Chapter 204 Problems
The Eugenic musket is the name Maria gave to the gun in the letter. It was the first musket in the survival of the Lebre City factory. It was almost entirely designed by Eugen and has extraordinary significance.
When designing this musket, Eugen referred to the firearm structure of later rifles, simplifying the loading process and shooting process, and greatly improving the shooting accuracy.
Of course, these are all ideal situations, and the real situation will not be determined after testing and experiments.
After learning about these situations, Eugen couldn't wait to rush back to Lebour City to check the specific test results. If the performance is excellent enough, it can be officially mass-produced.
Of course, before this, Eugen planned to transfer the robber treasures in the manor first. The production of guns requires a lot of money as support, and these treasures can provide Eugen with the first funds to establish an arsenal.
This matter needs to be left to reliable people. Originally, Eugen planned to transfer Corleon from Venice first and then let him take the treasure back to Leber City. However, time is tight now, and after thinking about it, Eugen decided to hand over this task to Captain Allen.
Captain Allen has just joined him to play, so he can take this opportunity to see his character. Captain Allen himself already knows about this matter, so it is relatively convenient for him to do things.
After thinking about this, Eugen called Captain Allen over and informed him of the mission process.
After arranging this matter, Eugen began to prepare for the matter to go back to Lebour and carry out some handover work.
It is the middle of winter, the activity of the disease has dropped to its lowest point, the transmission rate has been greatly reduced, and the Pohe defense line has been completely stabilized. In this case, Eugen can also draw some worlds away from here.
There is Earl of Sartre managing the entire line of defense, and the witch doctor Pirantz provides some suggestions to assist, so there will definitely be no major problems.
In mid-December, Eugen once again set foot on the road back to Lebour, accompanied by Captain Allen and his two hundred infantry teams.
Two hundred infantrymen escorted more than a dozen large cars and chose a clear and clear weather to leave the city of Mantova in the frontier area.
More than a dozen large trucks were disguised as grain trucks. The outermost layer of the truck contained grain bags, vegetables and other supplies, and inside were several huge mahogany boxes.
In the entire team, except Eugen, Allen and a few personal soldiers under Allen, no one knew what was actually transported in the mahogany box.
It is claimed that those boxes contain some precision machines and medicines, which are not of great value, but in fact, what is contained there is treasure worth millions.
Because there were a lot of things to be transported, the convoy could not raise the speed. It took them three days before they walked near Venice.
Before leaving, Eugen also wrote a letter to Corian and Dimites in Venice, introducing his return to Leber this time, and asked Corian if he wanted to return with him.
As a result, after waiting for a long time, Eugen did not wait for news about Corleon. In the end, Dimit sent Eugen a message back, saying that Corleon had left Venice as early as early December and returned to Leber City.
When Eugen learned about this news, he was very confused. Corian was about to go back to Leber, but he had never asked him for advice. Although Eugen would not pursue anything for this, this irresponsible attitude really did not look like Corian's style.
After thinking about it, Eugen did not understand the key, so he simply stopped asking more questions. When he returned to Leber City to see Corion, the matter would naturally come to light.
Just as Eugen was rushing, Maria in Lebre City was already in a state of turmoil. All kinds of things made her exhausted and even her dark circles appeared.
She also carried forward the spirit of reporting good news but not bad news. In fact, the problems facing Lebor at this moment are much more complicated than what is said in the letter. The most troublesome thing is that Viscount Tarik of the Vetina family officially declared his enemy with Eugen and began to disturb the caravans that had some contact with Lebor.
Lebour City is located in the center of Lebour area, while Tarik occupies more than half of the land in the entire Lebour area. It is a strong army and its overall strength is very impressive.
At the beginning, he targeted Lebour City, and the commercial trade of Lebour City was immediately reduced by more than half. The goods in the city could not be sold, and the goods outside the city could not be in. As time went by, prices began to gradually rise, tax revenues decreased significantly, and the problems began to become more and more serious.
Although Tarik has not officially sent troops to attack Lebour City, if this continues, it will not take long for Lebour City to be destroyed without attacking it.
Logically speaking, there are two great gods Maria and Margaret in Lebre City. Not to mention his little Viscount Tarik, even if Billon, the Duke of Saxon of the Vetina family, comes over, he will not dare to attack Lebre easily.
This abnormal situation suddenly happened, which made Maria very passive. For this reason, she wrote a stern letter to warn Viscount Tarik, but Viscount Tarik turned a deaf ear to it and wrote back that she had sufficient reasons and evidence to attack Eugen, and even the Imperial Princess had no right to interfere.
This reply letter made Maria so angry, but Tarik didn't give her face, and she couldn't solve it for a while.
In addition to this incident, another thing that also gave Maria a very headache, that is, the Eugenic musket.
The Eugenic musket has been completed, and the first rifle was very successful after being assembled, which is exactly consistent with the design drawings, but when the gunpowder and lead bullet are tested, the effect is extremely unsatisfactory.
Moreover, the biggest problem at the moment is that the manufacturing cycle is not proportional to the benefits. This kind of weapon cannot be mass-produced in a short period of time. Since all of it is made by manpower, the person responsible for manufacturing will slow down the overall production rhythm once the person responsible for manufacturing loses the chain due to one or another problems.
To make the entire process convenient and clear, this is still a gradual process, which requires a long time of thinking, and it will be too anxious for a while.
At this moment, a servant walked into the office with a letter in his hand and presented it to Princess Maria.
While Maria was reading the letter, Margaret walked in with her tired body and said tiredly.
"Maria, the caravan between us and the Principality of Bavaria was once again blocked by Tarik, and all the goods were detained by them, and the soldiers and merchants in charge of the escort were driven back by them, and many merchants gathered in the municipal hall."
At the end, Margaret was already helpless, and she didn't know how to face the businessmen now.
Chapter completed!