Broad World

In order for his subordinates to fully understand the essence of governance and city management, Henry stayed in the Governor's Mansion for a whole day, and made a detailed plan for Waylon, including the expansion of the city and the adjustment of the street structure, the layout of the market and private houses, and patrols How the soldiers should be assigned, etc., and finally made a clear arrangement for the next few months.

First of all, the original pirate fleet that has already put on the navy skin is forbidden to continue to plunder, and the task of blocking the coast of Amn is all given to the left-behind Nelanthir pirates. Instead, they can collect protection fees from passing merchant ships.

The rules are very simple. Orders are issued in the name of the Governor's Office to levy 5% to 10% of the profits of the goods on board from passing merchant ships. On the surface, it is completely voluntary.

All ships that have paid will get a flag with a special pattern and number. After hanging it, they can safely pass through the southern Sword Bay, Sword Sea, Essevier Strait and the Sea of ​​​​Glory. The pirates will not be polite, they will directly grab all the goods on the ship, not even a pair of pants.

With this combination of officials and bandits, I believe it won’t take long for the merchants to learn how to behave. They are arranging for the so-called navy and pirates to perform a few wonderful naval battles. By then, the toll will be a huge amount. The invisible control over commercial routes and trade will soon establish the authority of the West Hartland Kingdom in the western coastal waters.

The second is to send a large number of ships to recruit bankrupt farmers from Tethyr and Calimshan in the south, so that the farms near Willen can resume operation and sit up. At least the supply of vegetables, fruits and some miscellaneous grains must be guaranteed. As for the staple food, wheat can be grown as much as possible. Anyway, there are two large granaries in the Angome Islands and the Green Field, which are enough to supply the consumption here.

The last is manufacturing, due to its close proximity to Verdas Forest and the Underdark. So Henry formulated two systems for Waylon, one for shipbuilding, and the other for glass manufacturing and jewelry processing.

Although he already had the idea of ​​making steel warships, judging from the kingdom's current steel output and industrial technology, it would be considered lucky to be able to manufacture one a year, so wooden sailboats could not be eliminated for a long time.

What's more, the shipbuilding industry in Faerun is not very developed. In many places, primitive oars and single masts are used as power. Even Waterdeep City and the giant ship of Amn, which represent the pinnacle of the human shipbuilding industry, only use the earth Play with remaining Carricks from the 15th century. Because this design pays too much attention to the load capacity, the huge hull is prone to tilting the center of gravity, and the ship will often be destroyed in a storm.

As for the legendary fast sailing ship that the elves claim to be the pinnacle of Toril's world shipbuilding industry, he has never seen it before. According to the descriptions of sailors who often sail, this thing should be a ship that simply chases speed. The structure should be similar to the clipper ship that only appeared in the 18th century on the earth. It is not equipped with any weapons, because the powerful elf mages are the best weapons. After catching up with the target, raise your hand and you will see a row of fireballs. The power is definitely not much worse than a shell.

In order to ensure that Waylon's shipbuilding industry can obtain a relatively leading position, Henry carefully recalled the knowledge stored in his brain, and finally decided to take out the Galen ship type that ruled the second half of the Great Navigation Era.

Although he doesn't know the specific internal structure very well. But the characteristics are still known, the most important part of which is to increase the aspect ratio of the hull, while the forecastle and poop are lowered, and the length of the keel is more than three times the width of the ship.

With this important indicator, I believe that a real Galen sailing ship can be built. After all, the pirates of the Neilanser Islands originally had very good shipbuilding technology, and there are also two secret shipbuilding bases. Just come to Waylon.

Just to be on the safe side. He also wrote a letter to Su Li, asking him to send it to the elf queen Alison. The main content of the letter was only one, and that was to ask for several elf craftsmen.

Glass manufacturing and jewelry processing are simpler. Quartz mines can be seen everywhere in the Underdark. As long as you say hello to the subterranean gnomes, you can get as much as you want, and the process of burning paper glass has long been known to many people. Many materials in the alchemy process are glass products. The price of this thing is not expensive, but it is not cheap either.

But there is one thing. No glass craftsman knows how to solve the problem of air bubbles. Only spellcasters can expel these nasty little things through the power of magic.

well known. Hiring spellcasters is quite expensive, paying large sums of gold each time a spell is cast. Therefore, glass products with no bubbles or less bubbles are expensive, and some glass crafts are even more valuable than pure natural crystals.

Henry shamelessly told Su Li about the two methods of removing air bubbles, the stirring method and the artificial blowing method. The former is already known to many people on Earth, and the latter is to blow large bubbles at the bottom of the glass solution through a tube. , It can also play a very good effect by taking away the small bubbles by the big bubbles floating up.

