Chapter 380 Missions

An open space outside Storm City was designated as a steelworks and weapons workshop. This place is now like a construction site, workers, carriages and various raw materials have replaced the original empty fields. According to the initial plan, a small steelmaking plant will be built here in the short term to facilitate the extraction of raw materials mined from the two metal mines, and then process them into standard steel.

A part of the produced steel can be used as an equipment embryonic plate and provided to the weapon workshop for secondary processing, and various weapons and equipment can be produced. If there is additional production capacity, it will produce gun walls or ship components that meet the requirements for other weapon manufacturers or shipyards. Of course, these will depend on the subsequent partners and the field of production.

Most importantly, this steelmaking plant will lay the foundation for Allen to develop and produce war tools in the future.

Only limited by the current production conditions, the steelmaking plant in Storm City can only use furnace ironmaking technology, and the quality of the steel produced is at the middle-low level in the empire. But even this standard is enough. After all, the technology of using blast furnaces for smelting is only mastered by the royal family, and the high-quality steel produced is also a strategic material, which is hardly circulated in the market.

Of course, the empire's blast furnace ironmaking technology is still in its infancy, and they are not yet capable of producing alloys. Compared with the magic energy furnace technology currently mastered by the earth, this point is like the difference between primitive people and modern people. Using the magic energy furnace, the Federation's steel factory ￠∴, w↑ww. can produce the outer casing of the magic starship. Even the lowest standard of the star-like casing is a superalloy cast from composite materials.

On the construction site at this moment, the foundation of the factory is almost complete. The masonry and other raw materials that have been shipped over the past few days have been prepared for a long time. Once the foundation is completed, the construction of the factory area can begin. As for the most important part of the steelmaking plant, the furnace capable of high-temperature smelting, the Chamber of Commerce in Violet Port was entrusted to purchase it, and it is expected to arrive in a month.

Allen came to inspect the construction site. He could foresee that after the steelmaking plant was put into use, the two metal ores under the control of Storm City would continuously provide raw materials for steelmaking. These raw materials will be transformed into steel, and the emergence of a large amount of steel will drive the development of weapon manufacturing. In just one or two more years, Storm City will become a heavy industrial city in this border land, and the tanks and artillery will start to go out from here.

He believes that this will bring enough shock to the nobles in the empire.

"Master Allen."

A guard trotted over and reported, "Miss Adele, please return to the City Lord's Mansion."

"Is there anything urgent?" Allen asked casually.

"Yes, a mission has just arrived in Black Iron Fort, and you need to receive it personally."

Allen was surprised: "The envoys of Black Iron Fort?"

A troop of black cavalry passed the gate,

Drive into the streets of Storm City. Residents in the city looked curiously at this team, from knights to war horses, whose main color was black. The armor of these cavalry was dark and thick, with sharp thorns stretching out in many places, like the fangs of wild beasts. Even the horses they stepped on were much thicker than those in Storm City.

Although there are only eight cavalry, it gives people a sense of a torrent of steel. It is not difficult to imagine that if such a heavy cavalry is established, it will be a headache for the iron lion on the battlefield. It's just that with the financial resources of the entire jazz collar of Black Iron Fortress, the heavy cavalry Black Cloud Knights built by Sir Sharon only has a handful of thirty cavalry.

But in the borderlands, thirty heavy cavalry is enough to influence the pattern of a local war.

After the cavalry, is a luxurious carriage. Someone in the carriage lifted the window screen and sighed: "I remember the last time I came to Storm City and sent Miss San over, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye, this city is really not what it used to be."

There were two men sitting in the carriage, and the one looking out the window was a middle-aged man. The face is solemn, and the palms protruding from the cuffs have thick knuckles. Even if they are sitting on the side of the carriage, the strong sense of presence will make people feel that the carriage is extremely narrow. Even in terms of this carriage, it is already much larger than ordinary carriage carriages.

Sitting opposite was a young man in his early twenties. With a bit of disdain written on his immature face, he snorted coldly: "What's so great, the streets of our Black Iron Fort can be much wider than this. Look, their main road is only so small, you know Their layout is very limited."

"Be careful with your words, Bill. We have come with your father's kindness in mind. I think sir, he doesn't want to start a war because of your careless words?"

"Got it, Uncle Higgs." The young man changed his sitting position, and said again: "Again, it's just a storm city. If you didn't strongly oppose it, I don't think it's us who are here now The envoys, but the army of our Black Iron Castle? I really don’t know what you think?”

"Just like what I said before your father, since Storm City has a strong man who can kill Dick, it should be worth our careful handling of our relationship with each other. You must know that Dick had already used the Boiling Blood Magic Crystal at that time, and his strength was equivalent to A level 19 knight."

