Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 318 Noah and Augustus drift apart
When the leader fell, the morale of the ogres collapsed, and these man-eating monsters fled in all directions, trying to escape this terrible massacre. But the magic dragon riders did not give them any chance and continued to chase these fleeing human enemies in the air.

It is foreseeable that as long as these magical dragon knights are given enough time, all the ogres will be slaughtered by them. The combat power and cognition of both sides are not on the same level.

"What do you think of this performance?"

“Unexpectedly, very satisfying.”

“Amazing!”

The performance of each magic dragon knight on the battlefield was synchronized in the distant King Uther's city. These knights slaughtered the enemies of humanity with great ease, which amazed every spectator.

"No one can refuse such warriors, but I want to know how much their weapons and equipment cost?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the royal meeting room, which had been gradually becoming heated, suddenly fell silent. All the royal elders looked at Alexander, whose smile was gradually fading.

"Your Majesty, is this some secret that cannot be told?"

"of course not."

The muscles on Alexander's cheek twitched. Although his throne was becoming increasingly stable and his power was expanding, as a third-generation monarch, he was still subject to many constraints, from his family and the country. There were too many forces restraining him, making it impossible for him to do whatever he wanted as before.

Now, if he wants to rebuild the Royal Knights, he must obtain the support of his family, otherwise he will not be able to mobilize funds on a large scale.

This is also the helplessness of a monarch. Although he is the owner of the highest royal power, the royal power is also born in order, so he must also abide by and maintain the established rules.

Even as a legend, he could not ignore the opinions of the family elders. Although the current family was not big, according to the rules set by his father, every family member who could have the surname Augustus was an elite selected from thousands, not to mention the elders in front of him, each of them had the potential to become a legend.

Therefore, no matter what Alexander wanted to do, he could not bypass these family elders. For example, if he wanted to form a reorganized dragon cavalry regiment, he had to obtain the support of these elders.

So, he emptied his private treasury, used the many technologies he had learned from his great uncle, and purchased weapons at cost price to form a team of knights.

Coincidentally, a border city requested help, so Alexander took this opportunity to show the strength of the newly established dragon riders to these elders in the hope of gaining their support.

"Since it is not a secret, then please explain, Your Majesty. There is no family or country that would not want to have such a powerful warrior. But we also need to know what price we have to pay to have such a powerful warrior."

"According to preliminary calculations, it will cost about 30 million gold dragon coins to train a magic dragon knight!"

"How many?"

"30 million? Just to train a golden dragon knight like this?"

"Are you kidding? If we form a knight corps with knights like this, wouldn't a reorganized knight corps of 300 people cost nearly 10 billion gold dragon coins?

The kingdom's annual tax revenue was less than 20 billion. After deducting all necessary expenses, the highest tax surplus during the reign of King Urnos was only 2.3 billion.

Even if we use this best-case scenario of one year's profit, we still won't be able to build a fully-fledged Magic Dragon Riders Regiment even if we spend ten years on it."

As soon as Alexander finished speaking, the excited and excited voices of the royal elders began to rise one after another, because the price Alexander offered was really too shocking.

Because you have to know that by spending 100,000 to 300,000 gold coins, it is possible to cultivate a brilliant gold-level transcendent. If you spend millions of resources, even a pig can be promoted to the gold level.

Thirty million gold coins, even if estimated based on the worst case scenario, can train thirty brilliant gold-level extraordinary people, and the actual situation is only more and less.

But now such a huge amount of funds is only spent on one person. Although it has exchanged for a knight who can destroy the golden realm with ease, resources of this scale can be used to build an ultimate master who can still deal a crushing blow to the extraordinary people in the shining golden realm.

"Don't get too excited. Thirty million is just the current price. The technology to create a Magic Knight is not yet mature, so the cost is high. But as long as the technology continues to develop, the cost can be further reduced.

The original magic armor, not counting the corresponding weapons, cost 35 million gold coins just for the production cost. Now with all the weapons, the price of the whole set can be controlled at 27 million. "

Alexander couldn't help but sigh when he saw the reactions of the elders. He knew that as long as he named the price, the current situation would inevitably occur.
“As long as we continue to invest and improve the technology, the price can be reduced to a level that satisfies us.”

"Even if the cost can be reduced further, it's already 30 million at the beginning. Even if the technology matures, how low can it go in the end? Not to mention 30 million, even 3 million is unacceptable."

"Three million is not impossible."

Although he was unsure, Alexander dared to speak up. If he told the truth, he wouldn't ask for any money.
"But I can't wait until the cost drops to three million before forming a knight order. By then, it will be too late."

"Paying three million in exchange for a golden invincible dragon knight is indeed something we can consider, but I have a question. As far as I know, all the technology to create this kind of knight comes from the respected Holy Dragon. I want to know, if we continue to invest in research and development, how much can we master ourselves?"

"do not know."

Alexander held his head high, his expression calm, his eyes clear and bright.

"I can't answer this question right now, but I know that if we don't invest now, we won't be able to get even a little bit of it when my uncle, the Holy Dragon, perfects the relevant technology."

"How could that be? Your Majesty, you are too pessimistic. Whether it is the relationship between our Augustus family and His Majesty the Holy Dragon, or your relationship with His Majesty the Holy Dragon, how could we not be able to obtain the technology?"

Most of the elders in Augustus thought that the new king was just exaggerating and did not take Alexander's words seriously.

"I'm not talking about the present, but the future."

Seeing the expressions of the elders in front of him, although some of them fell into deep thought because of his words, most of them did not think there was anything wrong.
"Among the current Augustus family, apart from me, who among you can go directly to see my uncle the Holy Dragon without any notification?"

