In the room with the curtains drawn, the dim candlelight flickered slightly.
A figure in a robe sat behind a small table with a crystal ball.
The hood cast a large shadow, revealing only half of a pale face. The lips that were also pale slowly moved as he solemnly declared in an extremely firm tone.
"Day and night intertwine, and the vanished kingdom will reappear here. All the seas have heard of it. Endless treasures or endless sins. The pale thing in the well opens thousands of eyes, and the king at the end of the road drinks the blood of the sacrificed. The hermit returns, the devil returns … "
Then, the room fell silent.
In the proverb that was full of metaphors, there seemed to be a great secret hidden between the lines. But even after racking their brains and racking their brains, they still came up empty-handed.
But.
Whoosh —
The curtains were suddenly pulled open, and the July noon sun suddenly filled the entire room. The strange and mysterious atmosphere was immediately swept away.
"So, you're being mysterious just to tell us this?"
Looking at Milan bathed in the sun, wearing a hooded robe that covered her face, Elvin curled his lips. He clearly had a look of disgust. Olivia, who was sitting next to him, had the same expression on her face.
"Please, give me some face, this is an important prophecy that this' prophet 'paid a huge price to make. You may have just witnessed a turning point in history. Can you be more serious, brother! "
Hearing Elvin's disapproval, Milan pulled down the hood on her head and complained helplessly.
"But, brother, the way you are now is not convincing at all!"
Under the sun, Milan, who took off her hood, was pale. Her eye bags were heavy, and there were deep dark circles under her eyes.
On the other hand, the Huron princess Apsuya, who was covering her mouth and giggling, was like a bright flower, nourished by love and exceptionally beautiful.
With the two of you like this, anyone would easily think the wrong thing.
At this moment, the Huron princess was wearing a custom-made, high-quality "Venom" armor. Just like a rifle, the products used by one's own people were completely different from the foreign ones.
In addition to the integration of Strength Amplification, Venom Sword, Venom Armor, Automatic Repair, Low-Level Intelligence, Strain Language, and other functions, and strengthened to the limit of Elvin's ability, there was also a powerful life-support system and mimicry function, which could flexibly transform into various clothes and equipment.
Normal clothes, leather armor, skirts … Whether it was the color or the material, they could all be perfectly replicated.
At this moment, the 'Venom' on Apsuya's body had turned into a dark green tight-fitting combat suit. She was as beautiful as a sexy snake.
Half a month ago, Milan left the New World with Elvin to present the "Venom" armor to his girlfriend. Georgia was closer to the Wendat Huron tribe's encampment than Far Sail, which made it more convenient for Milan.
With Milan's small body, she had stayed for such a long time. Tsk tsk tsk …
Hearing this, Milan's expression was a little unnatural. She subconsciously touched her nose, coughed lightly, and explained.
"Do you still remember the Spirit Tide of the New World that was stirred up by the competition for the position of Demigod? Recently, the paranormal events on the New World have been getting more and more intense. Some people even saw evil spirits roaming the forests during the day.
Therefore, several shamans in Suya's tribe and I who are good at divination wanted to predict where the turning point of the Spirit Tide of the New World would be. In the end, we obtained this prophecy, and because of that, our bodies are slightly lacking. Cough … "
Elvin immediately went forward and pulled him up, not forgetting to make a dig at him.
"Alright, I got it. Let's talk about it when you can decipher all these images. There's no use worrying about these things now. Our own strength is the most important! "
Milan's face fell. She might feel that the prophecy was extremely accurate when she thought about it after it happened, but before the big event really happened, she had no clue at all.
However, Elvin, who had his back facing Milan, casually stuffed a watermelon-sized "Essence Fruit" into her arms and winked at her. This is all I can help you with.
He patted her on the shoulder.
"Let's go. I'll take you to see the blueprint of Georgia. You can also give me and Hersey some suggestions."
Milan looked at Elvin gratefully and quickly put the fruit into her "Magic Pocket" that resembled an animal's stomach. He led her out of his room in the governor-general's mansion and followed Elvin and Olivia who were leading the way.
A month had passed since Georgia was handed over to Elvin.
During this time, the "Men in Skin" army had begun to show results.
Due to time constraints, the number of ferocious gray wolf skins captured was not too many, and the number of strong-willed and loyal elite pirates was not as high as cabbages.
But in the end, a total of 28 "Werewolf" Transcendents were built.
Among them, 20 were Elvin's subordinates, 8 were originally Anita's crew, and 4 of them were direct descendants of the Golden Horn Deer.
In addition, among the 24 elite naval soldiers that Elvin initially transferred from the Storm Horn to serve as the backbone of the privateer fleet, 6 of them had become "Men in Skin". They had become "Sharkmen" like Baldwin.
Coincidentally, the stockpile of Sharkmen's skin was still quite sufficient.
The downside was that after becoming "Men in Skin", they basically cut off the possibility of returning to the army.
Not only did the church not allow this profession, which was far less stable than Knight, to enter the kingdom's ruling system, but even the army's Knight system itself was highly repulsive.
Of course, if they retired from the pirate crew in the future or wanted to transfer, they did not have to worry about not having a place to go. Elvin's new territory, Georgia, had many things to do, and it was a good opportunity to strengthen the territory.
Every one of them had already been arranged.
Moreover, the consciousness of the original owner of the "Activated Beast Skin" had been completely wiped out, and the risk of losing control had been greatly reduced. It was not much more dangerous than the path of a Knight.
However, even if the laboratory had sufficient "Venom" materials, no "Venommen" had been born so far.
