In addition to the strong combat effectiveness of the army led by Haaland, another important reason for Richard's brilliant military achievements in the past is that the army of the Kingdom of Grant has pinned down most of the enemies, which can allow Richard to gain an advantage in one direction and break the balance of war.

If it weren't for the Grant Kingdom to withstand the enemy's million-strong army, a single duke of Haaland would have been drowned in the tide of the million-strong army of Delong, East Coast, and Ryan. Without a few victories in the war, Haaland would not have been able to develop to the level it is today.

In a short period of time, Haaland's territory did not develop an absolute advantage, and Richard also needed to support the stability of the Grant Kingdom, so that this shield could temporarily block the enemy for himself.

Soon after Sutton was promoted to legend, according to the hints on the attribute panel, Richard found that his experience points had reached the pole of the eight rings, and it was impossible to transform and improve his spiritual power if he continued to meditate.

In late August, Richard was preparing to break through the bottleneck of the retreat. In order to increase the probability of a breakthrough, Richard went to the mana well with the highest concentration of mana.

The Haaland Mage Guild now has a number of mana wells, but the most mana is the Mage Tower at the bottom of the Snowy Lake, which is so powerful that it can supply thousands of mages to meditate at the same time.

This kind of large magic well, which is extremely rare in the Southwest Magic Countries, is the core of a large magic organization. The Divine Radiance Empire's 30 million square kilometers of land only had three large mana wells.

With more than one million square kilometers of land, Haaland has many magic wells, and is in an area with abundant magic energy, which is very suitable for the development of magical civilization.

Richard has been in this world for more than 20 years, which has greatly affected the development of the Dawn plane, and for more than 20 years, a powerful duke has been established, which can already affect the political stability of the eastern kingdom of the continent in the Dawn plane.

In terms of magic civilization alone, Richard promoted the invention of the magic energy steam engine, magic crystal charging technology, sound control conversion rune technology, fighting energy conversion magic technology, medical magic technology, magic crystal cannon, magic airship, once the technology spreads, it will be a great impetus to the development of magic civilization in the dawn plane.

The most critical core, the Harland Leader Mage Association has a clear understanding of the elements and magic energy particles, and over the years, more than fifty kinds of elements have been discovered, and three special magic energy particles have also been found.

This basic understanding of the microcosm, once transformed into magical technology, will also greatly promote the world.

Now the level of magical civilization of the Harland Leader has surpassed that of the Divine Radiance Empire and the Southwest Magic Kingdom, although the scale is relatively small and the strength is far inferior to the Divine Radiance Empire and the Southwest Magic Kingdom, but in terms of advancement, the Harland Leader is indeed ranked first.

In the mage tower at the bottom of the crystal lake, Richard began to try to build a nine-ring spell template, Richard's spiritual power reached sixty points, and his own magic knowledge had also accumulated to a certain level, and he was very stable when he was promoted to the nine-ring.

After only ten days of retreat, Richard successfully broke through the bottleneck and mastered the first Nine Rings Spell Otherworldly Gate.

The Otherworldly Gate can connect the two worlds, when he followed Marvila, Senna and others to block the plane passage, Richard had seen this spell with his own eyes, and after learning magic for more than 20 years, Richard gradually grew to a level second only to Senna.

After being promoted to the Nine Rings, Richard's spiritual power increased to sixty-four points, and his magic power was converted to 1,536 points, which was already a few points stronger than that of the legendary first-order magician. Compared with the legendary knights, there is no comparison, Sylph, Sutton and other legendary knights, the magic power is only 300 points, which is equivalent to the level of ordinary eight-ring mages.

However, some of the eight-ring mages have taken some potions to increase mental power and magic power, and their spiritual power often exceeds thirty points, and they have awakened a strong spell-casting talent, and their spell ability is a few points more powerful than that of the legendary knight.

Although the legendary knight has the ability to spell, after all, he relies on the flesh and the power of the fighting spirit to win, and from the perspective of the physical and fighting power, the legendary knight can compete with the legendary warrior. Powerful flesh, explosive and destructive fighting spirit, and not weak spell power, a single legendary knight can defeat three to five legendary warriors, and to a certain extent, it can determine the outcome of a battle.

When he reached the legendary knight level, he could be regarded as truly entering the upper level of the Dawn plane. Even in the Divine Radiance Empire, a legendary knight willing to swear allegiance can basically create a county.

