Kaimo Streel walked through the town towards the Redwater River.

The current Border Town was already a bustling place, and it was hard to imagine that it used to be just an outpost set up to detect the movements of evil beasts. Underfoot was a hard, black-gray ground, and on both sides of the street were neatly arranged bungalows. Unlike residential buildings, these houses were not for living in, and the space was much larger than a residence, making them more like smaller warehouses.

According to His Highness, these houses will be for sale in the future.

In front of the bungalow was a deep drainage ditch, covered with stone slabs, as if drawing two boundary lines for the black streets. In addition, a large tree was planted on the side of the road at intervals, sandwiched between two bungalows, with branches leaning towards the center of the road, which could not only provide shade from the rain, but also give people a sense of pleasure.

It had to be said that the biggest feeling this place gave him was neatness.

Whether it was houses, roads, or ditches and trees, they were all located in planned positions, and the degree of sophistication was no less than that of a noble's garden. Walking in Border Town was almost the same as in the main urban area of Redwater City. Although the latter's architectural scale was denser and larger, the extremely coordinated arrangement made these ordinary houses exude a unique beauty. This feeling overshadowed the vastness of the individual and displayed a higher level of magnificence in the whole.

Like those uniform chemical formulas, he thought, this is the beauty brought by order.

Now Kaimo had quite a reputation in the town, and passers-by would nod and salute him, and respectfully call him Sage. But compared to Sage, he preferred the title of Chemical Master, but unfortunately, Roland said that he had to comprehend "Intermediate Chemistry" before he could receive this honor.

Walking out of the central area, you could see the Redwater River, which ran through the Western Territory. The number of laboratories on the river had increased to four, but the latter two were temporarily idle due to lack of manpower.

Kaimo was just about to call a few apprentices to complete the task ordered by His Highness when a soldier wearing the First Army uniform walked over.

"Sir Streel, a sailboat has arrived in the dock area, carrying more than fifty... civilians," he said after saluting, "Because there are too many people and they don't look like merchants, the garrison stopped them. One of them said he wanted to see you, claiming to be an alchemist from Redwater City named..."

"Chames!" Kaimo grabbed the soldier's shoulder excitedly, "Take me to see him quickly!"

...

Leading the soldier to the dock area, a familiar figure came into his eyes. The person was indeed Chames.

"Master!" The other party also noticed Kaimo for the first time and immediately waved his hands at him.

"These are the alchemists and alchemy apprentices I invited," he said to the captain of the garrison, "Let everyone in, and I will take them to the town hall to register."

"Yes, sir. But please allow me to send a squad to escort them."

"It doesn't matter."

Saying it was escorting was actually monitoring and controlling, so that no one would leave the team and mix into the central area of the town. But these were the rules set by Prince Roland, and Kaimo had no intention of interfering.

"Master, what's going on? Why does a remote town have someone specifically guarding the dock?" Chames, who was released, walked quickly to him and complained unhappily, "And the inspection is stricter than the city guards in big cities, even asking for names and origins. I used a Silver Wolf, but they wouldn't change their minds."

"Silver Wolf?" Kaimo asked with interest, "How many?"

"Of course, it's one," Chames was slightly stunned.

"Hahaha," he laughed, stroking his beard, "Of course that won't work. You know, their salary is about fifteen Silver Wolves a month."

"Fif... fifteen?"

"Yes, the First Army is much more comfortable than those city patrols who live by extorting merchants and travelers. But because of this, extortion, looting, or accepting private wealth are strictly prohibited. Once discovered, they will be immediately expelled from the army and imprisoned in the dungeon for trial." Although Kaimo was not an official of the town hall,

after attending several meetings as the acting Minister of Chemical Industry, he also had a certain understanding of these upper-level policies.

"Can they really control their hands?" Chames asked with some suspicion.

"There are also those who can't control it, but they have all been sent to the mines." He curled his lips and said, "Didn't you notice the unique features of this town when you came?"

"Uh... there are quite a few," the young alchemist scratched his head and said, "For example, there seem to be many people cutting trees and building roads along the river. They have already gone so far away from Border Town. Where do they want to build it? And what are these iron towers on the riverbank for? To store drinking water?" He paused and said, "That's right! Before arriving at the dock... I actually saw an iron bridge under construction! It's not wood or stone, I'm sure it's made of iron!"

"And it's much longer than any bridge I've ever seen, right?" The Chief Alchemist smiled, "So don't bring the life experience of Redwater City here. This is a completely different city. Of course... it's just a town now, but it's surprising enough. Just like those contents in "Elementary Chemistry", you won't think that there is such a possibility in the world until you have seen it with your own eyes."

For some reason, when he said these words to his former apprentice, he felt inexplicably happy and joyful. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had regarded himself as a member of Border Town, just like showing off his new home to guests.

...

After completing the registration, the apprentices were handed over to the town hall officials to arrange accommodation, while Kaimo Streel directly took Chames back to his residence.

"Although I knew you would eventually accept my invitation, I didn't expect you to come so quickly."

"I..." Chames lowered his head a little embarrassedly, "I should have agreed to you before."

The Chief Alchemist smiled. He was obsessed with alchemy, but he was not completely ignorant of the world. Chames probably did not choose to leave at first because he had expectations for the lord and hoped to obtain the position of chief with the dibasic acid method. It was not until Cabala became the new chief and still had a lot of prejudice against him that he made up his mind to leave Redwater City.

But Kaimo didn't care about this little thought. Aspiring to the position of chief of the workshop was the ultimate pursuit of every alchemist.

"Don't take the previous things to heart. Alchemy has no meaning here, and the glory of alchemists is equally worthless. Here, only one thing is worth pursuing: chemistry."

"I understand." Chames took a deep breath.

"Although you will definitely be assigned an independent house, sleep here tonight, just like before... we haven't had a good talk in a long time."

When he was teaching Chames alchemy techniques, he used to chat all night with this young disciple, and if he was sleepy, he would squeeze on a bed and sleep with his feet touching.

The other party obviously understood what he meant and said excitedly, "Yes, Master!"

After dinner, the two came to the room, and Kaimo Streel solemnly took out the book "Elementary Chemistry".

"Is this the ancient book you admire so much?"

Chames solemnly opened the first page and read it carefully. And Kaimo stood aside, pointing out his incomprehensible parts. This scene seemed to return to several years ago, and the other party became his disciple again.

Now with Chames and the more than fifty new apprentices, he would have enough manpower to experiment with the large-scale production method of sulfuric acid, and the other two chemical laboratories could also be operated. Kaimo thought to himself with pride that, most importantly, His Highness should also fulfill his promise and hand over "Intermediate Chemistry" to him.