The war came suddenly and ended even more inexplicably.

The Boulder family's army of 20,000 had barely reached the edge of the Mordeg Territory when they were urgently recalled, and they did not even dare to take a single step. Originally, Asuna was expecting the other party to be a little bloody, and it was best to fight a fierce battle, so that she could have a better excuse, but she didn't expect the other party to be so cowardly, so the Thundering Edge led by Simi could only stop after invading the entire territory of Modeg's territory.

After all, it has only been more than a year since the peace treaty between the two countries was signed under pressure from some quarters, so Asuna can't break this rule first. After all, Ryan is just a principality, and behind her there is the behemoth of the Millennium Covenant Empire. Thinking that the fascist kingdom that was once powerful back then was almost destroyed by the Chainas Empire, how could he dare to get along with his own suzerainty with the strength of the Principality of Lane.

Therefore, Asuna couldn't take the initiative.

Otherwise, what reason would there be for waging war in this worldly realm? It's nothing more than trying to find a way to take the name of righteousness, and then you can start a war justifiably.

However, the people of the Boulder family are also very smart.

Since he didn't dare to start a war with Asuna, the only means left was naturally peace talks.

Soon, two peace teams set off from the Tequila Territory, one headed straight for the Mordeg Territory to engage with Simi, and the other, of course, headed for the Panda Territory. At this point, it shows the shrewdness of the Boulder family, and he did not choose to ignore Sean because of his status as a pioneer knight, I have to say that the Boulder family, which is good at investment, can indeed be called leaky in terms of doing things.

Sean threw a note in his hand to Lonnis, and said with a smile: "The Boulder family's reputation for being good at investment is indeed well deserved, but I didn't expect it." You're so important to the Boulder family. ”

Lonis glanced at Sean with an indifferent expression: "Anyone will have a different value in the eyes of different people. Some people are highly valued, some people are low-valued, some people can appreciate, and some people are constantly depreciating. In the eyes of those in the Boulder family, I still have a high value, and this value will continue to appreciate in the future, so they will naturally take it very seriously. ”

Lonis had changed his clothes, no longer the tattered aristocratic outfit he had worn before.

The new garment is a pure white costume modeled after the military uniform of the Kingdom of Dabion. This outfit was worn on Lonnis's body, which highlighted his melancholy aristocratic temperament even more, and lacked a little bit of the seriousness and hideousness of the kingdom's military uniform. Coupled with the fact that Lonnis's skin was already good, and the pure white dress gave people an unusually sunny feeling, many women in White Dove Town had secret feelings for this prisoner of war. It's just that because of the deterrent power of the lord Sean, no one dares to be too presumptuous.

But that's it. It made Lonnis secretly relieved.

This is a gorgeous costume. Sean asked the best tailor in town to make it from the best fabric, and such a set of clothes was worth only a few gold coins. However, Lonis did not have any dissatisfaction with this, because he knew very well that Pandaling was now in ruins, and it had always been a small town, so naturally there could be no famous tailors. It's just that Sean's attitude can be seen from this point.

He really did meet everything to Lonis according to the standards of the Marquis.

Of course, it is unlikely that he will be satisfied materially, after all, Sean's own life is not luxurious, so he can only be satisfied from other aspects.

Today, Lonnis' place of residence is in the town of White Dove. Sean did not restrict his movements, as long as he wanted, he could go out and walk around the town at any time, of course, in order to prevent some unnecessary accidents and troubles, it must be one of the three of Nock, Stalin, and Aldolph who led the team to be responsible for "protection". Lonis does not and has no right to object to this kind of behavior, on the contrary, he can obtain such a high degree of freedom, which is indeed very unexpected for him.

"You're pretty confident in yourself." Sean smiled and said, "Tomorrow is over, and your one-week enjoyment period will be over, how about it?" Have you figured out what new things to exchange? ”

Lonis gently put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and all his movements looked unusually elegant.

On the table, in addition to some common aristocratic meals such as veal rib tender ribs, red maple fruit wine, a plate of vegetable and fruit salad, white flour, jam, etc., there are also three types of seafood and fish dishes cooked in different cooking techniques.

In fact, these three fish dishes are the most essential and expensive part of this marquis's treatment.

On the Miracle Continent, although there are many inland lakes, it is not much when it is spread out to various countries on the entire continent. Basically, it is difficult to eat seafood in many countries except coastal areas, so in some areas, seafood dishes are only enjoyed by the real nobles. Take the Kingdom of Dabiang as an example, except for the eastern part of the kingdom, which can enjoy seafood more often, other places, especially in the southwest, since the fall of the Black Swan Castle, there has been no seafood to eat, even if there are occasional opportunities to eat, but it is also seafood transported from the Fengshen Lake, and its price is not affordable for everyone.

Lonnes was able to eat all this seafood, and it was Sean who had him catch it from Black Swan Lake and send it directly to the town. Of course, Lonnis is the only one who can enjoy it, and although the rest of the town is also greedy, no one is so blind or bold enough to come and ask for seafood, because they all know very well that this is a class privilege of the aristocracy, and it is by no means something that they can enjoy as little people.

