Your war hammer is too fake

[Barel Magic Hammer: The first dwarf squad, the 'Hate Sweepers', is about to complete all training. Once the new soldiers are generated, I will deploy a few teams to Fort Ko, so that the Yankees on the other side can also share my joy.]

The Dwarfling is not a single weapon. Due to its heavy weight and the need for a miniature steam engine to provide pressurized steam, the design Grim came up with is actually a steam-powered exoskeleton with a Dwarfling. Plateau Castle does not yet have the ability to mass-produce this new equipment, but as long as the training of the Hate Sweeper is completed, the Dwarfling will appear in the recruitment list of Barrel's War Codex.

[Group leader #An Jiyue: I don't think we need to be so hasty. It would be better to improve this new soldier, for example, add some magic resistance runes to the exoskeleton. ]

The design of the entire Dwarfling weapon system is relatively complex, and An Jiyue is cautious about the reliability of this thing. Of course, something made by the dwarves is definitely much more reliable than the inventions of the Skaven. Moreover, just like the Ratling will become the target of the enemy's concentrated fire as long as it appears on the battlefield, the Dwarfling is probably treated similarly. The survivability of the new soldiers will inevitably be severely tested in actual combat, so it is necessary to strengthen their defense.

Compared to Dwarflin, An Jiyue and Barel actually valued the exoskeleton more. Unfortunately, the test results showed that this thing was really not suitable for ordinary people: because the driving force came from a miniature steam engine, unless the outer armor was removed, the internal environment of this thing was very hot and stuffy when it was working. Even with the tough physique and iron will of the dwarves, it is best not to stay in the steam exoskeleton in the activated state for more than an hour. As for humans? Letting humans wear this thing is almost equivalent to murder.

Barrel felt sorry that the steam exoskeleton was difficult to promote, but An Jiyue thought it was okay. An's Zhendan actually had a powered exoskeleton called [Fugu]. As a product of mechanical engineering, Fugu was good in every way except that it could not be mass-produced: its parts could basically only be made by hand by skilled Mozhe.

After finalizing the cooperation agreement for the joint development of the flying ship, An Jiyue and Barrel quickly agreed on the division of labor. An Jiyue was responsible for the overall design and provided the design indicators of the power system, while Plateau Castle needed to provide technical support on the steam engine according to An Jiyue's requirements. In fact, after an in-depth discussion of the various subsystems of the flying ship, the two came to the conclusion that in addition to the thrusters, the weapons of the flying ship also needed the help of the dwarves' technology.

The first flying ship conceived by the Jiedushi, the Grasshopper-class gunboat, is expected to have a standard take-off weight of 150 tons. Its armament includes a twin-mounted rune steam harpoon, four dwarf guns, and a large bottom bomb bay that can accommodate a large number of aerial bombs. Under normal circumstances, the Grasshopper-class gunboat can carry 30 tons of aerial bombs, which are already included in the standard take-off weight of the gunboat. In extreme cases, this number can be increased to 50 tons.

An Jiyue originally planned to equip the Grasshopper with a Fire Raven launch rail, but she thought about it and found it inappropriate. The Grasshopper is positioned as a multi-purpose ship that emphasizes cost-effectiveness and is generally biased towards ground attack. Its weapons other than aerial bombs are mostly used for self-defense. As a flying unit, most enemies in the Warhammer world cannot threaten it. In addition to magic, the only thing that can threaten it is other flying units.

After all, the Fire Crow was too expensive to be installed on a combat platform that needed to control the cost of use. Barrel happened to have the Dwarfling that was about to be put into mass production. At the same time, this thing reminded An Jiyue of another ready-made technology, the steam harpoon launcher that was widely equipped by the Haimenguan fleet.

As long as the [Flaxon's Tracking Rune] is embedded, this thing can be used to deal with the various flying beasts in Warhammer. As for the Dwarfling, it is prepared for enemies such as harpies and giant bats.

In addition to the gunboat version, the Grasshopper class also has a transport version. Compared with the gunboat version, the Grasshopper class transport boat has no steam harpoon, the number of dwarfs has been increased to six, the bottom bomb bay has been changed to a cargo bay, and a retractable hatch has been added at the stern for cargo to enter and exit. If there is no major change, the Grasshopper class transport boat will support the construction of the Pingshan defense line, and continuously send personnel, building materials, equipment and other goods.

