forest kingdom

When the war gradually subsided, some people began to indulge in taverns and card tables.

Lawrence is busy building Wings Harbor, busy working and exercising with the teenagers.

Wing Harbor has been dug for many days and is now a huge reservoir.

Lawrence used his eyes to roughly estimate the current progress.

"The depth has exceeded 16 meters. This is still excavation under the original seawater and beach terrain. It is already unrealistic to dig to 20 meters."

"And it's getting more and more dangerous."

Lawrence looked at the sea in the distance, relying on Sariel's predictions and Delenn's ability to strengthen, and he was able to block three storms.

Now the entire dam is gradually unable to support it, and it will be dangerous to continue digging.

Lawrence thought about the project of Wing Harbor, and also looked at the poor people who were still busy under the pit more than ten meters deep.

"It's better to hold on. If there isn't even a deep-water port here, then there will be one less advantage. We have to think about the future."

Although it seemed dangerous and troublesome, Lawrence wanted to try it.

"Rao, have people transport the excavated stones and sand to the left and right sides to fill in the sea and extend the width of the wings on both sides."

Rao said: "Yes, Prophet, this will save trouble. We don't have to continue transporting things to other places."

The structure of the Winged Harbor is very simple, it is a harbor protected by two arc-shaped wings.

There is no need to leave an entrance now, it only needs to be reinforced, and a channel for large ships to enter and exit will be created after the deep-water port is dug.

Delen also participated in today's discussion, standing next to Lawrence and looking at the deep pit not far away, "The most troublesome thing is how to dig the pit."

"That's right." Lawrence was also thinking about how to dig. There was not only sand in the sea, but also a lot of hard rocks.

Delen's abilities are limited. He can only use large-scale witchcraft once every ten days, and he still needs to reserve it for emergency reinforcement.

There is some lack of powerful witchcraft here. Lawrence thought for a while and asked: "Aren't there any wizards who have come to us recently? For example, wizards who can dig stones?"

Rao replied: "No."

Lawrence sighed, "It seems there are really not many wizards out there."

Delen looked at the large pit in the distance. A lot of water had emerged from the pit. Many people were using shovels and shovels to pour the muddy water on the ground into wooden barrels.

"What to do now? The water inside is like water from a well, it keeps coming out."

The huge pit is too deep and close to the sea. Now the water is coming out faster and faster, and if the earth walls on both sides are not reinforced in time, the pressure will increase greatly due to the increase in depth.

The grim situation forced Lawrence to think quickly about all available options.

"Ask your mother to come over and help!" Lawrence said seriously: "Use your fire power to quickly evaporate the water in the pit, and then pour seawater on it to break the rocks!"

Lathander is a pure-blood witch. The pure-blood witch's witchcraft is more than several times stronger than the half-blood wizard. Both the power and the recovery speed are very terrifying.

And pure-blood wizards are more powerful than pure-blood witches.

While several people were discussing, Dora came over with a few peons.

"Master, we dug this in the pit."

Lawrence looked at the black stone in Dora's hand. He originally thought it was a mineral formed from the sedimentation of sand on the seabed and the hard bones of fish and shrimp, but after looking carefully for a few seconds, he showed a look of astonishment.

Delen came over and took the stone from Dora's hand, and asked curiously: "It seems to be coal and stone?"

As for the hardness of the ore, Delen has more say than the others, and there is basically no problem with her judgment. Lawrence said quickly: "dig some more and see if it's just this piece, or if there's a coal mine hidden underneath."

"Yes! Master!" Dora quickly took people back to convey the order.

Delen looked at Lawrence and smiled: "This is good news."

Lawrence didn't think this was good news. Lawrence would rather have a deep-water port than a coal mine.

Now businessmen from all over the world can only unload their goods from the sea a few hundred meters away, and some are diverted to Hanbing Port and Feiyu Port.

In the afternoon, more and more coal was dug out, and the water on the ground became darker and darker.

Delen went down personally and quickly pulled the rope up.

"It's a coal mine."

Lawrence quickly showed a decisive look, "No more digging!"

When Delenn heard what Lawrence said, he thought it was about to start a fire, "Then I'll go back and call my mother."

"No!" Lawrence decisively refused!

Delen asked: "If you don't let mother come over to ignite the coals below, you can't even burn the water cleanly just by relying on ordinary people's flames."

Lawrence shook his head, "No more digging, no more burning, it's enough now."

I originally planned to dig more, but now the situation does not allow it and there is no other way.

Delen looked at Lawrence in confusion, "You just said that you would ask mother to come over and burn this place clean. Now that there are coals down there, mother's flames will only burn brighter!"

Lawrence looked at Delen calmly, "Do you know how deep a coal mine is?"

Delen shook his head, frowned and said, "I just felt it when I went down to test the hardness of the coal. It's at least fifty meters deep, maybe more."

"Yes." Lawrence sighed, "If the coal mine below is hundreds of meters deep, then if the coal mine in the pit is ignited, I think our port will be like a kettle sitting on the stove, it will be burned dry."

The truth is far more terrifying than imagined.

Once Lathander ignites this exposed crater, the entire Port of Durm will bear the wrath of Mother Earth, which will not stop for hundreds of years.

The expectation was that seawater could be used to extinguish the fire, but Lawrence didn't want to gamble. Who knows if the high temperature below would spread to somewhere and cause an explosion.

Lathander's flame is not an ordinary match. Her flame has always been very long-lasting. It is a witchcraft flame. Once this thing goes deep into the ground, it may actually burn magma.

Judging from the magma pit created by Lathander before, this probability is quite high.

Lawrence decisively terminated the deep excavation work in Wing Harbor, but did not directly release the water. Instead, he continued to strengthen the surrounding wings to create a stronger sea and wind breakwater.

The wings, which are like small hills, can more easily protect large ships and small boats in the harbor, and can also reduce the cold wind in Dumu Harbor in winter.

With the coal mine at the bottom of the pit, the craftsmen quickly investigated the mountains near Dumu Port and found several places where coal mines might be hidden.

Delen quickly went to several places for testing and chose a deep area with a similar coal mine structure for the miners to work. He discovered a shallow coal mine in a mountain col one kilometer northwest of Dumu Port.

There is no shortage of coal at the moment. It is easier to buy coal directly from the Gran Kingdom and other places than to mine it yourself.

Labor does not make people really happy. Children and adults alike do not like mechanical labor. Everyone wants to be more relaxed.

Therefore, Lawrence did not take care of those coal mines. He focused more on building schools and housing buildings, while strengthening the screening and education of talents.

After the arrival of the cold winter, Wings Harbor was put into use, but the wings on both sides of the strait continued to be heightened and reinforced. Every day, many people curiously came up to play and sightsee, walking on this new and wide, miraculous road. . (End of chapter)