If you want to occupy air supremacy, the lowest cost method at the moment is a hot air balloon, but using a hot air balloon to fight is obviously a joke.

Not to mention its pitiful load capacity, slow movement speed, and sluggish control methods, these two factors have completely limited the military use of hot air balloons.

The one that really made a difference was the Skybreaker that Klotto had created.

However, the Skybreaker is obviously also a half-finished product, in Don's mind, the best air supremacy weapons are still supersonic fighters and high-altitude bombers, the former is extremely fast and difficult to defend, and the latter is located at an altitude of thousands of meters, and ordinary means of attack cannot affect them at all.

Not only that, high-altitude bombers can also appear as variant derivatives, high-altitude transport aircraft, which can transport a large number of soldiers to the rear of the theater of operations for encirclement warfare, which is much faster than the current way of marching.

It's just that there are many technical limitations to realize these things now, and only the Mithril multipurpose alloy can barely meet the requirements, take-off can be achieved by controlling the anti-gravity magic array, and the power can be realized by the wind-powered magic engine, which is then again, the wind-powered magic engine has been inspired by the turbojet engine from the beginning, which can be regarded as re-exerting its original function.

It's just that there are still many problems in integrating these technologies.

The most important point is that in the supersonic state, the average driver simply cannot withstand this kind of acceleration, so it must be the Apocalypse, so the number is very rare.

Another point, how to fight in a supersonic state?

There are no computers or radars here, so it is impossible to lock on to the target from a distance, and when you see the enemy, I am afraid that the two sides will already collide together.

Weapons control also require computers, or something like computers.

Until this problem is solved, the fighter plan can only be put on hold for the time being, and the improved dwarf aircraft and helicopters are the best choice at present, fully manually controlled, not slow or fast, can fight within visual range, and can also well avoid conventional strikes.

Although Don also wants to produce his own flying machine, it is very difficult to build an industrial production line from scratch, he does not have the energy and need for the time being, so he simply cooperates directly with Kloto and provides technical support to each other.

Computers are more demanding, and it is impossible to completely restore them, so you can only find ways from other aspects.

Because there were too many situations to consider, Tang En temporarily put this matter on the back burner, and after leaving the Magic Energy Engineering Research Institute, he returned to the Lord's Mansion.

“…… Mr. Garion, I told you before, you are naked blackmail! We won't agree to pay this bill! ”

As soon as he passed through the study, Don heard Fiona's dissatisfied voice, and after being stunned for a moment, he walked into the study, and then saw Fiona and Garion confronting each other, and at this moment Garion was not Garion, the branch president of Star Diamond Bank, but Garion, an arms dealer with a cigar in his mouth.

"But, honorable lady Fiona, you must admit that my men and weapons have played a huge role in resisting the beast tide, and if it weren't for my reckless consumption of a large amount of precious goods, Ellington would probably have been completely destroyed by the beast tide."

Garian spat out a thick smoke ring, and Fiona frowned, fortunately it was an ornament, only a fruity smell, otherwise he would have been kicked out.

"The situation was urgent, so I didn't discuss it with you, I had only one thought at the time: save Ellington at all costs!"

Garion said solemnly, "I did it, so it's only natural for me to ask for compensation!" ”

"However, we didn't buy those bombs from you at all! That's what you and Master Klotto were angry about, and you took it out to compare! ”

Fiona couldn't bear this the most, it was obviously the result of the goblins and the gnomes' fighting spirit, why did she have to pay for it in the Ellington Lord's Mansion instead?

Kloto didn't say anything because he had technical support from Donn, but Garion, a cheeky guy, went straight to the merchants to deliver the bills - this is the fourth time in half a month!

It seems that there is no result this time, and he plans to rely on it and not leave.

Don couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" Lord Garrian? ”

"Your Lord!"

Fiona and Garion spoke at the same time, and Garion immediately had a smile on his face, "Thank goodness you finally showed up today. ”

Don has been busy lately, and he has only had time to rest in the past two days, so it's no wonder that Garion is so emotional.

"Your Excellency, Lord Garion has sent a bill."

"Bills?"

"Yes, about the bill for the arms consumed in the resistance to the beast tide."

The corners of Fiona's mouth twitched, and she handed a bill to Donne, "Take a look." ”

Tang En took the bill and scanned it, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, your ability to rob while the fire is really perfect." ”

"No, no, no, you're wrong, if you want to take advantage of the fire, I won't hand you the bill at this time."

