"You... don't have these weapons?" Azmat suddenly asked in disappointment.

"...Yes, we haven't started mass production of these weapons yet." Chris suppressed her embarrassment and explained to Azmat: "The principality has indeed learned a lot about gunpowder weapons after experiencing that battle.

principles and manufacturing processes, but the principality did not immediately put gunpowder weapons into the army. After all, you should know that the main combat power of the principality is the formation of battle groups, and... emerging things such as gunpowder weapons cannot be used in a short period of time.

It can be integrated into the battles of all regiments within a short period of time. Currently, only the Wolf Regiment has applied for 100 handheld infantry cannons, so gunpowder weapons are still very unpopular within the principality."

"Then you come here to sell weapons with nothing?" Azmat wanted to vent his dissatisfaction, but then he suddenly remembered that Savannah said that Chris was selling weapons in his own name, so

Azmat's mind quickly turned to the other side of the problem and asked again: "You...can't make it yourself?"

"Yes, I did get some internal drawings, but the drawings of the weapons I want to sell are indeed different from the 'official' drawings of the principality." Chris looked at the flintlock that Azmat had just tested.

Qiang smiled and explained: "This is a product I commissioned from the academy's workshop... Well, it's just a product. It's a toy specially sold to the powerful for hunting..."

"What?" Azmat said in disbelief, pointing to the smoothbore flintlock gun that he had previously rated highly: "You said this thing is a commodity? Is it possible that you have something better than this?...Rifled

gun?"

"Yes, the weapon I mentioned is indeed a rifled gun." Chris raised his head very confidently at this moment and said: "I have a professional team of craftsmen and alchemy masters related to the metal field. After acquiring the design drawings of the rifled gun,

We made some improvements and quickly developed the alchemical formula for making rifling. In addition, we did not simply improve the flintlock gun, but made it based on the knowledge we learned from Erica.

breech-loading rifled rifle and corresponding bullets.”

"Metal fixed-loading ammunition!" Azmat asked again in surprise.

"No... it's not metal." Chris responded awkwardly again: "It's a paper shell... The Principality of Michael is seriously short of metal mineral deposits, so we don't plan to use precious metals to make metal bullet casings that are difficult to recycle completely. In addition,

Erica also suggested that we should not make metal bullet casings first. She said that neither the principality nor the world currently needs weapons with high lethality efficiency, and even if we want to make them, we can't make too many."

"Hmm... that's true." Azmat somewhat understood the meaning of Erica's suggestion.

Although the world of Hiltia itself has various extraordinary abilities such as magic and witchcraft, and when it comes to mass destruction, there are actually many destructive spells that are similar to atomic bombs in the field of this kind of magic.

exists. But although magic is very common in this world, most magicians still have relatively low control over magic. Magicians such as Diana or Aurora are already close to control for most ordinary people.

It is at the "Zenith" level, so let alone the level of other ordinary magicians who can be seen everywhere.

Gunpowder weapons are different. Unlike magic, they have certain restrictions on their use. Moreover, although this world is more fantastic, the corresponding physics and chemistry science still exists, so people with strength and background like Chris can

They can directly break through from primitive black powder weapons to the terrifying level of metal fixed-loading rifles in a short period of time. Using superb smelting and alchemy, it is possible to mass-produce thermal weapons that ordinary farmers can easily use, and then

Coupled with the appeal of various feudal systems in human countries in this world, it is conceivable that it would be easy for a war on the scale of a "world war" to break out.

Furthermore, the more critical issue is that Azmat also felt that Erica’s refusal to let Chris make a large number of thermal weapons might have another meaning. Azmat once felt that the incident more than 200 years ago was nothing more than

The main reason is that the group of "atheists" with ulterior motives are not only provoking authority, but also that the remnants of that era are almost completely wiped out. It is obvious that the gods are doing this to maintain a certain balance.

So thorough. For the Chosen One, some things are not known so thoroughly. Anyway, before Erica appeared, Azmat and Diana had similar views.

