Chapter 125 Crazy assumptions, asking for a monthly ticket)
Ferdinand was neither an excellent knight nor a qualified lord. When he inherited the title, his father left him at least a small town and three manors. By the time he was captured, his property was only
He owned a manor and was heavily in debt. He participated in the conquest of Bastille. He was simply forced to make a fortune and change his embarrassing situation.
However, Ferdinand was not without merit. He was an excellent architect, and he had squandered all his wealth on this. In order to study architecture, he even traveled thousands of miles to study at the Silver Federation Warlock Alliance's graduate school.
He has visited and studied the elven ruins, the giant ruins, the ruins of the Ancient Andis Empire and the Mage Tower. In order to study the half-elf architecture, he even risked his own life to go to the Silent Rainforest and was trapped in the rainforest for up to half a year. As for
He kept silent about what he had gone through back then. When pressed, he would become furious and get angry.
If only this was the case, his life would not be so miserable. After all, many lords and nobles in the Byron Alliance were very interested in building castles. There was a huge demand for excellent architects, and the pay was usually good.
But the problem is that Ferdinand has seen too many things. Compared with those conservative lords and nobles, his architectural awareness is too advanced. Either he cannot accept his advanced style or the high construction costs of the things he designs.
But Ferdinand is a very stubborn person. He won't listen to me. Unless you can convince me, I won't serve him!
Over time, his reputation naturally deteriorated, and no one looked for him anymore. His most glorious achievement in his life was probably twenty years ago, when he helped Archduke Borg build the Solo Colosseum.
Ferdinand, who was not popular among the leaders of the Manyu Army, had a spark with the Eternal Night Army.
No matter how advanced Ferdinand's thinking is, he can surpass Sean who has a memory of two lifetimes. Most of the people in the Eternal Night Army have been influenced by him. I can't say that they are used to big winds and waves, at least their ability to accept it is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
The most important thing is that the Eternal Night Army does not have an architect that can take action, but the energy it can use is getting bigger and bigger. At its peak, a project can mobilize 50,000 to 60,000 people - at that time, the Eternal Night Army used engineering
To provide relief, it is natural to carry out large-scale infrastructure projects.
The Eternal Night Army has exactly what Ferdinand has dreamed of. The two sides are like dry wood meeting fire, and it is normal for them to hit it off.
At first, the Eternal Night Legion had prejudices against his identity, but Ferdinand conquered them with his own skills. His attainments in architecture were indeed profound and he had his own uniqueness.
People in the world will always be tolerant towards people with real abilities.
"This is a drawing sent by the Corps Staff. We have repeatedly emphasized that we must carry out construction in accordance with the drawings."
Jeffrey, the commander of the First Regiment of the Affiliated Engineer Regiment, patiently tried to reassure him. He had been cooperating with Ferdinand for some time and had already figured out the other's temper. This man was a donkey and had to be smoothed out.
"The General Staff rarely directly intervenes in our construction. Since it has intervened this time and sent the drawings in person, it must have deep meaning. It may have some unique strategic significance. We only need to construct according to the drawings."
Everyone has their own opportunities, but compared to Chad, Jeffrey's luck was slightly worse. During the attack on the Bastille, he was seriously injured, blinded in one eye and lame in one leg. The main force
There was no way to get in, so we had to do the next best thing and go to the attached engineering corps.
His ability is there. As one of the first batch of young soldiers, his knowledge is not bad. He has been struggling for a few years and has rich experience. What's more, most of the outstanding young soldiers have gone to the main force.
Well, he was not very competitive when he was elected as the leader of the First Regiment of the Affiliated Engineer Regiment, so it was natural.
Since the attached engineering corps does not have a general, it is under the unified dispatch and control of the Yongye Corps. However, some projects require multiple corps to work together, and when the general cannot be spared, the commander of the corps in front will supervise it. This is
Normal military instructions of the Evernight Legion.
Therefore, Jeffrey often performed the duties of deputy general.
"What the heck does the Corps Staff think? They have never conducted an on-site inspection. Do they know the actual situation of the Bastille? How dare they send the drawings without authorization? I don't care what military considerations he has. Since I am the chief architect, I have the final say.
