"To sum up, the situation in Lu'an has basically stabilized, and through propaganda and guidance and several effective cash-for-work schemes, the officials of the government department we sent have gained the initial trust of the locals, and the large-scale renovation of the church district is regarded as the victory of the 'heroic struggle' operation, which has won the praise and support of almost all the citizens of Lu'an."

Hetty put a report in front of Gawain and said with a look of relief on her face.

"In this way, even if there are die-hard members of the old church who want to make trouble, it will be difficult to make any waves."

Gao Wen flipped through the report in front of him and nodded slightly: "Very good...... But we still have to be vigilant against the resurgence of the ashes, it is not terrible for the remnants to do things on the surface, and their transition to latent is the most difficult stage to deal with. Leave that to Amber, the MIA operatives are very good at this kind of thing. By the way, how is the demolition of the inner wall going over there? ”

Hetty thought for a moment: "According to the plan, two-thirds of the west and east walls of the church district will be demolished, and the remaining walls will be kept only for commemorative and decorative purposes. The western wall has now begun to be demolished - the citizens of Luan are certainly supportive of this, but let's be honest...... Ancestor, is this really necessary? ”

"The inner wall of Lu'an is different from other places, for hundreds of years, that wall is not only a wall, but also a symbol, symbolizing the absolute boundary between God and man, symbolizing the absolute gap between the clergy class and ordinary people, as long as that wall remains, even if we tear down the cathedral, the 'church district' in people's hearts will still be an area that ordinary people cannot set foot in, and this is completely contrary to the holy optical doctrine promoted by Protestant doctrine," Gawain patiently explained, "I know what you are thinking about— The inner wall is a part of the city's defense, and the demolition of the inner wall may lead to a decrease in the ability of Luan City to cope with disasters, about this, you can check it out......"

Gawain said as he pulled a copy from the document in his hand and pushed it towards Hetty, who was standing across the table.

Hetty glanced down curiously, and immediately saw that this was a sketch of some kind of large rune array—the details of the runes on it were not all listed due to space limitations, but on the general structure diagram that was roughly circular, the words Energy Extraction Array, Resonance Zone, Functional Zone, Amplification Zone, Projection Zone, and so on were clearly marked.

"What is this?" Hetty looked at the contents of the material carefully, "Scale...... So big?! ”

"It's the city-level shield of the Rock Fortress," Gawain picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip, "We found the original design of the city shield in the library of the Rock Fortress, and in the process of renovating the fortress, the engineers also dug up the foundation and saw the rune array from a hundred years ago - after the materials were returned, Jenny took her apprentices and assistants to study it for more than half a month, which was their achievement." ”

Hetty's eyes widened suddenly, and the hand holding the drawing even trembled slightly—this is unimaginable wealth for a mage!

Although this mage is now almost full-time engaged in urban construction and internal affairs......

"City-level magic shields are strategic-level creations...... There are less than ten shields of this level in the entire Ansu......" Hetty's tone was incredulous, "the Rune Research Institute...... Even this kind of thing can be mass-produced?! ”

"The biggest problem with the city-level shield is energy consumption and stability, because of the high energy consumption, it must be built on the natural magic focus, because it needs to ensure stability, so it consumes a lot of expensive magic materials, which limits its application, but now Jenny has optimized it in two layers, and directly fused the base structure of the magic net and the city-level shield, which makes it possible to mass produce," Gawain said, "I plan to install the first verification shield in Lu'an City, It could be carried out simultaneously with the large-scale renovation of the church district, and if the results were as expected, then every city and even every town-level unit in Cecil's land would build this shield in the future. ”

"Put ...... Build a strategic-grade shield into the town?! Hetty suddenly exclaimed, and at the same time, a large wave of budgets instantly crackled in her mind, and she planned to give the shocking thought of the ancestor back on the spot, "Ancestor, you have to calm down!" It's a giant shield system, not a magic street lamp......"

Cecil's butler, who was in charge of finances, lost his mind in the face of budget problems, and even complained about his ancestors like Rebecca - it turns out that the Cecil family's talent for head iron is mostly a genetic factor, but some people are dominant, and some people are temporarily recessive......

Gawain looked at Hetty's expression as she almost died on the spot, and most of the time he could guess why this eldest granddaughter lost her temper - anyway, Hetty's gaffe is nothing more than two reasons, either overtime or lack of money, now she is in good spirits, and there is no smoky makeup on her eyes, most of which is no money-so he shook his head: "Don't be so nervous, the cost of the giant shield optimized by Jenny is lower than you think, and once this kind of large-scale project starts, it means the rise of a large number of ancillary industries, the by-product of the manufacture of shield units, New construction machinery, a large number of jobs, these things will become benefits in the long run. ”

"Money is only valuable when it flows, is it just a mine ingot in the vault......" Hetty reluctantly thought of what the old ancestor had said to her, and then she looked at Gawain and said with a little hesitation, "Ancestor, is there another reason why you want to spread this kind of shield to every town......

