When Luke followed the chamberlain to the emperor's study, Queen Christina was holding a swan quill pen and quickly writing opinions on a document. Her expression was very focused, revealing the majesty of a monarch, which made the officials waiting aside.

Dare to make any sound.

After Christina finished writing, she took out a seal from the square box at hand, stuck some alchemy ink on it, and pressed it on the document.

He handed the approved documents to the officials, and then said: "The cotton-padded clothes and fire crystals used for winter must be sent to the North as soon as possible. There are also needed medicines and magic potions, which must be replenished to the warehouses in the North according to the maximum reserve.

Starting from today, the cost of the palace will be halved, and the royal estate will raise a sum of funds to replenish the treasury. You can prepare according to the order and don't have to worry about money."

"As ordered, Your Highness the Queen."

The officials took the order and left, and Queen Christina asked everyone else to go out.

Luke saluted Christina: "Your Royal Highness, what is your purpose in summoning me?"

"Don't be so formal, sit down and talk." The queen invited Luke to the rest area nearby. After the two sat down on the leather sofa, an alchemy golem brought out a tea set and poured tea. "You just heard it, and at the same time,

The two wars have put the empire's finances very tight. Fortunately, you and Agatha have solved the Western Territory, so that the empire does not need to face a three-front war.

But the fiscal gap is still very large."

Regarding military expenditures, Luke talked to Agatha. Purchasing war supplies, mobilizing and recruiting soldiers, and training the army are all big spenders of money. The current empire is trying every means to collect money, and the cabinet has begun to discuss levying war taxes on citizens.

Already.

Luke said: "Your Highness...the city is expanding, competing for sea power, and supporting the Western Region. The financial pressure on Raging Wave City itself is also very high.

Now Raging City can still borrow money from the World Bank to meet its own expenses. After the war with Yate County, the World Bank will most likely stop subsequent cooperation.

I’m afraid that Raging Waves City can’t make too many donations.”

Facing Luke's cry of poverty, Queen Christina smiled: "Don't worry... I am not asking you for money when I summon you this time.

This is a quotation for war supplies, do you see anything wrong with it?"

Not asking for money!

Luke breathed a sigh of relief.

He took a piece of paper from Queen Christina, and after just two glances, he discovered a big problem.

"This...are these alchemical products?"

Queen Christina picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said slowly: "I thought it was an alchemical product at first, but I sent someone to investigate... It's not.

Just like the teacup I use and the tea I drink now, they are all ordinary things."

Luke looked at the list in his hand again and couldn't help but sigh: "Such a quotation can't be regarded as plundering the wool, it's simply peeling off the skin.

They can’t do it so brilliantly, can they?”

Water glass...the price is 100 Reichsmarks each.

Shovel... The unit price is 1,200 Reichsmarks.

Sword embryo... The unit price is 5500 Reichsmarks.

…

Awakening potion... The unit price is 23,000 Reichsmarks.

Energy replenishing solution...unit price is 32,000 Reichsmarks.

Great Restoration Potion... The unit price is 105,000 Imperial Marks.

…

Queen Christina sighed and said: "They didn't dare to blatantly borrow money from the war. This batch of supplies was reported in other accounts. Your Majesty is not in good health, so he couldn't have looked at it so carefully, so he let them get away with it.

.

But these are still small amounts of money!”

"Is this still small money?"

Luke was very surprised. He considered himself a sinister businessman, but he didn't expect these people to be even sinister than him.

And if it is small money, how amazing is it for big money?

Luke corrected his attitude and looked like he was studying.

Queen Christina said: "I can see these exaggerated quotations. For some large-scale weapons and equipment, especially those that incorporate new technologies, they really can quote whatever they want.

Anyway, I can't understand it.

Procurement officers, review officers, and cabinet ministers are all their people, and the empire can only pay according to the prices they set.

Just one of the latest offensive and defensive war fortresses costs 10 billion Reichsmarks."

Qingkong was wanted in Raging Waves City, and the most expensive price was 1 billion Imperial Marks. A war fortress was worth ten Qingkong, so it was so easy to make money!

Luke said: "The manufacturing difficulty of a war fortress is much lower than that of an all-metal battleship. My No. 1 machine-class battleship only sold for one billion Reichsmarks. A war fortress actually costs 10 billion. No wonder the empire's finances are so tight.

"

Queen Christina asked: "A war fortress is less difficult to build than an all-metal battleship?"

Luke knew that the Queen did not understand the difference between a battleship and a war fortress, so he explained to her: "A war fortress is a movable castle that operates on land. As long as the chassis is strong and there is enough power, the upper floors can be stacked freely.

architecture.