"..."The royal meeting room suddenly fell into silence.

"The Augustus family does have an inseparable close relationship with the Holy Dragon, but the ones who are closest to the Holy Dragon are my great-grandfather, my grandfather, my father, and me, not you."

Alexander looked around the room, breaking the silence. The question he asked was like the sharpest blade in the world, piercing people's hearts.

"If after I leave, who in the entire family will be able to talk to my great uncle, what qualifications do you have to ask my great uncle for such a crucial technology?"

"Your Majesty, this involves another problem. Our Augustus family is gradually becoming alienated from the increasingly powerful Holy Dragon."

"This is one of the problems with the relationship between the immortal species and the short-lived species. Even if the immortal species is willing to take care of the offspring of the short-lived species, when the bloodline is passed down from generation to generation, they will naturally become estranged."

"Let's not talk about different races. Ask yourself. Some of you have become grandfathers or even great-grandfathers. When you see your youngest descendant, do you feel happy? Do you feel as excited as when you see your first child being born?"

"I think the crux of this problem lies in the distance. Your Majesty should find an opportunity or an excuse to send your offspring to the Holy Dragon and ask the Holy Dragon to take care of and raise them. As long as they spend enough time together, they will naturally develop feelings for each other."

"My great uncle is almost two hundred years old. Do you think he still has the patience to take care of a human cub? Even if he sends it over, it will be taken care of by those goblins. It will be useless."

Alexander asked back sarcastically.

This was his personal experience. He grew up under the watchful eye of the Holy Dragon, but during his growing years, he saw his great uncle only a handful of times.

His connection with his great uncle became even closer after he underwent the True Blood Trial and successfully obtained the True Blood inheritance.

At this time, his relationship with Uncle Shenglong was truly stable, and as for his younger brother and sister who grew up with him, the uncle only took a little care of Theodore. As for his younger sister, if he hadn't taken the initiative to ask for it, the uncle would not have paid any attention to her at all.

The kindness from his ancestors had become extremely weak by his generation, and by the next generation, it had almost nothing to do with him.

This is also the reason why Alexander was disappointed when he saw his offspring being born, because his offspring did not inherit much dragon blood.

He didn't even know why the uncle Saint Dragon was allowed to continue to look after his descendants. It was ridiculous to say that he would send the people over and ask Saint Dragon to raise and take care of them.

Times have changed. The Holy Dragon that took care of the baby was just a young golden dragon that had not yet grown up. But now the Holy Dragon is the golden sun that overlooks the mountains and seas. What is he thinking of letting such a being take care of the baby? How shameless do you think he is?

"So this is your intention, Your Majesty?"

Some elders in the clan showed a look of realization at this moment.

"I support your majesty in reorganizing the army."

"I support it, but I ask that it should not be too drastic and should be gradual."

“Yes, part of the annual tax surplus can be allocated to this project.”

The Augustan family quickly reached a consensus on this issue. They agreed to Alexander's plan, but not too much.

……

"Your Highness Noah, the number of goblin engineers is really too small. I suggest that the education system of Goblin City should be reformed in an all-round way. All goblins should receive education. They should no longer engage in any war-related industries and should all devote themselves to manufacturing and research and development."

The Vice-King of the Kingdom of Atlas, Sifrea, turned to the Holy Dragon and made a serious suggestion.

“Good suggestion, but not perfect.”

Noah heard the suggestion of the fairy's follower below, and while affirming it, he also expressed his opinion.

“It’s not just the goblin education system that needs reform. My territory also needs a round of education reform.

Mechanical engineering is knowledge, not a practice limited to a certain race or bloodline. It is not just goblins who can learn it, but all intelligent races can delve into it."

In the process of governing the territory, although Noah showed many favors to the lower-class civilians and did not restrict their acquisition of knowledge, he even took the initiative to distribute knowledge, breathing techniques and meditation methods to them. However, learning is not a pleasure, it is something that tests one's will and economic conditions.

Therefore, although Noah's territory has been increasingly prosperous over the years, the majority of the lower-class civilians are still illiterate. Only a very small number of people can recognize the value of knowledge and actively acquire it. These people can often achieve good achievements and change their own class.

But Noah was no longer satisfied with this. He thought that relying on the initiative of the grassroots would not be able to cultivate enough technical talents. He planned to implement compulsory education and promote literacy campaigns throughout the country.

The reason why Noah did not implement these systems and policies in the past was because of insufficient productivity and learning required time off from work. Intelligent races would have the opportunity to use their brains only when they freed their hands, got rid of the constraints of the land, and did not have to rush around for food all day.

The economic conditions in the Holy Dragon Land are such that an adult strong man can earn enough from his labor to support a family of four and have some surplus, which can be used for full-time study.

More importantly, Noah now has a very strong demand. The magic kinetic armor that the regiment needs, which can greatly enhance combat capabilities and battlefield survivability, has already been developed and produced. Although there are still many defects, these defects can be improved one by one.

What really made Noah unbearable was the production of magic armor. The equipment that should have been equipped to the legion had a production rate so low that it took twenty days to produce one set. This was the result of even having the most skilled craftsmen, engineers, and enchanters in place. Otherwise, it could have been even later.

At this efficiency, how long will it take to accumulate enough equipment for a regiment?

So Noah was determined to carry out nationwide literacy campaign and implement twelve years of compulsory education. Regardless of whether people liked it or not, as long as he found talented people, he would cram knowledge into them.

Of course, truly talented people do not need to accept knowledge in such a crude way.

(End of this chapter)