Above the side hall, Emperor Austin was sitting in the middle, his eyes shining, staring closely at the black-haired young man below.
The young man below, who was facing the emperor's gaze, had a normal expression, with an eternal sunny smile on his handsome face, as calm and calm as a mountain standing tall, and his dark eyes held a harmless look.
Smiling, looking back at the glance above.
Neither of them said a word, they just stared at each other across the desk.
The spacious side hall suddenly fell into silence.
After a long time, Austin suddenly sighed and shook his head; "Count Zhang, in view of your oath, I will not force you to contribute the alchemical secrets of 'Wings of Wind' to the empire."
"but……"
Austin raised his head, his brown eyes flashed, and said sincerely, "I hope you can mass-produce 'Wings of Wind' for the empire and contribute to the imperial soldiers on the front line. This will never happen.
Violate the oath you swore in front of your mentor?"
His words exuded a sense of sincerity. He didn't even say 'this emperor', but just called himself me. It's really hard for people to doubt that an emperor can do this.
"Your Majesty, this does not violate your oath." Zhang Yunfeng nodded.
Listening to Austin's sincere words, Zhang Yunfeng felt nothing in his heart. For an emperor like Austin, his acting skills are almost at the level of a top-notch movie actor. If he can be felt just because of a few words, then he might as well go directly.
Just hit the wall and die.
But through Xiao Jiujiu's mental scan, he saw that Austin's powerful palms under the yellow robe were already gripping the armrests of the throne. Look at the veined palms, which were almost touching the throne made of pure gold.
The armrest is pinched and deformed.
The heavenly family has no relatives and the emperor is ruthless. This applies no matter where it is.
"That's good." Austin's slightly old face finally showed a smile, and the palms holding the armrests under the royal robe slowly stretched out, and he praised; "I knew that Count Zhang cared about the country.
A loyal minister, my vision was indeed right."
This was a tactic that Austin came up with. Since Zhang Yunfeng had brought up the divine power to resist his request and intended to preserve the alchemy secrets of 'Wings of Wind', he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and let Zhang Yunfeng create 'Wind'.
Wings', just like when I asked Zhang Yunfeng to take over the iron smelting plant to make high-quality metal.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yunfeng replied neither humble nor overbearing.
Seeing Zhang Yunfeng's behavior, Austin stopped being pretentious and asked directly, "I wonder how many 'Wings of Wind' Earl Zhang can produce for my emperor's soldiers every month?"
"Reply, Your Majesty, I believe that it is not possible to create 'Wings of Wind' for the soldiers of the empire at this stage." Zhang Yunfeng said.
"Why?" Austin's smile suddenly froze and he frowned and asked.
Zhang Yunfeng cupped his hands and said, "That's it. The manufacturing method of 'Wings of Wind' is extremely cumbersome. I can only make about fifty units every month. The output is so low that I'm afraid I won't be able to provide it to every soldier of the empire."
"The output is low, so why don't you send it to Jasmine Auction House for sale?"
"Do you think it is more important to hand over an alchemy tool with such strategic significance as the 'Wings of Wind' to an auction house and sell it to those noble men and businessmen than to hand over the soldiers who fought bloody battles for the empire on the front line?"
"I would like to ask you, in your eyes, is earning some gold coins more important than the safety and honor of the empire?"
Austin asked three times in succession, his voice exuding a strong murderous aura. The temperature in the side hall seemed to have dropped a lot, and he could even feel the biting chill.
Obviously, the king of the Rockwell Empire has been angered by Zhang Yunfeng's repeated rejections.
"My minister did not mean this." Zhang Yunfeng said quickly.
These big hats are terrible. Any one of them can ruin his reputation, or even confiscate his home and behead him. Zhang Yunfeng will not encounter this bad luck!
‘That’s not what you mean, then what do you mean, I really want to know?’ Austin sneered.
"That's it!" Zhang Yunfeng explained; "This 'Wing of Wind' is purely an improvisation of my mentor, and many functions are not perfect. With the current performance of 'Wing of Wind', it can only carry one person flying one kilometer.
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Austin nodded. Hank from the ANBU had already reported to him about the performance of the 'Wings of Wind'.
Secretly glancing at Austin on the throne, Zhang Yunfeng continued: "With a distance of one kilometer, the cavalry can catch up in just half a quarter of an hour. I think that if such 'Wings of Wind' are manufactured and given to the soldiers of the empire,
They wouldn't be of much help, so we didn't plan to make them to send to the empire's soldiers. Moreover, the alchemy process of 'Wings of Wind' is extremely sophisticated. If attacked, it would easily malfunction or even explode. If
If we send the 'Wings of Wind' to the front lines for the Empire's soldiers, I'm afraid it will also harm innocent elites of the Empire. I hope Your Majesty will learn from this."
Hearing this, Austin's gloomy face suddenly showed a look of dumbfounding. Zhang Yunfeng had already said this. If he pursues it further, wouldn't he become greedy and even become someone who intends to harm the soldiers of the empire?
infamy.
Looking at Austin's appearance, Zhang Yunfeng knew that he had passed the test. When he decided to sell the 'Wings of Wind', he had already considered this relationship, so he sold the 'Wings of Wind'
The flight distance is set at a point of neither going up nor going down, which is one kilometer.
One kilometer is used for reconnaissance, and escape is impossible.
On the contrary, it is used for entertainment, which is just fine.
