Lord of the Scourge: Become the Demon Archduke In the Beginning

June 20th.

City of Glory Moon.

Three days have passed since Bol Lion's defeat.

There was no major movement outside, and the expected orc siege did not come yet.

Taking advantage of this rare and safe time, Lauren began to plan the next development of City of Glory Moon.

He has only one goal during this time - safely pass the bloody day three months later, and get the extraordinary promotion quota.

After accumulating for several months, no one can tell what kind of terrifying and destructive power the Scarlet Scourge will unleash, and he must go all out to prepare for the battle.

In the conference room of the city hall, Lauren sat in the chair, watching the leaders of several departments of the city hall with sharp eyes.

The Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Weapons, all these important departments are listed.

Without the urgent pressure of the bloody day at the end of the month, all the plans that had been made by Huiyue City had to be perfected.

He needs to increase the strength of Huiyue City by a large margin within three months.

But the improvement of strength is composed of various aspects, and the task must be refined.

His eyes stopped on the left hand side.

"Ariel will first make an overall report on the recent development of Glorious Moon City, and then the ministers of various departments will report in detail."

Lauren's serious tone set the tone for the meeting.

Everyone subconsciously sat up straight and looked at Lauren solemnly.

Here, the young astonishing teenager is in charge.

Ariel stood up and spoke in a concentrated voice.

"Currently, several major projects in Huiyue City have been completed. First, the first phase of the residential area was completed three days ago.

All the residents of the original old street have been relocated to the new residential area, and the original street has become a military area. "

"Second, the brewery started production five years ago.

The production task you ordered before - the spirits needed to trade with the Bucks family,

In the past few days, the production task has been completed during the extra work of two hundred workers.

And all spirits meet the standards we set. "

"Third, the steel plant is expected to complete the first phase of the project in five days.

At present, there is a lot of ore mined from iron ore, and it is estimated that hundreds of tons of steel can be refined. "

"The 1,000 human soldiers who were captured three days ago have been sent to the plane with copper mines to mine ore.

At present, the copper mine is still in the construction stage, and it is expected that there will be no output until the middle of next month. "

"The army sent to plunder the orc slaves has already set off. It is expected that by the end of the month, the number of orc slaves in Glorious Moon City will increase further..."

"and also......"

Ariel, a talented internal affairs officer, knows the political affairs of Glorious Moon City like the back of his hand.

Moreover, the delicate girl has been with Lauren for such a long time, and she also knows that the information is what he cares about.

At the moment, I picked up the key points and described it in detail.

After listening, Lauren nodded in satisfaction.

With the growth of Huiyue City, the operation of the city hall did not slow down, but became smoother.

Ariel couldn't escape the credit for all of this. With this genius in internal affairs, he didn't know how much he had to worry about.

After getting the bottom line in his heart, he looked at the ministers of several key departments of the city hall.

"Al, what's the current situation in the construction department?"

Orr, the burly Minister of Construction, immediately stood up, saluted respectfully, and said in a deep voice.

"Master Lauren, the construction department currently has 120 permanent employees, including 60 craftsmen who are proficient in construction, and the remaining 60 are responsible for carrying out the tasks assigned by the construction department."

"There are as many as 1,200 temporary employees, and most of the residents in the territory are working on projects hosted by the Ministry of Construction..."

“There are currently three projects under construction by the Ministry of Construction.

1. The iron and steel plant employs more than 500 people. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed on the 25th of this month.

2. The second phase of construction of the winery will involve 100 people, and it is expected to be completed by the end of next month.

3. The second phase of the residential area will involve 600 people, and it is expected to be completed in three months. After completion, the population that Huiyue City can accommodate will reach 30,000. "

"The first two projects are currently under construction, and the second phase of the residential area is still in the preparation stage. It is expected that the construction will not start until the end of the month..."

The factories of several key projects mentioned by Orr are extremely large.

However, in order to ensure normal use, the Ministry of Construction split these huge public betas into phase one, phase two and phase three.

Build something that works first, and scale up later.

According to the speed of the Ministry of Construction, it may not take a year for these large-scale projects to be completed.

Lauren raised his brows when he heard this, and after pondering for a moment, said in a deep voice.

"At present, the Ministry of Construction does not need to devote so much power to the construction of residential areas.

