Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 136 The State's War Machine

All beginnings are hard.

Fishing was already highly developed along the Mediterranean coast during the Roman Empire, thanks to its unique geographical advantages. Fishermen had long used tools such as nets, hooks, harpoons, and fish cages, and also employed fleets for offshore fishing.

This is a typical case of living off the land.

Although Britannia was slightly inferior in terms of ships and tools, its fishing technology was still strong and was considered to be at the leading level of the time.

If there are sufficient natural resources, the economic value brought by developing fisheries will be greater.

Britannia has one advantage: a small population of just over a million, surrounded by the sea and rich in fishery resources. Anya is even planning to invest in large vessels for offshore fishing. Currently, the next national policy for the British Isles is to develop shipping, but implementation is expected to take several years due to the significant technological gap.

Duncan now had to find time to study some simple survival skills, but he actually remembered the gill net, thankful that he liked to watch wilderness survival programs when he was free. The only thing was that repairing donkey hooves was useless, otherwise he would be able to do it even if he had a donkey.

However, the materials of this era were not good. The coarse linen ropes were easy to rot and not tough enough, so the traditional trawl nets were more popular.

Dimensional space.

Duncan was now copying from both sides. After devouring the lesser demon god's realm of annihilation, the dimensional space had also undergone some subtle changes. He seemed to be able to reproduce some things out of thin air, but they were not real substances.

It is very easy to copy those technologies. Just scan the drawings on the projector page and immediately reproduce a small page, about the size of a tablet computer, which records the detailed production process.

But it is troublesome to take it out.

First of all, there is not even a piece of paper in the young dragon's territory, which is the level of civilization of a primitive tribe. Secondly, the young dragon's claws are not suitable for writing and drawing, and it is quite inconvenient to hold a branch.

I still need to figure out how to do it specifically.

During Duncan's scientific and technological survey, he discovered that Europe did not even have proper papermaking technology. Books were mainly made of parchment, which was very expensive. He had no choice but to devote all his efforts to technological advancement to see if he could develop papermaking technology.

No wonder there is so much illiteracy in the British provinces.

He had previously been constantly engaged in warfare, with little regard for civil governance. Now that both civil and military power were developing, he realized how technologically backward his era was, with so many fundamental skills in need of improvement. Papermaking wasn't widely adopted in Europe until the 11th century, while it was invented in the East around BC and later became widely popularized after improvements were made.

Didn't anyone study how to make paper throughout the Middle Ages?
While the Roman Empire was a destructive successor to Greek culture, it did retain some valuable insights. Later, as barbarians became the dominant force in Europe, overall progress in civilization was slow. From a civilizational perspective, the high cost of parchment significantly limited the spread of knowledge and culture.

This is just great.

Both sides had to climb the technology tree together, and a group of people were researching what the Governor-General called "papermaking".

After all, they were serious scholars and they all knew the huge potential value of papermaking if it were to be invented. If they wanted to spread knowledge more easily, they had to lower the price of parchment.

Duncan is now numb.

He'd been training Anya less frequently in the past two weeks, scratching his head all day, desperate to recall more useful information. Civil administration was much more difficult than war. Anyway, he was just trying to figure out whatever he could think of, but he did manage to come up with a few unrelated things.

Because the British Kingdom ignited a new concept of nationhood.

- Reforming Military Drills (33% progress): As the progress bar increases, the military drill level of the army will be continuously improved, slightly boosting morale and significantly improving discipline. The reorganized army will be given the additional "Disciplined" mark. Upon complete completion, the army will receive the additional bonus of Modern Military Drills.

The symbol of this national concept emerged out of nowhere.

Duncan himself didn't deliberately think about it. He just referenced some modern military training at the beginning. After all, college students had all gone through military training. Duncan sorted it out a little and made some easier exercises. After all, this was an era of widespread illiteracy. If you used something too fancy, they wouldn't understand.

Then Duncan has been in custody. Human body No. 1 has high martial arts skills and trains soldiers when he has nothing to do. He is much more efficient than being in custody to do other things.

Suddenly one day.

There was an additional mark in the log, and the national concept of [Reform of Military Drills] emerged.

Not only that, there is an additional new concept.

- Assimilation: 3% approval. Once formed, this trend significantly increases the efficiency of assimilating other civilizations, shortens the time it takes to integrate different civilizations, improves public order, and reduces rebellion.

(Mainstream, Romano-Greco-Romanic, Synthesis, Romano-British, Germanic, Celtic.)
This progress bar moves extremely slowly.

Duncan didn't know when he would be able to complete his journey, but he just left it there, so it wouldn't affect other things. It's likely that when he finished, the internal ethnic conflicts in the country he founded might be less severe.

"It feels like whatever I do will illuminate some corresponding national concepts."

Duncan finally understood.

Anything related to military warfare will light up very quickly. The national concept of military expansion has been completely lit up, and the next thing to light up is probably the reform of military exercises.

As for other cultural aspects, we can wait and see, after all, he is also a warrior.

However, there are often some special records in the logs of the dimensional space.

