Chapter 505 The Business Experience of the Ancestors

"To sum up, the situation in Lu'an City has basically stabilized. Through propaganda and guidance and several effective cash-for-work programs, the officials from the government affairs office we sent have gained the initial trust of the local people, and the large-scale renovation of the church area has been carried out. It was regarded as the victory of the 'Heroic Resistance' action and won the praise and support of almost all Luan citizens."

Hetty put a report in front of Gawain, and while talking, there was a look of reassurance on his face.

"In this way, even if there are diehard members of the old church who want to make trouble, it will be difficult to make any waves."

Gawain flipped through the report in front of him and nodded slightly: "Very good...but we still have to be vigilant about the resurgence of the ashes. It's not terrible for the remnants to cause trouble on the bright side. It's the most difficult stage for them to turn into lurking. Amber, the MI agents are 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, two-thirds of the city walls on the west and east sides of the church area will be demolished, and the rest of the city walls will only be reserved for commemorative and decorative purposes. At present, the western city wall has begun to be demolished - Lu The citizens of An are of course supportive of this, but to be honest... Ancestor, is this really necessary?"

"The inner city wall of Lu'an City is different from other places. For hundreds of years, that wall has not only been a city wall, but also a symbol, symbolizing the absolute boundary between gods and people, symbolizing the relationship between priests and ordinary people. Absolute gulf, as long as the wall is still there, even if we demolish the cathedral, the 'church area' in people's hearts is still a field that ordinary people can't get into. Gawain explained patiently, "I know what you are thinking about - the inner city wall is a part of the city's defense, and the removal of the inner city wall may lead to the decline of Lu'an City's ability to deal with disasters. For this, you can look at it... "

As Gawain spoke, he took out a copy of the documents at hand and pushed it towards Heidi, who was standing across the table.

Hetty glanced down curiously, and immediately found out that this was a sketch of some kind of large rune array—the details of the runes above were not listed due to space limitations, but on the roughly circular overall structure diagram, it was clear. The energy extraction array, resonance area, functional area, magnification area, projection area, etc. are marked on the ground.

"What is this?" Hetty looked at the contents of the document carefully, "The scale... so big?!"

"It's the city-level shield of the Rock Fortress," Gao Wen picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip, "We found the most primitive design of the city shield in the library of the Rock Fortress. During the process of transforming the fortress, the engineering The personnel also dug up the foundation and saw the rune array a hundred years ago - after the data was brought back, Jenny took her apprentices and assistants to study for more than half a month, and this is their result."

Heidi's eyes suddenly widened, and the hand holding the blueprint even trembled slightly - for a mage, this is an unimaginable wealth!

Although this mage is now almost full-time engaged in urban construction and internal affairs...

"City-level magic shields are strategic-level creations... There are less than ten shields of this level in the entire Ansu..." Heidi's tone was incredulous,

"The Rune Research Institute... even this kind of thing can be produced?!"

"The biggest problem with city-level shields is energy consumption and stability. Because of the large energy consumption, it must be built on the natural magic focus. Because of the need to ensure stability, it needs to consume a lot of expensive magic materials. These two points limit Its application, but now Jenny has optimized it in two layers, and directly integrated the base structure of the magic net and the city-level shield, which makes it possible for mass production," said Gawain, " I plan to install the first verification shield in Luan City. It can be constructed simultaneously when the church district is undergoing large-scale renovation. If the effect is as expected, then every city on Cecil land in the future - even every town. tier units will build this shield."

"Build... a strategic-level shield into the town?!" Heidi exclaimed suddenly, and at the same time, a large amount of budget went through her mind in an instant. On the spot, she planned to kill the shocking thought of the ancestor. He went back and said, "Ancestor, please calm down! This is a giant shield system, not a magic street lamp..."

Butler Cecil, who was in charge of the financial power, lost his mind at the moment of facing the budget problem, and even complained about his ancestors like Rebecca. It turns out that the Cecil family's talent for iron is mostly a genetic factor. However, some people are dominant, and some people are temporarily recessive...

Gawain looked at Hetty's expression on the verge of dying on the spot, and most likely he could guess why the eldest granddaughter lost his composure—there were two reasons for Hetty's gaffe anyway, either because of overtime work or lack of money. She is in good spirits, and there is no smoky makeup on her eye rims, so she probably has no money - so he shook his head: "Don't be so nervous, the cost of the giant shield optimized by Jenny is lower than you think, and this kind of Once a large-scale project starts, it means the rise of a large number of subsidiary industries, by-products of manufacturing shield units, new construction machinery, and a large number of jobs, all of which will be beneficial in the long run.”

"Funds are valuable only when they flow. Are they just ore ingots in the vault..." Heidi reluctantly thought of what her ancestor had said to herself, and then she looked at Gawain and said hesitantly, "Ancestor, you Is there another reason to spread this shield to every town..."

