Things you will definitely deal with in the future?
The Kant knights couldn't help but think about it after hearing Gawain's words, and they quickly came up with the same idea.
What will the knight deal with? In addition to the etiquette that every member of the nobility must be exposed to, of course it is swords, armor and horses.
Although Ansu's aristocratic system has begun to decline, many traditional fighting nobles have also been corrupted by the extravagant life, and have begun to rely on simple and easy methods such as magic rituals and potions to catalyze their extraordinary power. But after all, this is a world where extraordinary power exists, and personal strength can determine social status to a large extent. Especially in the southern region where public security is poor, the grassroots fighting aristocrats are still very particular about "strength." These come from the Kant realm. Of course, the knights are no exception - as the guardians of the superior nobles and the benchmark of force in the territory, they always put the improvement of personal power first. Speaking of things that knights have to deal with... there is no doubt that It's weapons and equipment.
At most, "decorations" such as retinues can be added.
The knights exchanged silent glances. They knew that this was probably the new lord who wanted to show their strength. I heard that the original armed forces of the Cecil Territory were severely damaged after the previous disaster. There were only two extraordinary knights who survived. The others were just a group of soldiers and militiamen, but Gawain later recruited them from the refugees. A large number of people trained, and they could barely make up the number of troops to defend the territory...
They didn't know much about this new army. They just heard that this new army had some strange weapons and equipment, among which The combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers. This is probably what the new lord wants to show off.
The knights have their own ideas, but they all agree that the lord does not need to show off his army - as a powerful knight lord with legendary strength, Gawain Cecil himself is the best As a deterrent, his force value is enough, what else does he need to show?
No matter what they thought, the team quickly arrived at the weapons testing site outside the city. After passing through the soldier levels, the Kant knights came to a tall, wooden On the viewing platform, I saw a row of strange big guys neatly arranged on the ground below.
"I want to show you the Justice-I magic crystal rail gun that has just been installed in the Cecil Combat Corps." Gawain looked at the Kant knights who were looking around curiously. He smiled slightly and said, "If you want to become a member of Cecil, you can't do it without understanding your own fighting style."
Justice-I Magic Crystal Railgun? What is that? Are they those large iron lumps and pillars on the field? Their shapes are quite regular, and I don’t know how the craftsmen made them all exactly the same...
The knights were confused, and then they watched the soldiers take action: those trained by ordinary people The soldiers who came were in aHe was running around a rail gun, loading metal objects between the steel, adjusting the angle of the "rail", checking something, and still shouting strange commands...
This is a very fresh sight. There is almost no extraordinary aura on these soldiers. This shows that they are ordinary people, illiterate idiots. That Duke Gawain Cecil can actually train such people to be so obedient. , it is not easy for them to act quickly and cooperate tacitly, but what are they doing?
While the knights were puzzled, a soldier holding a small flag suddenly ran under the observation platform. The soldier shouted loudly: "Report! The rail gun is ready, please ask for instructions!"
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Gawain nodded slightly: "Rapid fire, fire."
The soldier turned around and waved the flag in his hand in a strange pattern.
Before the knights understood what was happening, they saw all the soldiers standing behind the "rail gun" taking action: they pressed something on the base, and bursts of magic The buzzing sound of charging came from those strange large devices, and bright magic runes began to appear on the surface of the devices. Then, the soldier standing behind the base pulled a certain red lever.
A series of explosions followed, and a bright halo suddenly erupted from the front of each "rail gun": it was the flash of aerodynamic runes activated, and then, there were blurry Things soar into the sky and fly into the distance.
With the extraordinary vision of the knights, it is almost impossible to capture the flight trajectories of those things.
A moment later, a loud bang like thunder suddenly exploded, and huge explosion flashes rose up from the distant hillside. The soil and rocks rose into the air and turned into blossoms in the shock wave. Small mushroom cloud.
The knights were startled by the loud noise. Many people thought that a powerful magician suddenly broke in and attacked the territory. Some even subconsciously activated their own protective aura, but They did not see the figure of the magician, but instead saw the soldiers below continuing to move calmly and orderly amidst the loud noise. New metal objects were loaded into the steel, followed by another burst of explosions, and another There was a loud noise...
They finally knew what was going on with this terrifying blow, which was like a bombardment of dozens of high-level spells.
After several rounds of shooting, the deafening roar finally calmed down. The knights looked at each other, and Gawain walked past them with a smile and walked towards the exit of the viewing platform: "Everyone, we should go down. It’s a place. Don’t keep staring, everyone will inevitably have to deal with these things after today.”
Now, they finally know what “dealing with these things” means.
