Seeing the 80 breech cannon made of steel, Emperor Plitt immediately showed a look of surprise on his face, and he asked the princess Dorothea, who had just received the order from the Antioch Palace, and asked suspiciously:

"Dorothea, are all of this new weapon made of steel?"

"Yes, Father!"

Princess Dorothea nodded in reply.

"That's a waste, how much steel does it take to make such a strange canister, didn't Count Cullen say that a cannon only costs 25 goldenrods? Why do I think the value of this steel is almost fifty gold lund?"

Emperor Plitt couldn't help but shake his head, feeling a little worthless about using steel that could make dozens of sets of plate armor to make such a strange weapon called "artillery".

"Your Majesty, we have actually developed a technique that uses magic to smelt steel, which has greatly reduced the cost of steel and greatly increased production.

Therefore, the cost of this gun is not too high, and its power is definitely worth the price."

Hearing Emperor Plit's question, Count Cullen on the side explained.

This news surprised Emperor Plitt suddenly:

"The technology of smelting steel using magic? How come I have never heard of you?"

Even in this era, the production of steel is often related to the military and economic strength of the country.

Among other things, the armor on the knights and horses requires a lot of steel. Therefore, when Emperor Plitt heard that such a new technology had appeared, he immediately paid attention to it.

"Father, this technology was developed by a chamber of commerce within the business alliance I founded, and our royal family also owns 25% of the shares, and I sent the relevant chapters to your study through the chief of the Babbitt guard."

Seeing that Emperor Pulit seemed to be a little dissatisfied, the Empress Dorothea had to explain.

Hearing this, Emperor Plitt looked at the chief attendant beside him, and suddenly remembered that because of his poor health, he had not gone to the study to deal with government affairs for a long time, no wonder he had not read his daughter's chapter fold.

"When that's over, you'll have to explain to me what your new technology is all about. Now, I'm going to see if the power of the new weapon you've praised is so amazing."

Thinking of this, Emperor Pulit felt that because of his body, during this time, it seemed that his understanding of the imperial capital and his control over his children had been somewhat relaxed.

Even Dorothea made such a big move right under his nose, he didn't notice it in the slightest, and couldn't help but say with a slight shock in his heart.

"Yes, Father! Viscount Hart, please have the palace guard send a few knights!"

Princess Dorothea nodded in response to Emperor Plit's order, and then said to Viscount Hart on the side.

"Yes, Your Highness! Alex, the third squad is out!"

Viscount Hart, who was heavily armed, received permission and immediately sent eleven knights of the palace guard wearing Mithril armor to the sidelines, and then the princess Dorothea carefully explained to the knights how to use muskets and cannons.

As a mage, the Dorothean princess was able to describe exactly what she had seen in the R&D center before, and these knights, who were well-dressed in Mithril armor and carried a long sword at their waists, listened to the explanation of the Dorothea princess and immediately began to operate it.

Although they had never been trained to do so, with their ability to control their bodies, the knights did a good job, and soon twenty court attendants also erected plate armor targets at a distance of about fifty and one hundred meters.

"Prepare...... Fire!"

After groping around, and after completing the reloading according to the instructions of Her Royal Highness, a captain of the palace guard squad acted as the starter, and the long sword in his hand cracked like a streamer.

The other ten knights, armed with Type 1391 Type 2 rifles, took a posture similar to archery based on their own understanding of the imperial daughter's words, and pulled the trigger continuously at this moment.

"Bang bang bang

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A series of roasted muskets resounded in the wide playground of the Sasha Palace, and the knights were obviously a little surprised by the very different recoil of the muskets and bows, but under the control of their strong physical fitness, the muzzle of the Type 2 rifle was only slightly raised, and then stabilized.

Under the influence of their intuition cultivated by their long-term military training, although the first few bullets fired by the knights did not know where to fly, in the process, several knights quickly figured out the use of the crosshair and the door of the Type 2 rifle, and quickly found the feel of musket shooting.

So after they adjusted their posture a little, almost every bullet of the four or five bullets behind them accurately hit the plate armor target in the distance, so that the target couldn't stop vibrating and making a dull sound of "Dongdong".

When the ten knights had completed their demonstration of the power of the rifles, put down the Type 2 rifles, and felt a little wonder at the new weapon, the Empress Dorothea hastened to remove the plates from the targets and present them to Emperor Pulit and his ministers.

The plate armor in the arsenal of the Sasha Palace is naturally not a cheap color, basically every plate armor can reach a thickness of more than 3.5, but such plate armor is still hit by the improved Type 1391 Type 2 rifle out of apple-sized pits.

Even in some of the weak points that were hit continuously, they directly broke a hole the size of a dragon's eye, and if it was worn on the knight's body, it was obvious that the knight had been shot and died.

"How can it be so powerful? Count Karen, are you sure that this new weapon, called the "Musket", only costs 1 gold lunt each?"

Looking at the shocking craters and bullet holes on the plate armor, Emperor Plitt was full of shock, and Earl Hubbard Christine, the Minister of War on the side, asked directly.

"Earl Hubbard, the cost price of the "musket" is 1 gold lunt and 8 silver mar, otherwise Archduke Conns Rand would not have the idea of letting the palace guards be responsible for training a new army, and the training funds allocated by the Grand Duke to the palace guards are only 2,000 gold lundes.

Your Majesty, although this new weapon cannot help some fine plate armor of good quality, or enchanted, or made of Mithril and Adamantite gold, the power of the plate armor of ordinary knights can be easily broken.

I think it's necessary for the Empire to build a new army to see how much of a threat an army equipped with this new weapon can pose to a group of charging knights, and if the new army can fight the knights in a similar number, then I think it's necessary to make some adjustments to the army."

Count Cullen calmly explained to Count Hubbard, and then admonished Emperor Pullet.

"The New Army? Indeed, if such weapons are available, the creation of a new army is necessary! But why did Archduke Connes have to name the palace guards to train the new army?"

Emperor Plitt nodded with a look of surprise on his face, but then asked the Fusk Palace next to him with some confusion.

The communication between the imperial capital and the four realms is responsible for it through the administrative office of the palace minister, and Emperor Plitt naturally wants to find the main owner of the matter and ask the reason, and by the way, this is also to appease Earl Hubbard, who has always been loyal to him.

Because the military affairs of the empire were originally managed by the military affairs office under the command of Earl Hubbard, the affairs of the new army should have been the same.