Proof of the Sun King

Dragon's Breath Tavern, late at night, in the King's Room.

…………Slightly above…………

The room was filled with silence, the original storm was over, the curtains were drawn tight, the carpet imported from Araby was spread on the floor, and the room was lit with the finest ambergris.

Ryan was wearing a bathrobe, leaning on his head and pillowing himself with a fluffy pillow, Olika was lying in Ryan's arms and closed her eyes, while Veronica was full of moist red, she washed her face. After the bath, he changed into a clean white bathrobe, and erected his pillow like Ryan, then leaned on the pillow and leaned against Ryan's shoulder happily: "Darling?"

"Huh?" Ryan tightened Olika in his arms: "What's the matter?"

"Something..." Veronica was a little hesitant.

"What's the matter?" Ryan touched his chin. He had a habit of spending a little time thinking about and reviewing his recent series of guidelines and policy issues after the fact, and by the way, to deal with interpersonal relationships, that is, at this time, His thinking is the most active, no way, man.

"...It's nothing, I just think...Since the completion of the Dawning Wizard Tower, up to the council witch, down to my apprentices, it seems that I have taken a shortcut." Veronica sighed softly, she stretched A tender foot wrapped in colored stockings kicked the quilt: "Damn, I think this is someone targeting me on purpose, can't they see my downfall and put all the chips in one breath? Isn't this me? deserve it?"

"This is not very normal, people are always forgetful." Ryan stretched out a hand and put his arm around Veronica's shoulder and said softly: "People always want to be able to pick up ready-made ones, and chasing success is also the nature of human beings. It's nothing, you are right, this is what you deserve, as for those who don't have enough resources, naturally there are ways to grow without resources, there are so many resources, naturally the first comer gets it."

Veronica pouted and nodded a little unwillingly. As Ryan said, it does require a lot of resources to train a wizard, so why is the position of the imperial royal chief wizard competed by a large number of wizards, why is the whole witch The regiment is full of witches full of thoughts about Ryan, that's why.

However, without resources, there is naturally a way of life without resources. It does not mean that wizards cannot cultivate without money and resources. There are only so many resources. Lane is currently the king of Brittany, and his court has already raised several A sanctuary spellcaster.

As for why wizards don't make money by themselves and rely on nobles... This question is very ridiculous, similar to asking why those archers are not good at melee combat and why dwarves are not good at speed, wizards put their energy almost entirely on the arcane. In the pursuit and research of Tao, where do they have so much energy to find ways to manage their territories and gain wealth? Veronica knew that many of the Garland witches would only start selling potions, making scrolls, and making quests to make money until they had been bailed out to the point where they had no money or debts.

Seeing that Ryan didn't continue to speak, Veronica was a little unwilling, and she said tentatively: "Tell me, dear, could this be what the mother and daughter did, such as deliberately spreading rumors to splash my dirt on me? water?"

"You mean Aurora, right? Is there any doubt about this?" Ryan gave Veronica a white look: "Aren't you the same? After secretly spreading the word about Aurora's loss, she kept her face calm and leaned against Teresa. Your relationship with me shamelessly came to Brittany and forcibly posted it?"

"Hey hey~ you all know?" Veronica's thoughts were seen through.

"How could I not know my chief female courtier?" Ryan complained, and he suddenly laughed: "Right? Orika?"

"Those who find out the rumors are all demoted to slaves. As for Ms. Veronica and Ms. Aurora who spread the rumors, then clear the customs and come to my pale courtyard!" Olica raised her head from Ryan's arms and smiled wickedly. Said: "Master, leave it to me, I am good at this, and I guarantee that they will not have any ability to resist in the future."

"That's not good, what I like is the original Veronica, not the kind of Veronica who has lost herself." Ryan immediately refused, and Veronica said aggressively: "Ms. Olica, There is no deep hatred between us, right? Why do you always target me?"

"The master's idea is the benchmark for everything, and nothing else matters." Olika smiled sympathetically: "Don't fall into my hands, Ms. Veronica."

The three of them made a few jokes, and even if this matter was revealed, Ryan had never actually hoped that Teresa Aurora and Veronica would get along in harmony. In fact, the two sides fought well. , which is beneficial for Ryan to control the situation and allocate resources. For example, this great expedition Veronica and her wizarding group have followed, so in the future, Ryan's resources will definitely be tilted towards Veronica.

