Chapter 15: Artillery
Rumble!
Lawrence stood on the hill and watched the smoke from artillery fire in the distance.
Even from a great distance, you can breathe the unpleasant smell of gunpowder.
The explosion continued, and birds and animals in the distance fled quickly from the vicinity of the mountain.
Lawrence stood at the top of the hill, and near it were the students of the Saintess Academy, as well as the Military Academy and many apprentices of craftsmen.
The craftsmen of Ironforge Fort have cultivated a group of skilled helpers, and the scale has expanded dozens of times.
The gunpowder in the Valley of Flames had also accumulated a lot, enough for Lawrence to squander for two or three years.
"The effect is okay, the current artillery range has reached 8,000 to 10,000 meters, whether it is a naval battle or a land war, it can play a good role."
Sophia lowered her head in disappointment and whispered: "Master, everyone thinks that they must fight the elf queen, the war is not completely over." ”
"Master, when will you attack the South? We can control the local nobles to work for us, and we don't have to deal with the slaves there. ”
Lawrence officially spoke his opinion to everyone, and he just didn't want to play out.
After hearing that there was a fight, Fryce and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Not only Fleiss, but also many people in the military academy were much more relieved.
In this way, there is no need to take care of those serfs, only the technology needs to be disseminated.
The wisdom of witches has always been fine, especially when it comes to thinking about benefits and how to exploit them, and they have always been very classy.
Heidi felt that occupying the land was not the best solution, especially since her own masters were too merciful, and it was better to rely on the study abroad system to control the descendants of the local lords, and then let the descendants of the lords continue to abuse the serfs to pay tribute for food and output.
At present, promotion to knighthood is mainly based on military merit, especially for barbarians.
"Why do you always care about the Elven Court?" Lawrence didn't feel the need to trouble the Elven Queen, and he didn't want to add more harem members.
"Their suffering shows my greatness even more."
Fryce quickly shouted: "Great Prophet, if there is no war, what are we people going to do?" ”
Lawrence turned and walked towards the crowd, the covering cannon was already enough to solve most of the threat posed by wizards.
"I'll keep the elves in the Elven Court, and let the elves who are reluctant to go out of the forest see the gap between us."
"Even if they are conquered, they will feel grateful, not hateful, and this is the country of stars that I command."
"So put away all of you who want to conquer your desires every day, and don't feel that you are making any grand preparations if you don't fight the Elven Court."
It used to rely on looting and plundering, but since the fight with Lawrence, it has become a war, and it is still an organized war.
"Thank you! Merciful Great Prophet! ”
"There's no need to rush this kind of thing." Lawrence looked at the crowd in front of him, "There will always be people outside the stars who do not belong to our church and country, and these people have a need to exist. ”
The only ones who can pose a threat are wizards with strange abilities.
However, there was no intention of starting a war with all the wizards from the beginning to the end, and now the practice of co-opting most wizards has given the country of stars a variety of ways to deal with the threat posed by external wizards.
Kneeling was not invented by Lawrence, and Lawrence didn't know who invented this rule, as if it was something in the blood.
Lawrence nodded earnestly, indicating that he heard it.
"Our richness, our strength, need some contrast."
Sophia excitedly followed Lawrence, "Master, are we going to fight the Elven Court?" ”
If you don't fight, you don't have rewards, you don't have enough money to drink wine and eat meat to feed women, and you don't have enough assets to share with your children.
They were professional fighters and saw war as a lifelong thing.
Lawrence said to the people nearby: "I've been waiting for these years, and these years will be our most important years. ”
They kneel when they are grateful, kneel when they are afraid, and most of the time they subconsciously choose this posture to express a variety of different emotions.
"This thing is slow, winter is coming again, and the earliest children will be adults in the past few years, and under my witness, they will gradually grow from small babies who can't walk to fathers and mothers who shoulder family responsibilities."
The rest didn't know how to show their reverence, like the warriors like Fleiss.
"It's like the Kingdom of Durella and the Kingdom of Deco, which were once reluctant to join the Star Alliance."
Basically, in terms of intuitive destructive power, the tech system is now slightly better.
Hearing Lawrence's words, Bull bowed respectfully, "Thank you, merciful great prophet! ”
"I'll keep some people outside and tell your children and grandchildren what kind of life you used to live."
"I believe that from these two years, the conquered kingdoms of Gran and Io will be grateful to me from the bottom of their hearts, and the great Lawrence Raven Feather has spread his wings and conquered and blessed the humans of those two lands."
In particular, you can rely on the output of an industrial city like Waterfall City to exchange large quantities of goods, and you can also get young people to come and work, and then work for a few years before letting them go back to their own country to farm.
"I have made arrangements in advance for agriculture and industry, so that the children will have clothes to wear, food, a house to live in, and help if they are sick."
"It's not that there is no war, it's just that we need peace in this God-given land." Lawrence proposed, "There will definitely be a war with the Church of the Light, and that's what I'm training you for. ”
Sometimes I think that even in modern society, many people in this level of the situation, in fact, there is not much difference.
Hundreds of people were repeating Boole's words.
"Not only the fertile land in the south, but soon I will send an emissary to the East, led by Alondo, and a small number of elite warriors will be sent to the Eastern Islands."
Not to fight, it is definitely not a good thing for them.
"Thank you! Merciful Great Prophet! ”
"The civilians of the kingdom of Decaux and the kingdom of Durella will envy our people who have wine to drink and meat to eat."
Heidi thought about it quickly, Lawrence hadn't said anything about his ambitions before, and Heidi hadn't thought about it that way.
"Not really." Lawrence said seriously: "I have never put it in my eyes, my people, your life will be better and better in the future, even if it is an ordinary family, you can live a better life than the former elven queen." ”
"Thank you! Merciful Great Prophet! ”
"Try the power of the artillery yourself, learn to try it, and be careful not to point into the crowd."
Lawrence frowned, "Whoever dares to point a cannon with shells at a crowded place will be hit directly!" It doesn't matter if you kill it! ”
"Yes! Prophet! Fryce was well aware of the power of the artillery, "Don't worry, I'm here to watch, and if anyone dares to be unconscious, I'll kick him in the ass!" (End of chapter)