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During this time, the territory has changed a little.

It's not an illusion, and you do feel much cooler outside the castle, and it's summer. Because the high-level frost elemental of "Frost Ridge Village" has moved to your territory.

The new Frostbringer you've seen is too young to be up to the task, or maybe the previous one was too charismatic for the Frost Mistress to forget her former lover. As the Ancient City Market promised, all you have to do is buy time, and they'll find a way to solve the problem once and for all: trapping new, less powerful and more controllable Frost elemental creatures from the Atlas, and then moving the mistress to an area frequented by the druids, a mountain forest between the labyrinth town and the elven home. Only high-ranking druids have a way of getting along with her.

Your territory will always have pleasant spring and autumn temperatures. This is a good thing for all the crops in the vicinity, and there is no shelter in the greenhouse.

As long as she doesn't lose her temper anymore and turns her surroundings into snow.

"I won't salute, the title is taller than you, the height is shorter than you, and if you bow, you risk being trampled to death. "The dwarf count clasps his hands to his chest and looks up at you. He was a little shorter than the other dwarfs, but his aura was not small, and his head was full of bright green messy and avant-garde pigtails.

Another change is the arrival of three strange characters.

At the head was the Earl. The knighthood is one rank higher than yours, but it does not belong to the same king as you, and there are only more than thirty people, all of whom have been brought to you.

"Pad high. Raise it a little higher. ”

Trying to sit at the same height as you, he asked the attendant to fold five cushions on the couch. He seems to have something to talk about.

He cupped his cheeks like a little hamster trying to make his presence known: "Have you ever heard of the 'steam engine'? No? Well, it's a very powerful thing, and even the knights of the Arcans can't understand it. I'm here for the trade and metallurgical power of your territory, and there are plenty of coal mines in the mountains around here, right?"

"We all belong to the "heretical technology club". Well, we know that we are not welcome, so we bring gifts, which are also physical objects that show our technology. I hope the lord can see the value in this. ”

The dwarf count leads you to the courtyard of the castle and points to a strangely shaped car.

It should be a car, but it can't be lassoed a horse, the front of the car is lengthened, and there is an iron pipe behind it, which seems to be a chimney. Let's have four wheels.

Look! This epoch-making technological innovation!—he became excited, and with great difficulty he climbed onto the roof of the car with a bucket of coal, poured it in, and then climbed into the car with a bucket of water, poured it in, and shook and turned desperately on tiptoe holding a certain iron rod. After about three to five minutes of tossing, his so-called "steam car" erupted in roar and roar, and the body vibrated regularly and powerfully.

He got into the car and operated the intricate wheels and levers. The steam wagon was started, and no horses could move forward on their own.

Faster than Annette to walk, slower than she can run, subtle.

Alyssa couldn't stop the steam cart with her arm strength, Julianne could, subtlely.

The load was larger than that of an ordinary carriage, but smaller and more subtle than the high-class carriage of a caravan.

Doing the math, the cost of burning coal is more expensive than raising horses, but it is cheaper and more subtle than the maintenance of large carriages.

This......

Simply......

Forget about expelling him from the country.

Tong En coughed lightly and reminded the dwarf earl, "I said, sir, can't you show the best research results first?"

"What, this steam car is my best achievement!"

"I mean, a drivable steam-powered large, headless humanoid structure, wouldn't that be more practical?"

The dwarf count was not happy when he heard this, and pointed to his beloved steam car: "Please! See clearly! This is an epoch-making vehicle that is completely independent of magic and horses, and it is the result of my heart's work! It is much more awesome than the half-mechanical humanoid that combines magic technology!"

Cyborg form?

On the other side, the gnome count's lord, a gnome craftsman, drove something that looked like a golem, with smoke belching from his back, staggering and almost falling.

At first glance, it looks like a golem that is more than two meters tall, but you can't feel the magic. Thick-chested, big-armed, thick-legged headless, and the driver sits at the neck. It is also driven by burning coal and manipulating intricate wheel levers, mostly wooden and to a lesser extent metal frames.

Compared to a steam car, this large robot has attracted the curiosity of many people. Of course, the otaku mage put down all his work and ran to take a closer look, and see the lively crowd eating melons, the three floors inside and the outer three floors blocked the courtyard gate of your castle.

