Recruitment for Black Rock continues.

For three days, people continued to come to the city hall to answer the call, and Zhaoming and Trisda still scrutinized every interviewer.

But they didn't know that some special "guests" had come to their territory today.

At the gate of the city, the Black Rock Guards under Zhaoming were guarded here.

In the past few days, due to the lord's recruitment of new people, many new faces have poured into Black Rock City, so they must strictly check everyone who comes and goes.

"Stop!" The soldiers defending the city shouted at a group of merchants, "The lord has ordered passers-by to be checked!" ”

Fortunately, it was only a caravan from Black Rock doing business, and it was released after the accompanying goods were inspected by the Black Rock Guards.

The knights of the edict, who were watching from a distance, felt a headache when they saw this scene.

They wanted to sneak into the city to take a look, but their chests were full of armor, and if they were checked, they would definitely be discovered.

When they were in a dilemma, the captain Sevita said, "It's okay, let's go look elsewhere first." ”

The group returned to their horses and walked in the direction of the village.

Their attire was no different from that of a normal caravan, and no one who saw them was surprised.

In the other direction of Black Rock City, a figure in a black cloak was moving rapidly through the woods.

His movements were swift and light, and he didn't move a little through the foliage of trees.

When he came to the foot of the city wall that was being repaired, the soldiers on duty on the wall and the construction workers on the side did not notice anything unusual.

……

Since getting Andu, a gunpowder genius, Zhaoming's great cause has received a new boost.

Now that the recruitment for the town hall is nearing completion, it's time to prepare for the next phase.

In the lord's office, Zhaoming shows a plan to Trisda.

Trisda looked at the contents, her big beautiful eyes blinking twice.

"My lord, I have no right to interfere in such a matter as the expansion of the Black Rock Guard, why do you want me to watch this?"

According to the previous agreement between the two of them, Trisda would be in charge of internal affairs and commerce, and the affairs of the army should not be interfered with if it is inconvenient.

Zhaoming smiled and said nothing, Cui Sida saw his thoughts, Zhaoming was definitely short of money again.

"Humph!" Trisda twisted her head to the side, deliberately ignoring Zhaoming.

Zhaoming has no choice, who can only ask the rich woman for help if he is shy in his pocket?

I saw him discussing as if coaxing his girlfriend: "Trisda, if we want to make a lot of money, we must have enough strength to ensure that the expansion of the Black Rock Guard is imperative." ”

Trisda sighed, "I really can't help you!" ”

However, Trisda can't just be cheap for nothing, and the wish that was not said at the New Year's banquet before can be said now.

Trisda stood up and glanced around the office, where only the secretary Vanessa was there except for him and the lord.

"Vanessa!" Trisda suddenly shouted to the secretary who was deserting.

The little secretary with a puzzled face immediately stood up and asked, "What do you command, Your Excellency?" ”

Trisda tilted her head slightly and said, "Go out, I have something to talk to the lord about." ”

Yes? The little secretary didn't expect to shout that he was just for this kind of thing, his own good dream!

In the end, I reluctantly walked out of the office.

Back here, Trisda finally said her request: "Lord Zhaoming, I have the money, but you also have to help me out." ”

Zhaoming was a little puzzled, not understanding what Trisda wanted to do, only to see her spread out a map, her eyes shining, pointing to a coordinate on it and saying, "This is it, help me knock it down!" ”

Zhaoming looked at the map while using his navigation skills in his mind.

It is a port located about 300 miles southwest of Black Rock City. Due to its proximity to the Dark Border, it was abandoned after being sacked by the demon army once two years ago.

"As long as we reclaim this place, we can rebuild this bustling port!" Trisda excitedly tells Zhaoming about her plans for the future.

According to her idea, after recovering the port, the south can connect the shipping routes of the prosperous country of the Thousand Islands, and to the east, the kingdom of Trania can be connected by rivers, and even all the way to Ankaria, the easternmost part of the mainland......

"If we can take this port, we will get a golden waterway that can bring us shiploads and boatloads of gold!" Trisda's eyebrows fluttered as she described the benefits of taking the port to the lord.

