High Above

  Chapter 700 Materials of Lord of Steel

  For ordinary people in the Xiahui Territory, the changes brought about by the victory in the war are slow and subtle.

  For example, more and more mountain people choose Xiahui Territory as a transit point for trade with Nauman City and the Agate Plains, which greatly increases the local economic advantages.

  The bards in the tavern are also extolling the great achievements of their lords, spreading the name of the prophet as much as possible, paving the way for the creation of future sects.

   It is difficult for ordinary people to notice abnormalities, and they only take things for granted. There are still many things in the territory, and everyone is suddenly unaware.

But other than that, there are some rapid and tangible changes: for example, there is no longer a curfew at night, and more and more magnetic storm armor and well-equipped guards stand at the intersections of the streets in key areas, demonstrating the force of the territory .

   And there are many more hired mountain workers in the city.

  Many residents were surprised to find that the streets and alleys are full of strong men from various ministries sweating, reorganizing the streets and expanding the urban area.

  With the addition of such a group of strong laborers, Ian's process of reshaping Xiahui's urban area has been greatly accelerated. For those who rarely go out due to winter, every time they go out, they will have a feeling of changing with each passing day.

  —What is this tower? Magnetic storm coil?

  —The black thing on the top of the Lord's Mansion is... Prism Cluster Cannon? !

  —OMG, a whole new street? Even the armor can't be broken, right?

More than that.

On the Guyan Peak outside the city, on the half-mountain platform, there is even a simple dragon nest. Recently, residents who have traveled far can always see a dragon shadow passing by in the sky. Quite a scare.

  Xio is happily building his own nest. The young Zhenlong who left his mother's supervision for the first time is like a young man who left home to rent a house for the first time. He wants to build his own warm little home by himself.

  Ian wanted to help but was declined, so he could only shake his head and leave.

   Even, the changes in the Xiahui collar were not limited to the city.

   It also originated from the distant imperial capital.

In 774 Terra, on January 9th, a blue-black dragon-scale warhorse was galloping on the streets carrying the envoys of the imperial capital. He didn't slow down, but he didn't hit anyone either. It can step on solid ice and fly in the air out of thin air, causing the onlookers to cry out in surprise.

  It passed through the vibrant Xiahui City at a fast speed, all the way to the castle of the Lord's Mansion by the lake, and then slowed down and climbed up the cliff.

Many passers-by looked at the dragon horse and the knight in surprise. They gathered together and couldn't figure out who was so bold and dared to ride a horse to the lord's mansion. Many of the mountain people even thought that the knight insulted them The envoy held the hammer and tool tongs in his hand indignantly, and wanted to come forward to ask for an explanation.

  But the local residents of Xiahui City vaguely saw some clues from the sun emblem on the knight's armor. They stopped the mountain people and told them the true identity of the knight.

   That is the messenger of the imperial capital.

   "Finally here? It can be regarded as officially honoring me."

In the lord's mansion, Ian, who was discussing funding issues with Scott, raised his head. He was a little surprised and said, "However, I thought they would come after the New Year Festival (the celebration that ends in the first ten days of January) in the imperial capital. , looking at it now, they set off at least ten days earlier."

   "My record is still useful." He laughed.

"Imperial capital?" Scott, who was working **** the construction of the new city, was a little at a loss. The iron man scratched his head, looked at his lord, and asked with some expectation: "Is that the young master of the Ellen family?" Have you sent money for my lord?"

"Of course not." Ian shook his head, and he complained: "Don't talk about Isengard like a kid who gave me money—we are allies who help each other, and he helps me more than money Much more.!"

"Besides, didn't he give away five thousand talers last time? Who do you think bought the alchemy equipment in the new alchemy workshop?" Ian felt that he had to let his subordinates know who was the one who bought the alchemy equipment? Xiahui leads the real nobleman.

   “But there is really a shortage of money right now.”

Scott looked at the forms and accounts in front of him, and pinched his pen anxiously: "Xiahui Lake needs a sum of money for the new farm, the element crystallization production line of the alchemy workshop needs money, the tools for gorge exploration need money, and the new mine needs money. Money, hiring mountain workers needs money, and the new urban area also needs money, not to mention the improvement of the sewer project and the pollution recovery equipment for the alchemy workshop that you asked for, my lord—all of which need money.”

"It's not the recycling of pollutants, but the 'reuse equipment', which can recover at least 10 to 20 percent of the effective alchemy materials, which can greatly save costs. The sooner it is built, the more it can pay back, and even make money. .”

  The young man frowned slightly, and he glanced at the document in his hand: "But other than that...um. It's all pure expenses."

