Chapter 877

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

With that, El took a musket in the corner next to him.

"The power of the fire gun is great, far better than the bow and crossbow."

"Even with heavy armor, the musket can break through at once."

"But there are many disadvantages of the musket."

"The range is too short and the accuracy is too poor. If it is more than 10 meters, the projectile will not know where it will fly. "

"The firing speed is slow, and it takes a very long time to fill new projectiles."

"It is also greatly affected by the environment. When it rains, the fire gun can't be used."

"Therefore, the primary goal of the development of firearms is to enhance the firing accuracy of firearms as much as possible, extend the range of firearms, and reduce the production cost of firearms, so that firearms can be mass produced."

"Only by allowing mass production of muskets can muskets be installed on a large scale in the army."

"Only by improving the firing accuracy, range and firing speed of the musket can the musket really be powerful on the battlefield."

"Mr Oleg! Please imagine! "

El's eyes began to glow with excitement.

"If the fire gun has the range, speed and accuracy of the bow and crossbow, coupled with its original powerful power, what kind of scene will it be?"

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

"The musket may be able to directly eliminate all the existing weapons!"

"In the future, when we fight, we may not cut each other with swords and guns, but directly shoot each other with muskets!"

"Mr Bernard." Oleg interrupted El in a helpless tone. "Your ideas really sound great."

"But --" Oleg said, "Mr. Bernard, the development of weapons needs money."

Hearing the word "money", El's smile froze.

"Without money, everything is a dream." Oleg shook his head with a wry smile. "To tell you the truth, Mr. Bernard, the little money deposited here is about to run out."

"... I know..." El sighed lightly. "I'll find a way about the money..."

After that, El put the gun back in his hand.

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

"Huh?" Oleg raised his eyebrows. "Mr. Bernard, are you leaving? So fast? Aren't you just here? "

"I'm going back to DIDU." El smiled bitterly, "I'll go back to the emperor's house to see if there is anything that can be sold..."

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The town of poche, where the firearm department is located, is located on the outskirts of the imperial capital alenmuya, so el, riding a horse, soon returned to alenmuya.

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

Although Dominic is recognized as the most powerful and most important marshal in the holy Helan Empire, his life is surprisingly simple.

There are neither luxury houses nor hordes of domestic servants.

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

Field marshal Dominic, who is unmarried so far and has no children, lives in the home of only two servants responsible for taking care of daily life, as well as El, Gabriel and Camille, who were adopted home a few years ago and nominally his students, but are essentially the same as his adopted sons and daughters.

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

After the "hammer" operation ended in an unprecedented catastrophic defeat, Dominic fell ill due to self blame and pressure.

Although after treatment and recuperation, Dominic's condition has slowed down a lot, but he has not recovered below the bed.

After arriving at Dominic's room, El met Dominic, who was leaning against the head of the bed reading.

"Teacher." El smiled bitterly at Dominic, "it seems - you have a good spirit today. You still have spare time to read."

"Oh, El, you're back."

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

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

After that, Dominic closed his book, then turned his head and said to El:

"El, have you encountered any difficulties recently? Look at your sad face. "

"Well, yes. I've had a little trouble recently. "

El rubbed her hair with a bitter smile.

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

"Muskets... It seems that El, your enthusiasm for muskets is really high."

"The central government only grants you 100000 NAR of research funds a month. If this money is used to develop weapons, it is really a little less."

"Well, El. I have a deposit of about 8 million nards now. You can use it as much as you like. "

"8, 8 million nards?" El exclaimed, "teacher, how can this work! I can't take the money! "

"There's nothing that can't do. Just use it." Dominic said angrily, "anyway, I don't use the money. It's better to develop a fire gun for you."

"As if I lent it to you. You can use it as much as you like. "

"I'll have the maid give you the money later."

Seeing Dominic's words for this, El was embarrassed to refuse again.

Besides, they are as close as father and son, so they don't need to be so polite and unfamiliar.

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

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With Dominica's support, this 8 million NAR should be enough for a period of time.

However, if we do not establish a wealth generating channel that can obtain a large amount of funds in time, the money must be used up soon.

After all, the research and development of weapons is a bottomless hole. No matter how much money you pour into it, you may not be satisfied with it.

So even with Dominica's support, El can't relax.

When he returned to his room, El lay sprawled on his bed.

"Money..."

El whispered and looked around.

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

——If you sell all my books, you should be able to get a lot of money

——But pawning goods like this is not a long-term strategy

——Books will be pawned one day. After pawning these books, where will I go to raise money

——I can't rely on my salary alone. My salary is only 30000 narrs a month. This money is useless.

——You can't borrow money from others... There are few acquaintances around who can borrow money from them.

——Camille hasn't worked until now. Her only income channel is the pocket money given to her by the teacher and a little change from time to time by Gabriel and I.

——Camille must be poorer than me.

——Gabriel can't do it either. He can't save money. His monthly salary can always be just spent. He can't have a deposit at all.

——Ah... What should I do... Where should I change the money

Just as El was troubled by the problem of money, his door was suddenly opened.

"El! There you are! "

Then Gabriel's voice sounded.