Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 285 Defeat France with French money (thanks to Suhehe for the April ticket)

Forming a central bank is also an important part of building a territory.

Take the history of Blue Star as an example.

After the Industrial Revolution, why was Britain able to defeat its rival France and become the world hegemon?

At that time, France had centralized power, a powerful army, a complete bureaucratic system, and even a complete scientific education system. How could it still fail?

the reason is simple.

Britain defeated France by relying on financial innovation.

Britain established a central bank, used the country's credit to guarantee debt issuance, used borrowed money to hire troops, and used French money to defeat France.

After defeating France, Britain built the largest navy in the world by taking advantage of the war dividends and established an empire on which the sun never sets.

The central bank and its credit are, in a sense, more important than the military!

So Sean is now starting to form a central bank and improve laws to prepare for future development.

After separating from Anduin, Sean took Windsor and [shrinking ray engineer] Occam Sparks to the Thorn Ridge in the north of the town.

Occam Sparks is a dwarf engineer who is mainly in charge of machinery manufacturing and building construction teams during this time.

Some time ago, he led the construction team to build a hydraulic mill and a paper workshop by the Chenxing River.

After the completion of the two workshops, the construction team began to build two defensive bunkers on the top of Thorn Ridge, which were located on both sides of the road.

However, the bunker has not been started for a long time, the foundation has just been completed, and the first floor of the main body of the bunker has not been completely built.

……

As for why the two blockhouses were built, it was because the former Hetan Town was located on the Thorn Ridge in the north, all the way uphill, and it could even be called "easy to attack but difficult to defend" in terms of terrain.

If the enemy wants to attack Hetan Town, they have to run directly down from Thorn Ridge. Using the accelerated war horses on the ramp, they can even jump over the wooden wall in the north of Hetan Town!
So Sean and Anduin set up two fortresses at the top of Thorn Ridge, and will cut down all the trees on the south side of Thorn Ridge in the future, expanding the border of the town to the top of Thorn Ridge.

The two blockhouses standing on Thorn Ridge have greatly enhanced the defense capability of Hetan Town, making Hetan Town "easy to defend but difficult to attack".

The bunker is built with huge stone bricks, each of which is about 20 cm long and 10 cm high. According to the density of the stones, which is 2.6 tons per cubic meter, the weight of each stone brick is about 20 catties!
Seeing the pile of stone bricks, Sean nodded in satisfaction:
"Occam, it's really hard work for you to burn so many stone bricks and move them to Thorn Ridge in such a short time!"

"It's not hard, my lord." Occam Sparks said with a smile:

"After the townspeople learned about the functions of the two blockhouses, their enthusiasm exploded! Therefore, the firing of stone bricks is not only of good quality, but also highly efficient. As for the problem of moving stone bricks, we basically did not do it, but thanks to Zhu Taran and Thor's help!"

"Zhu Taran and Thunder God?"

Sean was very surprised, how did these two hostile guys get together?
"Our construction team is very grateful to these two."

Occam goes on to explain:

"At the beginning, Lord Anduin asked Taran Zhu to help us transport the stone bricks. Zhu Taran flew up the Thorn Ridge with several huge stone bricks by himself, and the flying speed was faster than our empty hands Several times faster! Everyone in the construction team was shocked!

Later, Thor passed by here, and a dispute arose between them.In order to compare the speed with Zhu Taran, Lei Shen walked up the Thorn Ridge alone carrying a small mountain of rocks, and now his footprints are still left on the mountain road!
So we basically didn’t do anything, and the stone bricks reached the top of Thorn Ridge. "

Hearing Occam's words, Windsor standing beside Sean couldn't help but exclaim:

"Oh, it turns out that the footprints on the mountain road were left by Thor. I thought some large beast passed by!"

After finishing the chat, for the next period of time, Sean carefully inspected the bunker that had just been built.

Although the construction process is very rough in the eyes of an architectural designer, even the arrangement of stone bricks is uneven.But considering the current background of the times, Sean didn't say anything.

Occam Sparks introduced the construction details of the bunker to Sean as he walked:
"The whole blockhouse is made of stone bricks, and according to your construction drawings, the thickness of the wall has reached 40 centimeters.

We have specifically tested that it can block the arrows of high-ranking bronze-level archers with fighting spirit! "

Hearing this, Sean was taken aback. He seemed to have underestimated the powerhouses in this world. Can a 40 cm thick stone wall be destroyed with a bow and arrow?
So Sean asked Windsor:
"Wendsor, if you shoot the bunker with a bow and arrow, do you think you can destroy the bunker?"

Windsor touched the thick stone wall, nodded and said:

"My lord, if you use the bronze bow that Bach Copper Hammer gave us, you can easily pierce it, but if you use ordinary bows and arrows, it should be very difficult."

Sean: "."

It seems that in future wars, more consideration should be given to the impact of high-level practitioners on the war.

Shooting through a 40cm thick stone wall with a bow and arrow?This is too outrageous!

……

But now is not the time to think about this. Sean winked at Occam Sparks and motioned for him to continue.

Occam Sparks understood what Sean meant, and continued:

“The bunker is semi-enclosed, with shooting holes on the wall for musketeers to shoot;
The top of the bunker is equipped with a telescope, which allows the soldiers in the bunker to observe the enemy's situation.

As long as the enemy army doesn't have too many bronze-level warriors or above, I think that with two bunkers and 20 soldiers holding on, combined with the ready-made muskets, we can easily stop an army of about a hundred people! "

Hearing Occam's words, Sean's eyes lit up:
"Wait, the musket is ready now?"

Before Occam could speak, Windsor answered first:

"Of course, my lord! When I went back to the castle just now, I saw five Silver Hand recruits equipped with muskets."

Occam added: "Yes, my lord! Eleven muskets were made in the first batch, which we call Minie muskets; two cannons were also made, but they are still in the craftsmen's association. "

"Great!" Sean said happily:

"At least at this stage, muskets and artillery can greatly enhance the strength of our territory. Let's go to the Craftsmen Association now to take a look!"

After inspecting the two unbuilt bunkers, Sean took Occam and Windsor to the Artisans Association.

Six p.m.

In Jorn City, 56 kilometers away from Sean, in the Castle of the Golden Wolf King, Khadgar looked helplessly at the dress he had just put on.

The black evening dress is also decorated with white, red and gold ribbons, which looks extremely luxurious.

Khadgar raised his arm, and the thread on his shirt almost fell off.

Khadgar looked helplessly at a woman in front of him, and said:

"Miss, do I really want to wear this?"

(End of this chapter)