Chapter 477: Noble Interests
There is gunpowder in this world, which is a kind of magic potion, but the laws of the world are different, and if you want to stabilize the properties of gunpowder, the price will be too high. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The manufacture of magic potions cannot be industrialized, so no one wants to develop such firearms.
The Goblin Musket is a pinnacle, and this time Metatrin captured a lot of Otherworldly invaders, researched technological weapons, and improved the firing potions, so that the cost was reduced.
However, it is not without price, this kind of metal bullet is difficult to attach magical attributes, and can only be a substitute for bows and arrows.
And the powerful archer, the feathered arrow shot is attributed, and the lethality is not known how many times greater than this projectile. However, such a weapon must also have its value, this rudimentary firearm, for warriors, can be used without a magician.
"The potion is quite stable, the bullet has no demon-breaking effect, and it can't add spatial attributes, one magazine can hold thirty-three projectiles, and it has to be replaced manually if it runs out. The rate of fire is a bit faster, one shot per second. ”
Modo also knew about the invasion of the other world, and knew the ins and outs of this firearm, he thought about it carefully, and found that the value of this thing was still higher than that of bows and arrows, and the cost could be controlled, so there was no need to train archers in the future.
"It can save the soldier's physical strength, but if both sides are equipped, in the end, it depends on the melee combat, which is all hard work. ”
Xia Hexin said that melee combat can only be used as entertainment in Shenzhou, although everyone loves to play. When you really need melee combat, there are robots.
However, Modo's words still make sense in this world, and building a war puppet is not something that anyone can afford.
A hundred demonized war horses were allocated to Xiahe's side, and the rest of the people were all riding wooden horses. Because the Trojan horse is so simple, it looks a little ridiculous for this team.
The soldiers were fine, the Trojan was stable, and it had a lot of supplies hanging on, if it wasn't for the fact that it couldn't be used to charge into battle, it was simply the perfect thing.
Starting from the west gate of the camp, Xia He's team went on the main road, and in yesterday's battle, a lot of half-elves were killed, but the half-elves seemed to be endless, and carried out many harassment attacks at night. As soon as Xia He's team came out, more than a hundred half-elves rushed over from a distance.
On the tower in the camp, the sound of magic guns rang out, and they were killed by name.
Freya was not happy, she was too far away from the half-elves, and it was difficult for her to rush over to harvest her soul. This kind of thing, done secretly on the battlefield, no one can see it, and if you do it specifically, sooner or later it will arouse suspicion.
There are two hundred Imperial soldiers, twenty magicians, one hundred and sixteen mercenary warriors, five mercenary mages, plus Xiahe Freya and Modo, a total of three hundred and eighty-eight people. There were not even half of the half-spirits, and they were shot clean before they could get within a hundred meters of the team.
In Xia He's team, Freya took twenty men and went to collect the spoils and put them on the empty wooden horses.
There were skins on both sides of the back of the Trojan horse, and after simply cleaning up the battlefield, Xia He ignored these corpses, and behind it was the camp, and the people in the camp would naturally drag all the corpses away.
After seeing this achievement, Modo couldn't help but ask, "Earl, how much does your magic gun cost?"
"It's similar to what the empire makes, the material requirements are not high, and the requirements for refining methods are not low, and the alchemy factory should be able to produce it. ”
Modo was a little disappointed, if it cost about the same cost as the Empire's experiment, this thing didn't want to be equipped on a large scale.
Xia He didn't think about it so much, the development of the Shenzhou Empire is much more mature than this world, and now the empire's firearms have come to an end, all kinds of energy armor have been turned into individual soldiers, and the empire trains the army purely to ensure the evolution of human beings.
It's still too early for this world to develop to the level of the Divine Week.
It's just a preliminary magic gun, and if Freya is asked to design the armor, the armor for this ranged weapon will make the low-level magic gun useless.
With the advantage of weapons and intelligence, Xia He's team can face the attack of less than a thousand half-elves.
The Trojan began to speed up and sped down the road.
"Can it be faster?" Modo was a little anxious, his demon deer were urging, at this speed, if he didn't rest, it would be late at night to reach the camp of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
"Modo, we take the big road, we take a long detour, but if we go directly through the forest, we will suffer more attacks, and the speed will be slower, can you understand?"
"Yes. "Modo is depressed, and he is not a soldier.
"I'm keeping the best speed, and if I speed up, after eight hours, we'll have to stop and give the Trojan the magic to the horse. Then it is better for the mage to meditate for another hour to stay in the best shape for battle. ”
"I see, just as the Count wills. Modo's expression was grim.
Xia He stopped his mount and raised his hand to signal, and the whole team stopped.
"General Mordo, let me ask you, what do you mean by me? Are you dissatisfied with me?"
