Chapter 729: Rapids in 1448 (Part 1)
With a thorn, the pen tip made a big hole in the fragile paper.
Looking at the dry ink on the pen tip, Horn shook his head gently because he remembered something.
He looked up at René standing aside: "Rene, do you think my methods are too intense?"
"If the actions you have taken have really strengthened the power of the Holy League." René replied calmly, "If this hurts the interests of Meliati and the nobles, it means that they themselves are obstacles to victory, and you are not wrong."
"Yes, some things are always inevitable." Horn understood this truth himself.
It has been three days since I returned to Rapids from Summer Greentown, but Horn is still worried about the previous quarrel with Meliati.
This is not a quarrel between young couples, but a real internal dispute between the two giants of Qianhe Valley.
In Horn's original plan, Meliati and her army were an indispensable force.
After all, before the development of the demonophilic bacteria vaccine is completed and the popularization of spiral guns, Horn still needs a large number of melee melee combat troops.
In Horn's view, the mountain knights who have been trained are very good hand-to-hand combat troops. They train for two months of queues and disciplines, and are even better than the Savior Army in terms of hand-to-hand combat.
In addition, over the past year, Meliati has also replaced armor and war horses for the mountain knights, imitating Wang Xian's cavalry to start reforming the cavalry formation.
The only thing they are missing is probably the super high morale brought by the two teams of the Salvation Army, which are inspired by the revolutionary enthusiasm.
Horn had already understood some of Meliati's thoughts after these days of dispute.
Maybe Moriyati herself didn't realize it, but she did see Thousand River Valley as her own family. Horn could share power just because he was her father's prospective son-in-law.
Meliati could not accept that his father's inheritance fell into the hands of others, even Horn could not do it.
The co-governance emperor could no longer satisfy Meliati. She wanted to fight for herself the right to overwhelm through the Battle of Stone Radix.
Because Thousand River Valleys and Holy Unions have been temporary countries so far, but it will inevitably forge a real country in war.
At that time, it is up to be discussed whether the Thousand Rivers Valley is the Holy Couplet or the Holy Couplet is the Thousand Rivers Valley.
Putting down the hard hose pen specially made by the dwarves for him, Horn stood up, stretched, and walked slowly to the window.
Horn is now located in a former noble tower in Port District, Rapids.
However, with several wars, the owner of the tower had long been flooded by the war, and it was transformed into a mansion for visitors to live in.
Look out through the cross-petal-shaped round window and overlooking most of the port area.
Horn's fingers unconsciously rubbed the stained glass window frame, and the sparkling waves of the canal in the distance jumped into golden lines on the glass.
The port area, which was piled with scorched wood and broken bricks three years ago, is now urinating and experiencing a dazzling torrent of wealth.
The clockwork crane buzzed, lifting heavy cargo the size of a carriage to the deck.
Behind the pier paved with green bricks and stones, twelve red brick warehouses lined up along the river.
Behind the red brick warehouse stack, there are several low shops and houses, which is the exchange rebuilt with four-layer mortar.
The Rapids Exchange is the only exchange that integrates stocks, bonds and commodity trading, and is also one of the stations of Saint Bank.
The brokers wearing fashionable dome felt hats, wearing wool vests and led-print contracts and bonds under their armpits, shuttled through the Corinthian gallery columns of the exchange like workers' ants.
The queen bees of this group of worker bees are Catherine, the president of Saint Bank, mayor of Rapids and the governor of Lower Refor County.
Her "1448 Port Area Vision Plan" has now been realized by more than half, and the remaining part will definitely be completed before the end of the year.
Looking up at the blue sky, Horn temporarily threw away the dark clouds of Meliati and turned his attention to the white clouds in Rapids. "Rene, prepare for it, I'm going out for a walk," Horn reminded, "Don't arrange too many people,"
"Yes, the crown prince."
The previous assassination in Tiannu City is still vivid in my mind, but René did not dissuade him.
Horn was not afraid at this moment.
Because he knew that in the shadows that others could not see, Solan was constantly traveling around, protecting Horn's safety.
After the situation in Black Snake Bay was basically stable, the transfer and transfer of the witch began according to the original plan.
First, Solan of the Shadow Society stepped down from his post as the Divine Punishment Army and brought his men into the Night Watch system to be responsible for the personal safety of a number of key political figures such as Horn.
Secondly, Noviya, who has a mechanical soul, rushed from Black Snake Bay to Mayo Town and Shengzhi Court, and began to deeply participate in a series of research and designs of clockwork technology and engineering.
The "Phoenix" Thromis took the initiative to apply and entered the Suntanji Military Academy.
According to Horn's promise, after she leaves the army for three years, she can serve as the commander or deputy commander of a battle group.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
Otatira seems to be still persuading the local witches and collecting the witches from other places to enter the Holy Couplet.
Of course, they will not be awarded the title of "Saint" until they make a significant contribution. Before that, they all only had the title of a high-level miracle nun.
It didn't take long, under the protection of three or five military policemen, Horn and René lowered their hat brims and walked on the bustling streets of Rapids City.
Because Rapids City is an old city renovation and has limited funds, it is not as orderly as the Holy Cultivate.
So the streets and buildings are still distributed like spiders, with wide and narrow streets and alleys, and tall and short tower houses.
A new bronze statue erected next to the fountain - it is a statue of a merchant holding a scale and an abacus, with the base engraved with "dedicated to all souls who dare to calculate".
Standing in front of the fountain, Horn couldn't help laughing.
If this had been done before, such an anti-feudal bronze statue would have been smashed by the Knights in no time.
After losing the suppression of the church and the nobles, these citizens fully liberated their nature, especially after the great debate on the Holy Tathagata in Pravda.
In theory, rural people should prefer the Holy Dao Sect, but the fact is that although the Holy Dao Sect monks mainly attack rural areas, the real base camps of the Holy Dao Sect and the Juano Sect are urban areas.
Rural areas have become the base camp of Laobao.
Walking past the statue, Horn continued to move forward.
The iron sign was hung on the shops along the street, and the blacksmith sat at the door with bare arms and knocked on the iron blocks. The splashed iron filings even fell on Horn's upper.
Horn's ears were full of shouting from the owner and the agent, the sound of the boatman and the trumpet, the hawking of vendors and the hissing sound of cable friction.
The dock workers, craftsmen, citizens and construction workers on the streets came and went in a hurry, and beggars and pickpockets ran away in scattered hands with bread in their arms driven by night watchmen.
Standing on the curb on the sidewalk, the young man with a suitcase hanging on his chest was waving the latest "Meggidi Business Daily" in his hand.
Porters pushed the cart and transported the mortar, spices, paper and ink, sugar and grain to the canal on the other track next door.
The most important project in the "1448 Port Area Vision Plan" is to build a dual-track canal and lock system on the ruins of the Cross.
(This chapter ends)