After the matter of the new toys was almost settled, the Jinyiwei who were previously sent to check the inventory of spirit stones also came back... Along with them came a bunch of leaders from the Xuanshui Arsenal, all of them were shirtless with a bramble tied to their backs.

As An Jiyue had judged, only a small part of the spiritual stones allocated by the inner treasury had actually been used, and the rest were all lying in the warehouse of the arsenal. Seeing the Jinyiwei coming to check the inventory, these people knew that they could no longer hide it, and could only bite the bullet and come to apologize. According to them, they would never dare to embezzle spiritual stones. They originally thought that after getting the spiritual stones from Jingning, they would secretly send the spiritual stones that had been concealed before back to the inner treasury in the name of "the spiritual stones are abundant this month, and this is God's blessing on our Great Qin."

Anyway, the production capacity of Lingshi was unstable, and An Jiyue often went out, and each trip would take more than a month. As long as they colluded with a few relevant government offices, the whole thing could be concealed without anyone noticing.

"Wait," An Jiyue frowned and interrupted Jin Zhishige who was reporting the investigation, "Don't tell me that even the tower guards were dragged into the water by them."

The daily operation status of the barrier tower and the output of spirit stones are all recorded by the tower standby soldiers.

"According to convention, the original records of the tower guards are kept separately and can only be retrieved by imperial decree," Jinzhi Shigeru replied, "No matter whether it is the officials in the court or the clerks in the inner treasury, unless they are the ones who directly handle it, they cannot see this document."

"Well, it seems that it's not just the 'close friends' in the arsenal who deserve to be beaten," An Jiyue covered her forehead irritably, "Should I be thankful that at least the tower guards are as reliable as ever... Tell those kneeling outside to give each of them five lashes with the thorns, and the sword guards will personally carry out the execution! I'll forgive them if they're not beaten to death. As for the people in the inner treasury."

When he said this, the Jiedushi paused for a moment and said, "Let Lu Zhenfu deal with it according to the law."

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Note 1: This muzzle velocity is the muzzle velocity of the air rifles used by Austrian air riflemen in the Napoleonic era. In comparison, the muzzle velocity of flintlock rifles of the same era is usually around 450 m/s.

The author says:

Author's Note: PS: I wrote one chapter. I still owe one more chapter.

Answering the reader "Palette":

The movable structure here is not the same as the movable structure of the Osprey. The propeller of the flying ship is connected to the hull through a reinforced fixed structure, and the rotation is achieved by changing the connection state through the [Metal Control Technique].

Answer to reader "Reader1637023855":

Thanks for your correction, I have revised it. This is what happens when writing in a hurry, it is easy to have bugs.

Chapter 174 Dinner

According to the plan, the first Grasshopper-class gunboat will roll off the production line in October this year (Note 10).

Subsystems such as the ship steam engine, heavy steam harpoon, and dwarfling will be designed by Grimm in Plateau Castle, and then Barrel will scan the design drawings through the chat group and send them to An Jiyue. It only takes a few points to convert the virtual documents in the chat group into physical documents, and even make a few more copies.

At that time, An Jiyue only needs to send someone with the design and money to Haimenguan, and then wait for the delivery. The Marine Engineers Guild should be happy to accept this order. As for the hull and other parts, they will be manufactured by Xuanshui Arsenal. In the short term, all the weapons manufacturing work in Sanhe Prefecture will be taken over by Xuanshui Arsenal. The girl plans to separate several workshops responsible for building flying ships from the arsenal and set up a dedicated shipyard when the time is right.

This kind of industrial entity with too broad coverage should not exist for long. It is inevitable that it will be split up. Otherwise, it will produce a group of so-called "eldest son system" who fill N gaps in the country every day, have a large number of academicians appear, and regularly expose the black sheep in the army, but never see any actual achievements.

Absolute loyalty is not omnipotent. A loyal scumbag is still a scumbag.

It is already July this year, and Xuanshui Arsenal needs to coordinate the work of all departments, set up production lines, and work with various raw material suppliers within three months to ensure that the first flying gunboat is launched in late October. The sea trial, no, the air trial of the flying ship and the testing of various subsystems are scheduled very tightly.