With a wave of your arms, you can break a small tree in an instant, and your huge weight can easily crush a bundle of firewood. While the mech has no fingers and cannot perform fine manipulation, it is possible to replace the hand with a pure gold sword, and then replace the wooden structure with more metal to increase its defense. This thing is indeed as Tong En suggests, and it will soon come in handy. The best part is that it takes much less time to build than a real golem takes months.

You approved the training plan for the pilot. Craftsmen are then recruited to learn how to expertly operate the complex roulette wheel and leverage. Soldiers must be small, otherwise they will not be able to get into the cab.

The dwarf count covered his face and knelt in frustration, no one could understand the greatness of the steam car.

Invention must at least meet people's needs...... There are carriages, there are teleportation arrays, and who needs a new vehicle with a half-hanger.

Another dwarf from fellow heretical technology clubs salutes you respectfully, then pulls out a strangely shaped hilt - a rudimentary but sophisticated workmanship, with a small bump at the end of the hilt.

Press the button near the handguard.

A rod of radiant energy appeared, but the glow was slightly greenish.

"My lord, this is the 'lightsaber' I made with the 'Green Light Crystal'. This crystal is based on real crystals, processed through my unique alchemy, and if pure magic energy is infused into it with enchantment, it can be charged and produce a high-heat glow. ”

He used his little short hand to demonstrate the power of the lightsaber.

Because the blade barely weighs anything, it swings unusually fast!He swung his lightsaber at a stake with a shield in sheet metal armor, and then ordered the others to take off their armor. The shield and armor left no traces, but there were obvious pitch-black scorch marks on the stake equal to the human neck, and a considerable degree of scorch marks on the chest and abdomen covered by the armor.

"Because the energy generated is magical, and the attack is judged to be "long-range contact", the armor shield has almost no effect and penetrates directly. The dwarf swayed his pink curly hair triumphantly, and the corners of his mouth grinned.

Mages have a similar arcane and can cast spells to summon flaming knives, which are a threat to heavily armored enemies due to their lack of disembodiment. The beauty of this lightsaber is that it doesn't require a mage qualification, it can be used by everyone, and it can be easily used at the touch of a button. After the energy stored in the green light crystal in the hilt of the sword is used up, it can be easily taken out and replaced with a new crystal, which is very convenient. The premise is that there is a way to charge crystals in large quantities.

You approve the training plan.

Lightsabers take far less time to craft than real magic weapons, and green crystals can also be mass-produced. Soldiers don't need the strong physique of regular soldiers, and the requirements are very low.

"However, there is a problem. ”

The pink-haired gnome scratched his head and showed you the lightsaber in his hand. When the lightsaber soldier faces the enemy's head-to-face attack, he will always subconsciously put the lightsaber in front of him to block, which is the deep-rooted consciousness of people in the era of cold weapons, and it is also the defensive instinct of creatures. The problem is that the lightsaber can't stop any slashing sword at all, and will penetrate. This is a new weapon that can only cut people, but cannot stop them. In other words, the output of the lightsaber soldier is calculated according to the melee unit, but the defense is calculated according to the ranged unit that is ridden by the enemy, with high attack and low defense, and the death rate is expected to be high.

It is only possible to train the recruits first, and then solve the details.

ultimately

You decide to raise an army of 300 men, which is the largest the province can bear, and it is bound to put some amount of load on the territory.

The classes are divided into four equal types: wandsmen, pilots, lightsabers, and medics, with 75 men each. Although it is evenly distributed, it is estimated that more than half of them are pilots from a distance, after all, the steam machine is very large.

"Next, I'll show you my supreme research!" the pink-haired dwarf said suddenly, and even Tong En didn't have time to stop it, "Why don't you let me show it? lightsabers are scum or something, and what lies below is the essence of green light crystal technology." I must let my lord know!"

It doesn't hurt for you to signal.

The gnome pulls out a mechanism that looks like a teapot, and it looks quite complicated.

He took a glass of water and placed it directly above the machine, and in half a minute, the water boiled.

"How about Lord Lord, is it awesome? Haha! Such a high-efficiency heating ability, and the ability to conduct heat much faster than metal, is the true essence of green crystal technology!"

