From Baron to Lord

The sight of the two-headed flying dragon in the sky deeply captivated everyone's attention.

Meanwhile, Allen turned to Jackson beside him and said, "Jackson, did you hear what I just said?"

"Of course, Duke, I remember every word you say..." Jackson said respectfully.

"That's good. Pass down the order. I want to form a Flying Dragon Knight Order, which will be the Royal Knights. Let the knights work hard." Allen smiled. His goal was almost complete. Next, it was up to the knights to work hard.

"I understand, Duke."

Jackson lowered his head slightly. The Flying Dragon Knight Order, the strongest knight order in the Duchy!

Even a top-tier knight order that was slightly stronger than the Kingdom's knight order.

According to the Duke's vision, a knight order composed of a thousand Gold Knights, paired with two-headed flying dragons.

What kind of combat power would that be?

Not to mention the Duchy, even in the Kingdom of Norton, this top-tier knight order would be much stronger than the Royal Knight Order of the Kingdom of Norton, right?

As expected of the Duke.

As expected of the monarch he followed.

Jackson's respect for Allen deepened further.

Logically speaking, Gold Knights, such powerful beings, wouldn't be a big deal in the Royal Knights if there were only one or two, but a thousand would be a huge waste.

After all, Gold Knights in the Duchy could become Earls.

Could become lords.

Moreover, Gold Knights were extremely difficult to cultivate in the first place. Normally, it was impossible for a Duchy to cultivate thousands of Gold Knights.

But these rules were all broken by Allen.

He was a monarch who broke all the rules.

A hegemon capable of conquering the world.

Jackson deeply believed in Allen's ability.

"Duke, may I become a Royal Knight?"

Jackson said with a smile.

"Oh? Jackson, becoming a Royal Knight means you will lose your noble rights, your land. Are you willing?"

Allen raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect Jackson to say that.

Becoming a Royal Knight was indeed an honor for the knights, but becoming a Royal Knight meant they could only stay by Allen's side.

They would not enjoy territory. They might have titles, but they would definitely not be too high.

This was a choice between benefits and glory.

And Jackson, Allen remembered that his initial goal in following him was to become a great noble.

Now he actually wanted to give up his goal and become a Royal Knight.

This was a difficult choice.

"Of course, I am willing to serve you with my life."

Jackson said humbly.

"Alright, I agree to you becoming a Royal Knight."

Allen immediately agreed to Jackson's request.

Chapter 345 Rapidly Developing Industry, First Railway Begins Construction (2)

"Hahaha!"

Inside a small tavern in Allen Duchy's capital, Marco, Jackson, and Thomas gathered to drink.

"I didn't expect Jackson, who valued noble status the most, to give up the opportunity to rebuild his family and instead become a Royal Knight." Marco's expression was slightly surprised.

Whether it was Jackson or Thomas, they were both his old friends.

He was the one who brought these friends to Allen's Direwolf Territory in the first place.

"Life is like this. Goals often change with increased knowledge and age. After seeing the Duke, I realized what a true noble is." Jackson said with a slight smile, "I have decided to follow the Duke's footsteps for the rest of my life."

"Hahaha, quite the talker!" Thomas said with a hearty laugh.

Originally, it was impossible for them to gather. After all, their identities were sensitive. Two Marquises, one was the Knight Commander of the Knight Camp.

It could be said that they were important figures in high positions.

Their gatherings were often maliciously used to create rumors. Most Marquises would not meet with other great nobles when there was nothing to do.

Even if the monarch was benevolent and generous, it could not stop other people's malicious rumors.

Human words are formidable. In history, countless great nobles have been executed for this reason.

But now it was different.

Marco and Thomas were forced to cultivate secretly in the palace.

And Jackson was also in the capital. Meeting under these circumstances would not have too many aftereffects.

After all, they had Allen's permission.

"Well, let's go back after finishing this drink. It's not good to be out for too long." Marco said with a smile.

