After a civil war in Norway, the Baltic and North Sea coastal countries really watched the excitement. At the same time, it was asserted that Norway would be devastated after the war. Sweden is fighting with Novgorod for Baltic hegemony at this moment, so it has no time to deal with this stubble. And England, Wales, and the Scottish Civil War was raging. With territorial claims to Norway and sufficient power, only Denmark, the traditional Nordic big brother, remains.

Queen Margrethe I of Denmark, a strong woman who once dominated northern Europe in another world, decisively saw such an opportunity, south of the Öresund waterway, the Danish army has begun to assemble, and the military camps on the outskirts of Copenhagen are full of fighting spirits.

Of course, these things are still not clear to Egil. The boy is still immersed in the dream of ruling Norway and then being crowned king. After the Battle of Bergen, Egil's strength also rose directly.

The looted property was discounted, plus the taxes for February. There were nearly 60,000 more gold coins in the Biard vault. The nearly 20,000 people plundered during the war brought the population of Biard to 40,000. The city has a population of 12,000, which meets the requirements for upgrading the city.

"Then, the next step should be to plan an attack on Bergen. Egil looked at the system map, and there were only three places in the entire territory of Norway that could be called cities. There are also some small walled cities, which are not even called castles, which are the footholds of various small nobles.

Seriously, Egil really doesn't want to have a bunch of stupid and greedy aristocrats in his ruling class. He prefers to rule with the civilian class and to run the country. Of course, this may pose some problems - but it is definitely much smaller than the SB aristocrats.

It is as if now, the city of Biard, which is controlled by Egil, has a complete bureaucracy, with tax collectors, tribunes, mayors and judges. and their deputies and subordinate staff, adding up to a total of more than 150 people, maintain the normal operation of the city. Two squadrons, four hundred town patrols, kept the city safe and, if necessary, defended it to a certain extent - of course, which Egil did not want.

The research institute built in the basement of the lord's mansion has been completed - and then Egil finds himself once again pitted by the system elves.

"So--you damn thing, there's no scholar, no alchemist, no philosopher, no craftsman--so the progress of scientific research slows down, what do you mean?!" After discovering the event that it would take a year and nine months to study a scorpion crossbow, Egil erupted.

"So, do you think that a scientific research institute can complete scientific research work on its own?" asked the system elf without any pressure.

"Isn't it? Look at the soldiers, they just appeared out of thin air after the barracks were built!" said Egil.

"A soldier is a soldier. A scholar is a scholar. The two are not to be confused. "The system wizard explains,

“...... Well, tell me the method, to be able to get the method of the so-called scholars. Egil decisively gave up arguing, because it was completely useless to argue or something.

"Very good, here is an introduction to the entire scientific research system -- you have taken a cursory look at the previous military affairs, and now it is time to look at the civil affairs, which are divided into two parts: production and system. Production is divided into three branches: agriculture, industry, and commerce. The system is divided into three parts: administrative, legal, and philosophical.

Scholars are all-round talents, who can give all military and civil bonuses and reduce research time. Alchemists have bonuses to industry, especially metalmaking. Craftsmen are also divided into n factions, each of which will give bonuses to the professions they make. It's like a blacksmith can add a bonus to industry, forging, or something. Philosophers, on the other hand, have a great effect on the institutional aspect. Do you understand this? You understand -- and that a research institute can only work on one technology at a time. A research institute can only accommodate a maximum of three researchers. Please note this. ”

"So, is there a limit to the construction of research institutes?" asked Egil.

"No, if you have the money, you can make a few hundred - but be careful with secrecy. Otherwise, if someone finds out, you will not run away with the name of heresy, and if it is serious, you will be excommunicated, unless you march to Rome and destroy the pope, there is no solution. ”

"Understood. Egil nodded, and then thought about it again - and suddenly found that the system elf had not said the key point for a long time: "So, I asked how I could get the scientific researcher at the beginning, right?!"

"Spread your hands, don't worry. ”

"Needless to say, you can redeem bonds. ”

"Eh, it's the fastest and most convenient way. ”

Although in the previous war, Egil accumulated nearly 10,000 bonds. But this stingy Venetian guy could never have spent money so easily.

