Utopia

"I didn't expect that the shells of these ants are actually quite hard."

Afterwards, Manco, as one of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, naturally volunteered to be responsible for the large pile of black ant debris outside the city. And when he pulled out the straight-bladed curved-handle machete on his waist, which was 3 mm long and weighed .25 kg, he felt more and more that the black ant's shell was still a bit like a thin iron sheet.

"Don't chop randomly, look at your clothes."

Compared to Manco, who was very leisurely to test the knife with the ant corpse, Miley, as one of his wives, couldn't help but warn.

For no other reason, no matter what kind of corpse, the smell is still very disgusting. Even in the previous battle, most of the ants were repeatedly "chopped and stir-fried" by artillery fire; but after mixing with explosives, Miley felt that she might need to buy a new gas mask.

Especially as a vegetarian intelligent race, they find the smell of burnt protein or muscle uncomfortable in various ways.

"Hiss..."

Swish!

And when some black ants hiding under the corpses of their companions and trying to play dead would sneak attack her, she had to shoot a rock arrow directly through the ant's head.

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She, who was originally quite clean, completely let the gray protective suit she was wearing be instantly stained with non-corrosive orange blood, and something called anger in her heart suddenly ignited.

"That's a good trick."

"Manco, I'm not like the militia who shoots to solve problems at every turn. The hunting rifles or submachine guns they are used to using are very suitable for dealing with these black ants at close range; but it is much better to solve the problem with magic than to waste ammunition."

As Miley said, the Kalai clan was not an intelligent race known for using gunpowder weapons. The use of gunpowder weapons itself is actually a compensatory measure, an emergency remedial measure that allows the Negan Kingdom army to ensure considerable combat effectiveness.

After all, since ancient times, magic power is the embodiment of bloodline power. Without a good bloodline, magic power is impossible.

Of course, this also leads to the difference between white-skinned Kalai and brown-skinned Kalai, and the related unequal classes and slavery.

As for mixed-race children like Sogen, who are born with magic and have white fathers and brown mothers, Miley understands more and more why he is involved in the design of weapons and equipment.

He does not want to be an outlier, and hopes to live and work in the Kingdom of Negan as an ordinary brown-skinned Kalai.

In fact, the fact that the firearms he designed can be directly adopted by the army of the Kingdom of Negan is very telling. Especially his 6mm caliber semi-automatic pistol, which is a good thing that money can't buy.

It is said that only senior officers and those who have received senior medals can get such equipment.

"Miley, do you want to call more helpers here?"

"Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"These shells are of considerable value in themselves, and we can guarantee a certain profit after selling them. Of course, Miley, you can't hire too many helpers, and you can't bid too high."

After saying that, Manco himself smiled bitterly. He became a corpse-picking expert for the sake of making money. He basically did all kinds of things that he shouldn't have done in theory and tradition.

But what can he do?

He and his original family can no longer accommodate him, and compared to living a kind of upper-class life in his hometown, he is now much freer and more comfortable.

In fact, his current income may even be more than that of his family.

At the same time, Sogen, who returned to his office, received documents about the Chamber of Commerce from Leia, who was in charge of reception, and began to read them carefully.

"It feels good to have them help collect the bodies."

"Leya, the problem is that their purpose is to make money. If those black ants who came from nowhere to die didn't have that black shell, Manco and his men wouldn't come here to do such a thing."

"But the money earned by the Chamber of Commerce..."

"It's okay. After all, the Chamber of Commerce pays us. As long as they can ensure the prosperity and development of our place, there is no need for us to interfere too much."

After sending Leya away, Sogen quickly received another document about the local arsenal from Beth. Seeing that the name written was Omer, Sogen began to sigh that the Chamber of Commerce was making more and more small moves.

"The Chamber of Commerce has set its sights on your friend, Omer, who is now teaching at the local college. What should we do?"

"Beth, the Chamber of Commerce is looking for Omer just to ask me through Omer if I can continue to design weapons and equipment for them. After all, there is really no workshop specializing in the production of light weapons in Marle City, and the Congress deliberately refuses to give us any approval. To put it myself, the Congress is now preparing for the second colonial town, and is preparing to build a light weapons arsenal in this town."

"To put it bluntly, Marle City, as a fortress town on the north bank of the estuary of the large river south of our town, must provide necessary protection measures and monitoring for the next colonial plan."

"After all, Marle City is too peaceful, so peaceful that I dare not imagine it. Not to mention that there are silver sands deposited under the mud of the riverbed in the big river to the south of us, which is very important for a country like us that issues currency based on silver."

Speaking of this, Sogen himself was very happy. Compared with the hometown of Her Majesty the Queen, Blackwater Town, where border conflicts are erupting and the rich gold sand under the riverbed of the boundary river is a cause of contention, the White Milky Way flowing from west to east in the west of Marle City is where the corn, soybeans, sorghum and wheat in Marle City thrive.

Therefore, as far as he knows, the Congress is preparing to build a second town belonging to the Kingdom of Negan on the south bank of the White Milky Way, 25 kilometers west of Marle City.

How to say it?

He can actually understand it.

Anyway, the number of residents in Marle City is at the level of 10,000 to 10,000, so there is no need to continue to provide assistance. As long as the number of residents in the town increases over time, Marle City will naturally become a large fortress town little by little.

So much so that he seemed to have heard that the Ministry of Defense seemed to require the development of 2mm caliber heavy artillery, which was specially placed in Marle City as a coastal defense artillery.

In short, he directly replied to Omer, who was responsible for teaching at the local college, saying that he could not comply without approval.

"I can't comply..."

"Otherwise, Beth, how do you want me to reply to Omer? We have finally started to upgrade our rifles, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for other guns and weapons to get funding from Congress. Although we have private arsenals that can do it for us, these private arsenals basically do not sell their products to the country."