The moonlight is like water, and the wings of an eagle in the sky vibrate, and the wind is galloping.

Byron had just had a sumptuous dinner with Catherine on the front foot, and sent her into the treasury to enjoy the happiest thing of the day - counting the spoils of war.

The hind feet projected their consciousness onto the body of [Falcon] Alvin, turning into an eagle, starting from Uxmal City, along a Candelaria River all the way north.

Start looking for the perfect place to build Violet's new home.

During this time, Alvin, a wild hunting servant, happened to stay in the Taya Empire.

Teach Byron's cheap disciple, the new King Mikteka, and a large number of "clergymen" of the [Father of Medicine].

Since he no longer had the opportunity to kneel and lick his beloved Lady Beatrice, he could only turn his grief and anger into motivation and start a second spring in his medical field.

Under the guidance of Byron's advanced theories, his medical skills have advanced by leaps and bounds.

In the three major city-states of Uxmal, Tayapan, and Chichen Itza.

Uxmal City was at the height of the epidemic at the beginning, and after the disaster, the residents of Uxmal City were the most fanatical in their belief in the "Father of Medicine" under the leadership of the new king.

I can't wait to put Byron's skull in the temple right now, and enshrine it as a holy relic.

In addition, Jeronimo, who was originally the captain of the temple guard in Chichen Itza, was also stained with Byron's light.

He first led his people to take revenge on the Azkh Empire, and then helped the city-state survive the plague, earning him great prestige among all classes.

In addition, the great shaman Iokotel, as a shaman who communicates with spirits, is affected by the three random costs of widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, loneliness, abandonment, and illness.

There are no wives and children, and the desire for power is not heavy.

After the royal family became extinct, this superior nobleman has become the new king with the support of many city-state nobles!

Waitingot, the spearchief of Byron's ship, has also risen in Chichen Itza, and it is not impossible to inherit the throne in the future.

These two city-states have already been completely involved in Byron and have received the most support.

Of the three major city-states, only one of the three city-states, Tayapan, has relatively little intersection, and is currently only on official business, and there are no too close personal relationships.

"Iron mines, coal, deep-water ports, inland canals, a large number of laborers, my eldest lady, your requirements for your new home are too harsh.

I got information from several great shamans and ran five or six places along one of the six major rivers on the island, and none of them fit. ”

As the distance between the two [Echo Conchs] is rapidly closing day by day, their call delay is much shorter than at the beginning.

Now say the last sentence and wait a little longer to hear the response from the other side.

Soon the girl's melodious laughter like a silver bell came from the [Echo Conch]:

"Giggles, this thing depends on resources and location endowments.

Do you think that any place can be casually realized as an industrial city in your plan?

I only make the necessary requirements, and only by meeting the information you have provided me in advance can we be very promising, such as rotary firearms, blast furnaces, lathes, coking coal and steelmaking

If they can all be realized in the future, it will definitely not be a problem to add a few more holy relics to you.

You should know that now the iron production of all countries in the Old Continent is determined by the area of forests.

Charcoal is mixed with iron ore and burned to produce qualified iron.

About 100 kilograms of wood can only make 1 kilogram of iron, and an average ironworks in the Old World consumes 2,400 acres of forest in a year.

If the plan that you have worked out can be realized, the significance it will bring will be epoch-making.

The limit of steel production is the limit of your force.

Of course, there is one more important element besides that."

As soon as he heard this, Byron couldn't help but blush:

"I know that a new fortress doesn't just have to have the previous conditions, and it would be nice to have another gold mine for you to splurge, right?"

has been a "netizen" for so long, Byron already knows the other party's temperament.

He also knows that once his plan is lost, his sister, who is working hard to make money one gold coin at a time, will be so crazy that she wants to kill.

I will definitely die a miserable death.

The joys and sorrows of people are not the same.

Hearing Byron's somewhat stiff voice, Violet on the other side laughed more and more happily:

"Right! Mr. Good Citizen has learned to answer, yes, yes.

Everything else can be left unattended, but the money must be in place!

I don't know if the legendary 'panacea' can cover all the costs of black magic.

But I am very sure that gold can really compensate for all the shortcomings in economic production.

As long as you have enough money, with Miss Ben's ability, she can force you to pass, you can rest assured, there is absolutely no problem.

And I do know a place that fits all the resources perfectly. ”

Byron's eyes lit up:

"Where?"

In the middle of the night, the girl's banter sounded in the conch:

"Of course, it's your family's Straits Islands in the Kingdom of Hattings.

I'm going to sleep, good night, Mr. Good Citizen.

I hope that when I go to you, I won't let poor Baba Violet sleep on the streets. ”

After saying that, he laughed and hung up the communication.

Byron shrugged helplessly.

Once again, the princess of the Wanmin sprinkled salt on her wounds, and he was used to it.

In addition to his sister and Bruch, who grew up in his own person, Violet is also the only one who knows his true identity.

It's rare to let go of the camouflage and relax.

Moreover, he also knew that the Channel Islands were indeed a good fit.

The Channel Islands were the first places where coal was discovered on the entire east coast, accounting for 80% of the Old World's resource production, and there was no shortage of iron ore.

It's just that the way of applying coal in various countries is still lacking, and it is far from giving full play to the value of this resource.

"The Channel Islands are the jewel in the hands of the White Rose York family.

Sooner or later, I will kill back, and under my leadership, give full play to the potential of that treasure land! ”

Flapping his wings and speeding up, he cruised along the river, lowered his head, and watched the mountains and forests under his feet retreat rapidly with a pair of eagle eyes.

"Little Hans can't do the work of building a heavy cruiser for the time being, and must wait for Violet to be in place before he can start it.

But a series of preparations can already be done in advance.

