"To sum up, the situation in Lu'an City has basically stabilized. Through publicity and guidance and several effective work-for-relief programs, the officials from the Government Affairs Department we sent have gained the initial trust of the locals, while those in the church district The large-scale renovation was regarded as the successful outcome of the 'heroic resistance' action, and received praise and support from almost all Luan citizens."
Hetty placed a report in front of Gawain. As he spoke, a look of relief appeared on his face.
"In this way, even if there are die-hard elements of the old church who want to cause trouble, it will be difficult to cause any waves."
Gawain flipped through the report in front of him and nodded slightly. : "Very good... But we still have to be wary of resurgence. It's not scary for the remnants to do things in the open. It's the most difficult stage to deal with them when they turn into lurking. Leave this to Amber. The officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau are very concerned about this. He is very good at this kind of thing. By the way, how is the demolition of the inner city wall over there?"
Hetty thought for a while: "According to the plan, three parts of the west and east walls of the church area will be demolished. Second, the remaining city wall will only be retained as a memorial and decoration. Currently, the demolition of the west city wall has begun - of course the citizens of Luan support this, but to be honest... Ancestor, is this really necessary? "
"The inner city wall of Luan City is different from other places. For hundreds of years, that wall has been more than just a city wall, it has become a symbol, symbolizing the absolute boundary between gods and humans. , symbolizing the absolute gap between the clergy and ordinary people. As long as that wall remains, even if we demolish the cathedral, the 'church area' in people's hearts will still be an area that ordinary people cannot enter, and this is different from the Protestant doctrine. The Holy Light theory being promoted is completely contrary to the Holy Light theory," Gawain explained patiently. "I know what you are thinking about - the inner city wall is a part of the city's defense. Dismantling the inner city wall may lead to a decrease in Luan City's ability to respond to disasters. Regarding this , you can take a look at it..."
As Gawain said, he took out a copy of the information at hand and pushed it to Hetty, who was standing across the table.
Hetty glanced down curiously and immediately discovered that this was a sketch of some kind of large rune array - not all the details of the runes on it were listed due to space limitations, but they were roughly in a circle. On the general structure diagram, the words energy extraction array, resonance area, functional area, amplification area, projection area, etc. are clearly marked.
"What is this?" Heti looked at the information carefully, "The scale is... so big?!"
"It's the city-level shield of Rock Fortress," Gawain picked up the tea cup next to him and took a sip. "We found the original design of the city shield in the library of Rock Fortress. During the process of transforming the fortress, the engineers also dug up the foundation and saw hundreds of The rune array from years ago - Jenny took her apprentices and assistants to study it for more than half a month after getting the data back. This is their result."
Hetty's eyes suddenly widened. The hand holding the drawing even trembled slightly - for a mage, this is unimaginable wealth!
Although this mage is now almost full-time engaged in urban construction and internal affairs...
"The city-level magic shield is a strategic-level creation... There are only a few in Ansu To ten shields of this level..." Hetty's tone was filled with disbelief, "The Rune Research Institute... can even produce such a thing?"
"The biggest problems with city-level shields are energy consumption and stability. Because it consumes a lot of energy, it must be built on a natural magic focus. Because it needs to ensure stability, it consumes a large amount of expensive magic materials. These two limitations Its application, but now Jenny has made two layers of optimization on it, and directly integrated the basic structure of the Magic Network and the city-level shield together, which makes it possible for mass production," Gao Wen said, " I plan to install the first verification-type shield in Luan City, which can be constructed simultaneously with the large-scale renovation of the church district. If the effect meets expectations, then every city in Cecil's land in the future - even every town. Level units will build this kind of shield."
"Build... a strategic level shield to the town?" Hetty exclaimed, and his mind suddenly flashed. With a huge budget, she planned to rebuke her ancestor's shocking idea on the spot, "Ancestor, please calm down! This is a giant shield system, not a magic street lamp..."
In charge of financial power The Cecil family's head butler lost his mind the moment he faced the budget problem, and even complained about his ancestors like Rebecca - it turns out that the Cecil family's talent is mostly a genetic factor, but some People are dominant, and some people are recessive for the time being...
Gawain looked at Hetty's expression that she was about to die on the spot, and he could probably guess why the eldest granddaughter lost her composure - anyway, Hetty There were two reasons why Ti lost her temper, either because she worked overtime or because she had no money. Seeing that she was in good spirits and didn't have smoky makeup on her eye circles, it was probably because she had no money - so he shook his head: "Don't So nervous, the cost of the giant shield optimized by Jenny is lower than you think. Moreover, once such a large-scale project is started, it will mean the rise of a large number of ancillary industries, by-products of manufacturing shield units, new construction machinery, and a large number of jobs. , these things will become benefits in the long run."
"Funds are valuable only when they are flowing, are they just ingots stored in the vault..." Hetty helplessly thought of what her ancestors once said to herself. , then she looked at Gawain and said with some hesitation, "Ancestor, is there another reason why you want to spread this kind of shield in every town..."
