"Ignite!"

At the sound of an order, the lion soldiers lit the rope of the cast bronze cannon with their torches.

The flames burned down the rope into the barrel of the cannon, and with a muffled bang, the fire flickered, shooting out a black shadow.

All the noble lionmen heard the muffled thunder of the cast bronze cannon and were slightly excited.

"It worked, it worked again!"

The soldiers who operated the artillery were more agitated than the nobles, clenching their fists and punching the air.

The nobles were a little confused when they saw this, didn't the king test fire succeed before, why did these artillerymen get excited like the first shot was successful.

As everyone knows, these artillerymen test firing too many cast iron cannons, and every time the cannon is fired, there is a danger of exploding.

So far, more than 80 lionmen have died as a result, and it has become a regular high-risk occupation.

There are so many seniors who died, and the artillerymen were used to it, and they were excited not by the successful launch, but by the success of not blowing up the chamber.

In their opinion, not blowing up the chamber is a successful test launch.

This reason is unknown to the noble lions, and only the lion men who hold military power can understand the joy of the successful launch of the artillery.

After about three seconds, the shell hit the ground and hit a distance of about four hundred meters, stirring up a small amount of dust.

The cannonball hit the ground and bounced again, rolling slightly for a distance, kicking up small smoke and dust.

The nobles didn't know the power of the cannonballs, nor did they appreciate the power of the Cannons of Tomorrowland, but they felt that the range of the cast bronze cannons was far greater than that of trebuchets.

"The cannon is very loud, so this is a cannon."

"I've heard that cannons bombard the walls, and it only takes a few shots to open them."

"With artillery, we can no longer take Tomorrow City, and we can even attack the Niutou Country and bring back the breath we swallowed this year."

The aristocratic lion men talked excitedly as they walked together to the place where the cannonballs landed.

At the point where the cannonball landed, a small pit appeared in front of the orcs, which was not very deep, and the place where the cannonball rolled down was not very far.

There was no city wall to test on, and it was not clear how powerful the cannon was, but the nobles saw the small pit and wondered if the cannon should have been a success.

In fact, the depth of the pit was twice as deep as that of Tomorrow's cannons, and the reason for the difference was the gunpowder ratio, which required a lot of material testing to determine the optimal ratio.

It was obviously impossible for Lionheart City to study the best ratio at once, and the layman did not understand the doorway, and was successfully fooled by the old king's cast bronze cannon.

The old king had never seen the rear-loading smoothbore cannon in Tomorrow City, and thought that the cannon was like this, so he was naturally very pleased.

"Guys, I think we're all on the same page in defeating Tomorrow City, so it's time to talk about some resource allocation......

The lions turned around and returned to the large conference room to discuss the distribution of benefits.

Tomorrow City is a big cake, with a large amount of minerals, a large population, and high-end items such as cement, gunpowder, and machinery.

If the king alone wants to monopolize the things of Tomorrow City, the archdukes who own private domains will definitely not agree.

Outside the palace, the cat-eared orcs had already monitored their way to the training ground, and heard the sound of cannon test firing in the distance.

It didn't take any inquiry for the Assassins to know what the lions were up to.

……

Tomorrow City, cement port.

Several large sailing ships were parked on the shore, planks connecting the concrete shore to the deck of the ship, orcs pushing carts, wheels rolling.

"Lord of the Water Bead City, may we cooperate happily."

"Happy cooperation, Tomorrow City Lord."

The morning sun had just risen, illuminating the land and the fleets of the harbor, as a bearded lion man shook hands with a human, and a crowd of people watched in silence.

At the port, the orcs transported a thousand bags of cement on wheelbarrows and loaded them onto the fleet.

These cements are industrial products exported to Tomorrow City, with an export value of up to 1,000 gold dragons.

Don't look at the height, cement is a valuable item, and there is no way to buy it elsewhere.

In order to get the cement, Count Shuizhu paid some price, but he himself was a little confused, and he had not been sober since he met Allen.

It wasn't until Count Shuizhu returned to the ship, the fleet set off along the river, and the sea breeze woke his face, that he realized it.

He hurriedly took out the city lord-level business contract with the red handprint on it, and scanned the cooperation terms on the paper with a calm face.

Clause 1, all merchants of Tomorrow City who come to Shuizhu Port to conduct business will be completely taxed.

Clause 2: Merchants of Tomorrow City will have a discount for land purchases in Shuizhu Port, depending on the prosperity of the local area.

Third, Shuizhu Port voluntarily donated a shipbuilding team with 50 people, and there is no need to return Shuizhu Port.

In addition to these, there are some scattered conditions, in general, Shuizhugang is Party B, Tomorrow City is Party A, most of the benefits are taken by Tomorrow City, and Shuizhugang only gets some benefits that look good.

The earl's henchmen also came back to their senses at this time, and reviewed the traps in the contract with the earl.

"Lord Earl, is this contract we signed too unequal?"

The confidant lion found that the terms of the contract were very unreasonable, the status of both parties A and B was not equal, and Party A had all the benefits that Party A could have, but it was not too much, which was just the limit price that the city lord of Shuizhugang could bear.

If there is a little more, Shuizhugang will turn its face and deny people.

"Alan is a very business-minded human being, every clause is stepping on the psychological limit of what I can bear, I can't imagine what I thought on the way to the negotiation, and I stupidly agreed."

Count Shuizhu is a little uncomfortable, so it's okay to be slaughtered, so let's fight for more benefits.

But he, after three days, looked at Marianne's thigh, and when he came back to his senses, he was already standing in the bow of the ship.

Speaking of Marianne, the Count's eyes were misty, and his heart was racing.

The thin white legs, the high skirt corners, the lovely armpits, the subtle open collarbones, and the seductive red lips...... Earl Shuizhu found himself stunned, and he actually liked the cat woman so much.

"No, I'm also an earl who has read countless women, how can I be trapped by women."

He shook his head and began to think about Eren again.

During the negotiations, he had many opportunities to do something to Allen, but for some reason, he didn't have the slightest desire to do it.

As a proud Leon Clan Count and one of the top leaders of the Anti-Lion faction, he certainly had murderous intent towards Allen.

He even thought about killing Allen, liberating more than a thousand prisoners of war in the southern mines, and taking over the rights of Tomorrowland.

But if he has empty ideas and no practice, he can only secretly regret it.

"If you miss this time, you won't have a chance next time." The Count let out a regretful sigh and seemed to resign himself to his fate.

……

At the same time, the eagle flew half the distance of Lionheart's territory and landed on Tomorrowland with a large number of letters.

"Whew!"

In the eyes of the eagle, Tomorrow City is quite recognizable, with strict white buildings, a main road running through the agricultural area, construction area, residential area, office area, and industrial area, and the orcs walk back and forth on the construction site and the road, and the river is endless, as if there is never enough work to be done.