Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 177 "Writing the Holy Scriptures? Me?"

The underground passage connecting the manor and the eastern test site has been dug through, but the manufacture of steam locomotives has not yet been put on the agenda. Running a steam engine underground is quite troublesome. If the hot steam gushing out of the exhaust pipe is not discharged in time, it can easily hurt people, and the choice of fuel for the steam locomotive is also difficult.

Physical pollution has been the first choice for most of Castell's steam engines, but its combustion properties are destined to be used only under stable working conditions, and steam locomotives happen to be particularly unstable.

Underground steam locomotives need to constantly adjust their output to cope with the locomotive's starting and acceleration and deceleration, which pollutes the steam that is difficult to ignite and extinguish, posing a significant problem.

Moreover, the noise of the noisy people might be okay in a wide space, but in this relatively closed tunnel, it is like a devilish sound that pierces the ears and pollutes the mind.

If only ordinary steam engines were used to drive the locomotives, Castel would not have enough fuel. Moreover, the locomotives needed to be laid with rails, and the current steel production was barely enough. Only when the number of steam engines increased could the production capacity be increased. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, horse-drawn carriages were still used in these network roads for the time being.

After leaving the carriage, Hughes seized the opportunity to enter a newly raised carriage, and after it was raised, he jumped onto the platform.

"My Lord." Alexi and Una greeted him together.

"I heard you're going to expand the church?" Alexey asked impatiently. "At this time?"

"Don't worry, Alexei, this is a good thing. The church we expanded is actually equivalent to a new fortification." Hughes began to explain to him the matter of guarding the inscription.

".So, we can use the Candlelight Society's church? W-Will they have no objection to this?"

"I have no objection." Chloe walked out from behind Hughes. She didn't even look at Alexi, staring straight at the Paternoster Elevator not far away. She licked her lips and asked, "Can this thing be installed in the church as well?"

"Not impossible. Let's wait until after this war," Hughes said casually. He wasn't being perfunctory. The Paternoster Elevator's design did have a certain religious aesthetic, and he had always felt it would go well with a church. "Okay, let's not talk about that for now. I came here to discuss the division of labor for the church expansion."

"Alexei, you'll be responsible for expanding the church's ground level. Just assign the engineering team to that area. We can put the progress of the groundwork on hold. Our future defense system will definitely be centered around the church. Chloe, you'll be responsible for the renovation of the guardian inscriptions and the construction of the energy core. As for the church's underground network and the placement of the energy core, Oona, I'm counting on you."

The three nodded. The renovation of the church was a major project that required cooperation among three parties. The construction team led by Alexi would expand the church itself. The design of the energy core would definitely require Chloe to draw up the blueprints, and the webway plan that Una was in charge of would probably have to be overhauled.

The core of the previous webway plan was Zeus's manor, which is the underground cavity where they are standing now. In the future, it should be centered on the church. After all, all fortifications must be built around the church.

This does have an advantage, which is that the coverage area is larger. Hughes's manor is located in the northeast of Castell, and the church is closer to the geographical center, which can radiate the entire island of Castell more conveniently. Although the west side of Castell is currently a steep cliff with no development value, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

Maybe we need to fire a few gun emplacements from the cliff face.

"I don't have any problem with that, but how should we explain it to the workers? I remember there were quite a few Candlelight Society members before. Will they question our expansion of the church?"

Alexei hesitated and said that his part was the only one that required dealing with the islanders. With the war mobilization Hughes had already done, convincing them to build fortifications wouldn't be a problem. He could also get them to build the church.
"Don't worry, I brought those believers here. How could I not know what they are like? They have absolutely no loyalty to the Candlelight Society." Chloe said with a smug look on her face. Xiusuuna Alexei: "."

Good man, you are really trying to undermine the Candlelight Society.

You occupy other people's churches, deceive their believers, and now you are even digging up the church's foundation. No wonder Candlelight hates heretics instead of pagans.

Hughes rubbed his forehead and spoke with a headache, "Our new church won't be named after the Candlelight Society. I'll build a new church. At least in name it's still a church, but in reality it's a society for exchanging technology and knowledge. I've even thought of a name: Imperial Truth."

"Imperial Truth," Alexei whispered, smacking his lips. "That sounds pretty good. At least Her Majesty won't have any objections to your using this name. She might even support it. After all, it's a church, after all. Her Majesty is very interested in all churches except the Candlelight Society. I'll announce these things to the workers."

"You don't have to worry about this. I've talked to Zoe and she will be in charge of publicity. We also need to draft a canon. After all, this is still a church in name. I'll let you do it, Chloe?" Hughes said as he turned to Chloe.

The fake nun in nun's attire blinked in surprise and pointed at herself. "Writing the scriptures? Me?"

"Yes, isn't the Fire Moth a sect? Don't you have your own holy book?"

"Well, well, how should I put it? We broke with the Candlelight Society because we were dissatisfied with their scriptures. We pursue knowledge, and things like scriptures only hinder my studies."

"Then you should try writing it first. We don't have any other clergy here. Even if you are a fake nun, you are still the most professional one. Alexi, can you write this thing?"

"I can write an infantry drill manual."

"Forget it, wait a minute!" Zeus suddenly stopped, stroking his chin as if he had thought of something. "What I need isn't a true holy book, and the Imperial Truth isn't a true religion."

"Alexei!" Hughes turned and looked at the burly man from the North.

Alexei suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"You and Chloe are writing the canon together."

"Are you sure? Writing the holy book? Me?"

"Just write down your infantry drill manuals. Our church is used for combat, so it's normal for the believers stationed there to have some tactical knowledge."

(End of this chapter)