Volume 20 Chapter 129 Cooperation Negotiation

Although I prayed that the spaceships of the Iron Empire were not just a bunch of flying sea ships, it was obvious that the guy from Jehovah did not help. He said that he had just chopped off the temple mountain some time ago. If Jego could listen to my prayers, it would be a ghost. Therefore, the theory of spaceships = flying ships is unfortunately established.

The spacecraft of the Iron Empire was completely made of European sailing ships from the Age of Discovery, but compared with the ships in the sea, the spacecraft is significantly smaller in size.

There are actually more than one type of spaceship in the Iron Empire. The smallest one is about the same size as a lifeboat. It would be good if you can stuff eleven or two people in full. The most popular model is a flat-bottomed boat about twenty meters long and has two-story cabins. It doesn’t seem to want a warship, but I really want a ferry in the river.

Of course I am not interested in this kind of small boat, but fortunately there are not many people here. There are actually three large ships in the airport. It is said that this is the largest model of the Iron Empire and the main ship of the Iron Empire Aviation Fleet.

The appearance of this battleship is obviously much more beautiful than that of conventional spacecraft. The hull with blue as the main body is equipped with a lot of gold patterns, which looks quite gorgeous. The structure of the battleship is designed completely according to the structure of the European large sailing ship. Except for the lack of sails on the top of the deck, it is basically no difference from the surface ship.

According to the information provided by the muscular man, this kind of spacecraft is seventy meters long and more than thirty meters wide. It is not as slender as modern warships, but it looks fatter. There are five-story cabins inside the hull, and the four bottoms are all composite cabins, which are isolated from the cabins in the center of the cabin. The outer edges are two rows of artillery along the hulls on both sides, facing the left and right sides of the hull. This is the same as the sailing ships, but the European sailing ships put the artillery decks on the top of the top, while the artillery of the spacecraft is at the bottom. But it is true that the sailing ships sail in the water. Raising the cannons will help to obtain a larger range and a better vision. At the same time, the running gates above the water surface are not easy to enter. However, the spacecraft of the Iron Empire does not need to be launched at all, and their main job is to attack the ground rather than air combat, so the lower the gun position, the better.

Except for the four-story cabins below, the fifth-story cabin above is basically the location of the personnel residential area and the flight operation force mechanism. The structure here is the same as the bottom floor. The power mechanism is in the center of the hull, and the residential area is the same as the outer circle. The upper part is the deck, which is basically the same as ordinary sailboats. However, because there are no sails, there are fewer cables like spider webs, which look very refreshing.

"How many cannons do you have on this boat?" I asked while visiting the outside of the boat.

The muscular man immediately replied: "There are 128 side guns on the four-layer deck, two giant guns at the bow, and sixteen of the same model as the side guns at the stern."

When I heard the muscular man talk about cannons, I remembered the kind of shore defense cannons on the coast. The power of that thing still makes me remember it fresh. "Is the cannon you mentioned that kind of cannons installed on the coast?"

"No, no." The muscular man shook his head as soon as he heard this: "The circle on the coast is a shore defense cannon. It is too large and the spacecraft cannot carry so many. The two giant cannons on the bow of the ship I just mentioned are those kind of cannons, but they are larger than the shore defense cannons you have seen. The side and stern of the hull are all medium-sized cannons, and the range and power are incomparable to that kind of magic cannon. In addition, there are several shotguns on the deck, which are used to suppress personnel in close combat, but we are considering whether to give up this kind of deck cannon, because it seems that it has never been used."

"It sounds pretty energetic, but with so many cannons, can your ship fly?"

"It is completely no problem to rely on the Air Magic Stone in terms of lifting. However, because the lifting force of the Air Magic Stone is slow to adjust, the maneuverability is not very good, but it is enough if it is just used to attack the ground."

I shook my head and said, "It is certainly enough for you to stay here and not contact the outside world. However, if our guild also uses air magic stone to make spaceships, it will not work. The sky does not belong to us only, and there are many of our enemies who can fly. If our ship does not have air combat capabilities, it is basically a waste!"

The muscular man spread his hands helplessly and said, "Of course we know that this is not possible, but the technical problems cannot be solved, so we can only use this first."

The old man suddenly spoke, "In terms of technology, we will inevitably improve significantly in the future, but many things cannot be solved by technology alone. Although we are in this island, we are protected from invasion of external creatures, we are also trapped here, so we can't get all kinds of ores and other products outside, but with the resources on the island, even if we have technology, we can't get many good things."

When he heard the old man say this, the fat man who rarely interrupts immediately followed: "Yes, President Zi Ri, our island is too closed. We didn't want to go out before. Later, after contacting some powerful creatures from the outside world, we finally realized that sooner or later, we will be invaded by powerful creatures from the outside world and defeated by them. At that time, what is waiting for us will likely cause the destruction of the race. So we hope President Zi Ri, you can consider whether you will give us some assistance?"

