FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

"So how much can you mix like that in a day?" Alexander decided to know his cement producing capacity.


"Ahem, using the hundred men under me, only about the amount the kiln makes, my lord. We are already at our limit," The caretaker answered in a slightly bitter tone.


Clearly processing such a large amount of the stuff was testing his resources.


Alexander's little frown deepened upon hearing this.


'Hmmm. perhaps I should halt the formation of the new kilns,' He then seriously reconsidered,  understanding that it may not be his production capacity that was his bottleneck, but the ability to process the clinkers to cement.


And the realization that he might not have the men to process the huge amount of cement even if he could make them made Alexander displeased.


For he sorely needed the cement, as Diaogosis had been constantly hankering him for more.


Cement shortage