"Sir, you have also seen that this carriage fully meets your requirements and its performance is very good, but it is very expensive." Faced with Lant's question about the cost of the carriage, the dwarf also shook his head, "A sufficient amount of iron and magic guide Metal, more than a dozen magic patterns, and the crossbow on it requires 3 small magic circles and 5 runes. If it weren't for Master Sophia, the body alone would cost several hundred gold coins.
Now that they are all down, the car body costs about 80 gold coins, and the giant crossbow costs about 200 gold coins. In the future, if we do more, the cost can be reduced. But more importantly, even if Master Sophia and Wendy come over now, they can only draw two cars a day, so they have to stay in the magic workshop that day. "
"I know." Lant nodded, "I'll think of another way."
With the iron smelting plant, the dwarf rune master and the templates from the imperial capital as reference, it is not too slow to finalize the design of the new carriage and giant crossbow. The production of the frame and carriage of the general version of the carriage has also entered the stage of small batch trial production. First A batch of 20 vehicles has been completed; 5 giant crossbows have been produced for testing; 10 extended carriages have been produced, 6 of which have completed the installation of functional carriages.
However, Lant has too few mages and too many product lines, including all kinds of magic pattern equipment, carriages, and magic pattern breeding tanks. In the past few days, he has gathered all the mages to develop the hive planting area, even though most of the current mages are junior and above. Even though they are all involved, it is still difficult to coordinate.
In the afternoon, Lant received briefings from various parts of the territory at the East 1 Station, and flew directly north. Yesterday Neil took Teresa and Lant set out at the same time, but Lant went west and Neil went north.
Originally, Lant planned to send Elsa to the western border first, and then soak in the training circle or the magician's tower to improve himself. However, at the Iowa Pass, Lant realized that some things were best done by himself. Only after reading and investigating can you make a decision. Little Red Bird can provide information to herself through the inn and signaling system, but it cannot replace her own actual investigation.
"Sure enough, once there is a portal, the royal capital and the imperial capital are natural neighbors, and the border of the territory becomes a distant frontier." Lant laughed at himself while reflecting on how much time he had wasted in the royal capital recently. , you should pay more attention to the news in the territory.
Neil's expansion northward exceeded Rand's expectations. He only set out on June 11, and there were still a few days left during which time he would return with Teresa to participate in the construction of the hive planting area. However, Neil has completed the North 5th Station 200 kilometers north of Yeqi City, and is continuing north.
When Lant arrived at the 5th North Station, he only saw Teresa and the intermediate knight Nedland Wilson, but Neil and the barbarian cavalry were completely invisible.
"Are you looking for Neil? We were separated. They were responsible for investigating and cleaning up the surrounding tribes. Ned Land and I concentrated on building roads." Teresa introduced Lant when she saw him.
Among the three directions of development in the east and northwest, only the northward team used the barbarian cavalry of the Galloping Horse Tribe as the main force and had sufficient soldiers. Neil's development was more like a hunt: every morning, nearly 200 cavalrymen It will be divided into five groups, one group will scout out a range of about 60 kilometers to the north, leaving space for Theresa's road construction and the construction of the station. Two teams were dispatched in each direction in the east and west for reconnaissance and hunting.
To the north of the Benma River, there is a dense network of rivers and dotted with small lakes. After the beginning of spring, some barbarian tribes settled near the lakes for fishing and grazing. If none are encountered, the Troopers will attempt to fish on site.
If they encounter a small tribe, the galloping cavalry will give them friendly greetings, bring them some food, and invite them to visit various inns. If it is a larger tribe, Neil will personally communicate with them and show them force and food. , to win the respect and submission of the barbarians.
With sufficient manpower and effective division of labor, although the team heading north needs to build a large number of bridges, the development efficiency is higher than that of the east and west directions.
Near noon, the cavalrymen who were scouting north reported that they had seen Luoyue Lake in the north and asked what to do.
"Luoyue Lake?" Lant was a little surprised, "Isn't it almost 400 kilometers away from Yeqi City? How come we only saw Luoyue Lake after opening up 200 kilometers?"
"Sir, we are all cavalry from the south of Benma River. We have never seen that lake before. Now we see a large lake in the north. The leader said that it is Luoyue Lake. Naturally, we don't dare to argue."
The cavalryman who reported the news told Lant the truth. Naturally, Lant could not blame him. He could only ride on the fire and take Teresa to investigate on the spot. Sure enough, after about 40 kilometers to the north, he saw a wide lake. It is more than 20 kilometers long from east to west and about 5 or 6 kilometers wide from north to south. No wonder the cavalry thought it was Luoyue Lake when they saw it.
But Lant knew that it was definitely not the case here, because he could see the mountains to the north of the lake. According to records, Luoyue Lake was as wide as the sea, and it was impossible to see from the south bank to the north bank.
Obviously, there is still a depth of more than 100 kilometers on the north side of the lake, waiting for Neil to open up, but Lant feels that if a larger castle is built here to temporarily stabilize the border here, it is also a way.
After communicating with Teresa, Lant decided to use the big goblin to connect the magic network. This time he wanted to personally participate in building a viscount-level castle.
Lant chose to build on a relatively high hillside, facing the lake on the north side. He used the rock mass of the hillside as the exterior of the castle as much as possible, and built a pier outside the north wall. A number of outbuildings and watchtowers were built on the southern slope of the castle. All buildings were designed with sloped roofs to facilitate the falling of snow.
The design and construction of the building are not complicated, but it is still very interesting to experience how the big goblins build it for the first time. It feels like using invisible hands to squeeze a piece of plasticine, and it feels like you are building a sand castle.
After several practices, Lant tried to use his consciousness to directly construct the complex structure inside the rock formation, such as letting part of the rock formation act as a steel structure to increase the shear resistance of the floor, or adding porous structures on the wall to achieve a mute effect.
The castle built by Lant has a huge underground space, which is convenient for the storage of winter food and meat. The basement can also lead to any outbuildings, and the construction of these underground spaces even takes more time than the buildings on the ground.
However, the rewards of completing this space by hand are also huge. Even Teresa feels that his operation has reached the level of a magic fairy.
When all the buildings were completed, Neil also came over with the cavalry team. He was a little confused as to why Rant came to see him just after leaving Yeqi City.
"You guys take a look along the lake in the next two days. If you can go around it, go around it. If you can't go around it, set up a post station on the south bank and send Teresa back to Yeqi City." Lant made arrangements for Neil. Then ride southeast to White Wolf City in the eastern Iowa Pass.
(End of chapter)
