Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 201 I Really Seem to Fall in Love with Her

Looking at the dazzling and powerful extraordinary light in front of him, Byron immediately threw out [Echoes of History].

The logbook is updated accordingly.

[Second Level Relic: Iron Blast Furnace]

Achievements: Creatively realized industrialized coke ironmaking, with simple process, large output, high labor productivity and low energy consumption, which undoubtedly set off a profound revolution in pig iron production!
effect:

“1. Fine-tune ingredients

The [Warrior's Cup] used to hold blood brew can automatically adjust and separate the components in the liquid, and can even desalinate seawater.

Iron-making blast furnaces can also automatically adjust the element content in their finished products.

As we all know, iron with a carbon content of less than 0.0218% is called wrought iron or pure iron, iron with a content of 0.0218-2.11% is called steel, and iron with a content of more than 2% is called pig iron.

Wrought iron is soft, plastic, easily deformed, has low strength and hardness, and is not widely used;
Pig iron contains a lot of carbon, is hard and brittle, and has almost no plasticity;
The steel between the two not only has good plasticity, but also has high strength, good toughness, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, easy processing, impact resistance, and easy refining, and has excellent material properties.

At the same time, low carbon steel, medium carbon steel, high carbon steel, and alloy steel have different uses.

With this capability, there is no need for additional steelmaking. Once the furnace is turned on, steel with any carbon content desired can be produced.

Even refining alloy steel and stainless steel is easy.

2. Increase production by an additional %.

As blast furnace technology becomes more common, the space inside the relic will increase accordingly.

If others adopt the blast furnace ironmaking technology you invented, no matter how much steel they produce, this blast furnace will steal 1% of it out of thin air as a technology dividend. "

Byron suppressed his excitement and stroked this huge relic:

“In addition to the [Golden Toilet], the second holy relic created using the knowledge of the previous life has finally been born.

However, although the second function is good, it probably won’t be used in the next ten years.

The first function is now a miracle! "

The original intention of the invention-type [Relics] is to reward technological innovation and use transferable technologies to enhance the overall strength of the human race.

But for Byron personally, the dimensionality reduction attack from the technological advantage in his hands is far more cost-effective than stealing a few manhole covers from other people's homes.

Anyway, he was not in a hurry. After all, even if technology had developed to the level of his previous life, 95% of the world's pig iron production still came from blast furnace ironmaking.

At that time, if this blast furnace steals another 1% of other people's output, it would be really serious.

A blast furnace is equivalent to a small country.

Violet, the great hero, also completed the appraisal using the ability of the Craftsman. She couldn’t help but jump up and hug his arms, laughing and shouting:

“Byron, I knew you were a genius!
Great, great! "

Even a fool knows the significance of this blast furnace and this technology.

Byron also remembered a hell of a joke:
“If one day you were blocked and could no longer buy a grain of food from outside, could you achieve self-sufficiency?”

"Absolutely. Because we can produce a billion tons of steel every year."

"What do you mean? Even if there is a lot of steel, can you still fill your stomach by eating steel?"

"No, no, no, we can ask others to eat steel and eat grain ourselves."

When you have enough steel production, other countries around you may be more worried about whether you can have enough food than you are.

My neighbors store food, and I store guns.

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, as long as you have enough steel, you can get everything you want!
This can be seen from the fact that the "Iron Law of Royal Power" is called the "Iron Law".

It is even possible that in the future, in addition to the Golden Law and the Silver Law, there will be an Iron Law that will be parallel to them.

Perhaps it will be harder and stronger than the previous two.

From now on, this cutting-edge technology will no longer be blocked by any force, and Byron will no longer have to go to great lengths to exchange "scrapped weapons" from the Newman family.

No matter how rich the International Port is, it is just a fat pig. This is the real foundation for the king's hegemony.

clang!clang!clang!
On the training ground outside Torrent Fortress, two mass-produced steel swords, both of which were perfect in terms of toughness and sharpness, collided, sending sparks flying.

Two figures leaped forward as fast as the wind.

"The instructor is very strong, but Sir Sea Hunter is even stronger."

"One against three, you were able to easily win against three second-order transcendents without even taking a breath. I'm afraid you already have the strength of a mid-level sequence, right?"

A group of elite pirates around, who had just joined the Vanguard Colonial Trading Company after being personally selected by Byron, cheered loudly.

The Newman family gradually became wary of Byron, and after spending a large amount of money obtained from corruption to help their good son-in-law "Bill" recruit soldiers.

