I Was Reincarnated as a Baron in Another World chapter 200

200 - Before the Storm (3)

200 – Before the Storm (3)

The technical department of the academy, which is counted as one of the three pillars that support the Kreutel Kingdom.

Inside the academy, there is a feeling that 90% of the students are pushed aside by the Military Faculty, which guarantees officer appointments composed of nobles and semi-nobles who are said to have blue blood.

In addition, since the importance of technology has not yet been highlighted, weapons production, material research, agricultural equipment improvement, and transportation improvement are all being studied together, so the expertise is not very high.

However, for commoners and serfs, if you succeed in entering this place, you will be treated as a semi-nobleman, and it will be chosen as one of the royal roads to success, which is said to be a winner.

So, outside the academy, it is sometimes described as a commoner’s paradise where ‘beautiful wives, wealthy life, and social honor’ are guaranteed once you enter this technical department.

However, in the eyes of Na Ciel von Kreutel, I could be sure that this place was absolutely not the same as heaven.

Because I was seeing with my own eyes the students who were suffering the same pain I suffered in graduate school when I was living in Korea right now.

“Charles! You’re going to take a master’s course for 4 years like this. I’m not joking, did I ask you to find out the relationship between the size and power of bullets used in matchlocks that are most likely to pass as the subject of your thesis? But what if you analyze it like this?”

“Martin Cozy! The head of the department reduced the research funding because our research performance was poor… Now it’s time to eat salted herring and salted meat.”

“hehehehe, when I was doing my master’s degree, I left work on time every two or three days… But since I started my PhD, I can’t leave work on time for a week. Somehow, I should have noticed from the time the academy prepared an official residence exclusively for doctors… ”

I didn’t even make it fashionable, but these poor fellows were wearing checkered tops, slightly faded trousers, and aprons of half-frayed leather that engineering students would wear.

Still, when I was living in graduate school, I had a hard experience because I couldn’t afford to pay my tuition fees and live expenses because of the lack of support.

To the academy president and other professors, ‘those who complete the master’s course or higher are the treasures of the kingdom, so even if you can’t pay them generously, don’t be tight on money.’ Because he gave the order, all the grease was flowing on his face.

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Just as the professors were about to open their mouths to shake off the students again, a graduate student recognized me, got down on one knee, and said,

“Professor, the King is delivering you.”

“I think you should talk about your thesis later. I see Your Highness the King.”

After hearing the story, the professors looked back suspiciously, and soon confirmed that I had come here and set their example.

And here, one of the highest-ranking professors greeted everyone on behalf of them.

“It is a great honor for the Faculty of Technology to have His Highness visit such a shabby laboratory… ”

I patted him on the shoulder, who was wearing clothes that left traces of the gunpowder test, and grabbed his hand and raised him up.

“The weapons you researched played a big role in this war. In particular, if it had not been for the cannons made of a mixture of soft iron and steel, our army would have been brutally defeated by Franchi’s army. It’s nice to see him concentrating on his research to serve even greater service after such achievements. I will definitely not forget your hard work.”

At those words, the academy students and professors who are conducting graduate school courses looked at me with thrilled expressions on their faces.

“Therefore, as of the present time, each professor will be given between 100 and 300 gold coins according to their merit and position. In addition, 4 gold coins are awarded to master’s students and 9 gold coins to doctoral students. It is issued in the form of a bill, so go to the academy vault to receive it later. Also, I borrowed the entire ‘Tears of the Goddess’ this evening, and I will pay all the bills, so eat and enjoy it to your heart’s content.”

It may seem that giving gifts to students other than professors is small, but no matter how much they participate in the project and contribute, the proportions of ‘students and professors’ are inevitably different.

Also, unlike the students, professors have as few as 5 to as many as 20 vassals, so they are paid accordingly.

“Your Highness, thank you…”

“Thanks to you, I can eat a lot of delicious food… thank you.”

Also, whether the reward was appropriate, both professors and graduate students showed sincere gratitude for the reward they received.

I clapped my hands to draw attention to myself and then said.

“However, after resting a lot, you have to serve me diligently again. And the reason I’m here today is because I want you guys to make a new weapon. Also, how to use it as efficiently and powerfully as possible.”

Upon hearing that, the professors’ faces brightened at the pleasure of creating something new and the thought of receiving additional support if they succeeded in their research.

On the other hand, the graduate students’ complexions turned white as if they recalled the memories of the hard work they had done when making weapons such as grenades and cannons the other day.

Looking at such conflicting reactions, I thought, ‘As expected, in any era, professors are people who enjoy research and development, and graduate students are pitiful slaves… ‘ I thought.

However, since this is the path they chose to succeed in life, they should give them plenty of food, clothing and shelter and hope for the future while enduring with evil…

Unlike modern graduate students, if you graduate with a master’s degree here, you will receive treatment and status comparable to that of a ‘professional’.

I thought so, unfolded the paper I brought to the empty desk and said.

“First of all, I think spiraling grooves in the gun will reduce the gunpowder’s dross. Also, when throwing a small ball, just as there is a difference in flying distance and accuracy between giving rotation and not giving it rotation, I think that putting a bullet that is perfect for this will have the effect of improving the accuracy and range to some extent. Also, if possible, I’d like you to make a new type of ignition device.”

I was talking about this as a guess, but in actual history, a gun that sold a steel wire and a mini that fit it, no… As I started using Lorentz bullets, the difference in range and accuracy increased enormously.

