She Is Not a Witch Chapter 46: Shadow of the Empire


Time passed quickly, and after the banquet eased, it gradually came to an end.

During this time, Howard left his seat and went back to rest. Then some other nobles also approached the beautiful girl and introduced themselves.

Fenbul, who had won the victory with firecrackers, was pushed out again after Ghassen's position.

"Sorry, beautiful Miss Lacey, I frightened you."

Fenbur took off the armor he had used for the duel before, put on a white shirt and vest, gracefully apologized in front of the girl, and then slowly stood up.

Lorraine Hill said that he shouldn't care about this, and then asked.

"Is this a firecracker that has become popular in recent years?" She blinked, as if curiously looking for a place to hide the musket on Fenbul.

Looking at this beautiful girl with a sweet smile, Fenbur flushed slightly, a little embarrassed and embarrassed, but in the end it was the brother beside him who helped out.

"Yes, Miss Lacey, this is the advanced version of the musket, the magic crystal gun. It was first invented by a wizard, but now it is very popular in the noble circle. Fenbur and his family have raised many high-level alchemists. Warlocks make these things."

"I heard that Crancia also used a lot of muskets in the previous wars." The girl in the white dress turned her head slightly, revealing a curious look.

"Yes, those countries in the west use more, because they have fewer people and can't afford archers."

"Ms. Lacey doesn't need to value this gun too much. Although it is convenient to use, it has the same power. Unless it is a special magic crystal gun, it can pose a threat to the extraordinary."

Seeing that this girl was interested in this, several aristocratic youths began to introduce them endlessly, as if they were greatly encouraged. From their descriptions, it can be seen that the upper layers of the empire have studied the muskets and magic crystal guns, and they know a lot about them.

"So, later, His Majesty the Emperor pardoned the mages who had come in exile and asked them to make this kind of alchemy for the empire."

"The gadgets made by the wizard are really interesting." Some aristocratic youth commented.

In all this babbling, Lorrain Hill nodded slightly, gradually knowing what the upper echelons of the empire thought of those alchemy creations. Interested, curious, but did not achieve the corresponding attention.

Yes, the empire is indeed imitating muskets and building its own alchemy workshop, but its strength and quantity have not met the expectations of the girl. In other words, the so-called ‘emphasis’ of the empire still underestimates the tremendous changes brought about by technology.

Natural sciences and social sciences actually influence each other, and new breakthroughs in natural sciences will surely lead to changes in the social system and composition. See the history of the earth in the past, which is the overthrow of feudal society by the Industrial Revolution.

Unfortunately, the current imperial people don't know what they will face in the future, and still think that this is just a tolerable and predictable low wave in the thousand-year history of the empire. After decades and hundreds of years, when the muskets and magic crystal guns in the empire are promoted, the two sides will return to the same level as in the past.

But in the information Lorrain Hill left to Crancia, the musket actually only occupies a small part, and it is just a tiny prototype in industrialization. The steel smelting, metal turning, machinery manufacturing, gunpowder chemistry, etc. behind it will be like a roaring train, dragging the entire society into a new era when they have truly formed a complete industrial chain.

With chemical fertilizers and improved breeding, many lands do not need to be rotated multiple times, and the grain output can be directly doubled. After the steel and mechanical technology are mature, railways and trains will connect all cities and regions one by one, and various resources will be obtained. Since then, countless people will be freed from inefficient and complicated agriculture and invested in more efficient industrial production.

Following this context, industrialized products will exchange huge wealth from other backward places in the world, and this wealth will in turn accelerate the accumulation of industrial countries and continue to advance the advantages of science and industry.

At that time, the empire, a country that relied on farmers for agricultural production, would be the same as those feudal dynasties in history, and would be abandoned by the entire era.

Even if there is no other country to invade, they will be overthrown by the envied people in the country, because everyone sees a better way and wants to live a better life. This simple and true desire is any rule. Those are difficult to suppress. The final difference is only a decent abdication or an indecent abdication.

The thoughts in their minds danced, and when several people saw the girl listening so seriously, a kind of excitement and joy of being recognized and valued also rose in their hearts, and they said more things.

In the end, Lorrain Hill could even calculate from the information revealed, the approximate annual output of the empire’s firearms, and the level of craftsmanship.

In this way, until the banquet was completely over, everyone was dissatisfied and gradually dispersed.

Shortly afterwards, Lorraine Hill also bid farewell to the butler beside him and wished Earl Howard good health.

More than ten minutes later.

Watching the carriage carrying Miss Lacey leave outside the courtyard, Howard slowly lowered his cup on the window sill.

"Did you find out, the background of that Miss Lacey?" He looked at the man behind him.

"Return to Master, I only get some shallow information at present, and it may take some time for more detailed and true information."

"Well, I am not too demanding of you, but at least I have to tell me the final result before next Saturday."

"Let me give you some suggestions. This lady Lacey’s background is definitely not an ordinary chamber of commerce. Find out which of their chamber of commerce credentials is behind the guarantee. Go to the south and see that she is obviously better than the southern part of the empire. The North is familiar with ~IndoMTL.com~ and asked the people next to her vaguely. They are by their side, and they naturally know the abnormality of this young lady."

"Yes, my subordinates remembered." After that, the black figure disappeared in the study.

Although there are many decadent and depraved people among the nobles of the empire, the small group standing at the top of the pyramid is still a rare elite. The key resources in the country have far-reaching influence.

"It's really interesting. I didn't expect to see such a special girl appear in the stormy days." Howard slowly tasted the wine in his hand, his eyes far away in the sunset sky at dusk.

"Which family has this exquisite vase launched again, Landsworth? Mori? Or is it the descendant of the previous emperor?"

"What is the purpose? To stir up disputes, let the old and the new fight each other, or muddy the water and cover up other things?"

In this way, Howard stood in front of the window of the pavilion, pondered carefully, his face occasionally showed a playful smile, until the sun was completely set, the earl standing in the dark was like a bat watching the night, quietly Stand still.


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