Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 160 Floating Harbor: Future Capital City

The Pontal River, which the elves call Avion y Ponte al Gwennelon, means the river of alabaster bridges, and it is one of the largest rivers in the North.

Like the Yaruga River in the south, it originates in the Blue Mountains, flows from east to west, and flows into the sea near Novigrad and Niubao.

The Pontal River, which flows through the four countries, serves as the northern border of Temeria and Aedirn in the south, and the southern border of Redania and Kaedwen.

As the most important trade river in the entire north, countless ships sail on the Pontar River every day, bringing commodities from all over the north, and even many places outside the north.

As the Pontar River is also the center of the four northern countries, the important position of the floating port is naturally needless to say.

Barges, galleys, and even seagoing ships have visited the floating harbors, carrying goods between Aedirn, Kaedwen, Temeria, and Redania.

As long as there is power to control this place, it will bring huge profits to traders.

However, due to the fact that the floating port is surrounded by virgin forests and shrubs, the construction of this town has been proceeding very slowly and on a small scale.

The port cannot accommodate too many ships, which greatly restricts the transportation volume, and even restricts the transactions between various places in the north.

However, the situation is different now.

With Temeria handing over the Floating Harbor to Aedirn, the town has a new owner.

The Lord Protector of Aedian immediately designated Floating Harbor as the top priority for the next development of Aedian.

With the designation of the Lord Protector and the continuous implementation of related policies, the floating port quickly gathered a lot of resources.

The army of the Lord Protector of Aedian forcibly cut a road in the forest. For this reason, the army of the Lord Protector paid nearly a hundred casualties.

Every primeval forest has a few things in common, the most terrible of which is that there are many monsters in it.

In order to exterminate the monsters, Lord Protector also invited several demon hunters to assist, but even with such professionals leading them, they still suffered so many casualties.

But fortunately, everything was worth it, the road was opened after all, and after the road was opened, the dwarf paving construction team followed up.

Next, the city ushered in unprecedented changes.

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On a shoal in a bend of the Pontar River, a distance from the floating port that has become a large construction site, there are always reeds and forests on weekdays, and no one comes.

But now, in a small clearing on the shallows that had been deliberately cut open, a slaughtered cow was lying there, blood continuously flowing from its wound.

There are still many pungent smells in the air, and the smell of blood is constantly spreading to the surroundings.

Yes, this is a bait, and the monster that was trapped appeared very quickly.

The first thing that rushed to the river bank were a few huge tentacles, the colors on the tentacles were extremely messy, and there were disgusting suckers.

The tentacles went directly towards the cow's body, trying to drag the cow into the water, at this moment, a loud cry sounded.

"Fire!"

All the artillery hidden on both sides of the river began to shoot, and for a while, stone bullets and iron bullets flew around, or directly smashed the huge tentacles, or hit the ground to stir up a flying wet mud, or hit the water surface A high jet of water was thrown up.

The uninterrupted tentacles danced wildly like crazy, which shows how much anger the interrupted tentacles brought to it.

It's a pity that no matter how wildly it dances, it can't hurt the artillery that is firing.

Along with the artillery, there were many muskets, but unfortunately they were of very limited use.

Even if it hits the giant octopus, the kinetic energy of the bullet is easily absorbed by it, they are more like a group of atmosphere groups.

Just when the cannons stopped firing and started to reload, three demon hunters rushed out on the shoal. They held silver swords and kept provoking the giant octopus.

After finally finding the target, the giant octopus naturally cooperated and smashed its tentacles at the demon hunters.

Moreover, there are more tentacles in the water breaking through the water surface and joining in the attack.

But the demon hunters dodged left and right with great ease, dodging the tentacles.

The giant octopus is like a blindfolded giant wielding a huge stick in his hand. Even though every blow is extremely fierce, it just can't hit anyone.

The demon hunter's combat boots stepped on the land that had been infiltrated by the blood of the giant octopus, making the huge monster look so powerless, and even some tentacles were cut off by the demon hunter in the process of dealing with the demon hunter.

Finally, the underwater giant octopus couldn't bear it anymore, and it let most of its body come to the river beach.

When its body appeared, everyone was stunned, because the monster was so huge that its disgusting mouth might be enough to swallow a knight with a horse.

But next, it wasn't the demon hunter's silver sword that greeted the giant octopus, but the fierce cannon. A dozen or so shells hit it on the head like this.

After being hit by so many shells at the same time, the head of the giant octopus exploded like a bursting balloon, and all kinds of disgusting liquid inside smeared the faces of the nearby demon hunters.

The artillerymen and musketeers who were in ambush gave out thunderous cheers. It was really worth celebrating that such a huge monster was actually defeated by them.

