Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 132 Road Construction, Cleansing and Selection, Special Restoration Methods

While Kaga was leading his team to mine, Lynn, the commander of the city's defense forces, personally led the laborers in repairing the road.

Lynn is a veteran who spent his early years mingling among the southern countries, doing everything from errands and delivering messages to exploration and protection, monster hunting and treasure hunting, faction wars, and even border smuggling and black market assassinations. He's the kind of person who goes wherever there's money to be made.

Until he became a prisoner of the Jade Kingdom at Ironback Pass.

Based on past experience, it usually involves being beaten up and then being dragged into a prisoner-of-war camp to work.

When will I be noticed by a mercenary group, pay a sum of money to redeem myself, and then work hard for the mercenary group to earn the money to redeem myself?

This is a typical seasoned veteran.

This was also the main reason why the old clerk of Yunwu Territory picked him out back in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Flexible, sensible, and familiar with the rules.

At first, Lynn didn't realize that this journey was any different from the past. At most, he felt that his lord had some background. However, as he experienced more and more things, Lynn quickly realized that this was a very powerful patron.

However, Lynn's previous performance was too slick, which made him lose too many points in the lord's eyes, to the point that he was not only inferior to that simple-minded old bull, but also inferior to the centaurs who joined later.

Nominally, he was an important military leader of the territory, but in reality, he was just a large patrolman. He watched as even the little guys from the Torch Youth Group were about to climb over his head.

Then, Lynn finally encountered a turning point in his fate.

The lord wanted to give a gift to the young princess of Cloud Mist Territory, and after much deliberation, he chose Lynn.

As for why it was him, Lynn knew perfectly well. Firstly, he understood some of the explicit, implicit, and unspoken rules among nobles, especially when it came to flattery and fawning over people; he was more willing to lower himself than others.

The lord didn't like it, but he felt that some nobles would accept it.

The princess's classmates and teachers are all important figures, so Lynn, who can bow and scrape before them, is a perfect fit.

The other reason, however, is quite cruel.

Lynn's position in the territory is not that important; whether he is there or not makes little difference now.

This was something that not only Lynn understood, but also his subordinates.

Just as they stepped out of the sentry's detection range in Hanhai City, one of his subordinates, also a veteran, made a suggestion.

"Captain, the gold coins on the truck are enough for us to live on for ten lifetimes!"

"Kill those caravan drivers, divide the gold coins and run away. That's enough for us brothers for the rest of our lives. Why should we work or risk our lives?"

Before he could finish speaking, a flash of cold light appeared! Without even a second's hesitation, Lynn drew his sword and precisely sliced ​​across the neck of his subordinate.

He ordered the convoy to stop and sent a messenger to inform the lord, requesting that he send more men to guard and supervise the convoy.

It wasn't that Lynn didn't love money; who wouldn't want shiny gold coins? But Lynn understood all too well that more money wasn't always better. In most cases, money that wasn't earned honestly would only bring trouble.

None of the big bosses who used to smuggle goods along the dark forest route ever came to a good end. Was it because they were broke?
Now you want me to steal a pioneer lord's money, abandon the position of patrol captain that others would covet, get a sum of money, and from then on become an enemy of the human race, hiding in the shadows, afraid to show my face.

What use would I have for this money? Would I dare to spend it?
Of course, Lynn also had a vague feeling in her heart.

Although his lord often appears somewhat naive and kind, he always has an extremely accurate grasp of important matters.

There are contingency plans for every unexpected situation. Lynn felt that the lord should have a plan in place for the possibility that his men might make mistakes.

Lynn didn't dare to gamble, nor did she want to.

Through this incident, Lynn shed the lord's impression of him as "unresolute" and "of questionable loyalty," earning the lord's assessment: "Lynn is still a good comrade!"

Lynn didn't understand what "comrade" meant at the time, but he knew that this title was used only by those whom the lord trusted very much, and even Helan, the civil official, was not among them.

Then came the gift-giving incident at the Qiyue Royal Psionic Academy.

The old mercenary was extremely good at reading people. When he saw Liu Shuang, he only glanced at the eyes and reactions of the people around him and immediately knew that the young princess was probably being treated coldly or even ostracized.

Originally, following the lord's instructions, in order not to appear too arrogant and ostentatious, the gifts were to be secretly delivered to the academy after inspection. After all, there were many royal relatives there, and showing off too ostentatiously would easily offend people.

