Monarch of Evernight: Second fiscal crisis

bsp;Qianye squatted down in front of her and caressed the metal skeleton. Even in the real field of view, nothing unusual can be seen. However, Qianye was far from being able to see through space, so it was normal for him not to see that it was a space device at that time.

Qianye flicked his finger again, and a clear echo came from under his finger. It sounded like a metallic echo, although he didn't know what the composition was.

"This is not metal, it is actually animal bone, taken from the skull of a giant beast in the void. It naturally has a small attached space, which is one of the most important treasures of our clan." Qingyue said.

"Such a valuable treasure would actually be placed on your body?"

"It is to facilitate the stealing of the earth's blood and other possible treasures." She was very honest.

Qianye nodded and stood up.

Looking at his expressionless eyes, Qingyue couldn't help but shudder. She suddenly remembered that Qianye had said during the surrender that day that if she was found to be restless at all, she would be killed immediately. As for the secret possession of weapons and energy, no matter how you think about it, it can't be explained by restlessness.

However, Qianye's frosty face suddenly felt sunshine. He returned the dagger and black crystal to Qingyue and said, "The knife is good, you can take it and use it. The black crystal can also be used."

Qingyue was stunned on the spot. Is this the release of banned weapons and energy? Aren't you afraid that she might be doing something behind your back?

Watching Qianye turn and leave, Qingyue was really confused and couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

"No reason, I'm in a good mood."

This answer confused Qingyue. She suddenly saw little Zhu Ji beside her, her eyes lit up, she came over, squatted next to Zhu Ji, and asked softly: "Did you encounter anything when you went out this time?"

Xiao Zhuji thought seriously for a while and said: "He went to see his sister, and then she drove her back. That's it."

Qingyue is even more confused. This doesn't sound like a good thing, it can make Qianye 'in a good mood'. She suddenly thought of a possibility, what if Qianye was speaking sarcastically? As soon as this idea emerged, it became stronger and stronger, and there was supporting evidence. Many history books say that the more powerful officials want to kill someone, the more they will smile at that person.

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. At this moment, Qianye's voice suddenly sounded in her ears: "Come here."

"Ah!!" Qingyue was thinking wildly when she suddenly heard Qianye's voice close at hand. She was immediately frightened and couldn't help but exclaim.

Qianye was standing by the lake, looking at Qingyue inexplicably, and said: "What are you yelling about? I won't eat you. Bring those blueprints."

Qingyue calmed down and hurried to the wooden house, took out all the design drawings and placed them in front of Qianye. Then she stood with her hands lowered and stood aside, waiting for instructions at any time. This is her most core job and the basis for her safety and survival, so she attaches great importance to it. There is a thick stack of design drawings placed in front of Qianye at this moment, all of which are the work of painstaking efforts.

Qianye picked up one, looked at it carefully for a while, and then looked at the next one. When he was flipping through the design drawings, Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief and felt like he was alive. It's no wonder that she is so fragile. When she didn't have enough courage to embrace death the first time, she would be particularly afraid of death the second time.

Qianye looked through all the design drawings. It took a lot of time and gave him a headache, but he still couldn't understand them. However, he didn't intend to understand it originally, he just wanted to check Qingyue's results. At least on the surface, Qingyue was definitely not idle these days and spent most of her time on these design drawings. As for occasionally taking some time to build a house and tidy up a garden, this is human nature and makes it even more endearing.

Qianye put down the design drawing and asked calmly: "Now, what do you think we should do first?"

"Engine." Qingyue answered without hesitation.

"Engine? Why? Don't we already have a heart as a power source?" Qianye was a little confused.

"To put it bluntly, the current Hall of Valor is a moving earthly remains. The reason why it can fly is entirely because the earthly skeleton has its own natural ability to float, and is driven by the heart. But don't forget It's dead after all. All we can use now is the remaining instinct of its body. Do you think it can fly very fast?"

Qianye nodded. He also understood that the Hall of Valor was only faster than the cargo ship at the moment. If it were not able to travel through the void, a military floating battleship would be able to outrun it.

Qingyue pulled out a design drawing, pointed to the complicated spider web-like pattern on it, and said: "The power generated by the heart of the earth is extremely precious. I believe that the Zhiji King should leave a series of designs in order to use this A kind of power. The power of the void beast can be said to be the top energy source. With it, we can build many devices that could only be realized on drawings in the past. How can we waste such energy on daily flights? Ordinary engines are better. And the space in the Hall of Valor is so huge that we can store enough fuel for several years of flight."

