In the year 2626 of the Great Calendar, the first float boat that relied on spiritual power tides as the driving force was successfully developed, and the independence day of Siber was selected as the time to set sail.

What is even more rare and commendable is that the carrying capacity of this "float boat" is quite large, so in addition to the onlookers cheering on the ground, many nobles and wealthy citizens have the honor of becoming one of the air passengers who flew around Dima for the first time through recommendations and ticket purchases.

When the Sib flag fluttered in the sky, countless citizens burst into tears, and the Dima Times soon published an editorial written by a "retroist":

"When I saw the banner of Sib flying in the sky, I couldn't help but weep, because it meant that under the protection of the god of the mountains, mankind had taken another solid step towards conquering the mortal world, which made me believe that Pilate said in the past that man, as the primate of all things, will conquer everything in the mortal world and transform everything in the mortal world, which is a natural task given to us by the gods. ”

These cheers were the cheers of the citizens who could only look up at the floats, and for the first passengers of the floats, the inventors of the floatboats, Newton did not have as much confidence in the floats as he did in them.

After Newton's test flight of the float, he was summoned to the court to meet the President of the United States and a number of militaristic ministers, and the President's wife, Aemengard, was specially invited for her contribution to the theory of the invention of the floatship.

This group of people summoned Newton to come here to let Newton make a final defense, after all, Siber has invested so much money in the float boat, and now it has finally been developed, and the developer Newton naturally wants to answer their doubts about the float in detail, and the place where this group of people are most concerned about the float boat is undoubtedly the question of speed and capacity.

"Don't worry about capacity, as long as the float can build how big it can be, how many objects it can load, as for the speed, one depends on the power of the driving machine, and the other is the situation of the spiritual tide. ”

The above is all the data accumulated by Newton when he developed the float boat, so it is natural to answer the questions of the nobles, but when the question turned to the military use of the float boat, a slight bead of sweat appeared on Newton's forehead, and his tone became nervous.

"This ...... Ladies and gentlemen, you can also see that although the speed of the float boat is not slow, after all, it has such a large volume, and it still flies in the sky, so it is very easy to become a target," Newton's voice became quieter and quieter, "Don't talk about the regular army, even if it is an extraordinary legend, as long as it is well prepared......"

At this time, Newton's voice was so small that the nobles could barely hear it, so the President of the United Nation reminded him and asked: "Newton's speech is very good, but I still want to ask, if the defense magic is not applied, what is the defense performance of the floatship, and how much defense magic is applied so that it does not affect the operation of the driving machine and other machines?"

Hearing the question of the President of the United States, Newton's heart was bitter, and the other party showed that although he did not understand floatboats, he was not ignorant of business, and it was not easy to feel good, but at this time, he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

"If you don't apply magic, the defense of the floatship is roughly the same as that of a target ship," in order to relieve his pressure, Newton still defended a few words, "but if the opponent's magic bombards from low to high, the height will take away a lot of energy, so the floatship is roughly a little more resistant to attack than a normal target ship." ”

"As for the interference between the driver and defensive magic, although we didn't focus on this aspect of research and development, we have already had a lot of experience in designing the driver, and according to the accumulation of design at that time, the driver will not interfere too much with the defensive magic like the existence of the magic circle. ”

The previous was all about the shortcomings of the floats, and Newton was already sweating profusely at this point, and he felt that it would be better to talk about some floats to save the confidence of the ministers in the results of their work.

"But ladies and gentlemen, please see, the float has all these defects, but it is on a par with the fastest horse in terms of speed, and he is not limited by his own state - of course I am not saying that we don't need to maintain the float, in any case we don't have to stop to feed him, we just need to maintain and fuel it on time and let the driver drive. ”

"And the floatship is flying in the air, and the only natural conditions we consider are spiritual power, tides, and wind direction, which are much less than the things to consider when marching on land. ”

"And if the army or military supplies are transported by floating boats, the transporters do not have to spend a lot of physical strength on the march, but can save their physical strength for the upcoming war, as we all know, sometimes in the war, maybe a little more or less, so that the outcome of the battle can be changed?"

After listening in silence to Newton's endless talk about the advantages of the floatboat, a general pointed out the hidden defects of the floatboat: "But combined with the shortcomings and advantages of the floatboat, doesn't it mean that as long as the other party is willing to be ruthless and send a few dead men to attack the floatboat, we can easily scrap the whole ship?"

