Being able to accurately locate saltpeter and ash powder, it seems that White has noticed the abnormal purchasing behavior in Border Guard Town.

Then, saltpeter, one of the important components of black gunpowder, was discovered.

To be honest, it's quite hurt.

Because President Masha has two saltpeter factories outside the royal capital, the amount of saltpeter that Border Guard Town can purchase from her will be reduced by half due to the influence of the royal order.

Fortunately, autumn is coming soon. Once the luxury merchant fleet brings a large amount of raw materials to Bianzhu Town, the soap factory can be put into operation.

During the soap making process, a large amount of glycerin is bound to be obtained as a by-product.

As long as it is available, it means that smokeless gunpowder and more powerful explosives are not far away.

Among them, smokeless gunpowder can completely replace black powder as the propellant of bullets, which can alleviate the problem of reduced saltpeter imports.

In addition, the school will also conduct the first primary academic examination at that time.

With Niuklian's excellent results, graduation is not a problem.

After graduation, he became a formal laboratory staff, and his first experimental project was to trial-produce the very dangerous mercury fulminate.

According to Winster, mercury fulminate was the earliest initiating explosive and could be used as the percussion charge for bullets.

The production of new bullets using mercury fulminate as primer has long been put on the agenda.

There is also a brand new musket that will no longer use flint to fire bullets, but will use a firing pin to trigger the primer of the bullet, which can greatly reduce the possibility of bullet failure.

In addition, the next generation of artillery has also been released.

Owen has seen the drawings provided by Winster. It is a heavy cannon with a large caliber and a long barrel.

It has a longer range and stronger power, can be rear-loaded with shells, can freely adjust the shooting angle and turning angle, and has the ability to fire quickly.

The corresponding artillery shells must also be upgraded accordingly.

Then we can say goodbye to the cumbersome front-loaded cannon, which is really exciting.

As long as we proceed steadily as planned, the military weapons of Border Guard Town will be upgraded in all aspects this fall.

In this way, even if the Black Dragon King appears, Owen will be confident in defeating it.

As for the ash powder, this is not a black powder formula.

If this can hinder White from developing the black powder formula, that would be the best.

Moreover, Bianzhu Town does not need too much ash powder next year, and there was already oversupply in early spring this year.

Owen doesn't really mind the lack of some gray fans in the royal capital.

In short, from the current point of view, the development prospects of Bianshu Town are worth looking forward to, as long as no major unexpected events occur.

At this time, Weiru, who was summoned, knocked on the door, entered the office, and saluted Owen with his chest.

"My Lord Marquis, I came here in a hurry after receiving your summons. What's the matter?"

"You finally came."

Owen folded the secret letter in his hand and put it away. He looked up at Viru and praised: "Viru, you have done a good job recently. The dock was built so quickly."

"This is mainly due to the magicians. Their magic that can change the terrain is extremely convenient and speeds up the construction." Weiru said modestly.

In this construction task, the earth magician did play an important role, there is no doubt about this.

Now, the shipyard has begun to build steel warships, and the dwarf craftsmen have long been impatient and actively participated in this major project.

With Gita as the commander-in-chief of building steel warships, this should not be a problem. After all, the dwarf craftsmen respect him very much and will not disobey instructions.

"How is the progress of the adobe house project outside the town? The next batch of serfs will be transported soon." Owen asked.

"It's going very well."

Weiluhui reported: “As soon as the serfs get off the ship, arrangements can be made for them and their families to move in.”

After each batch of serfs arrived at Border Guard Town, Clive would assign personnel to register them to facilitate future population statistics and other matters.

The last time Clive made a routine report to Owen on the situation in the border town, he made a rough estimate of the population, which should have exceeded 10,000 people.

After a lot of hard work, Irving finally changed the trend of declining population in Border Guard Town, which is really gratifying.

The change in this increase is very obvious. Now you can see many people walking around on the street with happiness on their faces. This kind of scene was not seen before.

Moreover, following the recruitment order, Owen issued a large number of recruitment orders in Dongsheng Fortress, publicizing that Border Guard Town had many job opportunities, which could continue to attract many unemployed people to try their luck.

Therefore, the population of Bianzhu Town will only increase in the future.

When the population reaches a certain level, the city can be announced.

With the development potential of Border Guard Town, the construction of the city is just the beginning. Owen's ambition is not small. He wants to build it into the largest city in the Morning Light Kingdom, surpassing the royal capital Junhui City.

Afterwards, Owen asked Viru about the progress of other construction projects, and the latter gave a factual and detailed report.

"very good."

Weiru is well aware of all construction projects in Bianzhu Town, including construction projects that he is not responsible for, and Irving is very satisfied with this.

Since becoming the Minister of Construction, Weiru's mental outlook has changed a lot, and he has become more like a man in power, and the original rudeness has completely disappeared.

In addition, he has been reading books related to construction recently, and unconsciously, he has become a bit scholarly.

It is true that environment can change a person.

After understanding the overall construction situation of Border Guard Town, Owen got down to business.

"Viru, I now have another major construction project that I want to entrust you with."

"What are you going to build this time? Lord Marquis."

When Weiru heard about the new construction project, he was not bored, but was looking forward to it.

Because every time Owen would ask Vilu to build a building that he had never touched before, he could always learn or use new knowledge from it, and he did not feel bored.

"Build a road," Owen said.

"Road?" Weiru showed a puzzled expression, "Is it the most common dirt road in the town?"

"No, it's not the kind of dirt road that becomes muddy when it rains."

Owen shook his head and continued: "It is a hardened road that is wide enough and flat enough, and the carriage will not bump when running on it."

"Do you want paving stones?"

"No, use cement."

"Cement? Oh, I understand." Weiru figured it out immediately, "Cement roads are indeed feasible."

Recently, the production of cement has increased. In addition to being used in construction, building cement ships, and selling, it is time to improve the road conditions.

"Then, Lord Marquis, where do you plan to build a cement road in Border Guard Town?" Weiru asked.

"Not in the town." Owen shook his head again, "I plan to build a broad road between Border Guard Town and Dongsheng Fortress."

There is a saying from Winston that goes like this - if you want to get rich, build roads first.

Building a flat road connecting the two places will undoubtedly promote overland trade, make it easier for products from Bianzhu Town to be sold outside, enhance friendship between the two places, etc.

There are really too many benefits, except that building the road itself costs a lot of money, but Owen is not short of money, and it is refreshing to spend other people's money.

"What?!"

Hearing this, Weilu couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in surprise: "For such a large project, Bianzhu Town can't spare enough manpower at once!"

"Bianzhu Town does not need to use any manpower, it only needs to provide cement and technology."

Owen said slowly: "I will write to Kuros and ask Dongsheng Fortress to recruit enough manpower. You can just go over and command them to start construction."

"That's right..." Weiru nodded in understanding.

Just when Owen was about to say something more, the bodyguard hurriedly broke into the office.
Chapter completed!