"So what, I'm already level 15. Give me another two years, and I can kill a level 19 knight!" The young man said stubbornly.

The man smiles, not ready to continue the meaningless conversation. He glanced out the window, not knowing where his mind had gone.

Allen rushed to the City Lord's Mansion before the envoys arrived, and led Bloy, Lucy, Regis and others to receive them. Accompanied by Reg, the head of the Knights, and several important officials in Storm City. When Allen saw the Black Cloud Knights, he subconsciously used these heavy cavalry as imaginary enemies. It is conceivable that heavy cavalry could definitely be called human tanks on the battlefield before the advent of chariots. If the standard of these cavalry is tenth level, then the destructive power they can produce is astonishing.

But it is not that there is no way to deal with them. Bursting heavy artillery and high-temperature attack methods are the nemesis of heavy cavalry. The former's destructive power exceeds the armor defense capability of heavy cavalry, and it has the effect of breaking defense. The latter uses the thermal conductivity of the armor to have a soft killing effect on the heavy cavalry.

While Allen was observing the Black Cloud Knight, Lucy bumped him lightly. When he came back to his senses, it was the envoy of the Black Iron Fort who came down from the carriage. First there was a tall man, and behind him was an arrogant young man. There was a carriage behind, and the person who got off was Fellows, the vice president of the Iron Banner Chamber of Commerce. Seeing that the people from the Iron Banner Chamber of Commerce were also in the mission, Allen became interested in the purpose of the Black Iron Fort.

In the reception hall of the City Lord's Mansion, headed by the tall man, all the envoys presented Alan with impeccable aristocratic etiquette. After Allen returned the gift, the man smiled and said: "I am Higgs, the founder and current head of the Black Cloud Knights. This time, I am here to bring Sir Allen's kindness. Sir Sharon hopes Regarding the willingness to reach an agreement on peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit between our two cities, I hope Lord Allen will seriously consider our proposal."

Allen nodded and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

The meaning of Baron Sharon is very simple. Through Higgs, he expressed to Allen his desire for peace, not war. And invited Allen to go to the Blood Rock Wasteland in the near future to sign a peace agreement on this neutral land between Storm City and Black Iron Fort. To show sincerity, the Iron Banner Chamber of Commerce that came with the envoy brought an equipment order of 100,000 gold coins, even though the weapon workshop in Storm City has not even been completed yet.

After listening to Higgs' words, Allen did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, arrange a place for the envoys to rest first, and invite Higgs and others to attend the dust-cleaning banquet in the evening. After the envoy left, Allen glanced at everyone and said, "You can speak freely."

"My lord, Black Iron Fort's attitude this time is very strange." Reg said first: "As far as I know, Higgs of the Black Cloud Knights and Sir Sharon are not ambassadors of peace. I always feel that behind this, They must be planning something. And if it is to sign a peace agreement, why go to the Blood Rock Wasteland. It is not our territory in Storm City, I am afraid they will take the opportunity to harm the Lord."

"It's also not the territory of the Black Iron Fort. If it is going to be unfavorable to Allen, wouldn't it be easier to invite Allen to the Black Iron Fort?" Lucy put forward her own opinion: "I am not denying Captain Reg's opinion." , but I think that the Black Iron Fort should have considered that if it becomes an enemy with us, it may end in a mutual loss, so it proposed this peaceful coexistence suggestion."

"I personally think that if there is no chance of winning, they should not launch a war, because then they will have no profit. Unless Sir Sharon is obsessed with personal enmity, or our strength is pulled away by them, that is another time thing."

A financial officer from Storm City also said: "Based on our current situation, peaceful development is more beneficial than waging war. If Black Iron Fortress doesn't play tricks, your lord may wish to seriously consider their proposal."

After listening to the opinions of several people, Allen nodded and said, "I see, you go down first, I want to think about it alone."

In the guest room of the City Lord's Mansion, Higgs was looking out the window with his hands folded. On the sofa at the back, the young man named Bill complained: "I really don't know what to be afraid of such a city lord, he is even younger than me. Could it be that Uncle Higgs and father are afraid of such a brat? Father is fine, But Uncle Higgs, you have the strength of level 19, if it were you, you would be able to kill someone like Dick, right?"

"You're right, but what's the point of that? If the most ferocious beasts meet in the wilderness, they will not attack each other immediately, but try first. If they find that their opponent is weaker than themselves, then it is worth fighting .Otherwise, it will only hurt the Scavenger Eagle at the expense of both sides." Higgs turned his head and said: "The current situation is like this. We are evenly matched with Storm City, and there is no value in launching a war."

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