Only sulfur...
Only by finding sulfur or purchasing it from outside the territory.
Can he produce gunpowder!
Or make follow-up gunpowder arrows, even matchlock guns.
Or make explosives.
To blow up the waterfalls downstream of the territory, and to destroy enemy fortifications!
Even in mining, metal processing, and construction, gunpowder can be used.
To speed up production and extraction.
He must prioritize obtaining gunpowder.
Only by possessing gunpowder and producing firearms, cannons, and explosives.
Can he completely change this world of extraordinary powers!
Finally!
Expand the army.
The current population of his territory has reached twenty-two thousand!
Aside from the labor force necessary for various industries.
He can still conduct a large-scale recruitment and military expansion.
The number of soldiers in the territory can be expanded to at least four thousand.
Only with more armed soldiers can he survive the impending imperial authority war.
