Woowoo......

Accompanied by the sound of dragon horns that resounded in the sky.

The square in front of the High Horn Fort seemed to be injected with vitality, and the boiling voices instantly reached a kind of extreme.

"All horses and vehicles are not allowed to be chaotic, according to the order of approval, queue up in turn, the better your order, the faster the speed of passing, once there is a riot delay, you must wait until the day after tomorrow, if you don't want to delay things, you will follow the rules."

"Personnel and goods list, goods inspection approval form, please prepare a license to sell weapons if you sell weapons, please prepare your royal armed license or royal warrant for the adventure team, travelers who need to carry weapons, please show them in advance, someone will check it later, and tie a peace knot for you, if it is checked out by us, it will be a trouble for you and me."

"Again, please report your caster level in advance, we will prepare a special spell casting certificate for you, please don't have a fluke mentality, wait for the customs clearance, there will be professionals to screen your identity, if you do not report in advance, you will be expelled, not allowed to enter, after entry, you must be cautious when casting spells, if you are found to be in violation of the spell, you will be fined, and you will be imprisoned."

"After entering the tunnel, you must not stay for a long time at will, pass as soon as possible, if there is anything, wait until you get out of the tunnel, once the tunnel is blocked, you will be fined according to the severity of the situation."

"Pass the inspection and release it."

In front of the underground tunnels of Fort High Horn, Gavin and the others have fully experienced the strict supervision of weapons and spellcasters in the Cormier Kingdom, and they are not completely forbidden to carry weapons, but to use them at will.

In comparison, the Rock Ground is purely a place outside the law, and the Purple Dragon Patrol there does not care about carrying weapons at all, even if they use force in front of them, as long as the target is not a Cormier, most of them will turn a blind eye.

This also reflects the confidence of the Cormier Kingdom in its own internal security, and they are sure that there are no wandering monsters and bandits here, and that there is no need for those travelers to draw their swords at any time.

"In order to prevent blockages in the underground tunnels and to make them easier to manage, there is one-way entry and exit, with odd-numbered days and even-numbered sunrises every month," explains the princess. ”

"This is a good way to do this in the case of limited vehicles, but once the number of vehicles reaches a certain level, this method is also a palliative rather than a cure, believe me, this situation will soon be faced here, the best way is actually to open another tunnel, one is dedicated to entering, and the other is dedicated to exiting." Gavin's judgment was not simply a sign of confidence in the path of the conqueror, but also because of the Bridge of Faith and the City of Faith that he had built in the Goblin Frontier.

Many caravans that would have taken the high road can come to the high horn fort through the bridge of faith and take the east road, whether it is smooth or safe, in a short time, the east road still has an absolute advantage.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the most important land gateway connecting East and West Hartland.

As Gavin expands his frenzy to expand the way and commerce in the City of Faith, the importance of trade connections will expand even further.

"I believe what the general said, but how difficult it is to build a new tunnel." The crown princess couldn't help but sigh, "The tunnel of the High Horn Fort is 13,800 meters long, and it took us half a century to complete the preliminary survey and excavation work together with the dwarves of the Silver Clan of the Cape Storm Mountains, and it took another half a century for the large-scale opening to traffic, and it was suspended several times due to financial resources and wars, and the manpower and material resources invested were beyond the imagination of the world, and the royal family's financial deficit was as high as 150 million gold coins at that time, and it took a whole century to turn it around, The courage of the predecessors to plant trees and the descendants to enjoy the shade, even the ancestors of the Obaiszir royal family, not every generation has it. ”

"Thirteen thousand eight hundred meters? Sorry, please forgive my ignorance. Gavin couldn't help but marvel at it, although he had been to the High Horn once before, and even under the leadership of the Crown Princess, he had condescendingly observed its full appearance, but he did not expect this tunnel to be so long.

Such a long man-made tunnel across the entire mountain range would take decades to plan and build, even in modern times with a large number of modern tools.

When the Cormier Kingdom built this passage, it definitely not only used a lot of strong labor, but also a lot of magic to help.

The little achievements he has made in the recent period have made him look down on the heroes of the world a little, especially the kingdom of Cormier, which has been inherited for a hundred years, and their heritage is far more rich than he imagined.

As for those dark areas that stretch for tens of kilometers, or even hundreds of kilometers, and can even pass through the entire seabed, it is another nature, after all, most of them are natural powers, although some of them are the credit of the underground race, but they are excavated little by little over thousands of years, including dwarven pits and underground fortresses.

"It's okay, the general is just kind." Princess Crown smiled understandingly, "There is still a lot of potential to be tapped in the Storm Point Underground Tunnel, and when there are so many trucks that they are crowded on both sides of the mountain road, we will not only operate during the day, but also continue to open to traffic at night, and at the same time extend some of the work done in the High Horn Fort a few kilometers or more than ten kilometers outward, so that a separate sentry fort can be completed, and the High Horn Fort side is only responsible for maintaining the rapid passage of vehicles."

