Chapter 549

Seeing the dangerous light flashing in the magic cannon's muzzle, Dean Carmen was obviously a little lost.

Chen Daolin ignored the dean who was in a daze, but carefully turned off the tidal magic engine and stopped the infusion of energy. The light on the magic cannon gradually faded and dissipated.

Then Chen Daolin took out a fist-sized crystal stone from under the base of the magic cannon.

"Five Colorful Stone?" Carmen's eyes lit up again.

"Yes, it's the colorful stone."

Carmen's expression was obviously a little surprised: "Where did you come from this thing? Such a big piece?"

Chen Daolin shrugged and did not answer.

Will I tell you that I dug this thing from the wall outside the small world of space on the snowy mountain?

"Basically, this colorful stone is only used to reserve energy for the time being." Chen Daolin pointed to the magic cannon: "This cannon is only used to show you. Otherwise, it will be full of energy but not fired, which will cause an explosion. So I made a colorful stone below. If it is not fired, the energy will be stored in the colorful stone." After a pause, Chen Daolin continued to explain: "But if it is in actual combat, the colorful stone is not a necessary thing. There is no need for a transit energy reserve container. After charging, the magic cannon can be directly fired."

Carmen nodded: "You mean, if you push this magic cannon to the battlefield..."

"You can launch it directly." Chen Daolin smiled, smiling proudly: "I have calculated that the tidal magic engine I made can normally connect twenty magic cannons with a unit."

"Twenty Doors..." Carmen was shocked by the number.

There are not magic cannons in the Magic Academy. However, after years of research, a problem that cannot be overcome so far is the charging of magic cannons.

You can't push every magic cannon to the battlefield with a half-ton magic crystal hanging onto the battlefield, right?

A half-ton plug-in battery? This is simply a joke. Is it for someone to use as a target?

"Do you have so many magic cannons?" Carmen thought for a moment: "Your tidal magic engine is very good, and your vision of magic cannons is also very good... If you are not enough here, there are still several magic cannons for trial use in the academy's laboratory. Well... I split two of them a few years ago and can also be assembled."

"No need for the time being." Chen Daolin smiled: "It's just a magic cannon... I can get it myself."

Carmen stared at Chen Daolin, and did not say a word for a long time, then nodded slowly: "If there is such a powerful weapon, guarding the Northwest Fortress will have a lot more confidence in dealing with the orcs. Darling Chen... Where did you get this magic cannon? How many doors do you have?"

"Uh...it must be enough in any case." Chen Daolin chuckled.

Can I tell you that these magic cannons were dug out from under the white tower of the palace?

It's better not to say it.

As for the quantity... Considering Dean Carmen's psychological endurance, Chen Daolin just reported a conservative number.

“A little over fifty doors.”

Just this number has already caused Dean Carmen to fall into silence for a long time!

Carmen stared at Chen Daolin, stared at him for a long time before breathing out: "Okay... you are really, really... really..."

It took me a long time, but I didn't see Dean Carmen say the following words.

"I don't care where you got this kind of thing - I won't ask about the specifics. Anyway, you guys always make unexpected things. But... with such a powerful tool, I feel much more at ease."

Dean Carmen couldn't wait to walk over and check the magic cannon up and down several times. Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not a copycat, it's a magic cannon with real value.

Dean Carmen even felt that this magic cannon was better and more complete than the ones stored in the lab of the Magic Academy. Especially the magic patterns on the base of the magic cannon are all very complete.

"Can this tidal magic engine be transported to the city wall?"

"Yes, you just need to build a few storage holes in the city wall, or build a few convex bases. Well, it's just like an arrow tower." Chen Daolin nodded.

"What about the cost?" Carmen asked the most critical question.

"The tidal magic engine you saw is a prototype, well... because it is something in the laboratory. So materials and other things are relatively expensive. This magic engine costs nearly 200,000 gold coins. Well, it is mainly because copper pipes are more expensive, and there are some magic gems." Chen Daolin said bluntly: "The money is not the biggest problem, I can afford it. But..."

