Chapter 858: The Increasingly Corrupt Western Battlefield (Part 1)

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"I have carefully studied the performance of the musket."

After saying that, El took a musket placed in the corner next to him.

"Muskets are extremely powerful, far more powerful than bows and crossbows."

"Even heavy armor can be penetrated by a musket shot."

"But muskets also have many disadvantages."

"The range is too short and the accuracy is too poor. If it exceeds 10 meters, you don't know where the projectile will fly."

"The rate of fire is slow and it takes an extremely long time to load new projectiles."

"It is also greatly affected by the environment. When it rains, the musket cannot be used."

"So the primary goal in the development of muskets is to enhance the shooting accuracy of muskets as much as possible, extend the range of muskets, and reduce the production cost of muskets so that the muskets can be mass-produced."

"Only if muskets can be mass-produced can muskets be installed on a large scale in the army."

"Only by improving the shooting accuracy, range, and rate of fire of muskets can muskets truly show their power on the battlefield."

"Mr. Oleg! Please imagine it!"

El's eyes began to sparkle with excitement.

"What would it look like if a musket had the range, rate of fire, and accuracy of a crossbow, coupled with its inherent power?"

"This will directly change the rules of the battlefield!"

"The musket might even be able to directly eliminate all existing weapons!"

"In future wars, maybe we won't be fighting each other with swords and guns, but directly shooting at each other with muskets!"

"Mr. Bernard." Oleg interrupted El with a helpless tone, "Your ideas do sound great."

"But -" Oleg changed the subject, "Mr. Bernard, the development of weapons costs money."

When he heard the word "money", the smile on El's face froze instantly.

"Without money, everything is just a fantasy." Oleg smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Mr. Bernard, to be honest, the funds stored here are almost used up."

"...I know..." El sighed softly, "I will find a way about money..."

After saying that, El put the musket in his hand back to where it was.

"Then - Mr. Oleg, I'll leave first."

"Huh?" Oleg raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Bernard, are you leaving? So soon? Didn't you just get here?"

"I'm going back to the Imperial Capital." El said with a bitter smile, "I'm going back to my home in the Imperial Capital to see if there's anything I can sell..."

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The town of Bochi, where the Musketeers Department is located, is located on the outskirts of the imperial capital of Airenmuya, so El, who was riding a horse, quickly returned to Airianmuya.

El lives with Camille, Gabriel, and their teacher, Dominic.

Although Dominic is recognized as the most powerful and highest-status marshal in the Holy Hiran Empire, his life is surprisingly simple.

There were neither mansions nor hordes of domestic servants.

Dominic's home is just a simple three-story house.

Marshal Dominic, who is still unmarried and therefore has no children, only has two servants who are responsible for taking care of daily life living in his home, as well as his adopted son and daughter who were adopted home a few years ago and are nominally his students. The same three people, El, Gabriel, and Camille. …

After returning home, El first visited Dominic, who was still seriously ill in bed.

After Operation "Iron Hammer" ended in an unprecedented fiasco, Dominic fell ill due to self-blame and stress.

Although Dominic's condition has slowed down a lot after treatment and recuperation, he has not yet recovered enough to get out of bed.

After arriving in Dominic's room, El saw Dominic who was now leaning on the bed reading a book.

"Teacher." El smiled bitterly at Dominic, "It seems that you are in good spirits today, and you still have enough energy to read."

"Oh, El, you're back."

"Yes, teacher. I'm back. I feel relieved to see you so energetic today."

"Hahaha, don't worry, I feel very good recently."

After saying that, Dominic closed the book in his hand, then turned his head and said seriously to El:

"El, have you encountered any difficulties recently? You look worried."

"Well, yes. I've been in a little trouble lately."

El smiled wryly and rubbed his hair.

"I'm very short of money now... I need a lot of money to develop muskets..."

"Muskets... It seems that El, you are really passionate about muskets."

"The central government only grants you a research fund of 100,000 nanar a month. This amount of money is indeed a bit small if it is used to develop weapons."

"Let's do this, El. I have a deposit of about 8 million Nars now. You can use it as much as you like."

"Eight or eight million Nar?" El exclaimed, "Teacher, how can this be done! I can't take this money!"

"No matter what, you can just use it." Dominic said angrily, "I have no use for the money anyway, so I might as well use it to develop muskets for you."

"Think of it as something I lent to you. Use it as you please."

"I'll ask the maid to do it later

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Money for you. "

Seeing that Dominic had gone so far as to talk, El was too embarrassed to refuse anymore.

Besides, the two of them are as close as father and son, so there is no need to be so polite and unfamiliar.

"Then...I'll accept it. Thank you, teacher."

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With Dominic's funding, the 8 million Naal should be enough for a while.

But if you don't establish a wealth-generating channel that can obtain a large amount of funds in time, the money will surely be used up quickly.

After all, the research and development of weapons is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money is poured into it, it may not be able to fill this bottomless pit.

Therefore, even with Dominic's funding, El could not relax.

After returning to his room, El stretched out on his bed.

"Money..."

El murmured, looking around.

The layout of El's room is also very simple, with only a few simple pieces of furniture and a large number of books.

——If I sell all these books of mine, I should be able to get a lot of money...

——But pawning items like this is not a long-term solution...

——There will always be a day when all books are pawned. After pawning these books, where will I go to collect money...

——My military salary alone is not enough. My monthly military salary is only N30,000. This little money is useless.

——It’s not even possible to borrow money from others... There are few acquaintances around who can borrow money from them.

——Camille has never worked until now. Her only source of income is the pocket money given to her by the teacher, and the small change that Gabrielle and I give her from time to time.

——Camille must be poorer than me.

——Gabriel can't do it either. He is a person who can't save money, and his monthly military pay can always be spent just enough. There is no way he has any savings.

——Ah...what should I do...where should I find money...

Just when El was troubled by money problems, his door was suddenly opened.

"El! You're here!"

Then Gabriel's voice rang out.

The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world

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