After listening to the other party's words, Newton suddenly fell into embarrassment, and couldn't reply for a long time, but fortunately there was another general to relieve Newton: "I think the floating boat is feasible, this is progress, although there are all kinds of problems, but when the floating boat was not used before, was there no situation where military funds were looted?"

"In the past, even if the military funds were looted, those thugs could only loot a few carriages and retreat, and our losses were slight, and if we used a floating boat, as long as a floating boat was scrapped, according to the capacity of the floating boat provided by Master Newton, the loss was not comparable to a few carriages!"

The general who supported Newton's float boat thought for a while and immediately shot back: "You also said that the loss and a few planes, then from the side, the float can transport far more materials now than in the past, so as long as one arrives, isn't it better than in the past? Wouldn't this free up more troops to do other things? Not to mention that the loss is much smaller." ”

Hearing the words of the general opposite, the skeptics could not come up with a sharper rebuttal for a while, and even the general who questioned first could only reluctantly say, "Then let those mobs benefit like this, aren't you afraid that they will taste the sweetness?" without finding a more powerful rebuttal.

At this time, Newton hesitated to say a suggestion: "Ladies and gentlemen, I can reprint a magic for the float boat, so that it will automatically explode after being shot down, so that the robbers will not be able to grab anything, so that after a few clicks, not many robbers will rob the float boat, unless the army escorting the float boat has a mole of its own......"

Hearing Newton's suggestion, Aemengard's eyebrows were raised, and the other generals also felt that it was a good proposal, but the one who questioned it said: "What if it is not the robbers who attack the floats, but the dead soldiers sent by the enemy?"

Newton lowered his head and thought for a moment, and quickly thought of a way: "The army walks on the official road, then we can also artificially mark out the channel for the floatboat, the float can only sail on the channel, and it must also obtain permission, and the float boat without permission will be held hostage and allowed to be shot down." ”

"Another advantage of the establishment of the waterway is that we can let the waterway pass through the outpost, so that if anyone attacks the floatboat, they will soon be targeted by the soldiers at the outpost, and the waterway is set up around the official road, and there are many security forces deployed around it, so that not to mention arresting all the attackers, at least we can arrest all the attackers. ”

After hearing Newton's latest suggestion, even the nobleman did not have any favorable doubts, it was nothing more than a repetition of the same old tune to show his distrust of flying goods, and wanted to return to the traditional land transportation, and later Newton learned that the general's family was involved in the military food transportation industry, and the invention of Newton's floating boat was undoubtedly a serious blow to his family's industry.

After that, there was a time for the ministers to discuss freely, in which Newton was consulted from time to time, and Newton was not put back until the sun set, and Newton, who walked out of the palace with trepidation, still did not know whether Siber would use his own float, or whether he would make his float a short-lived new thing, and after setting off a wave of enthusiasm, it slowly calmed down.

After Newton was let go, the nobles discussed for a while and then the meeting was dismissed, and the President of the United States and his wife Emonggard walked hand in hand, and as the two walked, the President of the United States said with emotion: "I can't imagine that Newton, a scientific researcher, could come up with such a creative military idea, have you noticed the surprised expressions of those generals? ”

Emangard obviously knew Newton better than the president, after all, Newton had repeatedly visited Emangard to ask for guidance in order to design the float, so Emangard replied nonchalantly: "The reason why Newton was able to come up with those ideas was not because he was ignorant of military affairs, but because he was ruthless." ”

"Oh?" Hearing his wife's funny answer, the President of the United Powers smiled briefly in surprise before disappearing abruptly, "Haha, I see, but the idea is easy to use." ”

When he returned to the laboratory, Newton found that his collaborators were waiting for him here, even eating dinner inside, after all, it was related to their future careers.

Seeing the expectations of his collaborators, Newton could not say anything shocking, so he could only say safely: "It is not completely certain, and there are those who are for it and those who are against, but I believe that the wise president of the United Nation will definitely adopt this cross-era process, so let's wait patiently before that." ”

After waiting for another week, Newton finally received a communication from the royal palace that the military had adopted Newton's float and decided to use it in military warfare.

Hearing this, Newton and his collaborators were in ecstasy, running and shouting in the laboratory, Newton excitedly threw the straw paper into the sky, looking at the fluttering and falling straw paper, Newton knew that he was destined to leave a name in history.

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