The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Remember [New] for a second,! "Will there be too few requests for cooperation?" Leo asked with some doubts after leaving the temporary residence where the Queen and the Duke stayed. The reason why he felt this way was entirely because of Queen Teresa just now. It's too easy to agree to their request.

"Of course not." Sylvia shook her head and said, "I think we want too much, don't forget, the formula of gunpowder is from the Academy, they will know sooner or later, and the healing potion is just discarded by you. The formula, the things we brought out are not particularly precious in terms of value. The reason why she readily agreed to the two cooperation requests she made to us was because these two things just filled the defects of Teresa's kingdom. , let her lose her ability to judge for a while, and she will regret it after a while,"

Leo nodded when he heard the words, then looked at Sylvia, and said with emotion: "However, it can be seen that this Queen Teresa is very ambitious."

Sylvia also agreed: "Indeed, isn't this just in line with our speculation about the Kingdom of Teresa?"

In fact, on the way to the Kingdom of Teresa, they had already discussed and analyzed the strange state system of the Kingdom of Teresa, because the current Kingdom of Teresa is so strange that it is so strange in Hill In the view of a practical politician, this kind of system should not be like this after so many years of development.

In the ancient times of the Velen world, there were no countries where all the people were soldiers. The early First Dynasty of France was a country where all the people were soldiers. It was very similar to the Kingdom of Teresa. Even the New Porto founded by Sylvia, It is also a country where all the people are soldiers, and as the ruler of such a country, Sylvia is very clear that after the development of such a country reaches a certain level, it will inevitably move towards the road of outward expansion. This situation is irreversible and also It is not up to the ruler to decide.

However, the Kingdom of Teresa seems very strange now. They are also all soldiers, and they can even be called militaries. There are as many as 12 10,000 legions in the country. The military strength alone is enough to sweep the entire Old Continent, and the Kingdom Because it is a mountainous area, there is very little suitable arable land. Most of the food needs to be imported from neighboring countries. The money spent on this every year should account for more than half of the kingdom's national tax.

With a strong and huge army, the domestic thirst for food and arable land, the strength of the surrounding countries is average, and it is still a dependent country that has been eroded by the kingdom. In this case, the Teresa Kingdom should have already annexed other kingdoms. Yes, you shouldn't still be huddled in the Teresa Mountains like you are now.

This question was not discussed on the road until they came to the Xuecheng and saw a census-like research material in the Xuecheng library, the doubt was solved.

It is not that the Kingdom of Teresa does not want to expand. It can be seen from his continuous use of military and cultural power to erode the surrounding countries and make the surrounding countries become dependent countries. It can be seen that the rulers of the Kingdom of Teresa are eager to get the Kingdom of Teresa out of the mountains. , but the reality is that two huge defects, one inside and one outside, limit the normal development of Teresa's kingdom, so that the kingdom system has become as deformed and weird as it is now.

Among these two defects, the internal defect is mainly the population. Although the Kingdom of Teresa seems to have a large population, in fact, about one-third of the population is refugees who are fleeing the war. They have just come to the Kingdom of Teresa to settle down. , has not completely become Teresa, once the kingdom of Teresa launches an expansion war, these people's loyalty and combat power will not be guaranteed, and may even become the key and flaw in the king's affairs.

In addition to the refugees, there are also a large number of businessmen, scholars and uncontrolled cultists, these people are either incompetent, unfaithful, or will become a scourge at any time. All in all, the real Teresans are in this country. The proportion of the population has only reached more than half, and this has always been the case. Even if the previous rulers of the kingdom issued various decrees to promote the domestic population, but because of the mercenary system where all the people are soldiers, the birth population and the war are made. The death toll is almost flat, and there is no improvement in the lift of the domestic population.

Under such circumstances, if the Kingdom of Teresa launches a war of expansion, there will inevitably be huge casualties on the battlefield, and the population will also plummet. The country also does not have enough troops to defend the achievements, and may even be defeated individually due to the dispersion of troops.