Gawain looked into Hetty's eyes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart...... The great-granddaughter is really a smart person, and unlike Rebecca, she is always keenly able to find the key to the problem, which makes it a lot less difficult to communicate (of course, Rebecca can sometimes find the key point of the problem by mistake, but the upright roe deer always tries to hit the key point with his head): "As you can imagine, the tide - we always have to face it." ”

Hetty exhaled, and said in her heart.

The cost of installing such a massive shield system in every city and town-level settlement is enormous, and even if, as the ancestors say, Jenny has reduced its cost to the extent that the Duchy of Cecil can afford it, it is still a huge expense - at a time when the situation in the Duchy is just stabilizing and there are countless infrastructure projects waiting to be started, there is only one possibility of using a significant portion of the infrastructure capacity on this expensive shield with no direct economic output......

The tide could come at any time.

"I see," Hetty said solemnly, bending slightly, "I'll make a plan for that." ”

Looking at Hetty, who looked as heroic as he was about to die, Gawain was also thinking in his heart.

Now that the situation in the Principality has been stabilized, internal and external troubles have basically calmed down or there is no possibility of an outbreak for the time being, Cecil will undoubtedly usher in a stage of rapid development, with the start of four new industrial cities, and there will be countless infrastructure projects, countless basic education projects, and countless talent recruitment plans...... In order to ensure that all this can go smoothly, Cecil will inevitably consume a huge amount of money and resources.

The economy of the Principality is indeed growing rapidly, thanks to the promotion of new decrees and the support of merchants from all over the world, the rivers of trade that had been bound by the old aristocracy are thawing, and gold coins are beginning to flow on new roads and new river shipping channels, but these ...... Still not enough.

Magic Industry is a beast with an endless appetite, it has to devour more things to grow, Gawain must at least let it grow to the point where it can develop on its own in order to have initial peace of mind, and simply rely on the economic dividends of the New Deal reform within the principality, the development of this beast will become very dangerous: a single economic support is unstable, once the economic chain has a little problem, the Duchy of Cecil may collapse at any time.

Especially now that there are so many big projects...... Gawain didn't want the foundation he had so hard laid to be dragged down by a few big projects that were developing too fast.

Hetty noticed that his ancestor hadn't spoken for a long time, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Ancestor...... What are you thinking? ”

Gao Wen sighed leisurely while thinking about it: "Lack of money and resources...... That's a problem. ”

"Who do you want to pit this time?"

"You said that the kingdom army ...... over there," Gao Wen said casually, but reacted halfway through speaking, "What did you just say?" ”

Hetty also reacted after the words were spoken, and suddenly blushed, and hurriedly bent down: "I'm sorry ancestor!" I...... I was a little distracted just now......"

Gawain was a little stunned to be honest, he really hadn't seen the mature and steady Hetty lose his temper twice in a row in such a short period of time - it seems that he really has no money recently, as long as the topic related to the budget is mentioned, the eldest granddaughter will be out of control.

He coughed lightly twice and knocked on the table: "Pay attention next time - we never cheat people, we are an honest business." Back to the topic just now, although the Duchy of Cecil closed the gate of the Rock Fortress, we can't completely close it, nor can we close it forever, the Rock City is a fortress city, and some areas were designed to be used as a trade transit area at the beginning, and now the fortress is not completed, but the merchants ...... It's time to act. ”

The Ancestor was keen on business, and it turned out that the Ancestor's business could sometimes bring more considerable benefits than war, so Hetty immediately reacted: "You plan to start a trade with the Plains of the Holy Spirit?" ”

"Strictly speaking, it's doing business with the royal family," Gawain nodded, "What do you think the Kingdom Army lacks?" ”

“…… I'm afraid there is no shortage of alchemy potions," Hetty said while thinking, "The Holy Cult Army has joined the camp of the Kingdom Army, and the priests and papal knights will not be stingy with magic power on the battlefield, with the support of holy water and holy light, the Kingdom Army does not have much demand for alchemy potions, what they lack is ...... It should be a more powerful weapon. ”

Speaking of this, Hetty paused and continued: "The kingdom army is almost never able to defeat the same number of eastern legions on the battlefield, the main reason is that the quality of the soldiers is very poor - the eastern legions have to face the Typhons and the border barbarians, so they are almost all veterans, and it is said that in the kingdom army, except for the mountain legions from the north, ordinary soldiers can deal with one easterner...... It is difficult to improve the quality of soldiers in a short period of time, but if there are better weapons, the Kingdom Army can close the gap with the Eastern Legion in a short period of time. ”

"Then it seems that we can make a batch of 'foreign trade weapons'......" Gawain touched his chin and said, "I have to let Nicholas Egg design ......"

Hetty looked at Gawain with some hesitation: "Ancestor...... Are you really going to sell weapons to the Royal Army? ”

Gawain replied in the affirmative: "We need money, and the abundant minerals of the Plains of the Holy Spirit." ”

Then, without waiting for Hetty to speak, he continued thoughtfully, "Another...... Since the Holy Light Sect, which is the best at healing, has completely fallen to the Kingdom Army, what do you think the Eastern Legion side ...... Is there a shortage of potions? ”

Hetty: "??? ”