Utopia

Also, he, Abu Beo, would not use the large pistol that the princess was wearing as a weapon for infiltration operations.

On the contrary, he hoped that he could be equipped with a silenced submachine gun, which at least had a longer effective range and stronger suppression ability.

But his disappointment came again in another month.

"Really?"

"Beian, we can't do anything about it. The officials above are more stingy than we thought, so are you sure that the gun steel here is okay?"

"Don't worry."

There is no way, Beian also knows. The 9× in the Kingdom of Negan has been using a large number of 9mm pistol bullets recently. If a new bullet production line is opened casually to replace the 9× that has been using 9mm pistol bullets recently...

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Apart from other things, the cost issue alone is enough to make the Solo Arsenal unwilling to spend money on this.

After all, asking technicians to produce another new pistol bullet itself requires technicians to relearn and adapt, especially how to make new pistol bullets is also a very headache.

As a technician, Bei An knew that it was not easy to make large items, and he knew that it was also quite challenging to make delicate things.

Especially bullets, what material, what shape, what type, what volume, all had to go through repeated design and experimentation before they could be finalized. And after finalization, how to ensure that each bullet would not be too different and that there would be no defective products was a big challenge that arsenal technicians like him needed to consider and financially support.

In short, while he began to help continue to make cannon barrels, he was thinking about how to consult with his father and master. After all, he himself did not believe that the military department above had no money, and he did not believe that the officials of the military department would really ignore the suggestions of the soldiers below.

So when Sogen saw his son contacting him through the communication pendant at home, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Father?"

"Bian, if I were an official in the military department, I would not be willing to pay for your arsenal."

"Why?"

"Do you really think that the country's money can be sent by the Black Dragon God with a breath? Don't forget that we are now at war with the Principality of Akern and even the indigenous forces. Before the war ends, the kingdom's money is always burning."

As Sogen said, fighting is a way of burning money. However, the Principality of Akern now has one thing - land, which can greatly alleviate the pressure of burning money as a resource.

"Then when..."

"At least by the end of this year."

"By the end of this year..."

"To be more precise, when the main force of the indigenous people, that is, the serfs, must go home to cultivate the land."

As he spoke, Sogen himself teased the major princes of the Kahn Empire.

Hasn't anyone thought of establishing a standing army and having full-time soldiers defend the country's defense?

Obviously, under the same night sky and starry sky, Emperor Tony must have thought about it, but after looking at his own financial income, the maintenance fee of the army, and the summary documents of the food and even weapons and equipment needed by each soldier every day, he immediately threw the idea of ​​forming a standing army with more than 100 soldiers into the creek next to him.

Expensive, too expensive.

A professional standing army usually costs at least 100 gold coins a day. Once it enters wartime... it is not uncommon to spend 100 gold coins a day.

Even if he lets his standing soldiers buy their own weapons and equipment, he also understands that the emperor does not lack hungry soldiers. If I don't give anything, will the standing army still listen to me?

To this day, Emperor Tony is not stupid. If he can't control the army with military pay, the loyalty of the army can't be guaranteed at all.

Or if he sleeps tonight, the generals of the army will chop him with a sword with their men, and it's not uncommon to put the crown on his head.

"Your Majesty."

"Queen... Alas."

"Your Majesty, things have come to this point, we have done our best."

"Losing a piece of territory is a shame for the Principality of Akern, the Empire, and me, which is worth cursing for hundreds of years by future generations. Not to mention that the dark elves are quite vicious, Queen, have you... have you seen any captives come back?"

"No."

"We haven't captured any captives of the dark elves. So, I heard something here. The soldiers below don't want to fight anymore."

"Want to go home and farm?"

For the question raised by the queen who also has blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin, Emperor Tony couldn't help but nod slightly.

This is the biggest frustration of the Kahn Empire, and it is also what Tony Van Kahn and several generations of ancestors want to change.

After the struggle with the dark elves, the serf soldiers who have not completely completed their work have no martial arts, no morale, and no tactics.

If it weren't for the fact that the noble knights below are veterans of the battlefield, these serf soldiers who are completely unreliable and may even become battlefield hunters (especially those who hunt defeated knights) are simply unbearable to watch.

And if he provided weapons and equipment and salaries, even if he was rich, he could guarantee that these troops formed by serfs would sell the weapons and equipment for money in the blink of an eye.

Why?

The reason is very simple. Serf soldiers usually only know how their family's harvest is, and they worry whether their income this year can make it through this year.

For serfs, advanced weapons and equipment and even production tools are important treasures to sell for money to reduce their taxes.

So, until now, Emperor Tony certainly understands why none of the princes of the empire are willing to promote iron farm tools and completely abolish wooden or stone farm tools.

These princes are worried that they don't have enough iron on the one hand, and they are afraid that the serfs will sell them all to pay their own taxes on the other hand.

As for whether the serfs know that iron farm tools are thousands of times better than wooden or even stone farm tools?

Yes.

Everyone knows.

However, before everyone has solved the problem of food and clothing, no matter how good the tools are, they are not a magic weapon that can be used to solve their own life problems.

What's more, iron is valuable in itself. Especially now that steel weapons have appeared, the price of a good quality steel sword is often equal to the income of a 3-person village without food and drink for a whole year.

Like the ones forged by the dark elves... the viscounts of the empire probably have to spend ten years to extort the people's blood and sweat to buy one.

He has no way to deal with this.

Obviously, Emperor Tony does not know what the consequences of the huge gap in productivity development are, and he does not know that the swords sold by the dark elf vendors he mentioned are actually cheap metal parts made under industrial conditions...