"Of course I'm dissatisfied, you, as a nobleman of the empire, Your Majesty's courtier, let you rescue Her Royal Highness the Princess, you pushed back and didn't want to go without compensation, what is the reason?"
Xia He smiled and said, "Are you reasoning with me?"
"That's right, I'm going to make sense. ”
"The law of the empire stipulates that nobles should donate their wealth for the princess?"
"Donate your wealth?"
"Can the general come up with a million gold coins?"
"No, you can't. ”
"In order to be in a hurry, I consumed a scroll sequence launcher, and the price under the cost is calculated for you, both of which are 164,000 gold coins. Two of them are 328,000 gold coins, take them out and sell them, how much do you say? There are more than 300 Trojan horses, each with a magic gun, and my own 200 demonized war horses have also contributed, how much do you say these are worth?"
Modo couldn't refute it, and Xia He sneered: "How many gold coins have you contributed to the empire, General Modo?"
"The armor and equipment on these people were originally prepared by me for my own troops, because there was a problem with the empire's offensive plan, and a large number of half-elves were contaminated by divinity, so I took them out and distributed them to them. Do you think I was wrong to make amends?"
"It's not the earl's fault, it's my ignorance. Mordo's face turned blue, but he immediately admitted his mistake.
"You Imperial Legion, of course, want to give everything, I know that. But after you retire, the country has titles and rewards for meritorious service, as well as land to divide and official positions to take. When Your Majesty needs it, you have to bring troops to fight, and you have no choice. ”
"It's that I don't understand. Mordo continued to admit his mistake.
"I hope Her Royal Highness the princess can have enough money to compensate for my losses, I even left my own students behind, hehe......" Xia He finished speaking, raised his hand again, and motioned for the team to move forward.
Modo didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and his previous dissatisfaction had subsided a lot.
Because he really can't come up with so much money to share the country's worries.
Xia He was still parallel to him, and said to Mo Duo while walking again: "You legionaries, sometimes it's too simple to think about the problem, do you really think it's easy to be a noble? Some small nobles, if they come out this time, if they can't go back alive, they may inherit the family business of the tenth generation. ”
"I really don't know about that. ”
"I'm very rich, and so far, I haven't raised 3,000 soldiers. The little nobles came out to fight, and all their net worth was pressed up, and if there was no compensation, who would serve the empire. It's okay to win a war, even if you lose a soldier, you can earn it back, but if you lose? If you don't have meritorious service, that compensation is not enough for the nobles to give to the knights. ”
"Is it so miserable?"
"General, you are full alone, the whole family is not hungry, and the nobles have to support many people. If I hadn't robbed a few sums of money and killed a lot of people before, I wouldn't be qualified to support Her Royal Highness the princess now. ”
Modo Khan, Count Asla, is too blunt, right?
"But who have you seen who got rich by robbery? This kind of thing does not last, and the nobles still accumulate wealth little by little by business and mines, and farmland. The laws of the empire are very strict, and the nobles of our country cannot oppress the people too much, and it is not easy for everyone to make money. ”
Mordo was choked enough, and he wasn't going to refute it.
He is a soldier, and he must not think the same as the other party.
Xia Hedao: "You don't have to worry about the princess, she is capable, and it is not difficult to hold the camp." ”
"Your Highness said that the enemy will become stronger and stronger, and I can also feel the changes of those half-elves, at the earliest, I can cut and kill more than a dozen ...... with a single sword"
"Tell me, how did you get stronger?" Xia He immediately became alert.
"Speed, strength, defense, and attack are all increasing, and now ordinary mercenaries are no longer their opponents, and Imperial soldiers can still fight a few at a time, but they will also be injured. His Highness has left the camp to fight...... Moreover, the half-elves are contaminated with divinity, and their flesh cannot be eaten. ”
"How did the princess do it?"
"Your Highness has established a magic furnace, and all the corpses are thrown into it to be burned into crystals, and you can get some money back. ”
Xia He nodded and said: "This is right, otherwise although the half-elf is killed, the divinity will still be scattered and absorbed by other creatures, and sooner or later it will be a disaster." I also have a furnace, but I didn't think of it before. Let me ask you, has the body structure of the half-elf changed?"
"Yes, but I'm not involved in the dissection, you'll have to ask the camp magician. ”
"I will. Xia He asked for some more details, and found that the trouble near the center of the temple was far less than that of Her Royal Highness the Princess's camp.
The number of half-elves on his side is not much, and the number of poisonous insects is also very small, and he can maintain the situation with one or two thousand people.
In the princess's camp, there are more than enough people to die.
"Princess Camp, don't have enough resources, right?" Xia He suddenly asked, he realized a problem, that is, his space equipment is very large, and no one can compare with it under the legend.