Looking up at the blue-gray tower, the figure exposed by the window above was Dean Levins. Lorist stroked his chest and bowed halfway before turning and leaving.
Yesterday Lorist received a letter from Dean Levins, asking him to meet in the dean's office this morning.
After meeting today, Dean Levins was very polite. He said that he already knew that Lorist was about to leave and return to the Northland to inherit the family territory. This was a good thing. He wished in advance that Lorist would become a great lord. Then Dean Levins told Lorist that there was a batch of old armor and lances in the arsenal of the academy to be scrapped or put up for auction. Lorist might as well go and have a look. Tours help.
Lorist expressed his gratitude to Dean Levins, and took off the double gold teaching badge on his chest and put it on the table. He did not know when he would be able to return to Morente City after going to the Northland. Ten years of good times.
Dean Levins stroked the gold badge for a long time, then handed it to Lorist: "Take it back as a souvenir, and don't mention resignation or anything else, you are a legend of Dawn College, you should be an honorary professor first, Dawn The academy welcomes you back anytime."
After bidding farewell to Dean Levins, Lorist went to the academy arsenal, where basically all the weapons, equipment and training equipment of the knight and swordsman professions are kept here. The training swords that Lorist gave to the students in the swordsmanship instruction class were also collected from here.
Uncle Kuzm, the director of the arsenal, had clearly prepared for it. After greeting him, he took Lorist to a warehouse, which was already full.
"There are a total of 320 training swords here. When you put on the tip of the spear, it will be the edge of the battle. There are also 700 training swords. When you open the edge, it is the real killing weapon. There are also 300 training swords. Obelisk shields, one hundred and fifty crossbows, twenty-four sets of knightly full armor, two hundred and twenty sets of plate armor for heavy armored swordsmen. Well, there are eighty-two sets of cavalry armor, which are scouts Special armor." Uncle Kuzm said.
Lorist is very happy, because the things here are probably new, not worn out and about to be scrapped. Two days ago, Fatty Shi and Bodfinger reported to himself before going to the Nubit port where slaves were traded, that there were no problems with the purchased materials, such as grain and carriages, but the weapons and equipment were a bit troublesome. First, the price was high, and second, the types were different. complete. Weapons such as long swords and heavy swords can still be gathered together, but there is no good armor. Most of the market is leather armor worn by mercenaries. There are not many metal armors and they are very expensive. Not enough time for customization. He asked Lorist to pay more attention and buy one if there is one, and the problem was solved now.
"Uncle Kuzm, why do we have so many plate armors in our college? I remember that our college doesn't have a heavy armored swordsman major? And what about those cavalry armors? I've never seen them before." Lorist questioned .
"Hehe, Locke, have you forgotten that our college merged the Yellow Ribbon College? These plate armors are all equipment in the warehouse of the original Yellow Ribbon College, and we have accepted them. It was only last semester that we came to our college to sign up for the Heavy Armor Swordsman There are very few professional students, so the college is going to cancel this major. In this way, these plate armors will be useless. I originally wanted to put them up for auction, but the dean said that you might use them, so I will let you see them first Look." Uncle Kuzm explained with a smile.
Lorist smiled embarrassedly. He forgot that the Yellow Ribbon Academy was originally focused on the training of butlers and swordsmen and guards. It is not unusual to have these special plate armors for heavy armored swordsmen.
"As for these cavalry armors..." Uncle Kuzm touched his chin and fell into memory: "I don't know what to say. In fact, these eighty-two sets of cavalry armors can also be said to be a kind of failed experiment. The warehouse has been stored for more than ten years. But it is well kept, just like new."
"Failed experiment?"
"Yes, it's been about fifteen years. At that time, there was a book about knights that caused widespread controversy. The book boldly predicted the decline of heavy armored knights. It believed that the future cavalry must be based on fast, flexible , light and long-distance attacks are the main focus, rather than heavy armored knights as the focus of the current popular confrontation between the two armies. The book also uses scouts as an example. In a battle, scouts are used as light cavalry to cover the battlefield. The damage and damage are far more than the heavy armored knights rushing into the battle, which shows the importance of scouts. The book also envisages that if a light cavalry is formed mainly by scouts to harass and harass a heavy armored knight, then Who will win?"
"At that time, the professors of the college's knight major were arguing fiercely, and the college's senior officials were also very interested. They believed that if the prophecy in this book came true, then the knight major would undergo earth-shaking changes. If that happened, the sooner the light cavalry The more research on the tactics of the army, the more they can grasp the opportunity, and even take the lead after the light cavalry tactics become popular. So a sum of money was allocated to ask the instructor of the academy's armor protection major to design and manufacture this light cavalry armor according to the characteristics of scouts. The original plan was to manufacture 150 sets and set up a squadron of light cavalry for tactical exercises. As a result, the Battle of Mount Blanche took place at this time. The heavy armored knights were unable to fight back, with heavy casualties, and less than 4,000 people fled back. So this book became a joke, and the academy also terminated the light cavalry plan. The eighty-two sets of light cavalry armor manufactured It has been kept in the warehouse until now," said Uncle Kuzm.