If there is still no way to meet the demand, we will start by increasing the speed of the vehicle, as long as this aspect is improved, it can also relieve the pressure on the tunnel. ”

The Crown Princess showed her wit, and at the turn of her head, she came up with several feasible strategies to relieve stress, which was much less time-consuming and labor-saving than Gavin's digging a new tunnel.

"Changing the means of transport is a very viable strategy." Gavin agreed, "In the later stage, it can be used to tow rail cars for short-distance rapid transfer. ”

The speed of the truck dragged by the cattle is relatively limited, even if it is fast, far less dignaging than the mechanical power, which refers not only to steam boilers and oil-fired engines, but also to magical power, not to mention the rest, what the goblin warlock is researching in the land of the Three Rivers is an out-and-out magic furnace, which uses negative energy as a power source.

As for the golems, they are not common in Faeron, but they are definitely not uncommon, they are all based on the imprisoned elements as the core of energy supply, an out-and-out perpetual motion machine - at least there is no need for artificial energy, and they draw energy directly from the elemental plane.

"Towing railcars?" The Crown Princess was intrigued, "You're talking about the kind of self-propelled railcar that the dwarves use to transport minerals in their mines?" ”

Whether it is large conveyor belts, rails, and rail cars, they are used very frequently in the mining of dwarves, especially the latter, which can be seen in dwarven mines of a slight scale, which is related to their relatively limited population, they must save manpower as much as possible, and the demand naturally promotes research and development.

On the human side, due to the cheaper manpower, including the existence of various slaves, there are not many mines willing to spend a lot of money to build railroad tracks and railcars, even Gavin's Black Well Iron Mine is currently using enlightenment trees to assist in transporting ore, rather than building railcars, after all, their development time is too short, and their financial resources are relatively tight before, and they have not had time to upgrade their equipment.

"Yes." Gavin didn't hide it, and directly dedicated the idea of the train and said, "It's just that the carriages are larger and more numerous than the dwarves, as few as dozens of cars, as many as hundreds of cars, as long as the traction force is large enough, hundreds of kilometers per hour is also very simple, and it is only a matter of ten minutes to pass through the underground tunnel, but the cost is relatively high." ”

"No matter how high the cost is, it's far less than digging a new underground tunnel at Cape Storm, and if you can create another miracle in the City of Faith and increase the trade volume of the entire East Road tenfold, this matter must be on the agenda." As she said this, Princess Crown's eyes fell on Gavin, and she couldn't hide the anticipation in her eyes.

All of this they are talking about is based on a significant increase in freight traffic.

Without this premise, everything is utopian, and who doesn't have to spend a lot of money to build something that is not needed?

If the pits produce enough iron ore every day, even the most stingy slave owners will consider upgrading the ore transportation equipment, because if they don't, they will be enmity with money.

"I do my best." Gavin's answer seemed somewhat arrogant to outsiders.

But the Conqueror's Road gave him the confidence to build roads and promote trade, whether it was to gain more power or to gain more wealth.

Perhaps, in the future, he will also be involved in the transformation of the underground tunnels of Cape Storm in the Cormier Kingdom.

"Your Highness, the road has been cleared, and you can enter the tunnel." A middle-aged man in purple dragon armor walked up quickly.

His name was Rajos Sargent, and he was the garrison general of Fort High Horn.

This is one of the perks that the Princess of the Crown personally greets, not only on the side of the High Horn Castle, but also along the way.

"Thank you, General Rajos, General Gavin, let's go."

This preemptive privilege is not only accustomed to the crown princess, but even those business travelers waiting to pass, and Gavin is also willing to enjoy it.

Equality has always been just a beautiful fantasy, not to mention the kingdom of the gods, even the gods themselves are divided into three, six, nine and so on, let alone mortals.

If it is blindly equal for the sake of equality, it is a foolish act, Gavin only promoted fairness and justice in the army of conquerors, but did not shout the slogan of equality of all, this thing will not work in Faeron in a short time, and it is not conducive to his own rule, let alone his future faith collection.

The Cormier Kingdom's garrison of this underground tunnel is also exemplary, not only with an outer fort relying on the mountain, but also with an inner fort with three layers of inner and three outer layers, and the innermost part is guarded by a thick gate made of steel with a thickness of no less than 30 centimeters, which must be raised and lowered through a huge noose.

The width of the tunnel was also much wider than Gavin had imagined, at least at the entrance, and more than five meters high, so that even the chariots of the Conqueror's army could walk side by side, let alone on horseback.

It's brightly lit, but there's not a hint of smoke.

This is because the lighting is not ordinary, but the inextinguishable flame is attached to the cave wall.

It was a two-ring sculptor spell that would cause the attachment to emit a torch-like flame forever, and Gavin had used this method of lighting in Kobold territory for the most time.

