Chapter 480: The Budding Heart

"You... go and take a look." Yu Linglong murmured in a low voice.

Shadow flashed to the target and looked at the result of the attack at close range - through the shared consciousness, she also saw the details of the scene.

It was not a special effect caused by some magic, but a real collision. There were traces of burning around each perforation, and there were even signs of melting on the back, as if the temperature at the point of impact was rapidly heated. The clusters of flowing fire seen before might be the tail of the iron filings after being ignited.

Behind the target was the courtyard wall. Although she could not see the situation on the wall, if the iron plate could not block it, the brick wall would probably not be much better. Fortunately, the martial arts field was located on the edge of the villa, and there were deep mountains outside the wall, so there was no need to worry about the accident of stray arrows injuring people.

"This thing is too scary." Shadow was shocked again and again, "If the target was replaced with a person, what would the consequences be?"

Yu Linglong could fully imagine the scene that Shadow said in her mind.

If this was a battle between two armies, I'm afraid a death tunnel would have appeared on the other side - people fell in a straight line, whether it was fifty or a hundred, that depended on the density of the formation at the time. The problem is that this is a magic weapon, which is not restricted by the nature of the mind, and there are obviously more than one or two alchemists who can use it in the end. If a hundred such weapons were fired at the same time, the side that was attacked would probably collapse on the spot.

In order to avoid such heavy casualties, the team must be dispersed as much as possible so that the soldiers would not gather together. But once the army is dispersed, the orders of the generals cannot be transmitted, and there is a risk of disintegration. If the opponent puts a little more pressure, these unsupervised scattered soldiers will probably flee in all directions.

In other words, Jinxia City with such weapons will gain a great advantage in the battle, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is invincible!

Yu Linglong now knows why the other party agreed to let her visit the martial arts field.

This is not only a display of strength, but also another way to stop the war.

What would He'er think if he saw this scene? Maybe the chess game will immediately come to the conclusion that it is bound to lose?

In that case, the unnecessary war between Qiguo and Jinxia can also be eliminated.

Shadow returned to her side, silently summoned the longbow, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, with obvious disgust in his eyes. "Hey, Yu Linglong--"

"What's wrong?"

"You should go to the school to attend classes too."

"Puff--" Yu Linglong almost choked on her saliva, "The people who go there are all eight or nine-year-old children. You want me to study with them? I am the town guard!"

"What's wrong with being a town guard? And if you dress up, you are just a big sister at most." Shadow threw down the longbow, "I don't want to use this thing. If you can learn the principle of the magic weapon that Xia Fan said, maybe I can also trigger inspiration and change a new weapon."

"Going to the school is impossible." Otherwise, where would she put her face?

"Then you can ask Xia Fan to open a class for the Taoist priests!"

"Will this... be too much trouble for him?"

"If you can't speak, I will speak. Anyway, the control of the body during this period belongs to me. At most, I will be a little bit wronged and beg softly. I don't believe he won't agree--"

Yu Linglong blushed immediately, "You dare!"

...

Yu Linglong was not the only one who was shocked on the field.

Princess Wu Yueyao of Xiema also had a huge wave in her heart.

Although Li and Mo Yun had demonstrated the test firing in person before, they were all high-level officials of Jinxia, ​​and it seemed reasonable for them to use such a powerful weapon.

But the high priest did not belong to this category.

She was an alien, a demon, and a refugee who fled from the West. She was similar to herself in many aspects. She joined Jinxia later than Xiema. She was able to successfully activate the new weapon, and this shock was much stronger than what Li and Mo Yun brought.

Wu Yue suddenly realized that Xiema had fallen behind without knowing it.

In fact, since the purchase of a large number of salt and air rifles, the situation in his hometown has improved. Using the influence of sea salt and the Central Plains Kingdom as a means of negotiation, many princes began to change their attitudes and secretly support Xiema. On the battlefield, air rifles are even more powerful weapons, helping the troops to repeatedly win with fewer troops, and forcibly push back the frontier approaching the doorstep, and maintain the territory at a 30-70 split.

This victory also gradually caused some doubts to appear under the queen's command.

Those retainers and warriors questioned not the queen, but the Jinxia Covenant itself, and Princess Wuyue who signed the covenant with the other party.

As the number of ships traveling between the two places increased, news from the mainland gradually spread, especially the split of the Ning family and the fact that Princess Guangping could not represent the court at all, which made everyone re-examine the covenant.

On one side is the Xiema Kingdom, and on the other side is only the capital of Shenzhou, but the covenant signed is a tributary relationship, which made many people raise objections. After all, two million taels of silver per year is a considerable burden, not to mention the need to relocate residents, open ports and trade rights. According to the letter written by Nai Hong, someone has already stood up at the court to accuse Wu Yue Yao of not understanding diplomacy and handing over the interests of Xie Ma to others. If the queen had not forcibly suppressed the speech, it would probably have turned into a denunciation on the spot.

According to those people, there is no need to get too close to Jinxia City, so as not to anger the Qi Dynasty. The tribute agreement can also be changed, and the silver can be used directly to buy air rifles.

At first, Mayu Yao didn't take this matter to heart. She just wanted to do her best to fulfill her duties and transport more supplies back to Xiema. But now she realized that Xiema didn't make good use of this covenant at all. The two sides were not too close, but too distant!

She heard that there were already a large number of elf apprentices in the Machinery Bureau, and elves appeared more or less in the Jinxia Army, the beach rice fields, and even the Affairs Bureau. They were integrating into all aspects of Jinxia City as learners. Even the high priest himself had mastered the activation principle of new weapons. In comparison, Xiema came earlier, but got nothing except the transaction itself.

Now someone in her hometown is questioning whether even this covenant should be signed?

Mayu Yao felt an indescribable absurdity and irony!

Gradually, an idea that she had never had before emerged from the bottom of her heart.

Whether it is Dongsheng or Xiema, perhaps they are no longer adapted to this era. In the west, the fleet of the foreign empire is expanding its territory and is invincible. In the east, Jinxia City is full of vitality, the aristocratic families no longer exist, and the vitality of the people can almost be seen with the naked eye.

Even if Xie Ma defeated Dongsheng, was it really a complete victory?

The princes are still princes, and the aristocratic families are still aristocratic families.

Even if it is the queen who unifies the whole territory, there will be no changes in the clans under her rule.

Perhaps, it is just a corrupt person defeating another corrupt person.

In order to prevent their hometown from being left behind by the times, they...may also need a change.

Once this idea came up, it grew rapidly in the heart of this still immature princess and could no longer be erased.