Divine Kingship

Chapter 527 Magic Technology and Departure

The departure date for the Kingdom of Bolen was postponed by one day.

For the first time, the cooperation between forging technology and magic alchemy produced results.

Rand had to go see it.

Now the Sanctuary Industry is basically divided into two parts.

Metallurgy, forging, engineering and heavy industry.

Magic, alchemy, potion and light industry.

The latter tends towards mysticism, but in fact it is still within the scope of science, and its main work is also related to people's livelihood.

Soap, cheap seasonings, a tentative sale of sanctuary-made paper, some dyes and hourglasses.

These common consumer goods in modern times are hot new and rare items in this era. The good things produced by these alchemy workshops have effectively improved the quality of life of residents.

As for the necessities of life such as food, clothes and houses, they are managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Weaving and the Ministry of Construction respectively.

Heavy industry tends to be more scientific and military, but not all military. For example, kitchen knives and farm tools are also manufactured by Sanctuary Heavy Industry, then promoted by the Propaganda Department and sold in the market.

Engineering projects are also divided into construction projects and military projects.

As for the cooperation between heavy industry and magical light industry..., the direction given by Rand is... the magic wand.

The vast majority of mages in this world do not have staffs.

A wizard does not need a staff to cast spells. To be precise, in the eyes of most wizards, the concept of a staff does not even exist. Those props that can assist in casting spells, such as Ellie's staff and Bishop Kahn's Crimson Book, are rare magic items.

Rand wanted to try making a staff, and the dwarf prince happened to come here. This dwarf prince was a master of forging and knew a little magic. He was a rare talent, and this talent might be recalled to the dwarf kingdom at any time. In short, it must be used now, otherwise it might become obsolete at any time.

Now it seems that he is indeed a capable person and has achieved some results.

Rand arrived at the alchemy workshop. The dwarf prince who did not want to inherit the throne and the great alchemist Ayesha who wanted to slack off had been waiting for a while.

In the center of the alchemy laboratory is a metal staff. The staff is plain and stands quietly on the stone platform.

The lower part of the staff is a slender rod, which spirals upward like a vine. At the very top there is a slot for inlaying a gem, but there is nothing actually inlaid on it.

"The prototype of the initial staff," the dwarf prince introduced with some complacency, "has been repeatedly tested and can save about 5% of mana loss and increase the casting speed by 5%."

"Very good." Rand smiled. "This is a significant achievement. I will reward you..."

Rand looked at the dwarf prince, and suddenly thought that the prince seemed to have everything he needed. As a dwarf prince, if he was willing to inherit the throne, he would have everything he wanted.

Rand thought for a moment and looked at the dwarf prince: "If you want, I can arrange an adventure for you, or a metallurgical technology course, or do you want some rare minerals or metals?"

The dwarf prince expressed his interest in this: "But in fact, being able to try to make something like this is already a reward for me."

It’s not that the dwarf prince has never made staffs before, but those were all products of countless high-value rare materials. Although powerful, they really did not arouse any interest for the craftsmen, and they were just toys for a very small number of people.

He liked Rand's idea very much. The things made by craftsmen should be affordable for most people and can truly change the real lives of many people.

The power of one person, or a few people, cannot change anything, unless they reach the level of king.

But even if he is a king, has the Blue King changed anything?
Using expensive materials to make magic props for a very small number of people does test the skills of the craftsman, but no matter how well the craftsman does his job, he can only leave his name on a magic prop that is passed down from generation to generation.

And if a craftsman can create something that becomes a part of many people's lives and thereby changes the lives of many people, then he has truly realized his self-worth.

A great noble, a great lord, or a king can change the lives of his subjects through his own will.

The strong can defeat evil and save many lives.

And craftsmen can also change the lives of many people in some way.

The effect of the current prototype magic wand is not very strong, and if it becomes a mass-produced model, the effect will be even worse.

But it is cheap.

The wand is made of metal, hollow in the middle to reduce weight, with very small amounts of blood from magical creatures and certain magical metals added.

In order to achieve the effect of assisting casting.

