Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 233 Serpentine Shield Machine 1.0
"Miss, the person has been sent away." The old housekeeper Foster came to Perfectcott and reported the situation to her.

"Grandpa Afu, do you think I need to clear out the indigenous tribes in the north?" Purficott asked this question to Foster while playing with the horsehair given to her by Hutton just now.

Foster was stunned for a moment when he heard this question, but then he answered: "If you only look at the interests of the empire, you really need to clean up these indigenous tribes as much as possible to make room for the construction of the northern border.

But..." The old butler hesitated, and looked at Purficott with complex eyes: "As an old man who has watched you grow up, I don't recommend you do this. Your hands are stained with enough blood. too much.

These natives are no threat to you, and they may not even survive this disaster. You only need to drive them away or subdue them in a gentle way, and the problem can be solved. You do not need to... let yourself add more. Killing. "

Foster knew exactly how many people Perficott had killed for this plan. Even if she did not do it herself, too many people died indirectly because of her.

Therefore, the old housekeeper sincerely hopes that his young lady will stop killing people, at least not if it is unnecessary.

Faced with the old butler's earnest words, Perfectcott sighed helplessly: "It's not that I want to kill them, but that I have to kill them."

Purficott is not a murderous person. If possible, she would rather be an ordinary noble lady and not have to worry about these things.

But now that she has reached this position, when faced with certain situations, why not kill someone? That's why he didn't say anything.

For Purficott, if they knew each other, she could indeed spare the lives of these natives, and even tell them about the end of the world, giving them a chance to live.

Therefore, what determines whether the Wildmane tribe and other indigenous tribes can survive has never been Perfectcot's attitude, but their own attitude.

And for the empire, it would be a waste to keep the huge army in the country. It is better to use the remaining heat in the north, and it is impossible to use these troops as labor to build shelters.

For her, some things just depend on whether she wants to do it, not whether she can do it.

After all, the empire is now facing a world-destroying disaster. In order to survive this disaster, even the Three Kingdoms of France wouldn't mind crushing them, let alone a group of indigenous tribes.

"Your kindness will be rewarded." The old butler understood that this was the limit of what Perfectcott could promise.

However, she still couldn't bear to disappoint the old housekeeper who had watched her grow up, so she thought about it and said, "As long as the natives don't take the initiative to resist, I won't do anything to them. As long as they are willing to submit to the empire, I can give them all the benefits I promised.”

But if these natives are ignorant and think that Purficott is here to plunder and enslave them, then Purficott will have to use more efficient means to eliminate possible threats.

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With a live snake as a sample reference, Purficott spent another two days improving the design, and finally perfected the design of the shield machine to a level that she could accept.

The model she named Serpentine Shield Machine 1.0 is currently placed on her experimental bench, supported by a spiral bracket, showing its structural details to everyone. "Your Majesty, is this machine going to be used to dig soil underground?" An official from Yiming Northern Territory asked Perficott, seeming to be extremely curious about this machine.

There are already many civilian officials in the Northern Territory. They form the current administrative system of the Northern Territory. They are currently preparing to welcome the pioneering groups that will arrive after the beginning of spring.

At this time, they were summoned by Purficott. They originally thought that there was some new policy to be announced, but it turned out that they wanted to give their opinions on the new machine that the Earl had brought out.

This left all the civil officials at a loss. After all, how could they possibly have the ability to comment on the invention of the empire's most talented alchemist?

"This is a shield machine, which is used to build underground cities." Purficott simply introduced it to these civilian officials, and also explained why he did this: "I miss you in the snow in the north this winter. You should have seen it before. I considered that conventional buildings would be unable to withstand this kind of wind and snow, so I decided to build the city underground. In this way, no matter how heavy the wind and snow are in winter, it will not affect the normal life of the people in the north. .”

Although it is just a made-up excuse, it is not actually a lie.

Purficott was really thinking about how the people in the north would live under the wind and snow, but the wind and snow she was talking about was not the winter in the north, but the apocalyptic winter that would destroy the world.

However, these are somewhat abstract to civilian officials in the north.

Fortunately, they don't need to understand such a profound question. They only need to understand what Purficott needs them to do, and then complete the Earl's instructions.

So these northern civilian officials discussed with each other, and then raised several questions about how to use this shield machine and what key points need to be paid attention to in related management work.

After Purficott answered them one by one, these civilian officials said that they had no doubts. Then a group of people gathered together to discuss how to use this machine and where to improve it to make it more convenient and practical. .

Compared with civilian officials, the alchemists in the north had already seen the spiral underground city designed by Purficott, so they were better able to understand why she designed such a shield machine.

After understanding the working principle of the shield machine, these alchemists also raised many questions about the shield machine from the professional perspectives of their respective expertise.

Some of them seemed meaningless to Purficott, but she still answered them seriously.

The remaining part put forward some suggestions that she thought were pretty good, and asked Purficott to consider whether to add these to the design of the Serpentine Shield Machine 1.1.

However, the question that really concerned Purficott came from the civilian officials on the side. They asked a question that made Purficott himself feel troubled.

That is the cost of this shield machine, how much the efficiency of using it to build underground cities can be improved compared to other construction methods, and how big the cost gap is between the two.

Purficott did not conduct calculations on these questions, so she could not answer them for the time being, but she also knew clearly that except for the insufficient efficiency of the shield machine, she did not need to consider these issues. After all, the empire this time No matter the cost.

(End of this chapter)