"Almost."

Colin smiled: "From south to north, build a large road that runs through the whole of Xiaya—at least four carriages running side by side without being crowded." ”

If someone else heard about such a big project, their first reaction would definitely be to weigh it, but Knight Daeron, who was already addicted to building the road, agreed as soon as possible, and even confirmed as if he was afraid that the lord would regret it: "A word is a deal, my lord." ”

"I have to warn you, though."

Colin said: "It's not enough to have enthusiasm, building a big road in the field and building a small road in the city are two different concepts, at the very least, you must also know how to build a bridge, this point, I ask you to go to Matthew as soon as possible to learn, and at the beginning, you must be followed and supervised by his craftsmen and magic apprentices throughout the process." ”

After all, Daren is only a knight, of course his strength has nothing to say, and if he really throws off his arms and works himself, he can at least be worth dozens of workers, but in terms of technology, especially the more complex engineering design, he is not even as good as a craftsman apprentice.

The roads in Twilight City were built by Matthew and others in the past, and after Daren came, he was only responsible for repairing the roads in the city, and naturally there was not much technical content.

The knight who heard this request did not feel ashamed, and thought that he could continue to build the road in the future, and said with an uplifted face: "I will study hard." ”

"In addition, the Alchemy Workshop has developed the latest materials, and the equipment mentioned by you is about to be assembled." When Colin said this, he looked at the excited and somewhat ignorant high-ranking knight, and said with a smile: "Mr. Daeron, you will be the first person to use these devices, your work is not only important, but also significant, and it can even be said that it is related to how far our Xia Ya can go in the future." ”

It was the first time Darren had heard such a high pitch.

Isn't it just building roads?

Xia Ya didn't know much about the future or something, but at least he understood a little - he could continue to build the road, and even continue to build it all the time, thinking of this, he touched his chest with his hand with knightly etiquette, bowed down and said, "Yes, my lord." ”

……

……

West of Winter, at the foot of the Dragonspine Mountains.

A gravel path of two railroad tracks leads from the cave to the alchemy workshop on the west side of Winterfell.

The weather was still early autumn, but Colin still habitually put his hands in his pockets and refused to take them out, and walked with Olivia on this flat ground with obvious traces of artificial leveling, looking at the busy kobold at the entrance of the cave, he couldn't help but sigh that he was really lucky.

Xiaya, who had never found a large ore vein, unexpectedly discovered a large amount of iron ore in the interior of the Dragonspine Mountains after these little guys joined.

Of course, the humans of the past can't be blamed for this, after all, no one will find out about this except for the little ones who stay underground all day.

"Lord Olivia, are they still obedient?"

"Well, kobolds don't have much desire, except for eating, they just like candles, and in this current state, it can be said that it is mutually beneficial."

"Do you know how many of them there are now?"

"At present, there are about 1,000 of them, and there are some scattered tribes that are joining one after another, but in terms of nearby places, there will not be more than 2,000 at most." Olivia replied.

"That's enough, if there are too many, I'm afraid they'll dig through the Dragonspine Mountains."

Of course, Colin was joking, although the thickness of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range in the north-south direction is not large, but no matter how it is, it is also a mountain range, and if it can be pierced by some kobolds, this natural barrier separating orcs and humans does not exist for a long time.

The appearance of kobolds has solved an important obstacle to the development of the fortress today.

Cement and steel are the two most important materials for infrastructure construction, and if you rely on buying ore, no matter how thick your foundation is, you can't afford it.

Kobolds don't really like to dig iron ore, if it weren't for Olivia's request, they still prefer the soft soil of the mountains and hills, because the food there is more abundant, and the little ones who used to rely on catching underground snakes, rats, insects and rabbits for food, because they are too concentrated all at once, there is also a shortage of food.

Eventually, Colin provided them with some food.

Although they don't like grains and legumes very much, compared to the temptation of candles and the "overseers" of the elves, these kobolds still happily dig in the heart of the mountains.

The two made their way to the entrance to the cave, which was only half a man's height and difficult to get into, but just enough to pass the kobold and the latest minecart.

The principle of the Minecart is extremely simple, and it does not require any knowledge of magic at all.

After listening to Colin's description, Wald was stunned for a long time before muttering, "Why didn't anyone think of it before?" ”

Colin couldn't answer his question, except to say that sometimes the mindset was really terrible, in a world where serfs were extremely cheap, the lords hardly thought about improving personal efficiency, and even on Earth, the Industrial Revolution was driven in part by a shortage of manpower.

However, lack of people is the norm for Shaya, and racking her brains to improve efficiency is Wald's main job.

Colin Vane's talent is not innate, at least for the knowledge of his past life, he is not much better than other traversers, so even a simple rail minecart, he only gives an idea, and then Wald and others refine the details.

Two figures visibly taller than kobolds burst out of the cave, and Colin immediately discovered that they were Coral and an elven girl named Belinda.

Since the last kobold was discovered, the friendship between the two girls across races has also been recognized by both humans and elves.

At least Belinda doesn't have to sneak around to Coral now.

However, the area around the fortress is so big, and there is nothing to play after a long time.

Therefore, the two of them, who were extremely bored, hit the idea on these kobolds.

Belinda is now the kobold overseer commissioned by Olivia herself.

Today's elven girls spend most of their time in the mines, and it is no surprise that the smaller Belinda is more popular with kobolds, and there are a few around her almost all the time.

And Sango, because she is Belinda's friend, is no longer hostile.

But it won't be welcomed either.

The little girl often looks at her companions with countless "licking dogs" around her, envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Lord Olivia, didn't the elves ever think of asking kobolds to do things for you before?"

"We don't have anything for them to do, ores or anything, elves don't need anything." Olivia said, "But since the queen ascended the throne, she does want to change the relationship with the various races, especially with the dwarves, eh...... This is the third '500-year plan' promulgated by the Queen. ”

"What is the 500-year plan?" Colin didn't react for a moment.

"It's what needs to be done in five hundred years, make a plan, the previous two 'five hundred years plan' have been successfully completed, I came out this time for the queen's third 'five hundred years plan', to submit letters to the dwarf king McGwell, and establish a certain degree of friendship, speaking of which, the queen has only been on the throne for more than a thousand years, but the hard work has made all the elves sigh."

Colin was speechless for a moment.

Doing this thing in 500 years is still called "making great efforts".

Thinking of the "five-year plan" that he often heard in his previous life, and then thinking of the life span of elves, Colin instantly felt very reasonable.

(End of chapter)