"Hahahaha —"
The sudden burst of laughter in the study startled the palace maids who were passing by. They looked at each other, quickened their pace, and left.
There were a lot of rumors in the palace, and it was definitely not good to accidentally overhear something.
"God — God bless! He really didn't let me down! "
Victor was so excited that he almost exposed Tang En's identity. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and said excitedly, "With this technology, do we still have to worry about the army's rations?!"
As the saying goes, one should not meddle in politics when one is not in position, and one's position determines one's head. The first thing that came to Tang En and Aurelia's mind was that canned food could be used to increase food reserves during the season when there was plenty of food, and reduce the probability of famine in winter.
However, Victor was excited because with canned food, the army's rations would be guaranteed.
Now, the logistics of the Prandal armies was a very troublesome problem. An army of 10,000 people needed 3,000 people to support the logistics alone, and only 6,000 or 7,000 people actually had combat power. They needed to transport food, and at the same time, they needed to solve the problem of marching food. In addition, some food storage was troublesome, and sometimes they even needed to collect food from nearby. It was very troublesome.
But now that they had canned food technology, did they still need to go through so much trouble?
They could make it in advance and use canned food technology to seal it. When it was time to eat, they could just open it and eat it. If they liked it, they could even heat it up.
How much manpower, material, and financial resources could be saved?
"This technology is not that simple. This is the revolutionary core technology of the army!"
Aubury and Adrian were the most impressed. The two of them were now holding a can each with a dull face, but all kinds of thoughts were running through their minds like lightning and thunder. With this technology, if we were to go to war with the aristocrats, how big of an advantage would we have? If another war broke out, how big of an advantage would our country have?
As expected of the Oracle, even a piece of technology was so powerful!
Victor was full of admiration. After tasting another piece of yellow peach, his face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed, "Olga! Did Tang En apply for a patent for this technology?! "
"Oh, just now Miss Fiona came to Alinx with me. It seems that she was planning to apply for a patent."
"Damn it - Aubury! Bring my orders to the copyright department and tell them that the patent for this canned food is currently prohibited and the related technology is classified as confidential! "
Although it was said to promote social progress and technology disclosure, no matter what era, no matter what regime, things related to the military could never be truly disclosed, especially this kind of technology that was related to core competitiveness.
Aubrey nodded solemnly. With a tap of his foot, he rushed out of the palace through the window and headed straight for the Copyright Department.
"But we still need canned food to survive the winter, right?"
Aradeline frowned and asked, "If the technology is blocked, how can it be applied?"
Victor made up his mind. "Why don't we give up on those people?"
Because technology was too important, Victor would rather give up on the people at the bottom and choose to protect the confidentiality of technology.
"Father!"
Aurelia exclaimed, "How can you do this!"
"Oli, this is politics …"
Victor said helplessly, "Even if you don't want to, sometimes you have to weigh something on the scale and choose the more important side …"
"Perhaps." Aradeline crossed his arms and thought for a moment. "We can compromise."
"Compromise?"
"Yes."
Aradeline clapped his hands and said, "Since the technology is confidential, we can take it in our own hands. We can set up processing plants in various towns. On one hand, it can solve the short-term food storage problem, and on the other hand …"
Aradeline lowered his voice and said softly, "We can secretly collect and store some canned food as military rations. It won't be easy to be discovered."
Victor's eyes lit up. "That is indeed a good idea!"
He looked Aradeline up and down. "Aradeline, ever since you married Vanessa, your mind has become much sharper."
Aradeline's smile froze on his face when he heard Victor's words.
"I think." Aurelia's smile was very strange. "Maybe you feel the pressure of the economy, so you realized the importance of making money … If this canned food business is successful, you can make a lot of money."
"Not bad, not bad. Now Aradeline can finally find a business opportunity. As long as you can give up those rigid admonitions, I think with your mind, it won't be a problem to surpass Aubrey."
Aurelia and Victor's words made Aradeline very embarrassed, but he had nothing to say …
Soon, Aubrey flew back with a whoosh, holding a stack of documents in his hand.
"Here, the patent documents they applied for were approved instantly."
Because of Tang En's uniqueness, the Datang Chamber of Commerce's patent applications were all approved by the Copyright Department in seconds.
"I've spoken to Miss Fiona. She said she will inform Tang En and come over later."