Originally, An Jiyue's request was to officially deliver the first Grasshopper class to the Anxi Army before the Chinese New Year, but now she has issued a death order that it must be completed before the New Year. As for the progress of outfitting, it depends on when Haimenguan can deliver the goods. The Jiedushi is optimistic about this: the most troublesome work of inlaying engineering runes on the steam harpoon will be completed by the rune blacksmiths deployed remotely by Barrel, and Haimenguan only needs to build the machine.

After staying in Xuanshui for a few days and taking advantage of the time to arrange all the important tasks in the near future, An Jiyue used the power of flying clouds to take Aiwen and Jin Zhifan to Kewang Castle.

This was a boring journey, at least An Jiyue felt it was very boring. The girl was now familiar with the environment of the World Edge Mountains. She flew north on the cloud until she saw the snow-capped mountain pass in the distance and stopped to set up camp. According to the time calculation, Bing Ruolan's group should have walked out of the mountain pass and were probably trekking in the Sorrow Mountains.

Due to the high average combat power, the three girls didn't bother to follow the basic principles of survival in the wild when they set up camp. They directly set up their tents next to a stream where animals often drank water. Aiwen took the initiative to do all the physical work. Under the silent gaze of An Jiyue and Jinzhi Shige, the knight from Bretonnia raised her delicate little fist and hammered the tent nails into the frozen soil with just one punch. An Jiyue noticed that the nails were deformed a little...

After setting up camp, it was time to cook. An Jiyue cooked dinner today. Jin Zhifu could cook, but the food she cooked was only edible. As for Aiwen, she had never selected the skill of [Cooking] before or after the time travel.

"I feel like I've almost forgotten what it feels like to hold a kitchen knife," An Jiyue said as she skillfully used fire control to roast the skin of a piece of pork cutlet. "I once chatted with Bing Ruolan, and she told me that she often cooked for her family before she traveled through time, but after traveling through time and being a real lady for fifty years, her cooking skills have completely deteriorated."

The girl put down the piece of meat only after the skin was burnt black, and then picked up another piece. She put several large pieces of pork into a basin of clean water brought by Jin Zhishi, and carefully scraped off the burn marks on the surface of the skin with a kitchen knife. After scraping and washing it clean, An Jiyue threw all the pork into a camp pot that had been set up, and added scallion knots, smashed ginger, peppercorns and cooking wine in turn, and finally poured in cold river water that had been purified by magic. Without the girl making any moves, the firewood piled under the camp pot suddenly caught fire.

Jin Zhifan built two earthen stoves. She was the only one among the three who knew how to cook. One of the stoves was being used by An Jiyue, and the other was currently cooking rice. Under the starry sky, the three [Eternal Lamps] rotating around the tent emitted a bright but not glaring white light, which somewhat destroyed the atmosphere that the camping should have, but the three parties did not care about this.

She grabbed a handful of garlic leaves and placed them on the chopping board, using a slanted blade for the white stems and a straight knife for the green leaves. Then An Jiyue took out some peeled garlic and smashed and chopped it, then peeled the ginger and chopped it. After processing these condiments, the girl took out a pottery jar, scooped out a large spoonful of dark black bean paste, poured it on the chopping board, and picked up the kitchen knife to chop it carefully.

Aiwen leaned over and asked: "Why is the bean paste this color?"

"This is three-year-old bean paste. I got it from the kitchen of Duke Wu's mansion," An Jiyue replied without even looking up. "The red bean pastes you've seen before are usually one year old. Some are simply some kind of technology and hard work."

After the bean paste was chopped, the preparation work was completed. While preparing the ingredients, An Jiyue kept skimming off the foam from the pot where the meat was cooked. When the meat was cooked, she was too lazy to bring an iron hook and directly grabbed the meat with telekinesis and threw it on the chopping board. Just when Aiwen, who was watching, thought that An Jiyue would continue to show her knife skills, Knight Ji saw the Taoist priest directly cut the meat with the telekinetic blade...

After pouring out the soup left over from cooking the meat, she washed it and put it back on the stove. An Jiyue used the fire control technique to increase the fire. After the remaining water in the pot dried up, she added vegetable oil and then the chopped bean paste. The girl stir-fried it for a few times, and when the red oil came out, she added the chopped pork, and the rich aroma of fat immediately spread.

Aiwen, who was ready to make a move, could not help but move closer, and was immediately glared at by An Jiyue. After using his eyes to drive away the guy who tried to steal food, the governor added sweet bean sauce and other seasonings to the pot, followed by garlic whites, and finally green leaves. After stir-frying until the garlic leaves were cooked, the governor used magic to extinguish the flames and skillfully put the fried twice-cooked pork into a ceramic bowl.