Gawain looked into Heidi's eyes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this Zeng Zeng... great-granddaughter is really a smart person, and her intelligence is different from Rebecca's, she can always find the key to the problem keenly, which reduces the A lot of difficulty in communication (of course, Rebecca can sometimes find the key point of the problem by mistake, but the upright roe deer always tries to hit the key point with his head): "As you think, the magic tide - We always have to face it."

Heidi exhaled and said in her heart that it was indeed the case.

The cost of installing such a huge shield system in every city and town settlement is expensive, even though Jenny, as the ancestors say, has brought its cost down to a level that the Duchy of Cecil can afford. , that is still a huge cost-at the current stage when the situation in the Principality has just stabilized and countless infrastructure projects are waiting to start, a considerable part of the infrastructure capacity is used on this expensive shield with no direct economic output, Then there is only one possibility...

The magic tide can come at any time.

"I see," Hetty said solemnly, bending down slightly, "I will make a plan in this regard."

Looking at Heidi, who looked as heroic as he was about to die, Gawain was also thinking in his heart.

The situation in the Principality has stabilized, internal and external problems have basically been settled or there is no possibility of an outbreak for the time being. Cecil will undoubtedly usher in a stage of rapid development. With the start of the four new industrial cities, there will be Countless infrastructure projects, countless basic education projects, countless talent recruitment plans... In order to ensure that all these can develop smoothly, Cecil will definitely consume a huge amount of funds and resources.

At present, the economy of the Principality is indeed developing rapidly. Thanks to the promotion of the new decree and the support of merchants from all over the world, the trade river that was originally bound by the old aristocratic system is thawing, and gold coins are beginning to be built one by one. New roads and new openings The waterways of the river flowed up, but these ... still not enough.

The Magic Industry is a beast with an insatiable appetite. It needs to devour more things before it can grow. Gawain must at least let it grow to the point where it can develop independently before it can be initially reassured. However, relying solely on the economic dividends of the New Deal reform within the Principality, this The development of the head beast will become very dangerous: a single economic support is unstable, and once there is a little problem in the economic chain, the Principality of Cecil may collapse at any time.

Especially now that there are so many major projects underway... Gao Wen didn't want the basic plan he finally laid down to be dragged down by several major projects that were developing too fast.

Hetty noticed that his ancestor had not spoken for a long time, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Ancestor...what are you thinking?"

Gawain sighed while thinking about it: "Lack of money and resources... It's a problem."

"Who do you want to cheat this time?"

"You said Wang ** over there..." Gawain said casually, but he reacted halfway through, "What did you just say?"

Heidi also reacted only after she had said the words, her face blushed suddenly, and she hurriedly bent down: "I'm sorry ancestor! I... I was a little distracted just now..."

To be honest, Gawain was a little stunned. He had never seen a mature and steady Heidi lose his temper twice in such a short period of time. It seems that he really has no money recently. As long as he mentions the topic related to the budget, it is a big problem. The granddaughter just lost control.

He coughed lightly and knocked on the table: "Next time, pay attention - we never cheat people, we are an upright business. Returning to the topic just now, although the Principality of Cecil has closed the door of the rock fortress, we cannot Completely closed, it cannot be closed forever. As a fortress city, some areas of Rock City were prepared to be used as trade transit areas at the beginning of the design. Although the fortress has not been completed yet, the merchants... can already act."

The old ancestors were keen on doing business, and it turned out that the business of the old ancestors could sometimes bring more considerable benefits than war, so Hetty immediately responded: "Are you planning to trade with the Holy Spirit Plain?"

"Strictly speaking, it's doing business with the royal family," Gawain nodded. "What do you think the king lacks?"

"...Alchemy potions are probably not lacking," Hetty said while thinking, "The Crusaders have joined the king's camp. On the battlefield, priests and knights of the Holy See will not be stingy with magic power. With the support of holy water and holy light, Wang **There is not much demand for alchemy potions, what they lack...should be more powerful weapons."

Speaking of this, Hedi paused and continued: "Wang ** almost never can defeat the same number of Eastern Frontier Corps on the battlefield, the main reason is that the quality of the soldiers is very poor - the Eastern Frontier Corps has to face Typhon and Border barbarians, so they are almost all veterans of the war, and it is said in Wang ** that apart from the mountain corps from the north, ordinary soldiers need about two or three people to deal with a person from the east... The quality of soldiers is very difficult in a short time. Improved, but if there are more sophisticated weapons, Wang ** can close the gap with the Eastern Legion in a short period of time."

"Then it seems that we can make a batch of 'foreign trade weapons'..." Gawain said while rubbing his chin, "We have to let Nicholas Egg design the design..."

Heidi looked at Gawain hesitantly: "Ancestor... Are you really going to sell weapons to Wang **?"

Gawain answered affirmatively: "We need funds and the rich minerals of the Holy Spirit Plain."

Then, without waiting for Heidi to speak, he continued to say thoughtfully: "In addition... Since the Holy Light Sect, which is best at healing, has completely fallen to Wang **, then do you think the Eastern Legion... Out of medicine?"

Hetty: "???"