Winter passed and spring came. The frozen ground melted. Greenery reappeared on the land of Ellington. Of course, the Emerald Forest next to it was still like spring all year round.
Throughout the winter, under the leadership of Count Tang En, the residents here resisted the cold, hunger, and attacks of daemons. They safely survived the most difficult period of the year.
Throughout the winter, not a single person in Ellington died from the cold and hunger!
In the whole of Prandal, perhaps no Count or King could guarantee that no one would die during the winter. However, Tang En did it. Ellington had almost 50,000 people … No, after accepting the refugees, the population of Ellington had now exceeded 50,000 people. The food, clothing, housing, and transportation of more than 50,000 people were all above the basic level.
Most of the hardworking workers had even stepped into a well-off era.
And this process continued to accelerate. Ellington had entered a period of rapid development. People would constantly gather here because of the wealth here, and this speed would also accelerate because of the construction of roads. Under the mutual effects, Ellington had entered a new era this year, the year 850 of the Order Calendar.
Just as the residents of Ellington walked out of their houses and prepared to resume their work, on a flat square in the outskirts of Ellington, rows of magic-powered road flatteners, magic-powered pavers, and magic-powered road rollers were neatly parked on a flat square in the outskirts of Ellington. These were the products of the workers who worked overtime for more than 20 days. Now, they were being inspected by the goblins of the Star Diamond Bank.
Yes, inspection.
After a short period of training, these cunning goblins had mastered the basic operation skills. However, they thought that they could completely master the technology, so they always wanted to take it apart.
"Reporting, all are in good condition. They can be used at any time."
"Reporting, all are in position. We can start at any time."
"Reporting, the driver said that the height of the seat is too low, so they want to adjust it. They think it would be better to dismantle the driver's seat and rebuild it."
"Rejected!"
Without waiting for Jia Lian to agree, Tang En decisively interrupted them. "Don't always think of making a big news. You guys are too young. The technology inside is very high. If you dismantle it and it explodes and kills people, who will be responsible?"
"Of course it is."
"Don't interrupt." Tang En waved his hand. "What's more, these magical machines are our investment for the project. You only have the right to use them. The ownership still belongs to us, Ellington. Who's going to pay if you break them? Each magic machine is worth more than ten thousand gold coins. Just the production of these magic machines has emptied Ellington's finances for half a year. Do you think it's easy for me? "
"I see," Galian nodded and then took out the loan contract. "Don't be afraid, we can lend you money if you run out of money."
Tang En curled his lips. "Who wants to borrow money from you guys? Don't talk nonsense. You have seen the construction drawings, and you know the construction requirements. The first phase of the project will start from Ellington, cross the Ladya Hills, and connect the two main roads to the mountain city of Bein and Caspamir Castle. In order to quickly transport raw materials, the goods channel to Hammerforge will be built. The construction period is tentatively set for a month. If there is no problem, start work. "
If someone on Earth said that they needed to build nearly a thousand kilometers of road in a month, the leader of the engineering team would probably slap him. It was not impossible. In theory, with enough manpower and machines, it was completely feasible. But the problem was, how could it be done without so many people?
It was impossible!
But in Prandal, this "impossible" had become possible.
Although the industrial efficiency of Prandal was extremely low, the magic machines built by Tang En using scientific methods were typical high-efficiency equipment. The efficiency of directly acting on the "phenomenon" was so high that it made people's hair stand on end!
What did it mean by directly acting on the "phenomenon"?
For example, in terms of smoothing the road, on Earth, first, digging, then crushing, then compacting, and finally smoothing the road. These were the general steps, right?
But what about using magic to smooth the road? Because the purpose was to "smooth the road," using earth magic to directly act on the uneven road, using magic to change the existing situation to achieve the direct "phenomenon" of smoothing the road, avoiding other unnecessary steps. This was the reason for high efficiency.
Therefore, although the total number of goblins sent by the Star Diamond Bank was less than five thousand, under normal circumstances, they could definitely complete the first phase of the project within a month.
Tang En and Jialian symbolically detonated a row of projectile shells to celebrate the start of the project. After that, he did not ask about the project anymore. The other staff of the Datang Chamber of Commerce would be in charge of supervising the project. When the time came, he only needed to listen to the report of the results.
