From Baron to Lord

"He possesses outstanding business acumen, coordinating and pioneering three major factories, manufacturing the already famous烈酒 (strong liquor), 麦芽糖 (maltose), and 香水 (perfume)."

"In addition to this, this person also possesses an astonishing talent for creating delicacies, 冰淇淋 (ice cream), 拉面 (ramen), 果冻 (jelly)..."

"His subordinate army has extraordinary combat power. It is suspected that alchemical bombs recorded in the Alchemist's Handbook were used on the battlefield, gaining the support of a portion of dwarves, orcs, and treants..."

"Furthermore, it is rumored that Duke Allen has some terrifying behemoths under his command, with overwhelming strength and the power to control magical beasts."

......"

Next, piece by piece of information, almost all of it was intelligence from when Allen had just become a Grand Duke. The investigation into Allen was extremely thorough.

However, there was no recent information about the iron carriages.

It seemed that the delay was due to the news taking time to arrive.

"Oh?"

Following the blue-haired man's narration, a young man sitting on the magnificent hall narrowed his slender eyes slightly.

He was tall and slender with handsome features and a head of long red hair.

He sat high on the throne, surrounded by powerful Saint-level experts guarding him, and his vision could penetrate the hall to see the entire bustling city outside.

The prosperity of this city far exceeded that of the Royal Capital of the Norton Kingdom.

Without a doubt, this was the center of the continent.

"A little interesting. r."

The young red-haired man revealed a look of great interest.

"If it weren't for the final gift of the magic potion, I wouldn't have known that there was such a talented person in the marginal areas of the continent."

"Oh, let me think, what did you just say, a seventeen-year-old Dragon Knight, and also suspected of being a Saint-level Magister?"

The red-haired man's originally calm and bored eyes immediately began to show a fluctuation.

"Yes, Your Highness Scott."

The blue-haired man said respectfully.

"Oh, it really makes me a little curious."

Scott stroked his chin, then revealed a smile: "I say, Harry, shouldn't we get in touch with such a talent?"

"Your Highness, Grand Duke Allen is indeed qualified to enter the Empire's fold."

The blue-haired man said calmly: "His talents are very outstanding, but this is only some information. Whether it is true or not still needs further confirmation."

"Is that so? Then confirm it. Take a trip, and buy some magic potions back while you're at it. It's really an interesting magic potion."

Scott waved his hand slightly.

"I understand, Lord Scott."

Harry nodded slightly and then respectfully left.

"But no matter how you look at it, it's still something to be concerned about."

Scott thought with some contemplation.

What he cared about was not the seventeen-year-old Dragon Knight. Indeed, a Dragon Knight of this age was very rare and could be called a genius, but it was not enough for him to value it so much.

What he valued was an insignificant sentence in the information.

That was that Allen had performed miracles and was hailed as a person watched by the gods.

"A person watched by the gods... a little interesting. Have you really been watched by the gods?"

Scott shook his head slightly, thinking that it was impossible. After all, those gods...

The establishment of the textile factory went very smoothly, and it was successfully completed after a week.

Allen also obtained the magical silkworm species as he wished.

After obtaining it, Allen immediately released the magical silkworm.

After all, Allen still had his silk plan.

If possible, he would of course want it to happen as soon as possible.

"Your Grace, is this the treasure you spoke of?"

Sparrow, Bax, Marco, and Oliver formed a circle, looking down at the bug in the middle that was only the size of a human finger.

This was a place specially built by Allen to raise magical silkworms. In addition to this, there were several other similar houses. This place could probably raise thousands of magical silkworms.

"Yes, this is a magical silkworm, a magical species."

Allen introduced to everyone: "Oliver, this is the hope of the textile industry."

Allen stepped forward, picked up the box containing the magical silkworm from a table, and took out the soft magical silkworm.

The magical silkworm was soft and quiet in Allen's hand.

"But Your Grace, what is it actually used for?"

Oliver was a little confused. Although the Grand Duke said that this little bug was very useful and was a magical species.

But this thing looked too much like a little bug, just like those little bugs in the field, very inconspicuous. This thing wasn't even like an earthworm, which many people recognized. Many people knew the importance of earthworms.

None of them had ever seen this thing before, which made them very confused.

"Come on, make some silk. I also want to see what your silk looks like."

Allen was also very curious about what the silk of this silkworm would be like.

The magical silkworm was in tune with Allen's mind. As soon as Allen said it, it immediately raised its head and began to spin silk.

"Oh! Look! It's spitting out something white!" Sparrow's eyes lit up.

"This... could this silk thread be what the Grand Duke values?!" Oliver suddenly said.

Allen gave him a satisfied look: "That's right, these things are the unique top-quality materials of our textile factory. This is a magical material that can only be produced by a magical species."

"Moreover, the quality should be good."

After Allen finished speaking, he picked up some white silk with his right hand. He felt it, and it felt slightly tough. You must know that this was silk, not already woven silk, and it already gave Allen a feeling of toughness. The quality was beyond doubt.