Wald Peric was walking in the middle of the team, and he heard a young knight beside him muttering to himself: "The new law... doesn't seem to be unacceptable..."< /p>
Ward tilted his head slightly and recognized that this was the knight who had previously expressed his intention to "show attitude."
Subsequently, Gawain took these people to a cannonball assembly factory.
He did not let these Kant knights look at the rune structure in the cannonballs (although he felt that these knights should not be able to understand the runes, after all, not everyone is as skilled in magic and martial arts as he was), he It just lets everyone take a look at how many powerful artillery shells can be produced here in a day.
After returning to the Lord's Mansion, Gawain looked at the reactions of these old knights with satisfaction, but he believed that his deterrence was enough, and it was time to give these people some comfort.
“Everyone, I know that you are resentful about the deprivation of land governance rights - there is no need to defend or hide it, I still have this point of view, but what I want to say is that this is what Sisi The basis for our country to become strong is also the basis for you to have a better future in the future.
“I guess you still can’t understand the concept of liberating productivity, releasing the population, and centralizing authority, but. I can promise you that as you let go of your old privileges, you will have much more to gain in the new order—not just wealth, but personal glory and achievement.
"The Lord Conde will establish a new management department similar to the secondary government office. Philip Knight and Mr. Padrick will preside over this work. I hope that Knight Walder Perici will take charge of this work. In the process, you will become the mainstay. Just as you maintained the order in the Kant Territory a few months ago, I hope you can also become the maintainer of the new order.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone present. It would be wise for everyone to find their place in the new order rather than remember privileges that are destined to be lost.
"Now, you can take the oath, or leave."
In Cecil Territory, on the banks of the Whitewater River, a new merchant ship is approaching the trestle with the help of the dock guide.
In the north of the kingdom, the main rivers are still in a severe dry season, the water sources in the mountains are still frozen, and the rivers in the north are still covered with floating ice, but in the south of the kingdom, closest to the Gondor Wasteland In this area, the ice blocking the river has melted. Although the flood season is far from coming, at least on the Baishui River, lighter and faster merchant ships have become active again.
Taking advantage of the water level that has just begun to rise, those merchants who have been waiting all winter can’t wait to start their business. The month of recovery is not only the recovery of farmland, but also the recovery of these merchants who travel all over the country and rely on reselling materials. With the revival of merchants who are making a living, each territory is in urgent need of goods from distant places. Of course, in most cases, self-sufficient farmers will not deal with these merchants. These merchants mainly deal with wealthy households in the territory. They brought wine, sugar, new carpets and clothing materials, spices and furs that the rich desperately needed.
These things can all be sold at a higher price at this time.
Because the water level of the Baishui River is still shallow at this time, and there are still dangerous ice floes floating on the river in many places, the first batch of merchant ships to set off will bear greater risks, and the earlier the greater the risk, but in the interests of Driven by this, there are always those who are brave enough to leave the port first.
Each territory requires different goods. The Cecil Territory may be the "most different" among all the territories. It does not require much wine, spices, and various magic ores, The demand for raw metal ores is huge. These things are quite heavy and land transportation costs are high, so in most cases they are transported by water. And due to the boom in the alchemy potion business, any businessman with a brain knows that what Cecil has now is money. , so as soon as the river opened, a ship loaded with magic ore arrived at Cecil's dock.
And along with the ore came the first batch of new immigrants who arrived in this pioneering territory after the arrival of the Moon of Recovery.
The clerk in charge of registering immigrants is sitting in the office on the west side of the pier. He has been doing this work since last year and is already familiar with the work. After knowing that today's merchant ships are carrying some immigrants, He sorted out the registration forms and began to record those foreigners who could not read or even pronounce their names clearly.
One after another, registrants in tattered clothes came in and out. The clerk was skillfully and numbly sorting out the forms and filling in the contents. But suddenly, he noticed something unusual appeared in his sight. coat.
It was a woolen coat. Although it was old, it was clean and tidy - this was not what a homeless wanderer would wear.
The clerk raised his head and followed the seams of the woolen coat. He saw a man who was down and out but looked good.
"Are you registering here?" the man asked cautiously.
"Yes," the clerk reflexively took a form, "Name, age, what you are good at or your previous occupation?"
"Joseph, thirty years old , Pharmacist."
"Pharmacist?" The clerk paused while taking notes. This was the most honorable profession he had ever written since he started doing this job. He raised his head uncertainly. After confirming again, "You mean the pharmacist?"
"Yes, pharmacist, there are still a dozen people lined up outside...including pharmacists, herbalists, alchemists..."