"By the way, I'm going to the Haimenguan Engineers Association tomorrow, who would you like to go?" Ryan asked casually, "If you don't want to go, you can move freely."

"What is the master going to do at the Haimenguan Engineers Association?" Olika put her arms around Ryan's neck and buried her small head in Ryan's mouth. Her long black hair almost covered Ryan's body: "Those short stacks would be willing to talk to Ryan. You share technology? You really think too much, master, let me tell you, even the Belgar-Hammer you have high hopes for, if he is not really desperate, he will not ask you for help, dwarves will never It is, conservative, stubborn, rigid, and extremely traditional."

"It sounds like you know dwarves very well." Ryan smiled, hugged Orika, and said softly, "I plan to order an ironclad ship at Haimen Pass, Orika, Veronica, see you today. Has the ironclad ship arrived at Haimenguan? I also want one. Bordello's Poseidon fleet is indeed powerful, but we can't always rely on other people's fleets, right? We also need some capital. "

Before Veronica could speak, Olika said disdainfully: "Ironclad? That kind of iron shell is just an empty shelf. It can't compare to our Duluzi's black ark. I haven't seen our Duluzi's black ark. Ark, master, you never know what a real navy is."

"I haven't seen the Queen of Glory-class battleship, Olika, you never know what a real navy is." Ryan complained: "The Black Ark may be really powerful, but we have no way to get it!"

"It's not difficult to get the Black Ark, as long as you try to get one." Olika shook her head, and the dark elf thought about it: "But this is really going to be compared with the entire Duruchi pirate army on the Black Ark. Go to war, since you have already made up your mind, master, I have no other opinion, but I will not go, Duruqi is very unpopular among dwarves, and even more so for those serious and old-fashioned engineers."

"Then I'm not going either, dear." Veronica also shook her head.

"Okay, then I'll go with Callard and Federmond." Ryan could only shake his head.

…………I am the dividing line of the number one Black Ark in the world…………

Early the next morning, Ryan set off with Callard and Federmond, preparing to go to the Engineers Association of the Dwarves at Seagate.

Leading him through a forging factory powered by waterwheels, these waterwheels have slowly turned for thousands of years without stopping, and the flames in the hearth are also burning. The strength of the Engineers Association in Haimenguan is second only to The Engineers Guild of the Dwarves on Everest and Riptide, which is filled with benches and all kinds of machinery, from the most sophisticated clock-making machines to the cranes used to assemble the best cannons, even at this time the workshop is still The fire was in full swing, with the clanging of hammers, heated arguments and the hum of millstones and carts.

"The engineers are having a meeting." The Hammer Warrior who led the way for Ryan and others said to the King of Knights: "Please come back in the afternoon."

Ryan and others are helpless. The meetings between dwarves are always long: "Can you know the reason for the meeting?"

"There was a seagate engineer named Jerek Grimm before. He went against the tradition of dwarves and tried to develop a new steam ironclad ship, so he was permanently expelled from the Engineers Association. As a result, Jerek took his family with him. And the engineers who supported him publicly announced that he was leaving the Seagate Association. It is said that he planned to go to Lustria to find a special 'omite stone' to support his great invention. It was only a few months later that the engineers discovered his Missing, now they are in a meeting to discuss how to solve this trouble." The Hammer warrior who led the team is still yesterday's Glenn Silverbeard, he likes Ryan's style and can speak fluent Dwarven, so he is also more happy to say A few words: "Judging from the intensity of their discussions and the level of beer consumption, you'd better come back in the afternoon."

"Well, it's a bunch of weird guys... um, I mean the Engineers Association." Callard groaned, but he quickly realized that he was wrong, so he immediately added: "Normally, the new Shouldn't the invention be encouraged?"

"Yes, it should be encouraged, but only if Jerek didn't blow up Granny's Iron Forge." Glenn Silverbeard said: "Jerek's invention blew up two forging furnaces. And a whole dock! He's still convinced he's right!"

Ryan could only shake his head helplessly. He soon noticed the dock next to the Engineers Association, where a huge ironclad ship was being built. The King of Knights soon became interested: "Then can we visit the dock?"

"This... I think I have to ask." Glenn Silverbeard thought for a while, and chose to go up to negotiate with the dwarf engineers standing at the door of the dock. Ryan could see that the dwarf engineers did not agree at first, but then After Glenn Silverbeard's serious negotiation and King Byrnov's orders, the dwarf engineer reluctantly agreed.