Legendary knights who are unwilling to swear allegiance can also become the masters of super-large mercenary groups and be co-opted by major forces.

Silver's husband, Bolton, is such a person.

The Blood Piercing Mercenary Regiment slaughtered Count Casare, and was able to operate openly in the Divine Radiance Empire, withstanding the huge pressure given by the authorities, and facing the in-laws and allies of Count Casare head-on, relying on the two legendary mercenary captains Ron and Bolton.

Now that Haaland has two legendary knights, William has surpassed the average legendary warrior in combat power because he has taken the legendary ability fruit, and he can be used as half a legendary knight. At the highest level of combat effectiveness, Haaland has become dominant in nearby countries.

In addition to the three legends, the Haaland Territory also has six ninth-order professionals, Sophia, Richard, Jennings, Soros, Tylarsen, and Rand.

After the end of the Five Nations War last year, the four major countries involved in the war all signed short-term peace pacties. However, this contract was not signed by heavyweights, and the cost of tearing up the contract was relatively low, although the short-term peace contract was only signed for five years, and Richard estimated that after another year or two, the four main countries involved in the war would still break out into war.

Unless the two sides can separate the victory and defeat, they will have the opportunity to recuperate and call off the truce.

If the Grant Kingdom wins this battle again, it will gain hegemony over the eastern part of the Central Continent, just like the Delon Kingdom did a thousand years ago.

Three months after Richard was successfully promoted to the Ninth Ring, his sister Wendy also followed suit and was successfully promoted to the Eighth Ring.

During this period of time, there was constant good news coming from the Harland Leader Mage Association, Anne and Capezon were promoted to the sixth ring, and Bella, Berica, and Röntgen were promoted to the fifth ring, but Butler, who was promoted the fastest in the past, was gradually promoted because the meditation method was incomplete and took time to deduce.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was December 3276 in the Dawn calendar.

In December, Haaland led the second railway across the Eagle Mountains to finally be completed.

The section from Twin Star Castle to King's Castle runs through the network and is connected to other railway lines.

From Twin Star Castle to King's Castle, Eagle Castle, Malte Castle, William Castle, Hurricane Castle, Station 8, Station 10, and Station 3 complete the cycle.

This railway line has formed a complete railway network in the Eagle Mountains, spanning the north and south of the Eagle Mountains, covering a distance of more than 1,400 kilometers, with a total investment of 3.4 million gold coins.

Three million and 4,400,000 gold coins are piled up, which can fill dozens of rooms.

In order to build the railway, it took seven years and a large number of indentured slaves, engineers and magic builders to participate in the construction of more than 200,000 people.

After the Eastern Ring of the Eagle Mountains was completed, Richard went directly to Clemen, the Minister of Railways.

"After the opening of the Eastern Ring Road, the efficiency of transportation from the south of the Eagle Mountains to the north has increased greatly, and in order to recognize those who have made meritorious contributions to the construction of the railway, and to inspire the people's confidence in the territory of Haaland, I propose to hold a large opening ceremony, you can find it from the railway department, elect some representatives, and I will personally give them medals, and some of the best people will give them credits.

We all know that the railroad is the core of the development of the territory, and after the construction of the Eastern Ring Road of the Eagle Mountains, the Priland region can be regarded as truly under our control. With sufficient logistical replenishment, we will be able to control the land and defeat the orcs.

I knew in my heart that although the railway department was not directly involved in the war, it made the same meritorious service as the army. Moreover, in order to build this railway, the railway department also killed and injured many people.

I also see your efforts. Today, I will give you the bottom line, this celebration of the railway department will issue a total of 20 great merits to reward you for your meritorious deeds.

But I also ask you to give half of the credit to the scientific research department, and the remaining half to the grassroots level.

The management department can only get three major merits, of which you can divide one major merit,

But you have to stand firm for me, choose the most unquestionable candidate, and let me know that there are people who are greedy for merit, and you will be held accountable directly.

Clement is also a veteran, and should know that the best way to maintain the morale of the army is to reward and punish fairly. Since you are the Minister of Railways, you must have the courage to take responsibility when you should take responsibility, and if there is anything to adjudicate directly to me, I, as your old commander, must not be a mediocre person.

