In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility. - Chapter 732

c729 Revisiting the old place

In the dark room, the white crystal reflected the fire in the fireplace, making the faces of the two pale.

Tony was a little bit unbelievable: “In other words, Patriarch, we built Wolf Castle and New Basilicata City on a ‘crater’?”

“That’s white crystal!”

As long as a little bit is added, it can be a catalyst that can increase the power of firearms. If there is such a scary mineral vein, wouldn’t they risk being blown up to the sky every day?

Giuliano shook his head and smiled bitterly: “Don’t worry, that thing is not so easy to explode, but the current situation is not much different from explosion.”

White crystal is an explosive material. Once mined, the storage requirements are very high, especially for sea transportation. Every year, there are desperate smugglers who encounter wind and waves while transporting white crystal, resulting in the tragedy of the entire ship exploding.

But in fact, white crystal is very stable when it is buried in the mineral vein without contact with air, and it also needs to react with gunpowder to fully exert its power.

Magic stones are the foundation for advanced industrialization. Many machines driven by magic stones can exert far more power than before, which can greatly alleviate the lack of labor in Texas.

If Texas wants to develop, it must be industrialized, because even with a population of millions, Texas is still extremely sparsely populated, which has also given rise to the prosperous grazing industry in Texas. Conservative estimates show that the number of cattle grazing in Texas alone is as large as hundreds of thousands.

However, this extensive economic model can’t make any money at all.

The wolf tribe is famous, and European immigrants will not consider coming here unless they are crazy, and labor-intensive industries have nothing to do with Texas.

Most of the population of Texas is a mix of Spanish immigrants, natives, and immigrants from Basilicata’s original territory on the Apennine Peninsula, as well as many offspring born from the combination of mixed-blood wolf tribes and ordinary people who no longer have wolf characteristics.

In the early days, the Texas wolf tribe mainly relied on clearing wild beasts, predicting natural disasters, and even arresting criminals to collect protection fees to make a living.

But with the victory of the first Texas defense war, Giuliano, who had a long talk with Losa, changed his mind, jumped out of the shackles of the family and the wolf tribe, and began to consider the development of Texas from the perspective of a country.

Giuliano said to himself: “So, no matter what, the magic stone cannot be handed over.”

Tony thought the patriarch was talking to him, and patted his chest and said: “That’s right, we must not give in. White crystal and magic stone mines are more precious than gold mines. Even if we don’t use them ourselves, we can make a fortune just by selling the ore!”

The world hegemon, who is used to being domineering, has no intention of obtaining the mining rights of this mining area through negotiation. If the British really succeed, they, the Texans, will become lower-class citizens and work as miners for the British masters.

In the Boer War, the British spent 220 million pounds and made a fool of themselves, making their hegemony unstable. The two top powers in Europe, second only to Britain, both planned to challenge Britain.

Germany began to seek “land under the sun”, and France also confronted it in overseas expansion.

The British Empire, which was more powerful than in its original history, faced a more serious dilemma at this time.

After all, although Britain in this world is strong, it is united with Spain, France, which inherited its colonial heritage, Habsburg Germany, which owns Hungary, Galicia, Lodomeria, and the Illyrian Crown Territory, and the polar bear that spans the entire Eurasian continent and has an endless greed for land, and even the old empire in the East that is aging but extremely terrifying in size and extraordinary power. None of them is easy to mess with.

It is true that Britain is the world hegemon, but it is actually quite difficult to maintain this hegemony.

Giuliano slapped the table with a firm tone, and Tony was so scared that he quickly hugged the white crystal box in his arms, fearing that it would explode.

“We must beat the British so hard that the colonists will no longer dare to covet Texas, and let the name of the Lone Star Republic resound throughout the entire European continent!”

Giuliano strode out of the room and ordered the two close centurions beside him: “Pass my order, all the centurions in Fort Wolfe and New Basilicata come to the conference room and order the border guards to evacuate the people on the border.”

Tony hurriedly followed behind him: “Chief, are we going to stop the enemy at the Louisiana border? But what if they land directly in the Gulf of Mexico?”

“The border I’m talking about includes coastal towns like Astapa.”

Astapa used to be just a coastal town in Texas, and it was also the first stop for immigrants and gold diggers to arrive in Texas, but now it has become the largest port in Texas and a gateway for external communication.

Unfortunately, Texas has no navy to guard coastal towns. The only dozen or so frigates purchased by Texas do not even need the British Empire, the naval overlord, to take action. Just sending some squadrons of the thirteen colonies can easily destroy it.

Looking at the new Basilicata city with colorful stars under the night sky below, Giuliano, standing on the top of Fort Wolf, couldn’t help but smile bitterly: “We spent thirty years to build it, but now, it may only take a month for it to become a white land.”

…

At the foot of the mountain, a group of strangers appeared out of thin air and were looking up at the mountain city in front of them.

Jeanna looked around, took a deep breath of the new world, and asked with a smile: “Nina, how does it feel to revisit the old place?”

Chelinina was a little absent-minded.

“There are so many changes here. I don’t know how long it has been.”

The former base camp of the Texas Wolf Clan was a mountain fortress called “Wolf Castle”. Now it has expanded into an entire mountain city, the so-called “New Basilicata City”.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, you can also see the towering city walls with prismatic towers.

Wolf Castle stands in the center of the mountain city. This change that seems to have “changed the world” must be inseparable from “magic” and the sweat of the Texas Wolf Clan.

Fulin twitched her nose: “What a strong magical atmosphere. There must be a lot of magic circles buried under this city. If the Wolf Clan invades again, they may not be able to attack the gate of Wolf Castle.”

“So, how many years have passed?”

Chelinina was a little nervous. The lifespan of the Wolf Clan is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, but due to injuries and battles, almost no Wolf Clan died of old age on the bed because of the end of their lifespan.

Veneto couldn’t help but ask, “That… Nina, are we in Texas now? Is that the new place where the family moved to as you said?”

Hans gave the answer: “Yes, it’s here, Mr. Giuliano, oh yes, it’s your son or the son you originally had in your life trajectory, it’s here, you can be considered three generations living together.”

He was smiling, very relieved, but he couldn’t help but have an idea in his heart, if one day he returned to the past Prussia, would he still be able to meet his mother again?

Viviana on the side also had a complicated mood, whispering softly: “Is this time travel?”

Lavinia whispered: “What do you feel?”

They are still young, in the face of the power of time, they are shocked and terrified.

“I used to think that I must escape from that cage, and I did it, but when I think about the next time I go back, all the familiar people have grown old, the small shop I often eat at has closed down, and everything has changed.”

Viviana hesitated.

Because they are still just imagining, while Cherylina is already facing the difficulties they imagine she will face.