Chapter 474 No one will stop

Everyone is developing and no one will stop.

In order not to wake up Hetty who was sleeping peacefully, Gawain gently stood up and left the desk. He first put a piece of clothing on Hetty, and then came to the large French window of the study to see. Looking at the city scenery outside - in the gradually setting sun, Cecil is still busy and full of vitality.

This is a city that is developing rapidly, and with the end of the integration war, the development of the entire southern region will also become rapid.

But while Cecil is developing, others are also developing. On this road of progress, no one will stop and wait for the footsteps of the latecomers.

Typhon's development is unexpectedly rapid, but Gawain believes that there is more than one Typhon that is developing. Even Ansu, who looks outdated and backward, and the seemingly stubborn and conservative church, must have Their own development process, especially if war breaks out, will only accelerate.

But Gawain is not very worried about the development of Anzu and the church, because he knows that these forces are still trapped in their own backward system, and their development speed has a limit unless they encounter earth-shaking changes. , their forward speed will always lag behind Cecil, and there is no need to worry at all.

What is worth worrying about is Typhon - Rosetta Augustus is a more dangerous opponent than Gawain expected.

He started by changing the system and has initially succeeded.

The Emperor spent more than ten years gradually reforming the empire's aristocratic system, centralizing his authority, and turning Typhon into a more efficient execution machine. In recent years, his Centralization became more stable and the empire's execution efficiency increased unprecedentedly, so he soon entered the next stage: promoting education, liberating the shackles of the land, and redistributing production resources.

It is very likely that he has realized the existence and significance of "productive forces and production relations", at least found some ways, and is trying to move towards deeper reforms, and as long as he has control over the empire Without weakening, these reforms are bound to advance further in the coming years.

To achieve such great achievements, it is impossible for Emperor Rosetta alone - in order to run such a huge and ancient empire, Emperor Rosetta must have a large group of think tanks and assistants around him. Perhaps it was the young aristocratic elite, or perhaps it was the enlightened and prestigious old aristocratic platform. All in all, Typhon definitely had not only a talented and strategic emperor, but also a group of important ministers with both wisdom and skill.

At the same time, Typhon also has excellent technical talents.

Gawain has Kamel, Pitman, Rebecca and Jenny under his command. They are all excellent technical talents, but there are so many talents in the world that it is impossible to concentrate all the talents. In Cecil's three-thirds of an acre - don't other people have technical experts?

Definitely, the difference is just whether they get the chance to shine.

Typhon’s Chief AlchemistThe process of acidolysis of burning stone has been discovered, but does Typhon only have one chief alchemist? Don’t they have any rune experts? Is there no mechanic? Is there no magician? What new things will these people... research?

Gawain can be sure that there are definitely people in the world who are more talented in mathematics than Rebecca, more talented in runes than Jenny, and more talented in theology and natural history than Pitman. According to this era According to the distribution pattern of extraordinary people, these people must be gathered at the top of various countries. They may achieve amazing achievements in the academic field at any time - but depending on the situation of the country in which they are located, the impact of their achievements will also be different. different.

In some places, a new magic technology may just add a new entertainment item to the nobles, while in other places, an alchemical result may be promoted to become a huge boost to national food production. Help.

Typhon’s technical staff obviously caught up with a good era and a good emperor.

Cecil’s only advantage is that Gawain can be more tolerant and forward-looking than Rosetta, and has a clearer understanding of the next development rules of society, so that he can more efficiently utilize the benefits of technological research and development. dividends.

Gawain carefully analyzed the intelligence he received from Daniel, and in the process speculated on Typhon's advancement speed and Emperor Rosetta's next move - in the process he even had a question "Rosetta Augustus may not have the same surname as Chuan", but after some analysis, he found that there should be no doubts about Typhon's development.

First of all, Rosetta Augustus's path to change did not happen overnight. He spent the first half of his life decades to sit on the throne, stabilize his political power, win over progressive nobles bit by bit, and divide his opponents. , gradually changing the Typhon noble system, which is a normal and long accumulation process.

