From Baron to Lord

Chapter 341: Building Large Waterwheels and Digging Irrigation Ditches - Preparation (2)

Riding in a carriage pulled by a magical beast, Allen, Oliver, and a team of accompanying knights arrived at their first destination.

This was one of the rivers with the largest water flow in the Duchy of Allen, and according to Allen's request, there was a medium-sized waterfall here.

This made Allen quite satisfied.

Where there is water, waterwheels can naturally be placed.

Don't underestimate waterwheels; they are the crystallization of human wisdom and can provide power.

Moreover, his metallurgical plant also needed waterwheels to provide some power.

In addition, waterwheels also have a significant effect on agriculture, easily irrigating large areas of farmland. If some irrigation ditches are also built, it will be of great benefit to the development of agriculture.

It can be said that it has multiple uses. After all, it is a product of the system, and its effects far exceed those of ordinary waterwheels.

"Boom!"

The sound of the waterfall was extremely loud, but it did not affect the communication between Allen and Oliver.

"This place is good. If possible, a hydroelectric power plant could be built here…"

Allen stroked his chin as he looked at the waterfall in front of him.

However, electricity was like oil to Allen.

Allen knew this thing was useful, but how to use it?

Although the buildings produced by the system can also train technical operators,

they are only operators; no one has the real technology.

Besides, in this magical world, many forces can completely replace electricity. Even Allen's system-produced buildings, even the metallurgical plant, are different from those on Earth in his previous life.

After magical modification, the metallurgical plant more or less has the style of this world, and the energy required can be completely replaced by magic stones.

"Power plant?"

Oliver was a little confused on the side. What was that?

Allen shook his head: "Don't worry about the power plant for now. This place is good."

Allen gave up on the power plant.

"That's good, Duke. Besides here, I have also selected some places in various rivers of the Duchy of Allen."

Oliver held a map of the Duchy of Allen in his hand. There were many rivers in the Duchy of Allen, and the map was densely marked with red dots. This was just one of them.

"Oh, looks good. r ."

Allen patted Oliver on the shoulder: "Unexpectedly, you are very capable, Oliver."

"It's just to avoid disappointing you, Duke." Oliver smiled slightly. "Give me the map."

Allen took the map casually.

It not only had marks for water flows but also some marks for plains with rich wind elements.

It could be seen that this Minister of Industry worked very hard. "Very good, Oliver, you have not disappointed me."

Allen said with a smile, "Since that's the case, then I will build some large waterwheels here now, so as not to waste this waterfall."

As Allen spoke, he walked to the side of the waterfall and chose a location. The next moment, a white light emerged, and a huge circular waterwheel appeared in front of everyone.

"This?!"

Oliver's eyes widened. Compared to the other ministers who had been following Allen for quite some time, he had only been following Allen for a very short time.

Although he understood Allen's terrifying strength and bloody methods,

he had never really witnessed Allen displaying divine miracles in public.

"Miracle!"

"This is a miracle!"

A layer of fine sweat oozed from Oliver's big bald head, and his white and fat face had turned red.

This was probably how ordinary people looked when they saw a miracle.

Allen ignored Oliver; he just observed the appearance of the large waterwheel. Not bad, the material was top-notch and would not rot even after soaking in water for hundreds of years.

And the most important thing was that this waterwheel was super large.

"One large waterwheel can solve the irrigation problem for tens of thousands of acres of land, and it can also provide some power to the metallurgical plant." Allen was satisfied with this.

"Duke, what is this building?" Oliver asked.

"A waterwheel, a tool that uses water power. Its purpose is to irrigate farmland and provide power to the metallurgical plant," Allen explained.

"Waterwheel? Can it irrigate farmland?"

Oliver's eyes lit up. He was not stupid and quickly discovered the secret of the waterwheel. "I see, your wisdom and divine power are amazing."

Oliver was slightly moved.

"Oliver, this thing is related to the problems of industry and agriculture. I discovered before that the common people still manually transport river water to irrigate farmland, which is too laborious."

Allen smiled and said, "Because Bax is still in Moore Territory, and you also know that he is trying to complete the plan of four harvests a year for crops, so you should handle the matter of waterwheels together, whether it is agricultural or industrial."

