Returned to the residence, kicked everyone out of their office, and then carefully closed the curtains. Until this time, Luo Zhengdao, whose fingers were still trembling slightly, took out the magic card that he had never actually seen his true face, and stared at every detail on the card with wide eyes like a miser point gold coin.

The pattern on the face of this magic card is simple and clear, and it is an oval-shaped metal mirror, which is not much different from the kind of bronze mirror used in ordinary people's homes.

"Mirror...... Does it represent self-examination? ”

muttered in a low voice, his eyes were in a trance, Luo Zhengdao turned his mind back on track, and now he has collected the forty basic cards necessary for the inauguration of the magic card master, and he does not feel that there has been any earth-shaking upheaval and has not become more powerful, but his intuition tells him that there must be something different from before, but with his current ability, he can't tell it.

Just as Luo Zhengdao was pondering, a trace of information suddenly flowed quietly in his mind like a clear spring gushing out of a crack in the rock, yes, what he received was the basic common sense that every magic card master would get when he took office. Even if it is the most basic knowledge for the magic card master, or even an idiot problem that can be described as 1+1=2, this is tantamount to a guiding light suddenly appearing for latecomers like Luo Zhengdao who have always groped their way forward alone in the dark.

The laws of the new world are imperfect, and because of the many flaws in the world structure, these loopholes have evolved into the need to fill the gaps in the laws with the gods, and only in this way can we ensure that the whole world runs according to the rules, and the world itself is constantly evolving and improving, and these flaws will not last forever.

As the energy in the universe gradually becomes inert, and the loopholes in the existing laws are repaired by nature over time, or taken into account by other similar laws, transitional products such as gods are waste that sooner or later the world will throw into the garbage heap.

The content of the previous passage is not Luo Zhengdao's personal understanding, or the product of making up his brain out of thin air, but the content of the information that the senior magic card masters have grandly recorded in the basic common sense to teach the younger generation, and their original words are so straightforward, it can really be described as a little ruthless. It seems that the relationship between the magic card masters and the gods really can't be described only as bad, according to the rhythm and strength of this slap in the face, it is simply the mortal enemy of the mortal enemy, and I am sorry for such a cynical tone if I don't beat people's heads into pig heads.

Interpreting the information left by the senior magic card master here, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help it, and complained:

"Alright! You guys are bullish enough, I don't have the capital to pretend to be 213 with the gods! ”

At this moment, the doorbell of the office was ringing, and Luo Zhengdao grabbed the earthen telephone made of copper wire and said:

"What's the matter?"

"Lord Count, Baron Gaude has arrived, do you want to see him now, or arrange for His Excellency the Baron to go and rest first?"

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao, who narrowed his eyes, thought for a while and replied:

"Invite him to the reception room, and I'll be there at once."

A few minutes later, Luo Zhengdao, who had packed up his clothes, appeared in the spacious reception room, greeted Gao De warmly, and said in a loud voice:

"Oh, welcome, my friend."

Gauder Needham's face has tanned a lot, and it seems that he has had more opportunities to be outdoors these days, grinning and revealing a mouth full of white teeth, Gaude said loudly:

"Hehehehe, in the eyes of the green skins, you are much more valuable than me, before you came back, the goblin fleet was motionless except for going to sea according to training, and those green skins couldn't sit still as soon as you appeared."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao said with some tears and laughter:

"I said I'd rather they look down on me, can you believe me?"

"Hahahaha, Your Excellency the Earl really has a sense of humor."

Speaking in his heart is also regarded as showing off, what can Luo Zhengdao say at the moment, so he had to shrug his shoulders and say:

"Alright! I knew it was going to be like this, forget it. Your Excellency Gao De, you must have something to talk to me face-to-face this time, right? ”

The burly Gao De sat on the sand and said:

"I would like to order an ironclad for my flagship, Your Excellency."

After thinking for a while, Luo Zhengdao was speculating on the other party's thoughts, and he had long decided that it was of little practical significance to keep the secret of the ironclad ship, because what he did was nothing more than conceptual innovation, and there was no original core technology. Simply putting the existing technology together and piling up a new product with a system capacity of more than one plus one, this method is essentially no different from the old world Apple mobile phone selling fashionable value, he nodded and said:

"Well, no problem, in terms of price...... The cost of ironclad ships is too high, and it is impossible to reduce the selling price. ”

Hearing this, Gauder Needham nodded with satisfaction, at first he thought that Count Frouge might refuse to sell, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

You must know that the emergence of ironclad ships has greatly subverted the existing naval warfare pattern in the new world, as long as the ammunition reserves are abundant, an ironclad ship can completely match dozens of wooden battleships, and the combat power of this level gap is worth investing, so Gao De did not bargain, and said happily:

"Let the people below negotiate the price, I will do my best to raise funds, this is an elf bank draft of 50,000 gold coins, I hope to see the ironclad ship start construction as soon as possible."