Judgment power, I don’t agree with this plan!”
Ferdinand didn't know what he had done today, and he was very resistant, and the parchment made a clattering sound.
Even the length, narrowness and width have been clearly marked out. How could it be drawn casually? It must have gone through rigorous on-site inspections and multiple considerations, not to mention that General Sean personally participated in the final decision.
Involving the future layout of the Evernight Legion.
This is not what Jeffrey heard or guessed, but was inferred from their building layout in the past year.
In the past year, the cities and public buildings they built have avoided the ancient Jacob River channel. Most of them were built on the top of the mountain, and the shortest one was halfway up the mountain. There was no place in the valley or ancient river channel.
Nominally, it is to prevent Manyu's army from leading the army into the ancient Jacob River, making it easier to defend and harder to attack, and to save land as much as possible and reclaim more high-quality farmland.
It's just that Jeffrey knows Sean too well. Such a reason simply doesn't make sense to him. There must be a deeper consideration.
Jeffrey also had a little guess of his own, but this guess was so bold and absurd that he himself was shocked by the guess and did not dare to think deeply about it.
When he got the new construction drawings of the Bastille, the guess that Jeffrey had buried deep in his heart came up again, and the more he compared it, the more he felt that the guess was correct.
Because this construction drawing is extremely unreasonable in the current environment, but when you add your own assumptions, it is really reasonable.
But there is no way to tell Ferdinand this, not only because it is just a guess that he has not confirmed, but if it is confirmed, it cannot be said, and he can only rot in his stomach, because it will involve the Eternal Night Legion.
Top secrets.
"Sir Ferdinand, I'm really sorry. As the chief architect on the front line, you had such a resolution. The staff should have communicated and negotiated with you beforehand. It's just that this time something happened suddenly and the staff ignored this. This is a mistake of the staff.
Your negligence is also my negligence. I am here to make my most sincere apology to you and explain to you the reasons."
Just when Jeffrey was racking his brains to think of ways to persuade Ferdinand, someone came uninvited.
Seeing the appearance of the incoming person, both Jeffrey and Ferdinand stood up at the same time and saluted, "Your Majesty General!"
The person who came was none other than Sean, the supreme commander of the Evernight Legion.
Sean is both the busiest person in the Evernight Legion and also the most laid-back one.
He is busy just because there are many things that require him to have the final say.
Leisure is because he divided the work very carefully from the beginning and did not leave any specific things for himself, which made it easier for him to take off and do other things at any time.
Although he had been away for the whole winter, the existence of Shanying's message did not squeeze any military affairs. Based on his work efficiency, it was completed in a few days.
The Bastille is considered to be the biggest project of the Eternal Night Legion in recent times. I naturally came to take a look when I had time, but I didn't expect to see Ferdinand getting furious.
Only then did he remember that both he and the military staff had ignored the opinions of this construction engineer on the front line. No wonder he would lose his temper. If it were him, he would suddenly receive such a picture of a building that seemed unreasonable.
The drawings will also be very popular.
"General, you misunderstood. I am not angry because of this, but there is a problem with this drawing. Look at the map. The original site of the Bastille was the narrowest place in the entire ancient river. It has natural geographical advantages. As long as one is built
A city that is 10 kilometers long can be sealed with three to five thousand garrison troops. If we move ten kilometers further in, the area for building the city wall will triple, and the number of garrison troops required will also double. It is not cost-effective at all.
, not to mention that the layout of this construction drawing is completely incredible. This is not a castle at all, but a port, a port floating in mid-air."
Although Ferdinand's expression softened a little because of Sean's words, he would not give up his persistence easily, especially regarding construction. If he was such a person who compromised easily, he would not have been so miserable before, pointing at the parchment map.
Sean explains.
The location of Bastille was carefully chosen.
The entire ancient Jacob River channel takes the Bastille as the line and presents a gourd shape.
The Bastille is at the thinnest point of the gourd. From there, going west, the opening grows larger and larger, and then comes the vast plain of the Manyu Army. It is a typical impact plain terrain, but with the river of life, Jacob, it turns into a winding creek.
, this place is constantly degrading to the Gobi Desert. In a few hundred years, Manyu Army Leader is afraid that it will become the largest desert in the Ashan Continent.