"But what?"

"You see, this magic engine was created by me alone. Every magic circle, every magic symbol, and magic pattern carved on it was done by me alone. It was carved by me one by one. In terms of time, the time cost is too high. I have only made this one at present."

Speaking of this, Chen Daolin smiled slightly: "If you hadn't come to the northwest, I wouldn't have dared to take this thing out and put it into practice. Because I am the only qualified magician here, McQueen and Sasha are both too young, and I need more powerful magicians, especially those with solid knowledge of magic and basic knowledge. They must be skilled in the research of magic arrays to achieve certain attainments. In this regard... Sasha is an alchemist. Although she is a little young and frigid, she can barely help me. McQueen is a detached magician, so she can't help at all, so..."

"I'll help you solve the manpower matter!"

Carmen waved his hand and said in a firm and straightforward tone: "This time I brought so many magicians. Among the more than 60 people, I can always select seven or eight of them that meet your requirements... If it really doesn't work, I will help you make them together!"

"Of course it's good. You are the leader in the magic world of the empire." Chen Daolin smiled.

"A magic engine can connect twenty magic cannons, that is to say, you need at least three magic engines in your hand. One cost 200,000 gold coins, which is 600,000 gold coins!" Carmen frowned.

Although the Magic Academy was originally an extremely expensive place, and the money invested in magic research and magic laboratories every year was also huge, but... 600,000 gold coins were still a huge number!

The entire Magic Academy. The total expense of a year is only more than one million gold coins.

The total fiscal revenue of the entire Roland Empire was only tens of millions of gold coins throughout the year.

In other words, the Roland Empire is actually extremely generous to use about three percent of its fiscal revenue every year to support an academy.

"Six hundred thousand is definitely not enough." Chen Daolin smiled bitterly: "Although a magic engine can connect up to twenty magic cannons, it is not such a simple calculation to actually be put into actual combat."

"oh?"

Chen Daolin sighed, walked quickly to the table beside him and took out paper and pen, and wrote and painted on it.

"You see, this line is like the main wall of the Northwest Fortress. In order to achieve the best launch of the magic cannon and achieve the best coverage and killing effect, it is absolutely not enough to only get three launch points on the city wall! The artillery must form an area coverage to achieve the best effect. Therefore, the distribution of the cannon points must be spread out. I have calculated that according to the length of the city wall and the estimated distribution of the enemy's attack points, we need to arrange at least six to eight launch points on the city wall, well, it is best to be eight!

Eight distribution points, that is, eight such magic engines are needed. There should not be too many magic cannons linked to one engine. Keep them at the best of five to ten. This can maximize the best power. Also... there are too many external plug-ins, so more magic cannons must be arranged further when they are arranged... I can't find a better conductor in the energy drainage process. Therefore, energy will be lost during the drainage process. In other words, theoretically speaking, the farther the magic cannon is placed from the magic engine, the greater the loss of magic power."

Dean Carmen only understood 50% or 60% of what Chen Daolin said, but this did not affect her understanding of the meaning of Chen Daolin's words.

"Six engines...that is, they need...one.2 million gold coins?"

"It's better to have eight units! Get eight distribution points, which will have greater lethality." Chen Daolin looked at Carmen's brow and smiled quickly: "But... the cost of this 200,000 gold coins per unit is the laboratory cost. When it is actually put into production, it can achieve the help of more skilled magicians, and eliminate many unnecessary failures and losses during experimental manufacturing. I have calculated that if it is mass-produced based on eight units, the cost of each unit can be compressed to about 150,000 gold coins."

"...Eight units, each unit is 150,000..." Carmen smiled bitterly: "This is not one million and two million gold coins. The Magic Academy costs only so much in a year... and it will only be used up by several academies together, and it also needs to be maintained to maintain so many research expenses in the Magic Laboratory Research Institute."

