Everyone is developing, and no one is going to stop.

In order not to wake Hetty, who was sleeping peacefully, Gawain got up lightly and left the desk, he first put on a dress for Hety, and then went to the large French window of the study to look out at the cityscape - Cecil was still busy and alive in the sinking sunset.

It's a fast-growing city, and with the end of the Consolidation War, the entire Southland will grow even faster.

But at the same time as Cecil is developing, others are also developing, and on this road of progress, no one will stop and wait for the footsteps of the latecomers.

Typhon's development was unexpectedly rapid, but Gawain believed that Typhon was not the only one that was developing, even the outdated and backward-looking Ansu and the seemingly stubborn and old-fashioned church must have their own development process, especially in the event of war, their development will only accelerate.

But Gawain was not very worried about the development of Ansu and the Church, because he knew that these forces were still trapped by their own backward system, and that there was a limit to their development speed, and unless they encountered earth-shaking changes, their progress would always lag behind Cecil, and there was no need to worry at all.

The concern is that Typhon and Rosetta Augustus are a more dangerous opponent than Gawain had anticipated.

He started by changing the system, and he has already had initial success.

His Majesty the Emperor spent more than a decade gradually reforming the aristocracy of the empire, centralizing his authority, and turning Typhon into a more efficient execution machine.

It is highly likely that he has realized the existence and significance of "productive forces and relations of production", at least some of the ways in which he has found them, and is trying to move towards deeper reforms that will inevitably go further in the years to come, as long as his grip on the empire does not wane.

And to achieve such a great feat, it is impossible for Emperor Rosetta alone - in order to make such a large and ancient empire work, Emperor Rosetta must have a large group of thinkers and assistants around him, perhaps the aristocratic elite of the Young Zhuang faction, or the old aristocratic platform of enlightenment and prestige, in short, Typhon must not only be an emperor with great talent, but also a group of important ministers with both wisdom and skill.

At the same time, Typhon also has excellent technical talents.

Gawain has Carmel, Pitman, Rebecca and Jenny, they are all excellent technical talents, but there are so many talents in the world that it is impossible for all geniuses to be concentrated in Cecil's acre and thirds of land - don't other people have technical experts?

Definitely, the difference is just whether or not they get a chance to shine.

Typhon's chief alchemist discovered the process of acid hydrolysis of burning rock, but is there only one chief alchemist for Typhon? Don't they have rune experts? Don't you have a mechanic? Isn't there a magician? These people ...... What kind of new things will be researched?

Gawain was sure that there were people in the world who were more gifted in mathematics than Rebecca, more talented in runes than Jenny, and more gifted in theology and naturalism than Pittman, and that, according to the distribution of the transcendents of this era, they must have gathered in the upper echelons of various countries, and they could achieve amazing achievements in the academic field at any time—but the impact of their achievements would vary depending on the country in which they lived.

In some places, a new magical technique may simply add a new form of entertainment to the aristocracy, while in others, an alchemical achievement may be promoted as a huge boost to the country's food production.

Typhon's technicians had apparently caught up with a good era, a good emperor.

Cecil's only advantage is that Gawain can be more tolerant, more forward-looking, and more aware of the next development laws of society than Rosetta, so as to give full play to the dividends brought by technological research and development more efficiently.

Gawain carefully analyzes the information he received from Daniel, and in the process speculates about the speed of Typhon's progress and Rosetta the Great's next move—in the process, he even has the terrifying idea that "Rosetta Augustus is afraid that he will not be killed", but after some analysis, he finds that Typhon's development should be unquestionable.

First of all, Rosetta Augustus's path of change was not achieved overnight, he spent the first half of his life sitting on the throne, consolidating power, little by little to win over the progressive aristocracy, divide the opponents, and gradually change the Typhonian aristocracy, which is a normal and long accumulation process.

Second, Typhon's social changes did not go well, and Rosetta Augustus had many obvious features of inexperience in the implementation of the New Deal, some of which can even be described as "wrong":

He left behind many hidden dangers based on the power of the old aristocracy, and for this reason, he had to make more compromises to maintain Typhon's stability;

In the process of promoting literacy education, he wasted a lot of energy because he did not find good incentives, and did not establish a sound education system, until now, Typhon's enthusiasm for education has not been comparable to that of Cecil;

The emancipation of Typhon's labor force obviously lagged behind Cecil's, and they maintained a situation of "working in the workshop for a short time in addition to farming", and there were no real professional workers, nor did they have any systematic vocational education and management system;

Typhon's "Burning Rock Acid Chemical Workshop" is still based on the old "Alchemy Workshop" system, with many problems such as small production scale, low efficiency, inconsistent systems, inconsistent standards, and disorderly management......