Now, he needed to pay attention to another thing: with the influx of refugees in the winter, Ellington ushered in a wave of migrant population. Now that winter was over, how should he arrange for the new life of these people?
They definitely could not go back. In the current environment, the subjects were the private property of the lord. Leaving the territory without permission was regarded as defection, and the only result of returning was hanging.
In other words, even if Tang En was not willing, they could only stay in Ellington.
Fortunately, Tang En was very welcoming of these fresh … well, young workers. The construction of Ellington needed a lot of labor. As the market continued to expand and its influence continued to increase, the products of the Datang Chamber of Commerce began to be sold out of the Irus Empire to other countries.
Because of the increasing output, all kinds of factories and production lines needed workers. And with the continuous return of people who went out to expand the market, and the return of tourists who went abroad, they would bring more orders and a bigger market. The production pressure of the factories would further increase. In the era of industrialization, the shortage of workers would only increase.
But now, because of the problem of food production, Tang En could not recruit a large number of workers. He had to leave some farmers to continue farming. After all, the Druid Grandia could respond at a critical moment, but she could not replace the strength of so many farmers.
The increase of agricultural production, the reduction of the agricultural population, the entry of workers into factories, the stimulation of industrial progress, the production of more advanced tools, and the further increase of agricultural production. In this process of mutually stimulating virtuous cycle of growth, the excess production capacity was the key factor for social progress.
This excess production capacity would make people rich, and then the way of thinking would change from survival to living. They would think about more things, such as culture, art, life, entertainment, physics, chemistry, magic, combat, and even the origin of all things.
The more they thought about these things, the faster the speed of social progress.
In essence, Ellington was now in the process of transforming from an agricultural society to an industrial society. Before agricultural industrialization was fully realized, it would be difficult for Ellington to fully enter the industrial era.
The key to realizing agricultural industrialization now fell on Grandia's head.
After Tang En and Galen parted ways, they arrived at Greenhouse Number One. It was also the experimental seed base assigned to Grandia for her use, the place where she would study the selective breeding.
"How's the situation?"
Tang En could not wait to ask about the situation the moment he saw Grandia. There was no helping it. This project was related to whether Ellington's land could feed more people, and whether Ellington could enter the era of magical industrial revolution without any worries. Naturally, Tang En attached great importance to it.
However, there were too many factors affecting plant hybridization, and the technique was also quite difficult. Tang En himself only knew the theory, and was at a loss when it came to actually doing it. That was why he could only come up with the concept, and the one who could actually do it was a master who could communicate with nature — a druid.
"It's difficult and troublesome. And because the difference is too subtle, there's basically no effect."
Grandia's expression was a little bad. Because she had simply bitten into Tang En's bait, she had been staying in the greenhouse and did not go out much. In front of her was a small plot of land, where clusters of flourishing wheat sprouts were growing.
"Is that so?"
Tang En frowned slightly, and then said patiently, "The genetic mutation process of biological evolution is complicated and long, so be patient."
"Biological evolution? Genetic mutation? "
Grandia was baffled. "I still don't understand. Life is created by the gods, so what does evolution mean?"
"The gods hadn't appeared when the dwarves and goblins were playing with nuclear bombs … Could there be no living things then?"
Tang En waved his hand weakly. "In short, take it slow. Keep the high-yielding plants, and then artificially pollinate them with other high-yielding plants to increase the chances of the positive genes being preserved. As for drought and flood resistant species, we'll talk about that later."
"Although I don't know what you're talking about, I still understand that high-yielding plants pollinate each other."
Grandia hesitated for a moment before saying straightforwardly, "I don't think I can do it myself. If possible, I want to return to the Emerald Corolla. With the help of the other priests of the temple, I'm sure I can complete this mission."
"Can the other priests of the temple help? They can't leave the temple. "
Grandia rolled her eyes. "They just can't leave there. I didn't say they can't do their own things. In fact, they're super free!"
"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for? Go."
Tang En smiled brilliantly. With the help of those powerful priests of the Earth Goddess, they would soon get a good result.
Once the production of food increased, they could let loose with bold and decisive reforms and begin the magical industrial revolution!
Once the basic industry improved and the magically modified planes and cannons were created, they would crush all enemies and let them know the terror of magically modified technology!
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