——In late March 452 AD, Anya discussed the business concept of "national trade" with her advisors, but there was no obvious gain.

In early April of 452 AD, Humanoid No. 4 perfected the "Reform of Military Training," advancing the national concept. He also developed some ideas for a "Military Academy" national concept.

——In mid-April 452 AD, Anya increased her investment in shipbuilding, sparking a wave of "ship development", but it did not gain public support.

There was a log entry, but it wasn't lit up, and I didn't know what key element was missing. Currently, there was a strong call for external military expansion on Humanoid Body One's side.

After the national concept of military expansion is lit up, a flame symbol is added to the emblem of the Kingdom of Britain, and there are additional hints when focusing your mind on it.

——"Gentlemen! We long for war!"

- "National ideas add additional belligerence."

(The British Kingdom has formed a top-down trend of foreign military expansion. When given a reasonable excuse for war, the people of the British Kingdom will be eager to gain benefits from foreign wars.)
(When activated for the first time, the Kingdom's temporary combat readiness efficiency increases by 100%, the Celtic Barbarians' combat readiness efficiency increases by 300%, and the Germanic Barbarians' combat readiness efficiency increases by 500%.)
(Our generals and soldiers are always ready for external military expansion.)
(Young generals and soldiers are eager for meritorious service, and even in the absence of a legitimate excuse for foreign war, they will actively seek opportunities for war!)
The huge national war machine has started moving on its own!
This was Duncan's first reaction upon seeing the symbol. With this unified ideology, the entire British Kingdom was already moving towards militarism, a classic example of military technology being overreached. Perhaps Duncan was also at fault here; his invincibility fueled a wave of foreign military expansion. Neither the Celtic nor the Germanic barbarians were particularly interested in peaceful farming. With such powerful military might, why not conquer other lands?
This trend is a little dangerous, but it is still within an acceptable range. Militaristic ideas are very common in history.

Those who love war will perish, and those who forget war will be in danger.

Our ancestors have already taught us this, and this is the situation in Britannia today. The soldiers are all holding back their energy and want to achieve great things on the battlefield.

"I feel like even without me now, Britannia, as a war machine, has the ability to expand outward."

This is the powerful inertia of history.

Duncan is now the one who controls this war machine, but when it is fully launched, the inertia of the country will still make the war machine rumble forward.

Lincolnshire.

A pirate ship that looked a bit like a Viking arrived at the coastline here against the wind and waves.

Not long after, a group of dozens of pirates began to land.

Britain had already deployed many defensive outposts along the coast. Not long after, a sentry discovered an abnormality on the coastline and immediately reported it to the British Maritime Militia.

Rowling is now the centurion of the British Garrison.

During the last conquest of Camelot, he was promoted for his military achievements, but unfortunately the coastal militia was unable to participate in the war to conquer Scotland, so he was transferred to Lincolnshire for defense.

"How many enemies are there?"

When he heard that the Saxon pirates had landed, Rollin didn't look scared. Instead, he asked excitedly, "How many armored pirates are there?"

The sentry was a short young man. After a moment of recollection, he said, "About sixty or seventy people, two pirate ships."

"There are probably more than a dozen people in armor."

Luo Lin calculated the strength of both sides, quickly turned to look at his deputy behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Does beheading pirates count as a military achievement?"

The deputy nodded immediately, and said with a bit of excitement, "Yes. The heads of two pirates count as one level of beheading."

"If it's an armored pirate, it's just beheading an armored soldier."

"Captured warships can be exchanged for additional rewards."

"You can also count your military merits and convert them directly into Yorkshire land, which has all been initially cultivated."

Fuck them!
All the military achievements are right before our eyes.

After hearing the adjutant's words, the British maritime militia present were a little excited, and some had already started to pick up weapons and equipment.

But Luo Lin was still very cautious. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Boyson, go inform the regular army stationed nearby."

"Let's snipe them first."

"They must be planning to plunder the coastal fishing villages. We can ambush them nearby."

The entire British garrison of a hundred men began to move swiftly. Although their equipment was significantly inferior to the enemy's, their morale was extremely high, and everyone was eager to fight. Almost as soon as the news reached the nearby garrison, a British garrison of a hundred men rushed to support them, as if they were afraid that the enemy would escape.

This is a military achievement! A head! We can't lose it!
Almost the next day, Duncan received the battle report from the garrison corps.

Someone wiped out a group of Saxon pirates, captured more than 30 people, and seized two warships, with only a dozen casualties on their own side, which was a considerable achievement.

At this point it is just like what is marked in the dimensional space.

The young soldiers are eager for merit and they don't want to miss any opportunity.

Even across the sea, in what would later become France, Quetto, who was recruiting exiles, had some ideas. Because of the recent transfer of young and strong labor to the British Isles, many tribal chiefs of the Franks were dissatisfied, and they seemed to want to deliberately stir up trouble.

Kveto is just waiting for them to cause trouble!

Once the huge war machine based on the concept of a country starts to operate, even Duncan will encounter many unpredictable things.

Many people longed for a legitimate pretext for war.

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(End of this chapter)