But with the appearance of Erica and the sudden emergence of so many disharmonious thermal weapons in this once "pristine" world, it is obvious that Azmat and the others' past speculations were wrong. Of course, it may also be that the gods are now

Maybe the purpose has changed. In short, the fact that Prince Aledo, who made a lot of guns, did not receive any interference or sanctions before and after the incident is enough to explain the problem to a certain extent, but Aziz

Matt heard that Diana and the others were involved in that war again. Moreover, Erica originally planned to kill Aledo for other reasons, but the gods interfered in the middle, so she had no choice but to

It turned into just beating him up and then hastily ending the matter. If you think about these many phenomena carefully, it seems that there have been some subtle changes in the stance of the gods or the world.

Let’s not talk about whether the gods intend to promote the “industrialization” of this world. Compared with the industrial remains that completely wiped out human civilization 200 years ago, it seems that the gods are still very dissatisfied with those things. Originally, Ah

Zmat also feels that humans in this world will continue to live happily in the ignorant Middle Ages to the Middle Ages. Maybe the gods will allow human civilization to enter a new stage after a thousand years, but it is also possible that humans will stay in this state forever.

During this period, regardless of the reason, the progress of human civilization still depends on the mood of the gods.

The arrival of Diana and the others this time brought a series of surprising and exciting information to Azmat. In short, perhaps he has been too focused on the narrow group of orcs recently, so that Azmat's intelligence has fallen behind.

There are too many Dianas. Not to mention the initial surprise on Azmat's surface when he saw Erica's "modern" weapons, but the frightening and terrifying worry underneath it. Just hearing about the Principality of Michael

The emergence of gunpowder weapons in the previous stage of the war really frightened Azmat to the point of suffocation.

But after the inner panic passed, Azmat soon discovered that there was no interference from the gods behind these things. In particular, matters such as the imitation of muskets and artillery in the Principality of Michael were directly handled by the gods. It was carried out under the eyes of the selector, Diana, and what's more, Diana even took the initiative to provide them with some "scientific" advice. This series of things really made Azmat feel confused and numb.

Fortunately, Azmat's mind is also very flexible. From the information revealed by Diana, he very keenly grasped that behind these things, there seemed to be faint traces of divine intervention. It was not intervention but intervention, obviously. The fact that this has not yet been fully proven allowed Azmat to come up with his previous thoughts. At the same time, he also actively tried to involve himself in the matter to see if he could get to the core of the matter further and confirm whether he could directly promote small-scale "Industrialization". After all, judging from the history of the earth, industrialization is not only an upgrade of civilization, it is also the most ideal tool to break the old era.

Of course, industrialization is not just a casual talk. Azmat has already prepared for this day. He has also accumulated a large number of blueprints of industrial machines and related knowledge books, but most of these things come from the Council of Sages. products, so many industrial machines are different from early machines on the other side of the earth.

First of all, although the orcs on the Fang Coast are still a tribal society, the wealth of the three tribes is naturally not much less than that of any human country. In other words, the capital is sufficient. However, foreign trade is indeed a shortcoming at present. But fortunately, the Fang Coast has unique natural advantages.

On the west side of the Fang Coast is Big Fish Bay, which is busy with maritime trade, and on the east side is the sea area that can connect to the Eastern Route. Although Iles is in his hands at the moment, if necessary, he can completely complete the industrial reform. The orcs drove the iron-clad ships to destroy the sailing warships of the Nomadic Kingdom. In addition, if it really came to this point, the pirates and gnolls in the fjords would not be much of a threat.

Knowledge related to industrialization can be popularized and disseminated on a large scale at an appropriate time. Although the orcs appear to be fierce, their minds are just as agile and intelligent. Therefore, it is faster to cultivate experts in related fields much faster than humans. Furthermore, Coupled with the assistance of various magical powers such as the magic of this world, Azmat tried to make the orcs rise on the Fang Coast in less than five years.

However, the biggest prerequisite for the Orcs to realize this vision is the unification of the rights of the Orcs, which cannot be circumvented in any case. After all, the Orcs on the Fang Coast are divided into three tribes, plus There is a group of die-hards inside Zaura who are causing trouble, so if you want to do this, you must first clear these obstacles.

Just as Azmat's mind was thinking further and further and becoming more complicated, Diana on the other side suddenly interrupted Azmat's thoughts after finishing the exchange with Chris.

