"It's winter, and it doesn't seem like there's going to be much of a war going on. Chi Nan looked at the sky, the heavy snow for several days had frozen the rivers in the Tianjian River Valley, and people could walk around on it.

The ships that he left behind are now frozen in the water, unable to move at all. The reason is because of the lack of power, and not because the boat is not strong. Conversely, at low temperatures, ships are harder than steel.

Between the surrounding heaven and earth, it has turned into a large continuous white. In this case, the locals, who were very badly injured, had to try their best to survive. In this kind of ice and snow, they can often be seen, and they are out to find food. None of these people dared to approach the Bear Fortress.

In this same environment, it was very difficult for those armies to march and fight.

Chi Nan has inquired clearly, and now the only ones who are still active on the battlefield are those who are armed with pea cannons. Because of the pea cannon in hand, you don't have to run at all, and you can dress yourself warmer.

You don't need to be in iron armor to fight in this environment. But without the cooperation of other troops, relying only on some of the previous pea cannons, there is no way to get much help. Recently, the rear has asked itself to provide a fourth-generation pea cannon, and only this pea cannon can produce powerful power when used alone.

Chi Nan didn't care, just dragged slowly. "Hmph, if it is really provided in large quantities, then my military merits will be less. I only have a few people under me, and it's not enough at all. ”

Chi Nan directly rejected this kind of proposal under the pretext that it was more difficult to cultivate plants in the big winter.

On this day, Chi Nan was still working on his airship. With the floating ball, it is very easy to make the airship fly, but how to make the propeller, Chi Nan has no choice.

Recently, Chi Nan has been thinking about the problem of propellers, without such power, even if his airship can fly, it will not be able to move quickly, which is almost useless.

Just as Chi Nan continued his research, a guard walked in. "Your Excellency, a letter from Command. ”

Chi Nan put down his work and took the letter. "What are the Command going to do, these humans are too greedy, or give them a look. Miria scurried over.

Chi Nan rolled his eyelids: "Didn't you go to appease the other half-elves, why did you come here again." ”

Miria held her cheeks with both hands, and said pitifully: "It's not you, patriarch, I haven't thought of how to bring everyone back to the territory until now, and we can't go through it directly." They asked me to see how your research is going, Patriarch. "Miria has seen Chi Nan like this many times, and she is not fooled at all.

"See for yourself, it's all over there. And then Miria really jumped up and down to watch. It's not an inspection, it's just curiosity. Miria's curiosity is still so heavy.

Chi Nan opened the envelope and looked at it while sneering: "Because of my business, I have to negotiate with the other party." The breath of the forest is to give them half of the share, so ask us to double the breath of the forest. ”

Konoe's eyes moved, and he immediately said, "My lord, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. Besides, this time it wasn't our fault in the first place, so why should we negotiate with the other party for our own sake. ”

Chi Nan smiled: "What else can it be, the position and angle are different." From the standpoint of human beings, half-elves are just slaves, and it is normal to be captured. But it touched their interests, destroyed a slave camp, and lost so many people. Whether it is the voice of the people or the demands of other nobles, it must be satisfied. ”

"So, this time they came to me and wanted me to do something good to appease them. There's nothing wrong with saying that I did it. Chi Nan still sneered.

"So what are we going to do, my lord, do we really have to agree to their request? ”

Chi Nan sneered: "Hmph, the request must have been made by them and the other party, but if they want so much, most of them will be intercepted by themselves." What to pay half, are they willing to pay. ”

The breath of the forest is related to their longevity and appearance, and in their eyes, isn't the front line just a few people dead. As for those territories or something, they can't get them anyway, they don't care at all. Therefore, the ultimate goal is still for one's own benefit.

Chi Nan thought for a moment, and then said: "Tell the command that you can't provide so much, just say that the output is not enough." I can only add 20% at most. Chi Nan calculated, two percent is not a lot, and they always have to give some benefits.

Anyway, this time it is indeed necessary to let Rusyala's people take the cylinder. Otherwise, the matter of destroying the two fortresses will really cause trouble. It's good to have a backstage help.

"I know, my lord, I'll do it. The guard hurriedly bowed and left the place.

Chi Nan continued to look at the letters, and most of them were some nonsense or something like that. There is also the request for the fourth-generation pea cannon, it seems that they want to take advantage of this winter's environment to seize a large amount of land on the front line in one fell swoop. They even asked for some tanks and artillery, and looking at their appearance, they really wanted everything.

"What about the greedy people, forget it, let them wait. Chi Nan ignored it and continued to deal with it as before.

"Miria, you're still going to watch here, I'm going to get to work. Chi Nan looked at Milia and touched the west, a little funny. Look at that careful look, like a kitten.

When Milia heard Chi Nan's words, she jumped up all of a sudden: "Patriarch, don't be so scary, okay." Looking at the things here, it doesn't seem like there's been any progress at all. ”

Chi Nan spread his hands: "Of course there is no progress, I also know it." Because the propeller is not easy to make, even if it is made of wood, it will break down quickly. If you really can't do it, you have to use metal. "This is where Chi Nan is depressed, it is too time-consuming to use metal, and the craftsmanship is not good.

However, to improve the metalworking process, the door of a bad industry will be opened by itself, which is the last thing that China Nan wants. Industry is a double-edged sword, and once opened, the world will develop rapidly.

But I am afraid that I will not end well if I lead the change to happen. Moreover, Chi Nan does not think that his territory can develop faster than others, even if he has his own forward-looking vision.