The houses built in the first phase of the project are enough for nearly 6,000 people to live in, which is enough for the time being. "

"All the people who built the residential area will be drawn out, half of the people will be drawn from the winery, and all the people will be drawn after the construction of the first phase of the steel plant siege is completed."

"We're going to use this labor to build a new city wall!"

With three months of development time, it is enough for Huiyue City to build a city wall made of huge stones.

The external situation is gradually deteriorating, and the future prospects are not optimistic.

The low wooden city walls of Huiyue City can no longer meet the increasingly fierce needs of city defense.

Moreover, the wooden city wall is not recognized by the system and cannot be upgraded with the power of the soul.

This was unbearable for Lauren, who had enjoyed the special bonus of the arrow tower.

Once the city wall is built, the defense line of Huiyue City will be improved qualitatively.

If you use the power of the soul to upgrade after some time, the strength of this line of defense will definitely shock people.

Al's blood boiled when he heard the words.

"As you wish, Lord Laurent."

On the main plane of Nuoer, the city wall has a very special meaning, and the city wall is an important defensive measure against external threats.

Building a city wall is a rare experience for every builder.

Not to mention being able to participate in or even lead the construction of the city wall throughout the whole process, this is definitely exciting.

Lauren took a deep look at the Minister of Construction.

The city wall seems simple, but the skills contained in it are somewhat complicated. It takes everyone's strength to build it perfectly.

For Huiyue City, this is an unprecedented large project.

But he believes that his territory already possesses such ability.

His gaze turned to the next minister.

"Ministry of Agriculture, how much land has been reclaimed? When will food planting start?"

At present, the biggest enemy of Huiyue City is not only the increasingly obvious external danger, but also its own weak productivity.

Huiyue City now has nearly 2,000 residents and 700 soldiers. In addition, it also has 2,000 half-ratmen miners, and now it has added 1,000 human soldiers and captives.

The total number of people added up is close to 6,000.

It is conceivable how much pressure such a huge population puts on the city of Huiyue, which is short of supplies.

If it wasn't for the fact that they could buy food from Decker City, these thousands of people would have brought Huiyue City to the brink of collapse just because of the food problem...

But purchasing supplies from the outside world is extremely unstable, and at this time, the chaos in the endless wasteland has begun to spread.

Once the city of Deker stops selling grain, or the traffic route is blocked by the enemy.

Isn't the main artery of Huiyue City about to be cut off?

These chilling crises Lauren has always kept in mind.

He doesn't want to put his destiny in the hands of others.

The Minister of Agriculture is an old man with a simple face. He has managed tens of thousands of acres of land for a certain big family and has rich experience.

"The Ministry of Agriculture has 300 temporary employees. After one and a half months of hard work, 5,000 acres of land have been reclaimed, and the seeds of blue heart fruit can be planted by the end of the month...

As long as there are no accidents, we will be able to harvest the first batch of food in two months.

At that time, Bright Moon City will no longer need to worry about food..."

After the Minister of Agriculture finished speaking, he glanced at Ariel who was opposite him gratefully.

"Fortunately, Lord Ariel sent pterosaurs to help us plow the land, otherwise the goal of 5,000 mu will not be completed until the end of the month."

Land reclamation has never been a matter of just digging a few times casually.

It is also necessary to dig flood prevention ditches, build drought-resistant water storage tanks, and even use farm tools to break up the dry and hard soil to clean up all the gravel...

This seemingly simple task also takes a lot of time to complete.

Luo Lun is quite satisfied with the amount of 5,000 mu. All of them are planted with blue heart fruit. As long as they can be harvested, they can at least feed the thousands of people in Huiyue City for half a year.

He was quite curious after hearing it.

"Pterosaurs plow the land? How can pterosaurs plow the land?"

The Minister of Agriculture quickly explained.

"The Weapons Department designed a special iron plow for the pterosaur, which was tied to the pterosaur with ropes. After the pterosaur flew, it drove the plow... It can rake hundreds of acres of land a day."

Lauren laughed.

This also works? These guys are really brainstorming.

Immediately, he seemed to think of something, and said with interest.

"We captured 30 blue lion cavalry this time, and this amount is not of much use to the city of Huiyue.

This time, we might as well allocate it to the Ministry of Agriculture and ask the Ministry of Weapons to design a set of iron plows, so that these lions can harrow the ground. "

The number of bison in the endless wasteland is very small, so the city of Huiyue has not been able to find suitable animal power to replace human power.

