Extraordinary Sailing

Although there were hundreds of millions of twists and turns in the middle, Ivan and his adventure team were also the first group of people in this era to achieve the achievement of "going to heaven".

That's one small step for them, one giant leap for mankind!

I also inadvertently witnessed the reality of a small part of the world.

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When they were frightened by the terrible scene in outer space and fled, they fled back to the atmosphere on the [Gemstone River].

For most people, the starry sky and dreams are too far away, and the most important thing is still the struggle in front of them.

Cyrus Empire, Santa Cruz, Dome Palace.

clang! clang! clang!

The gold "peacock chiming clock", which has been repaired by a watchmaker, rang again at the same hour as in the past more than a hundred years, but it was inexplicably sad.

Not only because the empire has lost the "Peacock Islands" it represents behind, but also because the master who admired it the most is no longer there.

With the destruction of the "Sea King".

His Majesty the Emperor Philip II, who had personally witnessed the entire process of the empire's prosperity and decline, finally swallowed his last breath after being ill for half a year.

Completely withstood the backlash of the collapse of the national fortune, even the power of the third-tier great knight could not save his life.

In addition, the adult male royal family members who have the right to inherit in the same generation of Philip II: Prince Manolo and Prince Roderick are dead.

Even though the current situation in the empire was a bit precarious, Crown Prince Aldrich, who was not even a year old, was crowned Emperor of the Empire without any suspense, but the Empress Dowager Teresa, who was in her early twenties, was regent.

Her Royal Highness, who used to be a marriage tool, has also become the real ruler of this country.

I just don't know whether the person involved is more sad or more joyful.

rustle.

Sitting in the study originally belonging to Philip II, the young empress dowager wearing a black court dress signed a decree with a pen.

The headline reads impressively: "Trade Restriction Act."

Although today's Cyrus is unable to start a new war again, the "new emperor" has just succeeded to the throne, and only by making a gesture of incompatibility with the Lowland Republic can he truly win over the hearts of the people.

And Teresa was once worthy of being a Frisian princess, and she knew exactly what those big bankers and big capitalists cared about most.

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Externally, she tried her best to curb the further development of the capitalist economy of the Republic by refusing to pay the national debt, raising the export tax on Cyrus wool, restricting the merchants of the Lowland Republic from entering the port of Silius, and prohibiting them from trading with the Greek territories.

But there is also a price, because the national debt of the Netherlands Bank Group was borrowed, and the national credit of Sirius was almost bankrupt, and it was already difficult to borrow money from bankers from various countries.

It can be said that the face of the former overlord is worthless, coupled with the defeat of the war, the successive loss of overseas colonies, and the increasingly stretched treasury, the Cyrus Empire is actually on the verge of bankruptcy.

Teresa seemed to be extremely glorious "listening behind the curtain", but what she took over was a complete mess.

However, the severe situation has also begun to force the powerful and powerful of the empire to carry out reforms.

Internally, Teresa began to encourage commercial development, alleviate the contradictions among various classes in the country, introduce modern equipment such as steam engines, and vigorously support her own national industry.

Learn from the opponents who beat you, and set off a vigorous reform of the steam industry.

Moreover, taking advantage of Sirius' status as the cultural and artistic center of the mainland, vigorously develop tourism, continue to export its influence to the old continent, maintain the enterprising image of the empire, and further attract investors.

The imperial dignitaries who benefited the most from the great voyage in the country have fully realized that the good old days are unsustainable, so Teresa's reform resistance is not too great.

Moreover, even with consecutive defeats, the empire's regular fleet is still the largest in the world, with three legendary warships and two titled knights. If it is slowly recuperated, this country is not without a chance to come back to life.

Sooner or later there will be a battle with the "Low Countries Republic" that is right next to the pillow.

The most fortunate thing for the Cyrus people is that the Armada led by [Legendary Battleship Plantagenet] managed to barely keep New Granada and Secret Dragon in the south of the New World.

However, it was also semi-enclosed on the west coast by the "Golden Palm Federation". It is really unrealistic to bypass the long federal control zone to maintain communication with the Old Continent.

Staring at the nautical chart of the New World, Teresa raised her little finger and smoothed the hair beside her ear. Although she was busy with many things, her eyes were full of fighting spirit:

"Now the interests of the New World must not be lost! Can we only take the 'world bridge' controlled by the Garriott Principality?"

She may not necessarily know the relationship between the "death" of Philip II and the destruction of the "Sea Kingship", and even if she knew, it would not prevent her from making a decision to contact the Principality.

