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Chapter 119 Passed
Only after witnessing the power of muskets, the new army plan jointly promoted by the Enlightened Faction was successfully passed. The high-level Enlightened Faction who officially obtained the name of military power were a little happy, but there will be artillery test firing and the imperial capital and surrounding areas. Regional road repair programs need them to deal with.

For the 80mm breech-loading artillery, Xialin uses the form of propellant packs, so there is no need to worry about the problem of too little or too much charge.

Princess Dorothea instructed the knight of the palace guard to open the breech, stuffed the shells and ammunition into it, then inserted the wedge iron, tightened the breech, adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and asked the knight to use a A slender wooden hammer strikes the firing device of the cannon.

"Boom!", because Princess Dorothea did not systematically learn how to aim artillery, and under the control of this half-knowledgeable knight, everyone saw that cannonball quickly fly over the playground of the Sacha Palace. The intended target finally fell into the reeds beside the Saine River, which is separated from the Sacha Palace by a wall in the distance. After bouncing twice, it disappeared in the withered and yellow reeds.

Although there is no direct target destruction demonstration, everyone can only have a simple understanding of the range of the artillery, but seeing that the shells that are so many times larger than the lead bullets are fired, they are much more powerful than rifles.

"This cannon looks quite powerful! If one cannon only costs 25 Glenn, you can build more. If a group of cannons are fired together, I'm afraid even the knights and the priests of the Evil Light Cult can't resist it."

Emperor Preet pondered for a while looking at this scene, and explained to the ministers around him his thoughts on building artillery groups to target those knights and priests on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, it seems that this cannon is not as easy to hit the target as a rifle. I think its practicality is still open to question."

For this seemingly good idea, Earl Hubbard said cautiously that he did not want to disturb the interest of His Majesty the Emperor, but out of caution about his own power, Earl Hubbard was still not able to accept this kind of thing that he had never been in contact with. new weapons.

"Father, this is not a problem with the artillery. In the demonstration I saw before, the skilled craftsman manipulated the artillery to completely kill a target that is about one rand away and within ten longbines. I was I didn't ask how it was done, which is why the cannon fires with such a huge deviation."

Upon hearing Earl Hubbard's words, Princess Dorothea immediately explained to Emperor Prieter.

"Ten long bineys? Is the accuracy of this artillery so good?

If this is the case, even if the new army cannot fight against the same number of knights, this kind of artillery must be equipped in large numbers in my army!This is really a weapon of war!It's just a little too much steel! "

Hearing what his daughter said, Emperor Prieter exclaimed in amazement. He seemed to have seen the scene where thousands of cannons roared at the same time, crushing all enemies and obstacles.

"Your Majesty, I think it's still too early to say these things. Let's wait until Viscount Hart's new army is established! There are still some matters in today's court meeting that need to be decided by Your Majesty and the ministers."

The Fusk Palace glanced at these new weapons, then looked at the princess with a slight smile on her face and the two enlightened earls, as if she was thinking about something in her heart, she said to Emperor Prieter calmly .

"Well... that's right, although I am looking forward to the surprise that Viscount Hart will bring me, let's go back to the Sun Palace first!
I am very relieved to see the empire growing stronger, Babbitt, let someone arrange a luncheon!Today I want to reward the ministers and officials who have done their best for the empire!And, of course, my Dorothea! "

Emperor Pulit saw two new weapons that could strengthen the empire's military power today. He also heard that the queen's subordinates had developed a technology that could use magic to smelt steel. .

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Babbitt's chief attendant saluted and explained the matter, and the group returned to the Sun Palace to continue discussing government affairs under the auspices of Palace Minister Fusk.

The government affairs that can be explained by the Fusk Palace are all quite important things that have been accumulated in half a month, such as the granting of titles to the southern natives, the stationing and title changes of southern army officers, and the ongoing war. Overseas trade issues of the six northern countries and so on.

After all these matters were decided one by one by the Emperor Prieter after consulting the ministers and the officials of the five major departments, it was almost noon, and the Palace Minister Fusk finally put away the thick stack of government affairs books. His mental state also became more and more depressed.

When Babbitt's attendant saw this, he immediately asked someone to bring a cup of fragrant potion. After drinking the potion, Emperor Prieter, who had regained some energy, said:
"If the ministers and officials have nothing else to submit, then today's court meeting will come to an end!"

At this moment, Earl Karen got up and asked his attendants to submit two thick government affairs documents to the Prime Minister and Emperor Pulit:

"Your Majesty, as the minister of the Commerce Department, I have one more matter that needs to be decided by Your Majesty!"