The politics of the territory are clear, and you, as a high-level civil official, can also enjoy dividends. If your territory loses to the competition, your future will be bleak. Because other nobles have a lot of their own people, and when the big nobles use people, they care very much about blood, not their own people, and they will not be reused at all. ”

Clement left the Duke's Palace and began to summon the middle and upper echelons of the railway department.

The Eastern Ring of the Eagle Mountains was built for seven years, and for seven years Clement had little vacation, spending most of his time on construction sites along the railway. During this period of time, he couldn't even take care of his wife and family.

The section of the road he was responsible for, naturally knew who had made meritorious contributions to the construction of the railway, and of course he could select the most indisputable person. But for this railway, Clemen is responsible for only 400 kilometers, and the remaining 1,000 kilometers can only be found by other leaders of the Ministry of Railways.

In order to complete the task assigned by Richard, Clement could only summon the backbone of the railway department constantly, and from time to time go to the grassroots level, find the grassroots cadres and workers of the Ministry of Railways, let everyone engage in democratic voting, and the comprehensive management department will delineate the list with their opinions, and then publicly declare and select the most suitable person.

This time to reward the Ministry of Railways, Richard took out his blood capital and rewarded the Ministry of Railways with twenty great merits, which are equivalent to two baronies.

Although the role of the railway department is far more than that of the two barons, the inheritance of the Dawn plane is the military merit knighthood, and this time to give the Ministry of Railways twenty great merits, or Richard once again violated the tradition and insisted on going his own way. It is also the founder of a territory like Richard, who has extremely high prestige, to break the tradition and make meritorious contributions to the people in the railway department.

According to Richard's request, half of the twenty great works of the railway section were given to the scientific research department.

The technical research institute of the railway department is huge, with a metallurgical department, a mechanical manufacturing department, and a scientific principle research department, with a total number of more than 300 people, a total of six magicians, more than 30 magic apprentices, hundreds of middle school students, and the remaining 200 people are excellent technicians, each of whom has graduated from primary school and has a high level of knowledge in the territory of Haaland.

Although there are many people in the research department, sometimes one person can use up to 10,000 people for scientific research.

The reason why Haaland led the railway to develop so quickly is that in addition to Richard's guidance, Bonova played a very key role.

Bonova's magical qualifications are very average, and he has only been studying magic for twenty years, and he has no talent in the study of magic configurations, and according to common sense, he is a mediocre person among magicians. But Bonova is very talented in mechanical engineering, advanced mathematics, and invention, and can be regarded as Haaland's version of Stephenson and Edison.

In just over ten years, the steam locomotive was successfully built under the auspices of Bonova, and it has been constantly innovating for ten years. Successfully designed three types of steam locomotives, Julong 1, Julong 2 and Julong 3, the failure rate has been continuously reduced and the efficiency has been continuously improved.

Bonova also played a key role in the construction of the magic energy steam locomotive.

Although the railway sector is not only about locomotive manufacturing, but also about rolling stock scheduling, iron and steel metallurgy, road structure analysis, tunnel planning, route surveying, etc., Bonova still achieved five major achievements.

Bonova is the son of Lostester and is the second in line to the title of Lostster. Seeing that his son of a magician was so promising, Lluster and his eldest son Zoon decided to take out the three great merits and six medium merits they had accumulated to gather their merits together, and the Lostster family was very close to the second hereditary title.

Loster was originally a native of the Kingdom of Lane, who was defeated and reduced to a slave more than 20 years ago, and was purchased by Richard to serve Harland, and not only struggled to become a hereditary nobleman for so many years, but also promoted to the rank of Silver Knight. His eldest son, Zoen, was still more talented than Loster, although he did not have the bloodline of an awakened knight, he had been promoted to a sixth-order warrior before he was forty years old, and he served as a captain in the second legion, accumulating some merits.

Father and son work together to have the opportunity to acquire three baronial lands and lay a solid foundation for future generations.

Bonova was given half of the merits, and the remaining five major merits were divided by more than 100 people, and only one or two small merits were given to those who were small merits, and technicians who played a major role in the development of the railway sector were given five or six medium merits. But there is no scientist who can compete with Bonova and take charge alone.

The merits of the scientific research department are still relatively concentrated, and the merits of the front-line department and the management department of railway construction are relatively scattered, and only Clement has been approved by Richard and has been assigned a major credit. Another deputy minister of the Ministry of Railways, Konstantin, was only assigned a medium merit.

(End of chapter)