But after experiencing the atmosphere, Lynn decisively changed her mind.

No matter who you are, how could the lord's beloved little princess suffer any injustice here?
This action was later highly praised by the lord.

It can be said that in the entire Starry World, apart from Chen Mo himself, no one knows the weight of Liu Shuang in Chen Mo's heart. Even the boldest guesses can only be considered as the admiration between young men and women.

In fact, the gift Chen Mo gave to Liu Shuang conveyed the gratitude of the entire Dongxia nation to the young princess. The respect that the people of Dongxia have for those who have been kind to their country is a sentiment that is hard for others to understand.

As it turned out, Chen Mo also used people according to his own likes and dislikes. After returning to the Han Hai Territory, Lynn immediately returned to the center of power in the territory.

Even Chief Executive Helan, who used to treat him with utmost respect, now addresses him politely as General Lin.

The more this happened, the more cautious Lynn became.

Having followed the lord for so long, Lynn had basically figured out his temperament. The lord liked to hear nice things, but only if you could do the work and solve problems for him.

So even though he had never done such "lowly" work as road construction in the first half of his life, and even though Lynn now had a strong and well-equipped team with many people, so he didn't need to do it himself, Lynn still took the lead in wielding a shovel and working hard on the front line of the construction site.

This is often how the gap between people widens.

Building roads in the desert is a huge undertaking, not only because of the harsh weather and complex environment, but also because for thousands of years, people have been traveling back and forth on camels and beasts, and no one has ever been so foolish as to build a road in the desert.

Nobody knows how to fix it.

At the council meeting in the territory, the elders of the Sand People raised this question, and the lord's answer was simple: I will guarantee the transport capacity.

Without roads, we can only use pack animals; with roads, wheeled vehicles pulled by pack animals can run on them.

These two not only have a huge difference in load capacity, but also a significant difference in speed.

As for the road-building technology, no problem, the lord is omniscient and omnipotent!

The surveyors and technicians sent to accompany the team were all "personally" trained by the lord, and they followed the operating procedures step by step according to the manual issued by the lord.

First, a route must be chosen in the desert. This route should not frequently undulate between sand dunes; it should remain as generally flat as possible.

You can't take the easy way out by crossing the valley between the two dunes, otherwise a strong wind could bury the roadbed with sand rolling down from the dunes.

Avoid windy areas and choose areas with relatively stable sand layers.

Also, be careful to avoid unstable elements such as quicksand, pitfalls, and river channels.

Once the route was determined, the road construction process became even more complex.

Just like construction work in mining areas, road construction requires first stabilizing the sand.

First, the workers pushed away the loose sand layer on both sides of the road. Lynn personally led a group of high-ranking warriors to use plows and rakes to dig into the soil and plow out a grid of one-meter by one-meter trenches on the sand surface. They then filled the grids with tough grasses such as tamarisk or sand sage.

Soil was taken from both sides, and the soil pits were set outside the grid area for sand fixation to form a simple sand-blocking ditch to prevent loose sand from flooding the grid grass area too quickly.

The soil was brought in and spread in the central road area. The dry compaction method was used, with the ogres casting spells, the warriors swinging hammers, and the workers pushing the giant stone rollers back and forth several times to ensure that the road surface was compacted in layers.

Finally, as requested by the lord, stone markers were to be carved along the roadside to inform travelers of the direction, location, and distance to the Hanhai Industrial Zone.

In the first phase, Lynn's city defense construction team only had time to pave a three-meter-wide road. Camels arrived from both sides at the same time, making it impossible for vehicles to pass each other.

In such a situation, a caravan of camels would have to wait by the roadside.

At the same time, the use of sand beetles is strictly prohibited on this newly built road.

To move quickly across the sand, that thing has large biomass hooks on its legs; if it were to walk across the road, it would be almost like loosening the compacted ground.

It must be said that the lord's plan was meticulously laid out. On the day the mine was ready to produce ore, Lynn's side also finished the last leg of the journey. The creaking camel caravan drove along the seemingly endless desert highway into the ore washing and processing plant area located in the industrial zone.

The ore washing and processing plant started construction in late July. Because he did have some knowledge of ore smelting, Tongxu was promoted to the group leader of the technical team and transferred from the mine to the industrial park.

At present, Han Hai Ling does not have the conditions to use chemical methods such as reagents to process and wash ores. Therefore, the first step in ore processing is to use purely violent methods.

