Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 298 Monica, it’s time to wake up

Chapter 298 Monica, it’s time to wake up

The newly built ship set sail.

While people were gathered, Hughes announced the news of the newspaper and the opening of the shipping route. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but the result was better than he had imagined.

Kyle, who was as strong as a bear, had red eyes, Zoe also had a determined look on her face, and the rest of the Crusaders were so excited that they seemed to be ready to die for Caster.

Xius himself felt a little helpless.

The prestige brought to him by the victory in the war is too great. Now Hughes's credibility is almost at its peak. Even if he openly asks the Imperial Truth to worship him as a god, these people will obey.

He planned to make use of this prestige, and preparing to publish a newspaper was the first step.

Castel currently only has this one newspaper, which has to publish the progress of the search for the airship and the recent discussions.

The reading rate of this newspaper will be close to 100%, and Hughes can use the newspaper to guide people's thoughts.

History has proven countless times that decisions that go against public opinion can easily lead to huge backlash, so it is very important to guide public opinion.

Zeus was not in a hurry to expand, but the airship was seized by the prince, and he had to deal with this matter.

Yes, according to Hughes's estimation, the airship was most likely seized.

Given Connor's caution, the airship might encounter danger, but it wouldn't be so dangerous that it couldn't even send back a message.

The most likely scenario is that he didn't know that Blood Harbor had become independent from the Empire, and went directly to contact the prince, which led to his detention.

If this is true, there will probably be some friction between Castel and Tis. It would be fine if it could be resolved through negotiation, but I am afraid that the prince has already resorted to any means necessary to fight the empire.

Newspapers that can follow up and report the entire process can publicize the incident on the island on behalf of Hughes, so that no matter how things develop, they can stand up to legal scrutiny.

The prince had a good reputation, and Xiu Si admired his years of forbearance and planning. If possible, peaceful negotiations would be better.

Although Castel has selected a lot of war technologies, Xiu Si still wants to make friends with the surrounding forces - fighting will affect his dumping of goods. With Castel's level of industrialization, dumping goods to the surrounding areas to gain loyalty is much faster than conquering.

Why resort to violence when free trade can solve the problem?
Of course, it would be another matter if the other party refused free trade.

All of this is inseparable from newspaper publicity.

Therefore, Hughes not only wanted to publish a newspaper, but also wanted to run it on a large scale and sell it to neighboring countries to gain control of public opinion.

The same applies to opening up trade routes. It goes without saying that making money by dumping goods is a big deal, and bringing in more people is also an important goal. When Castel's industry was still developing, Xuus asked Nora to go to the North to recruit people. Now the shortage of people is more serious than before. If you want to expand, you cannot do without population no matter what.

In addition, the smooth flow of trade routes also means that Castell's influence can be expanded outward.

Although Castell now has various industrial products, advanced systems, and strong overall strength, its influence on the outside world is almost zero.

This is because there are too few external contacts, and nothing is more convenient than business to make connections.

Therefore, opening up trade routes is also essential, and bringing back the islanders' relatives can also effectively enhance cohesion.

In the next few days, Hughes mobilized a large number of mechanical engineers to the shipyard. Although the shipyard had just been established, several ships had already been planned.

The current main direction is cargo ships and armed cargo ships. Although warships purely for military purposes have been designed, there are no plans to build too many.

Hughes had a feeling that Castel's future battles might not be at sea. Of course, he had to build a few warships first to maintain his presence.

Shipbuilding requires a large amount of steel, and Hughes never considered building ships with wood, even though Gem Bay had a large amount of usable wood in stock.

Holding on to backward production capacity will only lead to rapid elimination. Castel has a small population and does not have the capital to compete with other forces in terms of population. Technology must be developed in a high-end direction.

Fortunately, Castell has gone through the baptism of war, and steel mills are everywhere. The current steel production has reached an astonishing level.

To put it simply, the only thing that can limit Castell's steel production capacity now is the speed of ore mining.

Steam power was popularized in the mines very early on. Although mining operations are still required, machines have replaced most of the heavy physical work. In addition, most of the veins on the island are open-pit, so the efficiency of ore mining is quite considerable.

Several trains leave the mines in the southwest every day, carrying different types of ore to various smelting plants.

In the cathedral on the other side, Castres' first newspaper was officially established.

Hughes originally considered letting Zoe manage the newspaper, but she recently joined Link, and at the same time Hughes also found a better direction, a group of people who were more suitable to run a newspaper than Zoe.

Banshee.

These banshees have long been accustomed to chatting all day long in the mind connection. Many of them are also very gossipy and have even learned the profession of reporter without any training.

As soon as the news of the newspaper was announced, a large group of banshees came to sign up.

Their professional level is very high, they are very familiar with writing manuscripts, and they have a spiritual connection, so all these things can be presented to Xius in real time.

I have to say, this race is really born to do this.

However, Hughes did not go to finalize the staff for the newspaper. He was completely unable to care about these details now. He had more important things to do -

Monica is waking up.

He still had to find Zeus and tell him that Monica's condition had basically recovered completely, and the banshees also took turns watching her spontaneously.

Zeus could sense from the connection of the symbiotic contract that Monica was indeed no longer in danger.

After contacting the Banshee, Zeus walked towards the Banshee duty room next door.

Monica is here.

Although it is called a duty room, it is actually more like a large activity center.

The design of Castel Cathedral took into account the convenience of the banshees' entry and exit. The height of most areas is more than four meters, so the banshees will not feel restrained at all.

The duty room is very large. In addition to the office area, there are also many entertainment facilities, such as a long table specially used for waxing scales, which is made of pure steel and a platform that can support six hands arm wrestling at the same time.

Monica was lying on a small bed that was pulled from the human barracks and was just right for her.

At this moment, the spacious lounge was crowded with banshees. All the banshees on the island gathered here.

(End of this chapter)

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