That batch of troops was sent here the next day.

The main point is a seamless connection. Byron selected a group of elite pirates trained by Captain 721's fission mode to serve as instructors and began to give them strict military training.

Even though most of them had only just awakened spiritually and had become transcendents not long ago, it was more than enough to train these people.

The training model adopted is exactly that of the regular navy of Hastings.

Three Lancastrian rebels were also among them.

They are responsible for selecting some of the new recruits to become guards and conduct basic training for the fortress sequence.

At this moment, the instructor who was fighting against Byron was Adolf, the reserve guardian knight of his cousin Prince Edward.

His sworn hero is Tristan the Son of Sorrow, one of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table. He is skilled in swordsmanship and long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.

However, under Byron's [Fisher Sword Technique]'s fierce attack, the goal was wide open and they were defeated step by step.

[Thrust Style], [Rudder Style], [Boar Style], [Fortress Style]. Although Byron only used basic sword moves, with the blessing of flow, he almost achieved the amazing lethality of the secret sword technique.

Adolf's arms felt numb and his heart was filled with bitterness:

"This Sea Hunter with the same name as Your Highness is actually so strong?
Not only did he awaken his flow, but the three of us were unable to force him to reveal his depth.

The power of his subordinates is also expanding rapidly, it's simply incredible.

Is this really a peasant who rose from the bottom of the pirate gang? Then what are we, the former royal party members? ! "

During this period of time, Byron had thrown them into the company's training ground as sparring partners.

Originally, the three men came from one of the most advanced secular forces in the world, and their knowledge and training were far beyond what ordinary pirates could achieve.

Even though he is down and out now, he still can't help being arrogant.

What they didn't expect was that they were defeated badly by Byron, Bill, and the fleet commander Alfred, the Bloody Whiskey.

And after Violet made up for the shortcomings in the military industry, the Vanguard Colonial Trading Company began to rapidly increase its military strength in rounds.

Those Hattings colonists sent from Port Royal.

There were also many relatively open-minded young people in the nearby indigenous city-states who eagerly joined the colonial company, especially Byron's devout followers.

In addition, although the increasingly prosperous International Port is a mixed bag, as its reputation spreads, many people want to look for opportunities in the International Port.

The manpower problem was greatly alleviated.

When we first took over the Hook privateering fleet, it started with 2000 people and 16 pirate ships.

It has now surged to 4200 people and 35 ships, managed by Byron and Bill respectively.

In addition to small schooners, the proportion of medium-sized warships was also increasing.

Among them, the Newman family also made great efforts, unswervingly hollowing out the navy to strengthen "themselves" at the expense of the public interest, and recently even the cruisers have begun to be scrapped.

Eight Fingers, Byron's number one lackey and honest man, has already begun to build a core team of elite guards for him with the most loyal backbones and believers as the core.

But bad news also followed.

——He has no money!
"Building a fortress requires money, starting the industrialization process with steel production as the main focus requires money, recruiting soldiers requires money, and cultivating resources requires money.
Even though I earn a lot, just controlling an east-west shipping route can make me a fortune.

But there are also many flowers.

The gold and silver we got from Azik Royal City last time are almost gone."

No wonder all the countries in the Old World went from questioning the Taiwan people, to understanding them, to becoming them, and finally surpassing them.

Byron found that once he got used to making quick money, it was not so easy to go back to farming honestly.

After finishing today's training, I was just about to go check out Violet's gun workshop when I suddenly received a call from Bill.

"Captain, help, something terrible has happened."

Byron put his worries aside and joked to his good brother who was making great sacrifices:

"What happened? Did Tilly collapse the bed?

The blast furnace just happened to have a bumper harvest, so I'll give you a cast iron one. I guarantee it's sturdy and durable.

Even a bed like Tilly's can be passed down through three generations, and the bed remains even after the person dies."

Unexpectedly, Bruch did not refute, but agreed with a difficult voice:
“Although we are only engaged, she is still a noble lady after all, and we haven’t reached the stage of living together before marriage.

But the sturdy and durable cast iron bed you mentioned can indeed be prepared in advance.

Because I feel like I accidentally fell in love with her."

"What? Say that again? Don't scare me, bro!"

Bruch's news was shocking enough, but what surprised Byron even more was that after hearing the news, a new record suddenly appeared in the logbook:
[The mystery of Treasure Island’s wealth growth, historical influence 29].

(End of this chapter)