People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 729 Returning to the old place

Chapter 729 Returning to the old place

In the dark room, the white crystal reflected the firelight from the fireplace, making the faces of the two people look pale.

Tony was a little bit unbelievable: "So, Patriarch, we built Wolf Castle and New Basilicata City on a 'volcano crater'?"

"That's white crystal!"

Just a tiny addition of a catalyst can dramatically increase the power of firearms. If there really was such a scary mineral vein, wouldn't they be running the risk of being blown to the sky every day?

Giuliano shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, that thing is not that easy to blow up, but the current situation is not much different from blowing up."

White crystal is an explosive material. Once mined, its storage requirements are very high, especially when transported by sea. Every year, there are desperate smugglers who encounter storms while transporting white crystal, resulting in the tragedy of the entire ship exploding.

But in fact, as long as white crystal is buried in the mineral vein and not in contact with the air, its properties are very stable, and it also needs to react with gunpowder to fully exert its power.

Magic stones are the foundation for advanced industrialization. Many machines driven by magic stones can exert far greater power than before, which can greatly alleviate the lack of labor in Texas.

If Texas wants to develop, it must industrialize, because even with a population of millions, Texas is still extremely vast and sparsely populated. This has also given rise to Texas's prosperous pastoral industry. According to conservative estimates, the scale of cattle grazing in Texas alone is as high as hundreds of thousands.

However, this extensive economic model does not make any money at all.

Because of the wolf's reputation, European immigrants would not even consider coming here unless they were crazy, and labor-intensive industries had nothing to do with Texas.

The population of Texas is mostly a mixture of Spanish immigrants, indigenous people, immigrants from Basilicata's original territory on the Apennine Peninsula, and many offspring of mixed-race wolves and ordinary people who no longer have wolf characteristics.

In the early days, the Texas Wolf Tribe mainly made a living by clearing wild beasts, predicting natural disasters, and even arresting criminals in order to collect protection fees.

But with the victory of the First Defense of Texas, Giuliano, who had a long talk with Losa, changed his mindset, broke away from the shackles of his family and the wolf tribe, and began to consider the development of Texas from the perspective of a country.

Giuliano said to himself, "So, no matter what, I can't give up the magic stone."

Tony thought the chief was talking to him, and patted his chest and said, "That's right, we must not give in. White crystal and magic stone ore are more precious than gold mines. Even if we don't use them ourselves, we can make a fortune just by selling the ore!"

The world hegemon, accustomed to being domineering, had no intention of obtaining the mining rights to this mining area through negotiation. If the British were to succeed, they, the Texans, would become lower-class citizens and work as miners for the British masters.

In the Boer War, the British spent 2.2 million pounds and made a fool of themselves, which made their dominant position unstable. The two top powers in Europe after Britain both planned to challenge Britain.

Germany began to seek "a place in the sun", and France also confronted it in its overseas expansion.

The British Empire, which was even more powerful than in its original history, was facing an even more serious predicament at this time.

After all, although Britain in this world is strong, it is also united with France, which has inherited Spain's colonial heritage; there is Habsburg Germany which owns Hungary, Galicia, Lodomeria, and the Illyrian Crown Territory; there is also the polar bear that spans the entire Eurasian continent and has an insatiable greed for land; and even the old empire in the East that is dying but extremely terrifying in size and extraordinary power. None of them are easy to mess with.

It is true that Britain is the world hegemon, but it is actually quite difficult to maintain this dominant position.

Giuliano slammed the table in a firm tone, and Tony was so scared that he quickly hugged the white crystal box in his arms, fearing that it would explode.

"We must give the British a hard time and make those colonists no longer dare to covet Texas. Let the name of the Lone Star Republic resound throughout the European continent!"

Giuliano strode out of the room and ordered the two centurions close to him: "Pass my order, all the centurions in Wolf Castle and New Basilicata come to the conference room and order the border guards to evacuate the people at the border."

Tony hurriedly followed behind him: "Chief, are we going to stop the enemy at the Louisiana border? But what if they land directly in the Gulf of Mexico?"

“The border I’m talking about includes coastal towns like Astapa.”

Astapa was once just a small coastal town in Texas and the first stop for immigrants and gold diggers arriving in Texas, but now it has become the largest port in Texas and a gateway for external communications.

Unfortunately, Texas had no navy to guard its coastal towns. With only a dozen or so frigates it had purchased, it didn't even need the help of the naval overlord, the British Empire. It could easily destroy them by sending some squadrons from the thirteen colonies.

Looking at the new Basilicata city with sparkling stars under the night sky, Giuliano, standing on the top of Fort Wolff, couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It took us 30 years to build it, but now, it may only take one month for it to become a blank land."

...

At the foot of the mountain, a group of strangers who appeared out of nowhere were looking up at the mountain city in front of them.

Jeanna looked around, took a deep breath of the new world, and asked with a smile: "Nina, how does it feel to revisit the old place?"

Celinina was a little absent-minded.

"There have been so many changes here. I don't know how long it has been."

The former base camp of the Texas Wolf Clan was a mountain fortress called "Fort Wolf", which has now expanded into an entire mountain city, the so-called "New Basilicata City".

Standing at the foot of the mountain, you can also see the towering city walls with prismatic towers.

Fort Wolf stands in the heart of the mountain city. This "earth-shaking" change must have been made possible by "magic" and the sweat of the Texas wolves.

Fulin twitched her nose. "Such a strong magical smell. There must be a lot of magic arrays buried under this city. If the wolf tribe invades again, they may not be able to attack the gate of Wolfburg."

"So, how many years have passed?"

Cherinina was a little nervous. The lifespan of the wolf tribe was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, but due to injuries and battles, there were almost no wolves who reached the end of their lifespan and died of old age in bed.

Veneto couldn't help but ask, "Um... Nina, are we in Texas now? Is that the new place the family moved to?"

Hans gave the answer: "Yes, it is here, Mr. Giuliano. Oh, yes, your son, or the son you were going to have in your original life trajectory, is here. You can be said to have three generations living under one roof."

He had a smile on his face, feeling very relieved, but a thought arose in his mind: if one day he returned to Prussia, would he be able to reunite with his mother again?

Viviana, who was standing by, also had mixed feelings and whispered softly, "Is this time travel?"

Lavinia whispered, "What do you feel?"

They are still young, and in the face of the power of time, they are shocked and terrified.

"I used to think that I must escape from that cage, and I did so, but when I thought about going back the next time, all the familiar people would be old, the small shop I often ate at would be closed, and everything would be different."

Viviana hesitated to speak.

Because they are still just imagining, while Cherylina is already facing the difficulties they imagine she will face.