Obviously.
Even if he had completely controlled the fungus and turned it into a "Venom" armor, Elvin had no intention of creating a "Mushroom Man". In any case, the raw material was a pathogen, and if he lost control, he might not be as lucky as when the "Super Cyst Fungus" broke out.
Tap … tap … tap …
The four of them walked in the slightly empty governor's mansion, and their footsteps even echoed faintly.
After the handover was completed, the former governor Child had already moved out.
Anyway, the Garriott family had few people, and it had just been built not long ago, so the high-class governor's mansion was already spacious enough.
Including the two disciples, the family chose their own rooms to live in. Well, Olivia's own room had never been used before.
And as a reward, a few core members who were close to her also had their own rooms here. For example: Milan, Jasmine, Gary, and so on.
Especially Gary, who was the first confidant to follow Elvin, had officially joined the Garriott family and was enfeoffed as a Knight under the Viscount.
In addition, even if the privateer fleet was busy preparing for the war, Anita would often come to her new home. The swift "Bramble Crown Sea Snake" Pippi had become her sister's exclusive means of transportation.
Times had changed.
Now that Anita had taken over the privateer fleet, with their current strength, identity, and status, it was no longer important whether the relationship between Elvin Garriott and the White Knight was exposed.
Including the relationship between the Pirate King "Emerald Light" and Rear Admiral Garriott, even if it was exposed, it would not have much impact.
After gaining enough confidence, her back suddenly straightened a lot.
Even if the pinnacle Great Knight Griffith were to stand in front of her again, the siblings, who were already equivalent to senior Great Knights, together with their swordsmanship at the Master level, would not be afraid at all.
Under Elvin's lead, the group entered a spacious exhibition hall that had been specially tidied up.
In the middle were steam textile machines, metallurgical equipment, fine cotton seeds, finished fabrics, coal samples, refined steel, granite, marble …
The furnishings here were completely arranged according to Elvin's requirements. The purpose was to attract (keng) business (guai) capital (pian).
At this point, Elvin had already cast Milan aside and introduced her to Apsuya.
"Your Highness, Georgia's basic conditions are very good. Whether it's taking the agricultural route or the industrial route, it has great potential."
Georgia had not been developed for long, which meant that they could start from scratch and plan the industrial blueprint.
Moreover, it complemented the nearby Far Sail Territory.
In fact, Elvin had brought the two here for another important purpose, which was to enrich the population of the land. With a sufficient population, they could talk about industrial development.
Even before Marquis Duke knew about it, Elvin and Olivia had already made plans for the future of the two territories and worked together.
During this period, the girl had been openly running between the two territories.
After meeting the parents that day, the Marquis and his wife had basically tacitly approved of the relationship between the two.
Marquis Duke even took the time to visit the new neighbor. His attitude … Hmm, not bad. It was just that he was no longer willing to call Elvin "brother".
Elvin and Olivia divided the industries of the territory into several stages.
First stage:
Because it was also located in the cotton belt that stretched across the New World, the cotton textile industry of Far Sail Territory could be greatly expanded.
At the same time, in the forestry resources that occupied close to 70% of the land, white oaks accounted for an important part. It could be used to support the development of Far Sail Territory's shipbuilding industry.
Forestry and farming would be the pillars of the industry.
Second stage:
The steel industry of Charles Territory in the north had just started. Although it was ranked first in the colony, Georgia could completely overtake it and become the new steel production base.
With steel, hardcore military industries like guns and cannons could be launched. There was not a single local military factory in the New World that had the ability to produce firearms.
The Activation School had a natural advantage in this.
Third stage:
Other than iron ore, coal, and white oaks.
When Elvin transformed into a thunderbird to explore the entire territory, he unexpectedly discovered a wide area of clay, large granite, marble, and even porcelain deposits.
The small town of Peggans in the north was rich in marble, and the porcelain deposits in the center of the territory were abnormally rich.
Especially the porcelain, it was a huge surprise because it was the main raw material used to make porcelain!
On the Source Continent, the nobles and the upper class of society commonly used silver utensils. The disadvantage was that they would oxidize and blacken after a long time, and the commoners did not have any decent utensils.
Currently, only the Peacock Islands could produce fine porcelain. Although the other countries were jealous of the huge profits, they were still in the imitation stage. If they could make fine porcelain, it would definitely be a big business that would be more profitable than "penicillin".
"Come, have some peaches."
The specialty fruit trees of the Far Sail Territory were orange trees, but the specialty fruit trees of Georgia were peach trees. The seventh month was when the local peaches matured.
However, before the transportation industry was truly developed, it was difficult to sell products like fruits that were not easy to preserve.
While they were tasting the fresh peaches, Elvin seemed to unintentionally reveal his true intentions.
"Your Highness, currently, the closer you are to the mainland, the stronger the spirit tide is. If you need help in the future, with the help of Milan, Georgia is willing to become the shelter of the Hurons."
His true intention was that when you see the convenient life of a superior civilization, you might not be willing to go back to that kind of life of hunting.
In the same environment, a powerful and advanced civilization could live a stable life, while a backward civilization would lack food and clothing. Many of the latter would unconsciously yearn for the former's life.
Then, take advantage of the situation and establish a suitable integration system, slowly assimilating and assimilating without bloodshed.
In his previous life, this strategy had an ancient name: "The Strategy of the Wilderness".
Elvin introduced them all along the way.
Apsuya, who had already seen many novel things, fell into deep thought when she heard his words. No matter what choice she made in the future, a seed had been planted in her heart.
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