"That's right, we still have to cultivate hard tomorrow."

Thomas sighed, but after cultivating seriously, the gains were also enormous.

Now his and Marco's cultivation were about to reach level eight.

The speed of their strength improvement was simply unbelievable.

This was all because of the Lord's grace.

Soon, two months passed in a flash.

During this time, Allen's industry had made rapid progress.

After a month of training, Allen immediately built a primary metallurgical plant.

This metallurgical plant looked ordinary, like a small mound, but it was surprisingly useful.

The production speed was not fast, but it was definitely not slow.

It was already sufficient for the current Duchy.

Moreover, the talents that were cultivated were very skilled in metallurgical operations.

This made Allen immediately satisfied and continuously built many metallurgical plants.

He even specifically unlocked an intermediate metallurgical plant.

Compared to the primary metallurgical plant, the production efficiency of the intermediate metallurgical plant was ten times that of the primary metallurgical plant.

And this happened to be built on the plains near Lulin City. The metallurgical plant, which combined magical civilization and technological civilization, had already thoroughly greened its waste before discharging it using magic.

In addition, Allen threw magical creatures like Flame Snakes into the large furnaces of the metallurgical plant, which could completely improve the efficiency of metallurgy and also efficiently remove impurities.

Flame Snakes were magical species obtained from the Norton Palace's collection, which liked high-temperature environments and could help clean and suppress, which was very good for metallurgy. In addition, Allen also released some aquatic magical creatures into the river.

This could make the waterwheels more powerful, and also allow aquatic magical creatures, Bubble Fish and Great Water Turtles, to process the industrial waste twice.

In this way, the problem of environmental pollution could be completely avoided.

After doing all this, it was time to vigorously develop metallurgical plants.

Allen spent a lot of gold coins in the following month to build cultivation bases and factories in five places in the Duchy.

These five places will become the industrial centers of the future.

Of course, in addition to waterwheels, windmills were also put into use. Allen released Wind Birds, obtained from the Kingdom of Norton's collection, in the places where windmills were concentrated.

Wind Birds could use the surrounding rich wind elements more regularly and efficiently, making the windmills spin quickly.

Like waterwheels, windmills could also be used for farmland, grinding grains, and other purposes.

Under a series of vigorous developments, industry immediately made rapid progress.

Of course, Allen did not neglect agriculture because of industry. Overall, because industry had buildings, it did not require many workers.

Large quantities of steel were manufactured, and Allen immediately prepared to start the railway project.

This made him transfer Boltzmann from the underground ruins.

This guy had not successfully developed the manufacturing method of energy blocks in the past two months. Allen could only let him plan the railway method first.

Referring to the situation in the underground city.

Boltzmann quickly came up with some ideas. Combining Allen's knowledge, the two quickly determined the plan for the first railway.

With the capital and the southern city of Spitt as two sections, they prepared to start building the first railway belonging to the Allen Duchy.

After the capital was built, Allen officially started to work on this project.

Of course, those who started working were humans, beastmen, and treants.

Humans were responsible for overall coordination, brainstorming, and logistics.

The beastmen engineering teams were responsible for doing the work.

This was not because Allen was prejudiced against races, letting the beastmen and treants do all the tiring work.

The main reason was that the beastmen engineering teams were really far superior to humans in terms of physical strength, power, and energy.

They were very suitable for doing hard labor, but they were obviously not good at brainstorming.

Allen was only letting the right people do the right work.

In addition, besides the beastmen, Allen specially dispatched two Behemoth giants to work from two ends.

Their job was to transport steel.

The steel was too heavy and was really not suitable for other 893 species to transport.

When the train was successfully developed in the future, the Behemoths would probably lose their jobs very quickly. "Ah, the capital has changed a lot, Duke." Boltzmann sat on the street, looking at the drawings in his hand.

He was designing other railways.

"Otherwise? It's a capital after all."

Allen said lightly, "But why haven't you figured out the energy module yet?"