Crackling, Hathaway calculated the cost on the side, and handed it to you: Suppose boiling a bucket of water, including firewood, water, firewood, iron buckets, and water, costs about 1 gold. Assuming that boiling the same bucket of water, including the cost of purchasing crystals, materials for processing into green crystals, and special machinery materials for manufacturing and the hiring of craftsmen, it will cost about 35 gold.

Mmmmmm, it's useful—when you say that, the pink-haired gnome covers his face and kneels. In this day and age, no one can appreciate the true charm of high-heat conductors from the heart.

Hathaway asked in a whisper, "Why did they come to our territory in such a good way?"

"Earl Greenhair didn't know where he had heard about Chitirati, and he happened to be in dire need of an efficient metallurgical casting line that other towns could not satisfy. The metal castings of the steam engine do not need to be refined, and each piece is exactly the same, and can only be fully effective if it is produced in large quantities and repeatedly. By the way, the labyrinth town has a strong trading capacity and there are coal mines nearby. Tong En turned to look at the pink-haired dwarf who was covering his face in frustration, "The second person is coming towards Landun. The biggest problem with the green light crystal is that it is charged, there are simply not so many mages and enchanters, and the employment fee is too high. There are also many ordinary crystals that can be easily bought in the town. ”

You look at the third person in the "Heterodox Society".

A Terran woman, wearing glasses, with an extremely striking hairstyle—a bald head with very short hair, as if she had just been shaved.

"Honorable Lord, what I show you is ......"

Hathaway held her forehead and interrupted, "Let me explain, what's wrong with your hair, it was gnawed by the dog raised by the monk?"

"A small experimental accident, and the slime jumped on my head. It doesn't matter. The bald woman picked up a half-human-tall glass jar stuffed with a large and fat mass of flesh-colored slimes, "This is a new type of slime that I have developed through special hybrid technology." After extraction, a "panacea" can be refined. After clinical trials, more than 90% of diseases can be cured, and if you are a smart person, you should know that this means an extreme reduction in medical costs. "The cost of curing diseases in the temple is a few to a dozen gold coins, but the cost of the "panacea" extracted by this group of slimes is extremely low, and it only costs 1 gold for twenty people.

Elixir?

She nodded and explained, "I think that the illness is due to tiny devils infecting people, so I used slime body fluids rich in divine energy as medicine to kill them. "There is no concept of antibiotics in this world, and it is good to apply the spell when you are sick, so the demand for drugs is relatively low.

Greet her politely, although it doesn't matter to you the cost, but the cheaper the medicine, the happier the civilian, and it's also a good thing.

The bald woman seemed to be encouraged, happily put down the jar and picked up another one, stuffed with a large ball of purple slime inside: "Your lord, please try this?"

......

...... Taste?

As she spoke, she reached out and picked up a small lump of slime's body from the jar like a lump of soft mud, sticky and soft, and then handed it to you, and said with a smile: "It's delicious!"

To prove that she could eat it, she shoved the purple slime's meat into her mouth, chewed, swallowed, and licked her mouth with a happy face, and was escorted out of the castle courtyard by the guards. Afterwards you heard that this slime is indeed edible, and it is nutritious, and it tastes a bit like eggs and milk, subtle. The important thing is that the cost of this purple food replacement is ultra-low, and there is no comparison between raising chickens and cattle.

In short, the "panacea" will be mass-produced and dispensed to the Medics. If there are any new slime technologies, they will also be added to the Medic team.

Forget about the musket. If the technology had matured enough, all the kingdom's armies would have been replaced by musketeers long ago.

Some of the territories have been busy lately.

Langton needs to charge the green crystals, and Chitirati is responsible for mass-producing parts for the steam engine and the robot according to the blueprints provided by the dwarf earl, and a ticket must help capture the slimes in the sewers for biochemical transformation. The front-row instructors are responsible for training future lightsabers, the back-row instructors are responsible for training wandsmen, Tong En is training pilots, and Julianne is training medics, and of course, under the guidance of the "Heretical Technology Club".

Three hundred.

I can only completely abandon the recruitment of soldiers from the local people, and instead recruit soldiers from the two big cities of Gucheng and Wuxiang Bay, especially the bay, where the floating population is large and the weight of your words is loud, and the recruitment work is smoother.