Hopefully, that last clue provided by the Cheap Disciple and Wyndotte will help.

Otherwise, even the two thousand have been processed, and there is no place to put the teak material that has been transferred from the Tayman Islands. ”

Thinking of the ideal battleship, Byron couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.

There are some of the world's largest sail ships, the largest in size, the largest number of crews, the most guns on board, the fastest in the world, and so on.

They are also chasing me in the long river of history, constantly staging the tragicomedy of elimination and elimination.

Once it became the most influential "most" series [Holy Relic], it was not uncommon for it to be squeezed out of the throne by more advanced latecomers within a few years.

It is just to promote the upgrading of technology and the development of human civilization as a whole.

But in the memory of another world, the most legendary warship in the Age of Sail and the most suitable for pirate privateers is the Bald Eagle's [Constitution].

Including five other "heavy cruisers" of unique design at the same time.

In particular, the Constitution went through more than 40 naval battles during its service, and in exchange for the prestige of "being invincible from undefeated to invincible".

It can be seen that this type of heavy cruiser is powerful.

It is also the object that Byron will commission Violet to imitate and improve.

As Byron's spirituality became stronger and stronger, his memories of his past life became clearer and clearer, and he had already drawn the design of the "Dream Love Boat".

Construction specifications: the total length of the hull is 62.2 meters, the width is 13.6 meters, the depth is 6.85 meters, the displacement is 2,200 tons, the speed is 13 knots, the crew is 400 people, and the bow and stern tower are completely canceled.

Armament: Double artillery deck, 30 32-pounder cannons on the lower deck, 24 42-pounder caron guns on the upper deck, both long-range and close-quarter.

Sail outfit: full sail (full sail with three masts), bow cable-stayed jib, stern skewer.

Compared to the battleships of the era, which were powerful but self-sustaining, this enhanced version of the supercruiser had a number of advantages:

First, a heavy cruiser with a lower center of gravity can deploy more heavy cannons than a third-class battleship, or even adopt an all-heavy gun configuration, so that it has almost no inferior firepower to a third-class battleship in naval warfare.

Second, the bow and stern towers were canceled for the same tonnage, and thicker hulls could be equipped, and the [Constitution] even had the reputation of "old iron armor" back then.

It's not an ironclad, it's better than an ironclad.

Third, reduce the height close to the water surface, increase the aspect ratio, and make the speed faster.

Of course, the clipper with a length-to-width ratio of up to 6:1 was actually faster than it, but it was too slender and lacked stability and strength to be equipped with heavy artillery.

This kind of big killer that is enough to subvert the maritime industry, Byron is not ready to take it out immediately.

"It can be said that the configuration of the heavy cruiser has reached the peak of the performance of the sail battleship design.

The idea is to abandon large-scale fleet warfare at the same time.

Those who can beat it can't outrun it, those who can outrun can't beat it, and of course, it's more that they can't run or beat it!

With its powerful firepower and exceptional speed, this heavy cruiser dares to wrestle with any non-extraordinary warship.

The most important thing is that it can be mass-produced.

It must be very majestic to drive such a 'cruiser' with firepower comparable to that of a battleship.

As long as I have four or five of these in my privateer fleet, I don't think anyone would dare to speak loudly to me? ”

This is also the type of sailing ship that Byron has mastered that is best suited to serve as a pirate ship.

Of course, the forces that can equip heavy cruisers on a large scale can no longer be called privateer fleets or pirate groups.

This ship cannot be called a pirate ship, but should be called: a ship!

The aim is to disrupt enemy shipping lanes and logistics and other sea lines of communication.

It is an important weapon of the country that can be used as the foundation of the country.

As long as it is with it, those nominal battleships of the fourth rank that now dominate the Bantaan Islands can take a back seat on the spot.

Especially if the battleships of the third rank and above were not suitable for ocean voyages.

Relying on mass-produced heavy cruisers, it is enough to dominate all the sea lines of communication in Bantaan, and to rule the lifeline is to rule the islands!

Although it is only an ambition or even a wild fantasy now, Byron will eventually move towards this goal little by little.

"More importantly, there's more to it than just a boat.

It is a complete set of industrial systems built around it!

Ironmaking, steelmaking, gunpowder, shells, milling machines, boring machines, artillery, muskets, woodworking, tar chemicals, shipbuilding and other subjects need to be tackled.

When the heavy cruiser is built, it will also be the time when the original industrial system of metallurgy, shipbuilding, coal chemical industry, military manufacturing and so on in our territory will be established. ”

Byron followed the Candelaria River all the way north, and when he was still a few dozen kilometers from the sea, he suddenly noticed a very noticeable change in the terrain under his feet.

The originally continuous mountain forest suddenly sank downwards in a ring, and the river became turbulent, and a very regular circular basin appeared in front of it.

"The place they said was here."

The basin has a diameter of 180 kilometers and is half on land and half in the sea, and a place by the sea called Chikosuluble is its center.

It is also the best place to find based on the advice of the local indigenous city-states, and even the two great shamanic psychic ancestors and the nature spirits.

- Chikosuluble Crater.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, a huge meteorite fell here, causing the earth's crust to shatter and lava to rise underground, creating this rare super crater.

The fear of natural disasters has even been precipitated in the collective subconscious of all living beings in this land for generations.

The Great Shaman can still feel the devastating horror when he is psychic.

However, the lava upwelling also brings rare veins, and they say there was once a depleted gold mine.

During the gold panning, many yellow and red stones were dug up, all of which were left aside by the indigenous tribes who had not yet come out of the Stone Age.

Maybe that's the hematite I'm looking for, and its associated chalcopyrite.

After that, with the more advanced mining technology of the Old World, you can dig hard, maybe you can really dig an associated gold mine, and you will be rich! ”