Lord of Riders

Shao Yu now attaches great importance to the defense of Tie Lao Pass. Therefore, he mobilized his most elite troops to the west of Tielaoguan for garrison.

As long as the Iron Prison Pass is not broken, the Shao Ming Kingdom will not be truly threatened.

The Shao Ming Kingdom now has a huge population increase, and its productivity and economy are also constantly growing. Over the past two months of peaceful development, the land of the Shaoming Kingdom has slowly recovered its vitality. The pastures are abundant, cattle and sheep have proliferated in large numbers, and the entire Shaoming Kingdom is a prosperous scene.

But in contrast, the Kingdom of Vaegiya is now nearly subjugated, and the people have been displaced. The Vaegians who returned to their hometowns are all under the rule of the Kingdom of Nord.

The Kujit Khanate on the other side was also due to the huge losses of the war. Now the remaining population is less than 300,000, with no more than 50,000 soldiers, and nearly half of them are recruited recruits. The Salander Sultanate is also in chaos under the harassment tactics of the Khergits. The Khergit Khanate is fighting the Salander Sultanate, even if it cannot kill the people of the Salander Sultanate, the Khergit Khanate must Going to burn their villages, the Salanders were devastated by the Khergit Khanate, and the economy suffered a huge blow.

In desperation, the Salander Sultanate had no choice but to truce with the Khergit Khanate. Although the Khergit Khanate is far from the opponent of the Salander Sultanate, even if the Salander Sultanate perishes Khergit The Khanate itself will also be hit hard.

It has lasted for nearly a year from the war that broke out when Shao Yu first came, and then the whole continent's melee.

The layout of the entire Calradia continent has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Khergit Khanate is now weak from a powerful nomadic country. The Nord Kingdom has almost annexed the Kingdom of Vegia, which had more manpower than Nord. A corner of the sub-kingdom. The supremacy of the Kingdom of Swadia was completely shaken, and only the Kingdom of Rhodok has been profitable in the war and has become stronger a little bit.

Of course, there is also a rising Kingdom of Shao Ming, which is gradually becoming a very important part of Calradia's power system.

The war slowly subsided. The Nords stopped their offensive and began to enter the recovery phase. The Nord pirates no longer exist, and all the pirates are incorporated into the Nord army. Now the Nord Kingdom’s military strength has expanded to 150,000, occupying six towns and a large number of castle villages.

Other countries have also ended the war, and the Calradia continent has entered a period of relative peace.

However, Shao Yu did not stop his research all the time. Shao Yu purchased a large amount of wheat and other grains from the Kingdom of Swadia. Began to focus on brewing high-concentration alcohol.

Calradia has the technology of wine making. However, malt, wine, mare kumiss, etc. are all low-concentration alcoholic beverages, which are far from meeting Shao Yu's requirements. Shao Yu still personally presided over the work of brewing alcohol.

Due to technical limitations and Shao Yu's own lack of understanding of winemaking, Shao Ming Kingdom's alcohol brewing work has not been completed for a long time.

At the same time, there was a lot of research and exploration work. Shao Yu mobilized hundreds of people to investigate various places in the kingdom, recording the minerals and other materials produced in various places. However, the Shao Ming kingdom is small and did not find too many useful materials. , But what made Shao Yu excited was that Shao Yu found a large number of sedimentary sulfur mines in the mountains south of Aichemore.

This continent didn't know much about sulfur, and although they had discovered these ores, no one collected them at all. Not to mention the problem of use.

Sulfur ore cannot be used for forging solid, armor cannot be used as fuel, and has a special smell, so the residents of Calradia continent treat these ore as waste.

But Shao Yu is very aware of how important these sulfur mines are, but Shao Yu does not want others to know too much, so as not to endanger the interests of the Shao Ming Kingdom, so Shao Yu did not say anything, but let his henchmen take advantage of the night. Go to collect, and then smuggle it back to the underground warehouse of Aichamore and seal it up.

Shao Yu launched a series of research experiments in his own laboratory.

Shao Yu's laboratory is located in a deserted corner of the city of Aichemore. Few people usually come. At the same time, Shao Yu also arranged a large number of guards in the dark to prevent anyone from approaching.

"With sulfur, are you afraid of the pirates? As long as I find the main ingredients of gunpowder, it will only be a matter of time before the unification of Calradia." Shao Yu looked at the full sulfur mines in the warehouse and couldn't help but think happily.

Saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. With these three things, Shao Yu can start to develop gunpowder. As long as he has gunpowder, it will not take long before the Shao Ming Kingdom can enter the age of hot weapons. Which army on the Calradia continent I'm afraid there is no way to stop the Shao Ming Kingdom's pace.

However, it is a pity that Shao Yu has only discovered sulfur so far, and saltpetre mines have not been discovered. Shao Yu also specifically inquired about it. No one has found ore similar to saltpetre mines in the Calradia continent.

Shao Yu didn’t know if Calradia itself didn’t have this thing. After all, Calradia was only a small continent. It could also be because the residents of Calradia didn’t pay attention to this thing, but in short, it was due to insufficient raw materials. , Shao Yu still can't develop gunpowder, he can only make some sulfur chemicals.

Shao Yu's army hasn't been formed for a long time, and there are not many veterans, so the combat effectiveness must be far lower than that of the kingdom of Swadia, which has a history of hundreds of years. Therefore, Shao Yu now has only one heart to take the road of building the country through science and technology.

After half a month of collection, several tons of sulphur ore accumulated in the warehouse of Aichamore. Shao Yu didn't let his subordinates continue to collect, and Shao Yu had used these for a long time. UU Reading www.uukａnshu.com

Since discovering the sulfur mine, Shao Yu spent most of his time in the laboratory.

Occasionally, I will return to the castle to rest. Not long after Shao Yu sat in the castle that day, someone came in to report

"Report, Your Majesty, someone asks to see him outside, claiming to be the subordinate of Yakov, a Rhodok businessman." Shao Yu was resting in the castle, and the guards suddenly ran in and said

"What? People from Yakov? Let him in," Shao Yu said quickly.

"Yes! Your Majesty, I'll go and invite him in!" The guard hurriedly went out to pass on the comer after speaking.

"Yakov hasn't heard from him for a long time, so what's the matter of sending someone here?" Shao Yu waited in the castle, muttering to himself

"Your Majesty Shao Yu, salute you." The man sent by Yakov entered the castle, walked quickly towards Shao Yu, put his hands on his chest, and bowed to Shao Yu.

"You're welcome, guest, why did Mr. Yakov send you?" Shao Yu asked the person to waive the courtesy, and then asked