The labor shortage in Big Brother's territory is worse than you think.

The original slaves were originally overloaded, getting up earlier than chickens every day, sleeping later than dogs, eating worse than pigs, and working more than cows, even if they were not suppressed, the mortality rate could be so high that medical miracles could not save them.

Under normal circumstances, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

However, in Big Brother's view, where there is resistance, there is greater oppression.

This rebellion and escape is very unusual, generally speaking, it is impossible for slaves to get rid of the curse, and they don't have the courage to rebel, but after investigation, the demons found that someone actually infiltrated the territory, unlocked the curse for the slaves, and instigated them to rebel.

Although it is not clear whether this kind of thing is deliberately sabotaged by a hostile country, or whether there are some righteous people who are full of food and have nothing to do, they want to bravely enter the demon cave, but the slaves who have lifted the curse no longer want to be enslaved by the demons, and they either run for their lives or resist desperately.

The demon elite soldiers and the slaves were physically together, and the outcome of the battle was naturally no suspense, but this very violent and uncooperative act of resistance greatly deteriorated the economy of the Blue Bank Territory, and also scared the merchants to avoid it.

Now, many farms in the Blue Shore Territory are either dilapidated or completely paralyzed, Indigo has no slaves to harvest and process, the export trade is completely suspended, and the tough monsters who still need food are starving to death.

Although the necromancer converts lost slaves into skeletons and can perform some simple labor, this clumsy skeleton is still not as good as a slave in terms of production.

Therefore, hearing that Vincent was willing to trade a large number of slaves, the Black Knight's heart was simply overjoyed, but he could not express it with other actions except for smoking.

What is the use of the poisonous salt in the snow lake? Tabor was embarrassed to think about it.

"Your Highness, that's easy, you can get as much as you want." Tabor replied honestly, "I don't regret it if you still suffered a loss by exchanging slaves for those things?"

"So what I want is the development right, give me the development right, and the land is still the old ...... Brother," Vincent smiled wickedly, "a steady stream of slaves for a lake that no one needs, brother will not suffer, you see, I have three thousand slaves ready-made, and their masters do not intend to ransom them, and they themselves are poor."

There is another thing Vincent did not say, that is, he was not at ease with these Herodians, and had no intention of keeping them in his own territory, even if he could extract some labor, but the shame of defeat and the hatred of the race would not disappear so easily.

Even if you want to get the protection value, this group of serfs and servants who hate demons to the bone and are abandoned by their masters are estimated to be very difficult to influence.

Send it to Big Brother and let the demons of the demons call them, and maybe they can understand how benevolent the demons are.

Even if the Herodian people return this time, they will definitely not give up, and in the foreseeable future, the small *** on the border may be long-lasting, and Prince Lingus is certainly not a broad-minded person.

If there are no slaves, the Herodians will still send them to the door and raise them to waste food, so it is better to sell the fertilizer and water directly to the big brother who lacks slaves, and the inside will have face.

"Three-thousand-slave-subordinate!" Tabour's dull voice lengthened, and his tone was full of surprise, "It's hard to imagine that you are so generous." Five

The reason why he was so surprised was because Big Brother Shule didn't expect that there were so many slaves left under Vincent's command that could be traded, after all, the demons like to kill them all in war.

Besides, raising tens of thousands of prisoners of war for a month is also a lot of consumption, so Tabor has always thought that it will be difficult for him to complete the task, even if the lord agrees, it will be lucky to be able to get a few hundred people who are still physically intact.

If the three thousand slaves are in hand, even the most stern master will look at him differently, and maybe he will be able to get rid of the tight spell of the last elimination.

His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince is really a great lucky star sent by the Demon God!

"It's an honor to fight under your brother, but it's not easy, don't you want to make meritorious contributions?" Vincent's voice became full of temptation, "I don't think even a big slave merchant can take out three thousand strong slaves at once, right?"

The fact is, as he said, slave breeding

Affiliation was a very expensive business, and no matter what race it was placed in, the slave traders would not have so many hot stocks of goods.

Under normal circumstances, everyone prepares the stock when it is sure of the need, and if the demand for goods is high, a slave hunt war may be launched.

In the past, it was possible to sell orcs to Herod's slave traders through secret channels, but now the sellers themselves have become commodities, and the world is really impermanent.

