Nearby, on a wooden bench, Charles reached out to brush away the dust.

Covering his face with a newspaper, his gaze occasionally glancing at the bottom of the black pole.

Suddenly, Charles felt an inexplicable touch.

The void gradually rippled, a subtle and familiar force.

The heart gradually sank to the bottom, and that was the power of death.

The shadow from the stranger still could not dissipate in his heart, and he endured the pinprick-like feeling, his eyes deepened, and he silently turned on his spiritual vision.

The power of silence rippled and rippled, and the field of vision was infected with colorful spots of light.

It was a small black crow, carrying a black notebook that fit its proportions.

A well-sized quill and even a humane pout.

You may dislike the ugliness of the font on the slip of paper.

The font on the slip of paper is skewed.

With a slight movement of his fingers, he looked away, "I see, the black crow is the messenger. ”

The crow copied and sang a strange ballad.

The language is unknown, but inexplicably intelligible.

"I look for light in the dead silence. ”

"I look for salvation in the night. ”

"I am looking for eternal silence in the paleness. ”

"I look for peace in the night. ”

"Under the deep sleep flower, who sleeps forever?"

"If you don't pass away in this life, what will you do in the next?"

"This life is gone, and it is empty in the blink of an eye. ”

............

Charles buried his head in the newspaper, the military column.

Title, North McCann's 20,000 partial divisions annihilated 4,000 Elsie troops in the wetlands.

It is expected to arrive on the outskirts of the city in four days.

"Four days, is it enough for the army to retreat?" Charles had a headache and a slight dilation of pupils.

The ripples gradually calmed down, and the crow was gone.

Retracting the loose thoughts, the text is a military treatise, with an interview.

Due to traffic reasons, this article was printed in Elsie a month ago.

But its high-quality content was selected by the Wil newspaper.

............

Title, the past and present lives of the breech and the breech, grievances and hatreds.

By chance, breech guns were invented, and cruel and icy weapons were used in warfare.

But the final price-performance balance has not yet been found.

Bolt-action rifles, which are extremely expensive to build.

............

Here are the specific visits.

Location, Elsie Institute of Military Science and Technology.

Reporter: Dean, do you think breech guns are the mainstream of the military?

Dean: Yes, definitely, but not now.

First of all, we want to talk about the concept that the military is a vassal of the economy.

This concept may be a bit ahead of its time, but in fact the economy dictates the investment in military research and equipment.

Value, the value that an army brings determines its existence, this is the foundation.

Each flintlock breech gun costs five times as much as the breech, and the range and chamber tightness are still problematic.

Bolt-action rifles are good, but they are more expensive per unit.

The defeat of 40,000 tribal armies by 5,000 regular troops in the Battle of the Wasteland is enough to prove the excellent effectiveness of breech guns.

According to statistics, the phenomenon of massive ammunition and headache explosions emerges in an endless stream.

Later battles were also miserable, especially the Battle of North McCann.

The breech gun did not have an overwhelming substantive effect on the breech gun in front of the sea of people.

The array of breech guns lined up was more than enough to compensate for the rate of fire and accuracy.

The ease of operation of the breech gun and the simple shooting skills are conducive to personnel replenishment.

Although the breech gun is very good as a cavalry gun, the high mobility of the cavalry and the range of the gun affect the actual combat performance.

The high cost of military spending has not been rewarded accordingly.

Therefore, the military system uses a mixture of breeches and breeches.

............

Charles read it unaffected by his analysis.

After all, there is still a dark world, and many things have to be considered deeply.

The newspaper does have a point in saying this.

But this simple truth can only deceive ordinary people.

As a transcendent, Charles could imagine the influence of the occult realm on the event.

Charles could feel an invisible hand holding back advances in firearm technology.

There is a slight speculation about this, the mysterious side does not like such efficient killing weapons, because this can deal with supernatural forces, and the double-edged sword is sticky.

If we analyze it according to the profit-making class, then we must add the bourgeoisie.

Although the bourgeoisie in this world has not yet revolutionized and seized power, this does not prevent the undercurrent from surging.

............

The two revolutions brought about by the Great Voyage were the commercial revolution and the price revolution.

The price revolution is due to the excessive amount of precious metals brought by the Great Voyage.

The bourgeoisie used prices to quickly crush the landed aristocracy with a fixed income from rent.

The bankrupt aristocracy poured into the military circles, and the army's combat methods were increasingly innovated, and the bourgeoisie and the military aristocracy were incompatible.

Naturally, the bourgeoisie will not allow the mass destruction of breech guns to spread to the armed forces on a large scale.

At worst, the bourgeoisie may have already popularized breech guns, secretly preparing, ready to strike a fatal blow to the aristocracy.

Although the national historical books are slightly blocked on the bottom.

But Charles has seen a brief history of the countries in the archives.

Generally speaking, the steam engine brought unprecedented changes to society, but the absolute monarchy was still deeply rooted and unshakable.

............

In the case of the Forrest Empire, financiers could decide the life and death of minor nobles.

But the small capitalists, who formed the basis of the bourgeoisie, were still exploited by the feudal system.

Under the irreconcilable contradictions, the transition between feudalism and capitalism, the absolute monarchy, was born.

Nationalism, the rise of the nation-state, breaks the vague division between states by theocracy.

The opposition between the bourgeoisie and the feudal aristocracy was evenly matched, with the monarch as the arbiter and protector.

The bourgeoisie and the royal power used each other, the king needed wealth, and the bourgeoisie needed status.

There is restriction and protection between the royal power and the feudal aristocracy, and the feudal power is the foundation of the royal power, which naturally cannot tolerate being crushed by the bourgeoisie.

In the early days of the nation-state, the king was also fed up with the secession of the lords, and now that he had the opportunity to exploit and restrict the nobility, he naturally would not give up.

In the bite of the two wolves, the king stepped on the corpses of the two to reach the top, and the concept of the king as a state gradually took shape.

............

In the case of the Forrest Empire, the rise of the financial bourgeoisie under the national debt system and the tax system.

The economic status of the aristocratic landlords declined, and only political privileges remained.

In order to avoid slipping into the abyss, the aristocracy demanded that the autocratic royal power be strengthened.

............

As a result, the kingdoms strengthened their royal power, and the Elsi Empire relied on the new aristocracy and the urban bourgeoisie to strengthen the centralization of power and fight against the powerful feudal old aristocracy.

The king had a monopoly on power, controlled the local councils, and even put his hand into the Holy See.

............

In the distant Rus' Empire, in order to weaken the lord aristocracy, the central aristocracy relied on the upper wealthy classes of the city to complete the autocracy.

With the army as a sharp blade, it suppressed resistance internally and invaded and expanded externally.

............

Authoritarian institutions have been established in various countries, depriving cities of their autonomy under the business model and weakening hierarchical councils.

In this era of social change, an unprecedented wave has swept all strata, and the qualitative changes in material life have left all strata confused and hesitant.

It is not even possible to see clearly the great changes in the world, the changes in the social structure and the differentiation of classes, and the integration of the entire economy and society.

Each group is facing the tide of the times that does not know where to go, and strives for its own status and future.

The bourgeoisie wants human rights, proposes natural human rights, freedom and equality.

The landed aristocracy, faced with the changing social tides, entered the field of industry and commerce and struggled to maintain political privileges.