Steel steam and flame

The airship was not flying directly to Manoma, but stopped at a prosperous airport on the coast. Cassia paid nearly 200,000 holy coins and gave a list. Clothes and food for three days were only a very small part, and more were construction costs. This can be seen as a disguised form of the imperial station’s response to itself. Protect.

Immediately transferred to another airship, Cassia did not stop at all, but took advantage of the waiting time to buy a few books in a bookstore near the airport to read.

After returning to the military school, there is no more time to deal with trivial matters. According to the schedule, there is only one day left for preparation. After Cassia wrote down her needs with pen and paper and what she needed to ask immediately after returning to the military school, she contacted Delya through the communication machine on the airship.

He came out with himself and separated from the city on the edge of the southern forest. He rushed to several other prosperous areas of the empire. According to Cassia's request, he visited several cities on the sub-frontier of the empire and collected necessary information. information materials. More than two months have passed, and the journey is equally long, but it should be possible to get back to Manoma before Cassia.

When it was connected, there was still the sound of howling wind. For a second or two, it seemed as if the car window was closed, and the noise suddenly became very small.

"I'm already on my way back, and I expect to arrive at the villa base the night after tomorrow." Delya replied.

Cassia told her that she was still on the way and would return very late: "No need to wait for me. After you go back and make repairs, you can leave Manoma with the things in the refrigerator and go to the edge area first to wait for news." . I think it will be a month or two before you hear from me again, maybe even later. During this period, just concentrate on managing the production and business of the factory. As for personnel, select a group of people who are willing to go to remote and remote areas. When people come out, we will go to a place far away from Manoma. The remaining thing is that the traces in the villa base must be cleaned up. You can also find a place to burn the things inside. It will be a long time in the future. , there is no possibility for us to go back.”

"I know." Delya drove the car and nodded subconsciously, "By the way, leader. As for the gains from this trip, most prosperous areas are the same, and they have developed extremely well in all aspects. In the dark world, there is almost no shortage of firearms and ammunition, and there are many suppliers in the surrounding areas who continue to deliver their products. Even though our products are of better quality, if we want to get in midway to do business, it will be a problem. It’s a very difficult process. On the contrary, there are many opportunities at the edge positions where they radiate, and I think we can find breakthroughs from there.”

"In addition, you specifically asked me to visit several border areas. The stay was not long, but it did not affect my familiarity with the basic conditions there. It is probably due to the consumption of resources and the lack of geographical convenience. It looks lifeless. The imperial management agencies are working together with some local minor nobles, trying their best to squeeze out the last bit of profit. It's just that some places are as you guessed at the beginning. Because they were all economically prosperous areas in the past, and the reason This is all because Imperial Mining and the Three Primary Colors Group settled in to develop local mineral resources. The industrial foundation has not been laid, leaving behind a bunch of factories and machines that cannot be opened, as well as rearrangements that are now only used to transport cheap parts and cheap minerals. Railway."

"Do you think these leftover things can help us after we move in? It just means rebuilding the production line to maintain the demand for goods at Waters."

"There won't be any big problems. There are many silent factories, and there are also some basic equipment left on the machines. Since they all come from the hands of Imperial Mineral Resources and the Three Primary Colors Group, there are still a lot of them that can still be used. It just takes time and a considerable amount of start-up capital." Delya thought for a while and replied. What she saw and asked about not long ago came to mind again. "The last remaining question is the local empire management. institutions and nobles. The dark world of nearby big cities has also spread there. As far as I know, relying on the foundation left before, they are also suppliers of basic firearms and ammunition, which is how they make profits. One of the main ways,,,"

"Does it still take some effort to squeeze in?" Cassia answered.

"Indeed, these things are much more important than your own life. Although that place is lifeless, after all, it used to be a relatively prosperous area, with a large population base and vast territory. But with the right to control a large number of people, No one wants to give up. Also, I think there should be others above them, probably the forces in the nearby big city supporting them. The imperial management agency, a group of nobles, and the forces in the dark world are all mixed in. Together, they are also divided into multiple parts to jointly absorb the remaining nutrients. But one thing is that they also play their own management and maintenance role. This is at least much better than areas like Blinuo, and the results are at the passing line. Wandering around."

"Instead of talking about management and maintenance, it is more appropriate to think of it as captive breeding. If compared to Manoma, the benefits and resources are endless. It is different there. They are limited, but they can regenerate to a certain extent. They just need to be cared for and cultivated. . Before letting you go, I also did some research." Cassia explained, "That's it for now. Just remember those places. You won't go there in the near future. Finally, in the cold room Everything is very important, please make sure it waits until I come back."

"Definitely." Delya replied in a serious tone, "Then I will wait for news from you, Captain."

Cutting off contact, Cassia returned to her room, thought for a while, then walked to the table and revised some of the contents of the paper placed on it. Then he sat on the bedside and picked up a book to read. He needed to calm down his mood now. There were more important things waiting for him next.

With less than two days left before the assessment, Cassia finally stepped off the airship the afternoon before and looked at the gloomy black clouds of Manoma again. The temperature was much milder than that in the tundra, and Cassia took a few deep breaths. Suddenly, it has been two years since he came here, and so many things have changed during this period, and he knows that there will be more changes in the future. History has been moving forward, and now, he felt that he finally saw the old traces left by history.

After walking out of the airport, he called a limousine and rushed to the military school.