The assembled dining table was already set with dishes and a bowl filled with steaming white rice. The three of them sat down one by one, and then suddenly fell into a strange silence.

"Why are you looking at me?" An Jiyue took the rice spoon first and served herself some rice: "Eat it while it's hot."

In addition to the only hot dish on the table, there were pickled radish and pickled shepherd's purse. In the mountains where no civilized races could be found within a radius of 100 kilometers, Aiwen inexplicably felt relaxed: except for herself and her companions, the whole world suddenly became so peaceful and without disturbance.

"Rest quickly after eating. Especially you, Aiwen. I know you just got here and are still excited." An Jiyue picked up a sweet and sour carrot stick and put it into her mouth to chew. "I brought you to the north, not for sightseeing. Do you remember what I told you, that during the chaos in Altdorf, the Castle of Kewang was also under siege?"

"Well," Aiwen held an extra-large bowl and quickly picked up the food, "You said there is something fishy about this."

"It's not surprising that Fort Kewang was attacked, but the scale is strange. Although there are a large number of Yankee tribes in the Chaos Wasteland, the sudden appearance of 20,000 Huns at this time is too suspicious," An Jiuyue said. "When Fort Kewang was still called Devingard, how many Kislevites were there in total? The fact that this place has been able to hold out for a long time means that under normal circumstances, this place would never encounter Chaos invaders of this scale. I suspect... no, I'm sure this should be a 'greeting' from a certain evil god."

"Are you worried that we will run into some tough guys in Kewang Castle?" Aiwen added another bowl of rice for herself. An Jiyue noticed that half of the food prepared for ten strong men was gone, and she and Jin Zhishi hadn't even finished the first bowl of rice.

"That's part of the reason," An Jiyue nodded, "but the main reason is that I want you to replace Dustan. I guess he should be very happy with his scoring, but there are some things I can only let him do."

Aiwen is not stupid, but she is very smart. Knight Ji is just not good at intrigue and other things. She thought about the current situation and immediately had a guess: "Do you want to collect information from the toilet seat? Maybe after we deal with the high-elite intervention army, you are going to let him help with the subsequent negotiations?"

"No matter how bad his reputation is," the governor nodded slightly, "he is a great wizard of Safurui after all."

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Note 1: The Warhammer world has 400 days a year, and the calendar is completely different from the real world. For example, their week has eight days. After much thought, I decided to write it based on 365 days a year. Hope you can understand.

The author says:

Author's Note: PS: Do you remember the fast food restaurant that sold me raw chicken legs last time? I happened to pass by that place today. The store was closed and there was a piece of paper on the window. I walked closer and saw, "Popular Shop for Rent".

He deserved it. Although the speed of his sudden death was really shocking.

Chapter 175 Division of Labor

More and more group members came across, but An Jiyue felt that there were simply not enough people.

In addition to clearing the haunted forest, Xiao Yiyue also needs to prepare for the attack on the Dragon Islands. The hatching pool left by the ancient saints on the island is very critical, so the governor of the Shuofang Army cannot move; originally Barrel could be squeezed out and used as a mobile force, but the potential threat of the Nest Clan has been unleashed, so the Dwarf King was pinned down in the Plateau Castle and could not move.

When I take office in the future, the affairs of the Empire and Bretonnia will be transferred to Egwene. After all, only Dustan, an Asur with a mage, can travel around. Anyway, there is Sanhe Mansion to isolate the evil land full of greenskins, and there is basically nothing going on in the border princes. Although this no-man's land is "hidden dragons and crouching tigers", there is really no famous force.

After several expansions, the garrison of Akendorf had 4,000 sea guards alone, plus the cavalry composed of Arion Reavers and Silver Helmets Knights, and even without the militia, there were nearly 6,000 available troops. With the combat effectiveness of the high elves, the bunch of scum led by the border princes were really not worth mentioning.

You have to know that these "princes" and "grand dukes" have less than 1 standing troops, let alone people under their rule. To be precise, except for the colony of Mirmidon established by the Tyrells, none of these "principalities" has a population of over . Although there are actually many famous characters in the background story among these people, such as the famous mercenary leader "Black Heart" Littlebird (Note ), their strength is not worthy of the Lord of the Holy Book to take them seriously.