"Feel it."

Allen handed the silk to the others.

Everyone took turns to feel it, and it was much better than other raw materials.

"In the future, I will build a textile factory here specifically to produce high-quality silk," Allen said with a smile. "Silk... a good name," Oliver nodded.

"This will be the signature fabric of our duchy, and it's sure to make us a fortune," Sparrow's eyes gleamed.

Chapter 372: Nearly a Year of Development, Nobles from the Empire

Having obtained the magic silkworms, Allen no longer needed to worry. After handing everything over to Oliver, Allen began his role as a hands-off manager.

In the following months, the railways of the Allen Duchy began to expand rapidly. The three major factories were also in full swing. Commerce and industry developed in tandem, and agriculture also achieved great success.

As for the fishing industry, it was directly rubbing the Lion Duchy into the ground.

Seafood from the Allen Duchy had swept across all the southern seafood markets several months ago.

Many duchies, and even kingdoms, had already begun to cooperate with the Allen Duchy.

Afterward, Allen had to purchase a batch of sirens and occupy more sea areas to cultivate delicious seafood.

Everything was developing rapidly in a positive direction.

"Duke, we have enough blacksmiths, and they have formed an independent weapon production and manufacturing plant within the duchy."

"In addition, recently, ten large magic stone mines and twenty large iron mines have been discovered throughout the country, including rare iron mines."

Sparrow reported to Allen, who nodded slightly. The resources of the Allen Duchy had now reached a peak.

Large magic stone mines are the raw materials for refining energy blocks. These ten mines will be enough for Allen to squander for a long time.

"In addition, recently, our first batch of silk was released and received great acclaim, and we have received a large number of orders."

Sparrow said excitedly. The clothes he was wearing at the moment had also been changed to silk. This fabric was far superior to those high-end fabrics like cloud cloth.

Compared to silk, other fabrics were simply trash!

"As expected."

Allen nodded. He was currently sitting on the throne, a smile flashing in his eyes. It was almost winter, and soon it would be the anniversary of his becoming Duke.

"Now, the Sapphire Merchant Guild has reached agreements with all the southern duchies and is preparing to expand to the level of county and lord cities. This may take two to three years."

Sparrow said seriously. If it were an ordinary merchant guild, it would probably take decades, or even centuries, to spread throughout the entire southern duchy. If it were starting from scratch, it would take even longer.

However, the Sapphire Merchant Guild was different. In just a few months, they completed the preparations that others would take decades to do.

"I understand. Sparrow, are the branch guild leaders we've been training almost ready?"

Allen casually asked.

"Almost. They have all been deployed to various duchies. In addition, the intelligence network of the System Merchant Guild is also mostly complete."

Sparrow said with a bright smile.

"Okay, I understand. Marco, what about your side?"

Allen turned to look at Marco.

"We are preparing to start the first phase of selection. Twelve out of thirty people will be selected, and the rest will be eliminated and placed in Sparrow's intelligence network. Although they are the people we eliminated, they are still first-class experts outside."

Marco immediately said.

"What about the Knights Camp?"

Allen asked.

"Because of the War God's grace, the thousand-man Knight Order has all entered the Wyvern Knight Order. After removing some of the people who were selected away, we filled in the other Golden Knights. The Wyvern Knight Order is ready. The Golden Knight armor and knight swords have also been created in the first batch. It is estimated that in two months, we will be able to completely complete the knight armor of the Wyvern Knight Order."

"In addition, the other Knight Orders and Mage Corps have also made great progress. The regular Knight Orders are the Silver Moon Wolf Knight Order, the Sea Lion Knight Order, and the Griffin Knight Order."

"The three major Knight Orders are composed of one thousand men, five hundred men each."

"They have all entered the level of Silver Knights. In addition, we are still recruiting reserve knights."

"The mages have formed a hundred-man Advanced Mage Corps. The remaining mages are almost all Intermediate Mages, and some can break through to become Advanced Mages at any time."

"According to your request, the Advanced Mage Corps has been given the title of Rose Mage Corps."

(cfbh) Marco reported on the military situation of the Allen Duchy.

"In addition to the mages and knights, we already have 400,000 Dragonblood Warriors. The four Marquis territories have about 200,000 ordinary soldiers, and the Earl territories in various places have recruited and trained about one million soldiers."

Allen listened and nodded. After a year, the Allen Duchy had finally recovered its vitality.

The vigorous development during this period had allowed the national strength to rise rapidly. Although it was a defeated country, Allen was confident that he could sweep through all the duchies.

"It is enough for commerce, agriculture, and industry to continue to develop as usual. The existing industries only need time to accumulate, and I will soon have the financial resources of a kingdom."

"Now, during this period, I need to concentrate on studying extraordinary power. Military force and extraordinary power are the real foundation."

Allen thought in his heart.

He waved his hand, dismissing all his ministers. Today's report was over.

Except for Marco, almost all the other ministers had left.

Although Marco had the title of Marquis, he had always done the work of a guard, so he always stayed by Allen's side.