On the one hand, the central part of the kingdom is poor, and on the other hand, the local nobles make a lot of money, which is undoubtedly the funniest thing in Si Nanpei's opinion.

The fact that Auvergne had a mountain of wealth, but which could not be transported to the center of the kingdom, has proved what an old and rotten system is in operation in this country, and which, if not reformed, will inevitably lead to the destruction of the wealth of the whole kingdom - this will undoubtedly happen almost certainly, unless one can turn back the level of development of the productive forces of the whole continent by three hundred years.

If it is in a modern country, it is quite normal or even a little low for the local government to hand over the surplus to the central government, but in Theresa's mouth, it has become "a gratuitous patronage for the king" and "there can be no more", which makes Sinampei feel incomprehensible.

Was it the other nobles who prevented Theresa from doing this, or was it that's all Theresa's idea was that she had obligations, and she didn't want to pay more for the king?

People are selfish, even relatives will have a gap in financial issues that are not enough for outsiders, let alone between the big nobles who are not humane? Lu Xun once said, "I have never been afraid to speculate on the Chinese people with the worst malice." Si Nanpei, who inherited this skepticism, has unswervingly pursued this sentence after entering the society, and has put the target on everyone. And after experiencing many failures, he took the deep meaning contained in them as a guideline. If other nobles said that thirty percent was the limit and refused to hand over more, Sinampei would definitely regard this as a pretense of prevarication, but now, he couldn't bear to put such a vicious guess on Theresa.

After all, when he was in Auvergne, he had seen firsthand how Theresa worked hard to help the victims - although it did not delay her in making money, but in Sinampe's opinion, this also proved that she was a wise man who could understand the overall situation, and if it were not for this, Sinampe would not have risked his life to her just by saving her life.

So it was the nobles who put pressure on her and prevented her from taking further action? Sinan Pei couldn't help but sigh silently, the nobles still didn't want anyone to break the conventions that would benefit them in the past at this critical juncture? They shouldn't be so stupid! Unless...... Unless other nobles are still trying to suppress the king's strength at this juncture.

True, the point is not on convention, but on the king.

Sinampei wanted to ask Trisa directly what she meant by the phrase "The rear can't be messed up, there can't be more", but after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't ask, he felt that it was still a little inappropriate to ask this kind of thing directly.

"Your Highness, in the history of the kingdom, has there been a precedent for cutting the domain?" But Sinan Pei still couldn't help but knock on the side.

"You say cutting the domain?" Theresa shook her head, "Every time you dig some meat from the big nobles, you have to make the relationship between the monarch and the minister tense for a long time, if you cut the domain, the kingdom will not have to blow up the nest? Find a reason to deprive a family of fiefs, there will be thousands of people standing up against you, and the best result is to change someone to inherit the title." The aristocrats quarrel all day long over trivial matters, but there is an unexpected unity in such matters. ”

Si Nanpei scratched his head, it turned out that things had come to this point.

"Alright, stop talking about these annoying things. Theresa grinned and stopped in front of a door, "This is your room, it's not a big bedroom, but it's not as good as some servants' rooms, and the lighting is great, I think you'll be satisfied." ”

"I'm sorry for you. Sinan Pei smiled and pushed the door open.

What Trisa said was indeed good, this room was very much in line with Sinampei's wishes, but what pleased him the most was the luggage of Sinampe, which was placed in this room by Trisa in advance.

In addition to some books and playthings that Sinampe had collected during his time in Auvergne, there were pistol bullets with two magazines.

Originally, after being robbed by Angus halfway, Sinampei thought that he would never see them again, but he didn't expect to have an unexpected reunion with these treasures today.

But......

"Your Highness, have you moved these bullets?" Sinampei's face was long, although he didn't want to accuse Theresa, but the bad problem of secretly rummaging through other people's things made him very unhappy.

In front of women, men always have to keep some little secrets.

Theresa smiled slightly embarrassedly, then grabbed Sinan Pei's arm and said coquettishly: "If I hadn't seen these bullets, I really couldn't believe that the metallurgical technology in your hometown is really so developed." It was only after seeing these bullets that he decided to hand over the work of cannon casting to you. ”

It turned out that it was because of this! Sinan Pei suddenly realized, no wonder the middle-aged uncle was so decisive.

"Your Highness, cannon casting is a technical job, please tell Your Majesty, don't expect me to produce results in a short time, take your time and don't worry. Sinan Pei said casually.

"You can see that, too!" Theresa was a little surprised.

"I think anyone can see it......" In the middle of his words, Sinampei suddenly stopped, and he realized that his words seemed to be a little too much.

"His Majesty can't help it. Theresa shook her head, "The front-line troops are under too much pressure in the face of the new giant artillery of the Caledonian Army, and almost all the fortresses cannot withstand that kind of bombardment. ”

"Cannon?" Si Nan Pei was interested, and he was also curious about what kind of artillery could be made in a country where the productivity was still in the late Middle Ages.

"It is said that the largest artillery of the Caledonian Army has a caliber of seventy-six centimeters, and the barrel of the gun is capable of reaching five meters. Theresa gestured, "The granite shells used weigh more than 680 kilograms, and I don't know if it's true or not." ”

Sinampei gasped, this is already comparable to the Byzantine terminator "Urban Cannon" in the history of the earth! In his mind, he imagined that kind of artillery smashed the city wall of Pali, and then the enemy army rushed into the city and took Trisa, Carla and others captive, Sinampei shivered for no reason.

It's terrifying! It seems that the capture of the city of Pali no longer requires something as supernatural as magic. Sinampei shook his head, threw those messy pictures out of his head, and said to Theresa with some nervousness: "I'm going to start the preliminary design work tonight, no, maybe the defense of Pali City will also be improved......