With the wizard away from home recently, the most serious threat to Akendorf was a greenskin tribe from the Black Mountains. Thousands of orcs and several times more goblins tried to rob the new "pointy-headed" people, but the greenskins didn't even see the walls of Akendorf before they were surrounded by more high elves than themselves...

[Dustan Falcon: Damn it, why don't the greenskins give me points! Even if I can be priced the same as the rat, it's fine. ]

Afterwards, Asur the mage complained like this in the chat group.

When An Jiuyue and others arrived at Kewang Fort, Dustan had already repelled the Huns who were besieging the fortress and killed most of the scattered enemies. The cavalry of An's Zhendan made great gains in the pursuit of the fleeing enemies, and the Huns' mutant grassland horses were defeated in the endurance contest with the mechanical horses. Even if the former ran their alveoli to pieces, they could not shake off the pursuit of the latter.

Mechanical horses are perfect cavalry mounts. These bionic machines made of wood and iron not only run faster than ordinary war horses, but also have far superior load-bearing capacity and unmatched endurance.

For this counterattack, Dustan took out the ten recruitment cards he had accumulated so far, special units, and recruited three teams of Hoth Swordmasters, one team of Phoenix Guards, and a total of six teams of Sky Slasher airships, and all Sky Slashers were equipped with Hawkeye Ballistas. There are four Sky Slasher airships from the War Codex, and the default configuration is that each airship is equipped with three Sea Guard crew members, and all Sea Guards are equipped with spears and bows. Of course, you can also spend extra points to replace one of the Sea Guards with a ballista.

When 24 Sky Slasher airships flew over the battlefield in four rows, the defenders who had been holding out in the fortress for many days launched a counterattack simultaneously. The Hun soldiers who rushed up the wall on the slope made of corpses witnessed for the first and last time the outstanding swordsmanship of the Sword Masters of Hoeth that was enough to cut off bullets.

At the same time, arrows dropped from the sky accurately killed the Huns' domesticated war beasts, and then those shamans and tribal leaders who were too conspicuous. The failure of the command system caused the Huns' army to fall into chaos, and their commander was forced to use his trump card, a huge thunderbird with lightning wrapped all over its body, to try to stabilize the gradually collapsing battle situation.

This is what Dustan was waiting for. As a mage of heaven, he had long sensed the existence of this beast through the abnormal flow of the wind of heaven, Aegir. When this ancient thunderbird, which was as big as a silver moon dragon, descended here with thunder that resounded throughout the battlefield, Dustan silently rode his arcane phoenix to meet it.

Once again, normal people should not try to fight an aerial battle with a Heavenly Mage, unless you are a stronger mage. The mage chanted the spell that had been passed down in the White Tower for countless generations, and the rushing Heavenly Wind instantly broke the tranquility of the sky. As a semi-elemental creature, the Thunderbird is naturally able to harness the power of Heavenly Wind to a certain extent, and the Ancient Thunderbird is particularly powerful in this regard. However, compared with the Heavenly Mage who is truly proficient in this, the instincts of the beast are far from strong enough.

The outcome of the air battle was decided in a very short time. After a brief stalemate, the Ancient Thunderbird lost control of the Wind of Heaven. The huge bird of prey was almost thrown to the ground by the storm.

The fall of the ancient thunderbird crushed the last bit of the Huns' fighting spirit. In their memory, no matter how desperate the battle situation was in the past, the tribe's guardian beast could turn the situation around. When the guardian beast also failed, even the Barbarian King's palace army did not hesitate to throw away all the burdens, whipping the horses hard and trying to escape.

At the last moment of the battle, the barbarian king went upstream with several followers, and challenged Dustan in a duel with a heavy accent in Gospada. Under normal circumstances, the wizard would definitely ignore him, and he was shameless. Honor? How much is that thing per pound? He is already a monkey lover, why does he still have any shame!

However, Dustan accepted the challenge. Under the gaze of thousands of soldiers from the three tribes, Dustan drove the arcane phoenix to land in front of the Barbarian King, and then slowly drew a light Hoss sword from the saddle. The Barbarian King first greeted the mage with the etiquette of their tribe, and then rushed forward with a roar and drew his saber.

"So," An Jiyue asked while drinking hot tea, "is that how you got the wound on your neck?"