Allen said to Oliver.

"That's natural. If you need it, I can do any job." Oliver said respectfully.

"Very good. Later, I need you to gather the common people from the surrounding cities and towns. We need to dig channels so that the water flow can better and more efficiently irrigate the farmland. As for what irrigation ditches are…"

Allen told Oliver some of the knowledge about irrigation ditches he had mastered. After Oliver listened, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"/What great wisdom! Waterwheels, irrigation ditches, with these, a lot of manpower and material resources can be saved. It is simply a great thing for agriculture. Don't worry, my lord, I will immediately gather the common people here to build irrigation ditches."

"No, irrigation ditches should be built all over the country. This is a big project."

Oliver finally understood why Allen asked him to find some suitable places in the entire duchy.

The Duke's wisdom was too terrifying.

"Well, don't worry. Although waterwheels are of great help to agriculture, don't forget that you are the Minister of Industry."

Allen looked at the Minister of Industry who was excited and wanted to act immediately and said with a smile.

"That's right, I am the Minister of Industry."

Oliver was stunned when he heard this: "Duke, what is the metallurgical plant you just mentioned? Is it related to industry (Qian Zhaozhao)?"

Allen nodded: "Of course, but before buying and manufacturing the metallurgical plant, we need to cultivate some special talents."

"Special talents?"

Oliver became more and more confused: "My lord, isn't the place to cultivate talents a school?"

"No, they are different from students; they are workers."

As Allen spoke, he built two more large waterwheels under the waterfall.

The waterwheels were huge, and this medium-sized waterfall could only accommodate three waterwheels.

After doing these things, Allen took Oliver and left the waterfall towards a small town not far away.

He now needed to build some primary metallurgical plant knowledge and technology training bases, which were used to train workers who could work in the primary metallurgical plant.

Before building the metallurgical plant, Allen needed to cultivate some employees to work for him first.

This was also why he asked Oliver to recruit some young people first.

ps: Chapter Two…

Chapter 342: Training the First Batch of Industrial Talents, Windmills! (3)

"Duke, this is Lulin City. Some of the people I recruited are here."

Allen and Oliver had already left the waterfall and arrived at the nearby small town of Lulin City.

This small town looked a bit old and seemed to have existed for quite some time.

Oliver rode the Silver Moon Wolf, following behind Allen.

"Duke, although I have selected many suitable places, I have only recruited people in two places."

Oliver said a little cautiously. It was not that he was lazy, but he felt that there was no need to mobilize people on a large scale when he did not know what the situation was.

He only recruited people in two places that could be used as representatives.

Lulin City was one of them, and the number of people recruited was five hundred.

"Five hundred people were recruited near Lulin City."

Oliver said to Allen.

"Not bad. Since there are five hundred people, then I will build some training bases here first."

Allen planned to build two training bases here first.

The primary metallurgical plant knowledge and technology training base can only train twenty people at a time, and it takes one month.

In Allen's opinion, twenty people a month was a bit small, so he planned to build two training bases.

After one month, he could get forty employees, and a metallurgical plant did not need too many employees. Twenty operators were enough.

One training base corresponds to the number of people in one metallurgical plant.

This made Allen quite satisfied.

Of course, these were only operational employees. The metallurgical plant could produce good steel, and the problem of transportation required additional manpower.

These problems all needed Allen to solve.

Any one of these problems was enough to cause a headache, such as transportation.

The Duchy of Allen did not have any means of transportation that could transport large amounts of steel.

Or rather, a large part of the reason why Allen built the metallurgical plant was to be able to build railways.

If there was a means of transportation like a train, then it would be a huge step forward for the Duchy of Allen.

Then the problem came, starting metallurgy for the sake of transportation, but there was no means of transportation to transport steel, which was not a good thing for building railways.

However, these problems were not a big problem for Allen.

After all, he still had a large number of orcs with excessive strength and energy.

If it really didn't work, he would just pull the Behemoths out to do some work.

As Allen thought about this, he led Oliver and a team of knights into Lulin City.