Aisha, who entered the soul space for the first time, saw all the people in the conference room, her eyes widened incredibly, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

After a long while, Aisha rubbed her face with her palm and stammered, "I, I remember what you used to stab me in the head, and then we came here?!"

Todd, who was busy sorting out the data, sat down in front of the computer, pointed to the conference table and said, "Just find a place to sit down, I'll bring the next person in now." ”

"The next person?"

In an instant, a young man dressed in Arabic attire suddenly appeared at the conference table, and it was none other than the scholar Abu bin Sabah al-Qandi.

Kendi had just entered the soul space, and he greeted the king respectfully, but after he saw Aisha, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted angrily: "It's you! I've been looking for you for a long time! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been thrown into prison at all!"

Faced with Kendi's accusation, Aisha rolled her eyes without any care.

Todd tapped the table with the folder and said to the two, "Let the past pass, and there is something more important to say about bringing you here today!"

Seeing that Kendi's anger had calmed down, Todd summoned Terrence and Elijah in again.

Looking at the four 'guests' with puzzled expressions in front of him, Todd turned on the 3D projector in the conference room and said, "I summoned you here today to talk about the future military pressure in Twilight City. ”

Terrence straightened up and asked strangely, "Military pressure?"

Todd turned his gaze to Aisha, "First of all, I have a question for you, if the current Southern Empire and Twilight City go to war, who will have the advantage on the battlefield?"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on herself, Aisha crossed her arms to her chest and said without any taboos: "I don't know on land, but the fleet of Dusk City on the sea can't hurt even the smallest warship of the empire. ”

Elijah, who was in charge of the hull design, couldn't sit still at this time, he got up from his chair, and just wanted to ask Aisha something, Terrence beside him coughed heavily and said, "Let her finish." ”

Looking at the incredulous looks of the people in front of her, Aisha cleared her throat: "In the empire, there are four levels of commonly used warships. The 4th class warship, known as the reconnaissance ship, is 32 meters long, has a crew of 140 people, and has 20 gun compartments, and is often used for coast guard, enemy reconnaissance, or merchant ship attacks. ”

"The third class of warships, also known as cruisers, is generally a two-masted ship, with a hull length of 40 meters, a capacity of 220 people, and 28 gun compartments, and is often used for long-distance raids and naval warfare cooperation. ”

"The second class of battleships, known as capital ships, were available in two-masted and three-masted types, with hull lengths of up to 48 meters and gun compartments up to 40 guns, making them the backbone of the Imperial Navy. I don't know how strong a battleship of this class is, anyway, when I see capital ships, they always go around. ”

Todd asked, "What about the first-tier ships?"

"I don't know. ”

"You don't know?"

Aisha shrugged: "I just heard that the empire is equipped with battleships that are bigger than the capital ships, but I have no way of knowing how much stronger they are. ”

Todd pursed his mouth and nodded: "Can you show these kinds of warships you know in the form of models?"

Aisha's eyes widened: "What do you mean by the model?display?These kinds of warships are all in my mind, how can I possibly take them out?!"

Todd pointed to the 3D modeling machine in the middle and said, "Try to recall the details of those ships in your mind's eye, and then 'push' them onto this platform." ”

"Your Majesty, you're kidding, aren't you?"

That being said, Aisha followed Todd's instructions and began to recall the shape and structure of the Imperial warship.

A few hours later, a light blue dhow was presented in front of everyone's eyes in the form of 3D projection.

Seeing that what was in her mind really appeared on the table, Aisha suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "This is amazing!"

Others' faces weren't so good.

Terrence looked closely at the ship's structure, and it took a long time for him to exchange a look with Elijah.

On the other side, Todd turned to Kendi and asked, "When you were back home, did you learn about the construction of Imperial warships?"

Kendi shook his head: "The direction of my research does not include shipbuilding, but I know a little about sails, navigation, and hull stability." ”

Todd still didn't give up: "What about the artillery?"

Kendi sighed, "Muskets and artillery are the Empire's strictly secret technology, and only those scholars and craftsmen who have been specially allowed to access these things. And if you work on these weapons, you will have to live in the inner city for the rest of your life, and you will never be able to come out again. ”

Todd rubbed his temples with a headache, and then turned his attention to the master and apprentice: "What is the difference between the shipbuilding skills of the Southern Empire and the Dusk West City?"

Elijah's eyes were fixed on the model: "watertight, anglesail, cable, balanced, hull...... The Southern Empire was indeed stronger than the North in terms of shipbuilding design. If I were to evaluate it, the shipbuilding in the north was still stuck in the ancient Taylor period, but the south had entered a new era. ”

"You should know that what I want to hear is not praise, is there a way to close or close this gap in Twilight City?"

Elijah nodded: "With the blueprints, the University of Twilight can begin research and development of the new hull." ”

Todd asked, "How long does it take to get from the beginning of development to the final use?"

Elijah turned his head and discussed and calculated with his master, Terrence, before finally giving Todd a number that made him desperate - seven years.

"Seven years?!how could it be so long?!" Todd exclaimed in surprise.

Aisha, who was fiddling with the 3D projection system, glanced at Todd: "This number is not wrong, and I think they are a little optimistic." From design to experimentation to launching, a ship involves countless revisions and rework. The materials for the hull and sails, as well as the drying, are enough for you to keep busy for a long time. If you're not convinced, I've heard in a tavern say that a lowest-tier dhow, even by a skilled Imperial shipyard, takes a year to complete. ”

Speaking of this, Aisha blinked: "And, my majesty, have you forgotten a big trouble?"

Todd frowned, "What?"

"Artillery. ”

Looking at everyone's sluggish expressions, Aisha smiled and said, "There is such a saying in the imperial proverb that a warship without artillery is like an eagle that has lost its beak. Imperial warship artillery is divided into eagle cannons, snake cannons, cannons, and mortar cannons, and each artillery has more than ten classifications, which are not at all able to be manufactured and installed in a short period of time. ”

Todd closed his eyes, leaned back against his chair, and sighed heavily.

"A thousand years ago, when the Taylors were still busy dealing with the barbarians, the empires of the south discovered the secret of gunpowder. Aisha turned the model of the hull with one hand, and supported her chin with the other: "A thousand years, countless scholars' careful research, a large number of tests and processing, countless data and samples, this is the advantage of the empire, and there is no way to imitate it at will in Twilight City." ”

Aisha said this a little too much in the face, Kendi was uneasy, Terrence was embarrassed and helpless, Elijah was slightly angry, and Todd was the only one with a calm face and sharp eyes.

Because, he heard a key word from Aisha's mouth - the advantage of the empire.

If the Southern Empire's advantage lies in the superior technology such as muskets and artillery, then what is the advantage of Twilight City?

Todd's eyes lit up.

Xenomorphs are the biggest advantage of Twilight City!

Todd finally came to his senses at this point, and for all this time, his fixed mind had limited his thinking. He always thought of using his technological superiority to defeat his opponents, but he forgot that in the regular tech tree, Twilight City was already far behind the Southern Empire. The only way to win is to choose a completely new, even hidden, line of military technology.

This line of technology is xenomorphic technology.

Turning his gaze back to the 3D modeled hull, Todd suddenly said to everyone, "I want to build a xenomorph warship made of parasites, bacteria, and viruses!" (https:)

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