  Seeing this, Ian couldn't help being silent, and then sighed: "The construction of the territory really costs money—if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't buy people's hearts, and I would cut taxes for the mountain people."

   That’s what he said, but if the mountain people are not given tax cuts to recuperate, then Ian’s next development and population drainage for the Midra Autonomous Region and other mountain tribes will be postponed for more than a year.

  If Ian really wants money, he has plenty of ways to fix it. Among other things, if he sold a large amount of sublimation minerals and monster materials brought back from Jiamubu's underground vault some time ago, he could quickly get tens of thousands of talers in sufficient funds.

  But this kind of precious materials and even strategic materials are easy to sell, but difficult to buy. Selling sublimation materials for quick money will definitely regret it in the future.

  So Ian and Xiahui are not poor, but for a better future, to save time, and many things that are more important than money, which makes capital turnover a bit difficult.

temporary!

   "Speaking of this." Ian opened the vision vision and looked at the lavender figure at the gate of the Lord's Mansion: "Can I ask the empire for a sum of development funds? I also meet the requirements of the empire's Nanling University development plan!"

  Thinking of this, he quickly got up and greeted the other party.

  The messenger of the imperial capital never imagined that a knight who came to deliver news would be caught by the local lord and asked about various regulations for applying for "development funds".

  He doesn't pay attention to imperial policy on weekdays, how could he know this?

Although the lord in front of him is very good-looking, if it is his free time on weekdays, the messenger does not mind saying a little more... But he has done his homework before coming, and he knows very well that the white-haired young man in front of him is fighting side by side with the real dragon, beheading The murderous man who has passed the third level of the leader of the mountain people, the top kind of genius!

  He didn't dare to fool the other party with half-knowledgeable information.

Therefore, neither embarrassed to refuse, nor dared to turn around without saying a word in front of a patrolling knight whose rank was higher than his own, the messenger knight could only give one opinion: "Sir, you see, I am going Viscount Timor Ducasse, who will honor you in a few days, is coming, he is a big figure in the noble hall, he must know more about this aspect?"

   "That's a good idea."

   After getting the news he wanted, that is, 'who will award him the honor', Ian did not continue to pester the messenger, but let the other party leave.

  He thought about it: "Viscount Ducasse of the Noble Hall... I remember that he was a person under the command of the First Prince, right? I didn't expect that after going around, it was his people who came to award me the honor."

   "Should be planning to take this opportunity to try to recruit me. It's really strange, how could the second prince allow it? But I don't care, it would be nice if I could cheat a piece of aid..."

  He has already started thinking about how to get more benefits.

  As Viscount Grant, who was aided by Grand Duke Thorin and aided by the imperial capital, said, aiding such things is not free.

  Aristocrats who want to develop their territories should not be afraid to eat hundreds of meals.

   Every time you cheat aid, treat it as your last cheat, and then don't be afraid of being discovered!

  Elder Ian and Man Ya, united with the King of the Mountain to quell the turmoil in Nanling, has long been spread to the imperial capital.

  Although the main topic in the imperial capital today is the front line of the war with Feiyandi on the western border, the small victory in Nanling has also attracted the attention of some interested people.

In the first week after the victory, Ian received letters from many acquaintances: the appreciation from the second prince, the support of another batch of ether crystals from the Marquis of Barton, the congratulatory letters from Isengard and Master Gosser... even Both Huaan and Shuangdie sent a small letter, telling Ian that they had found the batch of hot water goblins.

  Now, they are trying to move the original lair out of the cooling storage, find a place to place it properly, and perfect it into a real 'fairy lair'.

  If possible, they hope that Ian will also come to help out—it is really difficult for only one second energy level to do this kind of thing, and in a short time, no other fairies will come to Nanling.

  Ian did write the return to Port Harrison in his memo.

  The development of the Xiahui Territory is now on the right track. With his prestige, on the surface, the military guarantee brought by Xiou, and secretly the guards of Yadbert as insurance, the entire territory is solid, and it is very safe when he is not there.

   Not to mention, Ian now has mastered the most important "ether crystal production line"!

  The 'Elemental Crystallization Condenser' obtained from Jiamubu was in perfect condition. After being sent back to Xiahui City by Qingchao, it was transferred into the depths of the alchemy workshop by Yadbert.

Except for a small number of core white people's guards, no one knows where this alchemy equipment, which is worth more than all the alchemy workshops in Xiahui City combined, is kept, and those white people's guards, and even Qing Chao himself don't know where it is What are you doing.

