Preparing his future strategy for facing the metal dragon clan, Caesar still stayed in the Black Wing Royal Court, taking advantage of the fact that he finally had the heart to deal with business, and by the way, he asked the leader of the Red Lotus Goblin to be called.

Hegerding, this is its name, the goblin originally had no concept of a name, this name came from the Black Dragon Emperor, when the goblin leader, whose head was twice as big as the usual goblin, arrived at the royal court, Caesar had been waiting for a long time.

After the breakthrough in the development of thunder mercury, Caesar immediately asked the goblins to put the research and development of a new generation of weapons on the agenda, and after entering the era of thermal weapons, the more powerful and glorious, the more turrets, the more righteous, and within the range of the cannon, the truth is everywhere...... However, the current dilemma faced by the Blackwing Empire is that under the current circumstances, relying on nitric acid and sulfuric acid produced by weapons research institutes cannot meet the research needs.

When Hegerdin entered the royal court and bowed, Caesar spoke: "How is the task I have given you?" ”

"All the goblins in the clan are working day and night to make thunder acid, your majesty, please believe us, we will definitely be able to keep up with the footsteps of the empire."

"It's too slow."

The goblin leader Hegerdin's words of loyalty did not impress Caesar, who shook his head and said, "You have disappointed me, the Imperial fleet is desolate, and they are lying idle on the west coast, corrupted by storms and waves. ”

"I need more thunder acid, more!"

The black dragon raised his head, and his fangs were chilling: "Just relying on the little points you have worked so hard to grind, it is simply not enough to meet the empire's demand for gunpowder, I asked you to ask the caster for help and design a magic system that can mass-produce thunder acid, have you listened carefully!?" ”

"I have done it, Your Majesty."

The unintentional rise of dimensional coercion frightened the goblins, and Hegerdin trembled, and hurriedly excused himself: "It's the spellcaster, it's the spellcaster!" Your Majesty, they are too slow to help us at all. ”

"Which spellcaster?" Caesar asked, as the empire expanded, there were more parts, and when a part was disobedient, it would annoy him: "Let me see." ”

Hegerdin led Caesar to the place where the spellcasters raised by the royal court lived, but the news was that the magic system had been prepared a long time ago and had been sent to the weapons research institute, but the goblins were too lazy and lazy in their lives, so the news did not reach Hegerding.

This is just a small episode, the subsequent punishment and personnel adjustment is Hogg's responsibility, Caesar does not need to keep an eye on these small things, after learning that the caster team has designed a magic system to make two acids, his next step is to design a powerful set of shipborne artillery to cover the three armored ship groups that have been delivered.

Caesar thought about it for a moment and memorized in his mind the indicators needed for such a qualified shipborne artillery.

First of all, because it is a naval battle, it must have enough range, power and accuracy to be able to penetrate the armor of enemy ships at least a kilometer away, and secondly, it must be rear-loading ammunition, so that the pitch angle can be adjusted freely, so that the armored ship can also fight back against the enemy in high places.

Finally, considering the needs of design and development, mold manufacturing, easy operation, etc., this kind of artillery should be able to be used for multiple purposes, not only as the main weapon of heavy artillery for armored ships, but also as a fixed battery for fixed-point strikes.

Caesar struggled to recall the memories of his previous life, and soon remembered those sixteen or seventeen-inch-long behemoths on those battleships, which had a range of tens of kilometers, and could smash holes in the ground several meters deep with a single shot, and the power was comparable to that of falling star magic.

Can it be done?

Caesar thought about it for a while, if he had to force it, it would not be impossible, with the support of magic technology, the Black Wing Empire could forcibly avoid the troubles about materials and processing, and harden such a huge caliber, long-barreled super heavy cannon.

But it is not cost-effective to force it out in this way, the magic power consumed by the caster here will be replenished in another way, and the cost is very high, the most important thing is that it cannot be mass-produced, and can only be used as a special weapon.

Relying on conventional factory production, the Black Wing Empire can only provide wrought iron with high purity and steel with relatively ordinary performance, so the plan is still conservative, and the gunpowder at this stage cannot make such a super heavy cannon exert its full power.

But it looks amazing.

The black dragon muttered to himself, and then puffed out his cheeks and nodded again and again, it is not practical and expensive is, it looks like it is over with majesty and majesty, he thought about it, and finally asked Xiao Luna to help draw a drawing and handed it to the spellcaster department, so that the casters could work together to get three super heavy guns with a caliber of up to 406mm first, and assemble them on the three armored ships as the main turrets.

For the new artillery that can really be used as a conventional force to assemble the army, Caesar chose 88mm, a relatively classic number in the era of thermal weapons in the previous life, and also laid the foundation for the land weapons that the new department was researching.

Different from the design of the magic cannon, the artillery of the Northern Empire has some completely different things, the new artillery uses a vertical wedge bolt, compared to the screw bolt and the horizontal wedge bolt, it has the fastest firing speed, and the principle is also very simple, similar to a door that can slide up and down, when it is put down, the barrel is exposed, the shell is loaded, and the locking is realized after the upward reset, so that the gunpowder gas erupts forward.

Of course, in fact, the internal structure is far more complex than the verbal description, but Caesar is not an all-rounder, he does not understand those things and cannot do them, as a ruler he only needs to give design ideas and decisions, and the next things are left to the people below to be responsible for solving.

"Wait."

After conveying the design idea, Caesar suddenly remembered that with the increasing range of artillery, even if there is an aiming device to provide assistance, it is not easy to hit the target within the range, and the shipborne artillery is even more so, and it is necessary to calculate the angle of the radian of the projectile, which is not something that can be familiar with in two or three days, and the operator must know the theoretical knowledge such as shooting ballistics.

Caesar suddenly realized that with the progress of the Black Wing Empire in all aspects, many things are no longer available to just two people, and people with knives are no longer popular in the Northland, and he needs all kinds of specialized talents, not only now, but also in the future.

"Shouldn't we have an academy or something?"

Caesar's head suddenly popped up this idea, although it sounds absurd for a dragon to open an academy in his territory, but he does have an increasingly urgent practical need, at present, Aladia does not have the concept of "academy", and the replacement of skills and professions is often through mentoring and apprenticeship, and it is difficult for people to pay attention to knowledge and it is difficult to contact, and it is probably in the hands of schools and churches.