As soon as he heard the words of Gaode's big dog who was not bad for money, Luo Zhengdao immediately said that he couldn't afford it, and hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"I'm sorry, this matter is going to disappoint His Excellency Gao De, I have been away from Wake Reef for too long, it will take time for the production order to be rectified, and the shipyard will not restart until next month at the earliest, counting the materials needed to build the ironclad ship, it will be even more ......"

Gao De Needham is naturally very concerned about what his competitors do, the Second Goblin Empire has always regarded Will Needham, the Earl of Furo, as a thorn in the side, and before pulling out a certain henchman, he asked them to deal with Gao De, a substitute player, and the ideological motivation is not enough, even if there is an occasional removal action, it is also the nature of cuddling grass and beating rabbits is not targeted, so the difficult situation faced by Wake Reef, Gao De knows no less news than Luo Zhengdao, he laughed and said:

"Please don't worry, I will provide the materials for the shipbuilding, please make a list for His Excellency the Earl, and I will send someone to send it later, and we will decide."

In the new world, in terms of economic strength and industrial capacity, the Elven Federation, as a rising star, is more wealthy than the Yaling Empire, but the latecomers are constrained by the existing strategic pattern, and it is always difficult to get rid of the suppression of the predecessors who have the advantage first.

Being pressed on the head by the Yaling Navy, known as the overlord of the Seven Seas, no matter how much the Elven Federation can toss, they can only claim to be the second largest naval power in the New World, this disheartening fact obviously does not meet the expectations of the Elves, therefore, rushing the Yaling Navy has always been a lingering heart of the Elf Federation.

After tens of thousands of years of long-term use and continuous improvement, the Yaling battleship has been perfected in terms of enchantment and protective magic arrays, and has almost raised the level of craftsmanship in building wooden warships to a very high level that can be called an art. The Yaling warship skillfully uses magical power and alchemy to weaken and counteract blows from the outside, thereby increasing the battlefield survivability of its own warships, and is indeed one of the best examples of soft defense. In contrast, it is not as elegant and orderly as the Yaling, and the new ironclad ship that Luo Zhengdao knows has the characteristics of early mechanical products in the old world, such as stupid, big, black, and coarse, but because of this, the technical content of the ironclad ship is not as good as that of the Yaling Empire, and the actual combat effect may not be as good as the beautiful Yaling warship.

Even though a large number of metal materials are used, the construction cost of ironclad ships remains high, but the question of how much money to spend with a local tyrant like the Elven Federation is a clear indication of the economic strength of others!

That's right, Gao De personally visited the door this time, and spared no effort to ask for the order of ironclad ships, one of the purposes was to complete the tasks entrusted by the Golden Elf Federation behind the scenes.

Earlier, he was calculated by the goblins, and since then, Luo Zhengdao has tightened the string of counter-espionage work, and the social environment of Wake Reef is closed, and it is pure pipe dream for those long-eared elf spies to infiltrate and steal confidential information. If they can get an ironclad ship as a sample reference, it would be great to provide the real thing to the elven technicians and designers for a comprehensive analysis, compare the performance of this new warship, and evaluate whether the federal navy should follow up on copying the same type of ironclad warship in time.

Seeing that Gao De was full of words, with a broad posture of giving whatever you want, Luo Zhengdao was in the same camp as everyone, and the past friendship was not easy to turn around and refuse, so he could only use procrastination to gain time, and said:

"I heard that the goblins are coming again, so let's wait until I repel those greenskins! Now that I promised, you won't be able to keep your promise! ”

Hearing that Luo Zhengdao deliberately delayed time, Gao De was unhappy, he got up and said:

"I know that His Excellency the Earl values credibility, and as long as you agree to this matter today, I can solve other problems."

Squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Luo Zhengdao still nodded and said:

"Okay, the ironclad ship can be built, the remuneration cannot be reduced, the deposit is forgotten, and the balance of the later money is not to be paid for gold coins, you can directly use the materials to offset it."

Hearing this, Gao De, who was smiling, laughed heartily and said:

"Yes, a qiē will be handled according to the requirements of His Excellency the Earl."

It was not easy for the Goblin Fleet, which had a total of more than 500 ships, to make a single sortie, and it took much longer than ordinary people to assemble these warships from their respective ports and rush out to Wake Reef in formation. Because of this, when this fleet gradually approached the waters near Wake Reef, Luo Zhengdao had been waiting for it for a long time.

From a bystander's point of view, the Goblin Second Empire's many unsuccessful strikes on Wake Reef can only be described as fueling tactics, and enthusiasts who know a little bit about military knowledge will pout their lips with disdain. Even a group of laymen can see the crux of the problem, and there is no reason why the goblin military department does not understand how harmful it is to blindly act recklessly, and everyone knows the correctness of concentrating forces to attack and finishing their work in one battle. However, the point is that every crusade has an inexplicable lament that the plan can't keep up with the rapid change. It seems that they have overestimated the opponent's ability as much as possible, and every time the matter comes, it is coldly proved that the goblin's prediction ability is too conservative, and they have been defeated again and again, and the goblins really can't find any reason to brag about their own self-confidence in victory.

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