Chapter 14: Counterreckoning
The capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, Aachen.
With the withdrawal of the papal technicians, the nobles of Aachen soon suffered accordingly:
The factory was shut down and no one repaired, and the corresponding electronic products were basically stopped from sale, and both production and consumption collapsed at the same time.
Some aristocrats said that his manor had a poor mobile phone reception, and that he went to the church but no one took itβnow there are only priests left in the church, the kind who are only responsible for preaching and preaching, and who do not know any technology at all.
It was only then that the Frankish aristocracy of Aachen realized that the radiance of God had penetrated so deeply into their lives, to the point that they could not do without it.
In a certain oppressive atmosphere and undercurrent, these disappointments are gradually turning into anger against the Saxon royal family, and even against His Royal Highness...... Of course, given the power and prestige of the Indomitable Holy Sword, no one has yet publicly jumped out to slander Her Highness the Eldest Princess, but it is obviously impossible for them to endure it forever.
Aske also stayed at the Grand Palais Aachen during this time and never tried to get out.
Mao Zhongwei and the others also looked for him a few times, and they didn't say anything about the harem, the single heroine or anything like that, just purely chatting and talking.
Yu Ziwen represents the earth and has negotiated a technology exchange agreement with the Saxon family.
The first phase of the agreement: the Saxony family provides the manufacturing technology of advanced power armor in exchange for the construction of basic technology projects on this side of the earth.
In fact, according to Mr. Shao Qiangang's investigation, the science and technology tree here is simply very powerful, and it is very characteristic of a certain Soviet power in the 20th century:
The big aristocracy controls heavy industry and military manufacturing, which is relatively developed and centralized, but there is basically no part involving information integration, as if the upper limit of science and technology has been artificially sealed.
At least that country still makes its own tubes to replace it, and all the parts involving integrated circuits on the HRE side choose to purchase from Italy and Canada, and I don't know if they have no will or confidence to achieve self-production.
Most of the light industries related to people's livelihood are concentrated in the hands of local small aristocrats, and most of them belong to the processing industry. The slightly technical parts are directly exported from Italy and the finished products, and the factories of the local aristocracy are only responsible for assembly and sales.
Academician Shao Qiangang came to the conclusion that it is an obvious economic colony. The upper industrial chain was completely controlled by Italy and Canada, and by separating out the industries at the bottom with low profits, the vast majority of the nobles of the HRE Empire were firmly tied to the chariot of God.
However, even in such a HRE Empire, the bulletproof materials and painting materials of military power armor that they have mastered alone are not much higher than those on the other side of the earth. Thinking about it this way, how terrifying the Holy See's technological power must be, it is likely that it has completely exceeded the original estimate on the other side of the earth.
Much more exaggerated than what is described in the game A Song of Iron and Fire.
Therefore, after reaching a technical agreement with the empire, Mao Zhongwei and the others have essentially completed the initial goal of the organization, and they can return to Earth to resume their lives...... But who is willing to leave now! We have not yet seen the scientific and technological overlord of this era, the glory and power of the Holy See of Solomon!
Therefore, Yu Ziwen chatted with Asker here, and by the way, he also probed a few times to see if he could find an opportunity to go to Italy to add - it turned out that Asker had no intention of leaving at all.
Even when everyone occasionally said things like "I miss my wife and daughter on the other side of the earth", Aske just smiled and nodded, as if he was the only wife he identified with, Eleanor.
Phew, scumbag!
For a while, everyone felt a little sorry for Miss Nola. What about the promised ten-year covenant?
Mao Zhongwei had just left here, and little Otto had brought someone to the door again.
"Ahem, that, brother-in-law." The young emperor reluctantly addressed him as "brother-in-law" and said awkwardly, "Archbishop Germania asked me to tell you: if you want to go to Italy and Canada, he can always send a plane to see you there." β
"Thank you for informing, Your Majesty." Aske said leisurely, "But I have promised Your Highness that I will not go anywhere until she returns." β
"Actually, it's okay to go for a while." Little Otto said tangledly, obviously not very good at this kind of thing, "If my sister happens to come back after you are gone, I can let her go to Italy to find you." β
"Then she will probably skin you before she leaves." Asker said with a smile.
So little Otto immediately showed a look of fear, obviously knowing how terrible his sister's anger was.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked in a low voice:
"Brother-in-law, are you really already a demigod?"
"Of course." Asker said.
"But you don't look very good." Little Otto shook his head, "Of course, I've also seen a lot of powerful Frankish demigods, and they all admit that they are not as powerful as my sister. β
"Well, the demigod rank can't tell anything just by looking at the appearance." So Asker explained to him that in addition to being immortal, physically strengthened, and having special abilities, demigods are not much different from ordinary people in appearance.
You will think that those demigods look very powerful, because they have been demigods for many years, and they have already developed a grandmaster-level aura.
"Brother-in-law, haven't you been a demigod for a long time?" Little Otto asked confusedly, feeling that this brother-in-law was indeed approachable, which was completely different from the feeling given by those demigods.
"Sort of." Aske smiled but didn't say a word.
If you talk about how long it has been since she became a demigod, he certainly can't compare to Eleanor, after all, they have been in this world for a full six years.
However, Aske himself didn't think that the demigods were so awesome, after all, in the original game world, there were more players above Lv.20...... Well, it's just a virtual world, and it's not comparable to this world, but Asker isn't the kind of person who will immediately lose his balance when he gains power, and can put on a shelf and put up a shelf in the sky.
Little Otto left here, and Aske touched his chin, thinking that these people really came one by one under your arrangement, and I will refuse them all for you, and see what you can do next.
You can't use violence to kick me out of the Grand Palace in Aachen, can you?
Asker, who was thinking like this, suddenly heard a familiar sigh from the window:
"Commander, even if you have already guessed that it is me, can you not deliberately play tricks on me?"
When Aske looked back, he saw Mi'er standing by the window, looking at him with a somewhat depressed expression.
The half-elf girl who used to look less than ten years old now looks like a female high school student, just looking at her figure...... It's still not very well developed.
The pink hair is parted into a few strands and tied into braids, hanging down leisurely from both sides of her cheeks, setting off her delicate little face, which looks playful and cute, and her turquoise pupils seem to be rippling with water, which is full of complex feelings.
"Mi'er, you count on me." Aske said with emotion.