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Chapter 124 City Independence
With the combination of gunpowder, firearms and magic power, the destructive power that the armored puppet can exert has far exceeded the limit of the level.

In fact, this is not surprising. No matter which world you are in, with the development of civilization, the power of weapons mastered by humans is destined to far exceed the armor of the same age.

Destruction is always easier than defense, simply stacking armor has no future.

This is not only reflected in Ronan, but also in the current empire.

Cold Wind Collar, the main hall on the first floor of New Castle.

Ronan was sitting on the first seat, flipping through the news from Black Rock City.

Among them were information about the government affairs of Black Rock City, as well as information about the battlefields of Silver Territory and Dragon Tooth City.

At this time, it has been a month since Ronan completed the armored puppet.

During this period, the situation in the empire was constantly changing.

Like the item he just received.

In front of Ronan, Leo, the craftsman leader, was looking at the items in his hands, observing them from different angles, and carefully stroking the textures on the surface with his hands.

What Leo held in his hand was a primitive rifle with a wooden stock and frame and a steel barrel.

A flint and anvil for ignition are set behind the gun, and the gunpowder can be ignited under the power of a spring.

"Novel idea, poor workmanship, but compared with your design, my lord, it can only be regarded as a backward defective product."

After understanding the principle of the flintlock in his hand, Leo shook his head and put him aside.

"This is a new type of weapon that appeared on the frontal battlefield a few weeks ago. The army of Dragon Tooth City has successfully turned the tide of the battle. From the bad situation of being beaten to the horn of counterattack."

Ronan explained to Leo while looking at the gun.

War is indeed the best catalyst for the development of science and technology. It has only been a long time since the technology related to firearms and cannons has been illuminated by the empire.

And with the help of the awakened people who have awakened the blood of the sages in Bachelor's Castle.

Straight past the era of matchlock guns, well-designed flintlock guns have appeared.

Various other primitive artillery and explosives emerged in an endless stream, which directly stunned the silver-collared army.

The nobles of the Great Plains were obviously driven by the advancement of the Silver Alliance, and completely abandoned the military ban on gunpowder in the past.

Related weapons are being frantically produced and put in the hands of soldiers.

With the power of flintlock bullets, ordinary soldiers are not opponents at all, and the smoke and loud noise produced when shooting will seriously damage their morale.

The knight can barely resist with the plate armor on his body, but he can't bear the damage from the concentrated fire.

The most important thing is that the cost of the two is not at the same level at all.

It takes more than 20 years and a large supply of food to train a knight, and the manufacture of plate armor is also expensive.

But what about a flintlock?As the technology continues to mature, the price will only be cheaper than bows and arrows.

Since there were many captured flintlock guns on the battlefield, the design idea of ​​the guns was no longer a secret, and it was being circulated on a large scale within the empire.

This is not the situation that the great nobles want to see, but businessmen and many scholars don't care about their opinions.

Ronan estimated that it would not be long before he would be able to see the formed Musketeers soldiers in major cities.

The military status of the knights is under serious threat, and this also means that the authority of the traditional nobles has suffered another blow since the Black Death.

But who cares, he can't threaten himself anyway, Ronan didn't care too much about it.

The flintlock can penetrate plate armor because the thickness of the latter is generally around 2 mm, which makes it difficult to effectively prevent penetration damage.

But in the face of his armored golem, this kind of bullet damage is no different from scratching an itch.

Facing the enemy's new weapons, Ronan reckoned that the Silver Alliance would either thicken the knight's plate armor and keep stacking armor, or simply choose to join.

"My lord, at present, the mold production line for special armor has been established. The rough embryos that are melted and cast are polished by craftsmen and distributed according to their own. Among them, one heavy artillery can be produced in about a month, and one can be produced in 20 days for air and space assault. Ten days of mobile reconnaissance can produce one."

Leo reported to Ronan the current production status of the armored puppets.

Heavy artillery takes the longest time due to its size and multi-layered armor structure, as well as the fine characterization of the gun and barrel rifling.

Aerospace breakthrough is due to the complex and special fluid structure, which requires the highest process precision.

On the contrary, mobile reconnaissance is not too troublesome in all aspects. Now three of them have been produced, and they were successfully transformed into armored puppets by Ronan.

This armor will also become the mainstream model of the cold wind collar.

After all, cost and control difficulty are more important than combat effectiveness. Of course, he prefers cheap and easy-to-handle weapons.

Ronan even considered replacing the long-range sniper rifle, which was the most troublesome in the production process, with a large AK.

The cost and manufacturing time are dropping even more.

Ronan didn't take the matter of the flintlock gun too seriously, after all, this thing has little to do with him at the moment.

But he found himself thinking too easily.

Almost another month has passed, and the winter here in Cold Wind Territory and Black Rock City is coming to an end.

Luo Nan and Lao Motou were discussing specific plans for the next spring plowing in the castle.

Due to the impact of the Black Death, a large number of serfs and owner farmers died in that disaster and fled.

Many farmlands near Black Rock City have not been managed for nearly two years, and many have even been abandoned.

He needs to redistribute people to manage farming and fill in the vacant labor force.

During this period, Aldrich, the financial foreign minister who was in charge of managing Black Rock City for him, rushed to Cold Wind Territory.

Reported a news that shocked the entire empire to his ears.

"Dantuma Union declares independence?"

Although he had already learned about the news through Crow's channel, Ronan was still extremely surprised after it was confirmed.

As a merchant city-state community, the Dantuma Alliance has always been attached to the imperial nobles and provided them with various caring services.

But they didn't expect that in this chaotic era, they would be the first to stand up and declare themselves free from the rule of the empire.

This involves the complexity of the current upper-class situation, the split between the two factions of the church, the confrontation of the great nobles, the emergence of new weapons, the disappointment of merchants and new nobles with the emperor, and so on.

Ronan didn't pay attention to these, and what made him unhappy was that the Dantuma Alliance left the empire.

Many commercial cities in the kingdom also declared their independence, and the local councils will manage the city's government affairs and commerce by themselves.

Among them is a city in the Blackstone Commercial Road.

While there, Ronan had already paid a large deposit in advance to purchase a batch of important grain and seeds from the local lord.

Now when people declare independence, their goods are intercepted.

And it seems that he doesn't intend to admit it.

(End of this chapter)