The armed forces of the Erebonian Empire were diverse, including the Wehrmacht, which was controlled by the Ministry of Defense, with 19 divisions, as well as the private armies of the nobles in various places.

Taking the famous two powerful dukes as an example, the strength of his leading army is at least equivalent to two or three regular army divisions.

There are faint rumors among the people that the size of the Duke of Kane's domain army is equivalent to 1.5 times that of the Kingdom of Liber.

These extraordinarily powerful nobles have become a major drawback that affects the rule of the royal family. In the Battle of the Lion 250 years ago, after the outbreak of the civil war, the fighting was extremely fierce, and the fight lasted for several years, because the four famous families each supported a prince to come to power, and the private armies in various places played an important role in this war.

The armament of a country is divided into three routes: land, sea and air. To the west of the Erebonian Empire was the vast sea, and there were no strong enemies on the other side of the sea, only large islands and overseas colonies. Therefore, it is enough to have a Western Sea Fleet, but it is inconceivable to have no air force.

Duchamp couldn't bear to put the air force plan back in his stomach, he didn't want to put it forward rashly, and then become a pawn in the hands of the prime minister. The Prime Minister has enough leverage.

Is it possible for the prince of Olivier in front of him to become a prince of real power?

If the little prince is older, it is the best policy to go directly to the little prince to attack, but now, the little prince is far away in the deep palace and cannot come out, and Duchamp has no way to attack even if he wants to.

And the eldest prince, who gave up the right to inherit the throne, if he is given excessive power, may also make the emperor or empress unhappy, and when the time comes, not only Ogua will be unlucky, but Duchamp will also be unlucky.

It's a bad balance! Duchamp rubbed his eyes and thought worriedly.

"What's the concern? Steiry! Irina noticed that Duchamp had been keeping a heavy expression for several minutes.

Under normal circumstances, Duchamp had this expression on his face, indicating that the matter was very tricky, and even his genius could not solve it.

Duchamp came back to his senses: "I just thought of a question, I am in the midst of complex reasoning, you don't have to pay attention to me, I will find the answer in a quarter of an hour." After speaking, he dipped his two index fingers in a little saliva, silently drew a circle on his head, crossed his hands and feet, and entered a state of concentration.

"What is Stellary doing?" Olivier curiously tried to compare Duchamp's movements, and found that he was completely out of the question.

"He's just deliberately selling cuteness." Liermu saw through Duchamp's essence at a glance, and if it weren't for Irina, he would have scratched Duchamp a few times.

After the popularization of Duchamp, the term "selling moe" has spread in a small area.

Olivier listened, a mischievous smile on his face, and he tiptoed over to Duchamp's side, took a deep breath, and then, suddenly, breathed into Duchamp's ear.

Duchamp was startled, turned his head, and just in time to see that the prince's face was only 0.01 centimeters away from him, he leaned back and almost fell off the chair.

The prince's prank had an effect, and he sat back in his place contentedly, and asked solemnly, "Stelli-kun, what are you thinking about when you are so serious?" ”

Duchamp had a dark face, and he didn't bother to waste any more brain cells, so he threw the question directly to Olivier:

"In the memory of His Highness, is there such a candidate: rich in military literacy, not high or low, neutral attitude, but able to be accepted by both reformers and nobles, deeply trusted by His Majesty, calm and flexible, and able to independently command a team of airships to fight."

Such a complicated request startled Olivier, and he asked in a deep voice: "What do you need such a person to do?" ”

Duchamp spread his hands, pointed to the drawings spread out on the table, and said lazily:

"With such a big stall spread out, it must need to be armed to defend it, otherwise air thieves or something will appear immediately. And in order to build up an arm, and to be acceptable to all the big people, it must be led by someone who meets the above conditions. This thing has gone beyond the civilian sphere and has risen to a political level, which is too much brain-draining for me, so you can go back and ask Your Majesty, such as who is in charge of this army, how big it is, where the funds come from, what things are in charge, and so on. First of all, it is necessary for people with an absolutely neutral position to take the lead, so as not to rip off in the future. ”