If you don't send people to guard those occupied kingdoms and regions, then these kingdoms and regions will inevitably be occupied by other forces, and Teresa's kingdom will eventually fall into a thankless and embarrassing situation.

Obviously, the previous rulers of the Kingdom of Teresa should have seen the drawbacks, so they have been subtly promoting the growth of the real Teresa population, and there are more than 50 related decrees.

Although the healing potion that Leo has brought out cannot promote a large population growth in the Kingdom of Teresa in a short period of time, it can help the Kingdom of Teresa to minimize the casualties on the battlefield after the war is launched, and the increase in disguised form has increased. The number of Teresans.

Moreover, the healing potion can also make those refugees who have not fully integrated into the Kingdom of Teresa and who are extremely afraid of war become no longer afraid of war, and even more bellicose. After all, if a person knows that even if he is fatally injured, he can survive, And fighting can bring him huge wealth and higher status, so no matter how cowardly this person used to be, he will become extremely brave.

Therefore, Leo's healing potion is definitely the item that Teresa's kingdom has been craving most for so many years. This item alone is enough for Queen Teresa to agree to most of Leo's cooperation requests.

As for the improved repeating pistol and gunpowder formula, it is just a collaboration that Sylvia gave for the sake of the same family, and this collaboration was not taken out at will. It was Sylvia who analyzed the Kingdom of Teresa. After another flaw, it was deliberately chosen.

Another reason they analyzed that affected the expansion of Teresa's kingdom was the Church of True God.

Whether it is the reason for the academic city or the system of the Kingdom of Teresa itself, the relationship between the Church of the True God and the Kingdom of Teresa is very general, and even in a state of hostility from time to time,

In this case, the Church of the True God will naturally not make Teresa Kingdom bigger, and the Church of the True God will not want to see a powerful capital such as the ancient Middle Kingdom reappearing in the Old World that can affect the interior of the Church.

So on the surface, the Church of the True God did not prevent the Kingdom of Teresa from accepting neighboring countries as its vassal states, but in fact, in those dependent countries, each Church of the True God arranged a knight group led by the paladins and assisted by the bishops Stationed in the church sanctuaries of these subject countries, these knights are like nails, nailing the Kingdom of Teresa to the Teresa Mountains.

If it was just a paladin-led knight order, or a bishop-led holy army, the Kingdom of Teresa would not take them to heart, and any of the twelve legions of the kingdom could easily annihilate them.

But if the two are combined, then such a church weapon is almost invincible in the cold weapon war. After being blessed by various magical powers, the Paladins can activate some special divine powers that are exclusive to different True God churches. In these divine powers Under the influence of the knights, any church knight, knight attendant, or even an ordinary soldier in the knight order can become a monster with infinite power and fear of life and death.

Although Teresa's legion is strong, it is still a little difficult to face this monster knight. Even if it wins in the end, it will only be a tragic victory in the end, so even if Teresa's kingdom has the strongest among the countries in the entire Old Continent The military power of China still does not dare to expand outward easily.

However, the bursting pistol and gunpowder formula that Leo took out completely rewrote the rules of war in the Old World, making the cold weapon war a thing of the past, just like the Otto Federation in the New World.

The use of hot weapons by the Otto Federation has always been the object of learning for the countries of the Old World, because the Otto Federation and the Church of the True God have not failed in several wars, so these countries have seen the hope of getting rid of the control of the Church of the True God.

It’s just that due to the eyes and ears of the Church of True God, countries do not dare to blatantly study, and can only do some research in secret. The Kingdom of Teresa is no exception, but its situation is much better than those of the countries controlled by the church, at least it can Rowell's gunpowder study is one of such studies in the academic city.

It's a pity that due to the influence of the magic network, various physical laws of the old continent have been distorted. The hot weapons that can be used normally in the new continent are completely dumb in the old continent. Even if they can be used, they are very inappropriate. Stable, so the form of war in the old continent is still the ancient cold weapon war.