However, the delivery volume is too much, and it is also a bit unexpected, so that the master can buy so many slaves at once, and the money bag is unbearable.

It seems that the only way to report to the master is to prepare the ship for the slaves.

As for the broken lake that is useless at all, the owner may give it to his brother with a wave of his hand.

Even if he is a simple and warlike horned demon, he has the intention of being rewarded for his meritorious service.

"Your Highness, I can't take the slaves with me, but I'll return right away, and next time a ship will come." Tabol was so excited that smoke was rising from the cracks of his helmet and armor, "I'll definitely report on the Snow Lake."

Seeing the wyvern rise from the ground and disappear into the skyline, Vincent stared at the wyvern that had disappeared into a small dot, his eyes like torches, but the corners of his mouth were about to reach his ears.

The lord was happy, but his subordinates were puzzled.

"Brother, we're losing!" Seid finally couldn't help but complain, "It's better to sell a valuable slave for a pile of dirt than to someone from another country, and that's what everyone does anyway."

"People abandon me and take me, and people take me, and it is not slaves who can change the fate of the territory, but technology." Vincent touched his brother's head and said confidently, "The snow lake is in hand, and I have it in the world!"

"Master, may I ask...... What is that salt you want?" Ninia came closer and asked timidly, "I'm embarrassed to ask in front of the messenger, for fear that he will laugh at my ignorance and lose your face......

I have to say that this toy girl is very thoughtful now, and she also knows the dignity of the lord.

But needless to say, a small village girl, even if it is a female knight, shouldn't ignorance and fearlessness be a virtue?

"That's not salt," Vincent said proudly, "it's natural potassium nitrate, which is so good, it's so good that it's so good that it's so good to get it everywhere than if I had people dig into the walls and scrape the toilets everywhere!"

"What is potassium nitrate?" Plani asked blankly, "Is it as edible as salt?"

"In a sense, yes!" Vincent said categorically, "With this, whether you want to kill us or starve us to death, don't think about it easily."

Regardless of all the strange forces, the snow lake is a huge natural salt lake.

The probability of discovering natural potassium nitrate in the salt lake is not low, there is a probability of appearing on the saline-alkali land, not to mention such a large salt lake, just from the various descriptions of the demons, Vincent can determine that this is a chemical holy land.

What's more, Mr. Wen is a traverser.

This colorless transparent powder, which has no smell, a slightly salty taste to taste with your tongue, and a faint cooling sensation, does not exist in this world, but has not yet found its place in a situation where divine power and magic dominate everything.

Even if it is used as an ingredient for a medicine man, or a sample for an alchemist, it has not yet produced an impact that is enough to turn the world upside down.

When Vincent found the substance from the experimental materials brought by the lich, added some other materials, and used the power of the craftsman to perform some slightly more popular experiments, his shock was palpable.

Nothing was more important than asking about the source of the material, and after investigating, Vincent learned that the items were not from the Primorsky Territory, but had been brought by his subordinates from the laboratory of the dark Tallinn.

In order to implement this matter, Vincent also asked the witch for the first time to use her ubiquitous connections to investigate.

Eventually, after a series of scuffling searches, Kiraya finally located the source of the powder to the Snow Lake in the Iron Mountain Territory, which was an unintentional act that was collected by an unknown lich a few years ago and left somewhere behind, and later discovered by Vincent's subordinates and brought to the mainland.

It is this casual behavior that the parties do not care about, which will change completely

The status of the Coastal Territory on the continent and the Demon Domain has made the prince and the obscure little lord who are ridiculed by the demons an irreplaceable figure.

Because no one in this world knows better than him what potassium nitrate means to the traverser.

Moreover, since his ancestors invented gunpowder, he is also well aware of the impact of gunpowder on his country in the course of historical development, so it is impossible to let go of this inorganic compound when it appears in front of him.

In this world where forbidden magic has developed to the point of destruction, hot magic warfare has long been the ultimate form of all forms of war in the eyes of everyone, but in Vincent's opinion, this is not absolute.

The gods don't like war on earth, and are even worried about the rapid advancement of magical research by the Terrans.

Why did the demons, who originally lived in the sea, follow the chain of islands that suddenly rose from the sea, and explored the road to the mainland in hundreds of years?

