The morning sun rose from the horizon, and a shimmer appeared in the surrounding fields. The crisp sound of wooden blades clashing sounded outside the king's tent. The sound was clear and audible. This was the morning training, which lasted for a full three-quarters of an hour.
, it was not until daylight came that it was over.
Eckart, the captain of the guard, looked calm and sweating a little. Hulott was naked and sweating profusely. Under Naxiu's service, he wiped his body with hot water and exhaled a long and comfortable breath.
"Phew!...Haha! Continuous training every day is the key to strong warriors maintaining their will and body!"
Shulot patted his well-muscled chest and said with a smile. Then, he stretched out his big hand and pinched Na Xiu's cheek affectionately.
"Ah? Your Highness... Your Highness..."
"Call Master! Naxiu, my little fox, are you feeling better?"
"Ah! Your Highness...Master...is feeling better..."
Naxiu's ears turned red, her head lowered, and she hesitated a few words nervously. Such an uneasy posture appeared on her always majestic body, which was very tempting in contrast.
"Huh? I feel a little hot. Isn't it a fever?"
Shulot stretched out his hand, touched Naxiu's fair neck, and then touched the woman's red ears. Naxiu suddenly froze in place, like a puppet, at the mercy of her master. The master thought for a while, and hugged her again.
The maid's head was pressed against her forehead, and the heat became more obvious.
"Huh? It's very hot! ...Forget it, life in the military camp is always hard. Naxiu, you'd better stop serving me. Go to Tree Snake City and have a good rest for a few days."
"Ah! Master, I'm fine...I just..."
Naxiu's red lips opened slightly, but she hesitated nervously. There was a warm flame in her heart, which was ignited by His Highness himself. She could feel His Highness's true feelings, which far exceeded the attitude of noble nobles towards their slaves.
It is also completely different from the indifference of the priests and elders.
In the eyes of His Highness, she seemed not to be a shadow slave without self, not a plaything to please her master, but a truly complete woman. These beautiful feelings were the first time she had felt since she was born. And all of this,
In the past few years, it gave her courage little by little, and brought her a budding self. Slowly, she struggled with the identity of a shadow slave, and developed a desire, an instinct as a woman.
eager.
However, these feelings and desires are like seeds, tightly bound in the strict soil by the dogmas trained and instilled in the temple since childhood. However, last summer, the divine body of the high priest suddenly appeared in her body.
In front of her, in unbelievable shock and confusion, after grieving for His Highness...she finally broke free from the shackles in her heart, and her desire sprouted and grew like a seed, and she could no longer suppress it.
Because, the mountain-like high priest who controls the Holy City has left. And her fate will no longer be determined by the ruthless mountains, but will be controlled by His Highness, who is as deep and warm as the sea...No
, in the hands of the owner.
"Your Highness...I just..."
"You just have a little cold. You need to rest!"
Shulot shook his head and gently stroked Naxiu's smooth cheek. Looking at the little fox who stubbornly opened his mouth, he stretched out a finger and pressed the other person's mouth. Then, his expression became serious and he ordered.
"Naxiu, I order you to go to the Tree Snake City and have a good rest. Remember, drink two cups of healing grass tea every day and rest peacefully! ... As for the guards in the tent, I will leave them to Ekart for the time being. Waiting for you.
Okay, come back and take over."
Na Xiu opened her eyes wide and stared at Xilot's serious face. For some reason, her eyes gradually became foggy, and her legs became a little weak. After a moment, she suddenly stuck out her tongue and sucked it into her mouth.
Shulot's finger, like a kitten, gently licked and bit it twice.
"hiss!"
Feeling the moistness and softness of his fingertips, Shulot suddenly became excited and a fire rose in his heart. He immediately withdrew his fingers and said angrily.
"Nash!"
"Owner..."
Naxiu licked her lips and lowered her head. She exposed her snow-white and red neck and responded obediently, just like a silver fox left in the hands of a hunter.
"I...I will listen to you!"
After the gentle and short interlude, Shulot once again sat in the big tent and read the letters from the directors of the various departments in the Institute of Divine Inspiration.
The first was a report from Director of Military Industry Ku Xinji. In the past two months, a batch of bows, crossbows, axes, and leather and bronze armor had been accumulated in the warehouse in the royal capital, which could equip two thousand-man battalions.