As soon as she entered her professional field, Qingyue became extremely confident and spoke eloquently. Qianye was stunned for a moment after hearing this long talk, but he still didn't quite understand it. He had no idea what the precious power of the earth's heart was and how to use it. Moreover, King Zhiji was also an irresponsible guy, throwing a half-finished Hall of Heroes to Qianye. The special designs that Qingyue guessed that could exploit the earth's heart simply didn't exist.

While Qianye was slandering King Ji in his heart, he kept nodding his head, indicating that he had listened. As for whether he understood it or not, he would naturally not say it, and he was as smart as Qingyue and would not ask.

However, Qianye understands one thing, that is, first of all, it is necessary to equip some conventional power engines. On the one hand, it can increase the speed and flexibility of the Hall of Valor, and on the other hand, it can also absorb the void of the earth's heart and bones. The Force saves.

As for the fact that there is no equipment that can utilize the power of the earth's heart, it is not a problem at the moment. These powers can be used to grow flesh and blood, gradually improving the ship body, and will not be wasted. Moreover, when crossing the void, the earth's natural defensive force field also consumes heart power.

"What's the specific plan?"

"This" Qingyue hesitated, thought for a while and then said: "There are several feasible solutions. One is temporary and will definitely need to be replaced in the future. The other is a one-step solution, but it is a bit expensive."

At this moment, Qianye has killed nearly a thousand mercenary hunters and killers. There are mountains of black crystals in the Anduya space. It is the time when you are rich and powerful. How can you care about this? The last thing he was afraid of hearing was 'a bit expensive'. At that moment, he waved his hand and said proudly: "Just use the one-step solution. Cost is not a problem!"

Qingyue perked up and then said with a smile: "This plan is a combination of an engine and a power sail. The plan is to hang a power sail on each spine mast, which can save a lot of stored fuel. space. However, the current largest power sail is too small, so the power sail we finally used is spliced, and each piece requires eight pieces of the largest standard specification power sail. In addition, because of the high driving force requirements, it can only be used. Top-notch power sail splicing. Of course, it would be even better if we could customize a special limited edition power sail in the future!”

Hearing this, Qianye suddenly felt his heart tremble and his vision went dark.

The prices of power sails of different grades vary greatly, but the things used on floating battleships are not really cheap. As Qingyue said, the highest grade and largest single power sail costs at least several thousand imperial gold coins. Even a large floating battleship can only use five or six cards.

However, the power sail required by the Hall of Valor requires eight pieces to be assembled. The Hall of Valor is thousands of meters long from head to tail tip, with hundreds of spines. Even if only a few dozen of the largest ones are mounted with power, A sail would cost at least two to three million imperial gold coins. In Yong Ye, a few hundred thousand gold coins can arm a division of the expeditionary force.

Now Qianye is equivalent to hanging twenty expeditionary divisions on the spine mast, which is still the minimum configuration. If you calculate it carefully and add a power sail that provides acceleration, deceleration, steering and balance, the cost will probably double.

No matter how rich Qianye’s current wealth is, he can’t afford such a way of spending money. Most mercenaries don't have much money, and only high-level mercenary hunters and gold medal killers have enough money. So all in all, Qianye only made more than a million in wealth. Of course, Qianye's net worth is far more than this. The problem is that the real value, such as the Zhiji King's barrel, Dongyue, Original Wings, and Black Book, none of these can be sold.

Only now does Qianye truly understand that the floating battleship is a bottomless pit for melting gold coins. The fleets in the empire have been saved bit by bit over hundreds of years. In fact, the same is true for the Yongye side. The ships of the Duke and Prince seem to be infinitely powerful, but in fact most of them took hundreds of years to build and perfect little by little. It is not surprising that the Maharaja's ship took thousands of years to build.

So on the battlefield between the Empire and the Evernight Fleet, it is rare to see these ancient giant ships that are powerful enough to influence the battlefield situation. The real reason is that not to mention the dukes and princes, even the princes are reluctant to part with it.

As for the Hall of Valor, this unprecedented floating giant ship, which can even be called an aerial battle fortress, costs even more astronomical amounts. Just one branch of the power system, the power sail, and the minimum number of configurations, brought Qianye, who had recently been feeling like a nouveau riche, on the verge of bankruptcy. If you want to build the entire battleship to perfection, you don't know how much it will cost. At least, that is a number that is huge enough to make the clan desperate.

Qianye suddenly suspected that King Zhiji gave up the Hall of Heroes because he had no money, right?

No matter how Qianye maliciously speculates on King Zhiji, the Hall of Heroes is now in his hands, and this large amount of expenses is destined to fall on his head.

Qianye calmed down, put on a smile, and asked softly: "Qingyue, do you have any other plans?"

PS: I wish everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival, and congratulations to my book friend Xiao Hua Shao on his birthday today. There will be an update later.