What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

At this point, Fran paused and then said, "If it weren't for my sister, the Shinra Church would have declined step by step and eventually disappeared in the long river of history. But..."

"I understand what you mean." Christina said, "But you also know my ideal. I want to create a world without slums and street children, a world where ordinary people have dignity. The nobles are unreliable, so I can only rely on the Shinra Church. After all, this was the purpose of the Shinra Church's founding."

"All religions are born with good intentions, but it's a different story after they gain power, and the same is true for Shinra." Fran said, "Sister is more familiar with history than I am, so you should know that what I said is right."

Christina nodded. At the peak of the Holy Roman Empire, the clergy acted recklessly, amassed wealth crazily, and lived a life of luxury and debauchery. They no longer looked like clergymen. Even now, they still retain this "fine tradition".

The cardinals were parasitic on the nobles and became their tools for ruling and making money. The other clergy were not much better. This time they were willing to stand on Christina's side and maintain the Vienna Alliance, wasn't it because Margaret offered that tempting price?

"Sister, I'm not saying this to stand against you." Fran said, "I just want to remind you. Religion is a double-edged sword, a hungry wolf. If it wags its tail to you, it's only because it's still weak. Once it's strong enough, it will definitely show you its fangs."

"I understand what you said." Christina said, "The Shinra Church has long been rotten to the bone, even the Sisters who pride themselves on being pure and noble are the same. Only the Inquisition still maintains its bottom line. But if I don't rely on the Shinra Church, who else can I rely on?"

"If you want to help civilians, why don't you just stand on their side and guide them?" Fran said.

"You mean, starting a new religion?"

"Of course not..." Fran opened her mouth to explain, but didn't know where to start.

Some doctrines and spirits cannot be described in simple words. Even if they are described, they will only appear pale. Perhaps they can only be conveyed through practice.

Since her sister has no feelings for the Shinra Church, she naturally doesn't need to hold back. At worst, she can help her sister realize her ideals in her own way.

"Okay, sister, I understand what you mean." Christina said, "Don't worry, I know my limits. Although Margaret agreed to the Holy Roman Law, it does not mean that the clergy can do whatever they want. I will still firmly restrain them, even more strictly than the Imperial Law. I will never let it become

Monster's.

"Well! Sister, be careful." Fran had to say.

"But I'm very pleased that you finally care about me." Christina said with her hand covering her mouth.

"What are you saying? Haven't I always been concerned about you?" Fran said, "In order to prevent sagging and relieve your tired body, didn't I invent a new underwear for you?"

"Humph! Do you think I don't know the real purpose of your invention? Every time you bring me underwear, the styles are getting better and better..." Christina said, "Okay, let's not talk about this! Or should we talk about your business?"

"My matter? Hasn't the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce's matter been temporarily settled? Has something gone wrong again?"

"This time it's not the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce, but your body!" Christina said, "Do you remember the charm in your body?"

"Of course I remember." Fran said, "But since that night, it has never had any effect on me again. It's like it's dead."

Christina said, "There is a dark elf in the Inquisition. She returned to Vienna to rest a while ago. I asked her about the charm."

"Wait a minute! Why are there dark elves in the Inquisition?"

"Well... when she was a child, she couldn't stand the Dark Elves' behaviors, so she left the Dark Elves. But her experience is not important! Anyway, she has converted to Shinra Christianity much longer than me, and her words are very trustworthy." Christina said.

"Then can she help me get rid of the charm?" Fran asked. Although the charm no longer worked on her, it was still very annoying to have something in her body.

"There's no way." Christina shook her head.

"Well, isn't that useless?" Fran was a little frustrated.

"But she told me! The real charm insect is not actually used to control people." Christina said: "The charm insect is actually used to enhance the host's strength."

"How can this improve strength?"

"The power of desire is also strength. The person who is planted must practice with the charm Gu as the core, overcome desire, and control desire. In fact, the so-called mother-daughter Gu does not exist at all. The mother Gu is actually a nutrient, which allows the various female Gu to compete with each other. In the end, the most powerful female Gu is qualified to absorb the mother Gu."

"Ah! Isn't Nalanisuoya just tying herself up in knots?" Fran said.

"Yes." Christina said, "The dark elf told me that there was a generation of female Gu hosts who didn't want the charm Gu in their bodies to become food for others, so they took advantage of the female Gu before they grew up to control them, and then tampered with the way to use the charm Gu."

As she spoke, Christina took out a notebook from her arms.

"Is this a method of cultivation?"

"Yes." Christina said, "This is what the dark elf wrote down to me. But she didn't tell me how she got it, and asked me not to delve into it. Anyway, using this to practice can improve your personal strength! Eventually, you can completely break free from the control of the mother insect."

"I understand!" Fran said as she took the notebook and started reading.

However, soon, Fran's face turned red. The so-called training method was actually just to... stick close to girls.

This, isn't this the book of 365 styles that Naranissuoya gave me? But the methods described in Naranissuoya's book are still a bit subtle after all. This is her complete form! Fran can only say that she is worthy of being a dark elf.

