A secret research institute on the outskirts of the Empire, the perimeter is patrolled back and forth by Imperial cavalry for a long time, and anyone who tries to enter will be intercepted, so even if the secret is stolen, it cannot be passed on.

Lewis, the person in charge here, was flipping through bits and pieces of information, calculating the ballistic range of the bronze gun.

This job of his own is still forcibly pressed on the head by the Supreme of the Great Empire himself, and he can't resist it!

"Lewis!"

"How much do you know about this kind of stuff that Eastern ascetics study?"

Emperor Alexios at that time smiled and said this to Lewis, the master of the empire, and no one expected that it would evolve into the situation later.

Lewis carefully prepared his words, as they seemed to him to be a great rebellion.

"The Orientals are exploring the forbidden realm of God, and immortality is not allowed!"

With a great deal of courage, Lewis shuddered and said this, almost as if it were something that a dark mage of occultism would do.

"Even if you are the supreme of the great Roman Empire, you must not go too far!" The old man, who was already old, did not want the emperor to go astray yet.

Once this matter spreads, Alexios may be able to avoid a difficult situation in his supreme body, and he, the imperial craftsman who serves the empire, is afraid that he will die immediately without a place to be buried.

The emperor who grabbed Lewis's shoulder showed a demonic smile: "I'm here, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Do you really think that I will send you to develop the elixir of immortality, as the ascetics of the East did for their emperor?"

"I'm telling you that Seris of the East has this story, just intending to send you to develop a superweapon that is not inferior to Greek fire!"

"No!"

"It should be said that the weapons you are going to develop will dominate this history, you will lead the times, and your name will be remembered by future generations!"

Lewis swallowed with a grunt, he looked at the emperor's focused eyes and already knew that he had to do this if he didn't do it, he was an imperial craftsman and a member of the imperial bureaucracy, and understanding the meaning was the law of their survival.

"Your Majesty!"

"The empire of the things you are talking about doesn't have any foundation, and it may take a lot of time for us to develop it from scratch."

"And we need land experiments, we need army protection, we need a constant supply of gold, these ......"

"Needless to say!"

"Lewis, remember, as long as you can meet my desires, nothing can be desired!"

Today, scientific research has been progressing for almost a year and a half, but sadly few have been achieved.

The desperate Lewis even moved the idea of resigning several times, so as to avoid being blamed by the great imperial supreme for not being able to produce the research results at that time.

This emperor, known for his bloody and violent nature, was truly terrifying to Lewis and other petty bureaucrats who did not know the truth.

Killing!

Inhumane!

Lewis had also made a point of observing the strength of the Imperial garrison, but was finally dismayed to find that the Empire had a good grasp of the area, and there was no gap to take advantage of.

Can't escape!

Can't escape!

No, the scientific bureaucrats who gave up and fled concentrated on the experiment.

After exhausting the emperor's allocation of almost 300,000 gold coins, a decent bronze cannon was finally finally made.

"Send an invitation to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"It's time for Your Majesty to see the results of our research!"

"Yes, yes!"

"If we don't produce results, I'm afraid we will all have to ......"

Needless to say, everyone, including Lewis, prayed that this work would at least comfort His Majesty the Emperor, because they could not afford to wait any longer.

The Imperial Council has grown impatient with the bottomless pit that is frantically devouring the Empire's finances.

As an old minister left by the previous Supreme of the Empire, the current Imperial Archon Condos Defanos is no longer silent.

You must know that the finances of the empire, which has finally improved, have been dragged down by this big burden again.

Others would not have spoken out even if they were dissatisfied with this for a long time, but Condos Defanos was the only person other than the regent Queen Mary who had the qualifications to stand up and criticize the emperor.

After several court battles, Emperor Alexios knew the importance of artillery and naturally suppressed it.

But the top brass of the imperial capital have a way to transfer the pressure to Lewis.

In desperation, Lewis could only take out a semi-finished product at the suggestion of the nobles of the imperial capital and invited the emperor to come and observe.

"God willing!"

Alexios was the only one who accompanied him, and the rest of the people were unaware of the observation.

The Imperial Supreme would never allow anyone else to know how powerful the Empire's newly developed weapons would be.

In the open field was a bronze cannon, or not yet a cannon, but only a firebolt.

"If you succeed, Lewis, you will be the hero of the Empire!"

No one knows what this means better than Alexios!

In addition to the iron cavalry that shocked the world, the Great Mongol Empire was a large number of servant troops and advanced firearms troops, among which artillery was the absolute killer weapon for attacking cities.

However, Alexios frowned slightly, the immaturity of technology had led to a lack of sufficient understanding of such a powerful weapon among the craftsmen of the Eastern Empire.

The fuse of this test gun is only an inch long, and there are no protective facilities in the surrounding places where the artillery is tested, and the emperor is probably the person with the strongest sense of safety among all now.

"Lewis!"

"Your Majesty, you summoned me?"

"Lengthen the fuse, and all the test personnel and observers retreat to five hundred steps away!"

"Your Majesty!"

Lewis's face flushed, and the Emperor immediately knew that his caution touched Lewis's sensitive self-esteem, which was a distrust of him.

But Alexios didn't want to die in the inexplicable weapon test, so it was better to be cautious.

Nodding to Nils, the Janissary Commander sent his soldiers to divide the safety zone for the artillery, and then lengthened the fuse.

"That's it!"

"Zizizi!"

As the ignition was ignited, everyone present, the Imperial Craftsmen, including the Supreme, were all watching this moment with full attention, whether it was success or failure.

"Boom!"

A huge explosion, no less powerful than the thunder of heaven and earth, instantly shocked the people present.

The huge barrel of the cannon flew up in the flames, and then it split apart in the eyes of everyone and flew hundreds of paces away.

"I think although we haven't developed a formal bronze cannon, there should be no shortage of city-breaking weapons in the empire in the future!"

Alexios's unclear words, except for Nils, who had probably been with the emperor for a long time, understood a little, everyone else was confused.

"Lewis!"

"Your Majesty?"

The emperor's head of artillery research now had a depressed look on his face, and he stood in front of the supreme dejectedly, not wanting to speak.

"You know what?"

"Although you didn't succeed in inventing the cannon I wanted, if you test it according to your formula for loading ammunition, the empire won't have to fight a hard siege battle in the future."

"Good work!"

"Keep up the good work!"

But please, burn money slowly!