Chapter 100: New Construction
The Rashen Fortress was basically destroyed, but after all, the undead beasts were also destroyed, and there would be no large-scale beast attacks in a short period of time, the only pity was that Sneefru ran away.
Snefru's matter caused a sensation in the entire kingdom and disgraced the Holy City, no one would have thought that there would be humans and undead beasts who would take the initiative to cooperate, and it was a powerful priest of the Holy City, a magician, and the magician who assisted in the defense of the Nine Gods Legion was actually a traitor.
The Celestial Origin Cult instantly became a hot topic of discussion among the people, and the White City and the Holy City simultaneously issued a wanted warrant to arrest Snefru, searching for all those related to the Celestial Origin Sect.
Zose's Nine Divine Legion suffered heavy casualties, only two thousand people were alive, and Menes' own legion was basically lost, but Haimer's soldiers suffered smaller losses, this guy was really cunning, and Haimer's reserve force was much stronger, and it was easy to replenish personnel, but after this battle, Menes's military strength dropped a lot, but fortunately, his reputation was more prominent.
Commander Zose began to rebuild the fortress of Lashen, Menes also returned to the territory, and Yunia's affairs should be put aside first, this woman is strange, and still did not agree to the engagement, and Menes also needs to adjust the relationship with Queen Lily and Hemmer because of Yunia's affairs.
Although Menes planned to form a family with Hemer, political marriage at the national level was not Menes' habitual way, and Menes did not think that she must form an alliance with Hemmer because of this relationship, after all, Hemmer did not agree to give Queen Lily's territory to Menes, and if Queen Lily completely failed, Menes' importance would be reduced, so this matter dragged on.
Auden's army fought bravely in the defense of the fortress of Rashen, but the losses were very large, and more than a hundred people survived, and Menes must fulfill their promise.
Menes sent a letter to the king of Noua requesting the release of the families of the soldiers, on the grounds that they had been killed and could no longer pose a threat to the kingdom, and hoped that Herrihall would forgive her, and Menes was willing to compensate with a large amount of money.
It's just that this murderous and shameless King Noah actually replied to Menes, "Phew!"
This made Menes angry to death.
Noa's situation as Menes' neighbor is not safe enough, and this cancer must be removed, otherwise Menes will never be able to develop his territory with peace of mind, let alone participate in the kingdom's hegemony at will.
At Menes' suggestion, Kemert's important power mission planned to convene a four-party negotiation conference in Menes' territory to resolve the current situation of the separatist struggle.
Queen Lily was also very angry when she received Menes's letter, this gentleman actually gave up the position of prime minister of the kingdom for a woman and formed an alliance with Hemer? All the previous efforts were in vain, but Queen Lily was helpless, her strength was not enough, if Menes did not support herself, she would definitely not be Hemer's opponent, so now Menes came out to mediate, and Queen Lily must accept it.
Hemmer was also not satisfied with this matter, although it was generally beneficial to himself, but because of Menes' affairs, his army suffered losses and needed to be repaired, and David of the Ananite was naturally unwilling to help Hemmer after returning to his kingdom, so Hemmer reluctantly agreed to Menes' request for mediation.
As for the Holy City's undead beast incident, they have lost face, and they also want to use this meeting to improve their status, after all, it seems that their power is the most powerful at present.
Menes renovated the entire city in order to hold this four-party meeting, and expanded part of his house, after all, to receive the most important people of the kingdom, and at the same time Menes built an expo hall, planning to show his power during the talks, Menes has a small territory and can gain a foothold in the kingdom, one relies on his own mummy godhead, and the other is these magical inventions, so that they can take a good look at their inventions.
The army also needs to be rebuilt, this war of the dead, so that Menes's army is greatly damaged, mainly because the well-trained soldiers have lost too much, weapons and equipment do not matter, and now Menes' industrial production capacity is second to none in the entire kingdom, but there is a shortage of people.
The people of his own territory were mainly engaged in industrial and agricultural production, and the labor force was already insufficient, so Menes did not plan to recruit his own people on a large scale, and planned to use mercenaries.
Thanks to Odysseus' propaganda, the Achaians now knew of Menes' strength and abundance, so they soon came to Menes, the best naval force and proficient in seafaring, and Menes used the Achaians to form a navy.
Herrihall's perverse behavior in his own country caused resentment among the people, and Auden took the initiative to ask Ying to quietly return to the kingdom of Noua to help Menes recruit soldiers, and even Rasim arranged for people to return to the desert peninsula to recruit his own people.
