The explosion in the back garden of Xiu Enzhe's palace spread throughout the entire royal city within a day and a night.
Rumors began to spread on the streets that the king had angered the gods and was being punished by heaven.
But no matter how rampant the rumors spread in the city, today was still the happiest day for Morris III.
Because yesterday he finally witnessed the power of the legendary gods!
Now there is a map of the Far South Continent in front of Morris III. Yesterday, Morris III was still having a headache about how to resist the next invasion of the Far South Empire based on this map.
Today, Morris III felt excited when looking at the route on this map. He had the illusion that he could hold the whole world in his hands in the next second.
Nancy walked into the palace hall at this time. She always got up early, but today she stayed in bed for a rare time. After returning to her bed after a year, Nancy naturally rolled over several times before getting up.
However, as soon as Nancy walked into the hall, she saw her father looking at the map of the Far South Continent with a creepy smile on his face.
"Father, you are not thinking about conquering the world, are you?" Nancy walked to the map of the Far South in the center of the hall and directly exposed what Morris III was thinking in his heart with just one sentence.
"My daughter, don't you think that with the power bestowed by God..."
"I made the black gunpowder! It was not given by God. The formula was given to me by a man named Lu Cheng!" Nancy slammed her hands on the table to correct her father's statement.
Nancy really suspected that her father was shocked yesterday, or that he had become completely stupid since her mother's death.
"That Lord Lucheng is..."
"He is a soldier from a country called the Celestial Empire! He is not a creation of God! These are things that can be explained by science!"
Nancy didn't have time to tell her father this. The explosion was so powerful that Morris III's hearing was damaged in the explosion. Today he seems to have recovered.
"Science?" Morris III heard a strange word. Nancy said it in Chinese.
"It's a general term for a system of knowledge. I don't know how to explain it to you, father."
Nancy took off her glasses when she said this. Yesterday's explosion left a crack on the lens of her glasses. Nancy felt very sad every time she saw the crack.
"Then don't explain, my daughter, how many of those black particles can you produce?"
Morris III didn't want to care about these issues which he thought were unimportant.
"White Flame Stone can be collected from the soil of Torii Island, but it needs to be purified after collection. If there are enough materials and manpower, no matter how much, we can produce it."
Nancy was studying the geography of her country last night. The source of white flame stone, also known as saltpeter, Nancy found another channel besides purchasing it from alchemists.
That is an island inhabited by a large number of seabirds. The soil of the island is mixed with a large amount of bird droppings. The accumulation of these droppings over time has caused "white frost" to form on the roots of the trees.
This 'white frost' was exactly the saltpeter Nancy needed.
"I'll send people to collect them, as long as there are enough black particles..."
"Father, you can't defeat the Far South Empire." Nancy ruthlessly destroyed her father's grand wish. "The effect of the powder barrel made of black powder in actual combat is too small. We need another tool to maximize the power of black powder."
"tool?"
"We'll talk about the manufacturing method later. Father... Who is our enemy now?"
Nancy came here now to persuade her father to cooperate with the Celestial Empire.
"In the Far South Empire, there is a possible blood crystal beast disaster in the future."
Morris III was still thinking. The blood crystal beast disaster almost destroyed the entire Skare. No one knew whether Xiu Enzhe would become the second Skare when he came to the kingdom.
"Father, there is also famine and cold..."
After returning to her country, Nancy realized how backward Xiu Enzhelai was.
It took her half a month to return to the royal city. Along the way, Nancy passed by many villages and... saw many corpses that had frozen to death in the wilderness.
Not to mention these small villages, even in small towns of a certain size, it is normal for civilians to go hungry in such a cold winter.
"Famine? Nancy, we still have a lot of stored food, and the fire in the fireplace is still burning. How can there be famine and cold?" Morris III didn't understand what Nancy was talking about.
"Indeed...that's right." Nancy was stunned for a moment after seeing this answer. She couldn't be like Elena, who would help civilians even if she didn't have enough to eat.
The living conditions of the lower-class civilians were just a bargaining chip in Nancy's negotiations with her father, but Maurice III didn't seem to care whether those common people could have enough to eat. No... it should be said that under the threat of the Far South Empire, he was in no mood to care about these things.
Maurice III now only wants to strengthen the country's military strength to resist the invasion of those enemies.
"Father, I have already contacted the Celestial Empire... the country that taught me the knowledge of black gunpowder. They are willing to give us assistance!" Nancy directly stated the purpose of coming to the hall. "As long as we can get their help, the threat from the Far South Empire or the Blood Crystal Beast will not be a problem!"
There is also famine and cold… Nancy added to herself.
"So what do they want?" Morris III asked.
Yesterday, when Nancy was making gunpowder, she told Maurice III how... incredible the country called the Celestial Empire was.
"The energy...at the core of the earth vein."
There was uncertainty in Nancy's voice. She looked at Morris III with some caution. She had the impression that any king who mentioned that people from other countries needed a geocentric core would immediately become furious.
Because this request is a challenge to their authority!
"My daughter, if it's gold bars and jewelry, I can provide them to you, but this request is related to the life and death of our country." Morris III was not angry, but his voice sounded a little helpless. Perhaps in his eyes, Nancy's request was almost as unreasonable as his daughter's.
"Father, I didn't ask you to agree to their request directly. You can send someone you trust to their camp to communicate." Nancy paused here. "Or you can go there in person. There are weapons far more powerful than black powder."
"I will personally contact those gods and people. Nancy, you just need to tell me where those great people are."
Maurice III had been "brainwashed" by the teachings of various gods to the point of being hopeless. In his eyes... the foreigner who gave her this knowledge was completely equivalent to a messenger from God.