"What kind of assistance do you want?" The other party took me around the city for nearly a day, and now he finally came up with their ideas, but I guess this is related to my performance just now. When I visited, I had always been quite cold in the Iron Empire. What they thought I would be shocked could not scare me, but just now, when I saw their spaceship, I showed some different emotions, and this was why they said the request at this time. Because they finally found something I was interested in.

The so-called strange goods are alive. If I have no interest in the things of the Iron Empire, then they are eager to surrender and can only get involved in a dispensable side force. Therefore, although they had the intention to cooperate before, they never took the initiative to say it. Until they just saw that I was interested in the spacecraft, they finally realized their value. As long as they are valuable to us, the treatment after they defect to us will naturally be different.

After I asked what kind of cooperation I wanted, the fat man did not rush to answer, but said: "I dare not talk about this kind of thing. I believe that with President Zi Ri's intelligence, we should be able to feel our willingness to cooperate. Now I just want President Zi Ri to give us a clear attitude. If you really have the intention to cooperate and have a promising way of cooperation, you might as well consider the specific content. The evening banquet may be a good place to talk about things."

Everyone is smart. The work of the three guides is just to ask me for a clear attitude depending on the situation so that their senior staff can prepare the corresponding information at night for in-depth communication. So, since the matter has been explained clearly, the work of the three guides has been basically completed. Of course, except for sending two guards to report the situation, the others still stayed with me to continue visiting the airport.

To be honest, the technology of the Iron Empire is really lame. They have outstanding achievements in the technology they are good at. Many things are two or three generations ahead of our guild's technology, but other technologies make it unreasonable. I attribute this imbalance to the sequelae of narrow regional areas. Because the land area is narrow and there are few mineral resources, they have never seen many special materials at all. Technology is basically based on materials science. If you don't have basic ore, the upper-level technology will naturally not be able to develop. Therefore, they can only concentrate all the technology in disciplines supported by ores. The result is that the technical system of the Iron Empire is a lame man with one foot. Some of the technology is very powerful, while others are completely using native methods to make do.

Without the task, the three guides said a lot more than before, especially the old man. I always thought this guy was a little Alzheimer's disease. Now it seems that he is not Alzheimer's disease, but because he has something in his heart and is not good at this kind of communication behavior with dual goals, so he has always been a little nervous. Now without these restrictions, the old man has become more talkative than the muscular man, but his talkative direction is all about technology. According to the muscular man, the old man seems to be a senior scientific researcher here, and is considered a very famous local scholar. With him, he basically means bringing a technical encyclopedia of the Iron Empire.

Under the guidance of the old man, we boarded one of the large spacecraft and entered the cabin to visit it. The actual observation of entering the ship is still very different from the impression of being built by listening to the explanation outside the ship. For example, at first I thought the four decks inside the spacecraft were very tall and wide, but after I got in, I found that the decks equipped with artillery on the lower four levels were very low in height. Although I didn’t have to lower my head and drill in it, I could really touch the ceiling with my hand.

In addition, the artillery on the flying warship also surprised me quite. Because I had seen the Iron Empire's shore defense cannons with preconceived impressions, I always thought that these so-called side cannons were also powerful magic cannons. However, when I actually saw it, I realized that the side cannons they used were really guns, and they were front-mounted.

"Is this artillery a little bit too much?" I looked at the cannon in front of me and asked the old man in disbelief: "Don't you have magic cannons? Why do you need to use artillery? Even if you have to use it, can't you install it afterwards?"

After I asked, the old man first replied: "We do have magic cannons. You saw them at the bow of the ship just now. That is the magic cannon. But that thing is too large and powerful enough, if you install all that kind of thing, our ship can only fit twenty at most and can no longer fit other weapons. In comparison, although the cannon is far inferior to the magic cannon in terms of power and range, it is light enough and can easily pull up a lot. So for the sake of vitality density, we gave up the magic cannon and switched to the cannon. As for the rear-loading cannon you are talking about, does it mean to load shells from the back of the cannon?"

Obviously, the old man didn't even know what the rear-loading cannon is. After I introduced him to the technical difference between the rear-loading cannon and the front-loading cannon, the old man actually replied directly: "Although I know what the rear-loading cannon is now, our Iron Empire still cannot use the rear-loading cannon because we cannot seal the cannon. If we use the rear-loading cannon, our cannon will not only leak the bottom fire, but may also explode the cannon."

I was originally very surprised why the Iron Empire did not have to use the front-mounted cannons when it was installed. Now I immediately understood when I heard the old man’s explanation. The Iron Empire had given me the impression that technology was very developed, but in fact it was all illusions. Their technology was completely based on magic technology, and the biggest difference between magic technology and technology in reality is that magic technology has almost zero requirements for parts accuracy.