"Without further delay, let's practice the above method!" Christina looked at Fran's delicate body and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Now...now?" Fran was shocked: "But didn't we just...do that?"

"Why, are you scared?"

"Humph! When have I ever been afraid of my sister!" Fran said, "Besides, I want to see how this secret book can improve one's strength!"

Chapter 107: I, Fran, have no interest in money

The next morning, when the light of morning sun poured into the room through the window, Fran and Christina opened their eyes at the same time and smiled at each other.

Fran stretched lightly, then lifted the blanket that covered them both.

I don't know why, but compared to before, Fran felt particularly refreshed today.

Although fighting with Christina is a very fun thing, the process is very physically and mentally exhausting.

It was not easy to subdue the evil saint. So the next day after a battle, Fran would often stay in bed until noon, sometimes even with backaches and other symptoms.

It has never been like this before. It is as if the long-dry earth is being moistened by the rain.

Christina stroked Fran's cheek with her fingers, and then said, "Sister, your face looks so rosy today. It seems that the cultivation secret book is very effective."

"Yes!" Fran said, "I haven't felt so refreshed in a long time. I even feel like I can be intimate with my sister again."

"Uh, spare my sister!" Christina said

"Sister is no longer able to do it? Then I won last night!" Fran said immediately.

"No..." Christina said, "I have to meet with the nuns from the convent later, and I can't let others see me in such a state."

"Okay, okay. Then sister, have a good rest." Fran said happily, and didn't bother to consider whether Christina's words were an interruption.

However, when Fran strengthened her body, she discovered that the charm in her body had also changed. It seemed to be magnetic, attracting the surrounding energy and creating a weak vortex nearby. This made the energy more condensed, which also meant that she could accommodate more energy.

Fran only felt that her rank had finally loosened a little, and her strength, which had not improved for a long time, seemed to be rising again.

After being degraded into a dark nun, Fran's strength increased very quickly. In addition, Beelzebub gave her a reward of strength empowerment because she captured many nuns. As a result, her strength increased like a rocket and she quickly reached the sixth level.

However, Fran also knew that this method was actually forcing others to improve their strength. Not only was the foundation unstable, but it would also cause considerable obstacles to subsequent improvement. In addition, Fran's body had average talent, and she was not a very hard-working person.

So if nothing unexpected happens, her strength may remain at the sixth level forever.

However, there is always a way out. She actually used this method to find a way to improve her strength again.

Although this method... is even more evil than Beelzebub's previous method of forcing himself to break through. Does that mean that in order to break through the sixth level, I have to do that with my sister every day?

Wait! Fran suddenly thought of a question. Could it be that she had absorbed Christina's power? If so, she would rather not upgrade. So she asked anxiously, "Sister, please feel your own rank and see if it has regressed."

"Of course not." Christina smiled and said, "I guess my sister should feel that her rank and strength have improved. She thinks that she has absorbed my strength."

"Eh? How do you know my strength has improved?" Fran asked in surprise.

"That's because when we were practicing last night, I clearly felt the power of both of us intertwined, and with the frequency of our movements... it was increasing. This increase is negligible for me, but it should be significant for you. Don't worry, you are definitely not absorbing my power."

As she spoke, Christina touched Fran's hair lovingly.

"That's good, that's good." Fran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then said: "I guess the original intention of the spider queen Rose was to let those who got the female Gu communicate and practice with people of the same race, so as to improve the strength of the entire race. However, the dark elves have always been selfish and like to be suspicious of each other, and finally used the charm Gu into what it is now.

"It's possible..." Christina said with a smile: "This is indeed in line with the development of the dark elves."

"It seems that my sister and I need to practice more!" Fran said with a smile.

"Next time! Sister will train with you for three days and three nights!"

After saying that, Christina pushed Fran out the door.

Seeing Christina's helpless appearance of wanting to do something, Fran felt extremely satisfied.

However, she really couldn't stay in the Golden Dome Cathedral and live a life of luxury during this period of time. After all, she had too many things to do.

As various cloths were spread out for sale, the magic crystal coins in his warehouse were increasing at a terrifying rate.

But Fran knew very well that money piled in a warehouse was just a pile of rusting metal. Only when it was circulated could it create value! And it was not only to create value for oneself, but also to make the rich drive the rich. She couldn't be the only one to have money while the whole city of Orila was full of starving people. This was not her original intention, and it was also her

The most abominable thing.

After she got the money, the first thing she did was to start education. She wanted to popularize primary education in Orila City, so that her soldiers and workers could at least learn the simplest listening, speaking, reading and writing.

An army without culture will not be able to adapt to the more sophisticated wars of the future, and a workforce without culture is destined to be eliminated by the times.

Unlike the limited academy last time, this time the academy was opened in every corner of Orila City. She divided the school by area, and all children of school age must attend the school. The school arranged food and accommodation, which were all borne by Orila City, that is, Fran herself.

Other older monsters, if they want to work in Fran's industry in the future, must go to the academy for literacy training!

Nowadays, the jobs offered by Fran are all very popular. Whether it is a mine or a garment factory, the income is much higher than working in the shops of the eight major families. So even if they do not understand the importance of reading and writing, they have to learn in order to keep this job.