For a country, there are no permanent friends in the world, only permanent interests.

Teresa, who was originally from Frisia, also gradually recognized the true colors of big bankers and big capitalists. It is not impossible for Sirius and Tulip to cooperate.

outside of these three countries.

The road determines that other "natural gods" will not pay too much attention to the struggle between mortal forces. Although the major churches have vital interests related to mortals, they cannot shake the will of the true god.

Before the "Church of Wealth" really shows its fangs and endangers the interests of everyone, it will inevitably not form a joint force.

This is determined by human nature. The sufferings of people are not the same. It is more realistic to expect world peace if you expect everyone to be able to think foresight.

The three countries began to coincidentally develop in their respective fields.

It is foreseeable that the mortal world should usher in a period of peace, but the turmoil in the dark is destined to be even more thrilling.

White Swan Castle.

After escaping from space, the adventure team had been disbanded, and Ivan and Olivia were deeply relieved when they returned home.

Temporarily ignoring Cedric, the head of the "Mechanical Immortality School" who has been waiting here for an unknown amount of time, he took a few sips of the tea "Gudu Gudu" from the night spirit maid.

Only then did Aiwen look at the bowed wizard, and ordered with lingering fear:

"These ghosts are too scary! Sir Cedric, let Vulcan Metals supply me with two thousand rounds of "Hessokin's Iron Fist of Justice" to suppress my shock."

However, Cedric did not directly agree but respectfully said:

"Your Majesty, this is the reason why I came here this time. After Mrs. Olivia provided us with the atomic structure of hydrogen, we have prepared what you called [metal hydrogen]!"

Ivan and Olivia's eyes lit up at the same time.

Cedric has now been promoted to an academician of the Principality Academy of Sciences and a professor at Garriott National University, which is under construction.

A large part of the principality's weapon research and development and technology popularization is in their hands. The research project of high-energy explosives has been launched for many years, and it seems that it is finally time to produce results.

Originally, Aiwen provided them with two research directions, one is the ultimate nitrogen-containing explosive [total nitrogen explosive], and the other is [metal hydrogen].

Compared with the clueless embarrassment of all-nitrogen substances, the method of preparing [metal hydrogen] is much simpler and more crude: pressurization, pressurization, or pressurization of TM.

Each hydrogen atom has only a single electron, and when a single electron can slip from a neighboring atom to another, no matter how attractive the nucleus is, you've got conductive "metallic hydrogen."

There are two main methods of pressurization:

One is the dynamic compression method, which uses rapid impact compression from a strong magnetic field to obtain high pressure to produce metal hydrogen;

The other is the static compression method, which uses a press weighing more than 1,000 tons or a hydraulic press nearly 10 stories high to generate a high pressure of 1 to 2 million atmospheres, and compresses liquid hydrogen at low temperature to produce metal hydrogen.

Under the executive power of the wizards, there is no theoretically feasible experiment that cannot be completed.

And just like the significance of the birth of the steam engine, the advent of [Metal Hydrogen] will definitely cause an epoch-making revolution in the entire technical field.

Because [Metal Hydrogen] is a metastable substance, it is stable at room temperature and high pressure, and can also exist in a metastable state at room pressure, and it also has amazing room temperature superconductivity.

So it can not only be used as a powerful high-energy explosive, but its power is fifty times that of TNT and thirty-three times that of RDX.

It can also be used to make a "magnetic cage" that confines the plasma and "contains" the hot ionized gas (usually heavy hydrogen heated to a high temperature of millions of degrees).

Build a personal artificial sun, which is commonly known as controlled nuclear fusion!

Even if you already have [Magnetic Stone], this new type of epoch-making energy has a huge temptation for Aiwen.

Further extension, [metal hydrogen] is not just as simple as explosives in the field of weapons.

Launching the "little sun" filled with ionized gas directly becomes what is commonly called a [plasma cannon].

On the way back, Aiwen was still lamenting that the [Gemstone River]'s combat methods in space were insufficient.

Because it is non-conductive in an absolute vacuum, close combat is fine, and there are no more countermeasures for long-range attacks other than conventional [electromagnetic gun] kinetic weapons.

I don't know if it was influenced by [The World's Appreciation], just after returning to the ground, my wish came true.

[Plasma Cannon] This epoch-making energy weapon can already be imagined!

Ivan pulled Cedric up and ran out, followed by Olivia who was very excited.

"Let's go, let's go, this world is too dangerous! I don't have one or two big killer weapons near me, and I have only a mere fourth-order extraordinary level, so I don't feel safe at all."