Lonis glanced at the table and thought that the only pity was that there was no honey, which tasted great on bread.

"I did a little bit of research on steam, but then the time was too tight, so I didn't go any further." Lonis stood up, went back to his room and took a few drawings, put them on the other end of the dining table, and spread them out one by one, "But recently because I'......m more idle" Speaking of this, Lonis deliberately glanced at Sean, and the meaning was self-evident: "So I improved my previous research and ideas, but unfortunately I couldn't do experiments, but according to my theoretical data, the success rate of this method is close to 90%." So I'm going to make a small improvement to the blueprint of the impact shield......"

As he spoke, Lonnis pointed to one of the drawings, which was a dense pile of gadgets and formulas, but it was clear that Sean would never be able to read it.

"I took the steam engine and moved it to the inner workings of the impact shield, so that the impact shield could be studded within 10 seconds of starting, making it stronger, but there were disadvantages and benefits." Lonis gathered and integrated all the drawings in order, then laid them out and pressed them hard, and this extremely thin tissue paper was printed together in layers. Integrating all the structures of the entire impact shield makes it even clearer, "The advantage is that as long as it is successful, it can be put into use immediately, and it does not have to stay in the state of unfinished products as before." Moreover, its unique triple shield structure, I dare say, is definitely the pinnacle of the current forging technique. But the downside is ......"

Sean frowned slightly, and took Lonnis's words and said, "People who use this kind of shock shield have extremely high requirements for arm strength. Even the average heavy infantry would never be able to withstand such a heavy thing...... And you're shrinking the core of a steam-powered engine. There are also high requirements for the level of craftsmanship in production, in addition to the requirements for the production ability of blacksmiths. Add in the cost...... Not counting the cost of training, let's just say that such a shock shield is good, and its cost is nearly 5,000 gold coins, which is even enough to arm hundreds of tower shield heavy infantry, and it also includes the cost of training. ”

"Yes." Lonnis said in a deep voice. "But I've also calculated that instead of buying the core of the steam engine's power source, I'll provide the materials for the goblins to make them, and the dwarves will be in charge of the shield embryos. The cost can be reduced to about 3,000 gold coins. If the skill can form the current unique arsenal assembly line operation, the cost price can even be reduced to less than 2,000, and then counting the funds required for the previous year's training and other supporting equipment, the cost of every 100 heavy infantry equipped with shock shields is about 300,000 gold coins. ”

"The size of a hundred people is not enough to form combat effectiveness." Sean silently calculated, and then frowned even deeper, "According to the minimum configuration, a minimum of five hundred people is needed to form a force, so the cost is one and a half million." ”

Lonis also retorted: "But don't forget, as long as such an army has five hundred men, their combat strength is close to that of a heavy infantry regiment of three thousand men. ”

"But you also have to know that even if the standard configuration of a heavy infantry is required according to the standard of excellent equipment, it only costs less than three hundred gold coins, and three thousand people are only nine hundred thousand. …… If it is an ordinary grade, it is not even a hundred gold coins. ”

"But the training period for any heavy infantry is more than three years, and the elite ones even need five years of training." Lonis said with a calm face, "The most important thing is that the heavy infantry equipped with shock shields only needs a year of training to go into battle immediately, greatly omitting several years of effort, and this kind of heavy infantry is extremely easy to replenish the strength, which is the most important thing." Besides, as long as it can hold off the cavalry charge, do you think such a heavy infantry is worthless? ”

Sean sneered and said, "But don't forget, your assumptions are based on goblins and dwarves and skilled crafting, and without all this, the cost of the impact shield would be more than five thousand gold coins." 500 people, you can calculate how much it is. ”

As a result, Lonnis was suddenly a little deflated, so he said helplessly: "Indeed." …… So, are you not interested in this drawing? ”

"Forget it, it's better than nothing, anyway, I don't think you can come up with any good goods." Sean pursed his lips disdainfully, "Well, let's convert it into three days." You've got four more days to enjoy, and if there's nothing satisfying me, I'll put you back in a cage. ”

Hearing Sean's words, Lonnis looked so depressed that he lost interest in even looking at the delicacies on the table.

However, Sean ignored Lonnis's thoughts, and took the drawings of the armor with him. If Lonnis still had the heart to observe Sean at this moment, he would definitely be able to find Sean's clenched fists, which was a manifestation of his inner excitement.

Dwarf? Goblins?

Unfortunately, there are exactly these two types of people in the strange army that Sean has just acquired.

Construction of military factories?

Hey, in Sean's lord system, there is a military factory construction that happens to be classified, but it can't be built for the time being.

As for the soldiers?

Well, Sean and Lonnis's discussion is naturally based on humans, but Sean is now a bear man and a minotaur, and these two races are simply tyrannical creatures if they are not heavy infantry.

With so many resources to use, Sean would be really stupid not to use them. (To be continued.) )

PS: I was very unhappy that I couldn't eat cake before, my mother brought two cakes back after the last birthday party, and recently I ate cakes every day, and I already want to vomit after eating.