Chapter 479 Hang his head on the top of the church!
Erwin solemnly opened the package, revealing a handful of dirt.
He had dug it out from the North in the morning. It was still daylight, but he had already arrived at Blood Harbor.
In the past, it took half a month to travel from Blood Harbor to the North. Even for the mysterious extraordinary people, it would take at least a week to arrive.
But now, this time has been shortened to a few hours.
It was okay for a native like Erwin, but the prince who was standing not far away watching the ceremony was already feeling uneasy.
"It only takes one day to get to the North from here. If we build a railway from here to the Rhine, how long will it take?"
He was talking to himself, and suddenly turned his head slightly, as if listening to the sound coming from the air.
After a while, he smiled.
Galahad was standing aside, looking at everything in front of him with emotion on his face.
To be honest, he actually didn't quite agree with the prince's approach at first.
If they formed an alliance with Castel, they would not only lose control of Blood Harbor, but would also offend their allies in the North - Castel might have greater potential, but its population was still very small, and was not on the same order of magnitude as the North or the Empire.
The threat from the empire is real, and the Principality of Tis has its share of internal troubles. It can be said that the prince's alliance with Castel is extremely risky.
But the developments over the past six months have shattered his idea.
Castell does have a small population, but their efficiency is terrifying. Blood Harbor requires tens of thousands of people to produce steel, but Castell can achieve the production capacity of half a steel plant.
The muskets were complicated to make and difficult to produce, and one had to spend money to hire an alchemist to use them. They piled up like a mountain on the assembly line in just half a day.
It takes dozens or even hundreds of years to accumulate experience in a navy that even the Queen couldn't control. Castel sank one ship and built two, and he managed to test out a usable ship type.
Galahad found out that he was wrong, extremely wrong. Castel had never been a force, a country, or a earldom, but an existence that could not be described in words.
They paved roads with steel, poured forests with concrete and steel bars, used evil gods as energy, and negotiated with machine guns and gunpowder.
Galahad looked down at his waist, where a long sword was hanging.
He casually drew it out and danced a few sword flowers with familiarity. Before he became a transcendent, he was the most powerful knight under the Queen. After reaching the transcendent level, he felt that his swordsmanship was unmatched.
Swordsmanship Galahad smiled and stroked the spine of the sword with his fingers. The sword shone with a cold light. This was excellent steel, and it could be considered a precious treasure even in the imperial palace.
There was a line of small words engraved on the sword: Made in Castel.
To show his friendship, Zeus gave the prince some gifts, and this sword was one of them.
The steel mill opened a special furnace to produce a batch of steel, and now there are hundreds of these precious swords in Galahad's house.
Hughes sent it out casually. This was just the production capacity of a production line in the steel plant in one morning. Galahad could cut off one handful a day and it could be used for several years.
Hughes promised to replace the swords for life - when he had chopped them all down, the next batch of several hundred would arrive.
Looking at the sword in his hand, Galahad had an indescribable feeling in his chest. He was already a remnant of the old era and should have been crushed by the wheel of time.
Galahad touched the bolt-action rifle hanging on his back. He had never told anyone that he no longer liked to use the long sword. He loved an ordinary rifle more than a precious sword.
But he will still carry a sword with him, as it is his oath and also a form of memorial.
"Don't be in a daze, Galahad, come with me to Hughes!" The prince glared at him and said in a low voice.
Galahad quickly held the hilt of the sword, followed the prince with a serious face, and walked towards Hughes.
Hughes shook hands with the prince and hugged him. Now Castel and the Principality of Tis have formed an all-round alliance and cooperation.
The prince maintained the law and order of Blood Harbor and stepped in to solve internal problems, but shared the management rights, allowing Castel to control the entire Blood Harbor without having to pay a lot of management costs.
It also provided a large population, merged nearby villages and towns into the city, and did not hinder their free flow in any way, so that Castres no longer lacked fresh blood.
Castel provided Blood Harbor with batches of industrial workers and assisted it in completing basic industrialization. He even signed an export agreement for some weapons. Now, almost all of the prince's port guards have been equipped with rifled rifles.
The prince completely boarded Castel's ship, and for a time the two sides were closely connected, forming an unbreakable alliance.
The prince also contributed a lot to the expedition.
From providing maps, helping with field surveys, to assisting in suppressing bandits and maintaining order near the railway, a lot of effort was put into it.
Of course, he also had his own selfish motives. He built platforms in important cities near the railway, ostensibly to provide material supplies for the expeditionary force. In the future, he would use these platforms as bases to drive development along the route.
This is a real change. Over thousands of years, countless princes have conquered the continent countless times, but this is the first time that the pace of industrialization has slowed down.
Because of his unremitting support, Xius also invited him to the expedition ceremony.
Hughes looked at the prince who was smiling and clapping not far away, at the members of the expeditionary force who were standing solemnly in front of him, and at the crowds of blood port workers and civilians around him, and his heart was filled with emotion for a moment.
Half a year ago, this place just experienced a rebellion of the Mother Goddess Church. Only ruins are left of the prosperous place, and it is now a ruined and empty city. It is completely different from what it used to be.
The poor people who once had numb and painful expressions on their faces now gathered around him, looking at him intently, their eyes full of hope.
They have knowledge, they have hope, they have a future.
There is no need to bribe people, they are all willing to join Castel; there is no need to mobilize, people are willing to fight for Castel.
What the people want.
The expeditionary force stood straight, carrying weapons on their backs and with a little mud and dust on their clothes.
This was Caster's first foreign war, and the enemy had personally chosen the North as the battlefield, where Hughes would build tombs for them.
After half a year of long preparation, Castel is finally going to take the first step in this distant land.
Hughes solemnly took the soil and handed over Nora's head. The scene that should have been funny inexplicably became a little more sacred.
Nora will witness Castel's revenge with her own eyes, this is Hughes' promise, and now there is a place reserved for her on the armored train.
"Nora, from now on, the expeditionary army is your body. They will take you to the North, kill the enemies on your behalf, and seek revenge on your behalf."
"Go, capture Count Basil, take him to the island, and hang his head on the roof of the church."
(End of this chapter)
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