In fact, it is not too cheap. Making it hollow requires both materials science and craftsmanship. The mixed magic materials will not be too cheap no matter how cheap they are. The price of making a magic wand can already make three high-quality swords.

But, if you look at this price by magic wand standards.

That's ridiculously cheap.

It was so cheap that Rand could equip every magician willing to serve him with one.

And now it’s just the very early stages of progress. As the technology improves, Rand believes the effect will become stronger.

As one gains strength while the other loses strength, Rand's magician corps in the future will be much stronger than other magician corps.

One thing must be mentioned here.

The 5% mana saving and 5% magic speed increase will bring about a combat effectiveness increase of not just 5% or 10%.

It's like doubling a person's speed or strength. Does that mean he can only fight two of himself? No, such an improvement will allow him to fight more than a dozen of himself. If equipped with tools, his combat effectiveness will increase even more.

The same goes for the improvement of the staff; being able to strike first could mean the difference between life and death for a mage.

This improvement will also bring about a significant increase in combat effectiveness in large-scale legion battles.

"Ayesha." Rand looked at the alchemist who was a little lazy and graceful. "I'm going to be away for a while to go to the Kingdom of Bolen. You can take a short break during this time."

Rand actually felt that Ayesha's ability to slack off was already very strong, but Ayesha could always produce scientific research results while slacking off, so Rand had to reluctantly let her continue to take a vacation.

Ayesha just chuckled. It seems that she can travel again. The high-intensity laboratory scientific research work is really not for humans to do. Fortunately, Rand still has some humanity. It's a pity that Crescent Harbor is still under reconstruction, so a seaside vacation is impossible. Then let's promote the development of new perfume.

Now Ayesha has completely fulfilled her father's legacy. Her father hoped that the title of knight would be passed down, and now, she is already the Viscount conferred by Rand.

Rand even planned to allocate a piece of land for her to govern, but was rejected by Ayesha. She was already busy with work, and she was also asked to govern the territory. Isn't this ridiculous?
And in terms of governance, can she compare with the administrators of the Sanctuary, or the high-level officials of the Sanctuary? Not to mention Rand.

It would be better to travel, or develop new perfume.

Ayesha rubbed her hair which became messy due to staying up late to work overtime, and planned to go wash up first. She was actually very interested in exploring the truth. After Rand gave her the direction, she actually didn't rest much during this period of time. She worked overtime to study the standard magic wand, and now she finally succeeded.

As for the subsequent optimization, leave it to ordinary alchemists and dwarf craftsmen. …

After Rand left the alchemy laboratory, he dealt with some chores and then set off for the Kingdom of Bolen.

Rand will personally take charge of the development of this area. The land given to him by the Kingdom of Boren will obviously not be very good, but in Rand's eyes, this land destroyed by war is still much better than the wasteland that no one has developed.

Crescent Territory is an undeveloped wasteland, and almost everything has to be built from scratch.

Man Yue Ling is a post-war reconstruction area, and the speed of infrastructure reconstruction is very fast.

As for Yuelu City and its affiliated lands that the Marquis of Bucks exchanged for him, they were high-value lands with complete infrastructure.

This time when he went to the Kingdom of Bolen, Rand brought all the high-level officials of the Sanctuary with him. Recently, the work of the territory has only been some tedious and repetitive tasks, so there is no need to keep the high-level officials of the Sanctuary to govern the territory.

In short, it is a pity for Bishop Kahn.

Rand rode on the horse, and as usual, Lysa had gone somewhere unknown, but Rand didn't care about her. Lysa would always appear when Rand needed her, and she was very reliable, so Rand never had to worry about Lysa.

Except for worrying about her sudden whim.

The basic roads in the Dukedom of the Moon Phase have been completed, and the ground is paved with flat bricks and stones.

This greatly accelerated logistics and made it easier for the army to patrol and suppress bandits.

There are almost no bandits and cultists in the Dukedom of the Moon.

Of course, it is also possible to say that the entire Dukedom of the Moon is filled with cultists and pagans.

Due to Rand's insistence on basic livelihood construction, the villagers will not become bandits or cultists if they want to survive, and the territories of Rand's vassals are also interfered with by the Torch Church or the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health. Excessive behavior will not be allowed.

