After a civil war in Norway, the Baltic Sea and various countries along the North Sea coast really watched a lively event. At the same time, some people asserted that Norway would definitely be in a slump after this war. Sweden is fighting with Novgorod for the sake of Baltic hegemony, so he has no time to deal with this. The civil war in England, Wales and Scotland is in full swing. He has territorial demands for Norway and has enough power, so he is Denmark, the Nordic brother in the traditional sense.

The Queen of Denmark Margaret I, a strong woman who once unified Nordic in another world, decisively saw such an opportunity. To the south of the Ore Waterway, the Danish army had begun to assemble. There were many military camps in the outskirts of Copenhagen, and the fighting spirit soared into the sky.

Of course, Egil was still not very clear about these things. The boy was still immersed in the dream of unifying Norway and then being crowned the king. After the Battle of Bergen, Egil's strength increased directly.

The discount of the plundered property, coupled with the tax revenue in February, nearly 60,000 gold coins were added to Biyade's treasury. The nearly 20,000 people plundered in the war also brought Biyade's population to 40,000. The urban population was 12,000, which met the requirement of upgrading the city.

"Then, next, we should be planning to attack Bergen." Egil looked at the system map. There were only three places in the entire Norway territory. There were also some small cities that could not even be called castles, which were the footholds of the various aristocrats.

To be honest, Egil really didn't want to have a group of stupid and greedy nobles among his ruling class. He would rather use the civil servant class to rule and control the country. Of course, this might bring some problems - but it is definitely much smaller than those SB nobles.

Just like now, the city of Biyad controlled by Egil has a complete bureaucracy, tax officials, civil servants, mayors and judges. As well as their deputy and subordinates, the administrative system of more than 150 people, maintains the normal operation of the city. A total of two teams and 400 town patrolmen maintain the city's public order and can also carry out certain defenses if necessary - of course, Egil does not want to do this.

The research institute built in the basement of the Lord's mansion has been completed - then, Egil found himself once again being pitted by the system elves.

"So - you damn, no scholar, no alchemist, no philosopher, no craftsman - so the scientific research progress will slow down. What does your sister mean?!" After discovering the incident that it took a year and nine months to study a scorpion crossbow, Egil broke out.

"So, do you think a research institute can complete scientific research work by itself?" the system elf asked without any pressure.

"Isn't it? Look at those soldiers who appeared out of thin air after building the military camp!" Egil said.

"Soldiers are soldiers, scholars are scholars. These two cannot be confused." The system elves explained,

"...Okay, tell me the method, and you can get the so-called scholar's method." Egil decisively gave up and continued to argue, because arguments and other things were completely useless.

"Very good. Let me introduce the entire scientific research system here. You have read the previous military affairs briefly. Now it's time to look at civil affairs. In the final analysis, it is divided into two parts: production and system. Production is divided into three branches: agriculture, industry, and commerce. Systems are divided into three parts: administration, law, and philosophy.

Scholars are universal talents who can give all military and civil affairs bonuses and reduce research time. Alchemists will add bonuses to industry, especially metal manufacturing. Craftsmen are also divided into n factions, and will add bonuses to their own careers. It is like blacksmiths can add bonuses to industry, forging, etc. Philosophers have a great bonus on the system. Do you understand this? You understand it—and, a scientific research institute can only study one science and technology at a time. A scientific research institute can only accommodate up to three researchers. Please note this point."

"So, are there any restrictions on the construction of scientific research institutes?" Egil asked.

"No, if you have money, it's okay to create hundreds of them-but be careful to keep them confidential. Otherwise, if you are discovered, your heretic name will not be gone. In severe cases, you will be dismissed from the church. Unless you march into Rome and destroy the pope, there will be no solution."

"I understand." Egil nodded, and then thought about it again - suddenly he found that the system elves had said the key points for so long, but they still didn't say it: "So, I asked at the beginning how I could get the scientific researchers?"

"Spread your hands, don't worry."

"It goes without saying that the point coupon is redeemed."