Secondly, the social changes in Typhon were not smooth. Rosetta Augustus had many obvious signs of inexperience in the process of implementing the New Deal. Some of the inexperience can even be described as "mistakes" " to describe:

He left behind many hidden dangers based on the power of the old aristocracy. For this reason, he had to make more compromises to maintain the stability of Typhon;

He In the process of promoting literacy education, a lot of energy was wasted because there were no good incentives and no perfect education system was established. Until now, the enthusiasm of the common people in Typhon to receive education cannot be compared with that of the Cecil people;< /p>

The degree of labor liberation in Typhon obviously lags behind that of Cecil. They still maintain the situation of "working as part-time workers in workshops after farming". There are no real professional workers, nor any Systematic vocational education and management system;

Tifeng’s “burning stone acidification workshop” is still based on the old “alchemy workshop” system, with small production scale, low efficiency, inconsistent systems, and inconsistent standards. There are many problems such as unification and disordered management. Although Rosetta Augustus tried to establish a large-scale rock-fired acidification production facility, it was just an enlarged workshop, resulting in a serious waste of manpower and material resources....

Gawain took a deep breath. He knew that Typhon's development was "normal".

Exploring, hitting the wall, improving, groping again, hitting the wall again, improving again, countless people have paid huge time costs, manpower and material costs (sometimes even consuming a generation’s youth) to attack a field. In the end, their only gain is probably just to verify that "this road is dead". Typhon is doing such a thing now, and this is normal.

A large part of the reason why Cecil has developed so rapidly is that Gawain directly used his own judgment and experience to avoid these "impossible roads" in advance. He used his knowledge from his previous life and his role as a satellite spirit to We used our observation experience to plan the southern border, thus saving a huge amount of time, manpower, and material costs.

At least at this stage, this is Cecil’s huge advantage over Typhon, but from another perspective, Typhon also has his own advantages, and this advantage is one that Cecil cannot make up for the time being. :

Typhon is a huge country, its land area, resource reserves, and population are several times that of the Principality of Cecil!

This means that it can withstand the loss of resources in the development process, has ample opportunities for trial and error, and more importantly - it can multiply those development dividends!

Even if its forward efficiency is lower than that of Cecil, it can still use its own size to crush Anzu and crush Cecil soon.

So what should Cecil do, what can he do...

Gawain turned back and looked at the pile of documents on the desk.

That is the next phase of the construction and development plan for the four new industrial belts in the southern border.

At this stage, there is not much that Gao Wen can do in the southern territory - development is the last word. Only by focusing on development and maximizing Cecil's "efficiency" advantage can we maintain the current situation. Good situation.

And this development process must be stable and controllable.

His territory has been over-expanded in the past year, and now he has no energy left to expand again - unless he wants the Cecil Principality to return to the loose and disorderly feudal lordship system of the past. Otherwise, all he can do within the country is digest and absorb and immerse himself in the technology tree and infrastructure construction.

Outside of Ansu, he could not cause any direct damage to Typhon, and all he could do was dig holes.

The huge imperial machine controlled by Rosetta Augustus is already running. It is impossible to stop it, so it is better to simply push it and let it look towards a It seems to be brilliant, but in fact it is heading towards the abyss...

Gawain must do this - for Cecil's survival, Typhon must be rendered harmless.

But he also has to find a way to retain Typhon's development potential in the process... because Typhon in the future is likely to be a force against the demonic tide.

The most fortunate thing for Gawain now is that the magic network information he deliberately released entered Rosetta Augustus and his think tank in time.With this opportunity, he can penetrate his influence into Typhon.

But is Daniel's "Magic Network Technology" alone enough to plant enough poison in the body of the giant beast Typhon?

Gawain thinks it is not enough - although the magic network is of great significance, Rosetta Augustus will definitely treat this technology from Ansu with caution, and he will most likely limit the magic network application, and even if the "Magic Network Poison Killing" plan succeeds, the damage suffered by Typhon will not be great enough. At most, it will waste a lot of manpower and material resources in the process. As a huge empire, Typhon can afford to lose .

Some bolder and more adventurous ideas were brewing in Gawain's mind, and his expression became uncertain.

Hetty finally woke up from her sleep. She sat up in excitement and saw that Gawain had already left "meditation" and was standing not far away, and she was wearing a coat. , so he suddenly felt nervous and embarrassed: "Ancestor...I...I didn't fall asleep on purpose..."

Seeing Hetty wake up, the expression on Gawain's face quickly returned to gentleness, He smiled faintly and took the coat handed over by Hetty: "It's okay, it's good to sleep for a while. You've been really tired recently."

"Actually, it's been fine recently. Production and construction plans After the arrangement, there weren't that many things going on," Hetty, still blushing, lowered her head and explained, "It's just that the Government Affairs Department was testing the newly installed Magic Network file transfer system recently, and encountered many unexpected problems. "It's a little... tricky."

