"Can't we build the master smith we hired from Vicky Castle?"

The Orc King asked, staring at the Minister of Scientific Research.

The minister trembled at the orc king's staring, bowed down and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the masters can't forge it." ”

"What do they eat!" The orc king was slightly stunned and scolded: "You can't do it out of nothing, can't you also do it according to the gourd?" ”

The Minister of Scientific Research was so frightened by this angry rebuke that he trembled, cold sweat was dripping, and his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what the masters said about forging can't be done, including copying." ”

"I can't even reproduce them, so what's the use of me asking for them!" The Orc King is really angry now.

The whole hall was silent, and almost everyone hung their heads, except for the old duke, the chancellor Lesta, and me.

Suppressing the anger in his chest, the orc king turned to me and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yi, what do you think about this matter?" ”

As early as when the Orc King was angry, I had a draft in my heart, and I waited for him to ask me.

After organizing my words a little and clearing my throat again, I said, "Returning to Your Majesty, I don't think that the inability to reproduce artillery is the incompetence of the masters. ”

The orc king looked at him unkindly, and said, "Then what do you mean, I made it difficult for them?" ”

"No, no," I shook my head, "I believe you don't mean to make things difficult at all. ”

"Since the master is not responsible, and I am not responsible, who should bear this responsibility? You can't let Vechiburg take care of all this, right? ”

"Your Majesty" I met the orc king's gaze and said slowly: "Wei Chen believes that the responsibility for the inability of artillery to be replicated does not lie with any of the parties you are referring to, but with the more distant past. ”

The orc king was a little dazed, and the old duke, who sat down under him, looked at me with burning eyes, and said, "The old man is old, his brain is turning slowly, and he can't understand the meaning of your words, can you explain it to me more directly?" ”

"Obey" I bowed slightly and said, "Presumably, Your Majesty already knows the origin of this artillery, which was obtained by Weichen in a mausoleum, but I'm afraid Your Majesty doesn't know the origin of the mausoleum, right?" ”

The Orc King nodded, "I really don't know. ”

"The mausoleum," I paused, raised my voice sharply, and said, "It's the mound of the first fairy king during the melee." ”

There was an instant uproar in the hall, and the ministers had different expressions, either confused, envious, or extremely ......

"You say, it's the cloak of the first Fairy King during the melee?" The orc king frowned and said, "Is there any evidence?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I only judged by the reliefs in the tombway, oh, by the way, the elder of the Iron Wolf Guild also found a saber in the pile of jewels and collected it for his own use, you can send a professional to identify it."

Hearing me say so confidently, the Orc King no longer doubted it, and said, "Even if it is the first generation of Elf King's clothed mound, how can it prove that the artillery is irreproducible?" ”

"I never said that artillery is not replicable," I said in dismay, shaking my head.

The orc king's face that had just softened suddenly became ugly again.

Before he could speak, I hurriedly explained: "Artillery can naturally be copied, if you can't even do it, how can someone build it?" ”

After a pause, I continued: "The reason why I just admitted that artillery cannot be copied is because with today's level of technology, it simply cannot reach that level. ”

Seeing that most of the people were puzzled, I continued: "You know that I have a special status, and I can go in and out of most of the forbidden places of Castle and Moonlight at will, and present fragments in their libraries, which tell some interesting stories related to lost civilizations. ”

"Lost civilization?" The Orc King asked.

"Ancient civilizations, to be exact," I said, "a civilization that is older than the existence of the elves." ”

"How can there be a more ancient existence than the elves?" A minister questioned in a low voice.

"That is to say," some of the ministers echoed in a low voice, "I'm afraid this kid is not talking nonsense, is he?" ”

"It's also possible that I took what I was dreaming about," a minister sighed in a low voice, "I remember doing this once when I was younger, and it was a big deal." ”

......

For a while, there were different opinions, but there were few people who really cared about me.

The orc king coughed lightly, and the ministers immediately shut up, and the needles in the hall could be heard instantly.

"According to your meaning, this cannon is also a product of ancient civilization?"

Faced with the Orc King's questioning, I nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"And what proof do you have that it is a product of an ancient civilization?"

"First," I said, holding out my index finger, "it appeared in the Elven King's tomb and was hidden inside the walls as a mechanism, and you can check with the Iron Wolf Guild Elder about this." ”

"Second," I said, holding out my middle finger again, "one or several elements of this cannon cannot be reproduced using modern technology." ”

"To sum up the above two points, I think it should be a product of ancient civilization."

"Could it be the technological product of the reign of the elves?" The old duke asked.

"I can't rule it out," I said, "but in either case, it only proves one thing, and with our current level of technology, it cannot be replicated." ”

The Orc King subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but then, he said with a serious expression: "If that's the case, wouldn't the plan to mass-produce artillery be forced to abort?" ”

I gazed at the Orc King, and in his gaze I read joy and regret.

is probably glad that the money in the pocket will not be reduced because of this, and at the same time regrets that there is one less way to strengthen the country.

The old duke's expression was a little gloomy when he heard the orc king say this.

He was the supreme military commander of Dasai City, and he had spent his life assisting the Fergus family and defending Dasai City, and he was not sad to see that the way to increase the country's strength was shattered?

Seeing the old duke's gloomy expression, I also felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, so I tentatively proposed: "Actually, it doesn't necessarily mean that it can't be done. ”

"Huh?" The Orc King raised his head and looked at me deeply, his complicated eyes filled with both anticipation and apprehension.

Compared to the complex expression of the Orc King, the old duke's expression only had expectation, and he couldn't wait to hear my proposal, even if it was only a 1 in 10,000 possibility.

After a while, I said, "As far as I know, ancient civilizations have been lost, but aren't civilizations all products created by human imagination and wisdom!" If the ancestors were able to create ancient civilizations, why can't we? Even if we really can't recreate the great technology of the past, it is still possible to reproduce a single artillery. ”