Siegel had two days to "rest" before formally attending the Imperial Council as a military advisor, and the first thing he did was to return to the city of Myr.

It's not that hard to do. Taking advantage of the high speed of the Star Cable, he first came to Strange Cliff City, and then used the transcontinental teleportation array to return home all the way. In fact, he can also do it faster, such as using the teleportation array left by the Elven Sage, claiming that the world will return in an instant. Of course, you can also use the plane projection to cast yourself directly near the city of Myr.

After explaining his role as a military manager, he hurried back to the Star Castle, which took less than a day in total. This kind of mobility shocked the world, and the major lords of the Star Kingdom understood a truth after receiving the tip: if Marquis Siegel wanted to, he could strike at any lord in the Star Kingdom in one day.

In the same way, His Majesty the King, who owns a magic ship, can do this. Although the royal ship never showed the same speed as the Heim Collar ship, it was assumed that His Majesty Evan was hiding his strength - there was no reason why the king was inferior to the lord. But in fact, Evan has been complaining to Siegel privately after hearing about it, forcing him to increase the speed of his ship.

"I spent 200 million gold coins. Siegel said: "I will first ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the royal meeting, even the king can't pay for his debts, and let people work for nothing without taking money, right?"

So the topic stopped.

The Council of Kings discussed something else, the big and small things of the kingdom as a whole, which were both familiar and alien to Siegel. In Heimland, he is the master of the realm. What he says is the end result. is a command that must be executed. The whole realm revolves around his will. In the Imperial Council, he was only a participant in the plan, and no one would accommodate him just because he was an archmage or a marquis. In fact, Siegel is in more trouble than he thinks.

"The lords everywhere are still secretly arming themselves with muskets, and there have already been two battles with muskets between the Merris and the Leggers, and it is believed that there will be a third soon. Duke Carlyle Starry stroked his upturned beard and stared at Siegel with disgruntled eyes. "Many lords disobey the king's gun restriction orders, but they say they learned it from the royal marquis. Mistress Siegel. As a military advisor to the Imperial Front, should you set an example and take the lead in strictly enforcing the king's orders?"

"No, that order is simply not possible. Siegel replied coldly and politely: "By order of the king, as a marquis, I can equip a musket corps of three hundred men, and this number does not mean anything to me at all. Heim now has about 7,000 soldiers armed with No. 56 submachine guns, and the number continues to grow. I plan to rearm all the soldiers, and there will be about 20,000 muskets. ”

"What do you want to do! this is blatant disobedience!" the Duke slammed the table, his beard cocked.

Siegel waved his hand. "My purpose is simple, I want to know after I distribute muskets to all the lord's soldiers. Will it cause rebellion and chaos. He looked at Evan's expression and knew that he had caused him to think, so he said, "If every knight has a gun, the situation he faces is not much different from every knight not having a gun." Having a weapon is not power, being able to make a weapon is. Your Majesty, my advice is not to limit guns, but to sell them. When only the royal family had the ability and power to make firearms, the lord had to exchange gold coins for them if he wanted to. The price didn't need to be too high, so that the lords felt that it was more convenient and cheaper to buy than to spend money on research and manufacturing themselves. ”

The anger on Duke Carlyle's face came and went down quickly, and he began to pinch his beard again and think.

"I commissioned the Federation to develop gunpowder and firearm structures, and built workshops with my own craftsmen. Your Majesty, the real key lies in these two points, the recipe of gunpowder and the structure of the firearm, which are equivalent to the manufacture of bowstrings and arrows. I intend to hand over all these two technologies to Your Majesty, I wonder what price Your Majesty is willing to pay?"

Evan sat up straight, lifted the crown on his head, and said to Siegel with a smile, "It seems that your treasury is really empty, otherwise it wouldn't have hit me with the idea." However, I'm afraid you don't look down on gold and silver treasures, and it doesn't make much sense to make you a duke. Why don't you just tell me what you want, and then the two of us can discuss it?"

"Okay, I don't think that's a problem. Siegel nodded.

With the exception of Duke Carlyle and Salk, everyone else frowned. They looked at the king and the marquis, and wondered in their hearts what else they did not know. Heim Territory is alone, and with so much autonomy, how many secret agreements are there in it?

The reason why they think this way is because they do not believe that there can be unreserved trust between kings and ministers. However, the two parties did not think about this aspect. Siegel felt that the autonomy of the lord was above all else, and Evan believed that the Heim Territory was completely made by Siegel's efforts, and even his own father and ancestors did not contribute much, and he could not interfere indiscriminately.