"The battle with the Totonak people has broken out, it's time to replenish a batch of equipment..."
Shulot thought for a while and ordered this batch of armaments to be transported to the front line of the Eastern Expedition as a reserve for the army. The more intense the battle when the army goes out, the faster the equipment will be damaged and consumed. Although the craftsmen accompanying the army can repair part of it, the remaining gaps will
, must be supplemented with new equipment, of which arrows and armor are the most urgent. Therefore, with the current military production capacity of the Mexica Alliance and the Kingdom of the Lake, there is only one Bronze Armor Legion that can be maintained.
Next, there is a document from the Director of Bow and Crossbow Kundili, which talks about the new bamboo and wood composite bow. The bamboo and wood composite bow technology of the Bow and Crossbow Bureau has finally made a breakthrough. A new batch of thousands of compound bows are being
Manufacturing may take another year to complete.
The Kingdom's new bamboo bow is different from the traditional Chinese bamboo bow where the upper and lower bow arms are joined together. It is based on a whole long bow as a bow body, and bone glue is used on the back of the bow, and the bamboo board is carefully attached
, to further increase the shooting power and improve efficiency. Then, stack three layers of bamboo pieces at the tip of the bow to form a recurve and increase the initial velocity of the arrow.
The advancement of crossbow technology cannot be accomplished overnight. Just making a compound bow takes years and months, let alone improving the technology. The improvement of this type of compound bow is the simplest, but it requires very high strength.
If you are not a real warrior, it is difficult to use it on the battlefield.
"Compared with the bow-making technology accumulated for thousands of years in Eurasia, it is still a new gunpowder weapon, which is more suitable for the various tribes in the Americas to catch up with!"
Shulot gradually came to some understanding. He lowered his head and quickly passed over the information from other departments.
The Department of Industry and Mining has hired thousands of mining slaves, further expanded its scale, and its production capacity is increasing. Some iron tools are also used in the mines. However, compared with bronze tools, the new iron tools have not yet shown their advantages.
The Engineering Department produced better-quality purple pottery and began to add bone powder for firing according to Shenqi. The Construction Department expanded the scale and tried Shenqi's medium and large non-stop fire brick kilns, and adopted simple brick-making tools.
The Printing Bureau uses softer metals to trial-produce flexible printing movable type. The current choices are lead and tin. Of course, this exploration of movable type printing is just a reserve of technology inspired by the gods. And now the Printing Bureau
The most important task is to work day and night to print scriptures and albums of the main gods on wooden blocks, and transport them to counties in the north and south, and even to village festivals.
After many years of silence, Lozano, the director of the Bureau of Special Trade Goods and the leader of the masons, finally achieved new results. Unfortunately, even after nearly ten years of research, he could not produce transparent glass. However, he never
Among the ironware produced by the Black Rock Mountain Iron Mine, a high-temperature-resistant iron pipe was custom-made. Then, following His Highness's instructions many years ago, he inserted one end of the iron pipe into the molten glass and played with blowing.
Glass.
"Um?..."
Shulot raised his eyebrows, looked at the glass vial that came with the letter, and was silent. The cost of making the glass vial was negligible, but the pattern of the sun hummingbird on it took a lot of work. And like this
The biggest advantage of gorgeous utensils compared with practical pottery is...
"Yes, it can be sold very expensively! Then it's called...the gemstone in the lake!"
Hulot nodded slightly and identified another hugely profitable commodity monopolized by the kingdom. Then, he finally reached out and opened a letter from the director of the Bronze and Cannon Casting Bureau, the casting master Tiripi. But after reading it for a moment, the king's expression
He suddenly changed, revealing unbelievable ecstasy!
"Dear Your Majesty! According to the divine revelation you left behind, we spent more than a year trial-producing a bronze mortar specially used for siege. It has a very special shape, short and fat, and has a very high caliber.
It is wide and can launch heavy stone bullets weighing 30 kilograms!..."
"This is an indestructible artifact given by the Lord God! We have tested it more than a dozen times, and it is so powerful that it can even break a stone wall!... God bless Your Majesty! From now on, there will no longer be any castles or fortresses in the world that can
Block your steps!"
"It's just...for the last test firing, we replaced it with a new type of granulated gunpowder, added a full fifteen kilograms, and fired a dense 30-pound stone bullet...and then...the cannon exploded!...
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This chapter has been completed!