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Sui Xiong is not well versed in history, but as a netizen, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand history, as long as netizens understand it.

When chatting with netizens, he once heard someone tell an anecdote: In ancient times, there was a tribe that didn’t know whether to call it “Miao” or “You Miao” that disobeyed the order of the emperor. The emperor at that time was Shun, one of the Yao, Shun and Yu. He sent a group of burly men, carrying axes and shields, to a place near the tribe and conducted an armed exercise - so the tribe obeyed.

There is an anecdote about this matter, called "cultivating literary virtues". Sui Xiong still doesn’t understand why armed exercises are considered "literary" virtues - this is considered "literary", so killing a whole family is considered "military" virtues?

When he heard this story, he felt that this practice was really pretentious and awesome to the extreme, and he was always fascinated. At this moment, when he heard what Palin said, he couldn’t help but think of this anecdote and couldn’t help laughing.

After laughing, he supplemented Palin’s plan.

"We should not only display sophisticated weapons and armor near the portal, but also send troops to train and exercise in the portal square... No, the place is a bit small, and it may not be possible... Well, let's set up a large projection there and show everyone the scene of the exercise!"

Palin was stunned and asked: "Exercise? What is that?"

Sui Xiong then remembered that there is no concept of exercise in this world. In this world, if you want to train the army, in addition to practicing hard in the barracks, you have to find monsters or bandits for actual combat. Of course, if conditions permit, you can also organize large-scale hunting and use hunting as a military exercise.

In general, their military concepts are quite backward!

He didn't know that in fact, it was almost the same in ancient times on Earth. It's not because of the backward military concepts, but simply because there are not enough resources to afford modern military exercises.

Military exercises are bound to cause injuries. The medical level in ancient times was far behind that of modern times, and the mortality rate of soldiers after being injured was extremely high, so no one was willing to do this.

But this is not a problem for the Northwest Republic. They not only have enough medical teams, but also Sui Xiong's full support. No matter how serious the injury is, Sui Xiong can treat it personally. With him watching, it is not easy for those soldiers to die accidentally.

With reliable security guarantees, of course, exercises can be carried out.

So Sui Xiong summoned the military officials of the Northwest Republic and announced this matter.

"That's no problem." The evil god Reynard, who is almost equivalent to the chief of the military, said, "But it will take some time to prepare. The troops from all over the country must be mobilized and assembled, and they must be refitted. After they are fully adapted to the new equipment, relevant training can be carried out. After a period of training, exercises can be carried out."

Sui Xiong frowned and asked, "How long will it take?"

"If the equipment supply can keep up, it will take about two months."

Sui Xiong naturally understood that Reynard was right, but he still couldn't help sighing.

It actually takes two months... It's really inconvenient for mortal armies!

If this is the God's Envoy Corps, if the decision is made today, the team can be assembled and trained tomorrow at the latest. If time is tight, once the decision is made, the exercise can be carried out immediately.

But he also knows that God's Envoys are completely different from mortals. They are essentially just the embodiment of divine power. It is not very meaningful to train them. Those elite God's Envoys who have souls are fine, and there is still some effect, but for those mass-produced God's Envoys who are cannon fodder, any training is meaningless.

So in the God's Kingdom, no one will ever waste time and divine power to train those cannon fodders who are born and die at will.

In fact, in terms of efficiency, it is the fastest and best for the gods to send a large number of God's Envoys to deal with the war in the world. But this will not only consume a huge amount of divine power, but it will also easily arouse public anger. Everyone is honestly training mortal troops, and you directly send out the God's Envoy Army. Are you showing off your muscles? Or are you trying to blind everyone's eyes?

This is like a rich man, with money and gold hanging all over his clothes, who comes to a slum with chaotic public security alone, then laughs three times and shouts "I am so rich".

Well, basically, there is no other word to describe it except asking for a beating.

Sui Xiong certainly doesn't want to do this, so he can only wait patiently, waiting for the mortal army to be slowly trained.

Fortunately, before that, he can also find something else to do.

For example, improve the process.

He came to the metallurgical technology research team led by Palin, asked about their scientific research progress, and visited the new armor they made.

Compared with traditional armor, these new armors seem a bit too simple. There are almost no decorative patterns or items on the armor plates of the same color. The places where the armor plates are connected are only connected by solid leather and metal ropes, without any decorative meaning.

Judging from several samples, this kind of armor is really plain and simple. Not to mention the simple style, even the color looks grayish - because Palin also specially treated the surface of them with rust prevention to prevent the steel from rusting. This grayish color is the effect after the rust prevention treatment. It is not good-looking, but it is very effective.

Sui Xiong carefully looked at these armors and personally tested their effects. Compared with the samples used as reference, he was generally quite satisfied.

In terms of quality, these armors are certainly not as good as those made with divine power or magic, but they are much better than the refined armor made by ordinary craftsmen. If they are used to arm soldiers, it will be enough to make any army in the world jealous - you know, many knights don't have such a complete set of heavy armor!

But after thinking about it carefully for a while, he felt that this armor seemed to be missing something, and there was still room for further improvement.

(What is missing?)

Sui Xiong did not interfere with Palin's research. He stayed quietly aside, facing a gray new mass-produced armor and another glittering breastplate, thinking about where this new armor can be further improved.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally figured it out.

Look at this new armor, it's bare, just like a brand new white paper. With such a white paper, why draw something? For example, put some magic patterns on it?

He told Palin and the others about his idea. Palin and the others looked at each other and finally said that they had thought about this, but they couldn't do it.

"Huh? Is this difficult to do?" Sui Xiong was a little surprised. "It shouldn't be difficult to engrave some magic patterns on such a smooth and shiny armor plate..."

"The key is... we don't know how to do it." Palin said with a wry smile, "The magician's enchantment technology needs to be carried out during the production of the armor. If you want to enchant the armor after it is completed, you either ask a high-level magician to cast a high-level magic spell, or find a rune mage to engrave the runes. The former is too expensive and not worth the cost; the latter... where can we find a rune mage?"

Sui Xiong finally understood the truth, so he patted his chest and said that he would take care of it, and then immediately set off to find a rune mage.