This is Zhang Yunfeng's main idea of using the 'Wings of Wind' to make money. Anyway, nobles are such a class that is greedy for pleasure. 30,000 gold coins can be exchanged for the enjoyment of flying, and many nobles will be happy to accept it.
However, Austin was not willing to let go of Zhang Yunfeng, a boy who had repeatedly betrayed his face. He changed the subject, raised his eyebrows and said: "Since you know that 'Wings of Wind' has such potential safety hazards, why do you still do it?"
Do you want to murder our nobles by selling them to the nobles of the empire?"
"Damn it, murdering the nobles, what a big black hat! If it is confirmed, I won't have to hang out with Kangbeida anymore." Zhang Yunfeng cursed in his heart.
"Your Majesty, you are so unjust!" Zhang Yunfeng cried.
"Unjust, I have never wronged you. It was you who said the safety hazards of 'Wings of Wind' yourself. Could it be that I forced you to say it?" Austin sneered.
"That's it!" Zhang Yunfeng explained; "My 'Wings of Wind' does have such safety risks, but I have already told Jasmine Auction House to ask them to pre-sell the 'Wind Wings' before selling it to the nobles.
I have mentioned all the possible hidden dangers of the Wings of Wind, and I also guarantee that if any nobles are harmed due to the internal faults of the Wings of Wind, I will not only refund their purchase price in full, but also compensate them.
A large sum of gold coins as compensation.”
"Furthermore, for a well-structured alchemy tool like 'Wings of Wind', if no one dismantles it maliciously, there will generally be no accidents. Your Majesty should be very clear about this." Zhang Yunfeng suddenly had a half-smile on his face.
said.
In the first batch of 'Wings of Wind' given to Hannibal for sale, Zhang Yunfeng asked Xiao Jiujiu to install a tracker inside. When he and Alex entered the palace, Zhang Yunfeng asked Xiao Jiujiu to track those'
As for the location of the Wings of Wind, there are actually ten 'Wings of Wind' located at the same coordinate point, and that coordinate point is still in the palace.
Hearing Zhang Yunfeng's words, Austin's face changed slightly, but he continued to pretend to be reproachful.
"Your Majesty! I come from a poor family and I don't have many gold coins. How could I be stupid enough to use my own gold coins to murder the nobles of the empire!" Seeing Austin look like this, Zhang Yunfeng suddenly said with a sad face.
Faced with Zhang Yunfeng's impeccable explanation, no matter how hard Austin tried to trouble him, he couldn't find a single loophole. Zhang Yunfeng had made the hidden dangers of 'Wings of Wind' known to the public in advance, so even if those nobles bought 'Wings of Wind'
'If any accident happens in the future, it will happen with their full knowledge. Zhang Yunfeng cannot be blamed for the accident. Who are those people who knew clearly that there would be accidents in the 'Wings of Wind', and they still bought it enthusiastically?
!
Moreover, Zhang Yunfeng also promised a full refund plus a large amount of compensation, and it was Zhang Yunfeng's responsibility to do business. Even Austin could not find any excuse to convict Zhang Yunfeng of endangering the nobility.
As Zhang Yunfeng's voice died down, the side hall fell into silence again.
Austin was sitting on the throne, his face changing repeatedly, bright or dark, and he looked at the black-haired young man below him from time to time.
After a while, Austin sighed deeply and said helplessly, "Let's forget about this matter!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for Mingjian!" Zhang Yunfeng looked respectful, but deep down he was already laughing.
"By the way, Count Zhang, you just said that the function of the 'Wings of Wind' has not been perfected yet, so why don't you perfect it and give it to the soldiers of the empire?" Austin suddenly said.
Zhang Yunfeng said with a bitter face, "Back to Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to perfect the 'Wings of Wind', but that I simply have no way to perfect it. Although I know the secret alchemy method of 'Wings of Wind', I can also create 'Wings of Wind' myself."
'Wings'. But the 'Wings of Wind' are all invented by my mentor, and I don't know how to perfect them!"
Hearing this, Austin also shook his head.
Indeed, modifying alchemy products is not an easy task. Even if it is an alchemy product made by oneself, it is not easy to modify it, let alone someone else. Just like the techniques Austin practices.
, even if he can practice this skill, he can also pass it on to others, but if he wants to modify the skill, even if Austin himself is an advanced sword master, he has no choice but to do so.
Seeing that his last attempt had failed, Austin waved his hand feebly and said, "You can go."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I take my leave." Zhang Yunfeng replied respectfully, said hello to Austin, turned around and walked towards the door.
"etc!"
Just as Zhang Yunfeng walked to the door, Austin's shouts suddenly came from behind.
Turning around and looking at Austin on the throne, Zhang Yunfeng asked politely, "Your Majesty, may I ask if you have any other orders?"
Austin sighed and said: "With the help of the 'Jade Scaled Ground Python' snake gall that Count Zhang had given me earlier, the poison poisoned by the Emperor's Sixth Princess has been cured."
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Zhang Yunfeng didn't know why Austin suddenly carried the Sixth Princess out, but he still congratulated politely.
After waving his hand, Austin said: "Count Zhang, no courtesy, but after my emperor's sixth princess recovered, I have always wanted to express my gratitude to you, the righteous man who donated the snake gall. It just so happens that you are here today, so I will drop by later.
A visit to the Sixth Princess’s palace can be regarded as fulfilling Andre’s wish!”