And now the emergence of this powerful and stable gunpowder formula will inevitably make Teresa Kingdom change the form of use of weapons in a short period of time, making it the second Otto Federation, and the result of the war between the Otto Federation and the Church of True God Judging by the fact that as long as the gods did not end up in person, even if the Church of the True God formed a holy war army, it would be difficult to suppress Teresa's army using hot weapons.

In this way, the expansion of the Kingdom of Teresa will be unstoppable, and the situation will only change when the armaments of the Church of True God also begin to use hot weapons, but by that time, the Kingdom of Teresa may have become the Teresa Empire, and other countries have also If they compete to follow suit, then it will be difficult for the churches of True God to focus all their energy on the Kingdom of Teresa, and in the end, they can only accept the expansion of the Kingdom of Teresa.

Queen Teresa can stand out from the many royal family members and become the ruler of the kingdom. Naturally, she also has a lot of wisdom. After knowing the purpose of the two cooperative objects, she can also think of the pairing of these two things for the first time. The importance of the kingdom, in this case, even if Leo made a more excessive request, she would definitely agree, after all, it was related to Teresa's long-cherished wish for expansion for so many years.

What's more, the two requirements raised by Leo are not particularly excessive in one respect, and can even be said to be a win-win requirement.

These two requirements are very simple. The first is to open all research projects related to the relics of prehistoric civilization to them, and the second is to give them all the items related to the gods in the kingdom's possession for research.

These two requirements seem excessive, because these two things have already involved the most core secrets of Teresa's kingdom. It is impossible for Teresa people who are not absolutely loyal to come into contact with these two things, so Leo is proposing When asked, Sylvia had already considered the words of persuasion.

However, what they didn't expect was that after hearing these two requests, Queen Teresa just thought about it for a moment, and then readily agreed, which made Leo doubt whether the two requests he made were too small. , and even thought that Queen Teresa had plans to break the contract.

Now it seems that the two things Leo and the others brought out are too important to the Kingdom of Teresa, and their importance has temporarily surpassed the value of the mysteries and spiritual things of the ruins of prehistoric civilization, and before the Kingdom of Teresa completed its expansion , this imbalance of importance will continue.

In the following days, Queen Teresa and Duke Belmonte did not meet Leo and Sylvia again, and Leo and the others seemed to have forgotten what happened that day, still conducting various studies at their own pace and rhythm. , collect various data.

Thomas, the dean of the outer court, also began to let Leo and the others come into contact with the relics of prehistoric civilization held by the academy after learning about the meeting between Leo and the others with Queen Teresa and Duke Belmonte.

It's just that he did not immediately invite Leo and Sylvia to enter the research group as agreed in advance and directly contact the ruins of prehistoric civilization. Instead, he found an excuse to avoid criticism and suspend the invitation to Leo and the others. , and took out some items related to the relics of prehistoric civilization to Leo and Sylvia for research, saying that after the two have researched some results, he can invite the two of them logically.

During this process, Dean Thomas of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com hinted that this decision was not his original intention, but was influenced by external forces.

As for which external force was affected, it can be guessed without much thought. Now in the academic city, the only person who can influence the decision-making of a dean of the outer court is Queen Teresa.

After that, Leo inquired about the news and learned that what they expected happened. When Queen Teresa inspected various research projects invested by the royal family, she discovered the stable gunpowder formula developed by Rowell and Leo as a cooperative item. The formula of gunpowder is exactly the same, and then it is natural to know that Leo and Sylvia are using her things as a cooperation and discussing cooperation with her.

Although the method of transforming the burst pistol with this gunpowder can save a lot of time required for related research, and the healing potion is indeed an important item needed by the kingdom, Queen Teresa still feels the atmosphere.

Although she can't do things like break the contract, it is still possible to create some small obstacles in the process of implementing the cooperation agreement.

It’s a pity that this small obstacle is nothing in Leo. On the night that Dean Thomas took out the prehistoric civilization and handed it over to him for research, the complete research report was placed on Dean Thomas’ desk, and the Thomas Institute Chang also ignored the Queen's request and directly signed the invitation to Leo and Sylvia's research project.