By the time Tang En arrived, they were already in a heated discussion about where to build the factory, where to choose the trade route, and even where to choose the warehouse.
"So lively?"
"Because the technology you brought out is too amazing."
Victor got up and hugged Tang En, then invited him to take a seat. "Count Tang En, please forgive me for acting on my own initiative. I think the production technology of canned food is related to the combat effectiveness of the military, so I decided to keep it a secret for the time being."
Tang En raised his eyebrows. He did not think of this at first, but in retrospect, the invention of canned food on Earth seemed to be for the transportation of food for Napoleon's army. He was relieved. He gently tapped the table and said, "I was negligent. I forgot the important use of this technology in the army. But keeping it a secret means that it will be difficult to popularize it in a short time. What about the food storage for winter?"
"We made a compromise."
Victor motioned for Aradeline to explain. Aradeline coughed softly, stood up, and told him what they had just thought.
"Oh?"
Tang En raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "In short, you've finally been enlightened and thought of making money, right?"
Aradeline said awkwardly, "Make a living, make a living …"
It was inexcusable that Aradeline, an Extraordinary champion, was in such a wretched state. Now that he was enlightened, he naturally knew how to use the resources he had and turn them into wealth. Still, he had always felt a deep sense of guilt for adhering to the teachings of the Holy See, especially at night when Vanessa and Erika served him together … It was truly sinful, even if it was pleasurable.
"This method works too. If you keep the management rights and patents in your own hands, you can maintain the confidentiality of the technology to the greatest extent."
Tang En shrugged and said casually, "But aren't you guys busy with the hot pot chain recently? You still have the energy to do this? "
Victor smiled and said, "It's okay. Most importantly, because of the matter with Haerzorm, the energy of the aristocrats has been scattered recently, and the pressure has been reduced a lot."
"The matter with Haerzorm …"
Tang En's face suddenly became gloomy. Before Aurelia told him, he did not expect the matter to spread so quickly.
After all, Haerzorm was his territory. When it collapsed, there was no one else there, and there were even fewer people who knew that there was the entrance to the underground world. So, how did this information leak out?
Tang En was very reluctant to believe that there would be a spy among his trusted aides.
Noticing Tang En's expression, Victor's heart skipped a beat. "Earl Tang En, did something happen?"
"No, it's just that I didn't expect this matter to spread so quickly. Now, not only Ellington and Alinx, but also several surrounding countries know about it. This is very unusual."
Tang En held a teacup and calmly analyzed the available information. He said, "At the current speed of information transmission, the news of the mine collapse should not be enough to make those people use magic envelopes. The most important thing is that when I found out that it was the entrance to the underground world, I only told a few trustworthy people … I still don't know how the news of the entrance to the underground world spread from Ellington."
"From Ellington?"
Victor and the others were stunned and said a little strangely, "Didn't this news first spread from Alinx?"
"Alinx?"
Tang En was also stunned. "What's going on?"
After the two sides finished exchanging information, they suddenly realized that things seemed to have become more complicated.
"Well, now we can be sure of one thing, and that is, other than Tang En, someone else knew about the appearance of the entrance to the underground world and took the initiative to spread the news."
Aubrey's expression was very ugly. "Then the question is, who is this person? How did he know? What does he want to do? "
"No matter what he wants to do, I'm afraid that the mine will not be peaceful in the near future."
Tang En said with a dark face. "After the matter was over, I didn't go to the mine again. I only sent some miners back to seal off the scene … No, I have to go to the mine later. It will take time for the news to spread and for them to arrive at the mine. I have to do something during this time."
"Well, it's settled for the time being. The royal family will give up on going to the underground world. When the nobles send them to the underground world, we will do our best to stabilize the situation."
After Victor finished speaking, several people looked at Tang En. "Whether the forces of the underground world can stand on our side depends on you."
Tang En nodded with a sullen face, then got up and said, "There's no time to lose. I'll go to Haier Zorm now. Let's not talk about anything else, but the teleportation array must be hidden first."
After saying goodbye, Tang En disappeared from the palace in an instant and returned to 77 Queen's Street. He then stepped on the teleportation array and came to Haier Zorm.
At this moment, in Haier Zorm, the miners of Ellington were confronting a group of people …
= = =
PS: End of the fifth watch, looking for monthly votes, recommendation votes, rewards, subscriptions, everything …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