As Ryan and others entered the dock, what they saw was a behemoth made of steel.

"'Grimnir's Thunder', the captain is 80 meters long, 25 meters wide, and has a draft of 12 meters. It is fully loaded with hundreds of dwarven engineers, including the boarding team of ironbreakers, hungry and titanic. The troll-killer chapters of giant sea monsters seeking honorable deaths, and a whole fleet of warships capable of sending lighter-than-air reconnaissance planes into the air, the self-reloading, pumping Thunder cannons in The gun barrel is engraved with runes of destruction, and the star-iron armor hull nearly 100 centimeters thick is durable enough that an iceberg can't break it." The dwarf engineer introduced to the crowd proudly: "Grimmnir's There is a dwarf rotorcraft apron built on the deck of the Thunder ship, where the rotorcraft can take off and land freely, and the reconnaissance of the enemy ship will be transmitted back to the mother ship by the airship through the rune signal. Regardless of strong winds and waves, Grimney It is our pride that the Thunder of the Thunder advances unhindered on the sea, with the hatred that the dwarves must have to meet the enemy, even if it is slow but as inescapable as death."

"God!" Federmond, who is most experienced in giant ships and naval battles, raised his head and looked up at the giant ironclad ship, an indescribable sense of obscurity and shock filled the heart of the Holy Grail Knight: "How much does this ship cost? money?"

"...If you don't count the raw materials, it's about 50,000 gold marks, and if you count the raw materials, it will cost about 140,000 gold marks." The dwarf engineer got a belly proudly: "Most of the star iron is from Karak- It was obtained in Vahn's Blackwater Lake, and it is not easy to obtain Star Iron from the Blackwater Lake now."

"Can we board the ship to visit?" Ryan wanted to go up and have a look.

"Of course not. It is for the king's sake to let you enter the dock. If there is nothing more, please leave!" The dwarf engineer was a little unhappy: "Don't take an inch, human, this is our ship. , not yours!"

In the kingdom of dwarves, the king is not a ruler in the full sense. In fact, the Dwarf Craftsmen Association, the Dwarf Engineers Association and the Dwarven Patriarch Conference all play a role in determining the specific affairs of the Dwarves and determining the future policy under certain circumstances. The biggest ones are the Dwarf Craftsmen Association and the Dwarf Engineers Association. Ryan can see this from Bellegar. After he entered the Blackrock stronghold, Bellegar originally wanted to establish a dwarf gun workshop and a blacksmith factory immediately, but Both the Engineers Guild and the Craftsmen Guild decided that the first building would be the Dwarf Brewery~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In the end, Bellegar couldn't beat them, so he simply agreed.

By the way, the rapid revival of the Duchy of Gisoleaux after the invasion of Heinrich-Kemmler was only able to solve the work and production problems of a large number of homeless people by cooperating with the dwarves in infrastructure construction. The two sides are now closely related. An ally, Hagen, Duke of Gisolayaux, visited the Blackrock stronghold three times, and dined with Bellegar and his queen Cormanique.

"Mr. Engineer, we also want to order an ironclad ship." Ryan said to the engineer.

"Then you are going to discuss with the chief engineer, Master Brook Gunnelson. Well, you hurry up and go out, I will continue to work." The dwarf engineer said impatiently: "Go out, we are going to continue to work, Don't disturb our work, humans, you can negotiate with the Engineers Association for what you want, I'm just an engineer in charge of production, not even a big engineer!"

The three Holy Grail Knights were driven out just like that.

"My Majesty, an ironclad ship?" Callard touched his goatee and smiled, "What a good idea!"

"The idea is good, as long as you have money!" Ryan said with a wry smile: "Did you hear that? The cost is 140,000 gold marks! This is still the cost price! The cost is too amazing."

"A single Bordeaux galleon may not be able to match the ironclads, but the money is enough for us to build three to five galleons." Federmond mused: "This is the style of the dwarves, quality against quantity Is it?"

"Aren't dwarves always like this?" Karad laughed.

"Very good, there is still some time now." Ryan took out the pocket watch made by the dwarves. It was only ten o'clock in the morning: "Let's walk around. By the way, I also want to talk to you about a question."

"Of course, my majesty!"