Everythings look promising in the first chapter, second one worse, totally acceptable, third? I think it is time to part our ways.Thw world building in the first chapters is not yet clear. Fine, he is a king, then how much power can he weild? Half figurehead like that of HRE emperors? Or that of centralised Sun King? Or even Dark age Feudal vassal? Now come to the character, MC is totally wrong me. He was a King for a God's sake, and adopt random people as his kins? Overpaid his vassals?The mentioned IQ260 is a running joke here. I'm pretty sure that any student who studied science would have learn that saltpetre is a component of explosive in university if not high school? Successful engineer? Tch.And what kind of peasant's mentality is that? "you paid us 40% more wage and I will die for you?" if that works, all the motivational expert is useless then?And for the knights? They are too loyal for a person to be in that situation.