Nacht and his team searched the streets for the bass bar, which was non-existent, and finally found the red fruit bar, and when he inquired that a woman had taken Pentaval away, Nacht knew that the operation had failed.

The four of them can't stay here now, they need to leave quickly, it's bad to be caught by Ankotifi, the four of them took advantage of the night to touch the foot of the city wall, fortunately, in peacetime, the city defense is not strict, and Ankotifi's management is loose, except for the gate guarded, there is basically no patrol team in the city.

The four escaped from Ram City with rope climbing and swam across the river back to the Holy Cat State.

Menes was not angry when he got the news of the failure of the arrest, anyway, he didn't expect to catch people, and there were plenty of excuses to catch people, and if he couldn't catch him, he still had to clean him up, it didn't matter.

Jett felt a little regretful, he missed today, Ankotifi would definitely not admit it, and Pentavar was estimated to be killed, so he couldn't appeal to the Holy City, Jett still hoped to get the support of the Holy City, so that he could speak even if he acted in the future.

The normal procedure still has to be followed, and the next day Jet arranged for someone to go to the Ram State to ask for Pentaval, inform him that this person was suspected of murdering the lord, and asked Ankotifi to hand over the man, of course, Ankotifi said a word, this person has escaped, and we have no choice, if we see this person, we will immediately arrest and hand it over to Menes.

In the end, Ankotifi II expressed his hatred for the murderer, who should be severely punished.

Menes agrees with this statement that my murderer should be punished severely.

Ankotifi knew that the murder operation had failed, and immediately began to ask the army to be strictly guarded, not to allow such a situation to occur again, and the soldiers of the people entered the city in a grand manner, and left quietly, what a bunch of waste, if Menes led the troops to sneak attack, wouldn't they be dead?

The second disagreed, now that the flood was coming, it was impossible for Menes' army to cross the river to attack him, and besides, Menes' beggar troops were no match for him at all, and of course the patrol posts of the city defense were increased.

Menes had been in the world for several months, and now that metallurgical blast furnaces and hydroelectric windmills had been made, and swamp drainage and irrigation projects had been completed, land could be allocated as soon as the flood had passed.

Early in the morning, Menes went to the swamp dam area to see what was going on with his metallurgical blast furnace and hydraulic bellows.

Daidia had already placed the purchased iron ore in the blast furnace on top of each other along with the fired charcoal, waiting to be ignited.

The entire blast furnace is two meters in diameter and five meters high, which is not very large, but it is enough in this world, and the air outlet of a huge hydraulic blower is inserted into the blast furnace.

After Menes arrived, he began to ignite, opened the valve blower, and under the impetus of the water flow, through the gears and cranks, pushed the huge bellows, and continuously transported the air into it, and soon the temperature of the blast furnace climbed to more than 1,000 degrees, and the iron ore began to turn red.

Because there was no thermometer, the furnace temperature could only be guessed by observation, but no matter how the blast was blown, the blast furnace was never able to reach more than 1,500 degrees, so it still failed to produce molten iron.

Daidia was very disappointed, Menes was also a little annoyed, there was no way that his ability was limited, this blower could blow air, but it could not deliver high-purity oxygen, and the combustion value of charcoal was not enough, if it could directly blow oxygen and use coke metallurgy in the future.

Although liquid molten iron has not been refined, a lot of sponge iron has been smelted, and it can be used to make weapons and farm tools as long as it is constantly forged.

The smelting of a blast furnace will use up Menes' iron ore reserves, and there is really too little iron ore in this world.

Menes would need to buy iron ore again, which would be a huge expense, so Menes decided to ask Daidia to do research on glass firing first.

Glass is something that the Kemert Kingdom can already make, but the scale is very small, and the level of craftsmanship is very backward, and only a little glass beads can be made as gems to sell for money, so the price is very high, if you can make glass on a large scale, you will definitely be able to make money.

The main raw material of glass is quartz stone, this material is just available in the Holy Cat State, before it was small-scale mining, the city's craftsman workshop is one, strictly guarding their own production technology, nothing is passed on, Menes roughly knows the production process and formula of glass, but still uses a large price to invite glass craftsmen to do technical support.

The old craftsman didn't understand what the shares were, but he knew that he could divide the money, and Menes promised to give a lot of money, so he agreed.

Menes decided to abandon the family business model and set up a commercial trading company, which would be a joint-stock company, which would reduce the financial pressure on the Holy Cat State and fully mobilize the financial resources of the people, especially a group of nobles.

This glass workshop was the original industry, and in order to convince everyone, Menes invited a bunch of nobles to visit the blast furnace smelting.

The other aristocrats just thought it was fun and could make money, but they just couldn't trust Menes.

Bute Hamon has a better eye, and when he sees this blast furnace, he feels like a play, and he listens to Menes' boasting, and he is a little moved.

Speaking of the last time the swamp was reclaimed, everyone was not optimistic, but Menes actually completed it, and paid part of the interest in advance, but there was no mention of the land distribution.

Butehamon asked Menes, "My lord, what is the matter with this joint-stock company you are talking about?"

Menes saw that Butehamon was intentional, so he patiently explained it.

After listening to this, Butehamon nodded and said: "Then it's a partnership business, you have the final say on the business, we don't have the right to ask, and everyone will share the dividends when they make money, right?"

"Yes, that's pretty much it, if you lose money, you can divide it evenly according to the shares, how can you be interested?

"I think this project can make money, but the early research and development is a bit risky, of course, you have to write a contract to us, you have to talk and count, and you have credit!"

"Credit? I'm the most credit-worthy, and I will give you interest when I say it, and I will pay it in advance, isn't this still paid in advance?"

"Huh...... Didn't you ask for money again, so you sent a small amount of money, and you did take a big one. ”

"Hmph, I won't force you this time, it's purely voluntary, if you don't participate, it's better that you will have money to earn in the future, and you don't have to pay taxes to Pharaoh!" Menes said disdainfully.

"I'll follow, I'll follow, but how much do you want this time, my lord?" asked Butehamon in a low voice.

"It's not much this time, I plan to raise three thousand kilts of silver for the first time, I'll give fifteen hundred myself, and divide the rest into one hundred, one for every fifteen kits, how much are you going to invest?" Menes asked.

Bouthamon thought for a moment and said, "Take me, buy fifty copies!"

"Hey, good eyes, do you want to take the lion's share?" Menes laughed.

"Where, where, I have confidence in adults, and I will drink soup with you if you earn it. Bute Harmon smiled.

"But I have one request. Bute Hamon said.

"You say!"

"I'm asking to manage the finances in the company you're talking about!" said Bouthamon with a sense of urgency.

"Hahahaha...... You still don't trust me, okay, so let's be my Treasurer of Menes, and you will be in charge of my finances in the future?" Menes said.

Butehamon was stunned when he said this, is this appropriate? If he becomes a financial officer for Menes, he will really be tied up in the future!

Bute Harmon hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I, But Hammon, will follow Master Menes, I hope I have the right eye!"

Menis laughed and said, "You have a good eye, and meeting me is the best luck in your life." ”