Gawain looked at Hetty's eyes, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that this great-great...great-granddaughter is really a smart person, and her smartness is different from Rebecca. She can always find the key to the problem keenly, which reduces a lot of communication. Difficulty (of course Rebecca can sometimes find the key points of the problem by mistake, but the upright roe deer always tries to hit the key points with her head): "As you can imagine, the magic tide - we always It has to be faced."
He.Ti exhaled, thinking that was indeed the case.
The cost of installing this huge shield system in every city and town-level settlement is high, even if, as the ancestors said, Jenny has reduced its cost to as low as To the extent that the Principality of Seer can afford it, it is still a huge expense - at this stage when the situation in the Principality has just stabilized and there are countless infrastructure projects waiting to be started, a considerable part of the infrastructure capacity will be used in this expensive and non-direct economic project. Regarding the shield produced, there is only one possibility...
The demonic tide may arrive at any time.
"I understand," Hetty bent down slightly and said solemnly, "I will make a plan in this regard."
Looking at her face, she looked like she was ready to die. The generally heroic Hetty, Gawain was also thinking in his mind.
The situation in the Principality has stabilized, and internal and external troubles have basically been calmed down or there is no possibility of an outbreak for the time being. Cecil will undoubtedly usher in a stage of rapid development. With the four new industries Once the city has started, there will be countless infrastructure projects, countless basic education projects, and countless talent recruitment plans... In order to ensure that all of these can develop smoothly, Cecil will definitely consume a huge amount of funds and resources.
At present, the economy within the Principality is indeed developing rapidly. Thanks to the promotion of new decrees and the support of merchants from all over the country, the river of trade that was originally bound by the old aristocratic system is thawing, and gold coins are beginning to increase one by one. New roads and newly opened river channels flowed, but these... were still not enough.
The magic industry is a beast with an endless appetite. It needs to devour more things to grow. Gawain must at least let it grow to the point where it can develop on its own before it can initially feel at ease, and purely rely on the internal affairs of the principality. With the economic dividends of the New Deal reforms, the development of this beast will become very dangerous: a single economic support is unstable. Once there is a slight problem in the economic chain, the Cecil Principality may collapse at any time.
Especially since there are so many big projects being launched now... Gao Wen doesn't want the basic foundation he has finally built to be dragged down by a few big projects that are developing too fast.
Hetty noticed that her ancestor had not spoken for a long time, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Ancestor...what are you thinking about?"
Gawain thought about it leisurely. He sighed: "Lack of money and resources... is a problem."
"Who do you want to trick this time?"
"You said Wang**..." Gawain said casually, but he realized when he was halfway through the sentence, "What did you just say?"
Hetty didn't realize until after she said the words, her face suddenly turned red, and she quickly bent down: " I'm sorry, ancestor! I...I was a little distracted just now..."
To be honest, Gawain was a little shocked. He had never seen the mature and steady Hetty lose his temper twice in such a short period of time. ——It seems that she really has no money recently. As soon as the topic related to the budget is mentioned, the eldest granddaughter will immediately lose control.
He coughed lightlyKnocked on the table twice: "Be careful next time - we never cheat anyone, we are an upright business. Back to the topic just now, although the Cecil Principality has closed the door to the Rock Fortress, we cannot completely close it. It cannot be closed forever. As a fortress city, some areas of Panshi City were originally designed to be used as trade transit areas. Although the fortress is not yet completed, the merchants... can already take action."
The ancestors are keen on doing business, and it turns out that the ancestors' business can sometimes bring more considerable benefits than war, so Hetty immediately reacted: "Are you planning to start trade with the Holy Spirit Plains?"
"Strictly speaking, we are doing business with the royal family," Gawain nodded, "What do you think the king lacks?"
"...I'm afraid there is no shortage of alchemy potions," He Di said while thinking, "The Crusaders have joined the King's camp. Priests and Holy See knights will not be stingy with magic power on the battlefield. With the support of holy water and holy light, the King's army does not have much need for alchemical potions. They are short of them." ...It should be a more powerful weapon."
Heti paused and continued: "The main reason why Wang ** is almost never able to defeat the same number of Eastern Legions on the battlefield. The quality of the soldiers is very poor - the Eastern Legion has to face the Typhons and border barbarians, so they are almost all veterans. It is said that in the king's army, except for the mountain regiments from the north, ordinary soldiers are almost two It takes three people to deal with one Eastern Borderer... It is difficult to improve the quality of soldiers in a short time, but with more sophisticated weapons, Wang ** can close the gap with the Eastern Border Legion in a short time."
"Then it seems we can make a batch of 'foreign trade weapons'..." Gawain touched his chin and said, "We have to let Nicholas Egg design the design..."
Hetty was a little bit He looked at Gawain hesitantly: "Ancestor...are you really going to sell the weapons to the king?"
Gawain answered firmly: "We need funds and the rich minerals in the Holy Spirit Plains. "
Then without waiting for Hetty to speak, he continued to say thoughtfully: "In addition...since the Holy Light Sect, which is best at healing, has completely fallen to Wang **, what do you think? Are there any shortages of potions at the Border Army?"
Hetty: "?"