In fact, in the Civil War that took place in the 1800s, when a minietan was put into a battlefield rifle with a rifling line called a minie rifle and fired, it boasted a much higher accuracy and range than the British Army’s smoothbore musket without rifling.

In fact, the effective range of a matchlock gun without a rifling wire is around 50-100 meters, but in the case of a rifle with a rifling wire, it is about 90% at 200 meters on average against a human-sized target, and 20% accuracy at up to 500 meters when sniping. somewhat successful

In other words, you can start with an overwhelming distance advantage over your opponent.

And because of that aspect, it was impossible to see junior officers leading the way and soldiers standing in a single line and silently fighting the enemy.

Of course, those who saw the scene I created using grenades and cannons would say, ‘You’re already a romance, did you get rid of everything?’ I’ll ask…

I believe that once you taste the power of the gun with the sharpened steel lines, you will surely understand what I am saying.

No matter how much I shoot, at a distance where I can’t hit, it’s fear itself when the enemy shoots and the friend dies.

“As Your Highness said, if you make a spiral groove in the barrel, gunpowder dross and lead dross will usually accumulate there. This will improve the situation where you can’t fire due to the accumulation of debris that often happens on battlefields like this. Also, if a spiral-shaped groove is dug and rotation takes place… Range can also be increased. However, if you have these thoughts, why did you come to us? After making a prototype, you can issue an improvement order… The new ignition seems to work somehow if we find a way.”

“First, it is determined that it is theoretically possible, and then the order is to produce a prototype. However, think about it. It’s not an easy task to dig six lines of wire into a barrel made of rolled steel, so it’s a way to save time and money by figuring out if it’s possible or not and coming up with an ideal shape before making a prototype. After that, you guys, who are excellent at making machines, need to study efficient tools for digging lines inside, and ways to make bullets economically. Also, in other domains, you, who would live as mere technicians, are appointed as professors and treated as professors, not as machines that follow orders, but to think of ways to advance toward a goal and achieve ideal development.”

When I blocked the professor with irrefutable logic, he immediately lowered his head and said to me

“Your Highness is right. I just thought of it in line with general research… ”

“I understand, the cannon broke after two or three shots at first, but I ordered a prototype to be made and improved anyway. You can think of it based on your experience at that time.”

“I’m sorry… ”

And now, before leaving the lab, I threw out a word to motivate professors and graduate students.

“Other research is important, but the task I have presented will be a weapon that will change the game of war as much as grenades and cannons. So, if you want to graduate from the master’s/doctoral course, make sure to achieve results in this research. And if the research is successful and the three professors are recognized for making special results… Special exemption from graduation thesis, and a chance to become a professional lecturer or professor at a technical school. Among the professors, those who have contributed especially will be awarded technical medals and pensions.”

After saying that, I opened the door to leave the laboratory in the Faculty of Technology, and heard the screams of graduate students beyond the door.

“If someone else told us that if you dig a line in a gun, bullets will stick less, we would do it slowly because we needed verification… To think that His Highness would say such a thing… Even among the things Your Highness suggested, aren’t there any that haven’t actually been proven?”

“Isn’t that much better than bringing something that doesn’t seem feasible and telling you to create it? Shouldn’t you be graduating now and marrying Anna?”

“… . I haven’t been able to see your face lately… ”

The sound of their despair broke my heart, but I couldn’t help it because that’s what they had to do.

Instead, living expenses should be increased in the name of educational support so that the human rights of graduate students are guaranteed, and master’s and doctoral students should also be given official residences where they can live with their families.

Also, I will have to order the professor not to work overtime and overtime…

After that, he entered the graduate school of the Faculty of Public Administration and the Graduate School of the Military Faculty, and ordered research on public administration, conscription and efficiency of logistics, roads, and transportation.

Since they are in the liberal arts department, which is considered the highest peak of learning in this era, they showed an elegant appearance at first, but after hearing about the topics I asked them to study for nearly an hour, they went out beyond the door.

“The baker who said last year that he would only finish with a master’s degree without a doctorate was a genius. No way, if the conscription system is implemented, the serfs have fulfilled their duty to participate in the war, so reduce the tax to 40% and find a way to make up for the shortfall?”

“Other administration inspector guys are going to break their heads with this, but those guys are doing 95% of the policies we made up and supplementing them. If I had known this would happen, I would have been an inspector instead of a professor… ”

“I was fooled by the saying that if I became the dean, I would be given a barony… Logistics efficiency? The system Your Highness has already built is so efficient that it’s hard to improve little by little… Who, before Your Highness, would have signed a contract to purchase crops from the fields that supply grain, bought vegetables and fruits in large quantities, and minimized the types of ingredients, and the price would go down, even to logistical supply… ”

As he muttered, he showed a reaction similar to that of the members of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Technology.

Hearing that, I was saddened, but… I don’t know exactly how big the next war will be, but I need the technology and administrative base I’ve laid out.

Although it will take at least one or two years for proper reports and results to come out, if successful, our kingdom will now be able to develop into a true modern nation.

If I don’t develop again, the amount of blood of the people of the kingdom that I have to shed will inevitably increase.

It would be difficult to mass-produce steel wire rifles and special bullets as much as matchlocks, but what if we mobilize weapons that are ahead of the times?

In the position of the opponent, it will burn inside.

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