"It's obvious - in short, why doesn't the system open the gunpowder system?!" Egil expressed dissatisfaction with Aurora's attitude of pretending to be stupid, and then shouted loudly: "I took advantage of the darkness to dig up the corners of the wall in the dark a few days ago and place gunpowder. When the amount of gunpowder is enough, it will ignite and collapse the city wall. Such a tactic is the basic tactic of the primary black powder stage. You can't deceive me!"

"So what." Aurora snorted: "You also saw that the current method of using gunpowder is basically like this. It's very troublesome and has almost no use except for siege. Moreover, the materials are scarce and expensive - you shouldn't want to use weapons such as muskets and cannons? Let me be honest and tell you that with the current technological level of the empire, even if you don't study other things, you will double the scale of scientific research institutes. Modern rifles will not appear in two hundred years, breech will not appear in one hundred years, and flintlocks will not appear in fifty years. If you want to enter the era of queuing and shooting, you can stop now."[]

"...But, but, it's still a new weapon with a promising future, right? And it's very useful to conquer cities and territories!" Egil defended.

"If it is used as a launching ammunition for stone casting, then that little bit of pitiful gunpowder cannot pose too much threat to the city wall. Its effect is not as good as a stone bomb, and its lethality to personnel is not as good as a tiny bomb. If it is used to dig the city wall and sell explosives as mentioned in the information just now, it will be no problem for the small city. But when encountering a large city like Constantinople, it will require thousands of kilograms of black gunpowder. The current price of the system for black gunpowder is five hundred gold coins per kilogram. Ten thousand kilograms of gunpowder is five million gold coins. And the effect may not be very good..."

"...I'm cheating?!"

"That's right, that's what it means."

"In other words, the current simple, original gunpowder weapon is even worse than the cold weapon I used before, is that true?"

"It's true. Of course, this kind of thing that produces huge noises and emits smoke and fire is still good for scaring people. Especially in this era when gunpowder weapons are not popular yet, and the professionalism of soldiers is not very strong. By the way, in the gun workshop in my fief, there is already a kind of weapon that uses gunpowder weapons to recruit."

Seeing Egil inevitably feel lost, Aurora said such words in her mood.

"Where is your fiefdom?" Egil asked strangely.

"Iceland! It's Icelandic, a bastard! I'm the Duke of Iceland. You won't forget this setting, right?!"

"Sorry, I don't feel like remembering the tax you can provide in cities with less than 2,000." Egil said very coldly. But with the idea of ​​giving it a try, he logged into the system interface and then moved to the city bar. He then chose the regional capital of Iceland, which is also the only city in Iceland. Except for the unique buildings in the capital and the special guild buildings, all other buildings ignored the technological level and built the highest epic city.

Then there was the advanced musket barracks. It sounded like a big name, but now there is only one kind of troops that can be recruited: classical grenadiers.

Classical Grenadier: Race: Icelandic Norman, a team of 50 people, equipment: light chain armor, small round shield, hand axe, early iron cannon (can be upgraded to early bombs). Morale: Lower; Training level: Medium; Discipline: Higher.

Introduction to the military: The mysterious weapon from the far east was invented by the alchemist in the east, which they called alchemists, and was invented by gunpowder. It was placed in a sealed container, ignited the lead and threw it out. The timing was just right and it could explode and hurt people in the enemy group. Legend has it that this way of use was invented by the hunter "Li Tie" to capture foxes. It is unknown whether it was named Iron Cannon for such reasons.

This weapon, which is loaded with black gunpowder, broken iron filings and iron sheets, has a short effective range and a small explosion range. Its lethality is barely enough for light troops. However, it is close to zero for heavy-armed enemies. However, its shocking effect, terrifying sounds and smoke can extremely scare the opponent's soldiers and the war horses under their crotch. In short, it is a weapon with greater deterrence than actual lethality.

"I feel weak..." Egil sighed for a moment, feeling that the combat power of this kind of thing is really not strong, and even worse than the new recruits given by the system after inventing the Heaven Flame.