Smash it first!

The transported limonite was dumped directly onto the stockpile, and then subjected to a violent hammering and pounding to break the ore into as many small pieces as possible.

Then, the magnetic war machine, which had been idle, came in handy.

Next to the washing plant are layers of photovoltaic panels, so there is no shortage of electricity for the time being. By switching on and off the power of a strong electromagnet, the separation of the iron ore and the crushed soil can be completed quickly.

Next, following the operating procedures, the second crucial step is to remove impurities.

If it were a local process in Fanxing, then a large furnace would be used, with coal used to raise the temperature very high, directly melting the ore into liquid iron, thereby removing impurities and reducing residue.

This is a physical method.

If we use Bluestar's technology, we can use any reduction furnace, whether it's a vertical shaft hydrogen-based reduction or a fluidized bed hydrogen-based reduction, to directly obtain highly pure iron ore powder.

Previously, Chen Mo had been accumulating photovoltaic solar panels to store electricity, while at the seawater purification plant, he had also laid out electrolytic cells to prepare for producing hydrogen from seawater and then using the hydrogen energy to reduce iron ore.

This is a chemical method.

But now, none of that is needed.

My lord has a new method: psionic methods.

Why did the lord, after returning, forcefully launch the steel industry without a stable coal supply and without being able to assemble a complete set of Dongxia reduction equipment?
Because the lord has acquired an excellent worker.

A bound spirit named Aurelio.

During the final negotiations at Blood Fortress, whether it was the hundreds of orc corpses that provided ample emotional value to this warrior who was sworn enemies of the orcs, or the lord's sincerity combined with force that truly moved the heart of the undead, in any case, Aurelio ultimately accepted Chen Mo's Soul Pact Chains.

After the exchange, Chen Mo also learned about the story of this former leader of Razor Fortress.

Aurelio's strength during his lifetime was indeed at the level of a Sword Saint who could shatter the void. In the three great powers, he could have become a city lord. In a small country like the Emerald Duchy, he would have been a great royal honoree.

But Aurelio refused all offers of recruitment and remained steadfastly on the northern front.

Because he himself was a survivor of the northern lands.

At its peak, a powerful White Deer Kingdom stood on the White Deer Plain in the north, ruling over seven million humans. They cultivated crops, herded livestock, and multiplied, while also honing their military skills and conquering all directions.

The turning point in history began with a brutal internal conflict among humans.

A White Deer noble force, having suffered defeats in both political and military struggles and fleeing in disarray, surrendered to the orcs of the north.

In addition to providing the orcs with topographical maps and defensive layouts of the White Deer Kingdom, they also personally taught the orcs how to build heavy catapults.

This large-scale engineering machine, capable of destroying city walls, brought the orcs' field combat capabilities to their extreme. From then on, the era when humans relied on fortified cities and ramparts to mock those "short-legged little greens" was gone forever!

Just two years later, the combined army of twenty-two orc tribes marched south, with more than three hundred heavy catapults clearing the way. They swept through enemy lines, turning the human race's northern defenses into a complete mess.

As the key towns on the frontier were destroyed one by one, although the Northern Humans were still struggling, their well-established defense system had been destroyed.

The orc army can invade the heart of White Deer at any time, plunder civilians and loot wealth. When they encounter small human units, they will swarm them, and when they encounter regular human legions, they will flank them.

In just a few years, millions of lives were lost in the kingdom!
Aside from those who were slaughtered or fled inland, most were captured by orcs and enslaved.

The powerful Boneshatter and Bloodhowl tribes of the orcs once had at least one human slave for every orc civilian in a neighboring tribe, and some leaders even had tens of thousands of slaves.

Humans were treated like livestock, becoming "two-legged sheep" trampled upon by orcs.

At the beginning of the war, the inland countries continued to send mercenaries and supplies to the north, and even sent troops to participate in the fighting themselves.

However, the passion for resistance will eventually dissipate due to the gap between reality and expectations.

When they discovered that the northern lands had become a bottomless pit, with only investment and no profit, the various human kingdoms in the interior quietly withdrew their attention.

After much deliberation, the king of the White Deer Kingdom chose to abandon his country and head south with a vast amount of wealth and his last elite army.

The king's carriage disappeared into the dust on the southern horizon, shattering the last glimmer of hope for the people of the White Deer Plain. The last breath of the entire northern plains people was cut off!
(End of this chapter)