To the east of the river, the sun is rising, and the brilliant morning glow gilds a layer of magnificent golden light on the surface of the glazed river.

The morning breeze was gentle, the water was rippling, and the dark green river water kept hitting the gray stone base, turning into white waves, whirlpooling, spitting bubbles, and then disappearing without a trace in an instant, leaving only the never-ending sound of the waves.

The Temperance Gate is like a small castle that stands on the banks of the Jinshui River. The river flows through the sluice gates and along the brick-paved channel to the Rose Lake in the distance.

Victor and his party stood on the city wall and enjoyed the beautiful sunrise of the Golden River.

"The Brenne River in the north is also a famous big river, but it is like a ditch compared to the Jinshui River. The princess of the Sasang Empire, the daughter of the Moon Bear family, and the future mistress of Bronze Halberd City, Angel Diocletian said with emotion.

The Duke of Monstock nodded in response: "The Jinshui River is magnificent, vast and far-reaching, dividing the north and south, and deserves to be the largest river in the world." ”

From the south bank of the Grand River, Grand Duke Williams withdrew his burning gaze and said with a smile: "Although this is not the first time I have admired the Jinshui River up close, every time, I am amazed by its magnificence. ”

For the uninformed Beiyan, the water conservancy project is the key...... The Marquis of Farul of the Kingdom of Neville disdained the exclamation of the envoy of the Sassan Empire to the Jinshui River, he leaned down slightly to Sylvia and said: "Your Royal Highness, since ancient times, only the river flows into the Jinshui River, and no one has ever introduced the water of the Jinshui River into the territory of mankind, you and your family have created a miracle, and I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to you on behalf of the Neville royal family." ”

The corners of Sylvia's mouth rose, she took Victor's arm, and said elegantly: "This is all the credit of my love." ”

"My student, you really didn't disappoint the teacher. Well done!" Roland's white-blond hair stirred the morning light, and he patted Victor's shoulder with a smile, looking very proud.

Twelve days ago, the convoy of envoys of various countries set off from Jinshui City and arrived at Pinghu Town under Randall's command last night. Along the way, the team marched along the embankment of the main canal, and they saw with their own eyes the artificial main canal 4 or 5 meters wide, the node reservoir of 100 acres, and the main control gate comparable to that of a castle.

Although the Church had long publicized water conservancy projects and the new farming and pastoral system to the lords in various places, the lords still had a half-believing attitude towards the water conservancy projects in the hills, and in their opinion, digging a water canal of thousands of kilometers was simply an unbelievable project. Because the Jinshui River is low-lying and gathers hundreds of rivers, if water is diverted from Jinshui to irrigate farmland, the 1,000-kilometer artificial canal must have a drop of at least 100 meters.

How much labor and material resources does it take, and how long does it take to complete?

However, the facts are in front of us, and it took just over two years for Randall to build nearly 110 kilometers of artificial canals, and they have been opened. The river flows into the Randall family's territory, filling the large and small node reservoirs, and flowing back to the Silvermoon River from the auxiliary canal. Excluding auxiliary canals, node reservoirs, stream reservoirs, and agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry driven by terraces, Randall's main canal alone can irrigate about 600,000 mu of farmland, which is equivalent to doubling the area of cultivated land.

No one can ignore the huge benefits of water conservancy projects and new farming and animal husbandry, and behind this technology represents a whole new world pattern.

Among the envoys of the kingdoms, the Marquis of Farul of the Kingdom of Neville was the most active in introducing water engineering technology.

Neville is a mountainous country, rich in minerals and relatively limited in farmland and pastures, but it would be an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to be self-sufficient in food, because Naville's population is already small, and sixty percent of them are mountain people.

The mountain people, who had lived in the inaccessible mountains and forests for generations, lived by hunting and gathering, and they submitted to the rule of their lords, claiming to be the lords of Neville, who in fact had been semi-autonomous, and only a few of them would respond to the lord's call. The nobles and clergy of Neville needed these mountain people to squeeze the living space of the monsters, so they rarely asked the mountain people to perform labor.

Half of the remaining forty percent of the population are displaced miners, and the real people of Neville make up only twenty percent of the country's total population, a proportion far lower than the proportion of people in other kingdoms to displaced people.

The limited population base leads to a low degree of socialized division of labor. The handicraft and military industries of the Kingdom of Neville were very backward, and they relied on imports for daily necessities and armaments. The Neville people sold minerals to the Duoduo and purchased weapons and armor from the Duoduo, and only they knew what it was like.

Fortunately, the terrain of the Boulder Mountains is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Neville can defend against the orcs of the northern wilderness with only a few elite soldiers, but the minerals will always be dug up one day, and when that time comes, what is the difference between Neville's knightly nobles and broken nobles?

The royal family of Neville was close to the cardinals of the Church, and Pope Clement secretly warned King Neville that the emergence of new agricultural and water projects would promote the expansion of the human kingdom, and that if Neville missed the opportunity to open up the northern wilderness, he would be devastated.

The Nevilles are well aware of the actions of the Sassan Empire in the northern wilderness, and they are ready to wait for the Knights of Radiance and the Imperial army to gnaw off the hardest bones before sending troops from the Boulder Fortress to carve out a large territory.

The problem is that Neville's population is too small, what to enclose the land?

The royal think tank believes that a large-scale water conservancy project must be built at all costs before other forces react. This is not only for food and arable land, but also for the absorption of displaced workers. The large-scale construction itself has the function of transforming the displaced people into the people. If other kingdoms had waited for the construction of water conservancy projects, it would have become more expensive for Neville to absorb displaced workers.