He required that the glass workshop must be built in a cave leading to the dark area outside the city. In this way, as long as the entrance and exit are strictly guarded, the secret can be well hidden, coupled with a large supply of cheap quartz mines, it will soon be able to seize a large market share.

Of course, in order to prevent someone from being tempted to leak the secret, some dark elf assassins should be arranged around, so it will be safe.

Jewelcrafting is even easier. Subterranean gnomes and dark elves generally only keep those parts that can be used to make magic talismans. They don't need the magic power and broken gems at all. They take these waste products to humans, and the artisans cut and polish them, and then pass them through. Merchants sell it all over the world, which is another huge income.

Looking at the densely recorded plans, materials and technologies in his hands, Su Li couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face: "Master, you must send the relevant officials here as soon as possible. My education level is not high, and I can only read the common language. Write, and this highly professional thing can’t be handled without enough knowledge.”

"Don't worry, I will send all the personnel over soon. You just need to completely separate the pirates from the navy and handle the tolls. As for the other ones, Henry knows this kind of thing." Things can't be rushed, so no specific time limit was given.

Needless to say, it is very troublesome to build a large shipyard, not to mention glass workshops that require a large number of skilled craftsmen.

"Understood. I'll clean up those pirates right away and make them obey the rules." After saying that, Su Li turned around and was about to go out. It seemed that he wanted to implement this matter immediately.

Henry hurriedly pulled him back: "Don't worry, it's too late to do this tomorrow, take me to the ground first."

"Underground?!" Su Li was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded. "No problem, I'll call a team of guards right now. Although the location of the new city chosen by Antleb is not far away, there are still some monsters occasionally appearing on the road, so it's safer to have more people."

"No. It's not necessary. It's enough to have me and it." Henry patted Ares, who had been by his side all the time, and the big brown bear disguised as a panda understood instantly, and stretched out his claws to draw directly on the marble floor. A few nicks, and by the way it looks relaxed and happy, it's obvious that it didn't take much effort.

After doing all this, Ares shook the hair on his body triumphantly. Perhaps because he ate too much greasy food in Calimshan, waves of flesh appeared on his body, and he looked full of joy.

But Su Li was not fooled by the superficial phenomenon. Kneeling down to examine the scratches on the ground carefully, he gasped for a moment: "Gods! This strange bear is too scary! Its claws are probably harder than steel! Sharper than a sword!"

"Let's go, it's here. I guarantee those monsters won't even have a chance to get close." After speaking, Henry turned and left the office, and walked straight towards the city gate.

He remembered very clearly that there was a cave not far from Velen City that was the entrance to the Underdark, and the cave at the Elf Temple had been completely sealed off. In order to prevent similar situations from happening again, Queen Alison even asked The mages have set a powerful seal, even if the gods come in person, they may not be able to do anything, which means that they are near the peninsula. There is only one exit left.

The two swaggered across the street, and walked eastward out of the city gate. It didn't take long before they arrived at the entrance. There was a group of about 200 human soldiers stationed at the gate. Only they will not panic after seeing dark elves or underground monsters.

Henry didn't seem to be recognized by anyone, so it was basically Su Li who came forward as the most worthy administrator in this land. No one dared to intercept him at all, and it took only a few minutes to enter the cave unimpeded.

After walking in the dark cave for about ten minutes, Henry was surprised to find that on the walls on both sides of the tunnel in front of him, there was a torch blessed with the "Immortal Flame" at intervals, which seemed to be The masterpiece of the dark elf mage. And the road has been cleared and widened enough to accommodate a standard caravan.

no doubt. This is specially rested for the delivery of materials, and even the narrowest place can accommodate six Roth beasts walking side by side.

"This is the project that Antleb first planned a few months ago. He is quite foresighted. If the road is not built first, it may be difficult for daily necessities such as food, salt, cloth, spices and seafood to arrive in time." Su Li took the initiative to stand up and explain.

As a person who saw this road being built with his own eyes, he admired the magic skills of the dark elves and the stone magic of the underground gnomes. If it weren't for the large amount of labor required to build the underground city, he would have left some of the underground gnomes behind.

These little guys are simply born master builders. With their strong affinity for the earth element, they can easily cast terrain-changing spells, some of which are as powerful as level nine spells.

"Yes, with this road, all kinds of underground specialties can be shipped out continuously, and your glass workshop will not have to worry about the shortage of raw materials in the future. It seems that Antleb has done a good job. Let's go, I can't wait to see what the new underground city looks like now." After speaking, Henry quickened his pace, followed the light of the torch all the way forward, and soon disappeared at the end of the dark and deep passage... (unfinished To be continued~^~)