Going east from the Bastille, although the gap is not as wide as the one in the west, it is still wide open. After all, the Bastille is surrounded by two large mountains.
Withdrawing ten kilometers inward, the north and south sides were directly widened by two kilometers. The original wall of the Bastille was only a little over one kilometer. Even so, it took Old Burton nearly thirty years to build it.
The city that the Eternal Night Legion is building now will be directly expanded seven or eight times in size.
A building of this scale can no longer be called a castle, but a fortress. Even if the manpower invested by the Eternal Night Army now does not take ten or eight years, it will not be completed at all. The manpower and material resources invested in the later period will be even more.
If it were just like this, Ferdinand wouldn't be so angry. After all, it was Sean and the Evernight Legion's business to consume a lot of supplies. He wished that the city could be built bigger so that he could flex his muscles.
But the problem is that the drawings sent by the Military Staff basically just build a city wall like a dike in the middle, dividing the ancient Jacob River in two, and then build two castles on the mountainside at both ends of the dike.
This almost unbelievable construction style made even Ferdinand, who had a relatively strong acceptance ability, temporarily unable to accept it.
"I know." Sean smiled and said, "Half a year ago, I led the military staff to walk the lower half of the ancient Jacob River channel and the Andes Mountains back and forth seven or eight times. The drawing you used
Or were they calibrated and made by us?”
"Now that you know it, why do you still make such a ridiculous decision?"
"Whether many things are absurd or not depends on preconditions. Let me make a hypothesis. Assuming that the Jacobs River returns to the situation before it stopped flowing, will you still find this construction drawing absurd?"
"Impossible!" Ferdinand shook his head without hesitation, "It has been nearly three hundred years since the Jacobs River stopped flowing. How can it be possible to restore the previous situation?"
"Everything is possible!" Sean smiled a little unfathomably, "Andis Crater didn't have much landform changes three hundred years ago, the rainfall didn't change much, and the water flow of such a big river didn't change much.
If not, no one would ask where the water goes?"
"This..." Ferdinand blinked. He had never thought about this problem, because the flow of the Jacobs River had been cut off since he was a child. In his opinion, the flow of the Jacobs River was cut off as a matter of course.
Who would ask the weird question of why the Jacob River stopped flowing? Where did the water go once it stopped flowing?
Ferdinand was a bit grumpy, but he didn't have the habit of pretending to understand. He asked: "Where did the water of the Jacob's River go?"
"It diverted south and flowed into the Swamp of Despair." Sean smiled and said, "The culprit is just a collapsed mountain range. If this blocked river breaks open again, what do you think we will be like here?"
"The impact will be huge. Not only will it have a huge impact on our place, but also the pattern of Manyu's military leadership will undergo earth-shaking changes. But this is just a hypothesis. It is impossible to happen. Use this as a construction standard.
It’s too absurd!”
Ferdinand still looked puzzled, thinking that what Sean said was a bit ridiculous, but after what the other party said, the drawing in his hand was not as difficult to understand as before.
Once the hypothetical river appears, rebuild the Bastille according to the original method. If you put yourself in the river, being washed away will be the inevitable result.
On the contrary, the design drawing in hand is full of rationality. At most, the middle section of the city wall will be destroyed. The two castles located halfway up the mountain and a large section of the city wall will be turned into a water fortress and slightly repaired.
It can become a port.
Is it true that the Jacob River will never flow again?
Ferdinand was not a fool, so he naturally thought of the layout of the city in the past year or so, which was originally unreasonable. When he brought this assumption into it, it became equally reasonable and couldn't be more reasonable.
Could it be that all the layouts of the Eternal Night Legion are based on this premise?
But how can they be sure that the Jacob River will flow again?
Could it be that the other side is planning to drill through the mountains blocking the flow of the Jacob River?
Although Sean said it so lightly, it is basically impossible to accomplish this.
Although Ferdinand had never seen the water volume of the Jacobs River in its heyday, judging from the ancient river course measured in kilometers, the water volume was absolutely astonishing. Could the mountain range that diverted such a large river be an ordinary mountain range?
How much manpower and material resources are needed to accomplish this?