Gawain took a deep breath, knowing that Typhon's development was "normal".

Groping, hitting a wall, improving, groping, hitting a wall again, improving again, countless people pay a huge cost of time and human and material resources (sometimes even consuming the youth of a generation) to gnaw on a field, and in the end their only gain is likely to be just to verify that "this road is not working", Typhon is doing this now, and this is normal.

A large part of the reason why Cecil developed so rapidly was that Gawain directly used his own judgment and experience to avoid these "improvised roads" in advance, and he used his knowledge of his previous life and his observation experience as a satellite essence to plan the southern border, so he saved a huge amount of time, manpower, and material costs.

At least for the time being, this is Cecil's huge advantage over Typhon, but from another point of view, Typhon also has his own advantage, and this advantage is something that Cecil can't make up for for the time being:

Typhon is a huge country, its land area, resource reserves, and population are several times that of the Duchy of Cecil!

This means that it can withstand the loss of resources in the development process, can have ample opportunities for trial and error, and more importantly, it can multiply those development dividends!

Even if its forward efficiency is lower than Cecil's, it can use its size to crush Ansu and Cecil soon after.

So what should Cecil do and what can he do......

Gawain turned his head and looked at the stack of papers on his desk.

That is the next stage of the construction and development plan of the four new industrial belts in the south.

At this stage, there is not much that Gawain can do in the southern territory - development is the last word, and only by burying his head in development and maximizing Cecil's advantage in "efficiency" can he maintain the current good situation.

And this development process must be smooth and controllable.

His realm had been over-inflated over the past year, and now he simply didn't have the energy to expand again - unless he wanted to return the Duchy of Cecil to the loose and disorganized feudal lordship of the past, all he could do within his borders was digest and absorb and build infrastructure with a tech tree.

Outside of Ansu, he could not do any direct damage to Typhon, and all he could do was dig a pit.

The vast imperial machine controlled by Rosetta Augustus is already in operation, and it is impossible to stop it, so it is better to push it and let it go in the direction of a seemingly brilliant but in fact abyss......

Gawain had to do this—Typhon had to be harmless for Cecil's survival.

But he also had to find a way to preserve Typhon's potential in the process...... Because in the future, Typhon is likely to be a force against the tide of demons.

Gawain is most glad that the information he deliberately released from the magic web has entered the sight of Rosetta Augustus and his think tank in time, and with this opportunity, he can infiltrate Typhon with his influence.

But will Daniel's "magic web technology" alone be enough to plant enough poison in the body of the giant beast?

Gawain thinks it's not enough - although the magic net is significant, Rosetta Augustus will definitely be cautious about this technology from Ansu, he is very likely to limit the application of the magic web, and even if the "magic net poisoning" plan is successful, Typhon will not be damaged enough, it will at most waste a lot of manpower and material resources in the process, as a huge empire, Typhon can afford to lose.

Something bolder and more adventurous brewed in Gawain's mind, and his face became cloudy.

Hetty finally woke up from her sleep, she sat up suddenly, and saw that Gawain had long since left the "meditation" and was standing not far away, and she was wearing a coat, so she was nervous and embarrassed: "Ancestor...... I...... I didn't mean to fall asleep......"

Seeing Hetty wake up, the expression on Gawain's face quickly returned to gentleness, he smiled faintly, and took the coat handed over by Hetty: "It's okay, it will be good to sleep for a while, you are indeed too tired recently." ”

"Actually, it's been okay recently, and there aren't so many things after the production and construction plans are arranged," Hetty still blushed and lowered his head to explain, "It's just that recently the Government Affairs Department has been testing the newly installed Magic Network file transfer system, and has encountered a lot of unexpected problems, which are a little ...... Knotty. ”

"If new technology is to be applied, it is normal to encounter problems," Gao Wen nodded, "Compared to this, the development of various industrial zones in the recent period, the output situation, as well as the willingness of private businessmen to invest in factories, the attitude of the transformation aristocracy towards factories, and the operation of the Production Coordination Committee and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, do you have any information on this?" ”

"Yes, I've been tidying up every day," Hetty nodded, then a little curious, "Do you need it?" ”

"Yes, but there's no hurry, you can just compile a comprehensive report for me in the last few days."