"It's normal to encounter problems when applying new technologies," Gao Wen nodded, "Compared with this, the development of various industrial zones in recent times. Do you have any information on output, the willingness of private businessmen to invest in factories, the attitude of the transformed aristocracy towards factories, and the operations of the Production Coordination Committee and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security? ”

"Yes, but there is no rush. You have compiled it for me in the past few days. Just a comprehensive report."

"I understand."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, and then said softly as if talking to himself: "One's own strength is the key. The last word..."

...

Typhon, in the Obsidian Palace reception room in Aldernan, the imperial capital.

Archduke Ferdinand looked at Rosetta Augustus sitting on the seat opposite, feeling a little complicated in his heart.

The war between Typhon and Anzu has finally been postponed, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this has nothing to do with peace.

Anzu fell into a disastrous civil war almost immediately after the signing of the peace agreement. The Typhon Empire also closed its borders and began to watch. Emperor Rosetta began to rectify the various forces in the country and had frequent meetings with various nobles. meeting, and continued to promote the reform of the professional army... All of these, piece by piece, were determined by Peter N. Win.Del saw it.

He knew that this talented and strategic Emperor had never given up on the piece of fat Ansu. The current temporary truce was just to make the piece of fat more tender, delicious and easy to swallow.

He was pleased that Rosetta Augustus had successfully escaped from hereditary madness, and was pleased that the empire had such an emperor with both wisdom and power, but he was also pleased with the demise of the golden spirit of the aristocracy. And regret, regret for the new type of war that relies on cunning conspiracies to advance.

There is no doubt that the civil war in Ansu has a part in the power of Rosetta the Great.

But Ferdinand Wendell also understood that this dishonorable method was necessary - for the benefit of the empire, the Ansu people must make sacrifices.

And the Ansu people not only have to make sacrifices, they also have to become nourishment for the growth of the empire.

A middle-aged woman wearing a magician's robe stood respectfully next to Emperor Typhon, pointing to the drawings spread out on the table and explaining: "This is the so-called 'Magic Network' , but it is the first generation and is outdated. The second generation magic network is more streamlined, but the drawings we obtained are incomplete and we have not found a specific processing method."

Grand Duke Pei Dinan looked at it. The drawing in front of Emperor Typhon - he could see that there were complex runes and magic lines drawn on it. Although all the runes were elementary, the entire array had a strange sense of coordination. Although he He is not a mage himself, but with his fairly good knowledge of magic, he can also tell that this magic circle has been optimized very well.

This is the key to the rapid rise of the ancient Cecil family in Anzu. It is the "lost technology" brought by the resurrected ancient hero.

Rosetta Augustus's voice came from across the table: "Qing Pei Dinan, I heard that the second generation of Magic Network is composed of 'units'."

Speaking of this, the Duke couldn't help but frown. He frowned and sighed: "It's a pity that we don't have the drawings... and we haven't gotten the actual objects."

Another royal minister in the living room heard this and said: "The southern border of Ansu has been sealed off. The Cecil family is ruling there tightly, and it is not easy to get information. However, this is all temporary - the Cecil family has not completely blocked the spread of the magic network. It is said that in the Holy Spirit Plains area and a few areas in the eastern border of Ansu Some local nobles have obtained the magic network drawings that have been circulated privately. As long as they have enough patience and price, those Anzu nobles can easily bribe them."

Emperor Rosetta looked at the minister indifferently. One glance: "Mr. Goring, even if you get the drawings and objects, do you dare to use them directly?"

The royal minister named Goring was stunned for a moment.down, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"According to the information we have, before the war in the southern border of Ansu broke out, the Cecil family actively spread the magic network on a large scale. Then what? Then those stupid Ansu nobles took the magic network and spread it on a large scale. The nets are everywhere, so that the Cecil family's army has a sufficient supply of magic power no matter where it fights - this lesson is quite profound."

The Ansu Southern War ended very soon. Soon, and the entire Southern Territory was quickly sealed off after the war, but there is no airtight wall. Before the Southern Territory was completely sealed off, there were still some exiled knights and mercenaries who escaped - they brought all kinds of terrible things. News, whether trustworthy or not, were taken away, some of which fell into Typhon's hands.

This information made Emperor Rosetta aware of the rise of Cecil, and he was even more wary of the "Magic Network" from Cecil.

However... the Magic Network is still a good thing.

"We need Magic Network technology, and even more, we need the technology to apply Magic Network, and these technologies must be in our own hands," Rosetta Augustus pressed the drawing on the table and sighed. The voice said, "Typhon, you need your own magic net."