After Duchamp finished saying this long sentence, he couldn't help but yawn again, and sighed, "I don't know why, every time I think about issues related to politics, I feel very tired, this is really not the range of what I can play, I'd better go back to sleep early." ”

Yawning is said to be contagious. After Duchamp finished yawning, Olivier couldn't help but yawn and complained: "Dealing with these daily affairs is really boring and trivial, if only someone could do it for you." ”

Speaking of this, his head suddenly opened: "Haha, there is really such a candidate, I will go back immediately to ask for instructions." ”

After speaking, he called Liermu and walked away.

There were only two people left in the reception room, Irina and Duchamp, and Irina complained, "Styry, can't you brace yourself and worry more?" ”

Du Shang drooped his eyelids: "How do you know that I don't worry about it, you look at this large stack of manuscripts, I stayed up late and worked overtime, which caused a lack of sleep every day." ”

Irina took a look at this large mess of manuscripts, and it was indeed quite a lot:

"Airship Piloting School Establishment Plan", "Airship Operation Safety Management Regulations", "Airship Identification and Liaison System Establishment", "Airship Safety Measures in Airship Design and Self-rescue in Critical Moments", "Airship Maintenance and Repair Ship Design", "Airship Air Safety and Emergency Measures", "Airship Use and Price Cascade Concept", "Set off Airship Frenzy - National Airship Tour Exhibition Publicity Plan".

Irina flipped through the documents as she pondered:

"Carrying a parachute for each airship passenger in case of emergency, well, although it has not been equipped before, it is necessary."

"Boarding an airship is subject to strict safety checks. Wouldn't this be inconvenient and unpleasant? ”

Duchamp hung his eyelids and added, "If you don't want to see the airship fall from mid-air, it's a must." ”

"All offensive items must be stored in the suitcase, and the airship has set up an independent storage compartment for dangerous goods, even if it is stuffed with a bomb, it must ensure that the airship is not damaged, this is a new topic, write it down first."

"After the airship is launched, it continues to transmit signals to identify and identify, and once the signal disappears in the air, it is necessary to carry out an emergency response to the loss of contact and activate the backup tracking signal source. Well, I don't understand it very well, go back and let people see. ”

"Disperse the power of the airship, even if part of the power is out of control, it can maintain the flight with the remaining power, and at least ensure an emergency landing. Well, the current design seems to fall short. ”

"Strengthen the cockpit defense, except for the crew, passengers cannot enter the cockpit to avoid the hijacking of the airship. Well, make a note first. ”

"Modify the shape of the airship, from a boat type to a streamlined shape, and reduce the air resistance of flight. Well, I don't quite understand. ”

"We will develop a version with low maintenance costs for users with low consumption power, reduce the price of cargo airships to about 10 million meters, and strive to make airships available in every city. Oh, my God! ”

Irina raised her head, pointed to this one and said to Duchamp: "Ten million meters, how can you build an airship, do you think this is a guide car?"

Duchamp did not raise his head and continued to make up for sleep:

"How is it impossible, you look at all the airships you have designed now, they have lounges, all kinds of facilities to pass the time, as well as outer cabins, decks, gardens, and a lot of interior decoration, at first glance, they are born out of sea ships. But the airship is always a flying machine in the sky, it has an essential difference from the sea ship, speed is its soul, remove these redundant designs, transform the appearance of the airship into a streamlined type, reduce the resistance of the wind, coupled with the high-speed engine imported from the Kingdom of Libel, the speed of the airship can reach at least 1000 sails per hour, and according to the size of the empire's airspace, as well as the design of the route, most of the airships fly for no more than 3 hours at a time, just put the supplies on the ground. ”

"The problems you mentioned involve too much professional technology, and I want to urgently convene the airship design experts at the headquarters to come over and discuss."

Duchamp hung his head and walked to the cabin. "Then I'll go take a nap and wake me up when the experts come."