Chapter 177 "Writing the Holy Scriptures? Me?"
The underground passage between the manor and the eastern test site has been dug, but the manufacture of steam locomotives has not yet been put on the agenda. Running a steam engine underground is quite troublesome. If the hot steam gushing out of the exhaust pipe is not discharged in time, it can easily hurt people. In addition, the choice of fuel for the steam locomotive is also difficult.
Physical pollution has been the first choice for most of Castell's steam engines, but its combustion properties are destined to be used only under stable working conditions, and steam locomotives happen to be particularly unstable.
The steam locomotives in the underground need to constantly adjust their power to cope with the starting, acceleration and deceleration of the locomotive, which pollutes the steam that is difficult to ignite and extinguish, posing a considerable problem.
Moreover, the noise of the noisy people might be fine in a wide space, but in such a relatively closed tunnel, it is like a devilish sound that pierces the ears and pollutes the mind.
If only ordinary steam engines were used to drive the locomotives, Castel would not have enough fuel. Moreover, the locomotives needed to be laid with rails, and the current steel production was barely enough. Only when the number of steam engines increased could the production capacity be increased. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, horse-drawn carriages were still used in these network roads for the time being.
After leaving the carriage, Hughes seized the opportunity to enter a newly raised carriage, and jumped onto the platform after it was raised.
"My Lord." Alexei and Una greeted him together.
"I heard you want to expand the church?" Alexei asked impatiently, "At this time?"
"Don't worry, Alexei, this is a good thing. The church we expanded is actually equivalent to a new fortification." Hughes began to explain to him the matter of guarding the inscription.
". In other words, we can use the church of the Candlelight Society? Will they have any objection to this?"
"I have no objection." Chloe walked out from behind Hughes. She didn't even look at Alexi. She stared at the Paternoster Elevator not far away and licked her lips. "Can this thing be installed in the church as well?"
"Not impossible. Let's wait until after this war." Hughes said casually. He was not being perfunctory. The design of the Paternoster Elevator did have some religious aesthetics. He always thought that this thing would go well with the church. "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I came here to talk about the division of labor in the expansion of the church."
"Alexei, you will be in charge of the expansion of the ground part of the church. Just assign the engineering team to this part. The progress of the ground fortifications can be put on hold. In the future, our defense system will definitely be centered on the church. Chloe, you will be responsible for the transformation of the guardian inscriptions and the construction of the energy core. As for the underground network of the church and the placement of the energy core, Una, it's up to you."
The three of them nodded. The reconstruction of the church was a huge project that required cooperation among three parties. The construction team led by Alexi would expand the main body of the church. The design of the energy core would definitely require Chloe to draw up the blueprints, and the webway plan that Una was in charge of would probably have to be overhauled.
The core of the previous webway plan was Zeus's manor, which is the underground cave where they are standing now. In the future, it should be centered on the church. After all, all fortifications must be built around the church.
This does have an advantage, which is that the coverage area is larger. Xius's manor is located in the northeast of Castres, and the church is closer to the geographical center, so it can radiate the entire island of Castres more conveniently. Although the west side of Castres is currently a steep cliff with no development value, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
Maybe we need to fire a few guns from the cliff.
"I don't have any problem with that. But how should I explain it to the workers? I remember there were quite a few believers in the Candlelight Society before. Will they question our expansion of the church?"
Alexei said hesitantly that among these projects, only his part required dealing with the islanders. Hughes had already done the war mobilization before, and it would not be a problem to convince people to come and build fortifications. He could just call them to build the church. "Don't worry, those believers were brought up by me. How could I not know what they are like? They have absolutely no loyalty to the Candlelight Society." Chloe said proudly.
Xiusuuna Alexei: "."
Good man, you are really trying to undermine the Candlelight Society.
You occupy other people's churches and deceive their believers, and now you are even digging up the church's foundation. No wonder the Candlelight Society does not hate pagans, but hates you heretics.
Hughes rubbed his forehead and said with a headache: "Our new church will not be named after the Candlelight Society. I will build a new church. At least in name it is still a church, but in reality it is a society for exchanging technology and knowledge. I have already thought of a name, it is called the Imperial Truth."
"Imperial Truth." Alexei whispered again and smacked his lips. "It sounds good. At least if you use this name, Her Majesty the Queen will not have any objections. She may even support it. After all, it is more or less a church. Now Her Majesty the Queen is very interested in all churches except the Candlelight Society. I will announce these things to the workers."
"You don't have to worry about this. I've talked to Zoe and she will be in charge of the publicity. We also need to draft a holy book. After all, this is still a church in name. How about you do it, Chloe?" Hughes said as he turned to Chloe.
The fake nun in nun's clothes blinked in surprise. She pointed a finger at herself and said, "Writing the scriptures? Me?"
"Yes, isn't the Fire Moth a sect? Don't you have your own holy book?"
"Well, how should I put it? We broke with the Candlelight Society because we were dissatisfied with their scriptures. We pursue knowledge, and scriptures will only hinder my learning."
".Then you can try writing it first. We don't have other clergy here. Even if you are a fake nun, you are the most professional one. Alexi, can you write this thing?"
"I can write an infantry drill manual."
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"Forget it, wait a minute!" Zeus suddenly stopped, stroking his chin, as if he had thought of something. "What I need is not a true holy book, and the Imperial Truth is not a true religion."
"Alexei!" Hughes turned and looked at the burly northern man.
Alexei suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"You and Chloe are writing the canon together."
"Are you sure? Write the holy book? Me?"
"Just write down your infantry drill manuals. Our church is used for combat, so it's normal for the believers stationed inside to have some tactical knowledge."
(End of this chapter)