"Speaking of craftsmen, craftsmen should be the easiest to obtain. However, low-quality Tinkerers can provide very little bonus. At worst, you have to be a craftsman of Lu Ban's level to provide a powerful system bonus. ”

"So, where the hell am I going to look?!" Egil repeated.

"You have it in your blacksmith's shop. It's those blacksmiths, barely a weapon-type scientific researcher. ”

"Huh?! This is okay too. ”

"However, even the best of them only provides a very small bonus, so it's not recommended. ”

"Say something else. Egil said.

"As for the alchemist, it is even more difficult to find. Because of the dark Middle Ages. Such an identity is not visible. Even if there is an alchemist living in your town, it doesn't matter if people don't tell you about it. ”

"What about scholars, and philosophers?" asked Egil.

"Spread your hands, there are not many of these people in the whole of Europe, I advise you not to be delusional. ”

"So where is it?" asked Egil without giving up. ”

"Byzantium, Constantinople. ”

“...... When will your sister's Ottomans destroy Byzantium? ”

So, Egil had to think a little sadly.

Well, let's use bonds. You can only use bonds, and there is no other feasible channel other than bonds. Damn, bastard system.

Egir quickly summed it up that war was still the mainstream—metallurgical improvements, and the manufacture of armor, and the forging of weapons, which were the most urgently needed.

"Well, I want an alchemist, an armor maker, a weapons craftsman. So, Egil said.

"Eh, these have nothing to do with the Scorpion Crossbow, and they provide very little bonus. ”

"Can't the Weaponsmith be bonus?"

"The scorpion crossbow is considered a construction machine. ”

“...... Scholar one. ”

"Good, that's it. ”

Alchemists provide metallurgical modification bonuses, and armor tinkerers provide armor fabrication bonuses. And scholars. Egir gritted his teeth and spent 30,000 bonds—emptying his inventory and pasting a large sum of money upside down, summoning an eight-star scholar.

After that, the research speed of scientific research institutes has significantly accelerated a lot, and the fourth-level machinery required for the scorpion crossbow only takes five days to achieve, while the scorpion crossbow only takes one month, and the light ballista battleship only needs ten days. In this way, all the scientific and technological research that Egil needs can be completed in a month and a half.

However, Egil was not happy at all. For some time to come, "When will Byzantium destroy the country...... will become one of his mantras.

It may be difficult, in this plane, but you can keep trying.

After finishing the mess of the research institute, Egil ordered the construction of a ballista workshop, waited for fifteen days, and then built some clumsy ballistas - anyway, Bergen's small broken mud brick walls didn't need too strong siege weapons.

So, the next thing is to wait quietly...... Egil thought so. The town center, lord's mansion and city walls were upgraded again. Again go to the barracks. It's still called rejoicing with the people......

The whole city of Biard was enveloped in an atmosphere of silence and peace. The victories and revelry of the army also affected ordinary people. A slightly drunken smell that is intoxicating.

It was in this atmosphere that Egil waited for an unexpected visitor.

Early one morning, Egil took a cold shower with the Vikings as usual, and after refreshing himself, he was ready to check out the mayor's temporary office (which is being upgraded in the town center), and at noon he went to the treasury to count the gold (system elf: look at your little bit of interest). However, just then, two cavalry patrols ran in and told Egil a piece of news. A group of dwarves claiming to be the emissaries of the new Dwarven King have arrived on the outskirts of Biard and are preparing to enter the city.

"Oh?" Egil had almost forgotten about it for the last few days. A thousand gold coins or something, such a dispensable reward is nothing to Egil, who has tens of thousands of gold coins. And the news I got before that the dwarf tribe itself was also in civil strife, and I didn't have time to care about the little of the human race.

“...... What the hell are they here for?" thought Egil, rubbing his chin.

"Count, do you want to see them?" asked the knight of the Guard, who was with Egil.

"See, why not? Speaking of which, it's about the same height as a human, but it's only a three-headed creature, and I really want to see it. After saying this, Egil grabbed the white fox fur from the hanger next to him, put it on his body, and then said to the knights of the guard, "Pick ten men to meet you at the gate of the city." ”

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