"I see."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, and then said softly as if talking to himself: "Your own strength is the last word......"

……

Typhon, the imperial capital of Aldenan, in the Obsidian Palace Drawing Room.

Archduke Ferdinand looked at Rosetta Augustus the Great, who was sitting in the opposite seat, and felt a little complicated in his heart.

The war between Typhon and Ansu was finally postponed, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that it had nothing to do with peace.

Almost immediately after the peace treaty was signed, Ansu was plunged into a disastrous civil war, and Typhon's empire closed its borders to watch from the sidelines, and Rosetta the Great began to reorganize his forces in the country, meeting frequently with various nobles, and continuing to reform the professional army...... All of them, pile by pile, are in the eyes of Ferdinand Wendell.

He knew that His Majesty the Emperor had never given up on the fat of Ansu, and the current temporary truce was just to make the fat more tender and tasty and easy to swallow.

He rejoiced that Rosetta Augustus had managed to get rid of hereditary madness, and that the empire had such an emperor of wisdom and strength, but he also lamented the demise of the golden spirit of the nobility, and regretted the new type of warfare that relied on cunning and intrigue to advance.

The civil war in Ansu undoubtedly had a part of Rosetta the Great's strength in it.

But Ferdinand Wendell also understood that such dishonorable tactics were necessary – that the Ansu had to make sacrifices for the good of the Empire.

And not only do the Ansu people have to make sacrifices, they also have to become the nourishment for the growth of the empire.

A middle-aged woman dressed in a magician's robe stood respectfully beside Emperor Typhon, pointing to the drawings spread out on the table and explaining, "This is the so-called 'magic web', but it is the first generation, and it belongs to something that has become obsolete. The second generation of the magic net is more streamlined, but the drawings we got were incomplete, and we didn't find a specific processing method. ”

Grand Duke Ferdinand looked at the blueprint in front of Emperor Typhon - he could see that there were complex runes and magic lines drawn on it, although all the runes were rudimentary, the whole array had a strange sense of coordination, although he was not a mage himself, but with a fairly good knowledge of magic, he could also judge that this magic array had been optimized very well.

This is the key to the rapid rise of Ansu's ancient Cecil family, and the "lost technology" brought by the ancient hero who came back from the dead.

Rosetta Augustus's voice came from across the table: "Pei Di Nanqing, I heard that the second generation of magic nets is composed of 'units'. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," replied Duke Ferdinand, "Andrisa has captured some of the fleeing Ansu mercenaries who have seen the second generation of magic nets. It is said that those magic net units are hexagonal rune arrays, which require extremely high processing accuracy, and the number is huge, unlike blacksmiths and rune craftsmen who hammer them out one by one......"

Speaking of this, the duke couldn't help but frown and sighed: "It's a pity that we don't have the drawings...... I didn't get the real thing. ”

Another royal minister in the living room spoke when he heard this: "The southern border of Ansu has been blocked, and the Cecil family is strictly ruling there, it is not easy to find out information, but this is all temporary - the Cecil family has not completely blocked the spread of the magic net, it is said that in the Holy Spirit Plain area and a small part of the eastern border of Ansu, there are already local nobles who have obtained the magic net drawings that have been circulated in private, as long as there is enough patience and price, those Ansu nobles are easy to buy." ”

Rosetta the Great glanced at the minister lightly: "Ge Linqing, even if you get the drawings and real objects, do you dare to use them directly?" ”

The royal minister named Goering was stunned for a moment, and there was a thoughtful look on his face.

"According to what we know, before the outbreak of the war in the southern border of Ansu, the Cecil family had actively spread the magic net on a large scale, and then what? Then the stupid Ansu nobles spread the magic net everywhere, so that the Cecil army had an ample supply of magic wherever it hit - a profound lesson. ”

The war in the southern border of Ansun ended quickly, and the entire southern border was quickly sealed off after the end of the war, but there was no impermeable wall under the sky, and before the southern border was completely blocked, some exiled knights and mercenaries still escaped—they took all kinds of credible and untrustworthy news with them, some of which fell into the hands of Typhon.

This information made Rosetta the Great aware of Cecil's rise, and he became wary of the "magic net" from Cecil.

However...... The magic web is still a good thing.

"We need magic net technology, and we need to apply magic net technology, and these technologies must be in our own hands," Rosetta Augustus said in a deep voice, following the drawings on the table, "Typhon, we need our own magic net." ”