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Seeing Earl Karen getting up to present the government affairs document, Emperor Prieter barely pulled himself together and asked in surprise.

"Recently, many businessmen have commented that the roads in the imperial capital are too rotten. The stone roads are full of ditches and potholes, which have a great impact on the transportation of goods. Therefore, I would like to propose a road repair plan for the imperial capital and its surrounding areas. A full-scale repair of the roads that have been in disrepair for a long time."

Earl Karen found an excuse and proposed a road repair plan.

"The road repair plan in the imperial capital and its surrounding areas? Earl Karen, as the Minister of Commerce, you should know that our treasury is running out of money!
Repairing the roads of the imperial capital will cost more than [-] Glenn, not to mention the surrounding areas. Unless you can conjure Glent for me and Earl Stewart, otherwise I will not allow this plan to be implemented! "

Hearing this seemingly whimsical plan, Emperor Prieter spoke dissatisfiedly, and couldn't help but take a few breaths after saying such a long paragraph.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this plan can be completed without requiring a copper bis from the treasury, so I proposed this plan!"

Earl Karen explained that some officials who had passed the gas were silent in their hearts, while others suddenly became uproarious.

"Don't need a copper bis? Earl Karen, do you know what you are talking about?"

It is naturally impossible for Earl Hurt to get along with the enlightened faction, he immediately questioned.

"Yes! There is no need for a copper biss! We can adopt a project bidding method, and let the chambers of commerce willing to undertake road repair projects propose their repair plans, basic cost and construction period, and then choose the most expensive one... "

"Even so, doesn't it still cost money?"

Hearing what Earl Cullen said, Earl Hurt suddenly frowned and interrupted.

"Earl Hurt, please don't interrupt my explanation! You are despising His Majesty's majesty!"

Earl Cullen scolded with a cold expression. These words immediately angered Earl Hutt. Just as he was about to refute, Emperor Preet raised his hand to stop him after flipping through the two pages of the government affairs book:

"Earl Hurt, please let Earl Cullen finish."

"..."

"...Yes! Your Majesty!!"

The refutation that he wanted to say was interrupted by Emperor Prieter, and Earl Hutt's face immediately turned red and tense, but he finally endured the tone and quickly calmed down.

He stared at Earl Karen indifferently, wanting to see how he repaired all the roads without a copper bis.

"Then after the bidding is completed, based on these amounts, we give these chambers of commerce who financed the construction and repair of the road a time-limited power, that is, the power to collect road user fees.

This road user fee is only charged for those caravans that carry a large amount of goods, which will cause wear and tear on the road.

The principle of charging is that there are no charges for less than two vehicles, and road usage fees ranging from 1 to 5 copper bis are charged for caravans with two or more vehicles according to the value of the goods on the vehicles.

In this way, it is equivalent to the chambers of commerce that often use the roads and cause road wear and tear to build these roads. Our treasury can complete the repair of the main roads without paying a copper bis.

As for the specific time limit, it can be determined according to the amount of investment. For example, the chamber of commerce spent 100 gold lund to complete the construction of a road, then the empire allows them to collect road usage fees for five years. "

Earl Karen carefully explained the content of the road repair plan. Hearing this novel statement, the officials all started talking.

"Earl Karen, if it is a place with few merchants, wouldn't there be no chamber of commerce willing to contract?"

After hearing the general outline of the plan, Earl Hurt frowned and thought for a while, and found that the plan was quite feasible, but he would not applaud the plan proposed by Earl Cullen, but immediately picked out a problem from it questioned.

"This road repair plan was originally intended to serve the merchants, as long as the roads with a lot of merchants are repaired, wouldn't the purpose have been achieved?

And if it is a place with few merchants, the big deal is to open up the right to collect road usage fees for more than ten years to those chambers of commerce, so that they can slowly make up for their own contributions. "

Earl Cullen said lightly.

Earl Cullen's words made Earl Hurt frowned again.

Because he suddenly realized a problem from the words of Earl Karen, that is, it would be an extremely long process to collect the funds spent on road repairs by road usage fees alone. In this case, not many chambers of commerce may be willing Construction of road repair works.

Thinking of this, Earl Hurt suddenly sneered in his heart, and he had no intention of objecting, nodded and said:
"If that's the case, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Well... this road repair plan is good. I think it can be carried out. If it is really successful, it will be considered a good thing for the benefit of the people of the empire!"

Even the minds of conservatives acquiesce in the implementation of this plan, let alone the others.

Seeing that many ministers seemed to agree with this plan, after thinking for a moment, Emperor Pulit also felt that it was not a good thing to be able to complete such a large project in the last period of his life, so he nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)