Warlord: King of All Clans

From a modern perspective, the hydroelectric power station that Virgil wanted to build was not large.

But from the perspective of the feudal era, this was too grand.

The difficulty of construction is comparable to the two walls of the empire!

Virgil plans to build solid concrete dams at several outlets of the Great Falls Round Lake to raise the water level of the Round Lake by ten meters.

Then, subduction channels were built under several dams to generate stable water force to drive generators to generate electricity.

The biggest problem here is the transportation of materials.

Building a hydroelectric power station on the top of a mountain with only stone steps, and carrying thousands and tens of thousands of tons of materials on people's shoulders, is an unprecedented feat in any era.

Fortunately, Leo had already helped him solve this problem, using the Alchemical Black Dragon and the Magic Pocket.

The second is the craftsmanship. Over the years, the Hewan Engineering Corps has continuously built roads, canals, reservoirs, and river embankments, and has accumulated a wealth of construction experience.

But this experience is still not enough to build large dams.

To this end, Virgil specially formed a research team in the past six months to build five dams of various sizes at several river nodes in the river bend, and thus trained a group of qualified craftsmen.

According to Leo's original idea, hydroelectric power stations would only have a chance to be built after the end of the Industrial Revolution.

With the current foundation of Hewan, the hydropower station consumes huge manpower and material resources, but can provide little value.

There is not even an electric motor in Hewan, and the most electricity used is enough to power street lights.

Factories were still using coal and steam. Even oil was not available, and the development of electric motors was still a long way off.

But now with the magic crystal charging technology, once the hydropower station is built and the Holy Light Magic Crystals go into mass production, the economic benefits will be a hundred times higher than that of the ordinary power industry!

Magic energy is a more superior energy source than electrical energy and nuclear energy. Apart from being expensive, it has no other disadvantages.

Whether it is sold for money or used for personal use, Hewan can rely on it to leap into the next era.

The leader of the Great Falls, Elder Zulwan, is too old to come down the mountain.

The person in charge now is Bjorn, but Bjorn lives in the river bend all year round and is currently in the west on business and has not returned yet, so Zurwan has to come out to receive him despite his old and frail body.

"My Lord Earl, welcome to the Great Falls."

Leo was very respectful to this barbarian elder, "Elder Zulwan, I hope you are in good health."

When he went up the mountain to negotiate, he hoped that Elder Zulwan would join forces with Hewan to fight, but was rejected by Zulwan.

Elder Zulwan might regret this decision, but Leo would not bear a grudge.

Elder Zulwan's subsequent silence and indulgence of his people were both manifestations of his wisdom in dealing with the world.

Without his tacit approval, Hewan would not be able to grow stronger between the various ethnic groups.

Elder Zulwan looked at the young man who was no longer naive, sighed, and said, "The new things in Hewan have exceeded my understanding, but no matter what Hewan plans to do here, as long as the Earl allows it, I will support it unconditionally."

"Although my people are weak, they will do their part."

Leo quickly retorted, "The Great Falls tribe is not weak. Bjorn, Judd, and Archer are all leaders in the river bend."

Judd and Archer are both wild folk from Great Falls. They were the first wild folk hunters to join the Riverbend Army. Now they are both middle-level officers and command a battalion of musketeers.

Not to mention Bjorn, who has always been the leader of the Riverbend Sniper Regiment and one of the core senior officials of the army.

Zulwan felt a little relieved after hearing what Leo said.

His peace of mind did not come from the self-reliance of his people, but from the earl's tone.

The fact that a small tribal leader like him could be comforted in such a tone proved that Hewan still had goodwill towards the wild people.

If it were any other northern earl, he wouldn't have to show up in person for such a large project as the Great Falls Hydropower Station, with the Great Falls Tribe being such an eyesore nearby. He could just write the word "annihilate" with a stroke of his pen and wipe out this small tribe that only had a group of old and weak people left.

Since Leo has maintained his "benevolence", Zulwan cannot be unjust. "My Lord Earl, the Great Falls will always be a vassal of the River Bay. I will use all the strength of my clan to help the River Bay complete its construction, and I will do my best to protect it in the future."

No village would be willing to accept a large-scale infrastructure project being built right at their doorstep without providing any benefits, and many villagers secretly made trouble.

With Zulwan, the wild folk elder, as a guarantee, at least there is no need to worry about the wild folks in the Great Falls causing chaos in secret.

Leo was also very happy. "Elder Zulwan, the Great Falls Tribe will never be my vassal. The River Bend does not need vassals. We will be the same tribe in the future, sharing life and death, honor and disgrace together."

After bidding farewell to Elder Zulwan, Leo once again drove the black dragon back to the courtyard.

Freya hugged Leo and fiercely grabbed the black dragon's carapace, "Give me back my savings!"

A majestic voice came from the Black Dragon's mouth, "I didn't take it. You can find whoever took it. Oh, you gave it away yourself. It's none of our business."

Freya was so anxious that she was about to cry, so Leo had to divert her attention, "Look, I'll show you a special skill!"

"What's that special skill?"

Leo, who was still controlling the black dragon's flight, suddenly opened his eyes and opened his hands proudly, "Look, multitasking!"

After saying this, he waved his hands exaggeratedly. As his hands swayed, the black dragon's wings also swayed and it immediately lost its balance.

Amid the screams of Freya and Leo, the flying dragon fell into the mountains, and after a few seconds, it suddenly soared into the sky.

There are more and more people in the atrium now, and it has the atmosphere of a city. The lower-level trading area and the middle-level residential area are full of people.

Those foreign scholars, after getting over their initial surprise when they saw the bearmen, gnolls, trolls, and orcs in the atrium, quickly integrated into the group.

After all, according to the legend, Zhongtian is the city-state of all races.

In any corner of the empire, when alien races come into contact, 90% of the time they will fight with weapons. However, in the Atrium, even high-level extraordinary people will put aside their prejudices and maintain goodwill towards weak alien races.

Leo's black dragon circled in the air and landed on the high platform of the top floor palace. Looking at the city below, he stroked his chin and said, "The atrium is good in every way, but it's too small and the transportation is inconvenient."

Al's voice suddenly rang out, because talking about the atrium was equivalent to talking about her, "Why is the atrium small? It's because you don't have enough authority! Why is the transportation inconvenient? It's because you are too poor!"

"Look what that place is!"

“Ding ding ding!”

In Leo's field of vision, an icon large enough to block his vision appeared, pointing to the circular plaza in the lower city, and was accompanied by a rapid prompt sound.

There are many squares in the lower city, including trade squares, assembly squares, and tourist squares, but this huge circular square is useless.

Leo was also very familiar with the atrium. He had walked around this square before. The entire empty square had no facilities, only a circle of decorative pedestals surrounding it.

But after Al's hint, Leo thought of a possibility.

"This is... Portal Square?"