And several demon hunters smiled wryly at each other, "Damn it, with this whole body, I can only think about my reward to soothe my wounded soul."

"Finally solve this damn monster."

Standing in front of the giant octopus lying on the beach, Jerry said.

Our old Jerry is a shotgun-for-a-shot now, with his gold-embellished civil service coat, calfskin boots, and a hat of feathers from the prettiest tuft of griffin hair.

And his identity is also different from the past, he is now the mayor of Fugang.

Oh, it should be the mayor of Pertekt (Lord Protector), which is the new name of the floating port.

After returning to Aden from Hackland, Jerry had been working as a middle-level municipal official in Wengerburg for a long time. At that time, he thought that his official career had almost ended here.

However, he is also quite satisfied with this. This is also a position that he did not even dare to think about back then, and he can be regarded as outstanding.

It's just that when he saw Dunwa, who was the head of civil servants, walking in the palace surrounded by front and back, he would feel a strong sense of loss.

Obviously everyone was the first batch to follow Duke Protector, and he was the first one, why that dwarf has become the head of civil servants, but he can only be a middle-level official.

However, there is a saying that there must be a way for a car to reach the mountain, and a boat will naturally go straight to the bridge.

Just when Jerry had given up, he got an appointment from Wingerburg and became the mayor of Pertekt.

He is very clear about the importance of Pertekt, which is the center of Aedirn's future designated by Herme.

Going to be the mayor of such a rising town, he is going to soar into the sky, and then he took office excitedly, taking over Pertekt, which was still a large construction site.

There are a lot of things to do in Pertekt, which is still under construction. As the mayor, these are naturally pressed on his head, and his experience in grassroots and middle-level work has greatly helped him.

In Pertekt, although the days are very busy, Jerry has a very fulfilling life. After all, his premise can be said to be extremely bright

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While Jerry was dealing with the aftermath of the octopus troll, at the large construction site in Pertekt, Herme was watching the city from a nearby hill.

Behind him, the ex-demon hunter Xavier and the warlock Abelard, as well as a group of Weilang people and guards.

They surrounded the Protector with three floors and three layers outside, and the aura of the detection circle could be seen everywhere nearby. As for the core area around the Protector, it was full of all kinds of anti-demon gold equipment.

And just a few minutes away from this mountain, there is an Aden army with thousands of people.

It can be said that it is almost impossible to assassinate Herme, and the Protector is too cautious.

In Pertekt, all the old buildings have been demolished, and the scope has been expanded many times compared to the original floating port. The forest around the original floating port has now been completely cut down.

Around the forest, many lumberjacks could be seen working. Amidst the sound of trumpets, big trees kept falling and hitting the ground heavily, and then the branches were cut off by the woodworkers, and then dragged away for further processing.

At the same time, there are soldiers standing guard beside the loggers. They are set up to deal with monsters that may exist in the forest.

There have been several cases of woodcutters being dragged away by monsters. If it weren't for these soldiers standing here, these woodworkers probably wouldn't dare to come out to work.

Although it is said that there is a lot of construction, the original residents have not been evicted.

The Lord Protector had promised them the status of new city dwellers, then temporarily housed the men in barracks, and then hired all the men to work on the construction site.

On the construction site, many dwarves and human craftsmen are repairing the foundation and digging sewers. The standard in this respect is to match the dwarves. Herme doesn't want to live in a muddy city.

As a city by the river, this aspect must be done safely, otherwise the city may become a muddy ditch.

There are also many places where houses have been built directly. These are planned without underground construction, so construction can start after the foundation is laid.

Near each construction house is a human-powered crane that can quickly transport building materials to high places, and the dwarf craftsmen are operating them fluently.

The Weilang people are a busy group of people on the entire construction site. Due to the natural strength of these large lizards, they can carry the package quickly.

Moreover, there are warlocks on this construction site, and these warlocks use their magic to speed up many steps of construction.

Some warlocks are very resentful that they come to work on the construction site now, but more people have recognized the reality. Being a magic assembly line worker is a job, but not a civil worker.

And now times have changed. In the past, the Warlock Order was still there, and they had a high status. Now the Order is gone, and those are long gone.

Of course, there are not many female warlocks among these construction site warlocks.

The original port of the floating port has now been widened several times, and these ports can continue to be used.

Heme also specially ordered the construction of several large warehouses to maintain the operation of the Pontar River trade.

However, even such a simple upgrade in Herme's eyes, coupled with the fact that Aden wants to focus on the development of this town, has brought the port's transportation volume to a higher level.

The subsequent trade income will be more, which is a surprise.

