm Castle, he is the most famous alchemist on the continent, and he has participated in the transformation of the Milan Empire's weapons, such as the famous Milan War Knife, which was refined by Viscount Serra. ”

Duke didn't know why he was a little familiar with the name, but he soon remembered why it was familiar, because when he fired porcelain before, he had heard that there was an alchemy laboratory on the continent of Europa that had been trying to imitate porcelain, wasn't it this Fra Alchemy Laboratory?

"How did you know he's coming?" Duke asked curiously, this Hera really looked like an omniscient magician.

"Because Storm Castle sells a lot of porcelain, it has attracted a lot of attention, and the alchemist Serra just wants to come and see for himself how the Celestial Empire of the East crossed the Sea of Death. Of course, this is only a superficial reason, and I guess he guessed that Stormcastle had already fired porcelain, so he wanted to verify it for himself. You also know that these alchemists are paranoid, and you have done something that they have not succeeded in hundreds of years, so naturally they are not convinced. ”

After listening to Hera's words, Duke suddenly realized that it seemed that the shipment of Storm Castle porcelain was too large, and it could no longer be covered up under the pretext of the Eastern Seris Empire. Now that the alchemists are paying attention, then naturally other forces are also paying attention, and it seems that the production of porcelain will soon face challenges, and I don't know which careerist wants to get involved in this huge profit.

"I see, but I'm looking forward to Serra's arrival. Duke said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, what kind of alchemist Sera is this, isn't he an expert in materials science in this era? If he joins, maybe he can really get an alloy to further strengthen the improvement of Storm Castle's military equipment.

After a few casual words with Hera, Duke began to work on post-war reconstruction, first of all, the city hall issued a recruitment announcement, and recruited people to the hydro factory on a large scale to make up for the lack of blacksmiths and workers, and at the same time, there was an example of the sea tribe from the water attack, and the defensive wall of the hydro factory began to expand along the banks of the Seine, and an iron fence was installed underwater to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Also, the requisition of the church has been completed, and Duke has completely ignored Carsmai's opinion, which is a necessary part of the development plan of Storm Castle, and now that resources are scarce in all aspects, Duke has no way to build any more hospitals.

The only trouble was the group of priests, who, despite the unspoken ambitions of the upper echelons of the Holy See, did not treat themselves as mere messengers of God. But in fact, many low-level clergy, they really have a noble faith to believe in the gods, so there is no problem for them to treat the wounded, and this kind of thing is a big obstacle to demolishing churches.

For those who can persuade and subdue, Duke gives them good treatment, tries his best to recruit them as doctors, and allows Copernicus and Vesarus to train intensively, teaching them some simple surgical sutures and the elements of bacterial infection, after all, the priest's recovery magic is not omnipotent, after all, it is still necessary to rely on medical skills to solve the fundamental problem.

For those who were so strong in their faith, Duke did not make any secret executions, but imprisoned them, did not interfere with their faith, and let Carsmail show his ability to persuade them to leave the papal clergy and join the ranks of doctors in Stormcastle. If it is really stubborn, Duke can only be imprisoned forever, otherwise if this matter is exposed, it will definitely be a big earthquake, and Duke has no ability to resist the Holy See.

At the same time, this time the church renovation did not cause the imaginary commotion, Duke now has absolute authority in the hearts of the people of Storm Castle, even more than the previous Holy See, and the people hardly have any objections. Seeing this situation, Kasmai was completely dead, and the Holy See's layout in Storm Castle was completely destroyed, and Storm Castle became a rare castle on the mainland to close churches.

Compared with the closure of the church, the recruitment of nurses has not been so smooth, especially when they hear that they have to take care of the male wounded, which is even more prohibitive for many young girls. But Duke knew that if he wanted to change this perception, it would not be possible to do it in a day or two, and what he could do was to give the girls who signed up for the event a very high salary and the honor of meeting them in person, so as to attract more nurses to join.

In addition to these health care reforms, Duke once again announced an expansion of the army, this time with a total of 500 recruits. Although Duke understands that his continuous and crazy expansion has put a lot of pressure on Stormcastle's finances and military training, and has even reached the stage of the legendary exhaustion of military force. But Duke didn't have a choice, the military force of more than a thousand people was simply not enough to face so many powerful threats.

The hydro factory has experienced this sneak attack, so that Duke has learned a painful lesson, if the sea clan makes a comeback again, or the ice demon also discovers this loophole, first attack the relatively weak defense of the water factory, the number of guards in the past, even the delay is a little difficult, the water factory needs to place at least three hundred soldiers to guard, in order to buy enough time for Storm Castle to rush to help.

These orders were issued, and Stormcastle was in a fiery state of full-speed post-war development. Repelling the invasion of the Sea Clan also gave Stormcastle a boost in confidence, and everyone was in a more positive state to deal with the next challenges, and in just a few days, the damage to the hydroelectric plant was repaired, and the new plate armor was once again produced at full speed.

At the same time, Serra, a well-known alchemist on the mainland, also came to the gates of Storm Castle.