Lord of Industrialization

The next day, Frederick took a boat to a swamp reclamation experimental area.

The boat was an experimental armed cargo ship of the Duchy of Wessen Navy. Lilu personally sent the "Maygrass" to serve Frederick. The captain was Alfred, the deputy commander of the navy.

The ship stopped at the open sea, and Frederick boarded it in a fishing boat, and no one knew.

At sea, Alfred told Frederick about the battle with the Venetian fleet that day: "The Venetians had five ships at the time, lined up in a column."

"I commanded Mayweed to catch up from behind and fired five torpedoes at them."

"The first torpedo aimed at the fifth ship at the back hit the third ship."

"The second torpedo aimed at the fourth ship hit the first ship in the lead."

"The third torpedo aimed at the third ship hit the second ship."

"The fourth torpedo aimed at the second ship hit the fifth ship at the back."

"The fifth torpedo aimed at the first ship hit the fourth ship."

Frederick said with a black line: "In other words, none of them hit the intended target?"

Alfred nodded and said: "Yes, the situation in the sea is different from the experiment in the lake. In the future, we can only use it close to it."

Frederick sighed and said: "It seems that we still have to develop a gyroscope to ensure that the torpedo moves in a straight line."

Alfred asked curiously: "What kind of gyroscope is so powerful?"

Frederick roughly explained the role of the gyroscope, but no one could understand it.

Alfred said: "Now many countries have begun to study new weapons on board. Some use gunpowder cannons, and some tie up the jet tanks of shotguns."

"In the future, naval warfare tactics will change due to technological development, and the distance of engagement will become farther and farther."

"Professor Allmite said to help us study an underwater puppet similar to a torpedo, which can automatically find a target and hit it."

"I heard that they are also planning to make one that can fly in the sky."

Frederick nodded and let them do whatever they want.

The Mayweed docked at a simple port near an experimental area. The fishing boat that Waldemar von Pisto was on arrived half an hour earlier. He came here to ask for data.

"Grand Duke Wei...Wesen?!" Waldemar was startled when he saw Frederick.

Frederick said casually: "Don't be nervous, I'm just taking a look."

How could Waldemar not be nervous?

Not only him, but everyone in the entire experimental area became nervous because of Frederick's arrival.

The dock is two kilometers away from the swamp. The experimental area is located on the top of a hill on the edge of the swamp. The original trees have been cut down, and wooden houses, walls and watchtowers have been built, surrounded by three layers of barbed wire.

When everyone heard that Frederick was coming, they immediately came over from their respective jobs.

Frederick waved his hand and asked everyone to do their own things and go to the watchtower to take a look.

Alfred was curious about what was going on here, so he followed him up.

Waldemar was caught by Frederick and explained what was going on here.

The swamp in front is the delta of a big river. It is five or six kilometers wide at the seaside and more than ten kilometers long along the river, forming a relatively sharp triangle.

It is now the end of the rainy season in the forest sea, when the water is the largest. The entire swamp is a vast ocean, and some reeds can be seen swaying in the water.

Waldemar explained the transformation plan here to Frederick.

Unlike the damming and reclamation in lowland areas, the United Fruit Company plans to flatten the nearby hills and bury the swamp with soil from high places.

According to the plan, after the rainy season ends, the mountains will be set on fire, and then the magic of turning mud into swamps will be used on a large scale to artificially create landslides, and then bulldozers will be used to level the land.

The hills where we are now are the highest point nearby, and this place will remain unchanged and will be used as a settlement in the future.

After the swamps are filled and the hills are cut off, rivers will be dug to divert water and lakes will be dug to store water. In addition to this big river, other small rivers nearby can also be diverted as water sources.

It is expected that the entire plot will be about one meter higher than the highest water level of the river, and with the addition of embankments, it can be guaranteed to be safe.

When the entire project is completed, tens of thousands of hectares of land can be reclaimed on both sides of the river.

Frederick asked Waldemar: "Are there any neighbors with bad intentions here?"

Waldemar shook his head and said: "No, in June and July, the army went west along the south coast, and no one dared to have any bad intentions towards us."

Frederick nodded and asked: "Have the relevant crop trials started?"

Waldemar replied: "The experimental field is in another experimental area, and common crops have begun to be tried."

"We have also begun to select special fruits in the rainforest and plan to plant them artificially."

"Some people have begun to select some local poultry and meat animals recently and try to breed them."

"Not long ago, we heard something that there is a kind of lamp oil fruit in the forest, which can be squeezed out of a lot of oil."

"The forest There is also a kind of yellow slime, the oil secreted by them is very slippery, and it can slide away the teeth and claws of predators. "

"Some people feed this oil slime with lamp oil fruit. Put the oil slime in warm water to get a layer of oil. This oil is used to lubricate the door window without any sound."

At this time, Alfred, who came to watch the fun, said: "We have bought this oil before. It is better than whale oil as a lubricant for ship machines."

"It has a high ignition point and is not easy to catch fire and smoke. It has good lubrication performance and does not solidify when water freezes. "

"Now there are more and more machines, and the demand for this lubricant will definitely not be small."

Frederick thought for a while and said: "Send some back for experiments."

"The forest is a huge treasure trove. It depends on whether we can dig out treasure from it."

Waldemar said: "There are many magical plants here. I heard that there is a kind of red fruit that tastes very sweet, but the urine is red after eating it."

Frederick nodded and said: "Yes, I have eaten it. It is delicious."

"But it grows deep in the ground. Not many people have seen it."

Waldemar continued: "There is also a kind of oil eagle here, which is a bit like an owl and is very fat."

"This kind of eagle has a lot of fat. Local people often catch it to refine oil for consumption."

"One of us has an idea to see if it can be raised artificially."

Frederick nodded and let them slowly explore this treasure trove.

"What about safety?" he asked again, "Do you have any measures?"

"In the forest, when the crops are ripe, many animals will come to eat them."

Waldemar said: "We have taken this into consideration."

"We plan to plant a kind of poisonous thorn vine around the farmland, about a hundred meters wide, to enclose the entire farmland, so that animals cannot come in."

"In the future, we will also hire falconers to drive away birds flying over the farmland to prevent them from bringing in seeds from trees and weeds outside and stealing crops."

Frederick nodded, very satisfied with their work.