It is very clear that the cost of the Unextinguishable Flame is, even if the caster's mercenary money is aside, this thing requires at least fifty gold coins, as it requires fifty gold ruby powder to be sprinkled evenly on the cast site to ignite the magic flame.

If it is one or two, even ordinary merchants can use it.

But don't forget, this is a tunnel with a length of more than 11 kilometers, and there will be one every ten meters, crisscrossing the walls on both sides, which means that there is one for five meters, and for this alone, this tunnel has to invest more than two million (the materials consumed and the employment cost of the caster, even if it is a war mage trained by the Cormier Kingdom, it also needs to spend a hiring fee, which is nothing more than the internal price, which is relatively cheap).

The use of magic in this tunnel was much more than that, and after entering the tunnel, Gavin clearly felt that their horse's speed had increased to a notch, even if it was a trot, it felt like they were running fast, as if there was an invisible hand pushing them forward behind them.

Before Gavin could ask, Princess Crown took the initiative to explain: "This is another important reason why the Storm Point underground tunnel enters on odd days and rises on even days. ”

Gavin suddenly realized, "This air duct is not static, but reverses every twenty-four hours, blowing from west to east on odd-numbered days and east-to-west on even-numbered days?" ”

If this is the case, the rules of the Cormier Kingdom are reasonable, and the convenience here is used to the extreme, and the merchants are naturally very willing to accept it.

"Yes."

"The generation of this air duct is not related to the ventilation of the channel, right?" Gavin guessed.

In this kind of long underground tunnel, ventilation is the top priority, if there is no good ventilation, to the deepest depth, can suffocate people alive, let alone large-scale passage.

"That's right." Princess Crown generously admitted, "At the beginning of the design here, there were no additional vents, all solved with magic, I didn't expect to contribute to such a unique magic effect, so there is never need to worry about suffocation here, the wind here is not from the outside world, so the effect is constant, but it is the first time you see a novelty, it won't take long, you will feel breathless, monotonous, boring, let's start speeding up, every half an hour here, someone will patrol again, There will be no obstacles on the way. ”

"Riding a horse in an underground tunnel is not an experience that everyone has, so let's get started." Gavin replied with interest.

Since Tenarasta said so, it means that the tunnel is a straight, at least without any sharp turns or noticeable changes in width.

"Drive!" The crown princess was not humble, and directly knocked the war horse under her crotch, and ran slowly and quickly.

Drive! Drive! Drive!

Others followed.

When it was time to run, the difference of the wind duct of the underground tunnel at Storm Point was vividly displayed, and the war horse under the crotch had a feeling of half-running and half-flying.

After this incident, Gavin became a lot more cautious on the next journey, and many things no longer easily expressed their opinions before seeing the whole picture, and being slapped in the face on the spot was secondary, mainly because the advice was not necessarily timely.

After all, Gavin's thinking about many things is still based on the mundane, and both magic and magic are used to break the limits of the mundane.

On the contrary, Princess Crown didn't take this matter to heart, she was very talkative, and seemed to like to lure Gavin to speak, from war tactics, humanistic customs, magic skills to statecraft, she was very proficient, and had her own set of mature ideas.

At first, Gavin listened to a lot of responses, but when he slowly discovered that the crown princess did not have a specific purpose, but just a casual attitude, he no longer had so many concerns, after all, Mrs. Strategist had talked about transactions face-to-face, so how could he be afraid of a princess?

The biggest advantage of Haitian is that they can't feel the passage of time, and when they come to their senses, they have arrived in the village of Hilp, the first place they have settled in the Cormier Kingdom.

Located at the intersection of the Calantare Way (as the eastern part of the road in the Cormir kingdom is called) and the Route of the Thorntail Lion, the village of Hilp is a typical trading town, where most of the people in the village make a living from commerce, all the buildings are built along the two trade routes, most of them are hung with stone commercial signs, shops below, and dwellings above, the two are perfectly integrated.

"That's why you chose to stay here?" Tainarasta asked, looking incredulously at the bush ball in her hand.

No wonder she was incredible, now there were at least three hours before sunset, enough for them to drive another fifty kilometers.

The bush ball in her hand was about the size of a burly man's fist, and it looked like a ball of miniature bronzed cabbage leaves, but it was a little woody, and at first glance, it looked like it had been carved.

The plant, called the Steck Bush, is edible, but it doesn't taste good, and is said to be greasy, bitter, and foul-smelling, but it's by far the most popular fish-eating bait in Ferron, and is loved by all aquatic creatures that live in freshwater and oceans, from the silver carp that swims in schools in the creek to the dragon tortoise.

It also has the odd property that any living creature that eats this plant will lose all ability to generate or release electricity for a certain period of time, so the Steck shrub is highly valued for controlling and capturing electric eels, making it more and more expensive.

(End of chapter)