The demon clan, who was obviously defeated on the mainland and was completely inferior in strength, why could he still withdraw from the mainland with dignity and not be pursued?

The children of the Demon King are the essence of chaos, why are they still protected by the gods and become the chosen ones?

These things, which are too macro and distant for ordinary people, seem to have other reasons and are not related to each other, but in the thinking of Vincent, an outsider, there is a strange connection.

The grass snake gray line, the veins are thousands of miles, the gods should regard everything as dogs, but in Vincent's observation, they seem to have a preference for the demons.

Maybe he is just a pawn of the gods, and he shouldn't think about it, but Mr. Wen said that there are too many chess pieces, and he doesn't want to stay honest on the chessboard.

Since the world doesn't seem to be in the balance that the gods expect, then he shouldn't come empty-handed.

When you are blessed, you should bless the world for the better.

Potassium nitrate is one of the three keys to open the era of thermal weapons, and the other two are even more difficult to obtain.

Legend has it that there is a volcano in the Wind Whistling Mountains where the silver dragon lives, and the alchemists who obtain sulfur and sell it to the Mage Guild are an important means of livelihood for the local residents, so Vincent confirmed the source of the sulfur when he cooperated with the Mage Guild, and had already secretly prepared sulfuric acid.

The problem of charcoal is best solved, in this rather primitive world, all kinds of trees are available for you to choose from, and if you are not satisfied, you can also find the Chosen One of the gods of nature and life to improve them - so Vincent takes the matter of working with the elves very seriously.

The most troublesome problem is how to identify and collect soil nitrate, although in the countryside full of old houses and people and animals live together, the difficulty of collecting soil nitrate seems to be small, but the amount obtained is not enough to support consumption.

Because even if it is the easiest black powder to process, the proportion of potassium nitrate in it accounts for about three-quarters, and if there is any less, it can only be fired.

What's more, the collected soil nitrate impurities contain a lot of impurities, and the yield is difficult to guarantee in the absence of efficient extraction and preparation tools for the public.

In the event of another large-scale invasion by the Herodian army, without the help of the Bone Dragons, Vincent would have to be prepared to rely on the strength of his own territory to resist more than 50,000 enemy troops.

Perhaps with the undead exploding troops, the army can barely fight against the Herodes, but if the Magisters who participated in the Great War in Herod also come out of the mountain, Vincent has no confidence to support it, and he has to prepare for the worst of his own magic being suppressed or even blocked.

Even if there are magical technologies or treasures in this world that can exert a power that is simpler and more efficient than gunpowder, and are safe and reliable, and can replace gunpowder, explosives, and propellants in weapons in practice, these are the patents of this special group of magicians, and Vincent has no means to fight it, and he can't sleep well in his dreams.

Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a corner.

Instead of superstitious magic, it is better to give it a go and use technology to break new paths.

If you are really sleepy, someone will send a pillow, and Vincent has not yet thought about how to negotiate with Big Brother, but as a result, there is a shortage of slaves in the Blue Bank Territory, is there really a force in the dark to protect himself?

If the supply of raw materials can be guaranteed,

Vincent then planned to set up chemical factories and ordnance factories in suitable locations in the territory, and to transform the current production model of relying on the lord's hands to rub guns into mechanical mass production, and organize the surplus labor force in the territory.

Compared with the traditional production mode of another world, the demon race also has a huge advantage in terms of safe production, that is, it can use undead creatures to replace living people in special positions, which does not harm health and can avoid accidental casualties.

In addition to their own equipment, Vincent is not worried about sales, except for the orcs who are anxious to find guerrillas in the mountains, those elves who are used to using bows and arrows might as well try new weapons, dwarves and goblins who like mining, how can they not be interested in mining explosives?

In addition to the military industry, it is also possible to open a civilian production line, make fireworks and firecrackers that the masses like to see, and by the way, make a batch of deluxe editions that are easy to account for and sell to the church, so that they can use the fireworks in the sky to sing praises to the god of light......

Adding the influence of the lord himself in the manufacturing industry and grasping the scale of technological upgrading and diffusion should be able to keep the war in a controllable dimension, after all, Mr. Wen doesn't want to see the brilliant radiation of the epic mission!