But pterosaur plowing the land made him also exude thinking. Who said that only cattle can plow the land? Aren't there still a lot of Warcraft?

ah?

The Minister of Agriculture suddenly clicked his tongue.

Lion raking?

This is the first time he heard of it.

"Those lions, I'm afraid they won't accept discipline..."

Lauren waved his hand, "Don't worry, someone will take care of these things."

What is the cat ear girl, the whisperer, used for? Isn't that what they do?

The Minister of Agriculture is quite happy that Lauren attaches so much importance to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Being able to enter the eyes of Lord Laurent means that the future is boundless.

"Thank you for your gift, the Ministry of Agriculture will definitely not let you down..."

Lauren nodded slightly, thinking about whether he could capture more monsters and bring them back to the Ministry of Agriculture...

It is best to eat grass. It is not worthwhile for lions to feed meat every day.

His eyes continued to move, and he looked at the person in charge of the weapons department.

"Drew, report to me the status of the weapons department."

"Yes, Lord Laurent."

Drew immediately stood up, speaking respectfully.

"The weapons department has 65 blacksmiths and 1 weapon designer, and currently recruits 300 blacksmith apprentices."

"The weapons department has a weapons factory, and the weapons being forged include - the armor of the angry bear cavalry, the armor of the dark blood cavalry, and the spear of the wind."

"In addition, there is a workshop dedicated to making arrows. There are currently 100 apprentices working here."

The weapons department is an extremely important part of the city of Huiyue.

If the Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of food, the lifeblood of everyone, and the Ministry of Construction provides various infrastructures to strengthen Huiyue City, then the Ministry of Weapons is the spear and thick shield that Huiyue City uses to resist foreign enemies.

The three departments are the most critical departments, and they are indispensable.

Looking at Drew's serious gaze, Lauren suddenly remembered the weapon designer brought by the other party last time.

The guy who designed the Ursa's armor seems to have found his talent among the refugees.

Some wondered.

"The weapon designer said last time that he wanted to design an alchemy machine that would replace manpower forging steel. How is the situation now?"

He was quite impressed with that weapon designer, but he just didn't have time to pay attention to these things recently.

Hearing this, Drew immediately became excited.

"Lord Lauren, it was created yesterday!!"

The tone became more and more excited.

"After our experiments, the efficiency of that alchemy machine forging steel is more than ten times that of manual labor!"

"If there are alchemy machines involved in the production, our speed of forging the furry bear cavalry armor will be greatly increased. Even if we don't increase the manpower, the daily output can be increased to ten sets or even more!"

Lauren's eyes lit up.

"Really? How much is the manufacturing cost of that alchemy machine?! Can it be promoted on a large scale?"

The head of the weapons department was so excited that his face froze slightly.

The voice lowered a little.

"We have made a budget, and the manufacturing cost of each alchemy machine is about 2 million pokes.

Moreover, the cost of use is extremely high, and 30,000 pugrams of magic spar are needed every day..."

30,000 pokes per day, that's tens of millions of consumption a year.

This is still one. According to his estimation, the weapons department needs a full 20.

This consumes 200 million pokes a year.

This is not a small amount.

Considering the current scale of Huiyue City, 200 million Puke is definitely a huge amount of money.

If he hadn't found a gold mine, Drew might not have the confidence to propose it to Lauren.

But in his expectation, Lauren laughed indifferently.

"The cost is only 2 million? How many units does the Weapons Department need?"

"20 units..."

Lauren waved his hand.

"I will give you a quota of 30 units, make a list of what you need, and I will go to Decker City later to buy it for you.

Regardless of the consumption, I need to build the machine first, and I need to see the alchemy machine put into use as quickly as possible. "

In addition to improving the production efficiency of the alchemy machines in the Weapons Department, what Lauren valued more was the significance of the other party's representative - a more advanced production method replaced manpower.

This is worth ten thousand dollars to him.

With this alchemy machine as a starting point, there will be a sample for the future development of Huiyue City.

At that time, it may not be impossible to develop some alchemy seeders, alchemy excavators, alchemy quarryers...

This is a sign of progress.

So no matter how much the cost is, it must be preserved and promoted continuously.

He needs something to promote the plan in his territory, and this alchemy machine is the beginning.

The beginning of the magic industry.