Rand must strengthen his control over the territory. It may not be possible to transform the real seal into a virtual seal in a short period of time, but it can be done when the administrative capacity is sufficient and civil affairs are gradually brought under the church system.

As for completely transforming the title of nobility from property into a purely political status in the future, there is indeed a long way to go.

"It's a pity that no one came to rob. I'm still looking forward to some conspiracy." Rand said to Ellie under the protection of the guards.

Ellie rolled her eyes beautifully: "Isn't it a good thing that there are no bandits?"

"It's a bit boring." Rand said.

It is still quite far from the Kingdom of Bolen. In the past, there were bandits to relieve the boredom of the journey. Now that they are gone, I am a little uncomfortable.

It took about five days for Rand to enter the territory of the Kingdom of Bolen.

After entering the Kingdom of Bollen, you can clearly feel the difference in road quality.

The speed of travel slowed down a lot as the smooth brick road turned into an ordinary dirt road.

Sometimes there are potholes on the road that need to be bypassed.

However, there are still no robbers coming to harass us.

In fact, Rand noticed some prying eyes, but Rand's guards were more than 200 elite cavalrymen, and the bandits...

Rand still remembers the beginning, when he had just gotten rid of his identity as a sacrifice, when the holy land was still a hideout, a group of bandits came to rob.

He had no weapons, only an old horse, and was beaten up by a group of cultists.

Most of the bandits are like this. Those who can achieve the level of Taran, who has long stopped being a bandit, are already elite bandits.

Most of the bandits were brave enough to even take a look at Rand's team that was heading to the Kingdom of Bolen to build it.

Elsa came to Rand's side at this time: "There are a few people spying, do you want to kill them?"

Rand thought about it and felt that it was a bit of a loss to help the Kingdom of Bolen to clean up the bandits, but it would also be uncomfortable to be watched by others.

After thinking for a while, Rand said, "Just arrest him and send him to labor camp as usual."

After hearing this, Elsa nodded, and then ordered someone to do it. There was no need for Elsa to deal with some small robbers personally.

Soon, those little robbers were caught.

Rand continued riding on the flying bull-horse and leading the team forward.

After a period of time, the area became sparsely populated and only ghosts could be seen occasionally.

After a while, they encountered the army of the Kingdom of Borun. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Borun looked at Rand with some arrogance, but the leading officers and nobles were more respectful to Rand.

The officer walked up to Rand and said, "Sir Rand, the land around here is where you need to work. Please make sure to clear out the nearby undead, wild dogs, and bandits as soon as possible and resume production here."

After that, the officer handed Rand a map with the scope of Rand's "labor reform" area drawn on it.

After the officer retreated, he also yelled at his soldiers to be more respectful: "What are you doing? After all, he is a duke, you cannot offend him."

After being scolded by the officers, the soldiers stopped being lazy.

The officer then left two guides behind to assist Rand with his work, and then left with the army.

In fact, the officer did not expect Rand to come in person, but even if he did, it would be useless. His Majesty the King no longer had the energy to assassinate Rand.

His Excellency the Grand Prince is very confident about governing the country in the future. I hope that after the Grand Prince ascends the throne, the Kingdom of Bolen will be able to avenge the humiliation it suffered in Rand.

……

At this time, the White Kingdom and its King Bolan had already received Rand's letter.

The White King was actually looking forward to Rand's letter, and there was nothing wrong with admitting that.

Rand was one of the few friends that made Bolan feel close and friendly. She was very willing to receive Rand's letters and see what he said.

Bolan refused to have the clerk read the letter to her, and took it herself and opened it to read.

After reading it with a smile, he folded the letters back up and handed them to the clerk, saying, "These are important letters, please be sure to sort them out."

The clerk knew that the White King valued his family, and it was obvious that the letter had Prince Ellie's notes, so he nodded and said, "Of course, your Majesty."

Then the White King's face turned serious: "Immediately start the investigation of the Wisteria Kingdom and the North. Duke Rand said that the vampires will make big moves next."

(End of this chapter)