"I have carefully studied the various properties of muskets."

After saying that, El took a musket placed in the corner.

"The musket is extremely powerful, far better than the crossbow."

"Even with heavy armor, the musket can penetrate with one shot."

"But the musket has many disadvantages."

"The range is too short and the accuracy is too poor. If you exceed 10 meters, you don't know where the projectile will fly."

"The fire rate is slow, and it takes a very long time to load new projectiles."

"It is also greatly affected by the environment. When it rains, the musket will not be used."

"So the primary goal of developing muskets is to enhance the firing accuracy of muskets as much as possible, extend the range of muskets, and reduce the production cost of muskets, so that muskets can be mass-produced."

"Only by allowing muskets to be mass-produced can they be equipped on a large scale in the army."

"Only by improving the shooting accuracy, range and rate of fire of the musket can the musket truly show its might on the battlefield."

"Mr. Oleg! Please imagine it!"

An excitement began to shine in El's eyes.

"If the musket had the range, rate of fire, accuracy of the crossbow, and the powerful power it already possessed, what kind of scene would it be?"

"This will directly change the rules of the battlefield!"

"The musket may even eliminate all existing weapons!"

"In the future, wars may not be about slashing each other with swords and guns, but directly shooting at each other with muskets!"

"Mr. Bernard." Oleg interrupted Elle in a helpless tone, "Your ideas really sound great."

"But-" Oleg changed his tone, "Mr. Bernard, it costs money to develop weapons."

Hearing the word "money", the smile on El's face froze instantly.

"No money, everything is just a fantasy." Oleg shook his head with a wry smile, "Mr. Bernard, it's not to be hiding it. The little money stored here is almost used up."

"...I know..." El sighed lightly, "I will find a way to do money..."

After saying that, El put the musket in his hand back to its original position.

"Then-Mr. Oleg, I'll leave first."

"Hmm?" Oleg raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Bernard, are you leaving? So fast? Haven't you just arrived?"

"I want to go back to the imperial capital." El said with a wry smile, "I will go back to my home in the imperial capital to see if there is anything that can be sold..."

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...

The town of Pochi where the Muskets are located is located just outside the outskirts of the imperial capital Alianmuya, so El, who was riding a horse, soon returned to Alianmuya.

El and Camille, Gabriel, and their teacher, Dominic, live together.

Although Dominic is recognized as the strongest and highest-ranking marshal in the Holy Hillan Empire, his life is surprisingly simple.

Neither lived in a mansion nor did there be a group of servants.

Dominic's home is just a simple 3-story house.

Marshal Dominic, who is still unmarried and therefore has no children, lives with only two servants who are responsible for taking care of their daily lives, and three people who adopted him a few years ago and were nominally his students, but are essentially the same as his adopted son and daughter.

After returning home, El went to visit Dominic, who was still seriously ill in bed.

After the "Harm" battle ended in an unprecedentedly terrible defeat, Dominic fell ill due to self-blame and pressure.

Although Dominic's condition has slowed down a lot after treatment and treatment, he has not recovered to the point where he is below bed.

After coming to Dominic's room, El met Dominic who was now reading a book by leaning against the head of the bed.

"Teacher." El said bitterly at Dominic, "It seems that you are in good spirits today, and you still have the energy to read."

"Oh, El, you're back."

"Well, teacher. I'm back. I feel relieved when I see you so energetic today."

"Hahaha, don't worry, I feel good lately."

After saying that, Dominic closed the book in his hand, then turned his head and said seriously to El:

"El, have you encountered some difficulties recently? Look at you with a sad face."

"Yeah, yes. I've been in some trouble recently."

El rubbed his hair with a wry smile.

"I'm very short of money now...I need a lot of money to develop muskets..."

"Mustgun... It seems that El, you are really enthusiastic about muskets."

"The central government only granted you 100,000 nal of research funds in a month. If this amount of money is used to develop weapons, it is indeed a bit less."

"So, El. I have about 8 million nals of deposit now, you can use it as much as you like."

"88 million nal?" El exclaimed, "Teacher, how can this be done! I can't ask for this money!"

"There is nothing good or not, just use it." Dominic said angrily, "Anyway, I have no use to take this money. It would be better to use it to develop a musket for you."

"Just treat it as I lent it to you. You can use it as much as you like."

"I'll let the maid give you the money later."

Seeing that Dominic had said everything to this, El was embarrassed to refuse again.

Besides, the two are as close as father and son, and they don’t need to be so polite and unfamiliar.

"Then... I'll accept it. Thank you, teacher."

...

...

With Dominic's funding, this 8 million nal should be enough for a while.

But if the money is not established in time to generate money that can obtain a large amount of funds, the money will probably be used up quickly.

After all, the development of weapons is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money is spilled into it, it may not be able to fill this bottomless pit.

So even with Dominic's funding, El could not relax.

After returning to his room, El lay on his bed.

"Money..."

El murmured and looked around.

The arrangement of El's room was also very simple, with only a few simple furniture and a large number of books.

——If I sell all my books, I should be able to exchange them for a lot of money...

——But pawning items like this is not a long-term solution…

——There will always be a day when books are finished. After the books are finished, where will I go to raise money?

——It’s not enough to rely on my military pay alone. My military pay is only 30,000 nal a month now. This little money is useless.

——It’s not okay to borrow money from others… There are not many acquaintances around you who can borrow money from them.

——Camille hasn’t worked yet. Her only income channel is the pocket money given to her by the teacher, and the little change that Gabriel and I have helped her from time to time.

——Camille is definitely poorer than me.

——Gabriel is not good either. He is a person who cannot save money, and his monthly military pay is always just enough to spend it. He can't have any savings at all.

——Ahhh…What should I do… Where to find money…

Just as El was troubled by the money problem, his door was suddenly opened.

"El! You're here!"
Chapter completed!