"Forget it, after recruiting, mix it up and use it, then mix it into the Norman infantry, charge and throw it out together with the battle axe." Egil sighed, and after all, he thought of a solution. Then he received a system prompt, saying that he could exchange gunpowder or iron cannons from the engineers for siege.

Later, Egil discovered that there were several currently gray-clad troops in this musket camp that could not be recruited for the time being, namely early hand artillery, heavy hand artillery, and large-scale mastline guns. A high school student who Egil didn't understand before traveling through time had never heard of these categories. Now he understood only the short-barrel flintlock guns he had equipped with. However, Aurora also said that he probably wouldn't have seen flintlock guns within fifty years. In fact, Egil could not have devoted all research institutes to the research and development of gunpowder weapons. In other words, if his lifespan was equal to that of a normal person, then he would not have seen the era of queuing to kill him in his lifetime...

"It's really, tragedy." Egil sighed, and then instructed the system to establish three more laboratories in Iceland specifically for the development of gunpowder weapons. We hire metal forgingmen, alchemists, and founders to study gunpowder weapons. We strive to create muskets and cannons as soon as possible so that Egil cannons can be used to get into modern troops. After that, there was no further information.

"Since gunpowder weapons are so weak, they can be ignored for the time being - where did the Kumans get gunpowder from and have learned the correct way to use black gunpowder-"

Egil is not a fool, or in fact, this guy is smarter or cunning than most people. He just thought about it for a moment and thought of it: "?!"

Then there was a cold sweat of surprise.

The legendary Western Expedition introduced gunpowder weapons to Europe. At that time, the Tartars in the form of beasts burned, killed, looted, and did everything they could, massacred and destroyed cities and tribes. And Eastern Europe was the last place where these guys drank horses. Under the leadership of the second-generation Khan Ogedei, and under the command of Badu, the founding Khan of the Golden Horde, the cavalry rushed to Hungary in one breath...

"Gil felt sweaty when he thought of this. Then his body suddenly lost its center of gravity, and the chair under his butt would have fallen over with a "smacking" sound. If Sonia hadn't been quick-eyed and quick-handed, and reached out to pull him, he would have fallen over the chair and fell to the ground, making a fool of himself.

"It's so damn." Egil stretched out his hand and mopped the sweat on his head, then stood firm, patted Sonia's hand behind him and signaled that he was fine. At the same time, he immediately shouted: "Nemulis! Call that guy Nemulis! Hurry!"

Immediately afterwards, the guard knights who were waiting for the emperor's orders outside the study heard this and immediately ran to the office of the Royal Intelligence Agency quickly.

When he heard Egil like this, the first thing he thought of was Nemulis when he was really interested. Sonia, who walked over to help the chair, was slightly stiffened. Then he returned to normal. Because this movement was too small, Egil was very anxious now and did not pay attention, so he did not notice something wrong with Sonia.

"It's really damn, that guy... But, sooner or later, I will surpass him, and kill him after that..." Sonia swears secretly in her heart, while standing behind Egil again without saying a word.

When Nemulis ran in panic, Egil and Sonia had returned to normal. Egil sat upright on his swivel chair, with his right hand on his head and his left hand constantly hitting the tabletop, while Sonia stood behind him, looking at the Norman Intelligence Director with a plain look.

"What is the important thing about the Lord summons?" Nemulis asked.

"In recent times, I have to pay special attention to the intelligence collection work in the East." Egil said this, not only telling Nemulis, but also telling Sonia behind him.

"I understand, lord." Nemulis nodded, thinking that Egil was going to attack the Kumans without asking any more questions.

"No, that's not the case." Egil agreed without thinking, and knew that he was probably thinking awkwardly - but then again. Now in Europe, besides Egil and his cheap sister, who else would have thought that there would be an extremely powerful terrifying force in the East that could destroy and conquer the entire world?

"This... Your Majesty is referring to..."
Chapter completed!