In this way, a vigorous literacy campaign began in the city of Orila.

After the war, the image of the city of Orilla in Vienna gradually improved, and the relationship between the two sides gradually eased.

After years of promotion by Fran, many desperate people from Roll came to Orila City to try their luck and see if there were any suitable jobs for them.

I don't know what kind of expression Margaret would have when she knew about this. After all, she wanted to attract the labor force of Orila City to work in Vienna as cheap labor, but she didn't attract the labor force, but the civilians under her command were attracted.

At this time, Fran was worried about the lack of labor because she was planning a great project - road construction.

Chapter 108: Build Roads First if You Want to Be Rich

To transport a truckload of goods from Orilla to Vienna, the whole process is actually very difficult.

The journey on the ground is relatively easy, after all, it is a flat land, but once you enter the underground world, the situation is different.

The roads in the underground world are rugged and narrow, with many steep slopes. Horse-drawn carriages cannot pass through here at all, and can only be pushed by wooden carts, which is extremely difficult. If you encounter heavy goods, it will be really torture. If you are unlucky, there will be wild monsters to make trouble.

The shortest trip would take five days, and at most, it might take up to half a month on the road.

Originally, the transaction volume between the two sides was not that large, so the underground world road was used as a makeshift one. However, as Fran's business grew, a large amount of cloth was shipped out and a large amount of materials were shipped back every day, and the problem of transportation difficulties was infinitely magnified, so that Fran had to consider the cost of the transportation process.

Most importantly, as Fran's ability to make money grew, a large number of boxes loaded with gold coins left Vienna for Orila City every day.

Although everything has been peaceful until now, if someone were to set their eyes on these boxes, bring knockout drugs and red dates to knock out her men, and then run away with the money, her loss would be huge.

Therefore, widening the roads in the underground world and maintaining the safety of the entire lifeline became Fran's top priority.

Long before Fran defeated the Four Yellow Wolves, she ordered people to survey the terrain of the underground world and plan a route that would lead to the exit as quickly as possible while ensuring that the degree of construction was acceptable.

After several months of repeated exploration and design, as well as rigorous argumentation by scholars from the academy, the final construction plan was finalized. The workshop designed several steam engines in response to construction needs. Once they encountered any tough problems, they could rely on the brute force of the steam engines to break them open.

Once everything is ready, the next step is construction.

In order to repair the road as quickly as possible, the designers divided it into six sections, so that construction could be carried out in multiple locations at the same time (Math teacher: How many construction teams can theoretically work at the same time if it is divided into N sections?), to avoid one location being too crowded and unable to dispatch too many workers.

Afterwards, she hired a large number of manpower from the city of Orila at a high price, and together with many laborers who came from Vienna to find work, she soon gathered enough population.

I don’t know whether the price I pay for hiring labor is too high or whether employers elsewhere are too exploitative.

Despite such difficult working conditions and high-intensity working hours, many workers still wanted to join the work every day, so that there was a surplus of workers in the end. Fran thought that since they were going to build a road, they might as well build it thoroughly, so she leveled the roads in and around Orila City.

At the same time, she also built many sentry posts on both sides of the road to block the directions where monsters might attack and ensure the smooth and safe passage of the road.

According to Fran's estimation, once this road is completed, the underground world's transportation speed can be increased by more than double on average. If large quantities of goods are transported, the efficiency will be increased even more. In this way, the transportation cost will also be reduced a lot.

Of course, in Fran's opinion, this route is still not efficient enough. The power of animals has its limits (so I won't be an animal!). If we can lay railways, use trains to transport metal ingots and cloth out one by one, and then transport food, gold coins, girls, and supplies in one by one, that would be efficient.

peak.

However, with the current power of steam engines and the technology they have mastered, they are not yet able to design a truck.

During the period of large-scale construction, Fran's second auction also arrived as scheduled.

In the city of Orila, Fran personally demonstrated the power of artillery to the incoming envoys.

Seeing the makeshift building in front of them turned into pieces under the bombardment of artillery, all the envoys present were amazed. Some envoys had fierce looks on their faces, and it seemed that they were planning how to deal with the enemies around the territory.

Those who were sent to the auction were all smart people. They knew very well that artillery was undoubtedly more important than muskets. Its terrible power even made it possible for small troops to launch surprise attacks.

This is truly a strategic killer.

For a moment, everyone was drooling at these black iron pipes.

Taking advantage of this craze, Fran used the same method as last time to sell more than 40 cannons and more than 50 muskets in one go. She also said that many of the cannons were her current equipment and she was really short of money, so she sold them.

After hearing this, everyone donated generously.

In this way, this batch of firearms sold for a total of 4 million magic crystal coins. For this reason, Fran had a headache for a long time about how to transport these magic crystal coins.

Of course, only a small number of forces obtained firearms. Most forces did not have the money to buy artillery and could only watch helplessly. After the auction was over, those forces that did not buy firearms immediately surrounded Fran and asked when the firearms would be sold again. They were determined not to leave unless Fran answered.