After listening to my suggestion, the ministers of the Kingdom of Yan did not say anything in agreement. The only thing I could see from their eyes was that they were very interested in the last thing I took out. But just like me, each of them was concerned about how much damage their own status and reputation would suffer after issuing this order. They were a bunch of old foxes. It seemed that it was impossible to count on them. So, I turned my attention to Queen Yan, who was sitting in the first seat.
"According to my position, I shouldn't have said this, but now it seems I have to say it... I personally agree with the use of this collar. Although everyone knows that using this thing may conflict with your reputation and fame, everyone should also know that after all, our country's troops, except for the city defense troops, are completely dominated by magicians. Therefore, if our country fights against the undead, the main force is basically the magician troops.
According to the current situation, I am afraid that our country's strength is not enough to completely resist the attack of the undead. Our ally, the Mokast Empire, can provide us with a large number of conventional infantry. If we want to use which collar, I think the best way is to discuss it with the emperor of the Mokast Empire.
Now, let's put this question aside. I want to ask Mr. Shen, if you start working at full capacity now, how much weapons and equipment can you provide to the kingdom every ten days? If conditions permit, you can also manufacture some conventional weapons to equip our allies. "Seeing the behavior of her subordinates, Queen Yann did not see their concerns and took the matter on herself.
"Your Majesty, although my family has many skilled craftsmen, we cannot produce a large number of these magical items in a short period of time. Even if we let the craftsmen work 14 hours a day, I have calculated that the output will be as follows.
Among them, 5 magic cannons per day, 100 magic wings per day, 100 portable amplification magic arrays, and about 200 magic shells and 500 magic scrolls per day. In addition, 100 rotor chariots can be provided to the kingdom within half a month. In addition, if the kingdom needs it, I can also provide 500 collars per day. . . . . . "
"Too little. Really too little! At your rate, those weapons cannot be equipped in batches in less than a month. And I have also considered those weapons. Before they are put into scale, their power is not even as strong as that of my magician troops. You think of a way to see if you can provide the kingdom with 500 magic cannons and tens of thousands of magic shells within half a month. In addition, those magic wings and amplifying magic arrays must be used to equip at least two magician troops within a week, otherwise they will not be able to play much of a role in this war. Of course, if you have any difficulties and the kingdom can help you solve them, you can ask for money, food, or other raw materials. The key point is speed..." Before I finished speaking, a tall and thin old magician interrupted me loudly, shaking his head repeatedly.
"I need a large number of blacksmiths, carpenters, and leather armor processing masters. In addition, I hope that the kingdom can fully supply me with iron ore, magic crystal ore and other items. At the same time, I hope that the kingdom can allow me to requisition various iron workshops and various magic crystal processing workshops across the country, and send troops to assist and protect such workshops. Only in this way can I complete the requirements put forward by this adult. But I hope to postpone the delivery date by another 3 days. After all, it will not be completed in a short time for me to receive and transform those workshops!" I did not make any excuses at all and took on these tasks directly. Of course, the questions I raised later were enough for me to completely control the war foundation of the Kingdom of Yann. Blacksmiths, leather workers, alchemists, and all kinds of mineral processing and refining craftsmen will fall into my hands obediently.
"Yes, these requests are not excessive! If necessary, I can also directly order that part of the mineral base be assigned to the Shen family, but I need you to swear here that your magic cannon will never be provided to any country except the Kingdom of Yan. And you must guarantee that within three years, you will send a group of craftsmen who can manufacture and repair magic cannons to the kingdom... Of course, in order to compensate for your losses, the kingdom will give you the right to purchase various materials first, and the troops in the kingdom will also give priority to purchasing and using your family's magic equipment. What do you think, Mr. Shen?"
"I am willing to fulfill my duty as a subject to your majesty. From today on, the Shen family will do its best to produce various magical equipment to assist the kingdom's army in eliminating the danger of the undead. Your majesty and all the lords, please be at ease!"
After hearing what Queen Yaen said, I was so happy. It was the second Mokast Empire! After colluding with me, Kanan had secretly seized thousands of workshops and provided me with thousands of skilled blacksmiths. I wonder if the Mokast Empire will be able to make a kitchen knife in one or two years
Although the Kingdom of Yaen is not likely to be like Kanan, as long as I can directly command and direct those workshops, will I not be able to find a way to recruit their outstanding talents for myself
"Very good, Mr. Shen, do you know what the next itinerary will be like? If you can stay here for another night, then you can go directly with the people from the kingdom's government department tomorrow to receive the workshops you need, so as to speed up the production of those workshops." After hearing what I said, Queen Yan did not feel the conspiracy in my heart at all, and she actively placed her hopes on me.
"Your Majesty, tomorrow I will lead people to the places where the undead are most dangerous, so as to better identify the characteristics and weaknesses of the undead troops, and adjust the next batch of mass-produced weapons, striving to increase the weapons' lethality to the undead to the extreme. The government officials you send can directly summon the heads of my shops to go to various places to do various reception and production tasks. As soon as the preparations are led, my family will send instructors to various places to guide and supervise the production progress of workshops in various places... If your majesty and the adults have no questions, I will take my leave now. I will set off to the east today to increase my understanding of the undead..."
After getting Queen Yaen's consent, I turned around and left the palace. When I walked out of the palace gate, I almost cheered to the sky. I will finally control the lifeline of the war in the entire East Continent. As long as I stabilize everything around me, I will become the master behind the scenes of the East Continent!
But before I had a chance to show my excitement, the pain in my waist turned my extreme excitement into hatred. Damn woman, I will make your life worse than death. As long as I can hold on to those few soldiers you have left, I will drown you, a quasi-paladin, even if I have to use a pile of corpses. If a thousand deaths are not enough, I will go for ten thousand... Anyway, I won't feel anything even if the troops controlled by Andriel's three elders and the vast majority of my 8,000 Flame Legion's 6th Division are all dead.
