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    After walking on the north bank of the Pinio River and looking around at the land reclamation situation, especially the land that belonged to his private possession, Achilles rushed to the dock with a few followers.  (Update the latest chapter of this book)

    After more than two months and nearly three months of non-stop construction by hundreds of slaves, the huge dock finally stood on the banks of the Pinho River.

    Even though Achilles has never seen a wooden shipyard with little technological content like this, it is really not difficult with his ship theory.

    In order to improve the efficiency of building warships, Achilles specially ordered craftsmen to create some simple lifting and loading tools such as pulleys and slings.

    In the huge shipyard, dozens of shipbuilders are leading about two hundred slaves to conduct final inspections throughout the shipyard to ensure that there are no omissions.

    On the bank of the river, near the dock, the wood transported back from the manor was piled up into a small hill. The wood cut from those centuries-old trees were all the best materials for building warships.

    Unlike the earth in later generations, due to hundreds of thousands of years of deforestation, it takes a lot of effort to find wood for building large sea ships. In many countries, there is even no tree suitable for building large sea ships.  trees.

    But in this era, especially in this world that is very different from the earth, trees that are hundreds of years old can be seen everywhere. The centuries-old trees in Thessaly alone are probably enough to build hundreds of thousands of large-scale warships.  The boat is gone.

    With the increase in the number of slaves in the lumberyard and the use of a large number of metal tools, the efficiency of felling trees has continued to increase.

    Although the blacksmith shops, manor workshops, settlements, docks, and docks now consume a large amount of wood every day, there is no longer any pressure on the lumberyards and they can provide sufficient amounts of wood everywhere.

    In the lumberyard, all the best wood is marked by the full-time officials who guard it, and then transported to the dock to prepare for the subsequent construction of sea-going ships.

    The blacksmith shop has also begun to create special copper nails, copper plates and other objects, and now a certain amount has been accumulated in the warehouse at the dock.

    As for other materials needed to build large warships, Theseus has also accumulated a large amount through various efforts.

    Now all the materials for building large warships have been prepared, and they are just waiting for Achilles to have the technology to build warships.  (Update the latest chapter of this book)

    "If Thessaly wants to rule the vast ocean, then it must have hundreds of large warships and two docks. The number is simply not enough." Looking at the two docks side by side on the river bank, Achilleus  Si sighed softly.

    The official in charge of the dock stood bowed beside Achilles. When he heard his sigh, his heart trembled suddenly.

    For hundreds of years, the Thessalians have always dreamed of having a huge fleet, and in that rich and vast ocean, they can obtain the wealth Thessaly needs.

    So many years have passed, and generations of Thessalians have inherited the same dream. Countless Thessalian seniors have grown old unwillingly as the years have passed, and they have never waited for this day to arrive.

    When the young king returned from the depths of the ocean, the lifeless kingdom once again glowed with vitality.

    Not only did he lead two thousand soldiers to defeat the Macedonians who invaded the kingdom, he even went to the grasslands and completely wiped out the entire Macedonian tribe, eliminating the threat from the north for the kingdom.

    And he even brought back the technology for building large warships. It is conceivable that before long, there will be warships belonging to Thessaly sailing out of these docks, bringing with them the powerful army of Thessaly,  Go to the depths of the sea to seize wealth.

    It¡¯s just that even he thought that dozens of warships would go to the depths of the ocean, but he never thought of building a huge fleet composed of hundreds of large warships.

    He could not imagine what a magnificent scene it would be when hundreds of warships flying the Thessalian war flags covered the sky and sun across the ocean.

    "Albus, how many shipbuilders and slaves are there in the dock now?" Achilles turned his head and asked.

    The official in charge of the shipyard responded skillfully: "Your Highness, there are a total of fifty craftsmen and three hundred slaves here at the shipyard."

    Achilles habitually stretched out his fingers on the bridge of his nose and muttered: "Fifty craftsmen and four hundred slaves are far from enough. We only need these people in the two shipyards now, and even more  What's more?Build a new dock.  "

    But he also knew that there was no shortage of food and gold in the King of Thessaly, but there was a shortage of slaves.  Originally there were not many slaves in Thessaly, but now the mines, stone factories, lumberyards, shipyards, and wharfs occupy 70% to 80% of the slaves. The rest are either cultivating land on the north bank of the river or in the manor.  There are no more slaves to work with.