Siegel's plan was to give the production of muskets to the royal family and receive a permanent profit from the net profits. After equipping his army, Heimling's musket production capacity was severely oversupplied, and it was enough to keep one or two workshops for upgrading. Seagal couldn't blatantly sell weapons to other lords - secretly smuggling plasma crossbows was another thing - so it was imperative to hand over the production line to the king.

Of course, the young stalwart craftsmen Siegel had to stay all, only the older ones, who hoped that by serving the royal family, they would be able to give their children a better background, and if they wanted to leave, Siegel could let them go. He still has a lot of work to do, and without the support of craftsmen, it is not practical to rely on the Golem Maker alone. Moreover, the market faced by the Star Royal Family is much larger than that of Heim Ling, and Yicheng's net profit may be higher than all the interests in the past, not only is there no risk, but it can also improve its prestige.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Samson coughed, and then asked aloud: "Lord Marquis Siegel, allow me to take the liberty of asking, how much production capacity can the entire workshop add up, and how much will it cost?"

"I can only answer your first question, if you dismantle it as a whole, it will be about 10,000 per year, but a full set of recipes and drawings are available, and you only need to expand how much production capacity you want. I really don't know the cost, I don't have time to care about the specific figures, on the one hand, I equip myself, and on the other hand, I have been making money. But I'm sure it's cheaper and easier to use than any version on the market. ”

"Yes, that's what I believe, and Heim Collar is known throughout the country for its cheap and easy to use. Baron Norris, the Minister of Construction, always widened his eyes and looked angry all the time, and he always spoke with a "um, hum" throat sound, which was even more unfriendly: "Many mines and workshops in the Eastern Continent have closed down because of the cheap products of Heim Ling, and the lives of miners, porters and craftsmen have become unstable. What do you think about this matter, Lord Marquis?"

Evan tapped his finger on the table, "Baron Norris, this is not something that should be discussed at the Imperial Council, and Lord Heim is not responsible for what happened in another territory on another continent. This problem is a problem of the Kingdom of Stars, and it is me who should really solve this problem, so you should apologize to Marquis Siegel. ”

Baron Norris immediately stood up and said, "Excuse me, Lord Marquis," and then sat down. Siegel smiled and put the matter to light. In fact, he almost said that "if the lords can't feed them, the Heim Lords are willing to provide work."

It only takes a dozen more seconds of thinking for Siegel to understand that he can't say this. In Heim Realm, he could say this to the lords who had sworn allegiance to him, because he was already in a position of lordship. But the king is still there, the royal power is still there, and it will be more serious if he speaks again.

He exhaled slowly, reminding himself that at the Imperial Council, he was a military advisor, so it was best to do only this thing. The only thing he needs to report on the affairs of Heim Ling is His Majesty, and no matter what others say, they can't affect him in the slightest.

I had a good idea of how to deal with the Musket Workshop, so I was able to deal with it calmly, but I was not prepared for anything else. It's not like magic is something you're good at, and sometimes you need to think a lot to answer. But do you really want to spend your time thinking like this?

The Imperial Council has again begun to discuss the state of the royal family's food reserves this year, trade with elves, and the harassment of the northern sea lines of communication by orcs.

"Orcs come every year, especially at the beginning of winter, and there's nothing to discuss. Earl Todd said, "The navy is not a vegetarian, so what are you worried about?"

Count Todd opened his mouth, and Siegel suddenly realized that he was completely asking for trouble just now. Although he is actually a military governor, he is nominally only an adviser and a subordinate of Count Todd. If you have any problems, you should at least discuss them with Count Todd first. Not exactly to have a shield, but to use his prestige and experience.

At the same time, the Star Kingdom has a long history and has long formed its own system. Even without Siegel, the kingdom would have been able to function normally, and perhaps it would have worked even better. Just like Count Todd said, the orcs have been doing so before, and now they are good, and it's never too late to deal with new changes. It turns out that all I need to do is to deal with that little bit of new situation, just like just looking at the corner of the iceberg that emerges from the water, and don't have to worry about what has been digested by the system and experience under the water.

Perhaps this is what Evan thought about and allowed himself to have a process of adaptation and learning, so he kept Earl Todd...... However, Siegel didn't want to be the military governor for a long time, he still had a lot of spells to learn and research, and a great prophet to deal with. Count Todd should be allowed to live a long life, so that he can be idle?

Siegel suddenly discovers the best candidate to experiment with cloning. (To be continued.) )