"Hey? It's obviously the fastest and most convenient way to say it."

Although Egil saved nearly 10,000 points in his battle with PK in the previous war, this stingy guy who seemed to be a Venetian would never be able to spend money so easily.

"When it comes to craftsmen - craftsmen should be the simplest ones to obtain. However, low-quality craftsmen can provide very few bonuses. After all, craftsmen of the Luban level can provide powerful system bonuses."

"So, where am I going to find it?" Egil repeated the question again.

"Your blacksmith shop is there. Those blacksmiths can barely be considered as weapons researchers."

"Hey?! This is OK."

"However, even the best among them can only provide a very small bonus, so it is not recommended to adopt it."

"Say something else," Egil said.

"As for things like alchemists, they are hard to come by. Because of the dark medieval times, such an identity is shameless. Even if there is an alchemist living in your town, you will be helpless if you don't say it."

"So, what about scholars, philosophers?" Egil asked.

"Spread your hands, there are not many of these people in Europe. I advise you not to think about it."

"So where is it? Egil asked unwillingly."

"Byzantine, Constantinople."

"...When will your sister's Ottoman destroy Byzantium?"

So Egil had to think this way with a little sadness.

So, use point coupons. You can only use point coupons. There is no other feasible channel besides point coupons. Damn, bastard system.

Egil quickly concluded that war is still the mainstream - metallurgical improvement, armor manufacturing, and weapon forging, these are the most urgently needed things.

"Well, I want an alchemist, an armor craftsman, and a weapon craftsman." So Egil said.

"Hey? These are all unrelated to the scorpion crossbow, and there are very few bonuses that can be provided."

"Can't the Weapon Craftsmen add bonuses?"

"The scorpion crossbow is considered a construction machinery."

“…a scholar.”

"Very good, that's it."

The alchemist provides metallurgical transformation bonus, and the armor craftsman provides armor manufacturing bonus. The scholar Egil gritted his teeth and directly spent 30,000 coupons - while clearing the inventory, he also paid a large sum of money and summoned an eight-star scholar.

After this, the research speed of scientific research institutes has significantly accelerated a lot. The fourth-level machinery required for the scorpion crossbow can be achieved in only five days, while the scorpion crossbow only takes one month, and the light crossbow cannon warship only takes ten days. In this way, all the scientific and technological research required by Egil can be completed in one and a half months.

However, Egil was not happy at all. In the future, "When will Byzantium destroy the country..." became one of his catchphrases.

Maybe it's very difficult. In this time and space, you can keep working hard.

After getting rid of the broken things in the research institute, Egil ordered the construction of a crossbow workshop, waiting for fifteen days, and then some clumsy crossbows were built - anyway, the small mud-breaking city walls like Bergen do not need too strong siege weapons.

So, just wait quietly... Egil thought so. Then he upgraded the town center, the lord's mansion and the city walls again. He went to squeeze into the military camp again. He still called it a happy party with the people...

The entire Biyad city was shrouded in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. The victory and carnival of the army also affected the ordinary people. A slightly drunken atmosphere made people intoxicated.

In this atmosphere, Egil waited for unexpected visitors.

One morning, Egil took a cold shower with the Viking warriors as usual. After a little energy, he was ready to go to the mayor's temporary office (the town center is being upgraded) to check it out. At noon, go to the treasury to order gold coins (system elves: look at your promising prospect). However, at this moment, two patrol cavalry ran in and told Egil that a group of dwarfs who claimed to be the messenger of the new dwarf king had arrived at the outskirts of Biyad and were about to enter the city.

"Oh?" In the past few days, Egil almost forgot about this matter. One thousand gold coins or something, such an optional reward is nothing to Egil, who has tens of thousands of gold coins. Moreover, the news I received before was that the dwarf tribe itself was also in civil strife and had no time to care about the little things about human beings.

"...what are they going to do?" Egil thought, touching his chin.

"Earl, do you want to see them?" asked the guard knight who followed Egil.
Chapter completed!