"Oh, that's what happened." Lorist opened a box while talking, and took out a so-called light cavalry armor. As soon as he looked at it, Lorist understood.
The popular heavy armor knights put on close-fitting mail armor before going into battle, and then put on full body armor, which has extremely strong defense. And Lorist heard from Marin that the scouts of the city defense army were basically close-fitting mail armor with a leather armor, which was similar to the scout equipment of other countries in Galintia.
The light cavalry armor Lorist held in his hand was a combination of mail armor and plate armor. The chest and shoulders were all plate armor, while the arms, waist, and abdomen were made of mail armor. The advantage is that it is more defensive than the active scout equipment, and lighter than the knight's full body armor. The disadvantage is that it looks a bit weird. It is a plate armor and a chain armor. When it is a plate armor, it always feels that the defense is not enough. When it is a chain armor, it cannot be covered with another layer of armor, which is too bulky. No wonder it has been stored in the warehouse for more than ten years. But Lorist doesn't mind, this armor is very good as a special armor for scouts.
"Well, Uncle Kuzm, then I want all of these, how much is the academy going to sell to me?" Lorist asked.
Uncle Kuzm was stunned, and then he became happy: "You want them all? The dean also said that you don't want them to be auctioned. It's great if you want them all, and I don't have to go to the auction house to grind my teeth with them. You wait Wait, let me count."
"Three hundred and twenty training lances, one large silver coin, a total of sixteen gold coins. Seven hundred training swords, one handle of four large silver coins, a total of one hundred and forty gold coins. Three hundred training obelisks Shaped shield, ten large silver coins, one hundred and fifty gold points in total. One hundred and fifty crossbows for training, one gold coin and one gold coin, total one hundred and fifty gold coins. Twenty-four sets of full-body armor for training knights, fifteen A set of three gold coins, a total of 360 gold points. Two hundred and twenty sets of training plate armor, a set of ten gold coins, a total of 2,200 gold coins. Eighty-two sets of light cavalry armor, you can also count as a set of ten gold coins. It cost more than 30 gold coins to make a set back then, a total of 820 gold points. This adds up to a total of 3,836 gold coins.” Uncle Kuzm has good calculation skills, and quickly came up with the final result.
"By the way, Uncle Kuzm, can I use the academy's arsenal repair shop to repair these weapons? I want to put the blades on the lances, sharpen the swords for training, and cover the shields with a thin layer of fine steel. I’ll pay extra for those armors and put my family crest on them.” Lorist was very grateful, because the price that Uncle Kuzm quoted him was one third or more of the same kind of equipment outside. is a quarter.
"Of course, these guys in the college's vacation repair shop have nothing to do and get together every day to bet or drink. They are also happy to have a chance to earn extra money." Kuzm agreed with a smile.
"Well, I'll bring someone over this afternoon, he knows how to make badges. I can give extra bonuses to the repair shop if I do well. By the way, Uncle Kuzm, can I pay after three days?" Lorist explain.
Uncle Kuzm nodded: "No problem, Locke."
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Today, the dead fat man only left me three thousand gold blessings to go to the market to collect weapons and equipment. In the past two days, I bought more than three hundred weapons and dozens of pieces of armor and spent more than one thousand. Now there is only one choice. The building that was taken over will be resold, so that there is money to pay for the equipment. Lorist said to himself, thinking of the dead fat man, he would gnash his teeth and force himself to become the lord, which is really unreasonable.
In the afternoon, Lorist brought Sedkamp to the academy arsenal, and after explaining the matter to him, he went to the Red Crow Tavern alone to find El. After waiting for a long time, El arrived in a hurry. He was surprised to hear that Lorist wanted to sell the building he had just acquired, so he asked why.
Lorist talked about his current lack of money to buy equipment, and Er said that you should wait and go out.
After a while, El came back, handed Lorist a small box, opened it, and found fifty gold dollar rolls inside.
El said to Lorist: "Brother, this is all my brother's savings, and you earned more than half of it for me. I know you don't want to take my money for free, so let me borrow it from you as a mortgage." It’s that building. You write an agreement, and if you don’t repay the money after ten years, the building will belong to me. In addition, the rent of that building is about 70 gold coins per year, which should be regarded as interest for my brother. ,what do you think?"
"Okay, let's do it like this. El. Thank you, you have helped my brother a lot." Lorist was very grateful.
El sighed: "It's nothing, anyway, brother's money is on hold. If it wasn't for worrying too much, brother would really like to go to the Northland with you. That damned fat man is so embarrassed in front of brother. It's disgusting."
Two days ago, Fatty Shi and Bodfinger brought a dozen old students of the swordsmanship club who were willing to follow everyone to the Northland to go to Nubit Port. Before departure, Lorist held a banquet at the Red Crow Tavern to see them off. Later when Al came, Fatty Shi said to Al, from now on you have to call me Lord Knight, because I am a nobleman and you are a commoner, you have to show respect to me. Al was furious on the spot.
