All sorts of drastic reforms in the Storm Territory are heading in the direction Duke wants. At the same time, it was also at this time that a person that Duke had been looking forward to before came to Stormfort, and this person was Old Watt.

And he didn't come alone, he was accompanied by hundreds, a hundred of whom were workers at the old Watt shipyard. A shipyard with hundreds of workers in this era is already a small shipyard, a little bigger than Duke had imagined.

Old Watt's journey was not as easy as he imagined, even if there was a storm carriage transportation, but this distance of nearly a thousand kilometers was still very difficult. Especially now in winter, the border area between the Milan Empire and the French Empire is in a state of war, and the scale of the migration of hundreds of people is really spectacular, and it is inevitable that there will be some interrogation along the way, whether it is the Milan Empire or the French Empire.

The only fortunate thing is that the identity of the old watt he is a nobleman, has brought great convenience to travel, if you are an ordinary person, it will be a lot more troublesome to pass the border at this time, after all, this era is chaotic, hundreds of large boxes and small boxes are simply a piece of fat, not only the civilian bandits want to rob, even the official many legions will not choose to let go, this is the war dividend of the empire, without any psychological burden.

That's why Duke chose to exclude hundreds of Storm Army disguised as a convoy and took the Storm Wagon to pick up the old Watts. This is not just a relationship that can greatly improve the speed, but once you meet someone with bad intentions, these hundreds of storm troops can also ensure the safety of the old Watt shipyard, what bandits and bandits want to war a hundred storm army is simply a fool's dream, even if it is ten times the storm army, it is not false at all, but a bandit team of thousands of people, whether it is the Milan Empire or the French Empire, is rare.

However, when he was about to reach Alpine City, there was still a little problem, and now the Prince of Andorra has adopted a posture of complete blockade of the Storm Territory, and there is no problem with a few people or a dozen people, but it is impossible for such a large convoy to pass through the territory of the Prince of Andorra, and he will directly detain the entire convoy. Therefore, they could only go around from the third-party territory like the convoy of the Storm Comptoir, which wasted a lot of time, so they began to send the storm convoy to inform them from the end of October, and it was only in February that they waited for the arrival of Old Watt and his party.

In order to express his importance, Duke even walked out of Alpine City to personally welcome Old Watt and his party, for Duke's courtesy, Old Watt was naturally very satisfied, and at the same time dispelled the last trace of doubt in his heart before, this storm lord really attaches great importance to the development of shipbuilding.

"Your Excellency Viscount Watt, you are very welcome to the Storm Territory, which will be your most satisfying home in the future. ”

Duke first welcomed him very politely and expressed his attitude.

"Your Excellency, I feel your sincerity, and I'm glad to be a part of the Storm Territory in the future. ”

As a nobleman, even a nobleman with the same title as Duke, Old Watt did not call Duke a lord at the first time, but used a relatively polite honorific title. But Duke is confident that once he sees the shipyard that Stormkeep has in store for him, it will all be fine, and he will know that he will begin a magnificent Age of Discovery.

After exchanging courtesies, Duke wanted old Watt to rest for a while before going with him to the shipyards of Storm Fortress. After all, the fatigue of traveling in this era is not just talking, but really driving down thousands of kilometers, which is very expensive for people, and even many frail people die directly in a foreign land during this thousands of kilometers of journey.

But old Watt, as a shipbuilding aristocrat, is obviously a very pragmatic and craftsman person, he immediately asked to go to the location of the shipyard first, no matter how polite and enthusiastic it is for him to be empty, old Watt will only see his future shipbuilding base, will really make up his mind to stay in Storm Castle.

For Old Watt's pragmatic request, Duke naturally will not refuse, in fact, he also hates that kind of fake politeness, Storm Castle has always paid attention to the efficiency of vigorous and resolute work, since Old Watt himself said it, Duke is too lazy to fake politeness, and directly called a storm carriage to carry the two of them to the storm fortress by the sea.

The distance between Storm Fortress and Takayama Castle is about 50 kilometers, and it only takes half an hour to drive on the highway in modern society, but in this world, it even takes a day or two to walk. However, with the requisition of tens of thousands of Alpine City citizens by Duke a few years ago, he used a few months to directly build nearly two hundred kilometers of roads within the scope of Storm Fortress, one of which included the road from Alpine City to Storm Fortress.

If these 50 kilometers had been put in the past, it would have been impossible to complete them in just a few months, not even with tens of thousands of people. Because it takes a month to build a rammed earth alone, and to build a paving stone strip, to pave such a long road, the time is calculated in years.

However, with the addition of cement, although there is still no way to improve the efficiency of various engineering equipment in later generations, relying on tens of thousands of hard piles, coupled with the wide application of cement, it is still possible to build nearly 200 kilometers of roads in a few months, which is definitely a very remarkable achievement, and if it spreads, it will cause a sensation on this continent.

So with the concrete pavement and the efficiency of the storm wagon, the journey that used to take one to two days to cover can now be completed in less than two hours. Before, because it was an old-fashioned castle in Alpine City, Old Watt couldn't see any special features between the Storm Territory and other territories, but now that he drove on the cement road, Old Watt felt the difference between the Storm Territory and other territories.

"Your Excellency, what kind of road is this, it can be so flat. The Storm Wagon was smooth enough before, and now it is driving on such a road with almost no bumps, how the hell is this done?"

Old Watt's face was full of surprise, in fact, anyone who drove from the muddy dirt road to the flat cement road would have such exclamations and surprises, so Duke was not surprised by Old Watt's performance, only a kind of unspoken pride.