She had expected Zhaoming to hesitate, at least think for a while before compromising. But I didn't expect that after listening to her story, the lord directly agreed.

"I'll listen to you about this!" Zhao Ming said happily, "As long as the money is in place, let alone a port, the demon prince will give you a waste." ”

In fact, Trisda's plan happened to be the same as that of the wise man, and with the perspective of the Eye of God, he also paid attention to this important stronghold near Black Rock City early.

Even if he has greatly improved the conditions for agricultural production through the construction of water conservancy projects, and will distribute high-yield crop seeds to farmers in the future, this will not be enough to support Zhaoming's big plan.

This is also the purpose of Zhaoming's military expansion: as long as the military is strong, the port can be subdued, the port can be regained to make a lot of money, and the army can be expanded after making a lot of money......

Cui Sida didn't expect Zhaoming to be so bold, and she couldn't lag behind, so she signed a bill of exchange to Zhaoming on the spot.

"Take this to my bank, and write it yourself for as much money as you want."

After saying that, Trisda playfully flicked the head of the lord who was holding the bill of exchange and couldn't keep his mouth shut. This is a tacit understanding between the two.

"Ouch, what are you doing!" Zhaoming pretended to be angry and said.

……

Surrounded by two mountains and rivers, Black Rock Castle is not very large, and in order to make room for construction, Zhaoming once carried out a population relocation project.

By relocating the scattered population living in the abandoned city to a unified and better managed place, Zhaoming was given a large amount of vacant land.

Now that the land is finally being put to good use, Zhaoming plans to use part of it to expand the Black Rock Guard's barracks, and part of it to build a specialized arsenal and laboratory.

At the same time, in order to express his care for scientific and technological talents, Zhaoming had already built several houses for Lesio and Andu in advance with a secret sand table before the arsenal started construction.

While the two teenagers were grateful, they also quickly threw themselves into the intense work.

After discussing the expansion of the army with Trisda, Zhaoming came to the laboratory that was still very rudimentary for the time being.

The newly recruited alchemist Andu was preparing new gunpowder in front of the experimental table, and he was too involved to notice the arrival of the lord behind him.

Zhao Ming didn't bother when he saw him so devoted to research, just stood aside and waited silently.

Suddenly, Andu seemed to be mad and shouted: "It's done! I did it! ”

In addition to the surprise, Andu finally saw the lord standing behind him, and realized that he was out of shape, and he just wanted to salute but was stopped.

"Eh, didn't you say you don't have to salute when you see me? Get up! ”

Zhaoming taught Andu like a teacher, but he made the other party feel a burst of warmth in his heart.

When asked what he was excited about, Andu excitedly showed off the latest research results in his hands.

"Based on the information you gave me, combined with some of my previous assumptions, the stability of the gunpowder I have made now is 40% better than before."

Hearing this, Zhaoming felt very relieved - leaving Andu was indeed the right choice, and his big plan could finally be realized.

I saw Zhaoming take out a few drawings from the storage space, and Andu, who was a genius science and engineering man, immediately smelled the smell of knowledge.

Zhaoming carefully spread out the blueprints, which he had spent 1,500 faith points in exchange for, and the blueprints for the musket were extremely precious.

An Du wiped his single-rimmed glasses, and the whole person lay on the table to carefully observe the complex instrument drawings.

Although he was a liberal arts student in his previous life, Zhaoming knew that science men must not be disturbed when thinking about problems.

Therefore, as a lord, he only dared to stand aside when Andu checked the drawings, and he didn't dare to breathe.

Finally, Andu slowly raised his head, his mouth panting heavily, as if he had experienced a difficult exercise.

"How? Can you figure it out? Zhaoming asked worriedly.

In fact, the system can directly exchange it for a musket, but the price of 500 faith points is really unaffordable, and he has to save faith points to buy new armor!

Andu plucked his eyes with difficulty and said, "Yes, but I need high-quality iron ore and the best blacksmith." ”

Zhaoming nodded with satisfaction, this is enough, as long as it is made with the productivity of this world, the rest is all a matter of money.