With the addition of these people, Menes' army was quickly built, and the number suddenly rushed to more than 5,000 people, and many of them were experienced soldiers, which was much easier to train.
Menes appointed Nacht as general of the infantry regiment and Bata as commander of the naval fleet, not only for war but also for ocean voyages.
Rasim was appointed general of his cavalry regiment, because he recruited his people, each of whom could ride camels, was a standard cavalry embryo, and he trained well to be the main force in the future.
Menes also organized a 300-strong Praetorian Guard to protect her family's safety, and the kidnapping of Andyère made Menes realize that she had now become a target, and that her family's safety needed special attention, and that such a thing could never happen again, which was one of the reasons why Menes expanded her home.
Financially, Boutehamun was well managed, the port of Ebony was prospering, the maritime trade was expanding, and Buthhamun had created his own customs and revenue agency.
The matter of commercial taxation is actually relatively new in the Kemert Kingdom, because the commerce of the Kemert Kingdom was underdeveloped before, and the large-scale commercial trade was completely in the hands of the state, so there was only trade and no tax, and the money earned was made by the national government anyway, and the small-scale transactions of the common people never entered the eyes of the pharaohs.
Butthamon has a keen sense of smell, and with the frequent private business transactions, he quickly smelled the smell of money, and actually founded his own tax agency, although it is still relatively small, but But Hamon believes that this is a huge source of wealth in the future.
The speed of development of Baoshan Town is even faster, it has gathered nearly 10,000 people, so that the original spring water in the local area is not enough to use, everyone desperately drills wells to find water sources, the price of drinking water in Baoshan Town is about to exceed the price of ale wine, forcing Bout Hamon to strictly control the water in Baoshan Town, the implementation of the rationing system.
This is not a solution, Baoshan Town will continue to develop, and it will not be able to develop without solving the problem of drinking water.
Menes remembered the industrious and intelligent methods of the Chinese people, where the western part was also very dry, and the ancient people built a lot of qanats for farming, and this method should also be used in Baoshan Town.
Menes' territory is relatively humid compared to the north, there is some precipitation every year, but the evaporation is too large to retain water, qanats can collect rainwater and reduce evaporation, so that at least the problem of drinking water can be solved, if the number of qanats built is enough, maybe a small amount can be used for farming.
As soon as Menes told everyone about this idea, it was immediately appreciated by everyone, this plan must be feasible, how could such a simple method not be thought of before?
A lot of things are like this, it's actually very simple, but it's not easy to think of, the first thing that comes to mind is a genius, and it's a fool who follows the trend, Menes is the guy who steals other people's ideas, but in this world he is a genius in the eyes of everyone.
Gu A returned to his temple, after this incident Menes decided not to let the old man run out to adventure again, the mourners who died in battle are easy to find, such a treasure can not be lost, and after this war of the dead, there are actually many demigods who came to Menes and are willing to serve Menes, including two snake blowers who are willing to worship Gu A as a teacher.
Menes' academy has also added many new students, and the reputation of the Mojia academy has gradually spread, attracting the attention of the kingdom.
Merita's steam locomotive No. 1 was produced, and it took half an hour to complete the one-kilometer-long track, which made the crowd laugh, what kind of machine is this, it is not as fast as me, how can this be used? But some people have seen his strong loading capacity, although it is slow, but this locomotive can carry a lot of goods, it doesn't matter if it is slow.
Menes is really excited, slow? For the time being, as long as the power is increased, the second and third locomotives will definitely be running, this is no problem, the age of steam is coming.
Now the problem is not the power of the steam locomotive but the cost, the steel output is still not increased, which causes the cost of the steam locomotive to be very expensive, not to mention that the steam locomotive is the ground track is expensive amazingly, this is Menes with financial support for the research, how to build it in the future into large-scale production?
The theory of the air separation method that Daidia said last time is okay, but there is no way in practice, and after many busy days, suddenly Menes remembered Snifru, where did this guy go? This guy can use ice spells? Isn't it just right to use temperature to separate air? This guy is a talent, but it's a pity that he ran to the enemy, and he needs to ask the Holy City dignitaries, I don't believe that such a big Holy City can only use Snifru's own spell?
Menes found Jet to inquire about the news, and sure enough, there are still people in the Holy City who can use this spell, so that's good, as long as you find a way to persuade the high priest to release the person, Menes can recruit this person, with this method can solve the problem of air separation in the short term, and the blast furnace oxygen top blowing will greatly increase the output and quality of steel, so that the overall cost can be reduced.
Menes was already looking ahead to his own steam trains, steam ships, and steam tanks, but it would be nice if he could make gunpowder, which was needed to build roads.