When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 508: Sacred Axis Camp
On November 1445, 11 of the Imperial Calendar, the Holy Axis camp was officially established in Jeanne d'Arc.

In addition to the six secret parties in the northern county of Black Snake Bay, the Abbey of Blago also joined as a special invited observer.

Looking at the Holy Axis Protocol that had just been printed in his hand, Horn felt mixed emotions for a moment.

It was now late autumn, and a chilly wind blew in through the four-petal gear-shaped stained glass windows, causing the documents piled on the table to sway.

Horn took off his autumn flannel coat and changed into a tweed black jacket.

This kind of clothing is too simple for the aesthetic of that era and is quite similar to the uniforms of the Salvation Army.

For Horn, he prefers this kind of clothes without too many fancy red and green styles.

The citizens of Joan of Arc said that they wore military uniforms all year round to show their determination to fight the war.

But Horn protested that this was not a tribute and he wore formal attire in formal diplomatic occasions.

"Rafael, go close the window."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Rafael, who was sharpening a quill nearby, stood up from the door and closed the window of the Holy Hall.

Before Rafael could sit down, Horn called him over again: "Rafael, how are our partners doing these past two days?"

"The Flame Rose Society, the Dragon Language Scholars Society, and the Bald Head Society have all gone to Autumn Dusk Island." Rafael replied immediately, "The Monks of Pain are protecting Lady Lulos on her way back. They are currently still in Jeanne d'Arc Castle, following Lady Catherine around on her tours."

"What about the Monks of Blago?"

"They have been staying indoors all the time, but we caught three sneaky people near the More Manor where they live. Gilo is 80% sure that they are the demon hunters."

"It seems that the relationship between these two people has not improved. They will return tomorrow. I hope they can resolve the dispute before March next year." Horn leaned his head against the cushion on the back of the chair. "How is the investigation of the person who leaked the information going?"

"We are still investigating. We have put some suspects under surveillance but have not arrested them to avoid alerting the suspects."

"Hurry up and make sure it's done before the New Year so it can be implemented as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to the Night Watchman's Office right away." After saluting Horn, Rafell trotted out of the study.

Watching Rafael's back disappear behind the door, Horn raised his head, stared at the ceiling with layers of geometric patterns, and laughed at himself.

During this period, in order to ensure effective jurisdiction over the territory, he had to absorb a large number of former local monks and citizens into the government.

Unlike the old players who fought in the Battle of Pavia and could withstand pressure, those who joined later, even those who joined as transformed prisoners of war, were not as firm in their stance as the previous ones.

Some of them were not even as enlightened as the Blago monks who joined later.

It’s not that Horn doesn’t have a lot of reliable people who can run the government, but that these people are all in the military.

In order to ensure the reliability of the army, we have to temporarily give up the reliability of the government.

When the situation stabilizes in the future, Horn will probably purge a group of people and replace them with more reliable administrative monks from the military.

He took out a pen and wrote something in his small notebook. Then he stretched and turned his attention back to the agreement on the table.

This is Horn's greatest diplomatic achievement in recent times. The theoretical boundary of the Salvation Army has penetrated deep into the northern county of Black Snake Bay.

According to the 1445 Jeanne d'Arc-Long Causeway Agreement, the Salvation Army would build six commercial ports and freight docks along the Ibe River within one year and widen part of the river.

At the same time, the Savior Army will also build a sweet branch pressing workshop on the ruins of the Red Copper Fortress to produce the most basic version of brown sugar, which will then be transported northwards.

The future center of the sugar industry will probably be located near Fort Jeanne d'Arc.

First, the river transportation here is convenient, which is suitable for large-scale brown sugar and grain transactions. Second, this is the core of the Salvation Army's rule, and the efficiency will be much higher than other places. In addition, Horn also specially set up the Alchemy Development Bureau under the Holy Axis.

Things like the Flame Rose Society's electrometallurgy technology, the Bald Society's monster breeding technology, the Ruoan Party's mortar and mountain copper technology, and a series of alchemical potion recipes are all in the development process.

The Alchemy Development Bureau will cooperate with the Royal Natural Theological Seminary of the Holy See to set up a special research institute and alchemy academy on the west bank of the Pala River on Qiumu Island, put aside disputes and jointly develop.

The chief director of this position is the dragon language scholar Maester Kelben, and the deputy position is served by Halkin.

At Lulos' request, Horn will send a group of officers into Black Snake Bay to help them train the army.

A group of Black Snake Bay people were also sent to serve and train in the Salvation Army and attend the Officer School (St. Dange College).

At the same time, the Blago Monastery, as a special observer, also provided a large number of fresh monks and nuns.

After one to three months of training on Autumn Dusk Island, they will officially enter the Salvation Army's government system.

In this way, the big framework is built.

In light industry, there is sugar for the food processing industry, spun cloth for the textile industry, and movable type and ink for the printing industry.

However, there is a lack of heavy industry, because the only heavy industry Horn has is probably mountain copper and mortar.

As for steel, although there is Jeanne's lightning refining method that can turn crude iron into steel, she is alone and can't produce much.

How to develop steel smelting technology has always been a top priority in Horn's technological planning.

When he tried to win over the dwarves, he once asked them if they had this technology, and the answer was "If we did, would we dwarves still be like we are today?"

This time he teamed up with Black Snake Bay to try to inquire whether there were any related alchemy technologies.

Apart from suggesting finding a few more lightning-shaping wizards, Lulos did not have any other alchemical or magical skills.

After all, Black Snake Bay is not an iron ore producing area, so they also have to rely on imports.

As a result, Horn encountered a lot of setbacks in the Salvation Army's most important heavy industry - the steel industry.

You know, Horn's military expansion also needs to keep up with the large amount of weapons and armor, and these weapons and equipment require the steel industry.

Even at the current production capacity, the output of the Mayo Town mine is unable to keep up with Horn's demand.

Therefore, they had to smuggle some iron ingots from outside to meet the demand.

Although the Salvation Army is currently in a state of blockade, with the current control of the Thousand Valley Church and the chaotic effect caused by the Lancers' feeding, smuggling is not difficult.

As long as it is not a bulk commodity, the border between the two sides is like a sieve. By bribing a patrol captain, you can transport food and supplies to the Holy Sun Army in Hotam County.

Not to mention smuggling a few thousand pounds of iron ingots.

The disadvantage is that it is too expensive, causing the cost of iron production to rise sharply. Almost all of the production capacity was swallowed up by the military, and the civilian population even had to implement a rationing system.

There are indeed no good iron mines in the south of the Thousand River Valley. The good iron mines are all in North Mound County and Upper River County in the north.

The only solution now is to connect with Meliati in the north. Anyway, relying on advanced production relations, Horn can ensure that the steel output is more than that of similar workshops in the empire.

After half a year of rest, the Salvation Army should have trained its soldiers well even if things were not going well. So it's time to go to the battlefield and see what they're really like.

Picking up the quill that Rafael had just sharpened, Horn solemnly wrote a string of words on a piece of white paper.

"Summer Counterattack!"

(End of this chapter)