Unlike the political structure of other kingdoms, the lords of Neville lived in the royal capital, and they easily agreed: the royal family would take the lead in raising 15 million gold soles, absorb 400,000 displaced people through the kingdom of Seuss, import grain from the Sassan Empire, build a large system of water conservancy projects throughout the country, and promote new farming and animal husbandry.

Here comes the problem again. The combination of gates, canals, and reservoirs may seem simple, but it is very elaborate to form a large system that involves new hydrology, geography, and topographic surveys, and the priests of the Church have not yet grasped these new knowledge, even the founder of the new discipline, Master Edwin, is still in the stage of exploration and self-improvement.

Clement proposed a plan: the Kingdom of Neville financed the Ivory Fortress and the Silver Tower to jointly experiment and build a system of hydraulic engineering, thus maturing three new disciplines.

The key to this plan is also the attitude of the House of York, and the Marquis of Farul, who is tasked with inviting Master Edwin to visit Neville, is ready to be slaughtered by Sylvia. Unexpectedly, Sylvia readily agreed to Neville's request, and did not put forward too many conditions, but only asked Neville to open up to the centaur hills in the future trade of refined iron and iron ore.

To be honest, Farul didn't quite believe that such an ingenious irrigation system was Victor's masterpiece, but if Sylvia wanted to spread the reputation of a little lover, why should she praise him?

"Your Excellency, Randall's talent is truly breathtaking. "The Golden Knight of Neville is not shy about his praise

Marquis Farul wouldn't know that Victor possessed the magical abilities of X-3, and Master Edwin would have to listen to him if he wanted to perfect the new discipline. Perhaps it won't be long before the geography, hydrological conditions, monster populations, and distribution of the Thorsilver Mine and Fire Elemental Crystal Mine of the Neville Kingdom will all appear in the study of Silvermoon Manor.

With this, Victor can plan the development strategy of the Golden Regiment in the Kingdom of Neville.

"I only came up with the idea that the improvement and implementation of the hydraulic project was completed by Master Edwin and the scholars and priests of the Church. He said modestly.

"Victor, the giant brick kiln was invented by Anthony, but the strategy of using bricks to raise the canal is your masterpiece. Grand Duke Williams laughed.

Fame is an intangible wealth, and it is also an objectively existing influence. Nothing else, just look at Natalia's tender eyes to know that Sophia's guardian knight is happy and convinced of her male master. Sylvia made Victor's reputation far and wide, helping him establish his prestige in the hearts of the Sabertooth Tiger Merchant Knights, ensuring that the Randall family's master-slave relationship remained intact.

This is crucial!

The strategy of digging ditches to extract soil and making bricks and raising canals can be said to be the finishing touch of water conservancy projects. Sophia couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

It's understandable that Sylvia helped me spread my reputation, and Archduke Williams followed suit...... Victor thought to himself. He didn't find that his position was very special, and in the eyes of the major forces of Gambis, it had a deep meaning.

To Victor's right is Sylvia, and on his left is Princess Roland, who is both Sylvia's lover and a squire from Kite Castle. Sylvia has always retained the status of the independent lord of the Randall family, mostly to show goodwill to the Kite Castle, and Williams helps Sylvia to promote Victor's reputation, which is also in response to the goodwill of the House of York. Victor has become the link between the Centaur Hills and the Kite Castle...... It seems that the tone has been set, and although there will be friction in the construction of the port and the southern expansion, it has nothing to do with the overall situation of joint development...... The heirs of the major families thought of it in unison.

The lords of Gambis were more enthusiastic about exploring the southern continent than hydraulic projects.

Neville's land was barren and had a limited population, and the lords entrusted the care of their domains to stewards and priests, who lived in the prosperous royal capital. The Neville royal family's influence over the lords was beyond imagination, and they were even able to unify the price of minerals. If the lords of Neville could not unite by the king's side, their territorial resources would have been swallowed up by external forces long ago. The king of Neville wanted to build a large water conservancy project, and no lord would oppose it.

The local power of the Gambis is strong, and the Kite Castle wants to build a canal through the territory, even if the Senate discusses it for hundreds of years. It is better to devote energy to the development of the southern continent than to the issue of water conservancy projects, which is in the common interests of the Gambis lords.

"The fish-people on this tidal flat have been cleaned up. Archduke Williams leaned on the shooting hole of the city wall and said in high spirits: "In a few years, we will be able to help our barbarian friends cross the river from here and enjoy the scenery of the Southern Continent by the way." ”

On the tidal flats, there are no fishmen in sight, only sentry posts and low walls. The sentry is about 14 meters high, with a base made of blue bricks and a wooden arrow tower built on it, which can accommodate three archers at the same time. Each turret is no more than 100 meters apart, and can alternately cover without leaving any shooting dead ends. The low wall is also made of green bricks, and the outside is covered with hemlock logs, which is rudimentary, but it effectively hinders the range of movement of the fish-men.

The sentry arrow tower and the low wall are the riverbank fish-man defense system that the Borui people are accustomed to.

It took Victor and Nicole more than four years to actually control the 4-kilometer-long, 800-meter-deep river beach near the Temperance Gate. The Yorks relied on this simple and effective fish-proof wall to build a harbor.

Odd...... Didn't Archduke Williams want to build a port under Chebman's territory? What did he mean by that?

Victor furrowed his brow imperceptibly, and just as he was puzzled by Williams's words, there was an abrupt chuckle from among the envoys of the kingdoms.

"Your Highness Williams, I beg your pardon. Building a port on the banks of the Jinshui River is not an easy task, and it took our ancestors of the Borui Kingdom 80 years to build the Red Port. If Gambis were to build a port, it would be almost impossible to succeed with this fish-proof wall alone. ”

Williams turned his head and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Count Ashley Bor of the Borui Kingdom, and your family is famous for building ports and shipbuilding. Can you give us laymen some pointers?"