"There is no point in thinking too far. Let's complete the current deal first." Diana seemed to be aware of some of Azmat's thoughts just now, and she could easily understand them without magical intervention.

After all, Diana had seen too many of the same expressions and behaviors when she was in the Council of Sages. When many people were thinking about those issues, they would look almost the same as Azmat now. The only difference was that human faces were hairless.

The expressions just look more detailed.

After Diana said this, Azmat felt somewhat embarrassed, because his thoughts just now were indeed too far-reaching, and even when he suddenly calmed down now, he felt that many of his ideas were obviously too crude and could not be left alone.

It was a simple decision. But this incident brought new thoughts to Azmat. It was still very helpful. At least it was just saying "too early" instead of saying "no". At least before taking action, Azmat

It still takes time and experience to prepare.

"Preliminary calculations show whether my workshop can complete the production capacity of 500 rifled guns in ten days of work with sufficient materials." Chris rubbed her head with a headache and looked at the draft she had just calculated with Diana.

He continued: "As for bullets, I think it would be more appropriate to open a local workshop on the Fang Coast to make them. After all, saltpeter is a material that attracts more attention in the Principality. I can't buy it in a private name. In addition, sulfur is also relatively scarce in the Principality.

material, but it seems to be different for you."

"Sulfur..." Azmat pulled a leather map from his pocket and said, "Sulfur is not produced on the Fang Coast, but there are many volcanic islands in the outer sea, and the mermaid tribe also sells it.

A lot of sulfur. Well, it does fit. What about the artillery?"

"The artillery may need to be later, after all, the barrel of the artillery is mainly made of copper." Chris raised his head helplessly and said: "There is not so much copper circulating on the market in the principality itself, and some time ago there was another

A large amount of copper coins and copper products flowed out to neighboring Solis, so I couldn't get enough copper to cast cannons in a short period of time. Venetia is probably in the same situation, but in Big Fish

Maybe we can purchase some from the neutral market in the Gulf. I guess there won’t be too much copper there, and a conservative estimate is that we can only produce 30 artillery pieces.”

"Oh, that's not bad. Although 30 artillery pieces are indeed not enough to look at, if they are equipped on Sowa's warship, they should be able to create a fleet of gunboats." Azmat held his chin and thought.

After a while, he suddenly asked: "Are they all 12-pound artillery?"

"12...pounds?" Chris looked at Azmat in confusion and said: "Our artillery is made of millimeters, so the artillery I am talking about is the 100mm front-loading smoothbore cannon designed by my workshop.

, the artillery shells are special explosive grenades.”

"Um...isn't it...a rifled cannon?" Azmat asked awkwardly.

"No, the musket does have a rear-loading rifled gun, but the artillery has not reached that point yet. After all, we have only developed the musket. The artillery only has data and design drawings and an experimental artillery that is still being tested."

Liz glanced at Diana, who was also a little surprised, and then explained: "Although it is a smoothbore cannon, its accuracy is still very impressive, at least much better than Aledo's small cannons. And the cannonballs are also the technology you provided.

Although the extended product is much less powerful than pure projectile explosives, we have slightly improved the shell of the shell and adopted Erica's suggestion to replace the spherical shell with a pointed column.

It is a shaped cannonball, so the penetrating performance of the cannonball is much better than that of a round ball."

When Diana and Azmat heard the artillery that Chris was operating, they immediately thought of the naval guns of the 19th century, because pointed cannonballs appeared at that time, but correspondingly, this kind of artillery used rifled guns.

It's not a smoothbore cannon. Although both of them know some relevant knowledge, they are not experts in this field after all, so they are still a little confused after learning about the concept of this new type of artillery.

"When will the artillery test be completed?" Azmat continued to ask.

"I don't know. I only saw their preliminary test report before departure." Chris recalled the content of the report she saw before departure, and briefly talked about the data in it that even she herself didn't understand very well.

Then she concluded: "Erica is very sure about the cannon at the door. She said that the range and power of this kind of artillery are much better than Aledo's small cannon, and it is also more effective than those giant cannons.

.”

Diana thought about the so-called "big cannon" she saw during the war. It was a 64-pound bronze cannon used by Aledo specifically to attack fortresses. The cannonballs were pure round stone bullets, so in reality
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