Something that will definitely be dealt with in the future
The Kant knights couldn't help thinking after hearing Gawain's words, and they quickly thought of something similar.
What will the Cavaliers deal with? In addition to the etiquette that every member of the nobility must come into contact with, of course there are swords, armor and war horses.
Although Ansu's aristocratic system has begun to decline, and many traditional fighting nobles have also been corrupted by the extravagant life, they have begun to rely on simple and easy methods such as magic rituals and potions to catalyze their extraordinary power, but this is after all an existence of extraordinary power , and personal strength can determine social status to a large extent, especially in the southern border where the law and order is poor, the fighting nobles at the grassroots level still pay attention to "strength", and these knights from the Kant Land are of course no exception— As the guardians of the upper-class nobles and the benchmarks of force in the territory, they always put personal strength improvement first. When it comes to things that knights must deal with... there is no doubt that they are weapons and equipment.
At most, add "decoration" such as retinues.
The knights exchanged glances silently. They knew that this was probably the new lord's intention to show them strength. I heard that the original armed forces of the Cecil Territory were hit hard after the previous disaster. There were only two extraordinary knights who survived. A large number of people have been trained to barely make up the number of troops to defend the territory...
They don't know much about this new army, they just heard that this new army has some peculiar weapons and equipment, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers. Probably this is what the new lord mainly displays.
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 deterrent. Enough, what else needs to be shown
No matter what their thoughts were, the team quickly came to the weapons testing ground outside the city. After passing through the soldiers checkpoints, the Kant knights came to a tall wooden viewing platform and watched I saw a row of strange big guys neatly arranged on the ground below.
"I want to show you the justice-i magic crystal railgun that has just been installed in the Cecil Combat Corps." Gawain looked at the Kant knights who were looking around curiously, and said with a smile, "Everyone If you want to become a member of Cecil, you must have a good understanding of your own fighting style."
Justice-i magic crystal rail gun? What it is? Is it those large iron bumps and iron 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 at a loss, and then watched soldiers take action: those soldiers trained by ordinary people ran around the rail guns, put metal objects into the steel, adjusted the "track" Angle, checking something, still shouting strange passwords...
This is a very new sight. There is almost no extraordinary aura on these soldiers, which shows that they are ordinary people with mud legs who can't read. That Duke Gawain Cecil can train such people to be so obedient It is not easy to let them act quickly and cooperate with each other tacitly, but what are they doing
Just when the knights were wondering, a soldier holding a small flag suddenly ran under the high platform for observation, and the soldier shouted: "Report! The rail gun is ready, request instructions!"
Gawain nodded slightly: "Quick fire, fire."
The soldier turned around and waved the flag in his hand with a strange pattern.
Before the knights understood what was happening, they saw that all the soldiers standing behind the "rail gun" had moved: they pressed something on the base, and there was a burst of magic charging buzzing. From those strange large devices, bright magic runes began to appear on the surface of the device, and then the soldiers standing behind the base pulled down a certain red lever.
A series of blasts followed, and a bright halo erupted from the front end of each "railgun": it was the flash activated by the aerodynamic rune, and then, the cloud of indistinct things rushed into the sky, flying to the sky. distance.
With the extraordinary eyesight of the knights, it is almost impossible to capture the flight paths of those things.
A moment later, a thunderous bang suddenly exploded, and huge explosion flashes rose one after another from the distant hillside, and the soil and rocks rose into the air, turning into small mushroom clouds in the shock wave.
The knights were taken aback by the loud noise. Many thought it was a powerful magician who suddenly broke in to attack the territory. Some even subconsciously activated their protective aura, but they didn't see the magician Instead, I saw the soldiers below continuing to move in an orderly manner amidst the loud noises. New metal objects were filled into the steel, followed by another burst of explosions, and another loud bang...
They finally knew what was going on with this terrifying blow that seemed to be bombarded by dozens of high-level spells.
After several consecutive rounds of shooting, the deafening roar finally quieted down. The knights looked at each other, while Gawain walked past them with a smile and walked towards the exit of the viewing platform: "Everyone, we should go to the next place. Don't keep staring Let's see, anyway, after today, everyone will inevitably have to deal with these things."
Now, they finally know what it means to "work with this stuff."
