When Roland told Anna about this at night, he made the latter laugh for a long time.
"If those people know that most of these things are from your hands, I'm afraid their eyes will fall out of fear." He said easily while playing with the ends of the other party's hair, "In this way, they should also be obedient to you. Posted."
"The Ministry of Industry can finally add more staff," Anna smiled, "I just don't know what their actual level is."
"Those who can realize the value of that book, at least the talent won't be too bad." Roland shrugged, thinking back then, he used a row of redox formulas to trick the chief alchemist into Neverwinter, "and willing to Bringing family members here under pressure, curiosity should be considered strong... With these two conditions, only by giving appropriate opportunities, I don't think they will remain anonymous forever."
Having said this, he paused, "Of course, before officially assisting you, they have to complete the study of those basic subjects. It is up to you to arrange how to do it. This is also a process of establishing a relationship between superiors and subordinates. ."
Anna got closer and leaned her head on his chest, "To be honest, I don't know if I can lead them well..."
"You proposed to be the Minister of Industry," Roland teased. "Why, now you're finally not a bare commander, but stage fright?"
She stretched out her hand, and the slender black fire quietly appeared from her fingertips, drawing a circle in front of Roland, "Do you want to be tied up and tickled by the black fire again?"
"Uh, I mean, if you don't understand anything, just ask Tilly." Roland looked away, "I heard that none of the apprentice sky knights in the academy is not afraid of the majesty of the eldest princess. "
Anna's eyes lit up, "Yes, I can ask your sister for advice! But..." She hesitated again, "I haven't talked to her for a long time, and I heard that since the last expedition, her Emotions are always…”
"Don't worry, it's been so long, she must have adjusted." Roland reassured. "Maybe if you go to chat with her, she will be very happy. After all, you two have been together before to give exam papers."
Regarding the possibility of Ashes' resurrection, he did not disclose it to anyone other than Tilly. The main reason was that they were worried that they would put life and death aside in the war.
"Well," Anna nodded as if determined, "That's it!"
Seeing that the crisis was over, Roland changed the subject, "By the way, how is the Rubik's Cube-driven steam truck project going?"
"It will take a few days for the first prototype car to be completed. The structure is roughly the same as the previous Rubik's Cube car. The handling and power system have been simplified. Although the flexibility has decreased a lot, the reliability has improved a lot." When it came to business, Anna's tone immediately became serious, "In addition, there is no problem with using it to load goods and people, as long as the road project you mentioned can be completed smoothly. If it is just an ordinary dirt road and mountain road, it basically cannot run."
"What about the tractor?"
"This is far from enough," Anna shook her head, "The drawings you handed me are not detailed enough, and many places need to be actually done to know, and the suspension and control systems are different from wheeled vehicles. It may take a long time before a qualified prototype."
But what is lacking most now is time.
If it is just defense, the devil will only become more and more difficult to deal with. If you want to get rid of the dependence on the ground battle, the armored force is undoubtedly the most suitable choice. But the blueprints of such old and large machines are not very easy to collect. They don't have ready-made products like textbooks. Even in the dream world, he can only find some scattered details. Whether they match each other is questionable.
If modern components are directly applied, the level of craftsmanship in Neverwinter is far from up to standard. Whether it is a crawler tractor or an armored vehicle transformed on this basis, they are all consumables, and it is impossible for Anna to build them all.
In the final analysis, there is still too little talent available.
When the industry develops to a certain level, any product may involve hundreds of categories, and it is difficult for one or two people to support the overall situation. And this kind of problem will become more and more obvious in the future. For example, the shortcomings and improvement suggestions of biplanes that Tilly has reported to him, he can't take care of them.
If the third battle of divine will comes fifty years later, the above problems can be solved easily.
But the enemy obviously won't give him this chance.
"I'll think of a way," Roland said slowly.
"Roland, I remember you said that the dream world has become richer and richer, right?" Anna blinked her blue eyes, as if she had come up with an idea.
"Well, it's like self-improvement. If not, I wouldn't even be able to bring back the following information." According to Lan, this is the manifestation of the dreamland's strengthening itself, and it is eroding the power of the gods.
"If that's the case, why don't you seek help directly from the dream world?"
"You mean... mobilizing more people to search?"
"No," Anna smiled slyly, "I was thinking of a more direct method." She put it to Roland's ear and whispered her idea, "I just don't know if it will work."
Roland couldn't help being stunned. After he pondered for a while, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. "This... maybe it will work!"
"You can give it a try later," Anna stretched. "If it works, we can all relax a lot. But for now, stay with me first..."
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When Roland opened his eyes from the dream world, a complete plan had emerged in his mind.
Anna's idea is actually not complicated. Since Neverwinter City lacks enough talents, it is better to recruit from here. And Roland, who was prompted by this, thought more deeply. He could set up a design bureau in the dream world: nominally to spend money for fun, anyway, there are antiques and model lovers everywhere, no matter how he tossed it. None of them will attract attention, essentially providing R&D support and detailed drawings for the real world.
Even follow-up testing and improvements can be done here.
Compared with his search for information on the Internet like a needle in a haystack, this approach is undoubtedly highly targeted and much more efficient.
However, the bar for doing so is undoubtedly high.
So high that the money he saved from robbing the fallen demons was far from enough.
Unless he can find stronger backers.
And there seems to be one right now.
One of the board members of Sanye Group, Garcia's father, Guardian.
Of course, given the personality of the other party, just talking like this may not achieve the effect he wants.
Garcia has been very difficult to help him in this matter, and he needs some other bargaining chips.
Roland picked up the phone and found the number of the Prism Town Guard.