Most of the northern border is a plain. Movable war fortresses allow the army to arrange battle lines according to changes in the war situation. The structures of war fortresses with different functions such as offense, defense, troop garrisoning, and armed transportation are different, but overall they are very simple, and the materials can be steel.

, wood, bricks.

Battleships must consider buoyancy. This determines that battleships must comprehensively consider space, defense, and power, and tap out all potential as much as possible under limited conditions.

The cost of 10 billion Reichsmarks is really...

Your Highness, please give me this money, and I will install an engine on the No. 1 machine, dismantle a piece of navigation equipment inside and install it with tracks, and we will have ten war fortresses that can go ashore."

When Queen Christina heard what Luke said, she immediately became interested: "Can the Type-1 battleship really be converted into a war fortress?"

Luke didn't expect Queen Christina to take it seriously, looking like she wanted to place an order immediately. He quickly made up for the omission and said: "Unit No. 1 is a sea ship after all, and its shape is not suitable for land combat. But I just went to Raging Waves City

The machinery factory built in Haijiao District has the research and development and construction capabilities of the war fortress.

The major shipyards in Raging Waves City can also provide materials and components for my machinery factory.

As long as the empire gives me orders, Raging Waves City can continuously create cheap and sufficient war fortresses for the empire."

Queen Christina's interest became even stronger, but she asked worriedly: "The city of Raging Waves is far away from the northern border, and it has to cross the mountains. How to transport the built war fortress? The empire's active war fortresses are all built in St. Lun City.

There will also be a dedicated railway line to transport it to the north."

When encountering a good opportunity to make money, Luke's IQ instantly skyrocketed.

"This is easy to handle! Nutau City has the technology to build all-metal warships, so it can build large tugboats with more than 10,000 tons. I asked the machinery factory to seal the outer shell of the war fortress. After it is built, the tugboat will pull it directly from the sea to the north.

Coastal landing.

The transportation cost and efficiency exceed that of railways, and it can save the empire a lot of money."

Queen Christina was very happy to hear that Raging Waves City had the ability to transport war fortresses by sea.

In the previous wars in the Northern Territory, war fortresses have always been highly consumable due to the terrain. And the high cost of building war fortresses made the empire feel heartbroken every time it received an application for a war fortress in the north.

For quite a while.

Now that Meteorite has taken action, luxury goods have been reduced to bargain prices, and Queen Christina is even more confident in overseeing the battle in the north.

But Queen Christina did not completely believe Luke's words. After all, although the war fortress purchased by the cabinet was expensive, there had never been any major flaws. If it were rashly changed to purchase a cheap war fortress from Raging Waves City, would there be serious consequences?

Quality issues?

After all, war involves human lives and the fate of the country, and we cannot just consider saving money.

The war fortress is definitely not a low-tech weapon as Meteor said, and that is only compared to an all-metal battleship.

"Raging Wave City has never had experience in building a war fortress. How can I believe that you can adapt to the Northern War when you build a war fortress for the first time?"

Luke laughed in his heart.

Raging Wave City does not have experience in building war fortresses, but the players do!

The hobbies of the player group are diverse. Some like to specialize in warships, while others like exotic weapons such as war fortresses.

A war fortress is an enlarged version of an armored vehicle. Depending on its size and function, it can carry dozens to thousands of soldiers. The armor of offensive and defensive war fortresses is generally very thick, and it is difficult for existing artillery to penetrate war fortresses of the same level.

Armor, so the war fortress battle on the battlefield is like a knight's charge, a one-on-one collision on the open ground.

After colliding together, the specially-made collision angle can basically open a hole in the opponent's war fortress, and then the soldiers of both sides will engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Xue Lai once served in the Steam Fortress and served as the commando captain and the fortress's third officer.

Tens of thousands of tons of steel fortresses collide, and sometimes there are scenes of war fortresses from both sides driving bumper cars in clusters in the wilderness. Dozens of war fortresses collide together, and tens of thousands of people fight in the steel jungle. Just think about that scene.

Makes people's blood boil.

In the game world, many players have too much money in the later stages and have nowhere to spend it. Some of them play War Fortress. There is even a "Last Base" brawl, where a group of War Fortress enthusiasts meet up to bring their own games.

War fortresses are gathered together on a battlefield, and whose war fortress can still be activated after the brawl ends is the winner.

In order to win, players use their imaginations to add various weapons to the war fortress. Such as sanctions, laser knives, high-pressure steam angles...all are added to the top, and then defensive equipment is added to the corresponding weapons.
To be continued...