Walder Perici was walking in the middle of the team, and he heard a young knight beside him muttering to himself: "The new law... seems not unacceptable..."
Wald tilted his head slightly, and recognized that this was the knight who said to "show his attitude".
Afterwards, Gawain took these people to a cannonball assembly factory.
He didn't let these Kant knights look at the rune structure in the shell (although he thinks these knights should not be able to understand the rune, after all, not everyone is as good at both magic and martial arts as he is), he just let everyone take a look, How many powerful cannonballs can be made here in a day.
After returning to the Lord's Mansion, Gawain watched the reactions of these old knights with satisfaction, but he thought 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 the right to manage the land—you don't need to justify or hide it. I still have this insight, but what I want to say is that this is the basis for the prosperity of the Cecil Territory. It is also the foundation for you to obtain a better future in the future.
"I guess you still can't understand the concept of liberating productivity, releasing population, and centralizing authority, but I can promise you that after you let go of your old privileges, what you can gain in the new order will be even better. Much — that's not just wealth, but personal glory and achievement.
"The Kant Territory will establish a new management department similar to the second-level government affairs office. Philip Knight and Mr. Patrick will preside over this work. I hope that Walder Peric Knight will become the mainstay in this process, just like You maintained the order in Kant Territory a few months ago, and I hope you can also become the maintainer of the new order.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone present that it is wise to find your place in the new order, rather than to honor doomed lost privileges.
"Now, you can take your oath, or leave."
Cecil collar, on the banks of the Whitewater River, a new merchant ship is approaching the pier with the help of the port guide.
In the north of the kingdom, the main rivers are still in a severe dry season, the water sources on the high mountains are still frozen, and the rivers in the north are still full of ice floes, but in the south of the kingdom, the area closest to the wasteland of Gondor, the river channels are blocked The ice has melted, and although the wet season is far from coming, at least on the Baishui River, the lighter and faster merchant ships have become active again.
With the water level just beginning to rise, those merchants who have been waiting for the whole winter can't wait to start their business. The recovery month is not only the recovery of the farmland, but also the recovery of these merchants who travel far and wide and rely on reselling materials for a living. At this time, each territory is in urgent need of goods from afar—of course, in most cases, self-sufficient farmers will not deal with these merchants. These merchants mainly deal with rich families and nobles in the territory. Wine, sugar, new carpets and clothing, as well as spices and furs, were much needed by the rich.
These things can 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 dangerous ice floes floating on the river in many places, the first batch of merchant ships to set off have to bear greater risks for this, and the earlier the risk, the greater the risk, but driven by profit Next, there is always a daring person who is the first to leave the port.
The goods required by each territory are different. Cecil Territory may be the "most different" one among all the territories. There are not many drinks and spices needed here, but the demand for all kinds of magic ores and raw metal ores is huge. , these things are quite heavy, and the cost of land transportation is high, so most of the time they will be transported by water, and due to the prosperity of the alchemy potion business, any businessman with a brain knows that what Cecil has at the moment is money, so once the river opens, it will A ship full of magic ore arrives at Cecil's dock.
And along with the ore, there are also the first batch of new immigrants who arrived in this pioneering territory after the Moon of Recovery came.
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 he is familiar with the work content. After knowing that today's merchant ships still carry some immigrants, he sorted out the registration documents. Form, and began to record those outsiders who could not read big characters and could not even say their own names clearly.
Registrants in ragged clothes came in and went out one after another. The clerk skillfully and numbly sorted out the forms and filled in the contents, but suddenly, he noticed an unusual coat appeared in his sight.
It was a woolen coat, old but clean—not what a homeless person would wear.
The clerk raised his head, followed the seams of the woolen coat, and saw a man who looked down and looked good.
"Is it registered here?" The man asked cautiously.
"Yes," the clerk reflexively took a form, "Name, age, good job or previous occupation?"
"Joseph, thirty years old, a pharmacist."
"Pharmacist?" The clerk's fingers paused for a while, this is the most respectable occupation he has written down since he started this job, he raised his head uncertainly and confirmed again, "You mean pharmacist? "
"Yes, pharmacist, there are more than a dozen queues outside... including pharmacists, herbalists, alchemists..."