Seeing the cannon, Duke Edward couldn't help but step forward and touch it, and the touch felt cold.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and asked, "Duke Lehman, can you test the fire? We want to see the power of the cannon."

"No problem!" Duke Lehman smiled confidently.

Next, he called several guards who had learned to operate artillery for a test fire.

Because this cannon was made based on the principle of musket copied by White's orders, it was a front-mounted cannon, and the firing powder used was black gunpowder containing ash powder.

Turn the gun and aim it at the field in the east, prepare for launch, and the guards immediately ignite the lead.

On the other side, Duke Leman urged everyone to cover their ears with their hands.

Bang!!!

A ball of flame ejected from the muzzle, and the large iron ball flew far away at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye. It landed on the distant field. A large amount of sand and soil were smashed to pieces, which was particularly shocking.

Seeing this scene, all the nobles in the West opened their mouths and were surprised.

No wonder White lost to Irving. The cannon has a much farther range than an average catapult, and it is powerful, and it is simply a powerful weapon for siege.

With it, even the magicians staying behind cannot safely cast magic. After all, the casting conditions of large-scale magic are relatively high and they are too easily interrupted.

"Great!" A nobleman from the West said excitedly, "If we make a few more artillery such as this, we are not afraid of the fake king at all!"

In addition to being shocked, Duke Edward quickly asked: "Duke Lehman, can we ask our Western craftsmen to participate in the construction of muskets and artillery?"

"sure."

Smiling, Duke Leman readily agreed.

"At this moment, the pseudo-king shouldn't attack us, but it's hard to say next year. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we want the blacksmiths to step up the creation of new weapons. Every time we build a few more muskets or cannons, our winning rate will be a little higher, so I will send a few skilled craftsmen to teach your blacksmiths."

"That's thank you."

Unexpectedly, the other party could agree so readily, and Duke Edward stroked his chest and thanked him.

In fact, the reason why Duke Lehman did this was because these were originally secret weapons for him to dominate the king.

But if he wants to deal with Irving's army, he cannot hide his technology and must share it with the Duke of the West in order to create more muskets and cannons.

All this is to defeat Irving, and the Duke of Lehman doesn't want to repeat White's mistakes.

After the artillery test fire performance, the nobles returned to the conference room of the Lord's Castle and continued to discuss the formation of a coalition forces.

After seeing the power of artillery, Duke Edward was full of confidence in defeating the pseudo-king, and soon decided to join forces with Duke Lehman and others.

That night, a grand banquet was held in the lobby of the first floor of the Lord's Castle to welcome the nobles from the West who came from afar.

Standing in the focus of attention, Duke Lehman raised his wine glass and toasted the Western nobles headed by Duke Edward.

"I wish us a successful defeat of the fake king!"

"Take down the fake king!"

Everyone shouted, and then drank the red wine in the glass in one go.

During the banquet, Duke Edward quietly came to Duke Lehman with a slight drunkenness.

"By the way, Duke Leman, after we overthrow the fake king, who should we recommend as the new king? Is it the fourth princess who is underage? Or the second princess who is unknown?"

"Why should we recommend the new king?"

Duke Lehman smiled inexplicably and asked, "Duke Edward, don't you want to control half of the kingdom separately from me and become king?"

Hearing this, Duke Edward woke up a little instantly and stared at Duke Lehmann in a daze.

After a while, he responded in a low voice: "Duke Lehman, your ambition is really great."

...

The eastern border of the Kingdom, Dawn City.

The harvest and autumn work has ended smoothly. When you see the bright smiles on the farmers' faces, you know that this year's harvest is definitely no worse than last year.

After the Ministry of Agriculture completed the statistics on autumn harvest, the second plenary session was also held as scheduled.

After the expansion of the city hall, the conference room is much spacious than before, enough to accommodate hundreds of officials.

Sitting in the most eye-catching seat, Owen glanced around everyone. The scale of the city hall is much larger than in previous years, and all functions can be effectively implemented, which is very good.

According to convention, the first person to report was Long Fei Xiu, Minister of Agriculture.

Sure enough, another bumper harvest was another. Compared with last year's autumn harvest, the amount of wheat collected has increased several times, which can meet the grain needs of Dawn City.

It is normal to have this yield. After all, with more people and more labor, the area of ​​arable land naturally increases. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture vigorously promotes scientific planting, increasing yield is an inevitable result.

The remaining serfs were all free-minded this year and finally got rid of their slave status.

Finally, Longfellow proposed to Irving that he could build more granaries for grain storage, and then apply for a few more stone mills powered by steam or electricity to grind the wheat produced this year into flour.

Owen approved it all.

He then gave instructions to optimize the farming area of ​​various crops in spring next year as needed.

Next is Education Minister Theresa.

She said that the population growth in Dawn City has been too fast recently, and just one school cannot meet the current demand. Several new schools are currently under construction and enrollment is expected to begin next spring.

There are a lot more graduates this year than last year, and they are also 100% employed.

It is worth mentioning that the number of graduates applying to enter the chemistry laboratory has increased significantly, with as many as fifty-one.

You know, there were only seven people last year.

It seems that Newell went to school to find students and did a pretty good job, but he actually brought in so many excellent students.

Finally, Theresa reported that several lizard men who had obtained the teacher qualification certificate applied to return to Mystery City, where they wanted to start a school and teach Asian children to study.

This is a good thing. Keeping up with the educational level of the sub-ethnic race can not only strengthen itself, but also help communicate and interact with humans and enhance friendship.

Without thinking, Owen directly approved it.

Next is the report of Minister of Construction Viru and Minister of Industry Geeta.

These two people have reported it once before, and this time they simply reported some recent new situations to Irving.

Viru reported that the railway tracks on the land of the Dawn City to Nouva section have been basically laid, and now we are waiting for the large iron bridge on the Weishui River. The large iron bridge has entered the final stage of attack and is expected to be completed soon.

By then, the railway will be ready to operate.

After listening to the report, Owen made new instructions, saying that he had discussed with Noi, Ambira and the All-Race Alliance and decided to speed up the construction of the remaining Noi-Chisha Fortress section railway.

If there are extra construction teams in Dawn City, you can devote them there to speed up the construction speed.

Geeta reported that the weapons list of Red Sand Fortress had been produced, and the cement steamship carrying the last batch of weapons and ammunition would set off tomorrow.
Chapter completed!