This fact undoubtedly made Herme very happy. You know, in order to obtain the floating port, he gave Foltest a full ten new artillery pieces, as well as thousands of matchlock guns, all of which had to be fresh from the workshop. There is enough gunpowder and ammunition to last for a year.

Even for Herme, it was painful to take out so many things, but now everything he got told him that it was worth it.

On the construction site, soldiers patrolled constantly to maintain the order of the construction site. You must know that there were thousands of energetic men here, and if they boiled, the situation would easily get out of hand.

The brothel area made up of tents outside the construction site is always full of people. At a glance, Lord Protector can see that there are scantily clad women and benefactors hunting for sex everywhere.

The warehouse area is full of building materials from all over Aedirn. Herme brought in marble from Upper Aeden, bricks from Wengerburg, and precious wood from Ard Calle... Of course, most of the materials here are cut down on site. wood.

The Lord Protector wants to build a city completely designed by himself, and he wants to use this place as the center of his rule in the future, so it will cost money.

There are many advantages to using a city that is completely built by oneself as the ruling center. For example, there are no messy underground forces and wealthy families, and there are no city privileges. Undoubtedly, it will be much more comfortable for the ruler.

In order to build Pertekt, Heme almost mobilized all the forces he could mobilize—of course, they were all resources accumulated by the government without affecting society and various policies, and even a large part of them belonged to Heme Private money.

It's just that, Duke Protector also knows that he won't be able to see the completion of this city for a while.

On the table in front of Lord Huguo, there is the design of the city by Lord Huguo. In order to ensure the rationality of the design, there are several professional scholars to check.

Pertekt was built on the scale of Novigrad, and the part that has been built is barely one-tenth of the planned city.

Herme estimated that even with the assistance of magic and non-human races, according to the current construction volume, he would have to take at least three years to see the general framework of the city completed, and it would take ten years to complete it all—this is still without work in the middle The premise.

This was the case in the era of lack of productivity, and if it wasn't for Herme's highly efficient workforce such as warlocks, dwarves, and Weilang people, the speed of city construction would definitely have to be extended by another ten years.

Of course, he can also choose to recruit strong men from all over Aden to build this city, and the speed will definitely be greatly shortened.

It's just that the Lord Protector won't do this, he doesn't want a city built on bones.

Although future generations would certainly brag about this city without thinking, he just didn't want it. After all, Lord Protector is not that kind of person.

Closing the design drawings of the city in front of him, Lord Protector sighed, it will still take a long time to see its completion.

One year later, it will be the third Northern War. That's why Hermey only mobilized these resources. He dare not deduct the resources for war preparation at all, and he even increased the resources for war preparation.

At that time, the situation was about to change dramatically, and Pertekt's project could only be stopped. He had to deal with the war with all his strength.

But it is good to lay a foundation now, the future is still here, and it is better to rule in Perteket.

Duke Protector thought that one day, he would stand here and rule the north.

Herme was very, very sure about this, if it was said that she had doubts about it before.

But when the news of the failed assassination of Foltest came, Herme no longer doubted it, and things were still developing in the expected direction.

Of course, he also knew that when the first brick of the city fell, the other northern countries knew of his intentions.

But so what?

Fate will not deflect the established plot, and what should happen will happen after all. For various reasons, Emhyr will eventually launch the third Northern War.

This is Hemei's greatest advantage, and it is precisely because of this advantage that he dares to build a large-scale project in the floating port

Moreover, in fact, this is also a sign of weakness.

Although he expressed his ambitions in the construction of the floating port, it also created such an impression on the northern countries:
Since the Lord Protector of Aedian spent all his money on building the city, the army must have been slack, and he would not start a war.

When the Third Northern War broke out, Herme would immediately seize the opportunity to defeat the Nilfgaardians and take Temeria.

Of course, while gloating at the assassination of others, Herme's own security level is also stronger now.

Herme remembered that in the original plot, King Aedirn was the first to die. God knows if it will be the same here.

If he was assassinated, he would really be making a wedding dress for someone, and the little bald head would soar into the sky at that time.

Anyway, now the Protector is frantically strengthening his own defenses, guarding against all possible assassinations, and staying as reclusive as possible to prevent the enemy from finding opportunities.

From the present point of view, everything is calm, anyway, Herme's daily life is that there are thousands of guards around her.

Surrounded by so many people, it was really difficult to get close to him.

But even so, the Protector never let up, and continued to train himself every day.

I also learn all kinds of life-saving knowledge after work, that is, I am afraid that I will encounter such a situation one day.

After closing the blueprints on the table, Herme greeted her guards to leave. Pertekt had almost finished his inspection, so he should go too. There are many other places waiting for his arrival.

(End of this chapter)