For example, if you want to build a large windmill in reality, the bearing part of the windmill must be very accurate to ensure that it will not wear each other because the bearing is not round enough when it rotates. In addition, the blades of the windmill must also be accurate, because if the weight of the blades and the installation angle of the windmill are asymmetric, then when the blades rotate, they will constantly generate traction force, causing the bearing to continuously hit the surrounding fixing mechanism under huge torque and eventually cause metal breakage or severe wear. These things look inconspicuous, but they actually affect the operation of the windmill. Moreover, the larger the volume of the windmill and the greater the wind force at the position, the higher the requirements for this accuracy.

But, on the other hand, what would happen if a magic windmill is used? First of all, we can use suspended arrays and static force field arrays instead of bearings, so the wind blades of the windmill can be completely separated from the main machine. So, since the blades and the transmission device themselves have no contact, how can we wear? Not to mention that the structure is just irregular, it doesn’t matter if the butt parts on the blades and the transmission rod are round and square. Anyway, they only rely on the static force field to transmit power, and they do not have direct contact at all, and the shape is meaningless. As for the blades and other things, the same situation is the case. There is no impact without contact. As long as the weight of the blades is too outrageous, the entire wind blade will be thrown out, and there is basically no problem.

There are actually many situations like this in the game. In general, magic technology has no requirements for accuracy or is extremely low. The Iron Empire is good at magic technology, so their precision processing ability is quite bad. Although the processing ability may be quite good compared to other places, it is really impossible to watch it according to the standards of a technologically powerful country.

This rear-mounted cannon seems very simple to us, but it is a big trouble for the Iron Empire. Their accuracy control technology is not up to standard, so if they use rear-mounted cannons, the gun door will not be tightly sealed. This is the reason why their submarines dare not use iron shells before, because they are afraid that they will leak if they are not tightly sealed.

In fact, even if the accuracy problem is solved, the strength of the Iron Empire may not be able to create a rear-load gun, because their metal material strength is not up to standard. Although magic technology does not have as low requirements for material processing as it does for accuracy, it is definitely not much higher. Therefore, the metal smelting technology of the Iron Empire is also quite backward. Their metal strength is very low. Because the range requirements of the barrel gun are not high, it can still withstand it. If a large-caliber rear-load gun is designed, the power of this ** will increase, and the gun will be done. If the power is reduced, why do you need to install a rear-load gun?

Since I proposed a series of benefits of rear-loading guns, the old man kept beating with me since then and wanted to use the technology for rear-loading guns. However, in the end, I told him that if their processing accuracy was not enough, even if they were given the drawings, they would still not be able to create the rear-loading guns. Even if they were forced to make it, it would be a defective product of the castrated version. Although this made the old man no longer pester me, it completely depressed him. As a result, after getting off the ship, the old man returned to his previous state and began to act mute.

Although the afternoon was not short, the Iron Empire was a small country after all, so we just visited it for a casual visit until the evening.

According to what I said before, it was a banquet for the senior executives of the Iron Empire to entertain us in the evening. Although Poseidon was unwilling, he was still pulled over by me. Of course, she was not the protagonist, but just came to show politeness. After all, this is my welcome party and her farewell party.

Although the Iron Empire has a small area and a small population, the size of the evening banquet is not small at all. I guess at least three or four hundred people will attend it after coming. Perhaps the management of the entire Iron Empire is here except for those on duty.

The banquet was naturally a scene of no nutrition. Everyone expressed their feelings and then started the formal banquet. However, after the banquet began, I left the venue with the real rulers of the Iron Empire. At the corner of the banquet, they specially prepared a small room. There were only four people in the room except me and Ling, and these four were the actual rulers of the Iron Empire. Apart from one president, the remaining three were responsible for the economic, military and scientific research of the Iron Empire. The legal department of the Iron Empire is very low because the whole country is a soldier, which means that strictly speaking, there are no civilians. Such a country, with its own population, many people know each other, and any two people in the country can get related to relatives as long as three people pass, such a country is really useless.

"Okay, I've heard your ideas talk about them in the afternoon. So let's just be more straightforward now. With your Iron Empire, I do have the intention of cooperating, but there are only two ways I can accept."

"Please say." The president of the Iron Empire opposite said.

I nodded and said, "The first way is to exchange technology, that is, sell all the technologies I think are valuable to us in your country, and our guild provides equivalent technology, currency or resources, which you can choose."

"No, no, no, we don't want to sell technology!" The people from the Iron Empire shook their heads when they heard this. Obviously they were not willing to do this plan.

Seeing their reaction, I continued, "Then, besides this first one, the only way I can accept is complete merger!"
Chapter completed!