"One and two million are a bit too much." Chen Daolin smiled bitterly.

In fact, Chen Daolin himself was also a little troubled.

Although he is very rich, his money is not endless.

At that time, I got a fortune left by Du Wei in the underground treasure house of the Luolin family.

But even mountains of gold and silver are always spent.

He engaged in construction and production in the northwest, and wanted to support more than 10,000 people to eat, drink, defecate and urinate every day, to support the army, and to devote himself to his own magic experiments and research...

Do people need money to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate?

Is it money to dress and build a house?

War horses require money?

Weapons and equipment cost money?

Especially the more than a thousand troops of the military team, this is a huge gold-swalking beast!

With Chen Daolin's wealth and ambition, he was also a little nervous when he was spent.

Now, although I can still support it, I feel a little scared if I always spend this way.

"If you really want to invest in actual combat, one and two million gold coins are just the cost of the magic engine." Chen Daolin smiled bitterly: "If you want this thing to ring, there are still some expenses. The coal used to burn the stove is used to absorb live elements, and... I need to build a few windmills behind the city defense to absorb wind elements... Well, there are other investments. I have calculated that because I have to consider the cost of blast furnaces, coal fire, magic arrays, magic materials, etc., so... except for the cost of a magic engine of one and two million, each magic cannon fires a shot, the cost is more than five hundred gold coins."

One shot costs 500 gold coins... fifty magic cannons, one volley, will require 25,000 gold coins!!

This is not a war? It’s just throwing gold out and killing people!!

"...it's much better." Although Carmen frowned, he had to sigh: "You have already made a huge breakthrough. According to the current research of the Magic Academy, firing a magic cannon will cost half a ton of magic crystals. The energy transduction consumes too much."

Compared with half a ton of magic crystals and five hundred gold coins, the latter is naturally cheaper.

Chen Daolin thought to himself, I'm talking about fifty balls... In fact, there are a total of one hundred cannons.

One hundred magic cannons fired at once, which would be 50,000 gold coins...

Fifty thousand gold coins!

A small aristocrat like Baron Pierre won't make so much money in his lifetime.

When the cannon fired, there were tens of thousands of taels of gold. These words must be true.

Carmen closed his eyes and thought for a long time. The dean suddenly walked to the table and summoned a piece of parchment from her own storage ring.

I picked up a pen and wrote a few lines of words, and then printed my ring with fire paint on it.

He solemnly handed the paper to Chen Daolin.

"This is the greatest financial support I can give you within my authority." Carmen sighed: "Although I am the chief committee member of the Magic Academy, after all... I am not the real president, I am just a branch president. So... I have only so much funds for the college that I can withdraw."

Chen Daolin picked it up and looked at it. He saw the lines above and the lines below:

"Call... 400,000 gold coins..." Chen Daolin raised his head and looked at Carmen.

"There are only so many numbers. This year, I'm afraid all the research at the Hogwarts Branch will stop. There are only vegetables and leaves in the restaurant in the college!" Carmen smiled bitterly.

Four hundred thousand gold coins seem to be huge.

But in fact, it's calculated...

Taking the 100 magic cannons owned by Chen Daolin, one hundred cannons fired at a salvo, which would be 50,000 gold coins!

Four hundred thousand is enough to fire eight times. Each magic cannon can only fire eight times!! If you encounter a fierce battle, you may be able to kill 400,000 gold coins in one battle!

What is this concept?

It can be obvious with a more straightforward comparison.

At least Chen Daolin, a dead house in the real world, knew a common sense. Taking the modern artillery troops in the real world as a calculation, taking the US military as an example, a large-caliber artillery company generally has eight artillery pieces.

A base ammunition is...four hundred rounds!!

The average ammunition of each cannon is fifty! In theory, each cannon can fire fifty cannons!

But here, Chen Daolin, 400,000 gold coins... are enough to make each cannon eight times...

Eight shells... When they encounter war, they will be exhausted in one minute.
Chapter completed!