"Damn it, luckily I dodged quickly." Dustan touched his neck with lingering fear. There was a long narrow scratch on it. "This guy whose name I don't even know is really good."

The winner of the duel was naturally Dustan, but the duel was not a one-sided massacre. According to Dustan himself, the Hun barbarian king was no less skilled in martial arts than Boris Bokaha, and might even be more powerful. The two sides fought for dozens of moves before the winner was decided. Dustan pierced the barbarian king's chest with his sword, and the opponent's saber almost cut Dustan's throat. Dustan was able to survive purely because the elves' reflexes were indeed strong enough.

"So why did you accept the duel? Given the situation at that time, no one would say anything if you just ordered the arrows to be shot," Aiwen, who was also holding a cup of hot tea, asked, "Are you going to believe Old K?"

"Bullshit, we won't be influenced by the four vendors," the wizard shook his head. "Afterwards, I thought about it and realized that it was just the atmosphere that got to the point where we went overboard."

"Next time, don't challenge anyone to a duel unless you are sure you can win," the Jiedushi warned. "Your martial arts and magic are better than 99% of the people in this world, but we will always encounter the remaining 1%."

The magician frowned, looking as if he was thinking about something. The governor pointed out the window and continued, "So, this is the ancient thunderbird? Does this thing recognize you as its boss now?"

"It has been converted into a system unit. Damn it, it's a pity that there is only this one, and the Holy Book of War didn't even mention adding a new soldier for me," Dustan glanced out the window following An Jiyue's finger, "I only found out that this thing was not dead when I was cleaning up the battlefield afterwards. One of your alchemists told me that the Huns rely on some kind of chaos sorcery to control it. Each use has a time limit, and once the limit is exceeded, there is a risk of losing control. No wonder the Huns didn't send this thing into battle even though there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They only sent this bird out when the situation was hopeless."

"All in all, this is a brilliant victory, although it was not easy to win," An Jiyue concluded. "Although Aiwen is very strong, she is a pure warrior, and she just needs a flying mount." As he spoke, the governor grabbed a recruitment card, a rare unit, from the void, placed it on the table and pushed it forward: "I'll buy this thunderbird."

Since she traveled through time, An Jiyue has only drawn two rare cards. The first rare card has long been turned into a team of swordsmen, and now this group of former Jianghu heroes are taking on the role of her Jiedushi's guards.

"Uh..." Evelyn suddenly became nervous, "I think..."

"Okay, okay," Dustan quickly put away the recruitment card, "I haven't drawn a rare card yet. Why is the Avalon Archer a rare unit?"

After the mage summoned the Holy Codex of War and performed a few operations, Evelyn received a prompt message that she had obtained ownership of the ancient thunderbird that was lazily basking in the sun outside the window.

"Just think of it as a little help from the senior to the newcomer," An Jiyue patted Aiwen's shoulder, "This has to be paid back. I'm not rich enough to use rare cards as gifts. Does this make you feel more relaxed? You will have to stay in Kewang Castle for at least a month, maybe two months. When Dustan returns from his mission, you can take office in Goose City. This period of time is just right for you to get familiar with how a normal army operates."

An Jiyue stood up. "Based on the distance, Bing Ruolan and the others will be here in a few days. After we send them off, Dustan and I will return to the south," the alchemist girl said. "Dustan will go to Ulthuan to get information and keep an eye on things, and I should fulfill my promise and help the people of Ostermark solve the problems in Mordheim."

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Note 1: An old Mediterranean man, with a very bad character, but his personal martial arts and command abilities are first-class. Of course, the most famous thing about this man is that he claimed to be the illegitimate son of Karl Franz (he is older than Karl), and based on this, he claimed to have the right to rule the entire border princely territory.

Chapter 176 The Recaster's Decision

After explaining the situation, An Jiyue immediately took Jin Zhifan to Prague.

When meeting with Ostankiya, the governor promised to sign a formal alliance with Prince Belov when she returned from the empire. Now is the time to fulfill this promise. This alliance will inevitably anger the city of Kislev. In the worst case, it may be the fuse of civil war. An Jiyue didn't know where the confidence of the Ugor people came from, but since they themselves were not worried, the girl didn't seem to have the position to refuse.

Compared to the last time An Jiyue came, Prager has become much more lively. Many places in the city still bear the scars left by the war, but after the chaos that has plagued the city for two hundred years was purified, the citizens have become visibly more active. Even in the cold winter, the thriving trade activities still bring prosperity to the city.

