The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Astute individuals have already recognized the potential value of the musket, but most of the nobles in the capital remain dismissive. After all, it is only the most basic type of musket, and it is considered quite ordinary among the diverse muskets Doug possesses. However, its stability is much better than Doug's hand-made muskets.

Nora clapped her hands, and a line of soldiers immediately rushed to the firing platform, raising their muskets and aiming forward.

However, the difference is that these soldiers are a little more numerous, and there are more soldiers coming from behind.

And soon many new targets were erected not far away, and those targets were all covered with armor.

“These are all citizens of the capital. I paid them to come here, and they only received about a week of basic training.”

After speaking, Nora bowed to Lilith, who nodded and said, "Let's begin."

"boom!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a cloud of smoke cleared, some of the targets not far away were broken and fell to the ground, the armor on some targets was blown off, and the armor on the targets that were still in place had many dents.

The quality of this batch of armor was not good, but in fact most soldiers did not even have armor like this.

"No, it's nothing special."

The old party nobleman who had spoken up earlier still stubbornly insisted, "It's nothing compared to a single spell from my professional."

"Ah."

Nora merely gave a cold snort, then slowly raised the musket in her hand and aimed it at the nobleman.

The guards around Nora also raised their muskets and aimed them at the nobles.

Looking at the black muzzle of the musket, the nobleman suddenly felt his legs go weak and a sense of inexplicable fear arose in his heart. In fact, he had just witnessed the power of the musket.

This is clearly a tactic used by Her Majesty the Queen to win over the nobles on the southwestern border. If the nobles in the southwest really give their full support to the Queen, will they, the old party nobles, still have a good outcome?

Therefore, no matter what, the old party must denigrate these muskets; they should ideally be worthless and have no impact whatsoever on the war in the southwest.

"boom!"

Before anyone could react, Nora pointed her gun at the old party nobleman and gave him a sharp shout. The nobleman collapsed to the ground in front of everyone, frantically covering his genitals with his robe.

Although he was a professional, he was uneducated and incompetent, basically no different from an ordinary person, and had no confidence that he could block that bullet at such close range.

"Nora Less, are you going to attack a nobleman in public?"

The nobleman, who had collapsed to the ground, cursed as he got up with the help of other nobles.

"Oh? But I definitely didn't fire a shot just now?"

Nora put away her musket, and the guards around her also put down theirs.

"I just wanted to tease you a little."

After speaking, Nora revealed a smile that was as warm as a spring breeze. He was already a handsome man, and with his deliberate flattery, many noble girls held their breath.

"Since you think this musket is nothing to worry about, then why are you afraid?"

The old party nobleman, feeling both ashamed and indignant, left surrounded by his guards.

Lilith didn't stop her; instead, she covered her nose and said, "Gentlemen, let's find another place to discuss this in detail."

"Prime Minister Nora, you've gone a bit too far."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty."

Nora bowed, looking ashamed, but Lilith didn't even offer a symbolic punishment, and everyone pretty much knew that this scene was at least tacitly approved by Her Majesty the Queen.

However, seeing Dukes Judith and Scott surrounding Nora, asking about the purchase channels and manufacturing methods of muskets, many nobles who had just been close to the Old Party quietly distanced themselves from them.

However, the old guard still looked down on muskets, and having been out of the game for a long time, they believed that professionals were everything on the battlefield.

Especially given that the Kingdom of Anjou has already systematically trained, recruited, and educated professionals to form a purely professional army.

This greatly encouraged most of the nobles who liked to talk the talk but not walk the walk, who believed that the kingdom should not be making any reforms now and instead should learn from the Kingdom of Anjou, gather all the professionals together, and completely abandon the old tactics of cooperation between professionals and ordinary soldiers established by the Lars family.

But these people didn't understand why the Kingdom of Anjou was able to organize the professionals. While the new and old parties in the Kingdom of Capet were bickering over something that might not even exist, the new king of Anjou had already completed the consolidation of power.

Lilith and Nora combined might not even have as much power as someone else's king.

In this scenario of reorganizing professionals, who would command these professionals from different places? Who would draft the regulations? Who would pay their salaries?

Knowing this, Judith and Scott were thrilled after learning the details of the musket.

Although muskets were not very helpful in resisting the attacks of professionals, they did ensure that ordinary people were no longer completely helpless against the professional army. They also directly widened the gap between ordinary soldiers, preventing the southwestern border from being passively attacked.

"But what if the Kingdom of Anjou gets their hands on these muskets..."

After her initial elation, Judith calmed down. These muskets, combined with the enemy's professional troops, could become even more terrifying.

"no need to worry."

Nora handed the musket in her hand to the guard, and then took a longer musket from him.

"Governor Lind of the Northern Grey-White Collar said that if we can find out the truth about the assassination of the former king, His Majesty Crane, and who was behind it, he will provide us with more advanced muskets, such as this one."

Nora aimed skillfully, pulled the trigger, and the target that had been standing upright in armor not far away was sent flying.

"With the governor's assistance, our muskets will forever be ahead of the Kingdom of Anjou."

Nora wasn't sure himself, but he had to say it.

Upon hearing that it was her distant cousin who had come up with the idea, Judith believed it to some extent. Moreover, from the snippets in Caroline's letter, Judith also learned that the Grey Collars' weapons were very advanced, and it was precisely because of these weapons that they were able to contend with Doug, whose territory was much larger.

"This governor is truly loyal to the emperor and devoted to the country. We should all learn from him."

Judith seized the opportunity to praise this "family member".

"Yes."

Scott chimed in at the opportune moment, "Governor Linde is still thinking about finding out the truth about the assassination of the late King. He is not only loyal to Her Majesty the Queen, but also to this country."

Seeing Judith and Scott take the lead, other nobles in the southwest also began to praise Lind. Coupled with Lind's earlier statement that he would make anyone who made the queen abdicate, Lind suddenly became the noblest of nobles. Everyone claimed that they should learn from Governor Lind and serve the kingdom wholeheartedly.

No one noticed that Lilith, who was standing next to her, had a smile on her face, but her face was full of black lines, and the veins on her hands were bulging, as if she wanted to crush the scepter.

That's truly being extremely loyal to the emperor and the country.

But Nora felt it wasn't enough. In order to get the nobles in the capital to actually do their jobs and to solidify Lilith's position, Nora ordered a small cannon to be brought in.

This is the real bombshell that Lind sent.

Seeing that there were new things, everyone crowded around Nora and continued to ask her questions.

Lilith recognized the cannon from the classic skin at first glance, and for a moment she even held her breath.

Was that time traveler really willing to go to such lengths? Although Lilith, who had obtained the gunpowder formula, thought she would be able to make one sooner or later, she didn't expect that the other party would actually pull out a finished cannon directly.

Instead of her usual enthusiastic explanation, Nora pushed the crowd aside, led them to a safe location, and had the guards set up a protective shield. She then elegantly put on earplugs and personally fired the cannon.

"boom!"

This blast woke up all the nobles who were feeling sleepy in the spring. Dust filled the training ground, debris flew everywhere, and some stones even flew directly onto the protective shield that had been erected beforehand.

All that remained on the scene was Nora's deep, magnetic voice after she removed her earplugs: "This cannon can only be test-fired once, and then it will be scrapped. Governor Linde of the Gray Collar said that whoever can find out the mastermind behind the assassination will be given the complete cannon."

"Oh, and the methods for manufacturing and purchasing artillery will also be made available to Her Majesty the Queen once they are ascertained."

Judith and Scott swallowed hard, their eyes gleaming, while some nobles in the capital subconsciously took a step back, quietly distancing themselves from certain old-party nobles.