Garion waved his hand very seriously: "If you really want to sell at the highest price, I will secretly destroy the stability of the city wall at the critical moment when the beast tide is coming, and then when the beast tide is about to break through the city wall, I believe that you will be happy to pay in that case." ”

Don En smiled bitterly, no wonder people say that the hearts of arms dealers are darker than ink, and many wars are secretly promoted by arms dealers, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

"But your bill is too outrageous, look at the price of this magic iron bomb, when it was sold to me last time, it was still five thousand gold coins, and now it has risen to ten thousand?"

"The price of goods rises and falls with the urgency of market demand."

Garion said with a look of course, "I think it's normal for the price to double when the beast tide hits, when I need these products, isn't it?" ”

Donn was speechless.

"You still said that you didn't take advantage of the fire to rob!"

Fiona was very annoyed: "Anyway, the bill for more than 50 million gold coins is too outrageous!" Do you really know what 50 million gold coins are? The entire Ilrus Empire's annual tax revenue is only 20 million gold coins! ”

"Is it much? Not much, really! ”

Garion shook his head and said: "Just the expensive magic iron bombs, when resisting those powerful magical beasts, more than two thousand were used, which is more than 20 million gold coins, and the remaining bombs of various functions, such as paralysis bombs, smoke bombs, flash bombs and other special bombs, add up, it is really not much to ask you for 50 million gold coins!" Or do you think the arms we consume are not worth the gold? ”

"Alright."

Tang En tasted some of the flavors, and with a flick of his fingers, the bill burned to ashes, and he said lightly, "Say what you really mean." ”

Fiona was stunned: "The real intention? ”

Tang En smiled slightly: "He specially came up with such a bill that we can't afford to pay, don't you think he really wants to pay it?" ”

"Your Excellency is really smart."

Garion applauded, then quickly put away his cigar, pulled out another paper, and said, "Please take a look." ”

"What is this? Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail me into Ellington? ”

Don opened the file as he spoke, and after a quick glance, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "Are you serious?" ”

Garion said proudly, "Of course, this is a plan signed by the Great Leader!" ”

Donn noticed a name that had been signed with a complicated brushstroke.

Reviz Goldfang.

The leader of the goblins, the owner of the Enclave Risk Control Company.

This document...... No, it should be said that it was a contract, which made Don frown.

Instead of what he imagined, the goblins intended to use the bill to control Ellington, and the contents of the contract had nothing to do with Ellington's sovereignty, on the contrary, the terms of the contract were all kinds of cooperation with Ellington.

Riviz ...... No, it should be the Star Diamond Bank to provide financial support for Ellington, but the requirement is that the Star Diamond Bank will receive technical support and the supply of raw materials for the asphalt road, and the Star Diamond Bank will jointly develop and build the asphalt road between the towns of Purendal with Ellington, and at the same time, when the toll service is implemented in the later stage, the profits will be divided into eighty-two, and the Star Diamond Bank will be eighty percent and Ellington will be twenty percent.

What made Don frown was not that Star Diamond Bank wanted to provide funds to build the road, but that this profit share.

He knew a long time ago that the construction of the road was not something that Ellington's funds could complete alone, and that it had to be supported by the state and a large amount of money, but before he could discuss it with Victor and them, the Star Diamond Bank smelled the breath of interest and took the initiative to come together.

Goblins, worthy of business wizards.

"You want to invest in roads, and I welcome that."

Tang En nodded and continued: "But there are two points I don't agree with, first, the cooperation with the Star Diamond Bank is currently limited to the territory of the Ilrus Empire, and the cooperation of other countries will not be discussed for the time being, and the collaborators in the Ilrus Empire will have to add another one, and I need the support of His Majesty Victor." ”

Garion frowned slightly, and only nodded reluctantly after a while: "Yes, but I believe that you will still come to us in the future." ”

Don smiled slightly, but did not speak.

In the case of the Illus Empire, because of Victor's unconditional trust, it is very simple to find him for policy support, but other countries are different, the most difficult thing is the first step, it is difficult to find a partner at the beginning, the goblins can see the benefits with strong financial resources and advanced vision, so they dare to cooperate, but the rulers of other countries do not dare to take risks.

But when the roads in the Illus Empire are built and everyone sees the huge benefits lurking in them, I am afraid that the cooperators will flock to it, and it will be much easier to discuss policy support and cooperation with the rulers of other countries. (To be continued.) )