Chapter 1104: Sky-high price
Nefi greeted her in a proper manner - she had been in the Movent Academy for two years, and as a gifted genius who had been specially cared for, the Associate Dean and the various professors were very familiar with her, and the Vice-Dean of Konoth had even arranged a laboratory for her personally.
Roddy probably guessed the reason, and explained aloud at this time: "Nefi's study life depends on the care of Vice President Konos, and I would like to express my gratitude here - now her position is my personal secretary, responsible for recording and handling some of my personal chores, so she will be by her side to record the next meeting, if Councilor Konos minds..."
"Don't mind, don't mind!"
Konos put his posture very low, and after sitting down, he was not polite, and said directly: "After learning about the battle on the front line, the council thinks that the long-range weapons and vehicles equipped by the Karen Kingdom are very powerful. Those things obviously can't compare to these weapons you use. ”
Yesterday the enemy positions were bombarded, and today Konos appeared directly in front of him, and Roddy was actually more curious about another question: "Oh? Is the decision of the council so swift now?"
"Ahh This..."
Konos laughed awkwardly: "It's to revise some of the charters, of course, it's also to improve the efficiency of the proceedings." ”
"That's a good thing," Luo Di smiled, and then said bluntly: "But at the moment, because of the complex production process of these weapons and the scarcity of materials, I am afraid that I will not be able to take out all the models for sale, but some of them are easy to produce, and they should be sold to your country in the next three months to improve the level of national defense." ”
Konos reacted to what "national defense level" meant, and then asked, "Then may I ask Prime Minister Rodi, what kind of weapon can you buy here?"
"'Groundhog' self-propelled artillery vehicle. ”
Luo Di already had a plan in his heart, and introduced: "I know that you want to buy the kind of 'Vulcan' heavy cannon with a range of two kilometers and each shell can reach the power of the fire blast technique, but its production has not kept up with the army's use, but the 'groundhog' is much better in comparison, although its power is not so great, but the warhead is not a cannonball loaded with energy hedrons, but a solid metal projectile, which can completely ignore the enemy's 'forbidden demon realm' threat and cause a lot of damage." ”
Hearing that it was not the heaviest artillery, Konos's smile narrowed a lot, but thinking about it, he also knew that even if the mass production could keep up, he would not easily sell such a powerful weapon if he changed it. Besides, Luo Di said that it could be used in the "Forbidden Demon Domain", and he couldn't help but ask seriously: "Then what is the approximate price of this 'groundhog' artillery vehicle?"
"Twenty thousand gold coins each, including a barrel that can fire twenty rounds per minute, and six driving hedrons. ”
Luo Di said: "But the follow-up spar needs to be solved by yourself, I can give away twenty cannonballs, and if you buy a cannonball alone, one will cost about twenty gold coins." ”
Konos was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and his lips trembled slightly and asked, "A cannonball... Twenty gold coins? In other words, four hundred gold cannonballs in a minute?"
With the purchasing power of Rasiman gold coins, four hundred gold coins were enough to easily arm an infantry squad of twenty men, including helmets, weapons, and leather armor, and even a month's worth of food.
And such a price, reimbursed in a minute on the "Groundhog" artillery car?
He was not surprised by the high price of 20,000 gold coins of the "Groundhog" itself, because Konos had made enough psychological expectations before coming - but the artillery car itself was a one-shot deal, and these shells were the real "big heads"...
Therefore, when he heard such an offer, he immediately shook his head: "Prime Minister Roddy, although we know that such a weapon is powerful enough, I think the price you gave is too high! You know, if I buy four 'groundhog' gun carriages and two thousand shells, then the price will be enough to train a heavily armed heavy cavalry team, and even if it is to train a mid-level mage, it will be enough to pay at least twenty or more." ”
Nephie next to him listened to this, because he didn't know what to write, so he sat there and calculated the price, and the result was an astronomical amount of 160,000 gold coins...
Even if this money is placed in the Karen Kingdom, even the big nobles above the earl level can't directly scrape together the cash, and Luo Di just sold four artillery trucks plus some shells?
Nephie looked at Roddy, waiting for his explanation.
"That's right, Councilor Konos. Whether it's the cavalry brigade you just talked about, or the mid-level mages, whether they are strong or not, they use the current way of fighting. But I want you... The rest of the council pondered the question: Is it because my cavalry is so brave in its charge, or because my mage troops are so skilled?"
Konnoth stammered, and for a moment did not know how to answer.
"I hope you can try to understand that a weapon, when it reaches a certain level of range and power, can completely change the way of warfare. ”
Roddy had a sincere and instructive attitude, and although his tone was calm, Nephi heard the smell of aggressiveness. And Senator Konos obviously couldn't accept these empty words, and his face was a little embarrassed: "I hope that the Prime Minister can speak through facts, instead of these empty and illusory concepts... For war, the Rasiman were not three-year-olds. ”
"Of course, I can understand the doubts in the minds of the parliamentarians, so that I chose to talk to you about arms sales here today, mainly because the view here is good enough. ”
Roddy said and pointed to the side of the guide, and Councillor Konos squinted, only to realize that an army was moving towards the riverbank, because the distance was too far, he could only see about four phalanxes, but he didn't know how many people there were.
At a distance of two kilometers, looking at people is like looking at ants. However, as a high-level mage, he naturally had a way to observe, and after raising his hand to cast the spell, a mirror-like light curtain appeared in front of him, reflecting the scenery after magnification ten times.
"It's... Preparing to attack? You seem to have 3,000 men in total?"
"Two thousand six hundred, four marmots, two Vulcans. ”
Roddy, of course, knew the number, and he said it casually, then pointed to the Ram River farther away: "The enemy has already chosen to cross the river after yesterday's attack was repulsed, and now is a good opportunity. ”
Of course, Konos knew that it was a good opportunity, but in other words, the enemy generals were not fools, and seeing the army swaggering over, of course, they would not just passively wait to be beaten.
He adjusted his angle and looked at Udora's troops, but because of the presence of a thin layer of sand, he could only see the opposing army's formation already lined up.
At a cursory glance, there are at least four thousand people.
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