The Jiedushi and the deputy commander stayed in Prince Belov's palace for one night. The next day, under the gaze of all the city's leading figures, the two sides signed a trade agreement and a military support agreement with amazing efficiency. In addition, Prince Belov unilaterally granted the Aurora people military access rights. Except for the last one, the terms of the two agreements were fair and equal. Originally, Prince Belov hoped to obtain equal military access rights, but was rejected by An Jiyue.

The prince did not insist. In fact, as long as they could get the military aid agreement, the core goal of the Ugor people would be achieved, and the rest were just extras. Although it was called a "military aid agreement", it was actually an alliance. It was just that An Jiyue had said that the Aurora people firmly opposed provoking a civil war in Kislev at this time. If the Ugor people thought that they could become independent from Kislev with the support of the Heavenly Court, then all the agreements signed by the two sides would be automatically invalidated. Of course, if the city of Kislev did not give Prager a chance to live, the Heavenly Court would definitely give the Ugor people justice.

According to the agreement, the Zhendan people have the right to unilaterally decide whether certain special clauses in the military aid agreement will take effect. The Ugor people are actually very dissatisfied with this, but Prince Belov persuaded them to accept this condition. In the final analysis, the Ugor people and the Heavenly Court are not equal at all. Not to mention the Ugor people, the entire Kislev is just a small shrimp in the eyes of the Heavenly Court. The military strength of the Ice Kingdom is not as good as that of Reikland or Middenland, and may be about the same as that of the northern provinces such as Ostermark. They are not qualified to talk about equality with the Heavenly Court.

On the evening of the day the agreement was signed, Prince Belov held a banquet, nominally to celebrate the successful signing of the agreement, but in reality to show off to all parties and to showcase the close relationship between Prager and the Aurora Dynasty. As the most important guest, An Jiyue also changed into a Hezi skirt to attend the banquet.

An Jiyue, wearing a golden hairpin, moved lightly with lotus steps. Even without makeup, she easily overshadowed all the celebrities and noble ladies in the audience. She deliberately chatted with Prince Belov in front of all the guests, and then said a few meaningless polite words to a few noble ladies who wanted to wrap themselves up in silk balls. The governor, who really couldn't adapt to this kind of scene, quickly left the stage. Anyway, she had helped as much as she should, and let Prince Belov do the rest.

That night, An Jiyue declined Belov's repeated requests to stay and hurriedly flew back to Kewang Castle on a cloud, not wanting to stay in Prag for even a moment.

In the next few days, the girl spent her time eating and sleeping in her office, writing and drawing, and further perfecting the design of the Grasshopper-class gunboat. Since the Eagle Guards were used as messengers, the reply from Haimenguan was quickly delivered to Xuanshui. The reply from the Marine Engineers Guild was very interesting. They first said that An Jiyue had a good vision and knew that the dwarfs' engineering technology was the best. Then they directly asked which short-bearded guy drew the design drawings that An Jiyue sent over. They were all new designs. Are these things really reliable?

The Jiedushi had expected this to happen. She asked Xuanshui to write a reply in her name, saying that they would follow the design and that even if the equipment was unreliable, it was the responsibility of the Zhendan people and would not damage the reputation of Haimenguan.

In addition to Seagate, letters were also sent from Eternal Peak and Black Rock Castle. Thorgrim the Grudgebearer said that he had known what Kislevites had done, and for this reason, the High King wrote a stern warning letter to the Tsar. If Boris Bokhar could not properly resolve the matter, the Son of the Rock would let Kislevites know what would happen if they offended the dwarves.

The letter from Black Rock Castle was sent by Dagna. The old lady told the girl that there had been some disputes within the Mountain Kingdom recently, but it had been resolved for now.

"What do you mean by 'let's just call it that'?" Aiwen, who was sitting opposite An Jiyue, asked while chewing a pot cake.

"In fact, it's all about the trivial matter of Eight Peaks Mountain," An Jiyue said without raising his head. "Ever since he heard that the reforged triangle was successfully ignited, Belegar Ironhammer has been clamoring to gather troops to reclaim Eight Peaks Mountain. However, well, let me make it clear that this matter has nothing to do with me, but Belegar's request was rejected by the Council of Ancestors."