"Your Majesty, I still have something to say."

"Speak freely, my dear minister."

"Your Majesty, although this thing is quite powerful, it is impossible to turn the tide of battle with it."

"Given the current development of weapons technology in the Wu and Yue states, when they see this thing, that's when they will start trying to make it themselves. Compared to their current technology, they will be able to make it."

"Even if they don't have the blueprints, in battles between two armies, the loss of weapons and the possibility of infiltration and sabotage are routine operations."

"Therefore, Your Majesty, you must be cautious about how and when to use this thing."

Upon hearing the word "scarcity," the emperor instantly sobered up.

Yes, the chariots of Wu and Yue are now exceptionally powerful, and they are indeed much faster than Dali in terms of casting technology and weapon innovation.

If the ballista is lost or their spies draw up the blueprints, they can make a copy.

If they learn this technique, the combined forces of the Republican chariots will likely inflict even greater damage on the Dali army.

Once they have this to defend the city, how will they recover lost territory?

Seeing the emperor hesitate, Liu Feng laughed heartily.

"Your subject takes his leave."

It's true that ballistae are powerful, but there are no technical barriers to them. With blueprints and a carpenter to work on them, they can be made quickly.

The comparison is simply an enlarged bow and arrow with a launcher added.

However, they currently have no way to deal with the Wu-Yue allied forces, while Liu Feng has plenty of solutions.

Liu Feng also has a catapult.

If the catapult were further improved, its power would be far greater than that of the ballista. After all, the catapult could also launch its own grenades.

Besides, once the cannons are continuously improved, sieges will be as easy as cheating.

Therefore, he wasn't worried about his ballista technology being leaked; he wasn't worried at all.

For him, this thing is outdated and doesn't matter at all.

After leaving the palace, they arrived at Qian Yang's residence.

Qian Yang had originally thought that since it was a trap set by the emperor specifically to ensnare Liu Feng, he could continue to serve the court from time to time, which would also help his father.

But to my surprise, Liu Feng refused outright, leaving no room for negotiation.

Qian Yang is a ticking time bomb right now. Although this is a trap set by the emperor, it's not a big problem if he doesn't go back; the emperor won't kill him.

But Liu Feng was worried. With such a ticking time bomb around, what if the emperor tried to find another way to extract his other technologies?

As expected, the emperor achieved his goal. The next morning, the imperial edict arrived, and with just a few simple words, Qian Yang was dismissed from his post.

Qian Yang wondered to himself, what's going on?

How could I be so disrespectful to my sovereign and father?

It's like a six-pointer and a direct confrontation with the emperor, okay? I'm taking the blame for this, and my back hurts.

But actually, this is a good thing.

Although Qian Yang is now a third-rank official, he knows why he is able to sit in this position at such a young age.

He was essentially a hostage sent to the capital.

Going home is Qian Yang's wish.

As for Yong Changshui, although he was the second-ranked martial arts scholar in the previous imperial examination and his martial arts skills were not weak, he has not served as a military officer in the capital for many years and is just a nominal lieutenant general.

Someone like him only needs to give a heads-up to the Ministry of War, and General Han will approve it, and he can leave.

So he went back with Qian Yang, living a carefree life that was much better than being a lieutenant general.

Moreover, I visited Liu Feng's Zhengde County before and thought it was excellent. It's like a mini-Beijing, with everything you could want.

If Liu Feng didn't mind, he would be very happy to serve in the Tiger Roar Army.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Feng brought it up, the kid agreed and was willing to work for Liu Feng.

After that, everyone set off, and Liu Feng only stayed in the capital for one day and one night.

It was ten days later when I returned to Zhengde County.

Liu Feng had only been back and rested for a short while when he heard the good news.

Thanks to Wu Jiang's efforts, the academy has been repaired.

Liu Feng was very excited. What he needed most right now was talent. If the academy was successful, it would be a golden brand.

They immediately decided to go and see the water village.

Since the area of ​​the water village is limited, Wujiang took a different approach in choosing the location of the academy this time. They focused on the mountain behind the water village and opened up two areas to serve as the classrooms and the living quarters for the students.

According to Wu Jiang's plan, the academy has just started and the first batch of students will be thirty, including the two holy maidens of the Heaven and Earth Society that Liu Feng rescued and the holy maiden Jinjila of the Jila tribe that he brought back from the ancient castle.

Since the two holy maidens arrived, Liu Feng has paid them little attention.

Because Liu Feng knew very well that these two girls had been instilled with only one idea since childhood: to restore their country. If Liu Feng were to meet them...

They would definitely try to persuade Liu Feng to restore his kingdom, which Liu Feng found troublesome just thinking about it.

As for Jinjila, this is even more true; he would certainly urge him to send troops to the northern barbarians.

Therefore, Liu Yuan had nothing to say to the three of them.

Unexpectedly, before Liu Feng could even explore the academy properly, Jinjila arrived.