   After returning to his territory, Ian immediately prepared to build his own element crystallization production line to completely solve the energy problem in the territory.

  The most core condenser is ready-made, but the remaining production line is quite simple, and Xiahui Ling can produce it by himself.

The raw material 'Xiaojing Mushroom', Jiamubu has a channel and planting area. Elder Manya took over the plantations located in the northern Midra Autonomous Region and Odor Autonomous Region. The crystal mushrooms were sent to Xiahui.

  About the end of the month, the element crystals produced by Xiahui Ling will be freshly baked, providing sufficient and cheap energy for many newly opened alchemy projects.

   "At that time, even without me, the territory will develop at a high speed. I just need to grasp the progress of key projects."

  Ian is not a person who loves power. If possible, he doesn't want to take care of things at all, and concentrates on research.

  But in Terra Continent, power and power complement each other, and if he has power, power will follow.

  Some people call it 'duty', but that's only for the responsible ascendant. A considerable number of nobles only like to use power to satisfy their own desires.

However, Ian is a responsible person. After the war ended and he got the inheritance of Steel Dragon Nest, he worked overtime for more than a week. After preparing all the government issues related to the mountain people and the development plan of Xiahui City, There is time to think about other issues.

  Of course, this is not a bad thing—in the process of handling government affairs, Ian also converted the "Kod Jiamu's soul" into an "intermediate psychic computing unit" using a silver chip.

  As the "intermediate calculation unit" condensed from the soul of the third-level sublimator, its calculation power is nearly a hundred times that of the "basic calculation unit". One is because the improvement of the quality of the soul has greatly improved the structural strength of the computing unit, making overclocking and accelerating calculations easier, and the other is because with enough volume, the computing unit can also be built into a more complex and efficient structure.

  By observing the structure of the 'intermediate computing unit', Ian also began to upgrade his soul. While optimizing his computing power again, he also gradually strengthened his soul strength to almost the third energy level.

  In this way, as Ian's soul strength increased, he also noticed that the number of "parallel worlds on the road to spiritual disasters" that he could link to in his mental light body "Guiding Star" was also increasing.

   It is precisely because of this reason that Ian Mingming had already unlocked the path of spiritual disaster at the beginning of the year, but until now he has not started to choose a parallel world to try to exchange technology. The opportunity is precious, if you can try to link better, don't settle for it.

  Nearly ten days have passed, and Ian has almost completely converted his soul into the structure of a 'medium computing unit'. The speed of his soul strength increase will slow down, and will remain at this level for a long time. At that time, he will start to communicate with the parallel world.

   "From this point of view, the basic calculation unit is the 'primary meditation method', and the intermediate calculation unit is naturally the 'intermediate meditation method'."

  While experimenting with himself, Ian is also summarizing the foundation of the future arcane path: "But it is still too complicated. I can figure it out, but I have to consider it for ordinary people."

He has already passed on all the "meditation methods" he has summed up to Adalbert, and asked the genius of the dead king to help him continue to optimize the meditation methods, and let the other party try to think about how to pass the existing "meditation methods", Summarize a set of "practice meditation methods" that ordinary people with only "artificial souls" can learn.

  Ian can do this research by himself, but his time is too tight, and Yadbert also likes this kind of technology that can strengthen ordinary people. Being a leader is all about assigning the right tasks to the right people.

  Knowing and employing people is the most important job of a lord. Only the most critical items can Ian take the time to research.

  Ian urged Scott, telling him to continue to fully promote the construction of major projects in Xiahui, and he needed to go out for something.

   As for money, he will find a way.

   In this regard, Ian is really not panicking.

  Even if he failed to swindle a sum of money from the First Prince, he could still contact the 'Firestone Group'.

The 'Alchemy Plating Potion' that can work on armor has been proven to be practical, and its record is extremely good, so it can be mass-produced—but there are still some key issues in the project, such as the pass rate, so it needs to be solved. Apply for the second batch of research funds to stabilize the quality of plating agents.

  —This reason, no problem, right?

  Ian even has several sets of reasons for follow-up, such as "need to develop special new alchemy equipment", "need to train a new batch of professional alchemists", "need to improve compatibility for different types of armor", etc...

  Every reason can cheat a wave of research funding!

  Ian is very skilled!

  As for what Ian has to do, he needs to leave the territory in his busy schedule, leaving behind all kinds of very important research and official duties...

   Naturally, it is the most critical item.

The brand-new advanced direction of the third energy level of Fudo Fortified City is now a new type of potion tentatively named by Ian as "Lord of Steel". , is now at the mouth of Guyan Peak, waiting for him to get it.

  (end of this chapter)