    Because of the shortage of slaves, the nobles could not find enough manpower to cultivate their own land after acquiring new land.

    For the current situation, Achilles has some ways to find slaves from the country. Even debt slaves can't get many.

    If you want to solve the current problem of insufficient slaves, you can only launch wars abroad and obtain war slaves by plundering other city-states.

    But the problem is that most of the city-states around Thessaly are protected by gods. Before Thessaly has a patron saint, the results of foreign wars are likely to be like those in the city of Zolazos.

    So the current situation is that Thessaly cannot launch war against other city-states yet, and must maintain the status quo until it is approved by the goddess of agriculture.

    After leaving the dock, Achilles took a few followers and rushed to his private estate located west of Larissa.

    After several months of expansion, this manor has now undergone earth-shaking changes and has become a real manor.

    On the periphery of the manor, the slaves rammed earth into an earth wall that was more than three meters high and a thousand meters long, completely hiding everything in the manor.

    On the earthen wall, every few tens of meters, a five- to six-meter-high observation tower was built, with heavily armed soldiers on guard.

    Whenever someone appears near the manor, the soldiers on this towering observation tower can be seen from a distance before they even get close to the manor.

    The soldiers guarding the gate quickly opened the heavy gate after seeing Achilles on the divine horse.

    Achilles rode in. The officials following him were not here for the first time, so they were not surprised.

    When you enter the manor, you can see flat roads at first glance. On both sides of the roads, there are contiguous fields in some places, and the crops in the fields are growing gratifyingly.

    Nearly a hundred slaves dressed in thin clothes are busy in these fields. Some are watering the crops, some are fertilizing, and some are clearing weeds. They look very orderly.

    On the right hand side of the manor, closer to the river bank, there are a series of workshops, with wisps of smoke coming out of the rows of chimneys.

    It is the busiest place in the entire manor. There are more than a thousand craftsmen busy in various workshops. Various handmade works are continuously transported out of the workshops and then packed into various warehouses in an orderly manner.

    Walking along the avenue of the manor, you will see a group of tents, where craftsmen and their families live. After successive expansions, it has the feel of a small town.

    On the right side of the tent group, there is another shed for livestock. Inside the shed, nearly a thousand women and old people are also busy.

    There are five to six thousand lambs, hundreds of cattle, and two thousand war horses. Because this is not a grassland, just preparing fodder for these livestock is an extremely cumbersome task.

    Originally, these places were a dense jungle. After several months of continuous felling, the trees here have long been gone and it has become an open land.

    Bypassing the tent group and walking inside, close to the lumberyard, is the huge military camp. As the most secret place in the manor, the security here is extremely strict. Even people in the manor are not allowed to enter at will.

    Outside the blacksmith shop, a dozen experienced old blacksmiths and carpenters gathered together. Among them was a large piece of equipment.

    The entire instrument is two meters high. Except for some key parts that are made of bronze, other parts are made of wood.

    "Your Highness" Seeing Achilles coming from a distance, these old blacksmiths and carpenters stood up one after another and saluted respectfully.

    Achilles waved his hand, signaling for them to leave it alone. He strode forward and asked impatiently: "Have you got the new sling?"

    The leader of the craftsmen stood up, looked at the large wooden instrument, and said with pride: "Your Highness, after the last failure, we finally made a suitable catapult."

    Achilles looked at the big man in the crowd, and his eyes couldn't help but shine.??Isn't this exactly the sling he saw in the TV series?

    "Have you tried the power?"

    The leader of the craftsmen had a bright smile on his face, nodded repeatedly, and responded: "I have tried it. A stone the size of a calf can be thrown five hundred feet away and easily smash a three-layer shield."  Shield wall.¡±

    The shield made up of three layers of shields has enough defense to withstand a full blow from a powerful demigod, while the sling can easily smash it from a distance of 500 feet, which shows its power.

    With this powerful catapult, Thessaly's long-range strike capabilities will be doubled, especially those warships, which will become gods of death on the water and have the ability to siege cities.
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