Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

The last tail of midsummer came to an end with the sound of cicadas becoming increasingly sparse, and it was the season of harvest again.

This was the second harvest season for the pioneer territory. According to Reiner's preliminary estimate, the yield of this batch of food crops improved by Egno's magic would be several times higher than last year, not only meeting the needs of the territory's more than 10,000 people throughout the winter, but also completely covering the food consumption in the first half of next year.

But Harvey had no intention of exporting food. Due to the nature of farming and hoarding food that the traversers had, he was reluctant to give these yellow barley, wheat and bean crops to the greedy nobles in the southern border who were sucking blood from the civilians even if they were piled up in dozens of warehouses built by him.

However, the only commodity currently exported by the territory to generate income seemed to be the magic steam engine he personally modified and designed. Although the price was low, it had the advantage of technological monopoly, and it could basically cover the amount of gold pounds he paid for importing goods all year round.

The territory had already started planting cotton crops last winter, and since then, it no longer needed to import large quantities of cotton and linen fabrics to supply the garment workshops. Food was completely produced and sold by the territory, and both staple food and meat could meet the demand.

Even the soap production that was previously entrusted to the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce, Harvey also rebuilt a workshop in the territory to produce small batches, and it was very popular in the market area.

The only thing that still needs to be purchased through the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce is actually some sugar, salt, spices, and luxury goods that the territory cannot produce by itself, such as some black tea that Harvey usually drinks - the only shortcoming of the pioneer territory is probably that it cannot grow tea trees that can only grow in the warm coastal areas of the southern border.

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"Sir, the finished bicycle has been on the market for nearly half a month. We have also opened a spacious shop in the market area and arranged personnel from the city hall to be responsible for product sales to promote it..."

Reiner's tone of report was a little awkward, "But...but the sales are not optimistic. It's not that there is something wrong with our products, but...but the people in the territory can't learn to drive a bicycle at all. It's too difficult for them."

Harvey first distributed the first batch of bicycles to the city hall and the police department, and ordered all employees of these two departments to learn to ride as soon as possible, which will not only facilitate their daily work, but also serve as a live advertisement.

But after a week, less than 30% of the employees barely learned to ride a bicycle. When Harvey went to inspect, he found that most of them had bruises on their cheeks and limped. It was obvious that they had fallen down many times when learning to ride a bicycle.

"We are all human beings. Why can I ride a bicycle on the dirt road in the countryside when I was five years old, while these adults have difficulty even starting? Whether they can learn to ride a bicycle cannot be affected by race and genes, right?" Harvey covered his face and complained silently in his heart.

In the end, it can only be blamed on the people of this era. They are still too ignorant. It may be that their bodies are not coordinated due to low cognition.

"But I heard that the soldiers in the army learn very quickly. Is it because most of them are young people?"

Reiner nodded and said tactfully: "Indeed, they ride fast and steadily, but... they don't seem to be very interested in bicycles. After leaving the camp on holidays, a large number of soldiers and officers like to hang around the R\u0026D factory of the magic car, peeking and asking all kinds of questions. The guards of the factory can't drive them away even if they poke with guns..."

After experiencing the feeling of the magic car flying close to the ground, who would be interested in the creaking bicycle...

Harvey He sighed and said helplessly: "The first batch of trial models of the Modulo car should be able to roll off the production line at the end of this month. Pierce has also secretly hinted to me several times, with a ridiculous look of impatience."

But the real reason for the delay in the delivery of the Modulo car is actually the result of Harvey's own fault. Chris, who had undergone a prosthetic transplant surgery, returned to work after only less than a week of rest, but Harvey suddenly gave him an additional research and experimental project, which completely captured his mind and made it impossible for him to distract himself from the normal production of the Modulo car factory.

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"Sir, the glass fired according to the method you gave is indeed clearer and more transparent than the crystal pieces used in the past!" Chris shouted excitedly while waving his new mechanical prosthesis.

Harvey handed the manuscript he drew in his spare time to Chris some time ago, asking him to design and complete it according to the structure in the sketch, and then made a simple version of the microscope.

But this level of magnification obviously cannot meet the observation needs of alchemy and biology, so Harvey also added "living source code" extracted from beetle ore and magic spirits to the microscope instrument, solidifying the amplification effect of pure magic energy into two energy runes: "magnification" and "detection".

Since Chris got this magic microscope, he has been fiddling with it repeatedly except for eating and sleeping. The microscopic world presented under the lens makes him feel like he has discovered a new world, which completely stimulates his research interest.

Harvey sat on the sofa in the laboratory, smiling at Chris and Egno who were competing for the right to use the microscope, and asked: "How is it? The observation effect is not bad, right?"

"It's a sight I've never seen before... I used it to observe the magical plants in the plantation, the minerals rich in magic power... and the flesh and fur of magical creatures. Under the lens of this instrument, they appear exactly the same as when observed directly with the eyes!"

Chris trembled with excitement, "Sir, you said before... that there are even smaller elements under the four basic elements. Are those unknown elements... observed through this magic instrument?"

Harvey smiled and nodded, and let Chris ask repeatedly without giving too many answers. These new knowledge that completely broke the current magic theory was more acceptable for them to discover by themselves.

Egno took the opportunity to seize the observation position of the microscope and carefully dropped a few drops of liquid extracted from the magic plants on the glass. "I have never heard of living things swimming in these plant extracts. Although they are tiny, there are a lot of them. It is just a drop of liquid, and I can hardly count their number..."

Chris took the dropper and melted another plant extract into the drop of liquid that Egno observed. In the circular aperture of the microscope, two living substances with completely different shapes were swimming wantonly. After contacting each other, they quickly devoured each other and tried to assimilate each other.

No mistakes in the first post, the content ... "Only in the flesh and blood of plants and animals can living substances be observed. Although these tiny substances also appear in minerals, they do not seem to be active. Although they are neatly arranged and combined under the lens, they do not move at all..."

"Yes, the observation summary is very accurate." Harvey clapped his hands lightly, and then slowly added, "The so-called microscopic substances under the basic elements are the things you see. I am more accustomed to calling them microorganisms... They are almost everywhere, not just in objects rich in magic. Even if you draw a drop of water from the river, you can see the same scene..."

"Ordinary microorganisms are mostly the cause of food corruption, wound infection and triggering The cause of various diseases...but they are not resistant to high temperatures and can be easily killed. This is why I require people in the territory to drink boiled water and do not agree with the people eating raw meat..."

Egno scratched his head and thought for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Sir, did you get inspiration from this for the whole set of hygiene and epidemic prevention manuals you wrote for the hospital? Surgical instruments, gauze dressings wrapped around hemostasis...even the work clothes that doctors usually wear need to be boiled in boiling water every day before they can be used. "

Harvey nodded, "Of course, this can only deal with common diseases and injuries. If you encounter more serious epidemics or some stubborn chronic diseases, high-temperature disinfection alone will not help. "