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After bidding farewell to El, Lorist hurried back to Dawn Academy, went to the arsenal to find Uncle Kuzm to pay the bill. He was afraid that there would be long nights and many dreams, and if he really paid the bill three days later, what would happen to the batch of weapons and equipment.
Uncle Kuzm said with a smile: "I thought you didn't have enough money, but I didn't expect you to have it so soon. It seems that you need this batch of equipment very much."
Lorist smiled wryly: "Uncle Kuzm, you know that the journey to the Northland is not smooth now, and Fatty Shi is preparing an army to escort me back. The weapons and equipment from the academy can be said to have helped me a lot."
Uncle Kuzm thought for a while and said, "Then come with me, there are two warehouses here, you go and have a look, maybe they can be useful."
Leading Lorist to turn left and right to the back of the arsenal, there are two large stone houses. Uncle Kuzm opened the door, and Lorist looked inside. The ground was full of messes, and the sundries piled on the ground were as tall as half a person.
Uncle Kuzm said: "This is a place where discarded weapons and equipment are piled up. Things that the repair shop thinks are irreparable or too troublesome to repair are all thrown here. They are only cleaned up after several years, and returned to the furnace. , Burning. Burning. In fact, some things can still be used. You see, for example, this spear blade can be used as a spear head for throwing a spear. Locke, if you want, you can choose what you want here, and you don’t need money Yeah. You give the guys in the repair shop a little more drink money, and they'll be more than happy to fix it up for you."
Lorist was very happy, and grabbed Kuzm's hand and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, thank you, Uncle Kuzm, you have helped me a lot."
Uncle Kuzm said with a smile: "Take it easy, this old bone of uncle can't stand the toss. Here, here is the key to the gate. You can bring someone here to clean it at any time."
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After dinner, Lorist asked Terman and Yuri to go to the study, and told him about Uncle Kuzm asking him to clean up the arsenal.
Terman said that this is great. This time there are thirty-eight old students in the academy who are willing to follow the adults to the Northland. Two days ago, Knight Shredder and Knight Bodfinger took twelve people to Nubit Port. In two days, Yuri was also going to take a group of people to his hometown of Havistan Prairie, where he planned to purchase a batch of war horses. This allowed Yuri to bring a few fewer people, and let Terman take the rest to clean up the academy's arsenal.
Fatty Shi also gave Yuri 3,000 gold blessings before leaving, and asked Yuri to purchase at least 200 war horses. But a war horse in Morente City costs at least thirty or forty gold coins. So Yuri is going to take people back to his hometown and buy a batch of war horses directly on the grassland, so as to avoid being made a lot of money by those black-hearted horse dealers.
Lorist shook his head. It would take about a month for Yuri to go back and forth, so it's better to bring more people to avoid any surprises. To clean up the academy's arsenal, you can hire a dozen of the students who have gone out to work and let them clean it up. Terman's leadership only needs to distinguish those that can be used and those that are discarded. As for myself, I will often go to see it, after all, I cannot leave the academy now, and I have to decide many things by myself.
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Terman led people to clean up the arsenal for three days, and then sent someone to call Lorist.
Lorist looked over and saw that more than half of the two big houses had been cleaned up, and they would be finished in three days. There is a mountain of weapons and equipment that Terman has cleared out and thinks they are still useful.
Seeing Lorist looking at those weapons and equipment, Terman said a little embarrassedly: "My lord, these are just the preliminary screening of the things that are considered to be usable. In fact, there is still a selection to be made. It may not be even three points that can be repaired." One. The reason for calling the adults is because we found these crossbows inside. They are still intact, but they are thrown here for some reason. I don’t know if we can take them away. This thing is very useful for us to go north.”
It was only then that Lorist discovered that there were twelve chariot crossbows lined up next to the garbage mountain. Except for the absence of crossbow strings, the other parts were well preserved and did not look old, especially the bow arm, which was made of unknown material. Made, black and shining with oil. This is a small crossbow mounted on a chariot. It is usually mounted on a logistics supply vehicle for long-range defense. I just don’t know why so many crossbows are thrown in these two waste warehouses.
Lorist invited Uncle Kuzm over. Uncle Kuzm looked at the twelve crossbows and thought for a long time before he got an impression. Then he went back and took out a yellowed animal skin book. : "Yes, here."
These twelve crossbows were specially designed and manufactured by the instructors and students of the college's crossbow manufacturing major eight years ago in order to participate in the ordnance procurement of the city defense army. Although the design and manufacture are very good, but because there are too many people to operate this crossbow, it needs three people to control it, one for driving, one for aiming and shooting, and one for winding and firing the arrow. So it is discarded here.
Uncle Kuzm said: "You can take it if you need it. You see, the crossbow on the roster has already written the word obsolete. But you have to match the crossbow string yourself. There is no such thing in the arsenal. .”
Lorist and Terman were overjoyed. With these twelve chariot crossbows, they would have an additional military guarantee on their way north.