"Your Majesty, do you trust him too much? Although he possesses great talents and can provide considerable help to the empire, we don't know much about him and his family. We don't even have any clue about their specific whereabouts. Do you think there will be any problems if we hand over so many resources and materials of the empire to him?" After watching me leave, a tall and thin old magician immediately raised his question.
"Don't worry, we have already found out where his family is. It's in a small mountain village near the border of Andrel in the Empire. Although we haven't found the addresses of all their workshops, we already know most of the details.
According to intelligence, the Shen family was a magic equipment manufacturing family that moved from the Kasedek Empire to the Senke Federation 200 years ago. However, although the Senke Federation had a large-scale magic crystal mine, unfortunately, the demand for magic equipment in their country was very low. So less than 5 years after moving to the Senke Federation, they ventured back here from the Senke Federation and began a life of seclusion for generations.
But more than ten years ago, their youngest son, Shen Xiang, accidentally found a book of skills and experiences recorded by generations of craftsmen in their family. At the same time, the little guy became completely fascinated by the manufacture of magic tools. At the same time, he also created a miracle in the magic world!
Therefore, as long as we secretly control him and his family, there will be no problems with our actions. In addition, he is a member of the Xia tribe, and the Xia people pursue nothing but profit. As long as we maintain a legitimate business relationship with him, I don't think he will do anything unexpected.
Of course, there is another most important reason. As everyone knows, Princess Mariette has come of age, and according to the kingdom's regulations, she will look for a husband who is not a relative of an imperial official in the next few years. I think everyone may have understood what this means. . . . . . "With a smile, Queen Yann explained some reasons that made several magicians suddenly realize.
"Yes, yes, yes, ugh! Why didn't we think of this? It seems that we can't refuse to admit our age... Indeed, the princess's lifelong event should be put on the agenda. And this Shen Xiang not only meets all the conditions, but also possesses magic weapon technology that is extremely important to the kingdom. As long as he and the princess can be brought together, the empire can directly take those technologies into its pocket. It's brilliant, really brilliant."
Queen Yaen's words immediately received praise from several magicians. Until the meeting was over, several magicians had extremely bright smiles on their faces for a long time. With a powerful magician army and extremely powerful ultra-long-range magic cannons, the Yaen Kingdom will be invincible in both field battles and city defense battles. (Hehe, siege battles are still rubbish) As long as they don't encounter the magic crystal cannons on the human life defense line, the Yaen Kingdom doesn't need to be afraid of any troops.
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On the second day, while several head magicians of the Kingdom of Yan were patiently dispatching large groups of officials to accompany my subordinates to take over workshops and mineral sources in various places, I had already led a small and capable team to the place where the undead were rampant.
Before setting off, I had already arranged a plan to embezzle senior craftsmen from the Kingdom of Yan. On the grounds that they were too scattered and difficult to manage and guide, I required all the craftsmen and technicians who were too far away to be gathered in the direction of the imperial capital according to their scope and skills, and to expand the scale of the workshops and add related facilities. Then, during the transfer, I secretly sent the craftsmen I had my eyes on to my own lair. . . . . .
"Sir, in two days we will reach the province of Sichaya, which is being attacked by the undead. According to the news from the front, the Morgan Autonomous Province to the left of Sichaya has been surrounded by the undead for more than two days, and no news has come out of it. I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry about the Morgan Autonomous Province. We are here only to confirm the general situation of the undead and help the Kingdom of Yan formulate an effective and systematic force allocation plan according to the current situation. So that they can hold off the attack of the undead before the country is destroyed. It is not our responsibility to determine how many people they will die! In addition, from now on, leave a three-person team every 5 kilometers and set up a reconnaissance post. If there is any situation, immediately use magic fireworks to transmit information... I don't want to find that the retreat has been cut off by those abominable private bones when everyone retreats." He interrupted the subordinates' speculation. What I need now are just some people who can do things, and definitely not a group of subordinates with hallucinations.
On the next morning, I took the remaining 50 soldiers and Feng Ya to a place more than ten miles outside the city of Sichaya. Here, I finally saw the so-called army of the undead. The dense layers of gray-white dry bones almost submerged the entire field outside the city. According to the position of the skeletons, I can tell that they are under the control of those puppet mages and are preparing to attack Sichaya City.
But what puzzled me was that, according to what I knew about the gossip about the undead, the quieter the summoned skeleton soldiers were when they were resting and preparing, the more advanced the summoner was, and the more powerful the necromancer who ruled the undead army was. But at this moment, the skeleton soldiers in front of me were piled up like quails that had just shed their shells, swaying and shaking constantly, and sometimes some of them even disintegrated and fell to the ground. . . . . .
"Damn, the rookie bones summoned by the rookie magician? But how can there be so many?" I muttered while taking out the golf ball monocular from my pocket. The light screen detection magic is really not very easy to use. In addition to not being able to see anything clearly at night, it is also greatly limited during the day. Fog, sandstorms, snow, etc. will affect the observation effect of this magic. It is still not as good as modern technology! Thinking of this, I can't help but think of the transparent crystal concave and convex lenses that I am mass-producing. I hope that the effect of these things can be one percent of the one in my hand, and I will be very satisfied. If so, my sniper archers and even the future magic cannon sights will be equipped with them.
"Damn, how come there are so many necromancers? Damn, they are not like those school gangsters on Earth, with nothing to do, so the magic apprentices come out to play with skeletons? This... why do these guys look so sloppy? Damn, why do they look like the Lion King..." (To be continued)